Waist Length Challenge 2015

^^^^dealing with ur hair after taking out braids or a weave is such a pain. Just take your time & when you start to feel overwhelmed, make sure you take a break.
 
I find that rice milk stretches my hair really nicely so when it's wet, I don't have to worry as much about it shrinking up as much as it dries.
So far, I have my hair in a two buns, one on the top of my head and one in the back. I also found something fun to do with rubber bands on it (which is what the picture is). I have it in two buns because it's easier for me to detangle and to control essentially in two as opposed to one lol.
I'm 23 months natural so next month I'll be two years natural in April, I'm very excited.
 

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pelohello said:
^^^^dealing with ur hair after taking out braids or a weave is such a pain. Just take your time & when you start to feel overwhelmed, make sure you take a break.
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I totally agree, it's one of the main reasons I stopped braiding, I would get overwhelmed.
 
My hair has reached a positive turnaround. Yesterday I conditioner rinsed, applied leave in, a bit of moisturizer and my butter blend. Tell my why certain parts of my hair are still damp? I'm so excited. My hair usually dries up faster than a desert. I'm now retaining moisture in my high porosity hair. YAASSSS!

Congrats on your upcoming natural anniversary Fenaxa!
 
I've trimmed about 2 inches off since the beginning of the year which got rid of most of my scraggly ends. Now I'm satisfied with the thickness of my ends and will just trim the rest of my straight ends off with my regular trims every 8-10 weeks. Now that my ends look better I'm refocusing on growth. I'm back at collarbone length, so should be somewhere around APL again by the end of the year, and hopefully still on track for WL by the end of next year.
 
Kiwi said:
I've trimmed about 2 inches off since the beginning of the year which got rid of most of my scraggly ends. Now I'm satisfied with the thickness of my ends and will just trim the rest of my straight ends off with my regular trims every 8-10 weeks. Now that my ends look better I'm refocusing on growth. I'm back at collarbone length, so should be somewhere around APL again by the end of the year, and hopefully still on track for WL by the end of next year.
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CBL is such a good looking length to me. I've seen some good collar bone length wraps. It's just effortless.
 
I just spent the last 30 min putting my hair into a pony tail. How do you natural/transitioning ladies do it??? Having my hair in a braidout made it easier, but it was still a pain. I'm having problems with my edges. My center edge has a lump in it & b/c I use a soft boar bristle brush, it doesn't really smooth my edges down. Then I get those gel lines on the side of my hair. You know when, after you apply gel & brush your hair & now you have clumps of hair fused together that make these lines in your hair. I sprayed some water on it & that seemed to help. IDK, maybe Ponys aren't for me:nono:
 
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Kiwi said:
I've trimmed about 2 inches off since the beginning of the year which got rid of most of my scraggly ends. Now I'm satisfied with the thickness of my ends and will just trim the rest of my straight ends off with my regular trims every 8-10 weeks. Now that my ends look better I'm refocusing on growth. I'm back at collarbone length, so should be somewhere around APL again by the end of the year, and hopefully still on track for WL by the end of next year.
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CBL is such a good looking length to me. I've seen some good collar bone length wraps. It's just effortless.
 
I'm on my third night and fourth day of a wash and go. I'm being faithful to tightly curly and seeing if it really can last all week. Seriously though I'm doubting it.
 
pelohello said:
^^^^dealing with ur hair after taking out braids or a weave is such a pain. Just take your time & when you start to feel overwhelmed, make sure you take a break.
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Yeah so I've washed and conditioned abs boy have I got a lot of shed hair I've checked and majority have bulbs :( waaa my hair feels healthy but i feel as though I've lost a lot of hair though. I'm giving my hair a little break before I install again at the end of week and will treat my hair like a baby :)
 
^^^ Bulbs are good! That means the hair has naturally shed as opposed to broken off.

As far as my hair goes, I just misted aloe vera mixed with water, peppermint, rosemary, lavender, argan and tea tree oil. I then used Purabody Naturals MMM and a butter blend. My head felt all tingly.

I'm thinking of doing an edibles only regimen for 6 months at some point when my hair stash is gone (:look:). I'll use ACV, honey, aloe vera, hemp and coconut oil, avocados, yogurt and bananas. I may need to throw in a cleansing conditioner though.
 
loulou82 said:
^^^ Bulbs are good! That means the hair has naturally shed as opposed to broken off.

As far as my hair goes, I just misted aloe vera mixed with water, peppermint, rosemary, lavender, argan and tea tree oil. I then used Purabody Naturals MMM and a butter blend. My head felt all tingly.

I'm thinking of doing an edibles only regimen for 6 months at some point when my hair stash is gone (:look:). I'll use ACV, honey, aloe vera, hemp and coconut oil, avocados, yogurt and bananas. I may need to throw in a cleansing conditioner though.
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This got me to thinking, at the beginning of my hair journey I was on an edible reggie and my hair thrived, I'm going back to this! I plan to be in extension for the rest of the year, however, during my down time I can surely baby my hair with Avocado, coconut milk n honey etc. loulou82 thank you for posting this.
 
I'd like to join!!

Ultimate Goal:Classic Length :lick:
Regimen:No heat "blow outs" and then twist out/braid out daily. Co wash once a week and shampoo once a month. Deep condish w/ aussie moist 3 minute miracle. I plan to not use any heat for 6 months. I'm considering braids.
How many inches do you have to go to get to WL:I believe i'm about 5-6 inches away. I'm currently BSL.
Natural/Relaxed/Other: 100% Natural (with some heat damage in the front..:sad: )
Tips/Tricks: I'm here to learn!! :)
Issues or difficulties you're having: dry hair. I need a better deep conditioner. Im also looking for CHEAP protective styles. I can't really afford to get my hair braided often. But I'd like to have that TBH.

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Not the best length check picture ever but yeah...
 
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loulou82 said:
^^^ Bulbs are good! That means the hair has naturally shed as opposed to broken off.

As far as my hair goes, I just misted aloe vera mixed with water, peppermint, rosemary, lavender, argan and tea tree oil. I then used Purabody Naturals MMM and a butter blend. My head felt all tingly.

I'm thinking of doing an edibles only regimen for 6 months at some point when my hair stash is gone (:look:). I'll use ACV, honey, aloe vera, hemp and coconut oil, avocados, yogurt and bananas. I may need to throw in a cleansing conditioner though.
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You could do an egg protein treatment too on your edibles regimen
 
Unfortunately, guys I'm going to have to drop out. I did a MAJOR big chop last night. I went from basically bra strap to like the nape of my neck??? Yeah. I just got tired of the nasty ends and since I'm wigging it up, it's not a big deal. I'm going to have to now but I hate short hair on me, even though because of my natural curls it's kinda cute. Like on the weekends or when I don't have to work and taking a break I will wear it curly. Plus, I just ordered some HairFinity so hopefully that will help. So happy growing, ladies!
 
I blow dried my hair this past weekend and did a trim. The last time I did that was in nov so I think I'll stick to every 4 months cycle. My 2 year post BC is April 6 so I know I won't get it this straight again. I'm sharing my journey thus far.

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Half of my head

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I'm catching up to my 3 year old daughter lol


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krissyhair said:
I am feeling myself today. My curly hair got caught underneath my purse strap.
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LOL!! It's weird weird that I'm actually admitting this. But when my hair gets caught in my purse strap, or the car door, on the seat belt, in my mind i'm thinking "LOL MY HAIR IS SO LONG HAHAHA:lachen:" -_- Is that sad? :nono:

WTF am I gonna do when im like, Hip length. SMH
 
I have 3 more wks in these braids, I can't wait to see how well my hair has done. I also made the rosemary tea, I didn't like the smell of it so I added 2tsp of rosewater to mask the order.
 
Thought I'd share pics of my twist out.



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Also I got this cute hat and matching earrings set from Scarfanatic on Etsy.

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Sent from my Snow White Frost Galaxy S4
 
Hi Ladies! I took out my kinky twists on Thursday. I washed and deep conditioned my hair and now I have my hair in a bun. I will be babying my hair and deep conditioning until April when I either install a weave or kinky twists.
 
ojemba said:
I blow dried my hair this past weekend and did a trim. The last time I did that was in nov so I think I'll stick to every 4 months cycle. My 2 year post BC is April 6 so I know I won't get it this straight again. I'm sharing my journey thus far. BC - 12 months - 23 months Half of my head I'm catching up to my 3 year old daughter lol
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I wore my hair out for a couple of days. Needles to say I was asked several times "is that a wig?"



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The heater in my house broke, so it was only 38 degrees inside. But I still wanted to wash my hair. Usually I don't use heat, but I used the blow dryer with a diffuser today as an exception because it was too cold inside to air dry. Really I should have just waited until we got the heat fixed but the pj in me wanted to have a hair day.
 
Ladies I am a bit discouraged. I don't think my hair has moved... I need to straighten it and get a trim sooner than later.
 
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