SHOULDER LENGTH 2011 CHALLENGE!

^^^Natural now, but when i was relaxed I used to stretch up to 10-11 weeks. Instead of setting a tight deadline, I found it better to play it by ear and just pay attention to how my hair was behaving as far as deciding when to relax.
 
So I haven't been on here in a minute...I've just been really lazy with my hair.

It seems like you ladies are making good progress !!!! :yay:

Here are my update pics.. I haven't figured out how to get them side by side yet :lol:





 
Hi Ladies:

doing a proper check-in without pictures (forgot).

I am gaining 1/2 an inch a month as usual - so I am at 4.5 inches right now (cept for the nape 3.5inches).

On the plus side, Baby Girl (my hair) seems rather healthy. MINIMUM split ends (least number of split ends in about two years), and the ends look healthy.

so here's to having healthy SL hair in December!
 
Imani said:
:lachen: Hey, "A" for effort tho!
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LOL The cornrow I did looked like a "my mama's friend braided my hair" cornrow! lol I don't think I added enough hair to the braid because it was Uber thin at the ends! :lol:

faithVA said:
I feel you. I haven't yet tried to cornrow. Yesterday, I did a two strand flat twist towards the center to make a french twist updo. It looked good in my mind. That craziness came out this morning and had to settle for a crazy and wild twist out.
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If you can flat twist you are well on your way to being able to cornrow. I learned how to cornrow last year, but I'm still not that creative with it.
 
faithVA said:
I want to know too. For some reason I get really confused with where SL is?
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I figure where Chiquitita is right now is considered SL. Any longer than that and you're well on your way to APL. It's ok if she doesn't want to claim it yet but, heck, I would. :lol:
 
Ravengirl said:
@Chiquitita isn't that SL or do you want to grow another inch before claiming it? Do I need to bring out the dancing smilies, hmmm? lol
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:grin: Thanks Ravengirl. My dilemma is that my back seems to grow much faster than my sides and top. Looks like I'm gonna end up with some pretty long layers. Mulletville, here I come !!! :lol:

But I actually took another picture of my sides today. And it looks like I have about three lead hairs on my side that have made it to shoulder length. :lachen: Take a look...



So hey, if you ladies think I should claim it, then I'm CLAMINING IT !!!

APL thread here I come !!! Yoohoo :yay:
 
Yay, claim it girl! :yay::yay::yay: The sides and crown will catch up later. Don't worry about it my hair grows the same way. Since we have afros no one will notice anyway. :lol:
 
Missjae09 said:
very nice progress!!
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Thanks Missjae09. I just took out some minitwists and I just knew I had a setback from the amount of hair I lost on the takedown. :nono: But looks like I'll be ok. Don't think I'll be revisiting the minitwists again any time soon if ever.

This past week I tried wearing french rolls. One on each side of my head. They came out ok. I realize some people might think they look fuddy duddy. But I think they are an elegant, professional style for work.

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My only concern is the amount of manipulation because I had to redo them every morning.

Of course mine are still pretty small, but I think I will find some pretty hair accesories to add. Maybe spice them up a little.
 
Chiquitita said:
Thanks Missjae09. I just took out some minitwists and I just knew I had a setback from the amount of hair I lost on the takedown. :nono: But looks like I'll be ok. Don't think I'll be revisiting the minitwists again any time soon if ever.

This past week I tried wearing french rolls. One on each side of my head.
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I saw the description before I saw the picture. I was like what? huh?:look:

Then I saw the picture :lol: That is a beautiful style. It probably looks really good on you. It was way more elegant that what I imagined from the description. :lol:
 
faithVA said:
I saw the description before I saw the picture. I was like what? huh?:look:

Then I saw the picture :lol: That is a beautiful style. It probably looks really good on you. It was way more elegant that what I imagined from the description. :lol:
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Well believe me when I say that hers (in the picture) looks WAAAY better than mine. .:lol: I'm still trying to perfect my technique though !! :yep:

I need a go to style for summer cause its too daggone hot down here for wigs...
 
Chiquitita said:
Thanks Missjae09. I just took out some minitwists and I just knew I had a setback from the amount of hair I lost on the takedown. :nono: But looks like I'll be ok. Don't think I'll be revisiting the minitwists again any time soon if ever.

This past week I tried wearing french rolls. One on each side of my head. They came out ok. I realize some people might think they look fuddy duddy. But I think they are an elegant, professional style for work.

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My only concern is the amount of manipulation because I had to redo them every morning.

Of course mine are still pretty small, but I think I will find some pretty hair accesories to add. Maybe spice them up a little.
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Very very very pretty... I agree with the rest you should claim SL:yep::yep::yep:
 
Chiquitita said:
:grin: Thanks Ravengirl. My dilemma is that my back seems to grow much faster than my sides and top. Looks like I'm gonna end up with some pretty long layers. Mulletville, here I come !!! :lol:

But I actually took another picture of my sides today. And it looks like I have about three lead hairs on my side that have made it to shoulder length. :lachen: Take a look...



So hey, if you ladies think I should claim it, then I'm CLAMINING IT !!!

APL thread here I come !!! Yoohoo :yay:
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Our first April graduate! Congrats!!!:grin:
 
I have this mullet thang going on. The back of my hair is like an inch away from shoulder length, the sides are about two inches, and I just cut some bangs so, they don't count. I'm pretty sure I can still make it to shoulder length by June. I'll post some pics later on tonight.

~I ALSO GOT MY HAIR RELAXED~
 
The knots where rediculous! My hiar is so curly that when it dried it would curl upon itself, and start to dred. And this is after texlaxing! So I decided to just relax it and take care of it this way. But my hair grows slow enough to where I will be able to get my hair relaxed twice a year only. The good thingis that hte stylyst told me that I did not have split ends! So I just have to keep it up!
 
Future April graduates, still 24 days left! Is anyone doing anything special to try and squeeze in some extra growth???

I'm taking Nioxin vits and massaging my scalp more while applying sulfur. I feel like when I was in school, trying to cram in some last minute studying before an exam, lol!
 
I think I may have my hair flat ironed for Easter for a length check, but I'm sooooo scared to do that. Idk why, but I'm petrified(sp?) of that much heat. I may just flat iron a back piece and take a pic to see where i am.
 
Chiquitita, Congrats on making SL! :-)

iman, thanks for responding. I think I will most likely will wait for next weekend @ 9 weeks post to relax....But a few weeks back I was experiencing quite a bit of breakage from what I believe was protein overload. I've since been focusing on moisture and the breakage hasn't been much of an issue anymore. I'm wondering if I should still do a protein treatment b4 relaxing? Any advice ladies?
 
Imani said:
Future April graduates, still 24 days left! Is anyone doing anything special to try and squeeze in some extra growth???

I'm taking Nioxin vits and massaging my scalp more while applying sulfur. I feel like when I was in school, trying to cram in some last minute studying before an exam, lol!
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I started working out at the end of March and plan to continue throughout the month. I'm still taking my vitamins just not as consistent as I should. That's about it. I've been eating a lot of seafood lately and I'm sure all of these things are helping the growth spurt I have been having the past few weeks.
I swear my hair wasn't growing much since the start of the year but all of sudden I strecthed my hair a few days ago and my hair is right where I think it should be. I am so SO close to SL!
 
Oh and to all the graduates, don't forget about us!!! Lol. We still want to see your beautiful progess, so come in and keep us posted.
 
I think I may be 1.5" from claiming SL comfortably. I did another pull test last night while cowashing and it seems pretty close.
 
Imani said:
Oh and to all the graduates, don't forget about us!!! Lol. We still want to see your beautiful progess, so come in and keep us posted.
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I will definitely be cheering you ladies on... and popping in to offer encouragement. Besides, I'm still waiting on the hair po po's to come in and be like "Uh Uh, nah girl, you ain't made SL yet, you still need, (add number) inches to go...:lol:

IMO, the long trekk from BC (especially if you BC'd to less than 1/2 inch like I did) to shoulder length is the biggest mental obstacle to overcome.

Once at shoulder length, you can then see that all of your hard work and hard earned money spent is paying off....For me, it is just encouragement to keep going, even if I am hating these two strand twists...:look: But I will figure out different ways to style these bad boys since I am retaining length.

HHG...
 
You may find this odd, but I would love to have a nape that would grow to allow me to have the mullet thing lol! I actually think it's cute with layers. The hair the grows behind my ears grows like crazy! and the back is super slow! so I have a bob... Don't get me wrong I love Bob's but with the way my hair grows I feel that it's going to take forever to get a healthy, long, growing nape!
lovely_locks said:
I have this mullet thang going on. The back of my hair is like an inch away from shoulder length, the sides are about two inches, and I just cut some bangs so, they don't count. I'm pretty sure I can still make it to shoulder length by June. I'll post some pics later on tonight.

~I ALSO GOT MY HAIR RELAXED~
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