MBL 2013 Challenge!

[claud-uk]

I keep hearing great reviews about the Mizani H20 leave-in, and have been debating about getting it. I think moisturizing my hair will really fend off the little bit of breakage I get, and help me to retain the length I need to get me to MBL and ultimately to WL.

What's it like? Is it greasy? Does it work? Likes/dislikes?

WendellaWoody - I only ever used one jar of this when I was relaxed. I remember that it was the one single thing that i ever used on my hair that moisturized it, made it feel nice...and soft and silky and good. The only thing. It was pure luxury in a jar and I fell in love with this the first time i used it, finished the jar in about 10 days but never bought another bc of the cost. It was intensive/rich but not greasy. Nothing but good things to say about it. Will update once I've tried this on my natural hair, I am desperately hoping it has the same impact bc then it will be my one and only staple moisturizer no matter what it costs.

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H20 Intense Strengthening Night-time Treatment / Anti-breakage Technology

Directions: Use at night, 2 to 3 times per week, as needed.

Ingredients: 42071 SS10 Aqua/Water, Paraffinum Liquidum/Mineral Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerine, Petrolatum, PEG-100 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Dimethicone, Paraffin, Ceteareth-20, Dicetyl Phosphate, Ceteth-10 Phospate Parfum, Methyparaben, Panthenol, Triethanolamine, Ethylparaben, Shea Butter, Laureth-4, Propylene Glycol laureth-23, Chlorhexidine Dihydrochloride, Amyl Cinnamal, Benzyl Benzoate, Limonene, Coumarin... Sunflower Seed Oil...

 

[Marand13]

Wanted to post an update.
Had a bit of a setback, explained on my blog. But I went from BSL up to BSB, about an inch away from BSL right now.

Im pushing my MBL goal date back from Feb to May/June of 2013.

Going to continue protective styling with twists and other styles. No weaves till next yr. No heat till the end of 2013 and constant DCing.

Hopefully i dont have any more setbacks and my focus will be on thickening my hair back up.

Good luck to everyone!

 

[Moonaonline]

2nd day after henna/ indigo gloss
Am really happy I didn't get a frizz situation (added lots of coco/ Shea butter and coconut oil to the mix)

and finished almost 2 weeks without heat

Am 24" (but my ends need serious trimming)

Hope I can reach full BSL by december 2012

 

[lamaria211]

Deep conditioning pretty much all day. "Cause its not about faster growth, its about retaining growth " *says x5 to self *

 

[Mertzy]

I dc'd last night, added my leave ins and air dried. I realized I need to incorporate more things into my regimen to achieve my goal. These are things that I SHOULD be doing anyway, but I get a little lazy lol. In addition to what I already do I need to: drink more water, take vitamins, massage my scalp, and eat better. Tonight I will do a nice scalp massage when I apply my JBCO

 

[growingbrown]

I'm growingbrown and I am natural. I am 17 months post bc
2 years and 8 months ago.

[*]Current Length APL

[*] Current State of Hair NATURAL
[*] Regimen LOW MANIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE HAIR STYLES SUCH AS TWO STRAND TWISTS MEDIUM AND MINI
[*] Goals for each check-in date DEC 31 BSL
APL 30 TOUCHING MBL
AUG FULL MBL
DEC PAST MBL
[*] What month in 2013 you hope to be at MBL JULY
[*] Any links to a photo album or Youtube channel if you want to share

 

[lamaria211]

I am having a great hair day (wash day) loving the effects of my new routine!

 

[lawyer2be371]

Current Length -APL
Current State of Hair [(Natural 3c/4a
Regimen- braid my hair up from October through August. Of course new set in every 3 months. weekly moisturizing, co washing every two weeks sealing with castor oil. growth aid every other day
Goals for each check-in date Goal for 12/12 is to BSL
What month in 2013 you hope to be at MBL August 2013, my wedding month

 

[Mertzy]

I'm going to massage my scalp and apply growth aids tonight

 

[NaturalfienD]

What up tho ...

Where do I start ... since last check-in, I have installed mini braids without extensions-finally. (I took my loose twists out one by one and replaced with mini braids.) I liked the loose twists but I like co-washing and GHEing ... doing either one of those things as often as I like to do them made my style look older than what it was. I have not GHE'd at all this week because I don't want to frizz my hair out too bad. I am falling back on the GHE until further notice ...

Anyway, I like my mini braids ... I like the way my hair feels when I touch it and it looks better to me than the twists I would do. My plan is to continue co-washing one or two times per week with Everyday Shea (y'all should get some, it's dope) and I will wash my scalp with V05 Tea Tree Therapy (diluted) bi-weekly because my scalp gets itchy. I would like to keep this install in for at least four to six weeks. As of right now, this will be my style until the end of the year.

I have attached pix of my hair. Next install (or over the weekend) I plan on making my parts smaller and uniformed. I like the quickness of parting organically but because my hair is fine, uniformed parts make my hair appear fuller. I am feeling my length (for now) I am TOO happy that I can get my hair in a ponytail, fold it over and still look like I got sum hair. {{WORD!! }}

Sorry for the long post but I have to say that my plan is increasing my activity level (getting back on Insanity, soon) and taking Biotin because it really does work for me. I hope you all are doing well ...

 

[Mertzy]

Cowashed,m&s, and braided my hair in about 8 braids last night.

 

[lamaria211]

DC's overnight then CW'd this morning with Aussie Moist. I used AE Garlic treatment on my scalp last night and I only shed about 4 hairs today I will continue to use it this way until the shedding has stopped completely

 

[BEAUTYU2U]

I don't think I've done a check-in yet. I posted this in APL 2012 but I'll post in here as well.

 

[WendellaWoody]

applied a brahmi and kalpi tone mixed with honey i'm strong conditioner and amla oil concoction onto my hair in small sections, then sat under heat cap for 2 hours. Rinsed out and hair feels amazing...like butter. soft and strong and moisturized. spritzed aloe vera juice all over hair then wrapped it up into a wet bun to dry.

 

[jprayze]

Just checking in...just realized that I never posted a length check for August. I finally got back to APL and want to see how close I can get BSB by the December length check. Thinking about a set of braids between now and then to hide my hair.

 

[BraunSugar]

This is ambitious of me, but I'm joining.

Right now I'm APL & natural. I plan to be BSL in April and MBL at the end of 2013.
I will be PS'ing, DCing and doing PTs several times a month.
I'll be taking iron and ground flaxseed daily (the flaxseed for Omega 3 and 6).
I will increase my water consumption and moisturize my hair daily.

 

[irisak]

Checking in. Just gave myself an aphogee two step and am overnight dcing with ms key's 10 en 1. My hair was trying to break. Not bad breakage, but too much for me. It also stopped accepting moisture again. I try other protein treatments but nothing does me like a good 2 step. Makes my hair turn into instant silk.

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[Moonaonline]

Am almost 8 weeks post relaxer and am shedding like crazy,,

Am trying to stretch to 16 week using no heat styles but the shedding is freaking me out

I think am gonna start vitamin supplement,,, I hope this helps

 

[jprayze]

Am almost 8 weeks post relaxer and am shedding like crazy,,

Am trying to stretch to 16 week using no heat styles but the shedding is freaking me out

I think am gonna start vitamin supplement,,, I hope this helps

Have u tried black tea rinses?

 

[lamaria211]

Am almost 8 weeks post relaxer and am shedding like crazy,,

Am trying to stretch to 16 week using no heat styles but the shedding is freaking me out

I think am gonna start vitamin supplement,,, I hope this helps

I agree try black tea rinse or AE Garlic treatment

 

[Moonaonline]

Have u tried black tea rinses?

I agree try black tea rinse or AE Garlic treatment

Never tried black tea rinse before
I'll definitely give it a try

Do you leave it in or wash it ???

 

[claud-uk]

Currently doing an overnight light protein and ceramide pre-poo with WGO + Vatika Egg Protein + Mizani H20 Intense + Aphogee GTK. Still working on getting my protein/moisture balance right, already had 2x protein txs this week and still getting some breakage.

Co-washing tomorrow with CON AO, then DC with Elasta QP DPR + AVG + Glycerine + Soybean + Castor oils.

I've been trimming yesterday and today, going two weeks without has meant breakage/splits and a whole lot of SSKs. I feel like I'm ALWAYS cutting my hair despite trying to take really good care of it. Maybe I need to go back to individually wrapping my braid ends with saran.

I will definitely be hiding my hair, no heat, no length checks from October till February 2013.

 

[jprayze]

Never tried black tea rinse before
I'll definitely give it a try

Do you leave it in or wash it ???

Right before I rinse my DC out,, I generously spray hair with black tea and let it sit a few moments and then rinse everything out.

 

[jprayze]

I agree try black tea rinse or AE Garlic treatment

Yes!!! I'm doing both! Great combo.

 

[freckledface]

jprayze I see you have light colored hair does the black tea darken it any?

 

[jprayze]

jprayze I see you have light colored hair does the black tea darken it any?

Not yet!!! But I am worried about it because I use honey to lighten and don't want to defeat the purpose. Thinking of trying green tea or even chamomile...

 

[freckledface]

jprayze hmmm... Never thought of using green tea. I need to look into it. Oh and your hair is lookin good lady!

 

[jprayze]

jprayze hmmm... Never thought of using green tea. I need to look into it. Oh and your hair is lookin good lady!

Thanks! The ladies in the coffee/tea challenge were also talking about herbal teas and plain ol' herbs so we have lots of possibilities.

 

[greenandchic]

I really such at taking photos of my hair for length, but here's one. If you look down to where my finger is (at the bottom of the photo) in an effort to stretch the back of my hair and take a photo at the same time, you will see where my hair ends. That's like 50% shrinkage!

 

[Mertzy]

I dc'd last night with a product I've never tried before and so far everything is looking good...... I must say that having a fairly simple regimen is helping me a lot. When I first joined the forum I tried to do a million things at once to my hair. It helped a lot, but once my hair became a certain length it seemed to not be able to retain length. I also became burnt out on trying to keep up with my regimen. With my revamped regimen I'm seeing great results. I guess less truly is more in some cases.

I know waiting for our hair to reach its goal is like watching a pot of water trying to boil lol, but hang in there guys!