BSL 2013 Challenge

[g.lo]

I took down my Marley twist after 3 weeks!! My hair was so matted omg.Well, I guess I have to look for another type of protective style!

 

[KiWiStyle]

Thanks ladies for answering! I guess I'm getting paranoid in the last days of my stretch, I need to woo-sah.

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[Iluvsmuhgrass]

I have a confession to make. I've been super lazy with my hair except for massaging my hairline and applying castor oil.

I haven't washed my hair in three weeks. It's in 8 twists with two flat twists on the frontal perimeter of my head. I've been moisturizing when I think of it and sealing by using castor oil on my ends. Yesterday, I took each twist down to remove shed hair at first by hand... but as my hair is getting longer, finger detangling doesn't seem to be thorough enough. What I mean is, I don't get them all and they get wrapped around my hair so I've started using aTangle Teaser. VERY gently and in small sections as I have fine hair. I ended up with a golfball sized loose ball of shed hair. I got up to the roots so I should be good for a bit. I'll report again later on how well it does over time.

I just started using NJoy oil on my scalp again with overnight baggying. I like the oil but I've realized that when I'm heavy handed with it, I itch. But when I'm light handed with it, I don't seem to have any problems. I just started using this during the week so I won't be able to go for so long without washing. I think that I will straighten on my birthday or anniversary.

 

[growbaby]

I've had my hair in 6 plaits since Sunday that's a record for me. I've been moisturizing them 2x a day with my liquid mixture and then covering the ends with cantu leave-in conditioner. I plan on taking them out either tomorrow night or Saturday morning.

 

[Lurkee]

Thanks ladies for answering! I guess I'm getting paranoid in the last days of my stretch, I need to woo-sah.

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Will you be self relaxing KiWiStyle? Like others said the hair ball is tiny.

 

[Lurkee]

I've had my hair in 6 plaits since Sunday that's a record for me. I've been moisturizing them 2x a day with my liquid mixture and then covering the ends with cantu leave-in conditioner. I plan on taking them out either tomorrow night or Saturday morning.

growbaby, how are you wearing your hair out if you have plaits in them?

 

[Cattypus1]

I just finished my pre-relaxer wash and I'm exhausted, it took forever and a day to detangle. My hair seems to be in pretty good condition but I think I lost more hair than usual. I made 16 weeks post today and I'm so over this wig and ready to relax!!

Here is my hair ball...is yours larger or smaller??

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It depends on how patient I am...if I'm good then smaller or about the same size, if I'm bad and rush through the detangle then forget a out it...I'll snatch my own head bald!

 

[growbaby]

growbaby, how are you wearing your hair out if you have plaits in them?

Honestly, haven't really left the house lol. The few times I did I just quickly threw on my 1/2 wig (over my satin bonnet) and had the front of the wig relatively close to my hairline (about 2-3 inches away) and covered where my hair and the wig meets with a headband.

 

[KiWiStyle]

It depends on how patient I am...if I'm good then smaller or about the same size, if I'm bad and rush through the detangle then forget a out it...I'll snatch my own head bald!

Girl you don't snatch it bald, LMBO!! I feel like I was sliding tons of long strands out my head, I was like whole-up!

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[NikkiQ]

Can't believe it's only been 3 weeks since my last protein treatment. Next one will be done at 6 weeks with maybe another inch or so cut off. My ends seem to be doing a lot better since I've been babying the crap out of them.

 

[coolsista-paris]

I had breakage in exactly the same area. I had a setback last year when I switched relaxers. That area always got the relaxer first and therefore always was exposed the longest. I rinsed a bunch of hair down the drain at that Touchup. It took me a bit to figure out where it was coming from. I resisted the urge to shave my head and started my HHJ. It is growing in quite nicely and since I'm mostly in twist outs or Bantu knot outs you can't tell how thin my ends look. I've also changed where I start applying my relaxers. It will grow back. The trick is to find a style at doesn't call attention to he crown.

oh my goodness! ive just thought of this but i always wear my bun at the same spot. at work we are forced to wear a chignon/bun.
i wonder if it has something to do With this extreme breakage?

im gonna need to force muself on weaves at Work...no protective style is tolerated at work (braids not allowed but i do them anyway-what are they gonna do,fire me? nope )

i Will search and destroy tonight or on sunday.

im happy that you found your solution and that its growing back fine.
i hope i can fix this extreme breakage :-/

 

[Guinan]

My hair still has too much protein. So tonight I plan on DC overnight with HH & hempseed oil. I plan on flat ironing my hair on Sunday to see if there is any damage from the braids & the protein overload. It doesn't seem to be; as I haven't had an increase of breakage. My hair just feels hard & dry, even when it's wet. I will def only do protein once a month, instead of weekly.

What do y'all ladies do when u have too much protein?

 

[Guinan]

I took down my Marley twist after 3 weeks!! My hair was so matted omg.Well, I guess I have to look for another type of protective style!

I just took down my marley twists too! I had alittle matting but it wasnt too bad. I think what helped was that I M&S with AVJ & avocado oil while my hair was in the twists. Another thing that helped was that as I was taking down the twists, I oiled my hands and hair with olive oil.

 

[NikkiQ]

My hair still has too much protein. So tonight I plan on DC overnight with HH & hempseed oil. I plan on flat ironing my hair on Sunday to see if there is any damage from the braids & the protein overload. It doesn't seem to be; as I haven't had an increase of breakage. My hair just feels hard & dry, even when it's wet. I will def only do protein once a month, instead of weekly.

What do y'all ladies do when u have too much protein?

I usually bump up the moisture to balance it out. M&S daily if not twice daily. DC with a super moisturizing condish like SE megasilk moisture treatment or any Curl Junkir DC.

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[Jobwright]

My hair still has too much protein. So tonight I plan on DC overnight with HH & hempseed oil. I plan on flat ironing my hair on Sunday to see if there is any damage from the braids & the protein overload. It doesn't seem to be; as I haven't had an increase of breakage. My hair just feels hard & dry, even when it's wet. I will def only do protein once a month, instead of weekly.

What do y'all ladies do when u have too much protein?

If your hair and scalp can tolerate Scurl, it helped me a lot when I was approaching protein overload. I baggied with it so my hair stayed damp for several hours.

 

[KiWiStyle]

If your hair and scalp can tolerate Scurl, it helped me a lot when I was approaching protein overload. I baggied with it so my hair stayed damp for several hours.

I agree, S-Curl has my hair super moist even if I just put it on my NG. It will pull moisture from your mouth if it has to.

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[Cattypus1]

oh my goodness! ive just thought of this but i always wear my bun at the same spot. at work we are forced to wear a chignon/bun.
i wonder if it has something to do With this extreme breakage?

im gonna need to force muself on weaves at Work...no protective style is tolerated at work (braids not allowed but i do them anyway-what are they gonna do,fire me? nope )

i Will search and destroy tonight or on sunday.

im happy that you found your solution and that its growing back fine.
i hope i can fix this extreme breakage :-/

I had to stop bunning for that very reason. The guy who cuts my hair always knew when I had been wearing a pony tail and exactly which position. Good luck on your S&D.

 

[GettingKinky]

I was lazy 2 nights ago and M&S'd my ends with just water and EVOO and they came out crunchy :-(

Last night I did the full LOC on my ends and they came out great! I don't know why I tried to save 2 seconds by skipping the C step. Never again

 

[NikkiQ]

You better not go the short route again GettingKinky

 

[daae]

Wrong thread.

 

[ImanAdero]

I see I have a number of split ends in the back, altjough none SO bad that they will ruin all progress. After I take these braids down ( which I've already started doing lol), I'll trim my hair myself and deep condition my hair like nobody's business.

I did take one out to do a pull test lol. I'll show y'all (my boobs actually look bigger 0_0)

 

[KaramelDiva1978]

This must be the months of "ends issues". I did a light dusting last week and will clip the remainder (S & D) after I relax my hair tonight and henna (if I can stay awake long enough to both). My braids were looking stringy and fuzzy by the ends, so I had to cut off about a 1/2" and a bit more in some places. Hopefully, I will make that up and then some after this 9 week relaxer tonight.

Let's keep it growing ladies--this is just a temporary setback to make a MAJOR comeback!!

You ladies look great! I must slow down (I've just moved) and come through more often.

 

[Froreal3]

I finally washed my hair this morning after about two weeks in my ratty twists. I used Naturelle Grow Lemon Detox and it got my oil buildup pretty well. I did a quick 10 minute DC and then left in NG Moisturizer, sealed with GSO. Felt great to finally have a clean scalp and hair. I'm about to put in some flat twists in front and medium twists in the back.

 

[NikkiQ]

ImanAdero looking good there. Can't wait to see a length check in the back. You're probably inching close to MBL by now

KaramelDiva1978 yeah we've been having a string of ends issues up in here, but you're right...we're all gonna bounce back from it very soon. Excited to see length checks from everyone at the end of next month. Well those of you who choose to. I likes my hair porn!

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[polished07]

Finally put my hair in mini braids ill keep these in for about 3-4 weeks and then take down and repeat! I'm itching to start using heat back in my regimen but I'm gonna stay on task the goal is BSL by Dec so Ill stay focused if anything ill prob tension blow dry on low heat/ cool before braiding back up to introduce heat stretching to my hair I think I wanna wear it straight this winter we shall see though

 

[NikkiQ]

Sounds like a good plan polished07

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[Guinan]

I'm about to start my finger detangling process. Hopefully I'll be done in 2hrs. Then I plan on DC w/ alittle salt to help with the protein overload.

HHJ ladies

 

[NikkiQ]

Being super hair lazy today. I'm still rockin the big braids and silk scarf right now Tomorrow is yet another beach day so I'll take it down tomorrow. Maybe let the curls be free for a bit. I've noticed that since I wear my hair up so much when we go out, the sun has lightened my hair up big time.

 

[GettingKinky]

It's Saturday and I'm wearing a big bushy ponytail

 

[SincerelyBeautiful]

Last nite I pre pooed with EVOO and this morning i cowashed with Aussie Moist. I also did the Aphogee 2 min. I did a DC with added oils and honey under a plastic cap for an hour and after rinsing and air drying about 50% I applied Cantu leave in and put it up in a damp bun. I will moisturize and seal tonite as usual and put into twists until in the morning.