Waist Length 2013

Oh, yay, haha

This pic is from July 8 - I trimmed my hair so my hair is slightly shorter than this, but I don't know if I can reach my hair from behind my back anymore :grin:

I will probably not straighten my hair until it gets cooler outside (maybe October or later) because direct heat leads to ridiculous splits for me :ohwell:
 

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I'm gonna try to not straighten my hair until I'm almost BSL. BUT when I boing my curls I'm even MORE tempted to straighten just to see....but I am in the HYH challenge so I'm not going to.

Get this! I just got a hair compliment in the grocery store. This lady was in mid-convo with someone else and she said she wanted hair like mine!:blush:....best thing all day!:lol:....but clearly she was relaxed.
 
I have learned that straighten my hair is a no no. what I do is either wet it and pull or take a roller and let it dry on the roller to get it straight and check my length. I am trying not to check mines until fall because I have been doing it every month just for my records and it drives me crazy lol
 
Shadiyah said:
I have learned that straighten my hair is a no no. what I do is either wet it and pull or take a roller and let it dry on the roller to get it straight and check my length. I am trying not to check mines until fall because I have been doing it every month just for my records and it drives me crazy lol
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I think that's what I'll end up doing is rollersetting but not until I can stretch my hair past APL. Rollerset/blowdry or rollerset/flat iron.

I know ma auntie ain't in this challenge but BostonMaria how do you do your rollersets to make ur hair look like you have it in your avi??:love:
 
I'm doing my length checks just like I did when I was relaxed which was every 13 weeks. So my first official length check since being natural will be at the end of August/early September. Then I'll straighten for Thanksgiving and may start straightening once a month for the winter. Don't know yet.
 
No heat for me until the end of the year or when I hit APL...whichever comes first (*ahem* end of the year probably)
 
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wow just wanted to thank you ladies... with ya'll already discussing having waist length hair it's motivated me to picture myself with it (never done that) which also motivates me to keep growing
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I been having dreams where my hair is down to my bootay. And I'm doing a photoshoot with no clothes only my hair!
I also have one where me and dh are intertwined in my butt length hair....and I will Stop there! Lol
Needless to say but I want longer hair.
 
no length checks or even mirror checks for me. I'm washing, DC & whatever else in braids/plaits. Everything is pinned, no hair is out. If I touch it I'll keep touching it. All I can do is touch the waves of my ng.

I hope to keep this consistent for a couple of years. Its the only way I'll get to natural WL.
 
HijabiFlygirl said:
no length checks or even mirror checks for me. I'm washing, DC & whatever else in braids/plaits. Everything is pinned, no hair is out. If I touch it I'll keep touching it. All I can do is touch the waves of my ng.

I hope to keep this consistent for a couple of years. Its the only way I'll get to natural WL.
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now girl you know it is not that hard when you are covered to do this insha Allah but it is when you are in the house all the time like me lol so I went from being the curly girl to doing a ponytail and ramadan is coming up so I plan on being out of the house more so that is one month.
 
I really need to join this!! I have been on this forum for years now, and I never joined a challenge. Are there any stipulations.???
 
washed and DCed today. Washing in plaits in the shower is such a waste of water. I'll not be doing that again - (taking each plait down, shampoo, rinse and replait)

Mixed Megatek w/my one of my oils mix and use that on my scalp and length of the hair. The hydrolyzed keratin from the MT is a nice protein boost to my relaxed hair.
 
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I've been thinking....

I have a bottle of Suave Rosemary Mint conditioner that I LOVE!!! I just love how it smells! It's great for co washing....but I'm wondering if I added some coconut or castor oil to the bottle would that be cool?

I just wish it was more moisturizing.
 
I haven't figured out a way to make a conditioner more moisturizing. I think it either has it or it doesn't. That Suave is nice, but I think I tried the shea butter one.

If you add the oils, don't add too much.
 
Toy I am back to listening to you again... Ponytail it is I just couldn't do the plaits everyday and walk around the house looking like that so I started wearing the curls out again and I was so in love and one day I didn't feel like co washing and grab my hair and put it in a ponytail and I couldn't believe how thick my hair had gotten. and I put band in the middle and on the end so I would not have any hair hanging out at all. even though years ago I had gotten so bored with ponytails I have reclaimed my love for them.lol so I am listening again. back to hiding those ends Toy.
 
SmilingElephant said:
I've been thinking....

I have a bottle of Suave Rosemary Mint conditioner that I LOVE!!! I just love how it smells! It's great for co washing....but I'm wondering if I added some coconut or castor oil to the bottle would that be cool?

I just wish it was more moisturizing.
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SmilingElephant, I add oils to my conditioner, adds slip, and just plain feels good on my hair.
 
SmilingElephant said:
I've been thinking....

I have a bottle of Suave Rosemary Mint conditioner that I LOVE!!! I just love how it smells! It's great for co washing....but I'm wondering if I added some coconut or castor oil to the bottle would that be cool?

I just wish it was more moisturizing.
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adding oils to your conditioners is a great idea. makes them better dcs too!
 
Guess I will join this unofficially, even tho I can't even wrap my mind around WL hair, lol. Nor do I even know how many inches it would take for me to get to WL. But my end of 2012 goal is MBL so I figure 2013 I could be WL. For me its hard to imagine making it that long bc my strands are so fine and fragile.

Right now I'm layered SL, looking to be APL sometime in the fall.
 
I wish I could find my tape measurer. I want to know what WL is for me. APL is about 12, BSL is about 15, MBL is around 18. I think 22 - 24 will be Waist Length (all Full measurements... I think).

At my current rate that means I have... about 2 1/2 years to go. I think I can make it by Dec '13. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...
 
Wash n go this evening! I couldn't resist after the hair xxx thread. I'm drying right now. I have the front pinned up because of the texture difference.
 

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So I measured my hair again and it looks like I get the average half an inch a month. I'm happy with that. Soooo I should make APL sometime around March! Man, that sounds far away but time flies. Oh, I have putting my hair in mini twists and am almost done! I hope they turn out ok and last me awhile because it is taking two days, maybe three, to do them.
Oh and I seriously need to be more careful with trimming. I really did a hack job the last time around and I think I cut off more length then I realized. :cry2:
 
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I still want WL hair but I think I want WL unstretched. I have only been flat ironing 1-2times a year and I think I like that and want to do less heat. So if I do no heat like I'm thinking about I would have to say I want WL unstretched....still thinking though.
 
EtherealEnigma said:
I wish I could find my tape measurer. I want to know what WL is for me. APL is about 12, BSL is about 15, MBL is around 18. I think 22 - 24 will be Waist Length (all Full measurements... I think).

At my current rate that means I have... about 2 1/2 years to go. I think I can make it by Dec '13. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...
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I have 3! LOL. Just in case, I always seem to misplace them. I got them from Wal-Mart in the fabric/sewing section.
 
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