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SmilingElephant's Hip-Tailbone Challenge 2026

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How much stuff do you have? Why a year?

Probably for you since you are beyond a certain length your regimen is pretty set.
I have quite a bit. It's been sitting because I was struggling with severe depression and not using everything up as much as I should have.

Same thing with my fridge...so much stuff went bad because I wasn't really eating.

Grief really does a number on me, I can say that :ohwell:

I might be able to salvage a few things. But I know the stuff under my sink mostly has to go. I literally have no space to put anything else in my bathroom :lol:
 
I have quite a bit. It's been sitting because I was struggling with severe depression and not using everything up as much as I should have.

Same thing with my fridge...so much stuff went bad because I wasn't really eating.

Grief really does a number on me, I can say that :ohwell:

I might be able to salvage a few things. But I know the stuff under my sink mostly has to go. I literally have no space to put anything else in my bathroom :lol:
I'm sorry to hear about your bout of depression. It sounds like you have made it through the storm and coming out the other side. I am glad to hear that. Grief is a heavy hitter and we all deal with it differently. As long as you are better, the fridge and cabinet will be just fine until you get around to it. :bighug:
 
So, y'all...

How about a few days ago I discovered that I have 3b/3c hair?

I have been on a healthy hair journey since 2008 and went natural in 2011. It's been 14 years since then, and that's how long I've been typing my hair wrong. I always thought I was 3c/4a.

I also recently discovered that I have low porosity hair...it's also coarse, not fine...but that part I knew.

I feel like a whole other person. I've been styling my hair wrong all this time, wondering why products build up on my hair so quick.

Has anybody else had a hair revelation this year? :look:
 
So, y'all...

How about a few days ago I discovered that I have 3b/3c hair?

I have been on a healthy hair journey since 2008 and went natural in 2011. It's been 14 years since then, and that's how long I've been typing my hair wrong. I always thought I was 3c/4a.

I also recently discovered that I have low porosity hair...it's also coarse, not fine...but that part I knew.

I feel like a whole other person. I've been styling my hair wrong all this time, wondering why products build up on my hair so quick.

Has anybody else had a hair revelation this year? :look:
By discovering that your hair was 3b/3c how did that change things for you? What are you doing differently?
 
By discovering that your hair was 3b/3c how did that change things for you? What are you doing differently?
I'm realizing that I need to stop overdoing the creams and gels. I use WAY too much.

I am also going a different way about HOW I style my hair. My whole top portion is 3b and the bottom/back is 3c. I'm going to start sectioning the top from the bottom instead of half and half. The top part responds well to lighter hold products like mousse...the bottom part can handle creamier products.

It's a whole new world :lol:
 
I'm realizing that I need to stop overdoing the creams and gels. I use WAY too much.

I am also going a different way about HOW I style my hair. My whole top portion is 3b and the bottom/back is 3c. I'm going to start sectioning the top from the bottom instead of half and half. The top part responds well to lighter hold products like mousse...the bottom part can handle creamier products.

It's a whole new world :lol:
Very interesting. Glad you recognized the differences and how you need to handle them differently.
 
So, I've been busy editing and publishing (*ahem* Im pretty sure wunna y'all is a writer, let me know if you would like to get published :look: I have 4 slots open right now for $100 off!)

I figured I'd give y'all a sneak peek of what my hair is doing. I don't know if there's a big difference from my last ponytail shot, but here it is...

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Before:

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Random aside: Which island are you from?
 
Okay, so here's my length check for September. Y'all probably can't tell a difference, but I can. And I'm really irritated because my hair is longer in the shower, because I'm the water helps it stretch out more.

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Maybe I could try taking pics in the shower, but who wants to do that? (Fully clothed, of course :bdance:) I'm the shower I am definitely waist length so I'm claiming it, dammit! :lol:

This is the same problem that I have: in the shower my hair is giving me waist length then out of the shower wet is giving me MBL.

Y'all either have to take my word for the length of we becoming fast friends.
 
I've been extremely neglectful of my hair this year. I feel like I'm in a perpetual hair rut.

I think that my problem is that maintenance mode is SOOO boring. I've made peace with the fact that my hair hates combs and that I don't know how to style hair, anyway. (I can't braid, flat twist, press, etc.) The only style I'm passable with is two strand twists. I've learned that mini twists are even better for my hair at the moment. I have a routine that works but stored doing it because of boredom mixed with laziness. I need to be inspired by my hair. Wearing it out leads to knots.

Winter is approaching and my house feels so dry. I don't think the furnace humidifier is working so I'll have to get that looked at ASAP so that my hair doesn't snap all the way off.

I'm at the point where I've worked to grow long hair, but I'm not getting to enjoy it.

I haven't taken any hair pics in mind so hopefully soon.
 
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