Waist Length 2013

Hi ladies, I haven't posted in a long while. So my hair is breaking and shedding at the time, I've tried trimming, DCing nothing works. I thought that by now I would be full BSL but I'm just BSB. I may have to cut at least an inch to 2 inches and hope to still make WL next year.

Right now, I'm thinking about getting a BKT or start heat training. I'm just disgusted right now.

Glad to see you ladies are hitting your milestones :)
 
Ugh, I just caused my own setback.

I flat ironed my hair for a wedding this weekend and 10 minutes later it turned into a frizzy mess blow dried looking mess. I then pressed my hair with an old fashion hot comb the following day to finally get it straight for a date that I had, and I guess the comb was too hot. My hair has been falling out and breaking ever since!!

I'm planning on doing an Aphogee treatment when I'm able to get some more of it...and then I'll be wet bunning for the time being. My hair is such a damn punk for not being able to handle a little heat!! :ohwell:
 
dollface0023 how is you hair doing? You can do an egg and mayo treatment with some oil added until you get aphogee.


I did a rhassoul treatment over the weekend and now I'm in twists. I think I'll be adding weekly cowashing and more buns into my regimen.
 
Trini_Chutney said:
@dollface0023 how is you hair doing? You can do an egg and mayo treatment with some oil added until you get aphogee.


I did a rhassoul treatment over the weekend and now I'm in twists. I think I'll be adding weekly cowashing and more buns into my regimen.
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Thanks Trini_Chutney, my hair is doing a lot better. It's not shedding as much anymore since I deep conditioned it.

I was waiting to buy the Aphogee, but your idea is much better. I'll just go ahead with the egg and mayo treatment to really get my hair on track.
 
I am happy to say that I am retaining but I just don't know how much until I have my length check again. I am still dc twice a week.
 
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jerseygurl said:
Hi ladies, I haven't posted in a long while. So my hair is breaking and shedding at the time, I've tried trimming, DCing nothing works. I thought that by now I would be full BSL but I'm just BSB. I may have to cut at least an inch to 2 inches and hope to still make WL next year.

Right now, I'm thinking about getting a BKT or start heat training. I'm just disgusted right now.

Glad to see you ladies are hitting your milestones :)
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jerseygurl

how is your hair doing? have you figured out where the breakage is coming from? what deep conditioner are you using and what are you using to moisturize with? you have made it to BSB, so you know what you are doing! i think it might be a product issue or what about detangling?
 
shortdub78 said:
@jerseygurl

how is your hair doing? have you figured out where the breakage is coming from? what deep conditioner are you using and what are you using to moisturize with? you have made it to BSB, so you know what you are doing! i think it might be a product issue or what about detangling?
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Thanks shortdub78. My hair was going through something lol. I had a lot of splits and ssk so I decided to do a clarifying shampoo and DC. I also trimmed it so it's doing a lot better now. I think the breakage was because I went too long without trimming and my ends are dry. I currently use shea moisture products but I'm still looking for a really good moisturizing DC so if you have any recs.
 
Thanksgiving 2012...been feeling like my hair is out of wack. So I did this blowout. Grazing BSL stretched, but my ends look thin :-(. Trying to decide if I want to flatiron or not...or if I need to trim...

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It's been a while since I've been in this thread because the last few months have been tumultuous. I made APL in July as a natural, but my ends were overrun with SSK. After trying so many options to get rid of them and getting tired of cutting and cutting and cutting, I accepted defeat and relaxed.

I ended up cutting more than 3 inches off all over!:ohwell: How do I know it was at least 3 inches? Because I pulled out my tape measure everytime I had to cut! It put me back at full SL.

But I'm happy to report that I'm back at APL! YAY! :yep:

I sure wanted to make BSB by the end of this year, but that's not gonna happen. But now I have 13 months to make it from APL to WL. It's a longshot, but I'm ready for the ride!:cowgirl::cowgirl:
 
jerseygurl said:
Hi ladies, I haven't posted in a long while. So my hair is breaking and shedding at the time, I've tried trimming, DCing nothing works. I thought that by now I would be full BSL but I'm just BSB. I may have to cut at least an inch to 2 inches and hope to still make WL next year.

Right now, I'm thinking about getting a BKT or start heat training. I'm just disgusted right now.

Glad to see you ladies are hitting your milestones :)
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@jerseygurl

I dunno if BKT or heat training is the best thing to do on hair that is already breaking and shedding.

That sounds like moisture or protein overload. Check your products and see which it is. DCing won't work if you're using the wrong product (too much moisture or protein).

The molasses treatment is supposed to be really good for breakage. And tea/coffee rinses are supposed to be really good for shedding.

I tend not to have those problems as long as I stay up on my protein-moisture balance.

ETA: Also, what kind of protective styling do you do?

GL! :)
 
Thanks MzSwift I think I may have had buildup cos I clarified last week and DC and the hair is doing much better. My hair likes protein but needs moisture but still looking for a good moisturizing DC. I stay in PS all the time my hair is rarely out unless I go out.
I've tried the molasses treatment and it really didn't do much for me. The tea rinse I did as a relaxed head but might revisit
 
MyAngelEyez~C~U said:
Thanksgiving 2012...been feeling like my hair is out of wack. So I did this blowout. Grazing BSL stretched, but my ends look thin :-(. Trying to decide if I want to flatiron or not...or if I need to trim...

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Myangeleyez I hated when I went through that. I think it was the protein and I clarified and deep condition all the time until it came around oh I did trim all the bad hair away. I make sure I baby my ends and seal all the time something I wasn't doing before.
 
Shadiyah said:
Myangeleyez I hated when I went through that. I think it was the protein and I clarified and deep condition all the time until it came around oh I did trim all the bad hair away. I make sure I baby my ends and seal all the time something I wasn't doing before.
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Shadiyah, yeah, I think I am going to have to get a significant trim, and I probably won't make BSL now till the end of next year... very depressing. :-(
 
Hi Ladies how is everyone doing? i havent checked in in a while but i am still on schedule to hit full waist lenght in 2013. hope youre all making progress!!!
 
MyAngelEyez~C~U said:
Thanksgiving 2012...been feeling like my hair is out of wack. So I did this blowout. Grazing BSL stretched, but my ends look thin :-(. Trying to decide if I want to flatiron or not...or if I need to trim...

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Don't you DARE trim nothin!!!!:naughty:

Your ends look fine to me...give your hair time to catch up. I would just do a LIGHT dusting:yep: But don't you go doing no significant cutting on nothing or i sweah fo lawd!:nono:

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Your hair is pretty Angel! If you were to flat iron it i'm sure it would look different.
 
It just dawned on me today that my hair is at that length where my growth likes to stall.

So i'm taking that into account and will decide not to do much to my hair AT ALL until i reach waist length. Meaning i'm gonna go back to only redoing my hair every 3 days to a week instead of daily and bunning most of the time, plus i've started back sealing my ends. This should be easy as pie since i'm so lazy with my hair already....i already do what i said i'm gonna do:giggle:...only thing is i need to stay up on my DC'ing game.
 
SmilingElephant said:
It just dawned on me today that my hair is at that length where my growth likes to stall.

So i'm taking that into account and will decide not to do much to my hair AT ALL until i reach waist length. Meaning i'm gonna go back to only redoing my hair every 3 days to a week instead of daily and bunning most of the time, plus i've started back sealing my ends. This should be easy as pie since i'm so lazy with my hair already....i already do what i said i'm gonna do:giggle:...only thing is i need to stay up on my DC'ing game.
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SmilingElephant now you know better!! yes you are being lazy not dc please that is not right, not sealing say what!!

what length is that where it stalls?
 
Shadiyah said:
SmilingElephant now you know better!! yes you are being lazy not dc please that is not right, not sealing say what!!

what length is that where it stalls?
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Shadiyah

:lachen:....yes ma'am!! But i mean....i've been DC'ing its just that i just started back doing it regularly...weekly. I was doing them biweekly or monthly.:nono:

My hair stretches about an inch under my bra...which is almost claimable MBL....my last experience at this length was that my growth slowed down and it took me a while before i got to WL. Instead of seeing a change in length in 3-4 months as usual...it took about 6 or 7 months before i went from MBL to WL. I hope that doesn't happen again...it was frustrating!!!:wallbash:

But then again, i was relaxed and wearing my hair out more than i do now...PLUS i was using heat way more than i do now...instead of every 3-4 months i was using heat monthly.
 
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