SL 2015

Today was 3 days post water only washing my minitwists. Decided to cowash with vo5 kiwi.

This upcoming Sunday makes 2 weeks in minitwists. I'm volunteering at my friends charity event Saturday... I'm helping with registration and seating of the guests. I'm tempted to take these twists down Friday night and rock a flat twist out Saturday.
 
A little update is that I've stopped wearing my crochet wig. The blending was too difficult and defeated the objective of a PS being low maintainance. Not to mention the tangling. I loved it though and do have so pics which I will post when I have some time. Right now I'm PS with bunning but the SSK are still an obstacle so I'm having to dust regularly.

Atm I'm thinking about spending some money on a kinky curly weave/wig that I can wear till the end of the year. I'm just really worried about paying a lot and then it tangling and shedding though.
From what I've seen buying hair seems to be one of those luck things. You either get a good batch or you don't. I was thinking about wowafrican but I might try the cheaper aliexpress first. Will give some more updates on this soon.

So far my aim is to PS with extensions till december or when I'm between SL and APL then wear braid outs and clipin extensions.
 
jennifer30 said:
i can't explain but maybe i'll start using it just on my scalp and not pour it on my hair.. i read it helps with build-up..

when is your next length check btw? you had some good growth last photo u posted
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I'm in the 2 inches in 4 month challenge so I have a length check at the end of August. Then I will do it again at the end of September for this challenge. I am making some progress but my hair still isn't as long as yours. I'm hoping by the end of September, I am full NL. We shall see.
 
xxlalaxx said:
A little update is that I've stopped wearing my crochet wig. The blending was too difficult and defeated the objective of a PS being low maintainance. Not to mention the tangling. I loved it though and do have so pics which I will post when I have some time. Right now I'm PS with bunning but the SSK are still an obstacle so I'm having to dust regularly.

Atm I'm thinking about spending some money on a kinky curly weave/wig that I can wear till the end of the year. I'm just really worried about paying a lot and then it tangling and shedding though.
From what I've seen buying hair seems to be one of those luck things. You either get a good batch or you don't. I was thinking about wowafrican but I might try the cheaper aliexpress first. Will give some more updates on this soon.

So far my aim is to PS with extensions till december or when I'm between SL and APL then wear braid outs and clipin extensions.
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Let us know what hair you get. I need to figure out my wig game.
 
I just installed curlformers in 30 minutes :evilbanana::evilbanana::evilbanana: It usually takes me 2+ hrs. For the life of me I could not understand how napural85, is able to install curlformers in 30mins with all that hair. So I made changes on how I install them.

1. Do not watch TV when installing curlformers; It is a unnecessary distraction
2. Make the sections bigger
3. Do not detangle your hair again. Since I do the MHM, I detangle when I apply my DC. So when I am installing my CF it is unnecessary for me to detangle again. Of course, if there is some tangles I detangle but if not keep it moving.
4. Standing vs sitting. I was able to move a lot quicker when I was standing.
5. I applied my leavein and styler in one total section instead of individually applying the product. Before I was applying my products per curlformer. Today, I applied the products per "total" section. This will def help w/ the overuse of products and my drying time.

I'll upload pics once my hair is down drying. The only reason why I'm using curlformers is to stretch my hair for my twistouts:drunk:
 
faithVA said:
I'm in the 2 inches in 4 month challenge so I have a length check at the end of August. Then I will do it again at the end of September for this challenge. I am making some progress but my hair still isn't as long as yours. I'm hoping by the end of September, I am full NL. We shall see.
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ok.. but your hair is longer then mine in the back...lol
 
pelohello said:
I just installed curlformers in 30 minutes :evilbanana::evilbanana::evilbanana: It usually takes me 2+ hrs. For the life of me I could not understand how napural85, is able to install curlformers in 30mins with all that hair. So I made changes on how I install them.

1. Do not watch TV when installing curlformers; It is a unnecessary distraction
2. Make the sections bigger
3. Do not detangle your hair again. Since I do the MHM, I detangle when I apply my DC. So when I am installing my CF it is unnecessary for me to detangle again. Of course, if there is some tangles I detangle but if not keep it moving.
4. Standing vs sitting. I was able to move a lot quicker when I was standing.
5. I applied my leavein and styler in one total section instead of individually applying the product. Before I was applying my products per curlformer. Today, I applied the products per "total" section. This will def help w/ the overuse of products and my drying time.

I'll upload pics once my hair is down drying. The only reason why I'm using curlformers is to stretch my hair for my twistouts:drunk:
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Cool. I was wondering what people meant when they said it took them 2 hours :lol: I'm pretty slow and it only takes me an hour. I still do a lot of your don'ts. I would rather enjoy 1 hour in front of the TV instead of 30 minutes in front of the bathroom mirror :yep: :lol:

Hope you have great results.
 
I had a rough day at work earlier this week. Came home and had a pity party by myself that included a large amount of wine after washing my hair and putting in conditioner. I slapped on a plastic cap and wrapped a turbie over that. I proceeded to get sloshed and went to sleep before the sun went down. LOL.

I accidentally did an overnight DC. Got up the next day all freaked out. Got my hair styled and it was like I had a new head of hair. Soft like crazy. (itched like crazy too)

I thought that overnight DC was bad for hair, making it too mushy. My hair WAS mushy when wet, but sure did well after drying/styling. Think I may do that again on occasion...
 
My hair has come a long way. At the beginning of the year I would end up with a floor full of broken pieces every time I did my hair. It was a pain in the butt having to sweep when I finished. Today I played in my hair trying different styles and then went through and did a search and destroy and just a few pieces were on the floor. I'm still experiencing breakage but its greatly reduced. My dusting in December should leave me with some pretty ends :pray:
 
finally shampooed my hair. I have got to get back on a regular routine. Prepooed with SSI okra for almost two hours - was only supposed to be 30 min for the reconstructor but oh well. shampooed with yest to carrots and did a quick DC with SSI avocado for moisture. flat twisted in six whilst in the shower did a final rinse out of the condish and wrapped up in an old tshirt to soak up the excess water. Before I go to bed, I'll use a small amount of sweet almond oil and then tie up the twists in a scarf.
 
faithVA said:
My hair has come a long way. At the beginning of the year I would end up with a floor full of broken pieces every time I did my hair. It was a pain in the butt having to sweep when I finished. Today I played in my hair trying different styles and then went through and did a search and destroy and just a few pieces were on the floor. I'm still experiencing breakage but its greatly reduced. My dusting in December should leave me with some pretty ends :pray:
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It feels so good right! The difference. I used to wonder how women on this forum would only get a few strands of breakage and now I know.
 
Having a good hair day today and having the usual hih experience. I flat twisted everything towards the crown except for a little of the front which are in two strand twists. I put everything on perm rods to give it a better look. This morning I pinned all of the flat twists in the center without the use of a rubber band :yay: I love having a few more styling options :yep:
 
Took down the minitwists.
I will finger detangle and wear some sort of pinned back style this weekend, then wash on Sunday.

I haven't used shampoo in a while. Thinking about keeping it simple with a shampoo and steam session Sunday followed by chunky flat twists that I will wear until mid week, then twistout until next Sunday.

July is almost over. Wow.
 
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