12 inches in 12 months - 2014

[HoneyA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Sometimes one minor slip-up or mistake can cause a setback. A lot of the time though, a mistake could be avoided if you just stick to the plan that you know works. It can't be that hard to do, is it?

Yesterday after my wash and condition, I moisturised and braided my hair in 10 plaits to air dry. That's the way it was the entire day yesterday and how I slept with it. Last night, however, because of laziness, I made a conscious decision not to wrap my hair in my satin scarf or wear a plastic cap. I didn't even spritz to remoisturise or anything. Went to bed gangsta ... I run this ...

Well, yea wrong move in these streets... this morning I am unbraiding my hair and the ends of two of my plaits were knotted up - tight. Really? One night without the ritual and I get knots?! The kind that don't budge when you pull The ends apparently dried out and wrapped around themselves.

My first instinct was to rip or cut the knots out because I was not happy. Before LHCF that's exactly what I would have done. But I finally just sprayed on some moisturiser that I usually moisten my fingers with to undo my braids, got one of my nail tools and patiently unpicked the knots. My hair was fine after that. But... lesson learnt... keep ends moisturised at all times and never go to bed without hair protection. Stick to what ever plan you have ladies, stick to the plan.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I drink tea just for health and because I like to drink hot tea (not much of an iced tea kind of gal). I drink several by Lipton...green tea with goji and raspberry, green tea with orange blossom and passion fruit, Lipton green tea decaf with honey and lemon, Badia hibiscus tea (this one I brew hot and drink with ice), Bigelow mint herb tea, celestial seasonings country peach tea, celestial seasonings honey chamomile tea, plain chamomile tea by Badia. They have some good herbs in them...but I would like to build up a larger collection of herbal teas that benefit both body and hair. Oh and ETA I also drink and use Lipton Black Pearl tea on my hair/scalp.

All the teas I drink get double duty as tea rinses...I add fresh or dried herbs to hot water sometimes and make an infusion like thyme and rosemary plus lavender, for example.

Thanks fancypants007 for posting info on that Hair Regeneration Tea.

The Hair Regeneration Tea is soooo good. It suppose to help with liver and kidney to aid circulation which suppose to promote hair health/growth. I just wanted to drink the tea 5 days a week and because it tastes sooo good and it makes me feel good too, (I have gallbladder problems) I drink it every PM. I'm telling myself yesterday, I have to buy some more. Good stuff.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Thanks HoneyA! That is wonderful that you are Now consciously aiming for at least an inch a month. I think it can make a difference in the results (where you set your goals). I never really paid much attention to monthly growth rate either as I was too busy or lazy to be bothered with measuring. Now that I have passed wL, I am paying attention to see how long it might take to reach the next goal, and the next.

I was not really aiming for any particular growth rate...I was moreso worried about the shedding (horrendous) that some women can get even during pregnancy, and of course I was fearful of the notorious postpartum shed that has left many ladies' hair and edges on the scrap heap. Darn hormones. During pregnancy, I was just taking my necessary vitamins and trying to keep my stress low. I found I was extremely fatigued all the time, so I didn't do much to my hair during the 4-9 month period.

I did have a virgin relaxer applied at 3 mos since my natural hair had become too much work. Other than that, I mainly washed once a week and bunned my hair the entire pregnancy. I took my RX prenatals, which made me nauseated...so I bought a gummy prenatal by VitaFusion and took that instead. I also took my msm, acai, chlorella, and folic acid by RX (1.2 mg) daily.

Other than that, I ate a ton, and not particularly healthy, either. I just ate what I was craving at the time, which was often chicken noodle soup, sushi, fried chicken, potato chips, and basically a lot of high protein and high fat meals. I forgot to mention that I stopped taking fish oil and had to dramatically decrease my consumption of the usual types of fish I eat due to those types being high in mercury. But I did eat more salmon and salads as a replacement. I ate a ton of sushi first trimester (not raw), and then 2nd trimester I was craving something else and ate that all the time. I think it was Bojangle's fried chicken.

My SO and his friend went and caught some fresh white bass, fried it up in the kitchen, and I was TOO MAD I couldn't have any. And because SO loves to fish, he made sure to memorize what types I couldn't have. I had to leave the house i was wanting to eat some so bad, chyle I went and got some fried chicken instead. I told him he needs to go and buy me some tilapia or smthn if he is going to catch fish I can't eat and I'm walking around looking like I have a basketball under my shirt.

After pregnancy, I started to shed a little more than usual about 2 months postpartum. And I just got the shedding back down to low to very low levels in the past 2 weeks (Im almost 6.5 months postpartum, so the shedding was higher than normal for almost 4 full months) by upping my protein conditioners and cowashes. My hair can't get enough protein and it never seems to mind even if I use protein based conditioners several times a week.

I also resumed using my sulfur growth oil frequently in the last 2 weeks, which I kinda slacked on using in the past 3 mos or so. That sulfur oil helped curb shedding, no doubt. I used it during my whole pregnancy here and there. I was very hair lazy at the time of being pregnant...and physically tired...no make that exhausted since I'm anemic as it is. I had to get several blood transfusions. I'm thankful I didn't experience a terrible period of postpartum shedding, mine went from low to the so-called normal 100 or so hairs a day, which definitely looked like a lot since I was not used to that.

I'm not actually aiming for a particular growth amount a month...I so hate to be disappointed after putting in so much work and effort, so I just do the basics and sometimes a little more and see what happens. I have been pleasantly surprised at the results though. Sorry so long! I wanted to thoroughly explain. Oh, and thank God my son was born 100% healthy despite all the junk I ate and the low blood counts here and there.

Yes that shedding can be a pain! That was my biggest problem. I think my hair loves protein too because I remember when I was using Mane n Tail products, my shedding was dramatically decreased. I started using these products again and I wash or cowash my hair and spray on my glycerin aloe vera mix and comb through my hair and only a few strands are in the comb. This week I clarified and used another brand of conditioner and I more strands in my comb. I understand now when people would say, listen to your hair. This got my attention. I will not use this conditioner, but go back to using Mane n Tail conditioner and see if I have the same problem. I will test out this weekend. Anyhow, its exciting when I don't see alot of shedding. This I believe is my biggest problem, not being able to retain growth. I'm hoping this year will be different for me and I will get some substantial growth. I did make one mistake, putting braids in soon after a relaxer touchup and got some breakage around front and sides. I don't believe I got too much in the back, but I think it probably was some. I was spraying my braids every AM trying to keep them moist and yet still got breakage. I'm thinking now it probably could have been I was spraying them too much. LadyPaniolo in one of her old posts who grew here hair past waist length using braids as a protective style and she said you should only moisturise your braids once a week, and wash and deep condition them once a week. She said my following this regime it should keep your braids from drying out. I will put braids back in my hair at the end of July and I will try her method. Want to keep hair on head, not on floor.
I know what you mean, there is nothing like fried fish. I try to eat white alcore tuna wrapped in lettuce leaf with hot mustard for lunch at least 3 times a week and eat lentil soup for protein too.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I'm a little late to the party, but since I've proven to myself that I can better my half-inch per month growth rate in the last few months, I figured I can give this a serious shot. Will come back and post a starting pic when I finish doing my hair today, along with any other stats I need.

Welcome to the group, glad that you joined us. We are all striving for the same goal. Please any tips/suggestions you want to share, please feel free.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

hey ladies checking in
i ended my stint in minibraids early because i saw the bf this weekend and wanted to look extra special. before i took them out i did a clarifying shampoo with herbal essences balancing shampoo and a deep condition with tigi dumb blonde and an oil rinse with sunflower oil. I let them dry completely before taking down the plaits and twisting three or four minibraids together with elasta qp mango butter and olive oil curly pudding in preparation for a dry twist out. (worst product ever. smells great no hold little moisture). i could tell my hair had grown because the twists were the same thickness from root to tip, which hasn't happened since i was a child. also my little sister, bf, mum and older sister all commented (without prompting ) that my hair had grown. I don't know about longer but its definately thicker for sure. My afro was catching some wind this weekend. this weekend was super hot so in the end i ended up wearing a scarf to shield it from the sun anyway. after the sun frolicking i twisted it into chunky twists for the next 3.5 weeks. still taking vitamins and doing scalp massages. I need to replenish my smoothie stocks and up the ante on the salad front too. I have however been exercising much more. idk if its doing anything for my hair but it helps with mood management so i'll keep it up.

what about you ladies? any impromptu compliments? looking forward to seeing your progress at the end of this month

Isn't it nice when others notice hair growth. I'm glad that you noticed it too. This is what it's all about. See our efforts being paid off. I keep my hair in a bun most of the time, but at the end of June is when we will see. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's progress at the end of June too.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Sometimes one minor slip-up or mistake can cause a setback. A lot of the time though, a mistake could be avoided if you just stick to the plan that you know works. It can't be that hard to do, is it?

Yesterday after my wash and condition, I moisturised and braided my hair in 10 plaits to air dry. That's the way it was the entire day yesterday and how I slept with it. Last night, however, because of laziness, I made a conscious decision not to wrap my hair in my satin scarf or wear a plastic cap. I didn't even spritz to remoisturise or anything. Went to bed gangsta ... I run this ...

Well, yea wrong move in these streets... this morning I am unbraiding my hair and the ends of two of my plaits were knotted up - tight. Really? One night without the ritual and I get knots?! The kind that don't budge when you pull The ends apparently dried out and wrapped around themselves.

My first instinct was to rip or cut the knots out because I was not happy. Before LHCF that's exactly what I would have done. But I finally just sprayed on some moisturiser that I usually moisten my fingers with to undo my braids, got one of my nail tools and patiently unpicked the knots. My hair was fine after that. But... lesson learnt... keep ends moisturised at all times and never go to bed without hair protection. Stick to what ever plan you have ladies, stick to the plan.

Girl, don't even talk. I had 2 mishaps at the start of this challenge. The first one was putting braids in my hair too soon after a relaxer touchup which caused some breakage. Not alot, but still I wish now that I hadn't done it, and the second one was sometimes I wash and condition my hair at the kitchen sink. Well there was something in my garbage disposal and I turned it on and forgot to turn it off when I was rinsing conditioner from my hair and some of my hair got caught. It could have been alot worse then it was, but still I wish it didn't happen. We need to stick to our regime not taking shortcuts, nor being lazy, or just taking things for granted, because these minor mishaps can lead to major mishaps which is what we don't want. This was an excellent wake up call and thanks for sharing to keep us on track.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Aother week has come and gone. I hope everyone is on track and focus during their regime. I found a recipe putting MSM in a conditioner. I bought some Neutrogena leave in and I'm going to add MSM to it. I'm trying to be consistent with my exercises, headstands, oiling scalp, and I bought some prenatal vitamins yesterday to add to my regime of msm powder, biotin powder and african accel hair vitamins. All of these things are becoming second nature for me. I'm not going to try anything else new. This is what I'm going to consistently do until the end of this challenge. I'm still working on increasing my water intake but it seems like I'm on point.

 

[Jewell]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

The Hair Regeneration Tea is soooo good. It suppose to help with liver and kidney to aid circulation which suppose to promote hair health/growth. I just wanted to drink the tea 5 days a week and because it tastes sooo good and it makes me feel good too, (I have gallbladder problems) I drink it every PM. I'm telling myself yesterday, I have to buy some more. Good stuff.

Thanks for providing this info. I can definitely use kidney and liver help since I take a few meds on occasion that can be hard on the liver and kidneys. I had to get my gallbladder removed 7 yrs ago due to problems with gallstones. The surgeon said it wasn't even functioning properly due to being chock full of gallstones. Yuck. I was predisposed to them genetically. Funny though, I only started having occasional stomach pain and indigestion a few months before the surgery...and gallstones take a while to form.

I had a laparoscopic removal, and since then I have to watch the butter on popcorn...excruciating stomach pain since the gallbladder isn't there to release the extra bile for fat breakdown/emulsion. I spent 20 mins in terrible pain after eating movie theater popcorn with butter. Who woulda thought... Smh

I have officially started the broccoli sprout study on Friday. I drink 1 smoothie a day with 50g of broccoli sprout homogenate mixed in. I feel good about participating. I'm going to look into the Hair Regeneration tea and also get a Detox tea. I've been good at taking my vitamins over the weekend and got in a cowash or 2 since Thursday. My hair feels and looks good, and my scalp feels like something is going on up there since I added some extra ground cayenne pepper to my scalp oil. Loving the stimulating feeling.

I apply it to my scalp nightly. The MSM in conditioner is a great idea. Taking it by mouth in caplet form has really helped my shedding and to increase growth. I also feel it is detoxing my body daily, which it is known for. I'm going to stay on my game, HoneyA. We be slacking sometimes...but we get back on track. Thanks for encouraging us to stay the path!! LOL at "wrong move in these streets..." imma have to use that with my SO.

fancypants007 I gasped in horror when I read "hair...kitchen sink...garbage disposal.." Thankfully, it was not a horrible or painful accident. I can only wash in the shower. I do rinse my relaxer with my head hanging over the bathtub to have the faucet give a huge rush of water and rinse it out well...plus I don't want relaxer allover my body in the shower. Otherwise it is tangle and mat city if I don't wash with my hair hanging back and down. I might try a liquid MSM supplement and use it on my scalp as well. Can't hurt to try it. Thanks for the idea.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Thanks for providing this info. I can definitely use kidney and liver help since I take a few meds on occasion that can be hard on the liver and kidneys. I had to get my gallbladder removed 7 yrs ago due to problems with gallstones. The surgeon said it wasn't even functioning properly due to being chock full of gallstones. Yuck. I was predisposed to them genetically. Funny though, I only started having occasional stomach pain and indigestion a few months before the surgery...and gallstones take a while to form.

I had a laparoscopic removal, and since then I have to watch the butter on popcorn...excruciating stomach pain since the gallbladder isn't there to release the extra bile for fat breakdown/emulsion. I spent 20 mins in terrible pain after eating movie theater popcorn with butter. Who woulda thought... Smh

I have officially started the broccoli sprout study on Friday. I drink 1 smoothie a day with 50g of broccoli sprout homogenate mixed in. I feel good about participating. I'm going to look into the Hair Regeneration tea and also get a Detox tea. I've been good at taking my vitamins over the weekend and got in a cowash or 2 since Thursday. My hair feels and looks good, and my scalp feels like something is going on up there since I added some extra ground cayenne pepper to my scalp oil. Loving the stimulating feeling.

I apply it to my scalp nightly. The MSM in conditioner is a great idea. Taking it by mouth in caplet form has really helped my shedding and to increase growth. I also feel it is detoxing my body daily, which it is known for. I'm going to stay on my game, HoneyA. We be slacking sometimes...but we get back on track. Thanks for encouraging us to stay the path!! LOL at "wrong move in these streets..." imma have to use that with my SO.

fancypants007 I gasped in horror when I read "hair...kitchen sink...garbage disposal.." Thankfully, it was not a horrible or painful accident. I can only wash in the shower. I do rinse my relaxer with my head hanging over the bathtub to have the faucet give a huge rush of water and rinse it out well...plus I don't want relaxer allover my body in the shower. Otherwise it is tangle and mat city if I don't wash with my hair hanging back and down. I might try a liquid MSM supplement and use it on my scalp as well. Can't hurt to try it. Thanks for the idea.

Yes I'm glad it was not so horrible, but I've learned my lesson. I now wash my hair in bathtub sink.

 

[HoneyA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Girl, don't even talk. I had 2 mishaps at the start of this challenge. The first one was putting braids in my hair too soon after a relaxer touchup which caused some breakage. Not alot, but still I wish now that I hadn't done it, and the second one was sometimes I wash and condition my hair at the kitchen sink. Well there was something in my garbage disposal and I turned it on and forgot to turn it off when I was rinsing conditioner from my hair and some of my hair got caught. It could have been alot worse then it was, but still I wish it didn't happen. We need to stick to our regime not taking shortcuts, nor being lazy, or just taking things for granted, because these minor mishaps can lead to major mishaps which is what we don't want. This was an excellent wake up call and thanks for sharing to keep us on track.

Omg fancypants007 that incident with the dishwasher could have been a lot worse. You were lucky! Agreed, let's all make sure we don't have anymore mishaps - especially not the ones that could have been avoided if we had been more careful.

Jewell It really felt like my hair had a point to prove this morning. No problem, point taken ... It could have ended very badly.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I've grown another inch ladies!!!



I measure my hair by each row of colleges on my HBCU shirt. When I checked my hair in May it grew 3 lines which equaled to a little over an inch. When I checked June 6, I grew another 3 lines. My goal for July is to get another 3 lines which will put me on "Spelman College"

Please don't get discouraged. We can do this! I read this thread daily especially when I'm too lazy to do my daily routine because it gives me life!
Still doing:
-LOC Method
-corn rolling hair
-drinking lots of water
-castor oil on my ends daily
-juicing
-Perfectil vitamins

Changes in Reggie.......
-Didn't do the greenhouse effect last month ....so that didn't contribute to my growth
-I've realized that my MSM spray really didn't contribute to my hair growth,it just made my scalp tingly. I just only did the castor oil last month and now I'm trying Kaminomoto.

Girl you are way ahead of the game with your updated pics. I will be posting my update around June 30th. I had to go back and reread your post because I was soooo encouraged by your success. I tweaked my regime too. I decided to stop during the GHE since I've been doing it since last year and I don't really notice anything substantial abour hair growth. I was going to do it 3 times a week instead of everyday, but I'm going to just stop during it for awhile. Do tell us about Kaminomoto. I just googled it and it sounds interesting. How do you apply.

 

[candie19]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Girl you are way ahead of the game with your updated pics. I will be posting my update around June 30th. I had to go back and reread your post because I was soooo encouraged by your success. I tweaked my regime too. I decided to stop during the GHE since I've been doing it since last year and I don't really notice anything substantial abour hair growth. I was going to do it 3 times a week instead of everyday, but I'm going to just stop during it for awhile. Do tell us about Kaminomoto. I just googled it and it sounds interesting. How do you apply.

Thanks lady! I just spray Kaminomoto once a day on my scalp in between my corn rolls. I came in a glass bottle so I put it in a spray bottle. The smell is strong but I got used to it. Once I converted the price of Kaminomoto to $$ I realized I paid close to $50 for one bottle. I need to grow 2 inches in a month with this stuff. Will keep you updated.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Thanks lady! I just spray Kaminomoto once a day on my scalp in between my corn rolls. I came in a glass bottle so I put it in a spray bottle. The smell is strong but I got used to it. Once I converted the price of Kaminomoto to $$ I realized I paid close to $50 for one bottle. I need to grow 2 inches in a month with this stuff. Will keep you updated.

I agree for that price - 2" in 1 month but at the rate you're going, you might get that. I read the reviews and many speak very highly of it. Please keep us posted.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Hello...... is anyone out there.......Oh I'm sorry, perhaps everyone is just busy.

Just trying to keep everyone motivated. I know FaithVA has a change in her circumstances, but how is everyone else doing?

Just to share - I'm trying to keep consistent with my exercises. I'm doing cardio 5 days a week and I do pilates twice a week. I will cowash tonight. I was going to purchase a gallon of Wen cleansing conditioner that is only offered in the month of June. But I decided against it and I'm so glad I did. First of all, Wen is very pricey even though many have had success with it. I found a cleansing conditioner called EDEN BodyWorks All Natural Coconut Shea CoWash that I'm going to try. It's ingredients sounds good, and there are nice reviews on it cleansing the hair and removing buildup and it's only $8.99. That fits my pocketbook. I'm also going to try incorporating natural moisturising conditioners into my regime. I do light protein treatments 2 times a month and henna glosses twice a month. Coconut oil and aloe vera gel is good for hair, so I found a recipe that said combine equal portions of both, mix together, put on plastic cap and leave on for 30-60 minutes and rinse. I'm going to try this weekend for 60 minutes after my henna gloss to see what happens. Will keep you posted. Other than that, my hair seems fine and it is growing. I oil scalp every PM, moisturise with glycerin and aloe mix every AM and PM. Keep doing what you do, and your hard work and efforts will pay off.

 

[caliscurls]

Hello...... is anyone out there.......Oh I'm sorry, perhaps everyone is just busy.

Just trying to keep everyone motivated. I know FaithVA has a change in her circumstances, but how is everyone else doing?

Just to share - I'm trying to keep consistent with my exercises. I'm doing cardio 5 days a week and I do pilates twice a week. I will cowash tonight. I was going to purchase a gallon of Wen cleansing conditioner that is only offered in the month of June. But I decided against it and I'm so glad I did. First of all, Wen is very pricey even though many have had success with it. I found a cleansing conditioner called EDEN BodyWorks All Natural Coconut Shea CoWash that I'm going to try. It's ingredients sounds good, and there are nice reviews on it cleansing the hair and removing buildup and it's only $8.99. That fits my pocketbook. I'm also going to try incorporating natural moisturising conditioners into my regime. I do light protein treatments 2 times a month and henna glosses twice a month. Coconut oil and aloe vera gel is good for hair, so I found a recipe that said combine equal portions of both, mix together, put on plastic cap and leave on for 30-60 minutes and rinse. I'm going to try this weekend for 60 minutes after my henna gloss to see what happens. Will keep you posted. Other than that, my hair seems fine and it is growing. I oil scalp every PM, moisturise with glycerin and aloe mix every AM and PM. Keep doing what you do, and your hard work and efforts will pay off.

Doing much better this week than the last two at least relative to working out. My travel schedule has been crazy so my workouts suffered. I'm on the ground until at least mid-July though so I'm getting back in to it and it feels great! I missed my intense workouts! Vitamins and hair care are on point, haven't skipped a beat but I'm already very bored with this wig. The plan was to wear it through the end of the month but I don't know if I can last that long. Today I went ahead and ordered the QOD Organiq Shot kit so I can apply it sometime in July or August after I've used up my products that are not cystine treatment friendly...original plan was Sept or October...I'm just very impatient with hair progress and plans.

Oh and like you fancypants007 I've added a prenatal to my vitamin list primarily to help my skin. I think my spirulina detox is wreaking havoc on my face which is weird because I'm not taking even half of what I was taking last year. It's annoying...so I've reduced my dose to 3.5 grams and added the prenatal which I take at night so my body doesn't purge it completely since half of the nutrients overlap with what I take every morning.

 

[daae]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

will post an update.

 

[footsie]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Hey ladies.
This is my first week. Just took my braids out last week Friday (hair at collar bone). I'm doing scalp massages nightly, taking Vit E, cod liver oil, B-12, multi vit and zinc. I oil my scalp nightly with JBCO. I haven't made my nettle tea nightly like I planned. I plan on doing a mid-week steam tomorrow. My hair is currently in twists. I'll be out of town down in Atlanta this weekend so I probably won't get around to washing and retwisting my hair til Monday. I won't do any measuring until July 1st.

 

[Blessed&higlyflavoured]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

hey ladies, hope your well

I just wanted to tell you i'm experimenting with infusions and stuff. In the garden the there's so many herbs i'm going to pick a few boil them up and see what happens

I have
-mint, lemon balm, sage, eucylptus, rosemary, bay, basil, lavender, rosehips (towards autumn) and some others. I'm going to use them each in turn for 3 weeks at a time and let you know whether they're any use. I'll just boil them for 20 minutes, let them cool, whap them in the spray bottle and spritz them on each evening.

eta
I'm also on a not buying any new products, hair accessories or extension hair or tools over the next two months. my regimen is super simple dry deep condition over night, silk scarf turban , rinse out with cheap conditioner in the morning. leave a bit of cheap conditioner in and apply oil/serum/grease/whatever to seal, extra on the ends. in the evening repeat it again. (all whilst in plaits/twists)
because i'm cowashing daily my hair is so not fussy with which oils and conditioners i use. so using up some of these products should be interesting. only thing is i have so many puddings and gels from when i was on a curl defining hype (ugh no), I think i'll give them away

sorry for rambling

 

[HoneyA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

llan ^^^ that's a really nice garden you have. Your plan sounds exciting. Looking forward to the report on each one.

 

[caliscurls]

@Ilan I've got a couple of those in my garden as well so will be reading with great interest when you start to report back.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Doing much better this week than the last two at least relative to working out. My travel schedule has been crazy so my workouts suffered. I'm on the ground until at least mid-July though so I'm getting back in to it and it feels great! I missed my intense workouts! Vitamins and hair care are on point, haven't skipped a beat but I'm already very bored with this wig. The plan was to wear it through the end of the month but I don't know if I can last that long. Today I went ahead and ordered the QOD Organiq Shot kit so I can apply it sometime in July or August after I've used up my products that are not cystine treatment friendly...original plan was Sept or October...I'm just very impatient with hair progress and plans.

Oh and like you fancypants007 I've added a prenatal to my vitamin list primarily to help my skin. I think my spirulina detox is wreaking havoc on my face which is weird because I'm not taking even half of what I was taking last year. It's annoying...so I've reduced my dose to 3.5 grams and added the prenatal which I take at night so my body doesn't purge it completely since half of the nutrients overlap with what I take every morning.

Thanks for the update. I know how it is with those wigs. I wore half wigs for about 7 months and there was at least 2 styles that I liked that I bought all the time. I'm enjoying this bun thing wearing it either high or low, but starting in July I will be putting my hair back in braids. Have you tried the gummy prenatal? I bought some this past weekend at Walmart, the Vitafusion brand and they are good. Before that I was taking Trader Joe's and they did not make me sick. You might one to check them out.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

will post an update.

If you like, you can post an update pic at the end of June. That's when all of us will be updating showing progress since April. This is optional though, but would like to hear success stories at the end of June.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Hey ladies.
This is my first week. Just took my braids out last week Friday (hair at collar bone). I'm doing scalp massages nightly, taking Vit E, cod liver oil, B-12, multi vit and zinc. I oil my scalp nightly with JBCO. I haven't made my nettle tea nightly like I planned. I plan on doing a mid-week steam tomorrow. My hair is currently in twists. I'll be out of town down in Atlanta this weekend so I probably won't get around to washing and retwisting my hair til Monday. I won't do any measuring until July 1st.

Sounds good. All these things add up, so keep doing what you can do. Thanks for checking in.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

hey ladies, hope your well

I just wanted to tell you i'm experimenting with infusions and stuff. In the garden the there's so many herbs i'm going to pick a few boil them up and see what happens

I have
-mint, lemon balm, sage, eucylptus, rosemary, bay, basil, lavender, rosehips (towards autumn) and some others. I'm going to use them each in turn for 3 weeks at a time and let you know whether they're any use. I'll just boil them for 20 minutes, let them cool, whap them in the spray bottle and spritz them on each evening.

eta
I'm also on a not buying any new products, hair accessories or extension hair or tools over the next two months. my regimen is super simple dry deep condition over night, silk scarf turban , rinse out with cheap conditioner in the morning. leave a bit of cheap conditioner in and apply oil/serum/grease/whatever to seal, extra on the ends. in the evening repeat it again. (all whilst in plaits/twists)
because i'm cowashing daily my hair is so not fussy with which oils and conditioners i use. so using up some of these products should be interesting. only thing is i have so many puddings and gels from when i was on a curl defining hype (ugh no), I think i'll give them away

sorry for rambling

Please keep us posted about the herb infusion. I was doing like 4 indian powders and infused them for 4-5 hours and then used as a moisturising spray with other ingredients added. I stopped using it and started with glycerin and aloe vera which I like. I'm liking this cowash thing. I thought the manipulation would be too much for my fine strands, but my hair acts like it is loving it. I know what you mean about not buying anything else. I'm with you. I think I have all that I need and will just replenish the basic things I use when they run out. Thanks for checking in.

 

[caliscurls]

fancypants007 thanks for the recommendation. Last night I was itching like I'd come out of a poison ivy patch and I think the prenatals I already bought are the culprit so unless I plan on taking allergy medicine with it I need to switch brands. Such a waste of $$ though.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

fancypants007 thanks for the recommendation. Last night I was itching like I'd come out of a poison ivy patch and I think the prenatals I already bought are the culprit so unless I plan on taking allergy medicine with it I need to switch brands. Such a waste of $$ though.

That's funny you say that because when I was taking the Trader Joe brand I was itching and I didn't know what it was. I thought it was my detergent or something. Never thought of the prenatals. Anyhow, I started the gummies on Monday and I have not had any problem.

 

[candie19]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Ladies, I'm so pissed at my stylist. I gave in a got a touch-up 3 weeks early. I was seeing too much shedding and I'm limited on products in the Middle East. She insisted on flat ironing but I told her I'm just doing a wash n go. She said "ok, but your ends look bad, you need a trim". I'm thinking, I wear my hair protected 90% of the time my ends aren't bad. I said no thanks. She says "let me show you how to wash and go, but you need to cut your ends that makes it curlier." I was pissed by then. Why do stylist insist on cutting hair!?!!!

 

[caliscurls]

Ladies, I'm so pissed at my stylist. I gave in a got a touch-up 3 weeks early. I was seeing too much shedding and I'm limited on products in the Middle East. She insisted on flat ironing but I told her I'm just doing a wash n go. She said "ok, but your ends look bad, you need a trim". I'm thinking, I wear my hair protected 90% of the time my ends aren't bad. I said no thanks. She says "let me show you how to wash and go, but you need to cut your ends that makes it curlier." I was pissed by then. Why do stylist insist on cutting hair!?!!!

She didn't cut it right? I hope you were able to walk out without her going to town

 

[mccray689]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Hello everyone. I only had intentions of lurking on this thread but after reading the whole thing I would like to join

 

[Blessed&higlyflavoured]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

mccray689 hey glad to have you

Hey ladies.
I caved with these chunky plaits. They don't wash so well. I've actually found that if my hair is in a style i hate i end up playing with my hair a whole lot more. So i put them in smaller twists that are braided up at the roots. Before i go to bed I've been spraying my roots with a rosemary infusion. It makes my scalp tingle/itch so i don't know if i can be doing it for the full 3 weeks. It also means i walk around smelling like roast lamb ...
hmmmm not too sure about that one.
My regimen is the same. Deep condition on dry hair with tigi dumb blonde reconstructor. co wash out with cheapie rinse out conditioner. leave in a bit of conditioner and seal with serum, oil or grease. I've added a step though. Spritzing my ends with aphogee green tea and keratin mist. They've been looking a bit pitiful and i want to preserve them. I wear the twists in two large flat twist at the side of my head or in a top knot. I have to practice only touching my hair when i need to though.
How's your week been ladies