MBL Challenge 2012 Official Thread

Lol, you ladies are hilarious! I'm glad to see the thread coming back to life. Let's get back on track! And NikkiQ you know you're in this with us! You have almost 2 years to hit the goal!
 
Imani said:
^^^We got 20 months!! Now, if you are tall tho...that might be an issue
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I'm 5'7". Not that all, but it is a stretch

davisbr88 said:
I will beat you if you leave!
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So violent!

newbeginnings2010 said:
Lol, you ladies are hilarious! I'm glad to see the thread coming back to life. Let's get back on track! And @NikkiQ you know you're in this with us! You have almost 2 years to hit the goal!
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Idk. 2 years doesn't seem like enough time for me to hit that goal. Not really feeling like my hair growth is on point. :ohwell:
 
Blah blah blaaaaaaaaah!
What can you do to make sure you can retain your growth?
Let's figure it out together!
 
its not too late to join is it? I'm almost apl and I believe its only about 7 inches to mbl, I think.
:perplexed:
here is my starting picture:
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Current Length: aplish
Current State of hair: natural 3c/4a
Regimen: wash day: prepoo with olive oil or rice bran oil.wash with black soap, or baking soda if clarifying.
condition with ors or aussie moist or cpr
use infusium for leave in.
rollerset braidout twist or some other low manipulation style.
during the week I plan to try to co wash at least every other day.
moisturize and seal each night.
and I'm trying mn on a trial basis.

What month in 2012 you hope to be at MBL: doesn't matter so long as I make it!
check in dates:
August 15, 2011-bsb
December 31, 2011 -bsl
April 30, 2012 mbl
August 15, 2012 mbl
December 31, 2012 -mbl
21 months natural and loving it!
 
Ugh. I did a roller set that didn't work out too well with my texlaxed hair. I feel like I might have had a little setback. I lost more hair than I normally do when I just straighten with a flat iron.
 
newbeginnings2010 said:
Ugh. I did a roller set that didn't work out too well with my texlaxed hair. I feel like I might have had a little setback. I lost more hair than I normally do when I just straighten with a flat iron.
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How did you rollerset? Do you think it was just too much manipulations?
 
@davisbr88 I think so. I never comb my hair so much when it's wet. I usually air dry completely then flat iron in VERY tiny sections. I don't lose too much hair that way. No direct heat might not be for me.
 
Anyone doing anything special with their hair for the summer? I really like braids, but I don't think they did well in my hair last summer. So I will just keep doing my half wig for the next 5 months. I won't see my hair out and straightened again until the end of September. I should be APL by then or really close. Super pumped up about that.

Wigs are ok and all, but I can't wait to get enough hair for me to have some cute twists long enough to pull back, maybe next summer.
 
I'm going to try some air drying hair styles this summer. I may retry the roller setting after I texlax. My 4.5 months of NG may have caused my botched roller set this weekend. I'm relaxing in 5 weeks, the weekend before the conference I'm going to in June. I'll do a length check then as well.
 
Imani said:
Anyone doing anything special with their hair for the summer? I really like braids, but I don't think they did well in my hair last summer. So I will just keep doing my half wig for the next 5 months. I won't see my hair out and straightened again until the end of September. I should be APL by then or really close. Super pumped up about that.

Wigs are ok and all, but I can't wait to get enough hair for me to have some cute twists long enough to pull back, maybe next summer.
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Gonna experiment with all kinds of outs, wash n gos,and a sew in. Can't wait!

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I'm thinking of just wearing flat twists under wigs until the end of the year using LadyPaniolo's DMM. At that point, I am going to straighten and see where I am in terms of evening my hair up as much as possible.
 
I think I'm going to PS (wigs, buns, phonie ponies, and berets) during the week and wear braidouts on the weekends. I'll probably keep this up until the end of the year and hopefully I'm about an inch past APL.
 
Is MBL anyone's end goal? Or do you plan to go further?

MBL is my end goal. I actually think I will be pretty happy at APL and BSL but we will see. I just want hair long enough for some decent length twists.
 
hey ladies!

i may have to let go of my beloved bunning as i noticed some difficulty with my nape.

i'm doing french twists for now as a ps, so we'll see if that helps keep the pressure off my nape.

hhj ladies!
 
Imani said:
Is MBL anyone's end goal? Or do you plan to go further?

MBL is my end goal. I actually think I will be pretty happy at APL and BSL but we will see. I just want hair long enough for some decent length twists.
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Me! :wave: I want MBL just because that's the length where my hair will hang at BSL on it's own without me pulling it.:lol:
 
I'm still hanging in there! I have been bunning during the week and wearing my hair out in wash n go's or braid/twist outs on the weekend. But I have been cowashing daily during the week and have been experiencing a lot of unusual shedding. So I might go back to cowashing once a week (but I enjoy water on my hair daily...what's a girl to do???)

Not sure about my plans for the summer. It all depends on the the health and length of my hair by the end of June. I want to wear mostly wash n go's and braid/twist out but for now it's mostly PSing.

HHG...grow&retain!
 
I am hoping to be back at APL by September, but am going for a mostly even APL by December or January. If I can manage that, I should hit MBL by September 2012. I am hoping I can get there by August 2012, since that'll be my two-year nappiversary but we'll see. I am about to go hard on this PS'ing until Christmas and then I'll see if I will continue to PS until MBL. Or maybe even until WL! Then I'm going hard on enjoying my hair.
 
I'm PRAYING to get somewhere close to APL by the end of the year or at least early 2012. Once I hit that mark, all the other milestones are really close together. Separated by about 2 inches. MBL by December 2012 HOPEFULLY!
 
My hair is still straight right now and I have so many split ends :-( I really don't know why my ends are splitting. I protective style all the time and take good care of my hair.
 
Is your hair fine, Imani?
It seems like us fine-haired ladies really have a problem with splitting regardless, so I've decided to start dusting on a regular basis to keep them at bay. I'm going to start doing it every 2 months.
 
davisbr88 said:
Is your hair fine, @Imani?
It seems like us fine-haired ladies really have a problem with splitting regardless, so I've decided to start dusting on a regular basis to keep them at bay. I'm going to start doing it every 2 months.
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@davisbr88 yeah, my strands are fairly fine. I got a professional trim 3 months ago. I think I am going to do a mini trim/dusting before I do my 5 month no heat stretch. I tried to a search and destroy, but its kinda impossible to get them all. Majority of the ones I've seen don't go up very far at all thankfully. I've only seen like 3 that went up like an inch or so.
 
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