Official: For Short Haired Ladies...APL by Dec'09!

ChemistryGirl said:
Hi Ladies,
Man, I didn't know how hard it would be to find a regimen and get a good protein-moisture balance. Over the past two weeks I have learned a few things about what my hair likes and dislikes:
Dislikes: daily cowashes, sealing with coconut oil, detangling when wet
Likes: DCing, sealing with castor oil
I'm still dealing with breakage even after doing an aphogee 2 step treatment 2 weeks ago. I think it was the daily cowashing and I still have not figured out how to airdry without the brittleness and breakage. I think I need to find a good leave in/moisturizer. Also I finally caved and jumped on the MT bandwagon and applied it for the first time tonight. Wish me luck!
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At the bolded: Did u apply it right.. Wow Im sorry to hear that..I hope you find something to stop the breakage, cause breakage prevent you from getting to your goal...Im just suprised that you still having breakage after the strong 2 step Aphogee treatment....

At the second bolded... Before you start using the MT, you need to find a solid moisturizing regiment, from what I read, it can cause dryness and breakage, due to the strong protein in it. Just a thought.
 
I gave myself a touch up on Wednesday and it looks like I have 4 inches to go until I reach armpit length.
 
I relaxed my hair with silk elements regular lye then used aphogee 2 min before neutralizing. Then I DC'd with a mix of GVP conditioning balm, shea butter cholesterol, coconut oil and olive oil. Here are my results...


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futurescbride said:
I relaxed my hair with silk elements regular lye then used aphogee 2 min before neutralizing. Then I DC'd with a mix of GVP conditioning balm, shea butter cholesterol, coconut oil and olive oil. Here are my results...


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Great progress!:clap: That's some good growth for a month. You'll make APL soon.:gorgeous:
 
:rolleyes: is it too late to join?!?!?! if not, sign me up. . . and see you ladies on 3/31. i am trying to wig it up, so *crossed fingers*
 
Thanx for all the advice. I just need to be patient. I am having fun getting to know my hair, it definitely has a personality of its own. :yep:


Ivy Santolina said:
Congratulations on figuring out what your hair likes and doesn't like. That's the hardest part. It took me a while to figure out my hair loves EVOO. My hair is so-so about Castor oil unless I mix it with EVOO. My hair is like "What the ...?" about Coconut oil unless I, you guessed it, mix with EVOO. :ohwell:

It took me a while to find a regimen and stick to it as well (longer than 2 weeks) Every week was trial and error and I believe I have 90% of the solution.





I know what you mean about the ends. Sometimes my ends are very silky and I have to resist touching them. Other times they're rough and I'm scared to touch them. I still haven't figured out how they get silky though. But through trial and error I believe I will figure it out. :yep:

I recently learned last week my hair likes to be set into bantu knots. I wish I would have figured this out before buying rollers though. I did learn my ends have to be thoroughly moisturized and detangled prior to putting them in the bantu knots. That way, when I undo them my ends don't catch on each other and break-off.

Also, my hair has to be slightly damp or dry (not wet) when I set it in the bantu knots. I don't know why. :perplexed I think when I set my hair wet the cuticles are still raised (at least slightly) and then they catch on each other. Thus, when taking out the knots, twists, braids, etc. my hair is tangled and matted resulting in more breakage.




Good luck with the MT. I've been using it and I enjoy it. MT is a keeper for me. :yep:
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The Princess said:
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At the bolded: Did u apply it right.. Wow Im sorry to hear that..I hope you find something to stop the breakage, cause breakage prevent you from getting to your goal...Im just suprised that you still having breakage after the strong 2 step Aphogee treatment....

At the second bolded... Before you start using the MT, you need to find a solid moisturizing regiment, from what I read, it can cause dryness and breakage, due to the strong protein in it. Just a thought.
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futurescbride said:
I relaxed my hair with silk elements regular lye then used aphogee 2 min before neutralizing. Then I DC'd with a mix of GVP conditioning balm, shea butter cholesterol, coconut oil and olive oil. Here are my results...


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You are doing so good. You will make APL in no time!!!!:grin:
 
I put in braids last monday and will post pics later on this evening. I got small box braids with the ends left loose (they arent too small or tight for that matter). As I was getting my hair braided, I insisted on the woman braiding my hair all the way down and she kept on telling me my hair was too long to braid all the way down and I was sooo happy (lol, I made her do it anyway and whatever she didnt braid down, I did it myself when I got home). I'm really looking forward to december - my hair will be long again if I stay on top of my hair game, maybe even closer to BSL than expected. I'm soooo excited! When i take the braids out in March, I will post progress pictures - I'm hoping for an inch :)
 
My hair is doing okay currently, I cant wait to relax, I should be full NL by March and SL by June.
 
Mini Check In: Everyone seems to be doing fab! I'm still in kinkies and I'm counting down until March when I take them down!
 
Hey Lovely Ladies! I am just checking in. Last week I rocked two strand twists and a twist out. Right now i am dcing and I will probably be rocking cornrolls all next week. O
Oh, I purchased a new camera so more pics will be coming soon
 
Congrats to every one making progress.

I noticed a mini-progress yesterday. For the first time I was able to put 4 bantu knots (1/quad) in my hair with out having to secure them with bobby-pins. Previously, I would put 2-3 per quad with out securing with BPs.

So I believe I am achieving one of my goals of retaining growth. I'm very excited about this mini-victory because my hair has never been longer than shoulder length.

I A-vedic co-washed and moisture DC'd my hair yesterday and when I got out of the shower I thought I felt more hair on my shoulders. But, I didn't want to get my hopes up.

However, I did experience more breakage/shedding than normal while applying my leave-in. Like I normally do, I distribute the leave-in with a wide-tooth detangling comb. There seemed to be more hair on my fingers, the comb and in the sink than there should have been. Upon examining my ends, I didn't see any split ends but they are thin. They are thin because the first time I applied a texturizer (pre-MT), I tried to comb it through per the instructions - big mistake. I lost a lot of hair and I know I severely weakened it too.

When I took my 4 bantu-knots out this morning, I ran my fingers through my hair to see what would happen. My hair was almost dry. There was no breakage/shedding.

So the plot thickens.

While mulling on the reason, it can be that I need to let my hair air dry more prior to applying and distributing the leave-in. Or, I should forgo the moisturizing DC and only do a mild protein DC every week. Or, I need to do both (air dry and mild protein).

And yet again, I must tweak my regimen to satisfy my demanding hair.

So my current plan is to baking-soda clarify my hair then protein treat it. I will most likely use Joico K-pak Reconstructor. I'm too chicken to use a clarifying shampoo because I don't want to break off any more hair. I don't have much luck with clarifying poos.

I will do this process mid-week if time permits. If not then this weekend for sure.
 
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If it's not too late, I would love to join this challenge too. I need all the support I can get.

Here is my starting length.

 
No rules broken, deep conditioning weekly, just used up the last of my OCT and my new order still hasn't arrived so I'm thinking I'll do a 2 min aphogee.
 
Hey Hey Hey

Since I have no life, lol I took a few hours and pampered my hair over the weekend.

Last night I shampooed with Hairveda Amala shampoo then used the new 2 step Methi Sativa recovery system. After rinsing I air dried with the whipped cream and sealed with the Avosoya oil. This morning my hair was thanking me for the special treatment it got last night.

My hair loves Hairveda products.
 
msdevo said:
Hey Hey Hey

Since I have no life, lol I took a few hours and pampered my hair over the weekend.

Last night I shampooed with Hairveda Amala shampoo then used the new 2 step Methi Sativa recovery system. After rinsing I air dried with the whipped cream and sealed with the Avosoya oil. This morning my hair was thanking me for the special treatment it got last night.

My hair loves Hairveda products.
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Always a good weekend when you use Hairveda products.
 
DaPPeR said:
My Current Length is SL. I was searching for such challenge. I will be doing protective styles such as buns, Kinky twist or sew-in's in '09. I cowash every other day and DC on Fridays. I wear buns 100 percent of the time now that I'm out of my twist..

Starting pic. Was takin in Nov.

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Here's my update for Feb. Nothin big biggie.. I hate my hair :wallbash: :lachen:

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