Waist Length Challenge 2015

[JustGROWwithIt]

I didn't answer these questions before so I am adding to my original post...

Ultimate Goal: WL.

Regimen: See below

How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: Around 7-8". I'll know for sure in October when I take my hair down.

Natural/Relaxed/Other: Natural

Tips/Tricks: See below

Issues or difficulties you're having: Just trying to be patient!

I'm in! May be a lofty goal for me but what the heck, right?!
I am using Lady P's Deep Moisture Method and wearing my lace wig with my hair braided in a circle pattern underneath. My regimen:

1. Daily- Take vitamins (Hair, Skin & Nails, Women's Multivitamin, Viviscal & MSM). Drink water & exercise. Massage scalp (I use N'Joy's oil). I occasionally baggy overnight as well. (Need to be more consistent with the exercise!)

2. Every other day- Spray hair with mixture of S-Curl, Infusium 23 & water (I recently added coconut oil to this mix).

3. Cowash 2-3 times a week with Mane n Tail conditioner. (I have taken weekly shampooing out of my regimen and my hair seems to love it! I was worried about build up or itchy scalp and last month, my first month of no shampoo, I had ZERO problems!) I also occasionally cowash under my steamer. Going to try to do that once a week now.

4. Take braids out after 6 weeks and use Aphogee 2-step (I did 4 weeks previously but decided to try 6 this time so when I take them out my hair will be ready for a protein treatment). This is the only time I am using shampoo (currently it's Tresemme, but normally I like to use Giovanni Deep Moisture shampoo), after taking my hair out and before a protein treatment every 6 weeks. I also pre-poo with coconut oil and DC (my DC right now is Aussie Moist Deeper moisture) with steam after the protein treatment. Then braid hair back up for another 6 weeks.

I'm only about 2" away from my short term goal of BSL now! I'm hoping to be there in January. I think WL on me is about 5" past BSL. So I have approx. 7" to go and 2 years to get there. If I stay consistent I should be there by the beginning of 2015, but I'm giving myself til the end of that year just in case!

 

[ImanAdero]

Consider this my October end of Q3 length check.

Still very much BSL, but hopefully I'll be closer to MBL by the end of the year. It looks like I've got about 6-7 inches to WL. Although I'm only 5'5", I have a super long torso.

PS- kinda mad I don't really see my waist in this photo. I promise I have one!

 

[divachyk]

I'll subscribe and do my best to participate in this thread. I'm grazing waist length now. HOWEVER, I want healthy WL, not barely there WL.

 

[Froreal3]

@ImanAdero You are MBL girl. Your hair is in between the space between your bra and waist already. Your waist is that little dip in your torso. Your way to hip seems kinda long though.

 

[Froreal3]

divachyk I saw your lc. You will be full WL in 2 seconds. At the latest January.

 

[ojemba]

My Stats

Ultimate Goal: WL

Regimen: PS and PS more PS. I'll be using 2 strand twist (various sizes depending on how much time and how I feel when I'm putting them in). Twist will last for min. 2 weeks max 4 weeks. When I remove the twist I finger detangle with oils and condish, cleanse, oil rinse then deep condish then cold water rinse. I complete the wash process with LCO method. Then I will retwist using my shea butter mix. When and If i get bored with the twist I have my RPG Show wig I'll trow in the mix with my hair braided under.

Moisturize Daily, Oil Scalp with JBCO/Peppermint Oil Daily, Steam and Co-wash twist every Sat (when I'm not washing)

How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: from my nape 11 - 12 inches. So I need to grow and retain 6 inches in both years.

Natural/Relaxed/Other: (OPTIONAL) doesn't matter to me, I love it all...: Natural

Tips/Tricks: Have patience and be consistent with regi.

Issues or difficulties you're having: I have to try to increae my water intake. I have Nature's Bounty Hair Skin and nails vitamins I need to be consistent with taking them daily to see if they actually help.

 

[JustGROWwithIt]

My starting pic is attached. It was taken a week ago...

I didn't answer these questions before so I am adding to my original post...

Ultimate Goal: WL.

Regimen: See below

How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: Around 7-8". I'll know for sure in October when I take my hair down.

Natural/Relaxed/Other: Natural

Tips/Tricks: See below

Issues or difficulties you're having: Just trying to be patient!

 

[snoop]

Updating my status

Ultimate Goal: WL

Regimen:
- Wash weekly in either braids or twists with Terressentials or Mud Puddle Mud Wash
- Condition with Giovanni 50/50
- LOC or LCOC (for the first 2 days); LC remaining days: (L) Water; (O) Vatika oil; (C) Homemade hair cream
- Re-braid or twist after 1 or 2 weeks
- I’ll wear my hair in a twist/braid out if I’ve got something to go to.
- Mayo/oil pre-poo as needed

How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: Lots! Heh! I think it’s around 13 inches. I’ll have a better idea of how much at the first check in.

Natural/Relaxed/Other: Natural 4a/b. Fine/Medium strands, with low/medium density

Tips/Tricks: Healthier diet and exercise seems to have helped.

Issues or difficulties you're having: I need to figure out how to maintain moisture during winter.

 

[divachyk]

divachyk I saw your lc. You will be full WL in 2 seconds. At the latest January.

Froreal3, oh stop You know my hair is subject to act stank at any moment.

 

[Sholapie]

Ultimate Goal: My ultimate goal is hip length

Regimen: relax every 13 weeks, shampoo weekly, dc twice a week, bun daily, moisturise and seal with butter twice daily (try not to be too heavy handed) cowash/dc during the week, I may wear my hair out once a week.

How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: My nape is currently 10 inches and waist length is 19 so i'll be here until the end lol

Natural/Relaxed/Other: relaxed

Tips: Little to no heat, regular protein, moisturising twice a day (by night my hair definitely needs more moisture), sealing with Anita grant's butters, pay edges and nape extra attention

Issues or difficulties you're having: consistency is key and it's also my main issue, I am building good habits and fighting complacency

 

[sgold04]

I've been lurking since the summer but now I am ready to actually participate

Ultimate Goal: BSL when in its natural state, so I guess HL stretched? But we'll see how I feel about maintenance once I am WL stretched

Regimen: Co-wash weekly/DC/Twist. Shampoo and protein once a month. I'm still experimenting with products, so I don't want to list anything yet, and I am also trying to figure out my protein-moisture balance.

How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: 6

Natural/Relaxed/Other: Natural

Tips/Tricks: decorative scarves are a life saver

Issues or difficulties you're having: My hair seems to tangle, or "web" a lot more now that I am actually taking care of it as opposed to before. I also believe I have high porosity hair plus my ends are extra crispy, but no split ends *shrugs*.

I'm not sure how to post a pic, but I will post one as soon as I figure it out. I am currently BSL stretched. If I retain all of my length, I might be WL by the end of 2014, but I don't want to put too much pressure on myself.

 

[Froreal3]

Welcome Ceemarie82!

To post a pic from your computer, you click on Go Advanced at the bottom of the screen. You click on the little attachment button that looks like a paper clip above the comment box (or go down to the bottom of the screen to additional options and click on manage attachments). From there you can browse your computer for a pic and upload it to your post.

 

[angelhairtype4]

Hi I would like to join the challange

 

[angelhairtype4]

Ultimate Goal: Mid Thigh length
Regimen: Wash once a week, L.C.O method...style whichever way I am feeling.
How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: I am tape measure challanged. Currently bsb (I might be apl im not sure). So about 4- 5 inches
Natural/Relaxed/Other: (OPTIONAL) doesn't matter to me, I love it all... I am natural
Tips/Tricks: Keep it simple.
Issues or difficulties you're having: None

I am also doing this challange with my little girl. She is currently bsb as well.

Added my length check from this month prior to my braids.

 

[Froreal3]

Ultimate Goal: Mid Thigh length
Regimen: Wash once a week, L.C.O method...style whichever way I am feeling.
How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: I am tape measure challanged. Currently bsb. So about 4- 5 inches
Natural/Relaxed/Other: (OPTIONAL) doesn't matter to me, I love it all... I am natural
Tips/Tricks: Keep it simple.
Issues or difficulties you're having: None

I am aslo doing this challange with my little girl. She is currently bsb as well.

Welcome angelhairtype4! You should join us in the Challenge for our Children. It's great for tips and support for our little ones.

ETA: Looks like you have a similar hair texture to me and tashboog. Very fluffy and poofy 4 a/b. Beautiful if I may say so myself.

 

[angelhairtype4]

Aww thanks Froreal3 and I will definetly check out the kiddy challange.

 

[Killahkurlz]

Hello Ladies!
I'm definitely joining this challenge, this gives me PLENTY of time!
Ultimate Goal: to never cut my hair again aside from split ends.
Regimen: Wash and deep condition every 2 weeks. I try to protective style most of the time and I give my hair small breaks in between.
How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: Maybe 5 or 6 for my longest layers
Natural/Relaxed/Other: natural
Tips/Tricks:
Issues or difficulties you're having: I'm going to try to forgo the combs and brushes and try to finger detangle only to retain more length

 

[blueberryd]

I wanna join!

Ultimate Goal: Full WL
Regimen: For the past 2 months,I have been getting dominican blowouts every 3 weeks with surprisingly good results. I have much less breakage and shedding when my hair is straight vs natural curly.Week 1 I wear it straight and down; week 2 I bun it; week 3 wash, dc, steam, and light protein treatment.
How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: I'm not sure but my goal is to retain at least 6 inches per year. I will be posting length checks here every 3 months
Natural/Relaxed/Other: Natural and struggling
Tips/Tricks: My natural hair doesn't seem to like cowashing...Less manipulation is more. My staples so far are: NTM silk touch leave in; NTM conditioner; cantu shea butter; and hot 6 oil; and coconut oil
Issues or difficulties you're having: My natural hair tangles too much and I don't have the patience to detangle properly....

post dominican blowout

 

[prettybyrd]

I wanna join!

Ultimate Goal: Full WL
Regimen: For the past 2 months,I have been getting dominican blowouts every 3 weeks with surprisingly good results. I have much less breakage and shedding when my hair is straight vs natural curly.Week 1 I wear it straight and down; week 2 I bun it; week 3 wash, dc, steam, and light protein treatment.
How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: I'm not sure but my goal is to retain at least 6 inches per year. I will be posting length checks here every 3 months
Natural/Relaxed/Other: Natural and struggling
Tips/Tricks: My natural hair doesn't seem to like cowashing...Less manipulation is more. My staples so far are: NTM silk touch leave in; NTM conditioner; cantu shea butter; and hot 6 oil; and coconut oil
Issues or difficulties you're having: My natural hair tangles too much and I don't have the patience to detangle properly....
post dominican blowout

Your hair is gorgeous! It looks so healthy!

 

[brown_skin_poppin]

Just finished finger detangling my hair,, it took about 1.5 hours . below is the amount of hair I lost.

 

[Celesti]

I didn't see the specific list of things we had to post. I posted my regimen somewhere in the beginning though.

Ultimate Goal: Hip Length

Inches Left Til WL: longest layers 3-4 inches

Tips and Tricks:
Because I like to dry detangle and not style wet, I wash my hair in braids to keep it stretched and detangled and I twist the ends, because if I braid to the ends it gets knotted. So twists are an easier to undo for me. So I just shampoo my roots, rinse and conditioner the length, let it deep condition, and BOOM done in 20-30 minutes. The braid prep is what takes time though.



Other thing that helps is that I keep the same parts. My styles are centered around my chunky twists (8-16 twists) but my parts never change and it reduces a LOT of tangling I use to have. Though I know not many people think same parts are a good idea, but it's been working. My twist out and up-do's are all from the same parts.

I think the most helpful thing on my journey so far, is finding how to moisturize my hair. I realized it's not as simple as water and oil for me. Not every moisture technique will work for everyone,soI had to find what my hair was asking for, even if it's a little taboo lol.

Issues or difficulties you're having:

My hair naturally grows evenly all over at the same rate, so I get natural layering, like 7 inches at your nape stops somewhere on your neck and 7 inches at your crown stops somewhere at your chin. (Idk making up measurements.) Plus my hair is not highly dense. So new styles can be a BIG struggles. I tend to wear the same thing everyday. I wish my crown would grow a little faster to meet were my the other bottom half of my hair stops at :\ I'm hoping to find some creative styling on this sight to give me more options

 

[HoneyBadger]

Ultimate Goal: Waist length and beyond

Regimen: DC with a protein/DC mix on Sunday, twist and curl with Kimmaytube/Chicoro leave-in, and then bun.

How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: I have seven inches to go but my hair grows slowly so I am giving myself until 1/1/15 to reach my goal.

Natural/Relaxed/Other: Natural

Tips/Tricks: Don't try everything you see on the internet or youtube. When I left my hair alone is when I started seeing growth. The most important thing though is to figure out how to keep your hair moisturized and realize that what keeps another sista's hair moist may not work for you. Don't sweat it, just find another method.

Issues or difficulties you're having: Wanting to try new styles.

 

[sgold04]

These pics were taken about 3 weeks ago after my first attempt at a tension blow dry. I am slightly over the "12" mark on my shirt. I will upload another pic at the end of october when I flat iron my hair for homecoming. Thanks to Froreal3 for helping me understand how to post pics

 

[havilland]

I'm in! I've been looking for a 2015 thread. Thanks @JJamiah

Please feel free to state your:

Ultimate Goal: HL

Regimen:

Cowash as needed

Deep condition once or twice a week

Shampoo as needed 1-2x a month or less

Moisturize every other day

Low heat/low manipulation/protective style


How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: 7-8"

Natural. Just completed two year transition.

 

[PlainJane]

I'm in! I have been a member for too long and a lurker for even longer to not already have the hair that I want. I just renewed my membership last night and I feel like participating in a challenge will keep me focused!

I'll post my regimen and starting pics later after my trim. Or are we supposed to wait until January?

 

[JJamiah]

Hello ladies and to all of you who joined the challenge. FYI: you can add pic's now or in January and there after. We all love hair porn here. LOL I won't add my pic of my hair until January where I will be doing my first straightening of my hair. I will also be trimming it then as well.

I have updated the list and will do so every other week until January 2014. I am sorry that I am not on daily, I am still in school and when I get to break time you ladies might become nauseous from me lack of getting off the computer.. LOL

I am truly thinking of skipping any black Friday sales this year because I have so much crap, that I don't feel a need to purchase anything, and I do mean anything. I will save my hay day for next year when I most likely will need to purchase some goods.

 

[angelhairtype4]

I cowashed my hair today. I cleansed my scalp with ACV and conditioned my hair. I have been wearing box braids (no extensions) for a week. There is minimal frizz. I heavily sealed my ends with my shea butter mix, its got some of everything in it lol. I have fine meduim density hair, so my braids are pretty scalpy. I can't do any grand hair styles in braids so I put my hair in a high ponytail afterwards so my ends won't rub against anything.

 

[Celesti]

I cowashed my hair today. I cleansed my scalp with ACV and conditioned my hair. I have been wearing box braids (no extensions) for a week. There is minimal frizz. I heavily sealed my ends with my shea butter mix, its got some of everything in it lol. I have fine meduim density hair, so my braids are pretty scalpy. I can't do any grand hair styles in braids so I put my hair in a high ponytail afterwards so my ends won't rub against anything.

I've tried making slanted (diagonal) parts for my twists, but I'm no good at! Last time I spent 5 hours trying to do it and ended up just getting tangles and having to resort to just pulling it back and deal with the detangle work later

I was wondering could you shed some light on me. How do you go about making the parts? Do you just start off with making the rows first or just one section at a time? Do you start at the crown, or the nape? I'd love to try and get it this time!

 

[Duchess007]

I cowashed my hair today. I cleansed my scalp with ACV and conditioned my hair. I have been wearing box braids (no extensions) for a week. There is minimal frizz. I heavily sealed my ends with my shea butter mix, its got some of everything in it lol. I have fine meduim density hair, so my braids are pretty scalpy. I can't do any grand hair styles in braids so I put my hair in a high ponytail afterwards so my ends won't rub against anything.

Okay, I think we might be hair sisters miss angelhairtype4... too soon to claim you for my twin but i want to! LOL. Your ends look sooooo familiar.






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[angelhairtype4]

I've tried making slanted (diagonal) parts for my twists, but I'm no good at! Last time I spent 5 hours trying to do it and ended up just getting tangles and having to resort to just pulling it back and deal with the detangle work later

I was wondering could you shed some light on me. How do you go about making the parts? Do you just start off with making the rows first or just one section at a time? Do you start at the crown, or the nape? I'd love to try and get it this time!

I pretty much have to make my parts this way. My hair isn't very thick so diagonal parts mean more hair in a braid. I only part the front of my hair the back of my hair I go by feel . I make the rows as I go. When I finish braiding one row I make another one and finish that...etc. I do the nape of my hair first. I skip the middle (I do that last), and start to work on the front. I start on one side of my crown when I reach the corners of my hairline I switch to the other side of my head and continue to row and braid until they meet ( I hope that makes sense...lol). Doing it that way allows me to have multiple parts, so if I want to part it on the left I can part it on the left. If I want to part it on the right, then I can part it on the right. I hope that helps . Im not good at instructions lol.