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TWA Grow Out Challenge 1/1/06-1/1/07
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MariposaMorena08
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I'd like to join in too, if it is not too late! I do not currently have a regimen as I am still trying to find hair products that work for me. Any suggestions?
hopeful
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tishee said:hi ladies,
My hair is giving me h***. I am back to square one and it is getting the best of me. This weekend I plan on sitting down and writing out a routine that I plan on following until our next check in. Something has got to give.
Off to bed ladies...this summer school is draining me
HHG ladies!
Hang in there tishee. I hope things get better soon. I just hit my 3 month mark since my 2nd bc and this go round my hair is really showing it's personality. Last year when I was at this point with my first bc my crown was more wavy than coily. Well this time my crown is super coily and can hold braids and twists well and the back which was especially dry and kinky is showing more and more coils as well, although they are smaller and fewer. So just when I had accepted that I had all these texture variances (wavy crown/kinky back with lots of shrinkage) it is finally evening out a bit (coily crown and back). So I'm just saying hang in there, maybe your hair just needs a little more time to reveal itself. And once you find the right products and regimen, it will be on!
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morehairplease
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hopeful said:Hang in there tishee. I hope things get better soon. I just hit my 3 month mark since my 2nd bc and this go round my hair is really showing it's personality. Last year when I was at this point with my first bc my crown was more wavy than coily. Well this time my crown is super coily and can hold braids and twists well and the back which was especially dry and kinky is showing more and more coils as well, although they are smaller and fewer. So just when I had excepted that I had all these texture variances (wavy crown/kinky back with lots of shrinkage) it is finally evening out a bit (coily crown and back). So I'm just saying hang in there, maybe your hair just needs a little more time to reveal itself. And once you find the right products and regimen, it will be on!
hopeful thanks SO much for your reply! I so needed that.
BamaBelle
New Member
BamaBelle said:
...Well, today I decided to touch-up with Mizani instead of Affirm (thinking that maybe the Affirm was helping to dry out my hair). Worse move I've made yet. I only left the relaxer on 7 minutes from start of application to rinse and my hair is now nearly bone straight. I was aiming for a more relaxed texturizing but I got the other end of the spectrum. I'm sad and confused. I'm not sure if I am going to just do Dominican blowouts and just work it that way or if I'm going to get some braids or twists and keep them long enough to have enough NG to BC again. I'm really pissed.
Incredible1ne
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I'd like to join this challenge.
morehairplease
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malikmom said:
welcome to the challenge & HHG!
morehairplease
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BamaBelle said:
BamaBelle sweetie I am so sorry to hear this. Along the lines of advice I do not have much to offer b/c my hair is bringing out the beast in me and I have idea what,when,how and why to do anything anymore
erplexed 
. Just know that if you need a cyber shoulder to lean on I am here for you sweetie.take care
morehairplease
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curlilocs said:
welcome to the challenge curlilocs & HHG!
morehairplease
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Incredible1ne said:
cool, welcome to the challenge & HHG Incredible1ne!
Zeal
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Welcome to all the new people.
Hugs and kisses to all who struggle. I also struggle. I "Still" have no regiman. It seems like I change my regiman every 3 weeks. I need to stick with something. I was doing the Neosporin, now I am doing MSM. I will do this for the month of July and switch back to MN in August.
Hugs and kisses to all who struggle. I also struggle. I "Still" have no regiman. It seems like I change my regiman every 3 weeks. I need to stick with something. I was doing the Neosporin, now I am doing MSM. I will do this for the month of July and switch back to MN in August.
morehairplease
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ladies,I am SO sorry it took so long to post my pics for the 7/1/06 check in....I am NOT computer savvy at all.
My current regimen will be:
-cw twice a day w/Suave's citrus smoothie followed by DD water lily. Apply Oyin's greg's juice(once this runs out I plan on purchasing Giovonni direct leave in), scurl, and nexxus botanic oil to my ends.
-I will deep condition once or twice a week with Loreal's mega moisture, AG rhoussal condish, or Suave humectant using machier's(sp) techinque.
-I plan on purchasing AO's gpb and honeysuckle rose conditioners as well as ORS oil replenishing packets....have yet to figure out how I am going to fit them into my routine
but that shouldn't be a problem.Ladies how often are you doing protein treatments? And are you using heat? Naturals how do you know when you hair needs a protein treatment vs. a moisture treatment?
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hopeful
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Tishee, your hair looks good. I don't realy use protein on my hair much, I love the ORS replenishing pak which I believe is a very mild protein, and even that can be too much sometimes, I use it for my deep con every week, sometimes every two weeks. If I leave it on longer than the recommended time it will dry my hair out and make the shrinkage really intense. For the most part my hair just seems to love moisture, braids, twist and being left alone.
morehairplease
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hopeful said:
thanks hopeful! I am going to pick up a packet of the ORS this weekend and try it Sunday. Do you mind me asking if you use heat with it? If so,for how long?
thanks in advance
morehairplease
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Tene said:
of course you can join Tene!
HHG
morehairplease
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Zeal said:
can't wait sweetie!
hopeful
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tishee said:
Most of the time I don't use heat. I wash with con then dc with the ORS pak, sometimes I also add in some of my dove moisturizing con, I also add warm/hot water to my hair after applying the conditioner, seems to help it penetrate better, cover with a plastic cap for 45 minutes to an hour. I have used a heat cap before (over my plastic cap) I think for like 20 to 30 minutes and that works great too, I'm just too lazy most days to do that. I hope you like it, I think most people love the ORS pak. I am also a big fan of Oyin's Shine & Define serum, I use that for my twists, along with some oil and my hair feels like butter.
morehairplease
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Zeal said:Here are the pics of my growth. They are dark.
congrats on the growth sweetie! Looking good
morehairplease
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hopeful said:Most of the time I don't use heat. I wash with con then dc with the ORS pak, sometimes I also add in some of my dove moisturizing con, I also add warm/hot water to my hair after applying the conditioner, seems to help it penetrate better, cover with a plastic cap for 45 minutes to an hour. I have used a heat cap before (over my plastic cap) I think for like 20 to 30 minutes and that works great too, I'm just too lazy most days to do that. I hope you like it, I think most people love the ORS pak. I am also a big fan of Oyin's Shine & Define serum, I use that for my twists, along with some oil and my hair feels like butter.
thanks hopeful!
I'd like to officially join this challenge!!! When I was still a lurker, I read this thread and actually got some of the courage to BC from this thread. Technically, I've been following along since 2/14 (day of the BC) but it's time to make this official. I can hopefully come through and post some photos showing where I started out and where I am today. Keep on growing!!
morehairplease
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\IvyHair said:
Keep on growing!!
welcome aboard IvyHair! post some pics if you can.
HHG!
MzTami
Hellerrrr
Woww... that is a lot of hair! Personally, I don't think hair grows even, at least mine doesn't. So if you are cutting to keep it even, you may want to reconsider.Zeal said:If Would stop clpping my hair. I probably would have 6 inches by now.
I vow not to touch the scissors again this year.
I clipped my hair today. It is even now. I just want ot to grow evenly
morehairplease
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MzTami said:
wow, I had come to this decision today....my hair does not grow even.
Jackie
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Hey guys!
I started growing out my relaxer in March and cut the relaxed ends in May, so I've been sporting a TWA for a couple months now, but this is my first time seeing this challenge. I would like to join (despite the challenge being halfway over hehe).
For a while, I thought my hair majorly grew unevenly, but I recently realized that it's just the difference in the textures of my hair that makes it LOOK like my hair grows faster on top (where my curls are A LOT looser) and slower on the sides (where the coils are very tight), but when I actually compared strands from each side of my head, I saw that they were the same length. Maybe this is the case with you guys also.
I'm still hashing out the details of my regimen, but right now I...
Wash every 2 days with Pantene's clarifying shampoo
Condition with every wash with NTM's Daily Conditioner
Deep condition twice a week with NTM's Deep Conditioner
--Sleep with deep conditioner in my hair and rinse in the morning
Apply NTM's leave-in conditioner to wet hair
I usually rock a quasi-messy fro.
I'm still looking for a good serum or something like that for more curl definition.
I'm type 4a and I've been getting .5" of growth a month
I started growing out my relaxer in March and cut the relaxed ends in May, so I've been sporting a TWA for a couple months now, but this is my first time seeing this challenge. I would like to join (despite the challenge being halfway over hehe).
For a while, I thought my hair majorly grew unevenly, but I recently realized that it's just the difference in the textures of my hair that makes it LOOK like my hair grows faster on top (where my curls are A LOT looser) and slower on the sides (where the coils are very tight), but when I actually compared strands from each side of my head, I saw that they were the same length. Maybe this is the case with you guys also.
I'm still hashing out the details of my regimen, but right now I...
Wash every 2 days with Pantene's clarifying shampoo
Condition with every wash with NTM's Daily Conditioner
Deep condition twice a week with NTM's Deep Conditioner
--Sleep with deep conditioner in my hair and rinse in the morning
Apply NTM's leave-in conditioner to wet hair
I usually rock a quasi-messy fro.
I'm still looking for a good serum or something like that for more curl definition.
I'm type 4a and I've been getting .5" of growth a month
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