Waist Length 2013

SmilingElephant I really do not need anything else to try.. I still have my mixed silk and will be using that but I have so much mixed chicks I am using that more. I really found out that I don't like the eco for the curly look because it is too sticky. I use it for my edges or stuff like that.
 
Shadiyah
Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Coconut Oil (Food Grade). Whip With Blender For About Ten Mintues. If You Need To Heat The Shea Butter To Melt, Blend When The Shea Butter Is All The Way Cool For About Ten Mintues.
 
RarityFluttershy said:
@Shadiyah
Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Coconut Oil (Food Grade). Whip With Blender For About Ten Mintues. If You Need To Heat The Shea Butter To Melt, Blend When The Shea Butter Is All The Way Cool For About Ten Mintues.
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I did up evoo in mines but i don't have coconut oil my hair doesn't like that one. the clean up was a mess but I might try it again.
 
I forgot to add that my hair grows in a W and I refuse to cut my length off just to make it all even plus I wear it curly anyway so who is going to see. But I said this to say that when I check my length I have to pull from the sides and not the middle of the back because that is the shortest.
 
I had planned to be a long term transitioner but I'm 3/4 way through my BC. Don't think I can go from a TWA to WL by the end of 2013 but I am hoping that I can at least make it to MBL.
 
I havent posted in the thread and challenge in a verrryyyy long time.....but i'm still aiming to make WL 2013
 
Yeah I Just Finished Cutting.:look: So Officially I'm At Chin Length And I Have Every Intention Of Caring For My Ends Now. Maybe My Goal Should Be Armpit Length Unstretch.
 
just got finish applying bhringraj since I can no longer use the strong root for my growth help. after rinising I will apply the whipped creme ends hydration as my leave in and jbco on my scalp before I put my hair up for the night.
 
I just did something i havent done since before i BC'd.....

I moisturized and put my hair in 5 big sloppy plaits for bed:)....my goal is to shampoo, detangle/deshed and DCin the morning. My scalp has been ITCHY lately!:(...i know its the cones....i gotta use em up!
 
So I finally did some measurements to see where the longer lengths hit on me. When I first started out my long term goal was APL bc I couldn't fathom my hair getting longer than that, so thats the only length I defined in terms on inches.

Honestly, its still the only length I care about/am focused on right now. Bc I won't truly believe my hair can be long until I hit that point. Anything after APL will just be icing on the cake.

My nape grows abnormally faster than the rest of my hair so I don't use that to measure by, I go up a little higher than that. And I think I've determined the following:

APL=10 inches
BSB=13 inches
MBL=15 inches
WL=17 inches

I'm about 5"1 and a half and at about 9 inches now
 
Imani said:
So I finally did some measurements to see where the longer lengths hit on me. When I first started out my long term goal was APL bc I couldn't fathom my hair getting longer than that, so thats the only length I defined in terms on inches.

Honestly, its still the only length I care about/am focused on right now. Bc I won't truly believe my hair can be long until I hit that point. Anything after APL will just be icing on the cake.

My nape grows abnormally faster than the rest of my hair so I don't use that to measure by, I go up a little higher than that. And I think I've determined the following:

APL=10 inches
BSB=13 inches
MBL=15 inches
WL=17 inches

I'm about 5"1 and a half and at about 9 inches now
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I can just imagine the day you measure your hair to see if it's APL and it turns out to be like 2 inches pass that:yep:

You can do it girl! Just keep ur regimen simple and baby your ends even if they're healthy. You will get there:yep:
 
Imani I agree with SmilingElephant just keep it simple and do what you do. I had to step away from the measuring tape because it was getting to be too much and crying because it was not growing as fast as I thought it should. I have 12" of hair in some spots and I don't even know now what I have in the back. I just know this when I am in the shower my hair is hitting my back and I can grab it now from the back. but when the water is not on it my hair looks short lol. you will get there. my 3rd yr anni is coming up of my bc and I am way past what I was when I cut it. and the whole 6 yrs from the last bc I only got between my shoulder and apl. that is a shame but I was not babying it at that time.
 
Ok the one thing that I wanted to share with everyone is about the knots that I have been reading about you are getting in the back of your hair in the nape area. I use castor oil and just rub it down the length of the hair. so even is I am curly or what the top hair is covering it so it will not look greasy nor mess up my style and this had cut down on the knots back there because they were getting on my last nerve. I guess you can use what ever oil you like but I find it better to use the jbco because it is heavy.
 
:nono: ok girls where are you!!!! We have to keep our thread on top!!!

well I co washed today and still wearing it curly with no problems so far. I make sure I use jbco in the nape to keep the kinks away.... works big time for me and since I don't go past a day with my wash n go I don't have any problems with tangles.
 
I'm back under my half wig. I recently did my first set of twists and was gonna retwist but it would've just been too much work for one weekend. Taking down the old twists, my usual wash routine, AND retwisting. My whole wknd would've been just doing my hair.

Counting down til length check time! 12 more days. Sooo nervous. I THINK my hair is doing pretty good but I won't know for sure til its all straightened out then I can really see whats going on with it and if I've made good progress.
 
I'm here!!!! Co washing every other day, Dry DC'ing often, steaming weekly, doing oil treatments followed by clarifying poo washes once a week...I'm happy happy happy with my hair these days:grin: :yep:
 
Present!:grin:....so....

Today i am

8 months Natural
16 months post relaxer
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And i've been rocking a chunky braidout fro for the past two days :afro:<----it looks JUST like this!

I just make 6 plaits (part down the middle, 3 plaits on both sides) and kinda pincurl the ends with bobby pins at nite.

I'll be glad when i finish up this Aussie Moist....it leaves my hair soft and everything when i co-wash and whatnot...but it makes my scalp itch madly ...i've been trying it as a moisturizer in my spray bottle mixed with water and it leaves my hair feeling dry afterward:perplexed

I got the BIG bottle too....so i'm trying to kill it. I'm gonna go back to my Garnier Fructis Triple Nutrition and AOHSR:yep:
 
I'm here!

Currently in messy box braids and I'm gonna keep them in at least another week... Even though they're a mess.

I spritz every other night with my water and glycerin spray.
 
Checking in! I DC'ed, washed, oil rinsed, and conditioned again on Saturday :yep: I then put in 15 braids and let it airdry...today I took it out and my braidout was decent! My camera is broken, but I'll try to figure out how to upload a pic directly from my phone :nono:
 
Well ladies this is what I like to hear.... I know I am really hype about this thread but I wont to stay hype to keep me focus but at the same time not get too count up in my hair that I can not see the growth lol.

We will all get there just wait and see!!!!! :cowgirl:
 
I just had to add one more thing to the thread. I was just thinking back on my yrs living in Atlanta and the cut before now I just could not grow my hair back. It would not grow no longer than between shoulder and apl but no where near apl. I always thought it may have been the water. and I have cut my hair before and it would just grow back. I know that I have gotten some great tips from this site and it has grown 2x faster than in Atlanta and I am past the length I ever got there in the 6 yrs I tried. 2 yrs 9 months and still growing.....................................
 
Shadiyah said:
I just had to add one more thing to the thread. I was just thinking back on my yrs living in Atlanta and the cut before now I just could not grow my hair back. It would not grow no longer than between shoulder and apl but no where near apl. I always thought it may have been the water. and I have cut my hair before and it would just grow back. I know that I have gotten some great tips from this site and it has grown 2x faster than in Atlanta and I am past the length I ever got there in the 6 yrs I tried. 2 yrs 9 months and still growing.....................................
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ShadiyahInteresting. I've never had a problem with the water since living here. I did recognize that it was harder than the water in South Carolina. Maybe I'll invest in a filter in the near future just to be on the safe side.
 
Hanging in there, WL is just a dream I hope to make a reality. The day my hair grazed APl when I pulled it was a miracle to me. I was in total shock, and awe. It was just the back not the front, but it was something I inspired to my whole pre teen life. I recall looking at the black girls with full shoulder length hair thinking, I wish my hair would touch my shoulders. My blow out is shoulder length now. Looking forward to the day my WNG is full shoulder length.

Right now I am really feeling ACV rinses, and eucalyptus oil, these are my new discoveries. Trying sunflower oil in my oil rinse instead of sesame oil. Don't see any improvement there, but it doesn't seem to be a problem either. Looking for that wonder oil. Still married to castor, coconut, emu, and sesame oils, just slipping out on the side.
 
nakialovesshoes said:
@ShadiyahInteresting. I've never had a problem with the water since living here. I did recognize that it was harder than the water in South Carolina. Maybe I'll invest in a filter in the near future just to be on the safe side.
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nakialovesshoes you know once I thought it maybe the water I did purchase a filter for the shower. I really don't know what it was I just know that it never use to take more than 2 yrs to grow my hair back and it was 6 yrs and my hair still was not back to what I was use to. I know it was growing just that I could not figure out what was breaking it off. and it didn't look that damage even though I know it was because one time the stylist cut it back to shoulder bob. I know I have better pratice now but I am from Philly and never really had a problem growing it was my bad practices that would lead me to having to cut. I thought it was age or stress when I was there because I was under a lot of stress at times. and I notice that the water was pink stained never found out what that was in the water.
 
I might have to join this one--I was aiming for 2012 but I'm getting a haircut today which will probably take me from around BSL at present to APL or *gasp* maybe even SL depending on how scissor-happy the stylist.
I'm not sure how much of a fight I'll put up since so much of my hair is seriously damaged and I probably need to see at least 2-3 inches go... :(
Plus--I'm planning to transition back to natural!
I have no idea how this is going to go...

ETA: Starting pic (9/13/11 haircut. Relaxed with plans to transition back to fully natural over next few years).
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nakialovesshoes said:

@ShadiyahInteresting. I've never had a problem with the water since living here. I did recognize that it was harder than the water in South Carolina. Maybe I'll invest in a filter in the near future just to be on the safe side.
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I live near Atlanta and was told that the water here isn't that hard. I've been meaning to buy a shower filter anyway to rid the water of chlorine more so for my sensitive skin didn't think about the benefits it had for hair.
 
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