SL 2014

[Trixie58]

Great progress! What's your regimen?

Thank u! I think my head was slightly tilted in fairness so i updated the pic. But not hugely different i guess. shampoo with trader joes nourish spa and then either use emergencia, nexus humectress with oil added, or aphogee two step if its protein time (usually 3 times a month, my hair likes that stuff). I also occasionally do hot oil treatments with moska oil. Then just air or roller set w chi keratin mist & rusk smoother. i had an event this week so i got it flat ironed at the salon but i usually wash it at home and use no heat. I wear claws most of the time, the big j crew ones that don't tug. I moisturize and seal now and them with ubh satin creme and some oil but not consistently (i kno horrible). Relax every 10 wks or so mizani bb mild. viviscal, msm powder, biotin, and flaxseed.

 

[faithVA]

Since my mane is straight, decided to do Progress check. The orange is november abt a wk before thanksgiving. The white tank is now. Not anything to write home about but i c progress. SL in some states but im not calling it for another inch. We will see how long that takes. My hair has had a hard winter. No growth spurt and more than usual shedding since the cold hit use the last white tank tho, i think my hair was tilted back in the other one! Ill delete it later.

That's great progress. It's very noticeable.

 

[Babygrowth]

Two weeks in this sew in and I'm almost over it! Smh.

 

[faithVA]

Things are getting better. I completed my wash day yesterday at 1 am. But today my hair is soft, moisturized and curly. I am glad to finally have some progress. Here are the results of my latest curlformer set.

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

Things are getting better. I completed my wash day yesterday at 1 am. But today my hair is soft, moisturized and curly. I am glad to finally have some progress. Here are the results of my latest curlformer set.

Lovely ma'am

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[faithVA]

Lovely ma'am

Sent from my iPad using LHCF

Thank You. I enjoyed it for today. It has frizzed up now so I will see if I can salvage it with some bantu knots.

 

[ronie]

Things are getting better. I completed my wash day yesterday at 1 am. But today my hair is soft, moisturized and curly. I am glad to finally have some progress. Here are the results of my latest curlformer set.

Lovely. Your crown is filling up nicely too.

 

[ronie]

Since my mane is straight, decided to do Progress check. The orange is november abt a wk before thanksgiving. The white tank is now. Not anything to write home about but i c progress. SL in some states but im not calling it for another inch. We will see how long that takes. My hair has had a hard winter. No growth spurt and more than usual shedding since the cold hit use the last white tank tho, i think my hair was tilted back in the other one! Ill delete it later.

Nothing to write home about? That's some great progress. Your hair looks nice and healthy. I ll say you are SL. Good work.

 

[naturalpride]

I big chopped in Oct 2013 after 6 months of transitioning. This was my second big chop. My first BC was in 2007 and I stayed natural for 14 months. This go around at being natural my priorities have changed I am a mother and work. I just don't have the time necessary to care for my natural hair like I have in the past. So I decided to relax a couple of days ago. My hair is short and prior to my most recent bc my hair was bsl. I've had short hair in high school, but not since then.

Regimen
Shampoo weekly
DC under steamer twice weekly
Roller set twice weekly


Starting pic March 2014

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

I big chopped in Oct 2013 after 6 months of transitioning. This was my second big chop. My first BC was in 2007 and I stayed natural for 14 months. This go around at being natural my priorities have changed I am a mother and work. I just don't have the time necessary to care for my natural hair like I have in the past. So I decided to relax a couple of days ago. My hair is short and prior to my most recent bc my hair was bsl. I've had short hair in high school, but not since then.

Regimen
-Sulfur oil mix daily
-Co wash daily
-deep condition 3x a week
-moisturize daily with LOC method
-Aphogee 2 minute weekly
-hot oil treatment 3x a week
-hair vitamins and msm supplement
-protective style daily.

Starting pic March 2014

Congrats on your decision! Looks so nice and healthy.

 

[naturalpride]

Congrats on your decision! Looks so nice and healthy.

Thank you

 

[faithVA]

Lovely. Your crown is filling up nicely too.

Thank You! I am excited about my crown. When I finally do get enough length for nice twists, I won't have to be so self conscious that I have a hole in the back of my head erplexed

 

[faithVA]

This in between length is aggravating :tantrum. I oiled my scalp last night and then could not get my short flat twists to pin up in a way that looked decent. So I took the flat twist in the back down and just put in two flat twists.

Styling is aggravating. I need to come up with 4 styles and just rotate them for the next 2 to 3 months.

 

[Babygrowth]

This in between length is aggravating :tantrum. I oiled my scalp last night and then could not get my short flat twists to pin up in a way that looked decent. So I took the flat twist in the back down and just put in two flat twists.

Styling is aggravating. I need to come up with 4 styles and just rotate them for the next 2 to 3 months.

Girl I know what you mean! I'm contemplating cutting my hair! I think I want to go short like xu93's hair. I attached an old pic of my short hair.

 

[mschristine]

The month of March will be a no heat month for me. I'm thinking about transitioning to natural but I'm not sure. I do know that my hair needs a long break from chemicals. Only time will tell

 

[sexypebbly]

Doing a search and destroy but not only for splits but for these dang single strand knots. They are the devil for natural hair

 

[Queensheba88]

Relaxed today at 13 weeks post I only have wet pics of my hair but it has grown a lot since my first relaxer in dec I did a corrective on all of my hair and I'm sure it added to my length a little holding to be Sl my June I will update with dry pics later

 

[faithVA]

Did a roller set on dry hair so could dust with my splitender. Did scalp treatment, followed by a protein treatment. I washed with tea and now dcing. I'm ready for bed but I still need to rinse. I hope my hair is happy.

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

So I rcvd my order yesterday from Anabelles when I got home from work. Some of the items have more of a strong perfummy smell to me rather than a sweet smell. Anyway I cowashed with the coffee cowash and it smells good. It cleanses very well for a cowash. It didn't leave my hair feeling coated or rough. Actually it was very nice and soft. It has some slip but I didn't detangle with it yet. I will do that next time. The consistency is kind of on the thicker side. I really like this stuff. After I left my hair on my turbie to soak up the water for 20 minutes. I applied the honey almond LI and then the honey almond moisturizing lotion and it had my hair nice. Like I said it has a strong perfume smell to me but it works wonders. My curls were so nice and defined...and get this here's the kicker...elongated! My hair shrinks up something bad especially with a wash n go. This LI and lotion hand my hair very much elongated.


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[faithVA]

So I rcvd my order yesterday from Anabelles when I got home from work. Some of the items have more of a strong perfummy smell to me rather than a sweet smell. Anyway I cowashed with the coffee cowash and it smells good. It cleanses very well for a cowash. It didn't leave my hair feeling coated or rough. Actually it was very nice and soft. It has some slip but I didn't detangle with it yet. I will do that next time. The consistency is kind of on the thicker side. I really like this stuff. After I left my hair on my turbie to soak up the water for 20 minutes. I applied the honey almond LI and then the honey almond moisturizing lotion and it had my hair nice. Like I said it has a strong perfume smell to me but it works wonders. My curls were so nice and defined...and get this here's the kicker...elongated! My hair shrinks up something bad especially with a wash n go. This LI and lotion hand my hair very much elongated.


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Very cute curls.

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

Very cute curls.

Thanks faith. I just wish my shrinkage wasn't so darn crazy. Anyway I'm liking her products so far. I believe I've found my replacement for HH.

 

[DarkJoy]

Did a roller set on dry hair so could dust with my splitender. Did scalp treatment, followed by a protein treatment. I washed with tea and now dcing. I'm ready for bed but I still need to rinse. I hope my hair is happy.

How was your split ender experience?

 

[faithVA]

How was your split ender experience?

It was a good experience. It was easier to use and my ends came out smoother. Almost silky for a minute. I think my next dusting in April will have my ends better than they have been in 4 years. I love how little the splitender takes off.

 

[DarkJoy]

It was a good experience. It was easier to use and my ends came out smoother. Almost silky for a minute. I think my next dusting in April will have my ends better than they have been in 4 years. I love how little the splitender takes off.

It's a nice little tool. The directions say to make 3 passes and that takes off 1/4 inch or so. I find myself making about 5 passes and still it probably is barely 1/4. Love it though. Using it every month now and with protective styles im retaining better.

Speaking of PSs, think this weekend gonna move back to crochet braids. The kinky twists are great but unfortunately I have to make them really small to stay on my fine strands. Im not about that 4 hour take down life. Plus they frizz the moment I put liquid on to moisturize. And not moisturizing or washing my eczema prone scalp at least once a week is not an option.

 

[faithVA]

It's a nice little tool. The directions say to make 3 passes and that takes off 1/4 inch or so. I find myself making about 5 passes and still it probably is barely 1/4. Love it though. Using it every month now and with protective styles im retaining better.

Speaking of PSs, think this weekend gonna move back to crochet braids. The kinky twists are great but unfortunately I have to make them really small to stay on my fine strands. Im not about that 4 hour take down life. Plus they frizz the moment I put liquid on to moisturize. And not moisturizing or washing my eczema prone scalp at least once a week is not an option.

I just do passes until I like the way my ends feel When I finish my entire head there is less in the container than when I did 1/4 of my head. I will probably adjust to the 3 passes after using it for a while. Right now my ends are still jacked up so need to get rid of them. They are feeling better though.

 

[lovely_locks]

The month of March will be a no heat month for me. I'm thinking about transitioning to natural but I'm not sure. I do know that my hair needs a long break from chemicals. Only time will tell

I am doing the same thing! Being relaxed I need to baby my hair. It's not I. It's best condition. And it's because of the excessive heat use

 

[oneastrocurlie]

I suppose my hair is retaining length. It isn't breaking. I went two weeks without washing in my quest to reduce manipulation. Verdict is still out on if it'll do that again.

 

[faithVA]

If I can figure out a way to keep my twists moisturized from wash day until Friday or if I can figure out a way to remoisturize my twist on Wednesday, I will be able to coast to SL using two strand twists. Right now my twists dry out around Wednesday and I have a hard time getting them remoisturized. I have a few ideas that I will have to try out week to week.

 

[oneastrocurlie]

If I can figure out a way to keep my twists moisturized from wash day until Friday or if I can figure out a way to remoisturize my twist on Wednesday, I will be able to coast to SL using two strand twists. Right now my twists dry out around Wednesday and I have a hard time getting them remoisturized. I have a few ideas that I will have to try out week to week.

faithVA

This might sounds silly but have you tried "squeezing" in a moisturizer into your twists? I put my twists in Saturday morning. Saturday night, Sunday, and this morning I took my moisturizer and kinda squeezed my twists in my hand with my moisturizer. When I took them down this morning my hair was good to go.

 

[faithVA]

faithVA

This might sounds silly but have you tried "squeezing" in a moisturizer into your twists? I put my twists in Saturday morning. Saturday night, Sunday, and this morning I took my moisturizer and kinda squeezed my twists in my hand with my moisturizer. When I took them down this morning my hair was good to go.

I probably have tried this in the past, but it is worth trying again. I will add it to my list of things to try. Thanks!