Waist Length 2013

Wow, I am so excited for this length check! SmilingElephant Pocahontas braids got me geeked up over here. I so want Pocahontas braids. When my crown gets three more inches I should be able to try it.

MixedGirl your hair is beautiful. Congratulations on reaching your goal. Right now you have achieved what we all long for - the hair of our dreams. Enjoy your hair as you worked hard for it.
 
What I learned about my hair this week:
Lately, I’ve noticed that the middle of my head has been very sore and my hair had been breaking there. I didn’t understand why because I always have a high bun in the middle so it really shouldn’t be breaking there. Little did I know that I was securing my bobby pins too tightly into my scalp :/ I’ve stopped now though and now push them in and UP instead of in and DOWN into my scalp.
 
Seamonster said:
Wow, I am so excited for this length check! SmilingElephant Pocahontas braids got me geeked up over here. I so want Pocahontas braids. When my crown gets three more inches I should be able to try it.

MixedGirl your hair is beautiful. Congratulations on reaching your goal. Right now you have achieved what we all long for - the hair of our dreams. Enjoy your hair as you worked hard for it.
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Thats really nice thanks!
Its currently exam time at my university so I wont be enjoying my hair much because I wont want to spend the time. But as soon as exam season is over ill be letting my hair down!
 
SmilingElephant said:
Im gonna be doing some serious bunning and give my Wash n Gos a break now that i have enough hair i can stretch and put into a real bun. Im gonna try and just do it for 2 weeks first and i may do it all month. This will help.me get back to moisturizing and sealing like i used to do when i was relaxed.

Im so determined to make WL this summer!
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That is EXACTLY what I've decided to do
 
MixedGirl said:
Sort of want to stop my hair journey, IDK I am loving my hair length so much atm. Anyone else feel like they are tired of the whole growing thing..

Maybe I'm just sick of documenting it so closely! Maybe I need a break of this forum?
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I totally understand. I'm not here as much as I used to be. I was allowing this to consume me which I didn't like. It is about balance.
 
Gracie said:
I totally understand. I'm not here as much as I used to be. I was allowing this to consume me which I didn't like. It is about balance.
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Can a rinse lighten my hair slightly?

Yeah I feel a bit like that, I don't want to keep thinking about my hair and its growth
 
So I found out that my longest layer reaches the bottom of my bra. I really don't know where MBL is on me but from that bra to my waist measurig from the bottom strap is ~4 inches. I figure I'll be lurking this thread more then on the minute chance I have of reaching WL this year if that's at all possible. I still can't comprehend that even though I'm in the HL 2014 challenge. But awesome progress so far ladies. You guys are such an inspiration!
 
well another day for me and another great wash n go lol. I have no idea where I am at in my growth because I don't want to measure until like june but I really would like for my daughter to flat iron my hair but don't want to put my hair through all that just for a night.
 
ok so on Friday morning around 4am I did my hair but then I got sleepy right after my hair was dried and I went to sleep on my curls before I got a chance to fluff them out and then Friday afternoon when I got up a rinsed my hair again and this time used shea moisture smoothie and guess what? I fell asleep this time on totally wet hair lol.

You know it really don't matter because I have been wearing my hair in bantu knots. lol well at least I have been hiding my ends.
 
Lol Shadiyah

I had a dream that i reached Hip length and then i went to finger derangle it and it all shed off my head and i was left with shoulder length hair.

That was one weird dream!
 
I'm still here...going for a blow dry and trim early April so I'll post pic then. Not sure how much progress it will show from when I started tracking in January and plus it wasn't a blowdried pic. Anyway, February was tough, did'nt do anything with the hair but kept it in a bun and sprayed the surface with water, brush and go. Crazy I know....
But I washed this week :) Will wash this coming week...hopefully.
 
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THanks nakialovesshoes, I just don't feel like im full WSL until all my hair in front and back are touching WSL, my longest layer in the back is wsl, and in the front im almostttt there. So I guess I'm still in!! :) :) :)
 
Cherry89 Wow! Your hair is lovely! Congrats on making WL!

Banding until tomorrow Then I'm gonna try Teyona Paris' Award Show hairstyle for the week
 

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Thanks y'all!!, Im going to copy and paste my regi here too.

1.Bun 99% of the time.
2.Co-washed every 2-3 days for 2 months and the last month I've been co-washing daily. Even If I don't use conditioner, I just wet my hair in the shower with just water.
( *Coughs* since water is the number one of ingredient in products, lol.). I love to use Vo5 Milk smoothies and Tea Thearpy, ORS Replenishing Pak and Aussie 3 min..
3. Seal daily with oils such as Castor oil, Grapeseed oil, olive oil, etc
3. I massaged my scalp daily with Castor oil and JBCO,
4. Hard Protein treatment every 4-6 weeks, light Protein once a Week
5. only Finger comb and detangle in shower
6. internally: I just started with these vitamins a few weeks ago,
Nature Bounty HSN/With 5,000 mcg Bitoin
Cod liver oil ( Tablespoon a day)
Natrol Omega 369
Whey Protein and Protein Bars Daily
Green Vibrant Drink with Cholrella and Sprullina ( If i spelled that right,lol) I've been taking this for a while.
and I recently was using Spring Valley HSN, before I switched to Nature Bounty 2 weeks ago.

I heard Nature bounty was a good one. Overall, I believe the Daily scalp massages with the added vitamins and cowashing helped me gain length.I also believe Stretching my relaxers for more then 12 weeks help me retain length.
 
I am still rocking the bantu knots. I am hoping this is going to help me retain all of my length for this month and months to come. I really am starting not to like the shea moisture products because every time I use them after the day is over they start to smell bad. I have to wash my hair in the middle of the night because my hair was stinking. tell me has anyone else had this problem?
 
These layers are the pits! I noticed that my hair hasn't been even since it was BSL. Does the front half of my hair have terminal length or something?? :ohwell:
 
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Enyo said:
You have to use the right products. When I undo my bun, it smells quite nice.
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what are you using? and have you found that aloe vera juice causes your hair to smell? I am trying to put my finger on it so that I can stop using that product.
 
Shadiyah said:
what are you using? and have you found that aloe vera juice causes your hair to smell? I am trying to put my finger on it so that I can stop using that product.
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I've never used aloe vera, so I'm not sure. My stapes are Wild Growth Oil (I like the smell, but some people don't), Kera Minerals, and Aubrey's Organics. All of those retain their sweet smell.
 
Shadiyah said:
I am still rocking the bantu knots. I am hoping this is going to help me retain all of my length for this month and months to come. I really am starting not to like the shea moisture products because every time I use them after the day is over they start to smell bad. I have to wash my hair in the middle of the night because my hair was stinking. tell me has anyone else had this problem?
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Shadiyah Which SM products are you using? I don't know if you're using AV that has to be refrigerated but even if it was bad, from what I've been told the bacteria that it forms is odorless/colorless.

I use a few SM products & sometimes baggy all day & night & my hair doesn't stink.

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nakialovesshoes said:
Shadiyah Which SM products are you using? I don't know if you're using AV that has to be refrigerated but even if it was bad, from what I've been told the bacteria that it forms is odorless/colorless.

I use a few SM products & sometimes baggy all day & night & my hair doesn't stink.

Sent from my iPhone using LHCF
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well I have them all and it is not the aloe vera it is the sm it is the not first time and you know how one person's body may react to a perfume than others? I think it is the same with my hair. or it could be the oil that I use on my hair with it I don't know it could be the cap that I cover my hair with at night but it does it with that product and not the others.
 
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