You Adore LongHairDontCare's Results, but Are You Willing to Adopt Her Regimen?

[Rocky91]

man....i'd follow her to the moon to put moon cheese in my scalp if she told me to, cause her hair is just

naw, but on a serious note-this is basically the reggie i had as a child. about once a month, my mom would wash, condition, blowdry, and cornrow my hair. it works.

 

[chebaby]

her hair is beautiful but her reggie is NOT for me. i hate hate hate protective styles and if i di it it would not be for months at a time. i am natural so i get tha low manipulation is the key to grow hair, esp. since our hair tangles around themselves. still i am not willing to hide my hair away. aint gonna happen for more than a week at a time for me. and thats only if i feel like protecting my hair. i love to co wash everyday or everyother day so my hair needs to be out.
her hair is very beautiful though.

 

[Kurlee]

so ermmmmmmmmmm, i'm a try and adopt that. ASAP

 

[BlackMasterPiece]

her hair is beautiful but her reggie is NOT for me. i hate hate hate protective styles and if i di it it would not be for months at a time. i am natural so i get tha low manipulation is the key to grow hair, esp. since our hair tangles around themselves. still i am not willing to hide my hair away. aint gonna happen for more than a week at a time for me. and thats only if i feel like protecting my hair. i love to co wash everyday or everyother day so my hair needs to be out.
her hair is very beautiful though.

For the longest, I felt the same way you do about protective styles. But honestly, this is hella cute to me....it may not be her real hair thats out but she is WORKIN that protective style if ya ask me

Another way to spice up cornrowed protected hair is treebraids here they show you how they do it (they can be done to not make the cornrows show in the front at all as well) and here's a LHCF poster with cute curly tree braids. Cornrows can be jazzed up yall

 

[NikkiGirl]

Her hair is definitely beautiful. But I dont like braids, and I could not go to work everyday in cornrows.

 

[Kash]

her hair is gorgeous, but i wonder if she could retain her length w/o so much protective styling?

 

[Superfly Sister]

I just wanted to add what a lovely looking lady she is. WOW!

 

[RoseGolden]

This is pretty much what I do with weaves...except hair is sewn onto the cornrows

I only wash my weave about every 2 weeks and sometime spray some braid spray between my tracks. I retain pretty much all I grow, and I am still able to have a pretty style without manipulating my real hair for weeks.

 

[trinigul]

She's got me on my current regimen which is low manipulation bordering on just-pure-damn-laziness and my hair is THRIVING!! I kinda wish I was a documenter/pic taker/measurer because then I could actually see my own progress (and show you) - but then again I just hate watching water boil. All I know is when I'm braiding my hair (on wash days - every 2 wks - after detangling), I'm thinking "wow, I'm still braiding." I thought I was a slow grower. Happens that I wasn't retaining much with frequent washings and puffs (not really creative with the hairstyles). Not into sitting down for tons of braids or twists (or the takedown) whether having it done or doing it myself. So now I wear 2 french-braids with a funky front part that I tie down every night for a week at a time and I get lots of compliments. If I feel benevolent, I take down and remoisturize midweek. I've felt benelovent twice since last October.

 

[Junebug D]

Her hair is pretty but I could not go that long without washing my hair. Brings back nightmares from childhood... *shudder*

 

[BlackMasterPiece]

Her hair is definitely beautiful. But I dont like braids, and I could not go to work everyday in cornrows.

No one has to see that your hair is in cornrows....you can still look like you have a cute "out" style while your hair is protected in cornrows thats why I supplied the example of crochet braids in the OP

Her hair is pretty but I could not go that long without washing my hair. Brings back nightmares from childhood... *shudder*

I think people can do a modified version of her reggie and make it work for them as long as the fundamentals are being adhered to. I believe you could get her same results washing the braids as often as you please....as long a they stay protected in cornrows for the same amount of time.

 

[hair4romheaven]

little does the OP know she's my hair inspiartion.

 

[BlackMasterPiece]

^ Well shucks:blush3: thanksomuch love!

 

[carib_n_curly]

i love her hair

too bad for my twist and canerow usually stay neat for 3 days in my head
my hair and scalp gets build up so i couldn't go a month
her reggy works really well for her hair (proofs in the pudding) and people need to listen to what their hair likes
i use to comb my hair daily but my hair doesn't retain well with it so i gave that up months ago and my hair doing better

low manip works for me this is why i want individuals braids with hair added
i think my hair would do really well with protective styles and low manip

 

[Jetblackhair]

I had the same regimen many moons ago, way before LHCF & the Internet. I had bc'd down to about 3 or 4 inches of hair and I didn't know what to do with it. I ended up keeping it in cornrows and individual braids for 1.5 years.

I didn't wash my hair until the take down but in between I would apply a warm towel over my head to help smooth the frizzies.

I really liked my progress but I wish I had known what I was doing back then. Fast forward to now, I don't think I can go that long without washing my hair because my scalp would get itchy. But yes, the cornrows & braids worked for me.

 

[Desarae]

Wow. I never thought crochet braids would be the "it" style for 2010.

 

[ceebee3]

I love her hair, it's fantabulous. I don't know about adopting her reggie though, I'm doing ok with my hair.

 

[BlkOnyx488]

ok I was inspired I just slapped some cornrows in my hair.
They are not tight and the parts suck because I didn't use a mirror. I think I will rebraid them later tonight with some yaky bulk hair added

 

[hair4romheaven]

^ Well shucks:blush3: thanksomuch love!

anytime!!! i love your hair thats what my hair looks like natural. do you have a fotki? i plan on transitioning w/o bc

 

[sqzbly1908]

Wow she has some gorgeous hair...see this is how a lot of men are able to retain their long beautiful hair....braiding it up and not doing anything to it. I don't know about the guys you all know but the men I know do NOT shampoo their hair ...whoever braids their hair shampoos them and it is not too often

 

[Gibsongal]

Let me just say BMP your hair is gorgeous as well.

But I glad you started this thread. I have been looking at crochet braids for a while now. I even went to look for freetess water wave at the BSS today. Of course they didn't have it. But yeah, I'm with you on this. Unfortunately I'm going to be working very long hours for a while so this is totally doable for me.

So yes this regimen sounds like heaven to me. Especially since I can at least clean my scalp. Thanks for posting the cleansing video too.

 

[hair4romheaven]

Wow she has some gorgeous hair...see this is how a lot of men are able to retain their long beautiful hair....braiding it up and not doing anything to it. I don't know about the guys you all know but the men I know do NOT shampoo their hair ...whoever braids their hair shampoos them and it is not too often

I made a threadm about this on BHM men don't co wash etc...they do nothing to thier hair and they retain so much more

 

[naturalmanenyc]

I am having my crochet twists put back in later this month. I probably won't follow her regimen (I like to wash often) but I do like the idea of a cute protective style. DH loved the twists too.

I kept them in for 9 weeks with no problems. I may shoot for 12 weeks for this set of crochet twists.

Middle section not yet done

http://public.fotki.com/RegsWife/curly-twists-93-wee/

I did finally wear a cornrow style that I thought worked for the office. Most of my colleagues thought it was super cute.

http://public.fotki.com/RegsWife/i-am-rocking-cornro/

 

[sqzbly1908]

I am having my crochet twists put back in later this month. I probably won't follow her regimen (I like to wash often) but I do like the idea of a cute protective style. DH loved the twists too.

I kept them in for 9 weeks with no problems. I may shoot for 12 weeks for this set of crochet twists.



http://public.fotki.com/RegsWife/curly-twists-93-wee/

I did finally wear a cornrow style that I thought worked for the office. Most of my colleagues thought it was super cute.

http://public.fotki.com/RegsWife/i-am-rocking-cornro/

This is beautiful!!! I have never seen this before...

 

[BlackMasterPiece]

Wow. I never thought crochet braids would be the "it" style for 2010.

iono bout alladat but it sure will be my "it" style for 2010

anytime!!! i love your hair thats what my hair looks like natural. do you have a fotki? i plan on transitioning w/o bc

My fotki is currently under construction and you shall see the link for it in my siggy super soon! Thanks for bringing that up that reminds me to put the pedal to the metal already with my fotki.

Wow she has some gorgeous hair...see this is how a lot of men are able to retain their long beautiful hair....braiding it up and not doing anything to it. I don't know about the guys you all know but the men I know do NOT shampoo their hair ...whoever braids their hair shampoos them and it is not too often

EXACTLY they dont do a thing to it but keep it braided 24/7 and then we get mad at them for effortlessly getting thick lush fro's we just gotta get like them a do a super low manipulation reggie!

Its not like everyone has to see that we're in cornrows there are a myriad of ways to hide them.

 

[BlackMasterPiece]

I am having my crochet twists put back in later this month. I probably won't follow her regimen (I like to wash often) but I do like the idea of a cute protective style. DH loved the twists too.

I kept them in for 9 weeks with no problems. I may shoot for 12 weeks for this set of crochet twists.

Middle section not yet done

http://public.fotki.com/RegsWife/curly-twists-93-wee/

What kind of hair did you use? I really love this how often did you wash with them in and how'd they hold up?

I did finally wear a cornrow style that I thought worked for the office. Most of my colleagues thought it was super cute.

http://public.fotki.com/RegsWife/i-am-rocking-cornro/

Its adorable hun....so creative and cute!

 

[Mook's hair]

OK, I see...I get it. her regimen is a once a month routine. Nothing is excessive. (Good stuff) It's very similar to how I did my 2 year transition and yes...It works.

 

[tallnomad]

She's got me on my current regimen which is low manipulation bordering on just-pure-damn-laziness and my hair is THRIVING!! I kinda wish I was a documenter/pic taker/measurer because then I could actually see my own progress (and show you) - but then again I just hate watching water boil. All I know is when I'm braiding my hair (on wash days - every 2 wks - after detangling), I'm thinking "wow, I'm still braiding." I thought I was a slow grower. Happens that I wasn't retaining much with frequent washings and puffs (not really creative with the hairstyles). Not into sitting down for tons of braids or twists (or the takedown) whether having it done or doing it myself. So now I wear 2 french-braids with a funky front part that I tie down every night for a week at a time and I get lots of compliments. If I feel benevolent, I take down and remoisturize midweek. I've felt benelovent twice since last October.

Trinigul--your hairstyle sounds cute and really protective! I know you said you're not a picture taker, but could you perhaps post a pic of this style? Curious to see it.

Since September, I've only been washing my hair once a month. I LOVE it! My mom only washes her hair once a month (that's being generous) and her hair is BSL/midback. It was WL at one point, but she's been cutting it lately.

Between my mom and watching LHDC's results, I was inspired to try the once/month thing. I am not one who measures her progress with photos either, so I often feel that my hair is not growing, but last week when I washed and retwisted, I could see the retention in length. I get sick of twisting, so I'm interested in Trinigul's style--something that would protect but take minimal time.

Just wanted to add--the crochet braids definitely help with retention. My hair GREW and I retained every inch. Wouldn't mind trying it again, as I was able to achieve BSL quickly with them, but the lady who used to braid my hair now has carpal tunnel, and I haven't found anyone else I fully trust for that style.

 

[PrettyBrownBrown]

Her hair is very nice. BlackMasterPiece, do you straighten your haie before you do a straw set?

 

[kblc06]

After my trim, I plan on adopting a similar regi:

-Wash & DC 1x per week
-Braid hair into bandless ponytails (moisturize & seal w/vaseline)
-Wear wig