Waist Length Challenge 2015

Froreal3 said:
Question of the Week: How often do you trim and/or dust? Why? Do you retain more with dusts/trims or when you don't cut at all?
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Happy Valentine's Day, host with the most! :huggle:

I dust about once a month, S&D as needed, and trim about a quarter inch once every other month or so.
 
Froreal3 said:
Question of the Week: How often do you trim and/or dust? Why? Do you retain more with dusts/trims or when you don't cut at all?
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I get a trim/dusting every 3 months. It helps my hair stay well shaped. Granted my stylist only takes off what's necessary no more. I think I retain more with trims/dust. If I skip an appointment my ends knot really bad and my hair becomes difficult to manage. I tried going 6 months without a trim and it was ugly...
 
I don't really have a trim schedule but when I dusted about every other month (just taking the smallest amount possible off the ends of my twists), my hair seemed to thrive and I didn't have to trim often at all.

I trim according to the morrocco method, to make sure I avoid bad cutting days!

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Hey ladies! I haven't been active much this week since I've been out of town. I'm also feeling kind of meh about the hair thing. Pretty sure I won't make WL this year, but that's ok for me. As long as I retain something each year, I'm good.

Anyway QOTW: Is WL your final goal? Why or why not?
 
^^For me, it would be. My original goal was MBL, so if I make it to WL, I will probably just cut back to MBL and maintain.
 
Froreal3 said:
Hey ladies! I haven't been active much this week since I've been out of town. I'm also feeling kind of meh about the hair thing. Pretty sure I won't make WL this year, but that's ok for me. As long as I retain something each year, I'm good. Anyway QOTW: Is WL your final goal? Why or why not?
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I thought I would stop at WL, but I will probably go to TBL. Though, I will probably get it shaped after I reach WL.
 
Froreal3 said:
Hey ladies! I haven't been active much this week since I've been out of town. I'm also feeling kind of meh about the hair thing. Pretty sure I won't make WL this year, but that's ok for me. As long as I retain something each year, I'm good. Anyway QOTW: Is WL your final goal? Why or why not?
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I think it is for me. My hair is already a lot to deal with now so I can't imagine any longer than that.
 
Froreal3 said:
Hey ladies! I haven't been active much this week since I've been out of town. I'm also feeling kind of meh about the hair thing. Pretty sure I won't make WL this year, but that's ok for me. As long as I retain something each year, I'm good.

Anyway QOTW: Is WL your final goal? Why or why not?
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I don't really know anymore. My original length goal was apl lol. Now I'm just curious to see how long it actually can grow. I don't think I'll ever just maintain at a specific length.

Fighting auto correct everyday
 
Just some recent hair pics...the last pic is a roller set that I got at the beauty school. I have no idea where I will be at the end of the year lol but I'm having fun lol image-2950652497.jpg image-2494188553.jpg image-3642213725.jpg

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QUOTE="Froreal3;21147053"] QOTW: Is WL your final goal? Why or why not?[/QUOTE]

I love how you keep us engaged FroReal :)

WL the end? No. Originally yes and then I started browsing through old Classic Length threads and said "why not classic or TBL?". The honest answer is probably because I didn't think it possible for me. The ladies in those threads made me a believer though so why not? It's going to take a few years but I'm ready.


Update: I straightened my hair for Valentine's Day and was pleased to see how healthy it looks. Its nice and full like it was 3 years ago before I jacked it up. The ends even look good. I can tell when I run my fingers through it I need a good dust though because of the snagging. I may just take care of those today with the SplitEnder since it's so straight...save me having to straighten it again in a few weeks.


To straighten I used the Tresemme 7 Day Smooth. It did the job and I love the results but I probably won't use it again because my ends broke a little during the blow dry. Next time I want a temporary treatment I'll try the Beautiful Textures. Now that I think about it I have half a sample size bottle of QOD Organiq left that I may just use. Keratin treatments help my hair to dry faster and thus when I blow dry to stretch I don't need as much heat....hmmmm I need to just go head and do that.
 
Froreal3 said:
Hey ladies! I haven't been active much this week since I've been out of town. I'm also feeling kind of meh about the hair thing. Pretty sure I won't make WL this year, but that's ok for me. As long as I retain something each year, I'm good. Anyway QOTW: Is WL your final goal? Why or why not?
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I'm kinda meh about my hair right now too.


My goal is hip. I just want to see if I can get there. If waist is too long I'll stop there....I just wish I would HURRY UP AND GET THERE.
 
Im gonna pull out of this challenge theres no use of even getting my hopes up that my hair will grow even just half an inch pass apl.:nono:
 
I am definitely meh about my hair... my goal is WL and that's definitely it. Maybe I won't even get ThAT far... but WL is my final goal... my hair is dense and even though it's not.hard to deal with I just feel like detangling will be terrible lol.

But then again, I'm contemplating cutting my hair anyway lol. So I might don't make it anyway
 
WL was my ultimate goal, but now I'm thinking TBL. I'm aiming for at least 2 inches past WL so I can have fun and do bad things with my hair for a few months and then trim it back to WL and PS for a while :) I do wear my hair in natural styles most of the time, and I would love a BSL twist out, but I'm not sure how long that would be stretched.

Having said that, I'm kinda "meh" about my hair too. I wore it straight for a while and completely neglected it, now I'm in crochet braids and I'm not really moisturizing as I should. I'm supposed to take them down tomorrow but I don't feel like detangling my hair, so I may wait.
 
I'm going to lurk this thread...I would like full WL. I have WL right now, but I haven't really taken care of my hair in the last year...I neglected it something awful.

So...full waist length to tailbone length is my goal.
 
On a separate note... flat twists are my new thing. I should start experiment with actual hair styles as opposed to jut doing it for a twist out... but the twist outs look good!

And I realize how much brushing (like with a boar brush) probably isn't good for my ends... but my hair just curls so pretty at the end when I do.
 
Froreal3 said:
Anyway QOTW: Is WL your final goal? Why or why not?
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My current final goal is waist length or, more accurately, "whip" length (between waist and hip length) on stretched hair. I definitely won't mind if my hair grows longer; I just need to get past my waist before I can go on true cruise control. If my hair gets too long (is there even such a thing? Haha), the shrinkage will take care of it.
 
I'm going for it! I like reading this thread. Now that I have a fighting chance to reach this goal I'm joining.

Ultimate Goal: hip

Regimen: weekly or when I'm lazy biweekly wash, dc, detangle, ms, than bun. I ms once in between washes. I leave my hair mostly in buns with the help of gel to tame edges. When not in buns I wear twistsouts and wngs.

How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: 4-5
Natural/Relaxed/Other: natural

Tips/Tricks: trim by the moon method once to twice yearly. Detangling only with dc in my hair.
Issues or difficulties you're having: my edges fall out before anything else so I maintain by adding more dc to this area and more moisture/oil.
 

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NaturallyBri87 said:
I would like to be at waist length in it's shrunken state.
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Wow NaturallyBri87 that's a great goal. Do you think that will ever happen with shrinkage? How long do you think it will have to be?

Curlywurly10 said:
When I started on my HHJ, my final goal was MBL but I didn't fully appreciate shrinkage back then! So gonna keep on growing until it feels long without stretching.
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Curlywurly10 same here. A few years ago, I thought that MBL was long enough seeing as my hair never reached past my neck before. :rolleyes:
 
bluenvy said:
I'm going for it! I like reading this thread. Now that I have a fighting chance to reach this goal I'm joining.

Ultimate Goal: hip

Regimen: weekly or when I'm lazy biweekly wash, dc, detangle, ms, than bun. I ms once in between washes. I leave my hair mostly in buns with the help of gel to tame edges. When not in buns I wear twistsouts and wngs.

How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: 4-5
Natural/Relaxed/Other: natural

Tips/Tricks: trim by the moon method once to twice yearly. Detangling only with dc in my hair.
Issues or difficulties you're having: my edges fall out before anything else so I maintain by adding more dc to this area and more moisture/oil.
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:welcome2: bluenvy! We're about the same length! Do you consider yourself BSL right now or grazing MBL?
 
Froreal3 said:
Wow NaturallyBri87 that's a great goal. Do you think that will ever happen with shrinkage? How long do you think it will have to be?

Ikr!!! Because I don't really don't want to ever wear my hair straight so if I can do waist length and it's shrunken state I'll be good. Well I think if I keep protective styling with wigs and taking my manetabolism vitamins (it has my hair growing like crazy) I can get there in maybe like 4 years.

It may turn out that I don't even want my hair that long. But right now that's what I'm going for
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