SL 2015

[ForestRose]

Anyone who fingercombs for months and then decides to comb their hair and gets a load of hair in their comb?

 

[PeaceFlow]

Anyone who fingercombs for months and then decides to comb their hair and gets a load of hair in their comb?

I get that. I have fine hair.

 

[Wenbev]

Anyone who fingercombs for months and then decides to comb their hair and gets a load of hair in their comb?

I had the opposite. When I started fingercombing I would get loads of hair until it finally tapered off.
Are you combing whilst wet or with conditioner? or dry when you notice the hair in the comb?

 

[DarkJoy]

Anyone who fingercombs for months and then decides to comb their hair and gets a load of hair in their comb?

Yes. Why I just stopped fingercombing. The ssk and knots (besides being super shrinky) from shed hair were atrocious. There were literally shed hairs wrapped around unshed hairs. I just comb now. Much better progress.

 

[ForestRose]

I had the opposite. When I started fingercombing I would get loads of hair until it finally tapered off.
Are you combing whilst wet or with conditioner? or dry when you notice the hair in the comb?

I just did it once yesterday damp with DC and shea. I last did it before I put my marley twists in so around 2 and a half months. There was just a whole load of long strands coming out.

Yes. Why I just stopped fingercombing. The ssk and knots (besides being super shrinky) from shed hair were atrocious. There were literally shed hairs wrapped around unshed hairs. I just comb now. Much better progress.

I'm thinking about stopping too. Its making stretching a lot harder hence my ssks are atrocious too. I may stick to 50/50 so once a week or so.

 

[jennifer30]

august length checks? where r them pictures?..lol j/k

 

[Wenbev]

I just did it once yesterday damp with DC and shea. I last did it before I put my marley twists in so around 2 and a half months. There was just a whole load of long strands coming out.

I'm thinking about stopping too. Its making stretching a lot harder hence my ssks are atrocious too. I may stick to 50/50 so once a week or so.

I would think if you're seeing long hairs that sounds like shedding not breakage. Have you tried tea or coffee rinses to slow the shed factor?

 

[Wenbev]

august length checks? where r them pictures?..lol j/k

I thought July was the check in month. The next one isnt until October...

 

[ForestRose]

I would think if you're seeing long hairs that sounds like shedding not breakage. Have you tried tea or coffee rinses to slow the shed factor?

It is shedding. And rinses probably won't help because its just get shed hair that I never get out. We lose 100 shed hairs a day and over 70 days that's about 7000 hairs lol.

 

[ForestRose]

I'm gonna post some pictures soon. I said I would and haven't. So lazy lol. I've made a lot of progress.

 

[jennifer30]

I thought July was the check in month. The next one isnt until October...

ok..

 

[faithVA]

I'm going to do an official length in September. I will blow dry the back at the end of August for another challenge.

 

[Wenbev]

It is shedding. And rinses probably won't help because its just get shed hair that I never get out. We lose 100 shed hairs a day and over 70 days that's about 7000 hairs lol.

Definitely agree. But for me, I shed more than average in the summer and use tea rinses to help reduce the shed factor. I was thinking you were seeing far more than normal...

 

[faithVA]

Did a clay wash yesterday and did a water rinse tonight. Sealed with oil and a Shea butter blend. Doing a different flat twist style. Just a few more inches in the back and styling will be much easier.

Tried to do a puff yesterday but the back still is too short for it too look good. The front is much longer than the back.

 

[jennifer30]

Did a clay wash yesterday and did a water rinse tonight. Sealed with oil and a Shea butter blend. Doing a different flat twist style. Just a few more inches in the back and styling will be much easier.

Tried to do a puff yesterday but the back still is too short for it too look good. The front is much longer than the back.

you'll get it together.....

 

[jennifer30]

i had a growth spurt...i knew it would happen i only need 4-6 inches in the back for apl..haha i know thats a lot...lol

 

[faithVA]

i had a growth spurt...i knew it would happen i only need 4-6 inches in the back for apl..haha i know thats a lot...lol

Congratulations. How can you tell you had a growth spurt? I would love to have one but don't think I've had one in a few years.

 

[ForestRose]

Did a clay wash yesterday and did a water rinse tonight. Sealed with oil and a Shea butter blend. Doing a different flat twist style. Just a few more inches in the back and styling will be much easier.

Tried to do a puff yesterday but the back still is too short for it too look good. The front is much longer than the back.

This is me. Its why I've refrained from doing ___out styles for so long. I know the tapered look is in at the moment but on he it doesn't look right.

 

[xu93texas]

I'm going to do an official length in September. I will blow dry the back at the end of August for another challenge.

Yes to this. My last LC was in June. The next time I flat iron will be right after Labor Day.

 

[jennifer30]

Congratulations. How can you tell you had a growth spurt? I would love to have one but don't think I've had one in a few years.

my hair grew a few inches in the back all of a sudden..

 

[faithVA]

my hair grew a few inches in the back all of a sudden..

Nice! Looking forward to your update pics

 

[jennifer30]

Nice! Looking forward to your update pics

yeah if only my hair could reach a certain length in the back..my hair was never long in the back..

 

[naija24]

hey ladies!! still around!!

took my weave out after 6 weeks. the heat and sweat was making me itch something fierce. no longer worth it.

but!! I think I'm on track still to hit SL this December.

 

[naija24]

i'm nervous though because I have maybe a good half inch to an inch of straight ends and it's not that cute

 

[Coilystep]

i'm nervous though because I have maybe a good half inch to an inch of straight ends and it's not that cute

I thought you wanted to be a straight/heat trained (so I wouldn't think that would be problem). By flat ironing you run the risk of losing your curl pattern every time.

 

[naija24]

I thought you wanted to be a straight/heat trained (so I wouldn't think that would be problem). By flat ironing you run the risk of losing your curl pattern every time.

I did but it got expensive. Plus I am afraid stylists are using too much heat? I'm planning to straighten my hair tonight at home because it just looks better straight to me, but I don't want my hair to be gross and dry and potentially start breaking, like a chemical free demarcation line.

My hair is just sooooooo thick. It's surprising. I'm seven months post and I want to see my length but at the same time I hear that your hair does better sans heat, so I feel torn.

 

[Coilystep]

I did but it got expensive. I'm planning to straighten my hair tonight because it just looks better straight to me, but I don't want my hair to be gross and dry and potentially start breaking, like a chemical free demarcation line.

Have tried wearing your natural texture at all? Different techniques results in different looks. Try different products watch some YouTube videos. Are there any textured styles you like? There are several different options other than straightening.

 

[naija24]

Have tried wearing your natural texture at all? Different techniques results in different looks. Try different products watch some YouTube videos. Are there any textured styles you like? There are several different options other than straightening.

So, there are tons of textured styles I think are cute, but I feel like they require really long hair, otherwise it doesn't fit my face, which is fairly narrow. Stretched/straight are the most attractive styles to me. I just want natural CBL hair I feel like it's gonna take years. I have about three inches of hair straightened.

 

[Coilystep]

So, there are tons of textured styles I think are cute, but I feel like they require really long hair, otherwise it doesn't fit my face, which is fairly narrow. Stretched/straight are the most attractive styles to me. I just want natural CBL hair I feel like it's gonna take years. I have about three inches of hair straightened.

I had about that when I bc'd. I had never had short and didn't particularly care for short hair but I embraced because I choose to cut when I did. I did my research and decided I'm not sacrificing my future hair for how it looks now. I have a lot of shrinkage but I'm definitely SL and I've found beauty in the stage I'm in now. I've found a style I'm happy with and feel I can grow in it. Keep in mind that hair grows everyday and how you treat it now determines what it will be down the road. So if you're noticing damage on your ends now they will be just as damaged once it grows out and you'll have cut what progress you've made down the road and end up not retaining as much as you could've in the long run.

 

[Wenbev]

I thought you wanted to be a straight/heat trained (so I wouldn't think that would be problem). By flat ironing you run the risk of losing your curl pattern every time.

This is true @naija24, please use a protein or reconstructor before and after straightening your hair. I was on that straight train too, but in the end I realized my hair was being punished and had to do a mini big chop because of the ends having heat damage. Now, I do my own straightening, don't reuse heat after the initial blow and flat iron and my hair is doing well. Maybe keep braids in until it gets to a length you are more comfortable with...