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I ordered liquid panthenol and will be adding it to my conditioners.
Hopefully it will help me with plumping up my strands.

Right now I have my conditioner in my hair waiting to get rinsed out from my overnight DC.

Last night I shampood with nasaab black soap and noticed that my hair felt a bit coated.
I'm hoping after rinsing this conditioner out that I do not have "dull" looking hair.
 
yaya24 said:
I ordered liquid panthenol and will be adding it to my conditioners.
Hopefully it will help me with plumping up my strands.
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yaya24 definitely keep us posted on how the panthenol works for thickness. I'm interested to see if it will work on my hair too.
 
1. Shoulder length

2. 4b

3. I give my self by Dec 2013 to reach APL

4. My current reggie is: wash twice a week, finger detangle both washes, DC once a week under steaming, section my hair into four & wash with Wen 3 times a month and terrisentials once a month. Leave-in condition and seal with aloe juice, protective style with cocoanut oil 3 week out of the month and wear hair out once a week.

5. I plan on being consistent with my current reg and not deviating or getting LAZY about my hair.

6. Picture below

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I didn't wash and blow out like I wanted to over the weekend. I'm going to have to wash my hair tonight and redo my cornrows. I've been wearing a wig for the last 10 days.
 
I'm all weaved up for the next 10 -12 weeks I hope I am able to retain at least 2 inches. I will be extremely happy if my sides are full SL when I take this down! :)
 
I WISH I could get weaved up.
I love sew ins, but my hair is always a mess when I finally take it down.

2 more weeks and then I will rock my homemade wig.
This will be my 2nd homemade wig.

I will be using kinky curly hair from a overseas vendor.
 
Will do a flat iron at the end of the year so I know exactly how long my hair is right now and how far I am away from APL. Then I'll do another mid-2013. The plan is lots and lots of moisture and protective styling since I'd like to retain all of my growth. I am loving the thickness of my natural hair.
 
CafedeBelleza said:
Count me in!

Current length: shoulder
Relaxed
June 2013- my birth month
Reggie- shampoo with Neutrogena biweekly and dc once weekly alternating Eden dc and with something else I plan to buy and Aphogee 2 min Comwash with NTM
I plan to try to up my dc and cowashing and not get lazy once I start seeing growth

This was sept '12
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These will be my official starting photos...I tried to delete the first pic because you couldn't see my armpit but it didn't want to go so
 

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This grease and leaving my hair alone is really working for me. Just the headband look is really helping. I would really love as a personal challenge to just keep this same plain style going. Not try and do too much to my hair. Just keep this greased, rolled, headband look going for as long as possible. I don't plan to wash frequently. And just see where it takes me. I do feel like my back section could use a touch-up. I'll see by this weekend. May just wait until next weekend though.
 
I've just been leaving my hair alone for the most part. I wash, condition, moisturize, seal, and put on a faux afro pony. I keep the style for a week then do it all over again. I recently did a small length check and realized that that my hair had grown a lot more than I'd thought. I'm right at APL but will wait another month or two to trim. I plan to trim about 2-3" off by June 2013. I should be around full APL then and hopefully close to BSL by the end of next year.

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So I'm taking my cute booty back to my SL challenge thread :lol: But I will still keep hope alive that I'll get to SL relatively early and can maybe come back and rejoin. HHG ladies :wave: :wave: :yay:
 
I'd love to join as I'm striving to make APL next year!!!

Current hair length - Struggle SL :lol:

Natural

Goal Month - I wish I could say June but realistically it'll prolly be September

Current Reggie and styling choices - I'm still hunkering down a steady regimen but so far it looks like this:

DC weekly w/ protein for 10 mins then moisture for 20/Rollerset or Curlformers or Braidout etc/Wash n Go during the week or low bun/M&S nightly/Shampoo as needed

What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL? Less direct heat and more consistency. I can't believe the turn around my hair has done in just two weeks of leaving direct heat alone and keep my hair moist. So I can only imagine what I'll be looking like in September :lick: And I never ever stick with ANYTHING, so I think being consistent will help alot too.

Post a beginning picture - Will post soon, haven't straightened my hair in a while.
 
It's been 10 months since I've used any heat on my hair. I'm feeling tempted to do a blow out....please help dissuade me!! I want to go till February without heat...that will be a full year with absolutley NO HEAT
 
I'm so happy with my first stretch! I lasted 10 weeks and I can see the difference in the health of my hair already. My middle is GROWING, but I still need this nape to get it together. But mostly I'm happy with the HEALTH. It has gotten thicker already! (Thanks Castor oil....)
 
I'm keeping my hair moist and in protected styles so that means no more braid outs or heatless stretched styles for a bit. My hair seems to be retaining moisture very well but I'll be monitoring for SSKs and tangles. If they pop up now I'll go back to wearing my hair stretched. It's just that keeping my hair moist helps me to retain all my growth. I still braid it up at night and moisturise if needed.
 
FemmeCreole said:
It's been 10 months since I've used any heat on my hair. I'm feeling tempted to do a blow out....please help dissuade me!! I want to go till February without heat...that will be a full year with absolutley NO HEAT
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FemmeCreole you can do it!! You should plan a special event in February so you'll have something to look forward to when you blow out your hair :)
 
Ok so my camera died and I am trying to figure out how to measure my hair length since I am about to put some twists in. I just trimmed some and think I am about to trim some more...too. many split ends.
 
I just put my first sew in as a relaxed head!! Ima try to baby it as much as I can I'm nervous on how it will turn out after 2 months
 

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