Waist Length 2013

You know what....im so stupid! Lol!
I was just sitting here trying to calculate how long ive been natural......

And it just dawned on me that today is my 2 year Curlyversary! It was an Afroversary last year....but its more on the curly side...so....

HAPPY CURLYVERSARY TO ME!!!! :reddancer:

I big chopped on January 12, 2011 after an 8 month transition....so i have 2 years and 8 months worth of newgrowth on my head.

That was too funny to me:lachen:
 
Cherry89 said:
Nix08, Thanks hun! :)
SmilingElephant, Lol, Congrats lady!! Happy Curlversary! lol.. You was soo much in luv with ya hair, time just flew by.. ;)
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Lol! Okay??

Ive been absolutely loving my hair...im still trying to learn how to style it...but besides that, i looooooooove my curls! Sometimes i look in the mirror and boing em to my heart's content! :lol::look:

I was just trying to search Pokahontas regimen, we have similar hair...but i have ALWAYS been a fan of hers.

But i like my lil regimen....its provocatively simple lol
 
^^^ Thats awesome, Im glad your loving your naturale, I want to go natural, but Im so scared.. lol. My natural hair is realllllly thick.. And I haven't been fully natural since I was 6-7 years old ( yes, my mom used the white crack real early, boooooo..lol)

Just wanted to post the pic of my protective style I will be wearing 99% of the time until prob middle of the year,I didn't use any hair material, just twisted my real hair in a circular motion and bunned and pinned :yep:

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Cherry89 said:
You reminded to get some more flowers, I love them on up-dos and buns.

Did a length check, I doubt I got any growth from Dec. 22 to now, but hey.. I was bored.. lol.. I do notice I get major shrinkage after washing..:nono:

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can we say almost there!!!
 
I think I'm gonna trim a bit tonight. No reason other than it seems like a good thing to do and I'm bored.
 
See...when wet, my curls are about collarbone length. I have a strand in the back that hangs to almost APL. :)

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I guess WL curly wouldn't be too far off, huh? I feel like it would take eons to get there! But im not cutting my hair again...so i guess I'd eventually get there lol !
 
I need to wash my hair tonight since I was too lazy this weekend to do it. Im going to do an oil rinse, a protein treatment and a deep conditioning treatment and then right back into a protective style
 
My hair is still flat ironed, so I have nothing to add to the thread :giggle: I think I might try to a flexirod set on my hair before I go back to my curls...I don't know if it will hold well, but I'm bored, so it is something to do.

I know Shadiyah said she gets an average of 3" per year and other stuff that I have read said the average is 6", so I am wondering what you ladies average per year? I think I am somewhere in the middle. I don't truly know because when I started my HHJ, I was transitioning and then chopped 11 months later. Since then, I haven't measured methodically, so I don't have an accurate measure across multiple years...only thing I do know is that I typically have a fall/early growth spurt. I am wondering if WL in 2013 is even mathematically possible for me :look:
 
LilMissSunshine5 said:
I know Shadiyah said she gets an average of 3" per year and other stuff that I have read said the average is 6", so I am wondering what you ladies average per year? I think I am somewhere in the middle. I don't truly know because when I started my HHJ, I was transitioning and then chopped 11 months later. Since then, I haven't measured methodically, so I don't have an accurate measure across multiple years...only thing I do know is that I typically have a fall/early growth spurt. I am wondering if WL in 2013 is even mathematically possible for me :look:
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I average about 5" a year I think, because in March it will be 3 years since my last relaxer and my hair should be at or around 15" then.
 
LilMissSunshine5 said:
My hair is still flat ironed, so I have nothing to add to the thread :giggle: I think I might try to a flexirod set on my hair before I go back to my curls...I don't know if it will hold well, but I'm bored, so it is something to do.

I know Shadiyah said she gets an average of 3" per year and other stuff that I have read said the average is 6", so I am wondering what you ladies average per year? I think I am somewhere in the middle. I don't truly know because when I started my HHJ, I was transitioning and then chopped 11 months later. Since then, I haven't measured methodically, so I don't have an accurate measure across multiple years...only thing I do know is that I typically have a fall/early growth spurt. I am wondering if WL in 2013 is even mathematically possible for me :look:
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I think i get the average 6 inches. I started at APL at the beginning of last year and landed on scraping MBL by December. So i believe thats 6 to 8 inches in a year for me. I admit my hair does grow pretty fast. I was looking at pics of my hair from when i big chopped to now...its amazing how much it grew...but it felt like forever!
 
LilMissSunshine5 said:
My hair is still flat ironed, so I have nothing to add to the thread :giggle: I think I might try to a flexirod set on my hair before I go back to my curls...I don't know if it will hold well, but I'm bored, so it is something to do.

I know Shadiyah said she gets an average of 3" per year and other stuff that I have read said the average is 6", so I am wondering what you ladies average per year? I think I am somewhere in the middle. I don't truly know because when I started my HHJ, I was transitioning and then chopped 11 months later. Since then, I haven't measured methodically, so I don't have an accurate measure across multiple years...only thing I do know is that I typically have a fall/early growth spurt. I am wondering if WL in 2013 is even mathematically possible for me :look:
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LilMissSunshine5 when you say mathematically impossible what is the length of your strands? and how far to your waist from where you hair falls now? let's not give up hope yet.
I know that I need 6" to my waist and I have only been adveraging 3" in these past 4 yrs. but don't get me wrong I would love to be 3" above waist length but sure like to make it though.

I am back to co washing everyday just because I like fresh curls and if I leave my hair in a twist or ponytails my curls in the front will end up too straight.

I say all this and I am about to henna my hair again lol
 
Shadiyah- My nape is a little over 10" and the rest of my hair is 13". So I need 18-18.5" to be WL. I would have to get 8" in my nape area to even be grazing it, which is why I said it may not be possible. But it is entirely possible for the rest of my hair to achieve 18", so I will consider that my realistic goal for now :yep: That would be awesome to achieve that because my hair has never been that long! My unicorn goal is still grazing WLby December 31st :giggle:
 
LilMissSunshine5 said:
@Shadiyah- My nape is a little over 10" and the rest of my hair is 13". So I need 18-18.5" to be WL. I would have to get 8" in my nape area to even be grazing it, which is why I said it may not be possible. But it is entirely possible for the rest of my hair to achieve 18", so I will consider that my realistic goal for now :yep: That would be awesome to achieve that because my hair has never been that long! My unicorn goal is still grazing WLby December 31st :giggle:
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LilMissSunshine5 now I am I really want to know how many one this thread right now that have waist length what are their numbers. I want to know what is the length number of their hair especially in the nape area. I know everyone'e number will not be the same but since I am comfortable with the numbers now I want to know since you know that you need 18 and I just know that I need 6 more inches. so mines is about 19 I guess because my nape I think is 12 1/2" and I said I need 6 more inches wow we are almost there I am excited.

Please can yall reach out to us with numbers
 
I just measured. There is NO WAY I will make WL this year lololol

Waist length for me is 19.5 inches from my nape, I'm roughly at 12 now.

I WILL need trim... But I wouldn't mind getting 4-5 inches this year. If I do that then I'll be pretty close for next year.

And at least I'll definitively be MBL by the end of this year... Which is okay with me.

I'm just in here for fun lol
 
Shadiyah said:
Chelz vmerie can you please give us your numbers in the back of your hair???
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Shadiyah Hey lady! I just measured and WL for me is 19.75 inches more or less. I am 5'7 if that matters. I have been maintaining my hair at the same length for years so I can't say at what rate my hair grows but I can definitely say it's more than 3 inches.
 
vmerie said:
@Shadiyah Hey lady! I just measured and WL for me is 19.75 inches more or less. I am 5'7 if that matters. I have been maintaining my hair at the same length for years so I can't say at what rate my hair grows but I can definitely say it's more than 3 inches.
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vmerie is that the length of your hair now? I think we are around the same in what we need to make waist it maybe off by 1/2" or so but that is it.
 
ImanAdero said:
I just measured. There is NO WAY I will make WL this year lololol

Waist length for me is 19.5 inches from my nape, I'm roughly at 12 now.

I WILL need trim... But I wouldn't mind getting 4-5 inches this year. If I do that then I'll be pretty close for next year.

And at least I'll definitively be MBL by the end of this year... Which is okay with me.

I'm just in here for fun lol
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ImanAdero you know that is how I feel I will just be glad to be at my longest and only 3" away from it. lol I just thought of something as I was typing. if I only get 3" it will be yet another whole yr for me to make it to wl lol.
 
nice protective style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_jeq1dZiqU


I've heard and seen on youtube that many gurus don't wash their hair as often as I do. They leave it up to a month! So i'm trying it, I doubt I'll manage a month but my aim is three weeks.

The reason I'm trying this is because:
1. I flat iron everytime I wash
2. It will encourage me to seal and moisturise
3. I want to start wearing my hair down more

What do you guys think?
advice?

- I normally wash my hair once every 5 days
- Im on day 7
 
QueenAmaka said:
Added silica to my vitamin mix. Maybe this will help boost my hair growth. I really want to try bamboo tea.
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Do you find vitamins make a difference?

Ive been looking it up and appranetly most vitamins just extend your 'growing phase' of hair which surely just means less shedding?

Im so wary to put man made expensive pills in my body
 
Shadiyah said:
vmerie is that the length of your hair now? I think we are around the same in what we need to make waist it maybe off by 1/2" or so but that is it.
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No I am not WL yet. Not sure how off I am. My hair is in loose twists at the moment. I'll measure again once I take them out.
 
MixedGirl said:
nice protective style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_jeq1dZiqU

I've heard and seen on youtube that many gurus don't wash their hair as often as I do. They leave it up to a month! So i'm trying it, I doubt I'll manage a month but my aim is three weeks.

The reason I'm trying this is because:
1. I flat iron everytime I wash
2. It will encourage me to seal and moisturise
3. I want to start wearing my hair down more

What do you guys think?
advice?

- I normally wash my hair once every 5 days
- Im on day 7
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I think you can do it, I just was watching YouTube and the girl was waist length and she use to wash her frequently and said she will go a month and she said what makes it easier is not putting too much product and she showed after a month that her scalp was still healthy and flake free and no buildup and she did dry roller sets and they came out with so much body but she doesn't moisturize after she has deep conditioned her hair after her wash, she uses straight grape seed oil nightly and puts seran wrap at the the ends of her at night in two braids and puts on a scarf and her roller sets are the BOMB! And if I'm not mistaken she said she is going to try for 6 months, that sounds like a bit much but she says her hair thrives on not washing it as much
 
Lilmama1011 said:
I think you can do it, I just was watching YouTube and the girl was waist length and she use to wash her frequently and said she will go a month and she said what makes it easier is not putting too much product and she showed after a month that her scalp was still healthy and flake free and no buildup and she did dry roller sets and they came out with so much body but she doesn't moisturize after she has deep conditioned her hair after her wash, she uses straight grape seed oil nightly and puts seran wrap at the the ends of her at night in two braids and puts on a scarf and her roller sets are the BOMB! And if I'm not mistaken she said she is going to try for 6 months, that sounds like a bit much but she says her hair thrives on not washing it as much
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Lilmama1011do you have a link?
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