asummertyme
Well-Known Member
ur hair looks great! I luv ur texture!
Official: For Short Haired Ladies...APL by Dec'09!
- Thread starter SouthernStunner
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Platinum
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Amerie123
Well-Known Member
Way to go, Sis! That's great progress! Keep up the good work!
Thanks sis!!! Gotta start somewhere right!?
Bellanica
New Member
I have to tell you that I love that clip of Prince. Every time I see it, I crack up.
flowinlocks
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Amerie123
Well-Known Member
That's some great progress for 6 months
thanks!! sometimes it doesn't feel like it!!!
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MyAngelEyez~C~U
Well-Known Member
Grow on, wit yo bad self!!!
msdevo
New Member
Great progess!! Did you find growing the back out to be hard??
Mine was cut damn near bald and did not think it would ever grow.
Mine was cut damn near bald and did not think it would ever grow.
Platinum
Well-Known Member
My nape is my "problem area".
I've decided to do a 6 month stretch. I'm 12 weeks post right now. In the meantime, I'm using Surge 14 and Worlds Of Curls curl moisturizer in this area. This seems to help. (Depending on my results after the stretch, I'll probably continue to stretch for a few more months)
Shay72
Natural, 4A
Mine too! It has helped my hair get so much healthier. I've gone from a broken up mess at chin length to a healthier neck length. I'm hoping after this current stretch I will be at SL or a little past. That would put me right in line with APL by Dec then.
ITA!
Checking in. I am really working on changing the way I use some of my products, using less products, and very minimal manipulation. I'm also testing protein products. Early on I realized that my hair loves protein but I got so caught up in Sitrinillah
that I lost my way.
msdevo
New Member
Right now for me getting bangs are my problem. Right now they come to my top lip but my hair just doesnt wanna lay right. I have a 5head so I am sure you can see my problem.
I have a 5head so I am sure you can see my problem.My nape is my "problem area".
msdevo
New Member
Have you tried the Methi yet??? I used it this past weekend and my hair instantly reacted to the moisture
. I did notice the other day that my hair felt a lil stronger too. So overall the Methi is doing what its suppose to do.
. I did notice the other day that my hair felt a lil stronger too. So overall the Methi is doing what its suppose to do.
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FunJoy!
Guest
Checking IN, Hairveda & Shescenit are the bomb, I have the whipped cream (Hairveda) & the Seyani Hair Butter (Shescenit) and my hair is soooooooo happy!
topnotch1010
Real Housewife of Houston
They are the BOMB! I can't live without my shescentit Green Grape Leave-in and Hairveda Green Tea Moisturizer.
Ivy Santolina
New Member
Checking in y'all. I had a set back on Wednesday.
I did a third garlic pre-poo treatment and I used crushed fresh garlic instead of powdered garlic. I didn't want my fresh garlic to spoil since I wasn't planning on cooking with it anytime soon. Anyway, I should have used my tried and proven garlic powder mixture. With the fresh garlic, the cure was worse than the illness. In an attempt to halt excessive shedding, I ended up breaking off a lot of hair trying to get the junk out.
I used a whole bottle of VO5 moisturizing condish to "wash" it out and the garlic would not come out. My hair grabbed on to it as if it's life depended on it. I had to wait until my hair dried to comb it out and that's when the mega-breakage started. I got all of the garlic out, but a lot of hair came with it.
Normally, I would A-vedic co-wash and DC my hair on Sunday. Not this Sunday, I'm taking the day off. Next week is a low-mani bun week. I'll start again on Sunday. I'll still be applying my Megatek mixture though. I just won't be co-washing.
Even though I was mad I was surprisingly calm through out the whole ordeal. I won't know exactly how much length I lost until the end of March. I'm thinking 1.5-2". Bummer!
I chalked up the whole experience as a lesson learned. One thing I do know about my hair is that it will grow back. So I still believe I will obtain APL this year.
I did a third garlic pre-poo treatment and I used crushed fresh garlic instead of powdered garlic. I didn't want my fresh garlic to spoil since I wasn't planning on cooking with it anytime soon. Anyway, I should have used my tried and proven garlic powder mixture. With the fresh garlic, the cure was worse than the illness. In an attempt to halt excessive shedding, I ended up breaking off a lot of hair trying to get the junk out.
I used a whole bottle of VO5 moisturizing condish to "wash" it out and the garlic would not come out. My hair grabbed on to it as if it's life depended on it. I had to wait until my hair dried to comb it out and that's when the mega-breakage started. I got all of the garlic out, but a lot of hair came with it.
Normally, I would A-vedic co-wash and DC my hair on Sunday. Not this Sunday, I'm taking the day off. Next week is a low-mani bun week. I'll start again on Sunday. I'll still be applying my Megatek mixture though. I just won't be co-washing.
Even though I was mad I was surprisingly calm through out the whole ordeal. I won't know exactly how much length I lost until the end of March. I'm thinking 1.5-2". Bummer!
I chalked up the whole experience as a lesson learned. One thing I do know about my hair is that it will grow back. So I still believe I will obtain APL this year.
AtlantaJJ
Well-Known Member
I am so sorry to hear about that happening to you! I wonder why that garlic got stuck in your hair like that :scratchch A good DC with a nice slippery conditioner like the ORS Pack may help get your cuticles to calm down. Sounds like the garlic got your hair Ph off and caused them to open up and grab hold to the garilc. If you have some type of low Ph rinse or even a vinegar rinse may be helpful to keep your cuticles closed.I am going to start washing my hair in braids from now on to reduce tangling and manipulation, that's going to help me retain a lot of length from here on out as I grow out my natural hair
lacreolegurl
New Member
jamaicalovely
Well-Known Member
Unreal! Congrats
SouthernStunner
My 13yr old Men
Hi ladies, I know I have been MIA for a min but my internet at work is down the server on base blew so I have actually had to do work. By the time I get off and workout and cook etc I am tired. Anyway I hope everyone is doing well, I am taking the kinky twist out a week earlier than I planned. I just want to make sure that my hair is well moisturized before doing my first henna treatment on 7 March. I will probably DC about 3 times before heanna. Oh and I got a hair steamer so one of my DC will be with steam. I cant wait.
March is coming around and our first update will be at the end of the month. The first person to post a pic on the correct day will win the next prize.
SouthernStunner
March is coming around and our first update will be at the end of the month. The first person to post a pic on the correct day will win the next prize.
SouthernStunner
asummertyme
Well-Known Member
I am DCing right now with the GVP joico pak and prolly gonna do a quick pony tail roller set...Good job ladies on the progress!!
Ivy Santolina
New Member
I didn't think of that.
It makes sense. Thanks so much. 
The next time I do a treatment, not garlic but I'm sure something else, and I have the same issue then I'll do a mild acid rinse or DC. I have a porosity control condish and I could have used that. 
Next time I'll know better.
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FunJoy!
Guest
Hi Guys, sadly I'm hiding my hair until June as a personal challenge so I won't be able to update till then.
Amerie123
Well-Known Member
believe it or not, i felt that it wasn't so bad, esp. keeping it either weaved up, or under a wig, but i feel like my hair as a whole isn't growing that fast.
. but to answer your question, yeah, i felt it was somewhat hard growing out the back.Just checking in. I'm 9 weeks post right now. That's the longest I've gone without a relaxer. I admit, I did touch up my edges at 5 weeks post because they were so far gone. Then I read later how this is a no-no, but it was too late since I'd already done it. I may attempt to go a couple of more weeks so that way it will still be 6 weeks since my edges were done.
ResultsMayVary
Well-Known Member
Checking in ! Progress is in siggy ...
I am thinking of hiding my hair until August but from the progress I've seen I will definitely be APL Dec 09!
I've started greasing my scalp (lol ... yes I said it) and my scalp thanks me every time
I guess it was really dry and I just didn't know it
Hope everyone else is doing well
I am thinking of hiding my hair until August but from the progress I've seen I will definitely be APL Dec 09!
I've started greasing my scalp (lol ... yes I said it) and my scalp thanks me every time
I guess it was really dry and I just didn't know it
Hope everyone else is doing well
Platinum
Well-Known Member
Checking in ! Progress is in siggy ...
I am thinking of hiding my hair until August but from the progress I've seen I will definitely be APL Dec 09!
I've started greasing my scalp (lol ... yes I said it) and my scalp thanks me every time
I guess it was really dry and I just didn't know it
Hope everyone else is doing well
Great progress! Keep up the good work!
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