Waist Length 2013

I made 2 bottles of oil and have been using them both and ive having the itchy scratchy scalp and im excited. one more month with these braids in i hope i can make it
 
@aunatrualmama love your hair and I am back to plaiting because something I was doing was effecting my ends. I had to trim a little last night in the back and I think that all hair growth have protiens in it. so cutting out the growth oil but still use the castor oil and a good thing is that I did reach 10" on my head. but I can not stand when I use a new product to my regi to only end up with it messing up my ends.
 
I love my new henna recipe and will be doing this 1x/month - came out wonderfully. This is the time of year I start reassessing my reggie and what I want to change. Hopefully I can lock this in - and get to my ultimate goal of doing my hair on auto K.I.S.S.

This year I will also be eliminating mostly all coating, chemically laden products and replace them. My challenge will be finding a DC I want to stick with.

Black Friday will be a haul day for DC.
 
HijabiFlygirl said:
I love my new henna recipe and will be doing this 1x/month - came out wonderfully. This is the time of year I start reassessing my reggie and what I want to change. Hopefully I can lock this in - and get to my ultimate goal of doing my hair on auto K.I.S.S.

This year I will also be eliminating mostly all coating, chemically laden products and replace them. My challenge will be finding a DC I want to stick with.

Black Friday will be a haul day for DC.
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does this mean that you will getting rid of all of the cons in your regi??? and have you had any problems with the jbco??? I really think it is the hair growth oil I bought but I will see.
 
Shadiyah I've never had a problem with JBCO except there are certain times I can't use it. I will be getting rid of yet more products yes. I have shed roughly 3 crates worth of items and that still leaves me with a much more I have to dispose of.

There are a few staple items that I'll keep, mostly Aloxxi products & AO.

Up until a few years ago my hobby was making products so I'm returning to that. My skin is getting more sensitive as I get older and I'm exposed to more chemicals. There is only so much resistance the body can withstand before it reacts to everything. I don't want to get to that point.
 
I'm getting too confident about WL in 2013...sometimes I look in the mirror and I'm taken aback that it isn't at WL already:drunk:
 
I know Im a lil late but gee golly I sho would love to join this here challenge.:grin:
I am a newbie here and this will be my first challenge. I actually challenged myself to WL by July 2013. I am from a family and place where it is believed that "Black her dont grow!" period. There is no such thing as growing your hair out because shoulder length is as long as it gets. (Even though as a child my sisters and I all had hair down our backs) So when I tell people I want to grow my hair out long they just laugh and say "yeah, ok." My best friend started laughing and said "ok you said 10 years right." So even though I'm not even sure if I would want to keep that much hair I want to grow it out just to prove them wrong. Meanwhile my DH encouraged me to join this thread because he would love for me to have long luscious locks.

I am bunning for the month of August just to see if I can do it that long. I would like to bun for the winter because thats when I get the most breakage. I am so into my hair even when I wasn't obsessed with health and growth, I was obsessed with how it looked. I have my kitchen beauticians license :lachen: so I am a DIYer. I am also 5 months post relaxer. For now I am transitioning, but every now and then I am tempted to go Whitney Houston. So far its not too bad though. My goal is full undeniable WL with a U-shape by 12/25/2013!
 
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cheerrette said:
I know Im a lil late but gee golly I sho would love to join this here challenge.:grin:
I am a newbie here and this will be my first challenge. I actually challenged myself to WL by July 2013. I am from a family and place where it is believed that "Black her dont grow!" period. There is no such thing as growing your hair out because shoulder length is as long as it gets. (Even though as a child my sisters and I all had hair down our backs) So when I tell people I want to grow my hair out long they just laugh and say "yeah, ok." My best friend started laughing and said "ok you said 10 years right." So even though I'm not even sure if I would want to keep that much hair I want to grow it out just to prove them wrong. Meanwhile my DH encouraged me to join this thread because he would love for me to have long luscious locks.

I am bunning for the month of August just to see if I can do it that long. I would like to bun for the winter because thats when I get the most breakage. I am so into my hair even when I wasn't obsessed with health and growth, I was obsessed with how it looked. I have my kitchen beauticians license :lachen: so I am a DIYer. I am also 5 months post relaxer. For now I am transitioning, but every now and then I am tempted to go Whitney Houston. So far its not too bad though. My goal is full undeniable WL with a U-shape buy 12/25/2013!
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Welcome cheerrette, :welcome: to LCHF and the challenge

I just joined last week myself. This is a great thread with a lot of activity.
 
cheerrette said:
I know Im a lil late but gee golly I sho would love to join this here challenge.:grin:
I am a newbie here and this will be my first challenge. I actually challenged myself to WL by July 2013. I am from a family and place where it is believed that "Black her dont grow!" period. There is no such thing as growing your hair out because shoulder length is as long as it gets. (Even though as a child my sisters and I all had hair down our backs) So when I tell people I want to grow my hair out long they just laugh and say "yeah, ok." My best friend started laughing and said "ok you said 10 years right." So even though I'm not even sure if I would want to keep that much hair I want to grow it out just to prove them wrong. Meanwhile my DH encouraged me to join this thread because he would love for me to have long luscious locks.

I am bunning for the month of August just to see if I can do it that long. I would like to bun for the winter because thats when I get the most breakage. I am so into my hair even when I wasn't obsessed with health and growth, I was obsessed with how it looked. I have my kitchen beauticians license :lachen: so I am a DIYer. I am also 5 months post relaxer. For now I am transitioning, but every now and then I am tempted to go Whitney Houston. So far its not too bad though. My goal is full undeniable WL with a U-shape by 12/25/2013!
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Welcome to the challenge!!! :bouncy:

Yes...you can do it! And your plans for bunning sound great!! I'll be glad when I can tuck my ends under to bun again.

The thing about bunning...make sure you moisturize and seal really well. Especially your ends before you bun. :yep:
 
YES! I am doing co washes every few days so I am wet bunning basically. I apply leave in and moisturizer then castor oil before I "set" my bun. On the nights where I don't co wash I rewet my ends and apply more moisturizer and castor oil. But i am wearing a phony bun. My hair isn't long enough for a presentable bun... yet :evillaugh:
 
HijabiFlygirl said:
@Shadiyah I've never had a problem with JBCO except there are certain times I can't use it. I will be getting rid of yet more products yes. I have shed roughly 3 crates worth of items and that still leaves me with a much more I have to dispose of.

There are a few staple items that I'll keep, mostly Aloxxi products & AO.

Up until a few years ago my hobby was making products so I'm returning to that. My skin is getting more sensitive as I get older and I'm exposed to more chemicals. There is only so much resistance the body can withstand before it reacts to everything. I don't want to get to that point.
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what did you do with the crate of products???? lol
 
2.5-3" til APL (2.5" according to SO and some janky measuring the other day). I'm on the way to WL in 2013!!!
 
well I just rainwashed my hair and put my jbco and hairveda whipped creme ends hydration. I will plait it in a min. I am thinking about trying to let some of my grey grow out. just so I can see my hair growing lol you know how you do with dye and you love to see that knew growth so that you can see how much your hair has grown lol. well let you know how well that goes because I am so attach to my henna I just mixed some up the other day and put it in the freezer but i didn't know I was going to go this route.
 
what I am also going to try is just using two of my products.. I want to see how this works out and will keep you all posted. I will rinse my hair with water not sure if everday yet or not only because my hair gets very straight when I use the hairveda and plait my hair everyday so it will not stay plaited but back to what I was saying.

I will use my hairveda hydration and jbco and see how much growth I get and will not henna the whole month of august and since I did a henna about a week in half ago this is the very beginning of the month.
 
Shadiyah said:
what did you do with the crate of products???? lol
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- crates - plural. :lol:


Moisturize and seal.
I didn't do the rollerset this morning, took the low manip. route and did plaits instead. Tonight I'm going to moisturize with Enso's Aloe & Marshmallow and seal w/my butters mix. I might do a spritz, moisturize, & seal.

re-plait and pin up.
 
I'm @ APL now. But I'm gonna cut my ends because I had a setback and I've been trying to hold onto the ends. But...my hair looks bad man. You know its bad when you don't get compliments anymore. And before you couldn't go two steps without a compliment.

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I need to figure out what I want to do next with my hair. I applied henna last week for the first time and it was rough getting it out. Unfortunately I don't think my DC was moisturizing enough so I've been trying to add more to my hair by rinsing and adding oil daily. I need a new protective style for work because I don't have much time to do my hair. I've kept it in a bun this week. I'm natural and not into wigs, weaves or things like that at this time. Does anyone have any styling suggestions?
 
khadicurls said:
I need to figure out what I want to do next with my hair. I applied henna last week for the first time and it was rough getting it out. Unfortunately I don't think my DC was moisturizing enough so I've been trying to add more to my hair by rinsing and adding oil daily. I need a new protective style for work because I don't have much time to do my hair. I've kept it in a bun this week. I'm natural and not into wigs, weaves or things like that at this time. Does anyone have any styling suggestions?
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Twist that bad boy!!!:yep:

When in doubt...twist it out! That or braids/outs. Sometimes I go to bed with fat slug looking twists for a chunky twistout in the morning.
 
SmilingElephant said:
Twist that bad boy!!!:yep:

When in doubt...twist it out! That or braids/outs. Sometimes I go to bed with fat slug looking twists for a chunky twistout in the morning.
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Thanks @ smilingelephant I'm gonna have to work on my twisting skills. I will try to do it after work tomorrow.
 
I did an oil rinse while co washing today for my wash n go. I used strictly EVCO.

Instead of leaving it for 1-2 min; I left it for 5 and when I rinsed my hair it felt like BUTTER!!! I LOVE coconut oil. Always have since I learned about it last yr. I also used it to seal in the moisture on my body. I'm not buying anymore lotion until it starts getting cold. My skin feels SO good!! And I smelled of a real coconut all day today. :lick:

My mom decided to TRY to point out my hair line. It's actually filling in from when I was relaxed. It just looks weird bc it's curly. You know how sone girls get the "cat ear" hairline from pulling the hair back too much? That's me.

But it IS growing in.....mother!!! :fistshake:
 
@ SmilingElephant congrats on your growth, hairlines are hard to grow I'm working on growing mine... I did mini twists a few times and some stress so I think that's why it started thinning but this challenge has me on point with my moisturizing and vitamins I already see results. I feel u on the oil rinsing... The last 2 wash days have bee great I use evoo first for 30-40 mins under plastic cap and WOW it feels so nice even after shampooing it out. This challenge is great. I'm far from wl but we'll all get there I'm sure of it.
 
khadicurls said:
I need to figure out what I want to do next with my hair. I applied henna last week for the first time and it was rough getting it out. Unfortunately I don't think my DC was moisturizing enough so I've been trying to add more to my hair by rinsing and adding oil daily. I need a new protective style for work because I don't have much time to do my hair. I've kept it in a bun this week. I'm natural and not into wigs, weaves or things like that at this time. Does anyone have any styling suggestions?
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If you had a time getting your henna out you may want to consiter where you are buying your henna from. you only want to use body art quality henna on your hair and you want to wash it out with conditioner. I purchase my henna from www.mehandi.com I get my oils from www.ayurnatrualbeauty.com as far as your hairstyle you can try a flat twist and use eco styler gel and tie your hair down at night. I use to do 3 of them and gather them in a bun in the back.
 
So tonight I'm going to cowash and when I moisturize I'm REALLY going to concentrate on making sure I get to the back of my head. It still feels hard, but I know I can remedy that.

I've also decided my next straightening will be at the end if the year, hopefully I'll be BSL by then! Then I'll be on my way to WL for sure!
 
Yesterday was shampoo day. I decided to do it in the shower cause I didn't feel like leaning over the sink. I decided to throw in an oil rinse. The jury is still out. I can still smell the olive oil in my hair. The leave in didn't mask the smell. I have a sensitive nose so if I like the results I will have to change oils to one that isn't as strong. But I did have little to no tangles I'm just waiting to see if my hair will feel oily or not.
 
AuNaturalMaMa said:
Yesterday was shampoo day. I decided to do it in the shower cause I didn't feel like leaning over the sink. I decided to throw in an oil rinse. The jury is still out. I can still smell the olive oil in my hair. The leave in didn't mask the smell. I have a sensitive nose so if I like the results I will have to change oils to one that isn't as strong. But I did have little to no tangles I'm just waiting to see if my hair will feel oily or not.
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LOL after a while you will not even smell it. I know I could not stand the smell of it nor the JBCO either but now I can hardly smell it. my nose is like that too. drives me crazy around the house.
 
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