Our 1st Year of our HHJ *PICS PICS & MORE PICS*

[topnotch1010]

Topnotch10, your thread is pulling at my heart's strings. What an awesome journey witcho baby! So touching! Even how you started your quest. *sniff*

OK, now about your progress.... :notworthy

I can't believe you snipped off 4 inches of your own hair. You're one brave loony, or must've been flying like a kite on that good good stuff! But after your cut, I immediately saw the silver lining. The thought that you had now hair that was without much wear and tear got me so excited...I couldn't scroll fast enough to see the rest of the story.

Very nicely told. Very enjoyable. Very inspiring! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Nonie!!

OMG!!! First off, you are so gorgeous!!! I always thought so when I saw your avi, I just never said anything before. Your DD is so cute, too!

Now, on to your hair! Wow. What a turnaround. You can really see the health has improved for both of you... and length is creeping up too!

Now your DD will be the little girl at school who has haters mad about her long hair!

Thank you very much for the compliment!!! Your hair is absolutely gorgeous!!

Thank you EVERYONE for the encouraging comments! I don't know where I would be without you guys!

 

[♥Lamaravilla♥]

Thanks for sharing! Your hair is growing beautifully and so is your daughters. I especially loved the caruso set pic, that looked so gorgeous on you.

Your little girl is a beauty! Lovely little chocolate girl! Congrats on your progress and many well wishes for the new year

 

[Garner]

Thanks for sharing. You have done a tremendous job taking care of you and your daughters hair. KUTGW!!!

 

[sozinzcomet]

Wonderful progress! Pretty daughter and I love her up braids and bun. I wish I knew how to braid. My poor baby gotta suffer until mommy learns. I'm going to invest in a mannequin head for practice. Hopefully that will help. Wish me luck!

 

[topnotch1010]

Thanks for sharing! Your hair is growing beautifully and so is your daughters. I especially loved the caruso set pic, that looked so gorgeous on you.
Your little girl is a beauty! Lovely little chocolate girl! Congrats on your progress and many well wishes for the new year

Awwwwww! Thank you so very much!!!

 

[topnotch1010]

Wonderful progress! Pretty daughter and I love her up braids and bun. I wish I knew how to braid. My poor baby gotta suffer until mommy learns. I'm going to invest in a mannequin head for practice. Hopefully that will help. Wish me luck!

They have some great tutorials on yt. My s-i-l taught me how to do it. Just keep practicing and you'll get it. Good luck girly and thank you very much!!

 

[msdeevee]

Y'alls pretty!!

Great progress.

 

[nafissa]

Congrats to both of you. Your hair is very thick and lush

 

[topnotch1010]

Y'alls pretty!!

Great progress.

Thank you girl!!!

 

[danigurl18]

You've had a great journey!! Congrats on you and your daughter's progress!!!

 

[Caychica]

Congrats. Thank u for sharing! Beautiful.

Love the Caruso roll style.

 

[topnotch1010]

Congrats. Thank u for sharing! Beautiful.

Love the Caruso roll style.

You hair looks lovely too!! Great growth!! Keep it up!

Thank you!

 

[flowinlocks]

You guys look cute. I love the hair cut on you. Congrats. to both of you!!

 

[AmyRose92]

I'm glad you were willing to search for healthy hair practices because of your daughter. A lot of AA parents just slap some relaxer, pull their kid's hair into a ponytail and call it a day. You really worked hard, and your story touched me a lot. Congratulations!

 

[jamaicalovely]

Wow , TopNotch. Your hair grew back quick! I remember when you cut your hair late Spring. Good job with your daughter's hair.

 

[I AM...]

Very nicely told. Very enjoyable. Very inspiring! Thanks for sharing.

I cut my hair in June and am sitting under the dryer before I blow dry to take my pic. I love your journey and 2010 is gonna be a banner year for the Topnoches!! You grow girls...

 

[lnana04]

Aww, I had to fight back tearing up, this was such a nice story. I'm sure your daughter is loving her growing and healthy hair. Congrats on the both of your progress!!

 

[Qualitee]

Looking good girle!

 

[~VicTorIAn~]

You guys did great this year! Thanks for sharing.
Your DD is so cute, watch out for them day care boys. lol!

 

[sqzbly1908]

What a great chronicle of you and DD's wonderful progress!!!

 

[SweetCaramel1]

ahhh, you're doing a great job!!!!

 

[exoticmommie]

Great progress, your hair looks so thick and healthy!

 

[~~HoneyComb~~]

Beautiful TopNotch, and your DD is adoreable!!

 

[likewtr4chklit]

This was a heart warming story. I love to see mothers take charge of not only their own hair but their daughter's hair as well. Love it, love it, love it!!

 

[KEWLKAT103]

Great progress and you and your daughter our so cute!

 

[Desarae]

Great Progress!

I know how you feel about wanting your DD to grow up with nice thick and healthy hair. My dd was the reason I started our HHJ's.

 

[tenderheaded]

I love seeing mama hair gurus grow their babies some hair! This is so inspirational! HHG in 2010! I can't wait to see future growth pics!

 

[Adaoba2012]

[font="century gothic] you and your DD's hair are beautiful[/font]

 

[Ms_CoCo37]

Our journey with health hair practices began with me wanting to give my daughter the best hair care possible. She has a lot of girl cousins that were born around the same time she was. I began to notice that their hair was flourishing and hers was not. That's what started me to begin searching on the web. The first thing I came to was Cathy Howse then BHM. On BHM I heard a lot about this site but I thought it was only for long haired women so I didn't immediately come here. After about a month I got the courage to check y'all out. I think I've only gone back to that site a hand full of times since I found LHCF. I became a paying member Dec '08. Here are our starting photos: (sorry I don't know how to resize)

This is the photo in my siggy. My hair was badly damaged and the sides broken off something terrible! You can see how fried it was.

Here is my DD. She was 3.

Here are some random photos after a few months of care. The dates are correct on all photos. I will try to put them in order....

This pic was at the Southern Meet Up

This pic was a month before I cut my hair. I decided to get rid of the fried ends and start over.

Then there was my CHOP!!!! (4") I did it myself around 4am

I wore braidouts until I had enough to grab and put into a phony bun.

6/09

Caruso Rolled

6 months after my blunt cut:

As you can tell, my DD's PS is braids. This isn't the best pic but here are some box braids that I did on her. They lasted 8 weeks. I added some hair to make it last longer.

Here is her length shot. 9/09

Here are our end of the year photos!!!!

I almost cried when I posted these pics. I know how important hair can be to the self esteem and I'm so blessed to have found this site. It all started because of my daughter. I don't want her growing up wishing she had 1 a/b (yt) hair like I did. I want her to have long flowing beautiful hair. Thank you LHCF:blowkiss:

Reggie:
Myself
Alternate beween poo wash and co-washing every 3 days with Silk Elements Poo and V05 Moisture Milk Condish. I only DC after relaxers (I don't stretch) with Motions CPR. I bunned most of the year but I recently fell back in love with twistouts. I re-wet them every night with my mix of V05 Condish and Water. It's SOOOOO moisturizing and CHEAP!! I seal with either ORS Olive Oil in the jar or with Hairveda Cocasta Oil. Oh, and if I have the $$$, I buy Joico K-pac products. They are SOOOOO moisturizing but SOOOOOO expensive!! but they are really good if you have the money to spend.
I only flat iron my hair for length checks, which is every 6 months (with the exception of my year end photos). I think heat was my major cause of damage, along with no moisture. I moisturize my hair twice a day.

DD
I keep her hair in braids for a low manipulation. I moisturize and seal her hair with the same products I use twice a day as well. I don't believe in letting the hair get dry. I wash and rebraid her hair on Saturdays.

We both are on a no heat reggie. We always air dry and I air dry her in about 4-5 braids. We sleep on satin pillowcases and I finger comb my hair everyday. I stopped using black rubberbands on her hair and just use a little beeswax. It works just as well. We clarify once a month with ION Clarifying Poo and V05 Kiwi Clarifying Condish.

I think that's it. I'm looking forward to this year and hopefully by the end of 2010 she will be MBL and I will be almost BSL. Thank you for reading!!!

xoxo

Both you and your daughter are very beautiful! You've done an outstanding job in your hair journey so far. As a mom myself, it brings tears to my eyes to see all of your hard work and dedication paying off for the two of you.

 

[brg240]

you have such great progress It's so sweet what your doing for her and she's so adorable