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Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

faithVA said:
I'm beating a dead horse so bear with me :lol:

I'm not anti acv. The natural oasis cleansing product I am using now is acv.

I just had to say that cuz I wanted the last word :look:

That is interesting what you mentioned about the acid mantle. I will look that up.

Yes, please keep us updated on how it is working for you.
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I knew about the importance of ph balance way before it took the world. This acid mantle is important not only for the hair, but also for the skin, drinking it too. It has to do with some sort of protection that it gives.

I ordered my ph strips and they came and I don't know what to do with these things because these are not the kind I used back in the day. I looked it up last night in this book I have had for years pertaining to beauty and it calls them Nitrazine strips that I ordered from my pharmacy. They are a yellowish corn-color which is the color of normal acidity, between 4.5 and 5.5. You tear off a piece of the strip and dip into shampoo, conditioner, and other products and it will tell you if it's good or bad. If it's too alkaline, it will turn blue and I learned a long time ago, blue is no good.

I'm so upset because these ph strips which cost me $10.00 is nothing because I don't know how it tells me if my product is good or bad. I will reorder some Nitrazine papers so I can test my hair products.

My hair is still good. No problem do I see with unusual dryness. I will keep you posted.
 
Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Mskraizy said:
I read the first step and when it said "let sit overnight..." I said

"too much work" :lachen:

JK! Is this a protein treatment, cause that's kinda what it sounds like. I've never ever thought about using coffee in the hair. What if I made a coffee spray since it stimulates? Then I can walk around smellin like a fresh cup a joe!

My hair could probably use all that caffeine anyway... :look: :lachen:
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Girl you are crazy. I don't know if it's protein or what, but my hair was very soft afterward. I don't know if you read my other post, but I was planning on using it every week as an alternative to shampooing, but the smell lingered in my hair and I didn't like that. So I probably may use it once a month.

There are many concoctions for coffee that claims to grow hair. I have a recipe where you add caffeine powder to your shampoo. Did it once and stopped. I also have a recipe on making coffee hair oil. I haven't tried it yet. Google it and see what you find.
 
fancypants007 said:
Why? I don't understand. Please explain!
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I just love how nice and thick her hair is. She keeps her ends pretty blunt. If I cut back to BSB my hair would be much more full...this is because the last 3-4 Inches of my relaxed hair is much thinner. BUT my crisis has passed :) I washed, DC'ed, lightly flat ironed, and just trimmed some of my lead hairs on the longest layer. It looks great! Doing my hair weekly may be a necessity to keep from chopping too quickly. It always looks good freshly done. I won't flat iron weekly though, just the usual tension blow dry.
 
Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Mskraizy said:
:fistshake:

I'm gonna trim my hair in about 4 days (19 or 20) for the Spring Equinox. Well, slightly dust it anyway. I'm just paranoid because before I got back into this major ps-ing phase I wore my hair out quite a bit and I'm just paranoid that I may be protective styling with fairly bad ends. They're actually NOT problematic at all but for some reason it's just KILLING me to not snip off even 1/8 of an inch. So I'm going to trim on the Spring Equinox and experiment with this "lunar cycle//moon phase" trimming thing and see if it will help increase some growth.

And I LOVE 101LadyT's hair. She's one of the reasons why I got my trimming game right in the first place!! :grin:
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I have to check out this video.
 
Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

caliscurls said:
Yeah the blunt thickness of her hair is just beautiful. I ended up trimming about 3/4 to 1/2 inch off the longest layer only (it grows in an extremes V) and I feel better now and I'm still MBL. Those lead hairs just looked too scraggly. It looks really nice. Today I wore a low ponytail and DH was like "wow, your hair looks good"...so I'm doing something right! Tomorrow it's back in a bun.

If you think your ends are bad definitely dust. They are just going to get worse...that was my lesson learned last year - dust or forget about retention. Let us know how dusting with the lunar cycle goes.
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Thank you ladies for this. Just reminded me that I have to give attention to my ends by giving them trims. I was suppose to do it a few weeks ago and I'm still putting it off because either forgetting or not having the time. This weekend I will take the time to do it using my Splitender.
 
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Hello ladies, I hope everyone is doing fine with their hair regimes.

I am trying to stay on point. My hair has improved greatly. I read in this old book that I have had for years pertaining to beauty, that your hair shrinks in cold weather. Did y'all know that. The book stated that your hair may appear limp and lifeless.

My hair was in this funk and I'm thinking if this was the problem. Anyhow I cleansed my hair Saturday with my shampoo mix and conditioner and it came out nice. I then added some shea butter and left on for about 15-20 minutes and rinsed. I then proceeded with leave in conditioner, activator, oil and plaited my hair. Also when I combed, I had only a few strands in my comb. I will be using this concoction every Saturday on my hair.

On Tuesdays, I wash with Neutrogena Tripe Repair shampoo and conditioner. I alternate wearing my hair in protective styles, buns, French twist or wig. At the end of April, I will be putting my hair in braids until the end of July. I'm going to try keeping them washed/moist every day to see what results I get at the end of the month. Hopefully it will give me more inches.

I'm still faithfully oiling scalp and massaging my scalp for 5 minutes. I haven't felt like exercising for awhile, but yesterday I put myself back on track. I will continue with my exercising, taking supplements, and moisturizing and sealing my hair every PM. I'm still working on eating healthy. I eat well for breakfast, but I need to do better with lunch and dinner. In spite of not eating healthy, I can still see some good growth. I don't know how much, but when I comb, it's very soft. I like that.

As you all know I gave myself a acv treatment last Tuesday that could perhaps have been overkill, but I don't see any recuperations from it. My hair is soft and feels conditioned. I will keep it moisturized to combat any dryness that may result from the acv. I was telling FaithVA, that acv acts like an acid mantle that protects us, and it includes not just our hair, but our skin and inside of our bodies too. People talk about the benefits of drinking acv. Anyhow, I will try to stay on top of it because I certainly don't want excessively dry hair. I will keep everyone posted.

Stay consistent everyone. I can't believe this challenge is almost over. I will continue with this challenge until I reach my goal. You ladies are the bomb!
 
Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

caliscurls said:
I just love how nice and thick her hair is. She keeps her ends pretty blunt. If I cut back to BSB my hair would be much more full...this is because the last 3-4 Inches of my relaxed hair is much thinner. BUT my crisis has passed :) I washed, DC'ed, lightly flat ironed, and just trimmed some of my lead hairs on the longest layer. It looks great! Doing my hair weekly may be a necessity to keep from chopping too quickly. It always looks good freshly done. I won't flat iron weekly though, just the usual tension blow dry.
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But I personally like hair ends that tend to be not so thick at the bottom. It still looks healthy to me. Now if the ends are thin and see thru, then that's a problem.

I'm glad you decided to wash, and trim only the longest lead hair. I remember this from Chicoro and hopefully the rest will catch up.
 
fancypants007 said:
But I personally like hair ends that tend to be not so thick at the bottom. It still looks healthy to me. Now if the ends are thin and see thru, then that's a problem.

I'm glad you decided to wash, and trim only the longest lead hair. I remember this from Chicoro and hopefully the rest will catch up.
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fancypants yeah that does look good too. I think I'm going through some kind of "grass is greener" phase (SMH). When my sis saw my hair the other day she was like "don't you dare cut all that gorgeous hair! That's just ridiculous!" Lol, love her to bits!

Yesterday I dusted the rest of my hair, being sure not to include the hair I'd trimmed last week. When I was done I of course inspected the SplitEnder and the majority of hair looked to be somewhere between 1/8 and 1/4 inch...so knowing that before I dusted my ends looked good except literally a few hairs I'm thinking of changing my dusting cycle to around 10 -12 weeks instead of 6-8. We'll see, you know I'm all flip floppy right now!! :)
 
fancypants007 said:
Hello ladies, I hope everyone is doing fine with their hair regimes.

I am trying to stay on point. My hair has improved greatly. I read in this old book that I have had for years pertaining to beauty, that your hair shrinks in cold weather. Did y'all know that. The book stated that your hair may appear limp and lifeless.

My hair was in this funk and I'm thinking if this was the problem. Anyhow I cleansed my hair Saturday with my shampoo mix and conditioner and it came out nice. I then added some shea butter and left on for about 15-20 minutes and rinsed. I then proceeded with leave in conditioner, activator, oil and plaited my hair. Also when I combed, I had only a few strands in my comb. I will be using this concoction every Saturday on my hair.

On Tuesdays, I wash with Neutrogena Tripe Repair shampoo and conditioner. I alternate wearing my hair in protective styles, buns, French twist or wig. At the end of April, I will be putting my hair in braids until the end of July. I'm going to try keeping them washed/moist every day to see what results I get at the end of the month. Hopefully it will give me more inches.

I'm still faithfully oiling scalp and massaging my scalp for 5 minutes. I haven't felt like exercising for awhile, but yesterday I put myself back on track. I will continue with my exercising, taking supplements, and moisturizing and sealing my hair every PM. I'm still working on eating healthy. I eat well for breakfast, but I need to do better with lunch and dinner. In spite of not eating healthy, I can still see some good growth. I don't know how much, but when I comb, it's very soft. I like that.

As you all know I gave myself a acv treatment last Tuesday that could perhaps have been overkill, but I don't see any recuperations from it. My hair is soft and feels conditioned. I will keep it moisturized to combat any dryness that may result from the acv. I was telling FaithVA, that acv acts like an acid mantle that protects us, and it includes not just our hair, but our skin and inside of our bodies too. People talk about the benefits of drinking acv. Anyhow, I will try to stay on top of it because I certainly don't want excessively dry hair. I will keep everyone posted.

Stay consistent everyone. I can't believe this challenge is almost over. I will continue with this challenge until I reach my goal. You ladies are the bomb!
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I didn't know that! Interesting. I did notice I have to switch up my products during the colder months maybe that's why. Thanks for the info on the ACV rinse, definitely glad it worked out for you!
 
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I don't know where I have been :look: I'm doing something :lol:
Still doing ok with my eating. Could be better but its still pretty good. I'm down 2 lbs this week :yay:

Being doing well with my exercise. Riding my bike 1 hr 2 days then off one day.
Could do better with the water but back on it today.
I was taking a prenatal vitamin but switched back to my multi-vitamin.

Did a mid-week DC and gained some pointers to add to my regimen. My hair is still breaking like a feign but I think I have a few steps to help nip that in the bud. We shall see. Right now glycerin is my friend and my poodle hair is loving it.
 
Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

fancypants007 said:
Hello ladies, I hope everyone is doing fine with their hair regimes.

I am trying to stay on point. My hair has improved greatly. I read in this old book that I have had for years pertaining to beauty, that your hair shrinks in cold weather. Did y'all know that. The book stated that your hair may appear limp and lifeless.

My hair was in this funk and I'm thinking if this was the problem. Anyhow I cleansed my hair Saturday with my shampoo mix and conditioner and it came out nice. I then added some shea butter and left on for about 15-20 minutes and rinsed. I then proceeded with leave in conditioner, activator, oil and plaited my hair. Also when I combed, I had only a few strands in my comb. I will be using this concoction every Saturday on my hair.

On Tuesdays, I wash with Neutrogena Tripe Repair shampoo and conditioner. I alternate wearing my hair in protective styles, buns, French twist or wig. At the end of April, I will be putting my hair in braids until the end of July. I'm going to try keeping them washed/moist every day to see what results I get at the end of the month. Hopefully it will give me more inches.

I'm still faithfully oiling scalp and massaging my scalp for 5 minutes. I haven't felt like exercising for awhile, but yesterday I put myself back on track. I will continue with my exercising, taking supplements, and moisturizing and sealing my hair every PM. I'm still working on eating healthy. I eat well for breakfast, but I need to do better with lunch and dinner. In spite of not eating healthy, I can still see some good growth. I don't know how much, but when I comb, it's very soft. I like that.

As you all know I gave myself a acv treatment last Tuesday that could perhaps have been overkill, but I don't see any recuperations from it. My hair is soft and feels conditioned. I will keep it moisturized to combat any dryness that may result from the acv. I was telling FaithVA, that acv acts like an acid mantle that protects us, and it includes not just our hair, but our skin and inside of our bodies too. People talk about the benefits of drinking acv. Anyhow, I will try to stay on top of it because I certainly don't want excessively dry hair. I will keep everyone posted.

Stay consistent everyone. I can't believe this challenge is almost over. I will continue with this challenge until I reach my goal. You ladies are the bomb!
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It makes since. I shrink up in the cold :lol: And I let my hair stay out their all naked and stuff :nono:
 
Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

caliscurls said:
fancypants yeah that does look good too. I think I'm going through some kind of "grass is greener" phase (SMH). When my sis saw my hair the other day she was like "don't you dare cut all that gorgeous hair! That's just ridiculous!" Lol, love her to bits!

Yesterday I dusted the rest of my hair, being sure not to include the hair I'd trimmed last week. When I was done I of course inspected the SplitEnder and the majority of hair looked to be somewhere between 1/8 and 1/4 inch...so knowing that before I dusted my ends looked good except literally a few hairs I'm thinking of changing my dusting cycle to around 10 -12 weeks instead of 6-8. We'll see, you know I'm all flip floppy right now!! :)
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She is right, your hair is gorgeous that's why I couldn't understand why you were thinking about cutting it. I'm so glad you did just a light trim. I remember a pic of a lady who had see thru ends and she decided not to trim her hair and within 4-5 months her ends filled in nicely. She had a beautiful head of lush hair. This taught me a valuable lesson. Give our hair time to recover because trimming/cutting may not always be the solution.
 
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faithVA said:
I don't know where I have been :look: I'm doing something :lol:
Still doing ok with my eating. Could be better but its still pretty good. I'm down 2 lbs this week :yay:

Being doing well with my exercise. Riding my bike 1 hr 2 days then off one day.
Could do better with the water but back on it today.
I was taking a prenatal vitamin but switched back to my multi-vitamin.

Did a mid-week DC and gained some pointers to add to my regimen. My hair is still breaking like a feign but I think I have a few steps to help nip that in the bud. We shall see. Right now glycerin is my friend and my poodle hair is loving it.
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Thanks for checking in. What's happening with the breakage. I'm so sorry to hear about that. Will a protein treatment work?
 
Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

faithVA said:
It makes since. I shrink up in the cold :lol: And I let my hair stay out their all naked and stuff :nono:
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It was just a good reminder. Sometimes we just don't understand what's happening with our hair and mine was certainly in a funk. Anyhow, it's changing for the better. I will post some new updates, tweaks next week.
 
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fancypants007 said:
Thanks for checking in. What's happening with the breakage. I'm so sorry to hear about that. Will a protein treatment work?
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I've had excessive breakage since the beginning of time :ohwell: That's why I stopped using shampoo. I have done a protein treatment but for the last 1" of my hair I think it is too late. Remember when you were talking about the acid mantle? When it is destroyed the hair can't be recovered. I think too many drying shampoos have ruined it.

So I am DCing twice a week to preserve the rest of my hair and trying to figure out what type of moisturizing products/regimen my hair likes. But in the meantime my ends are still breaking.
 
Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

faithVA said:
I've had excessive breakage since the beginning of time :ohwell: That's why I stopped using shampoo. I have done a protein treatment but for the last 1" of my hair I think it is too late. Remember when you were talking about the acid mantle? When it is destroyed the hair can't be recovered. I think too many drying shampoos have ruined it.

So I am DCing twice a week to preserve the rest of my hair and trying to figure out what type of moisturizing products/regimen my hair likes. But in the meantime my ends are still breaking.
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I know you know that the option is to cut the last 1" of your hair, but that's your decision. I personally have stopped using conditioners. I use instead shea butter mixed with some other oil to soften it a bit. I apply all over hair, put on plastic cap and leave on for 15-20 minutes and rinse. Remember I was using that rhassoul clay/butter treatment and I did not use conditioner afterwards. I did this for about 2-3 months, but now I use my henna shampoo powder mixed with conditioner as a cleansing wash. It's to soon to tell how it's working.

I read somewhere that conditioner tends to thin out hair, so to try to recapture some of my thickness, I'm not using conditioner as much. I only will be using a deep conditioner 2 times a month. I wonder if this is contributing to my hair not shedding as much. I comb thru my hair and I only have about 10 strands at the most. This is after washing my hair over the sink and not detangling before hand. I'm still in a state of shock over this because every wash day I use to get a little ball of shed hair. Now I get very little. I want to keep doing what I'm doing, but honestly, I don't know what caused this drastic change for me, but I'm liking it a lot.

I hope your breakage stops, because breakage is just not good!
 
faithVA said:
I've had excessive breakage since the beginning of time :ohwell: That's why I stopped using shampoo. I have done a protein treatment but for the last 1" of my hair I think it is too late. Remember when you were talking about the acid mantle? When it is destroyed the hair can't be recovered. I think too many drying shampoos have ruined it.

So I am DCing twice a week to preserve the rest of my hair and trying to figure out what type of moisturizing products/regimen my hair likes. But in the meantime my ends are still breaking.
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Do you have hard water? I've heard this can dry out hair as well and lead to breakage.
 
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fancypants007 said:
I know you know that the option is to cut the last 1" of your hair, but that's your decision. I personally have stopped using conditioners. I use instead shea butter mixed with some other oil to soften it a bit. I apply all over hair, put on plastic cap and leave on for 15-20 minutes and rinse. Remember I was using that rhassoul clay/butter treatment and I did not use conditioner afterwards. I did this for about 2-3 months, but now I use my henna shampoo powder mixed with conditioner as a cleansing wash. It's to soon to tell how it's working.

I read somewhere that conditioner tends to thin out hair, so to try to recapture some of my thickness, I'm not using conditioner as much. I only will be using a deep conditioner 2 times a month. I wonder if this is contributing to my hair not shedding as much. I comb thru my hair and I only have about 10 strands at the most. This is after washing my hair over the sink and not detangling before hand. I'm still in a state of shock over this because every wash day I use to get a little ball of shed hair. Now I get very little. I want to keep doing what I'm doing, but honestly, I don't know what caused this drastic change for me, but I'm liking it a lot.

I hope your breakage stops, because breakage is just not good!
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My hair doesn't seem to be like most hair or at least most hair talked about :lol: Without a solid moisturizing regimen in place which I am still trying to figure out, cutting the last inch off would only result in drying out those ends and then having to cut those off. I've been here before :sad: Which is why my hair is still at EL.

Based on my experiment on Wednesday I do need conditioner for now and I can add oils after rinse. Oils soften my hair but they don't smooth my cuticle which I definitely need right now. I love clays but I can only use them once a quarter because they also dry my hair out. And I have to avoid anything that sits on my strands like henna.

I'm just going to have to tough this out and find out what works for this head. Shampoos are definitely out for now. DCs followed by some type of oil balm seems to work. Now I need to figure out moisturizing and sealing on wash day and during the week.
 
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caliscurls said:
Do you have hard water? I've heard this can dry out hair as well and lead to breakage.
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No I don't have hard water and I also use a water filter. It was definitely the shampoo(s)/clays. Once I eliminated them my hair started getting better. Unfortunately, it was just too late for my ends by the time I figured it out.

The rest of my hair is soft.
 
faithVA said:
No I don't have hard water and I also use a water filter. It was definitely the shampoo(s)/clays. Once I eliminated them my hair started getting better. Unfortunately, it was just too late for my ends by the time I figured it out.

The rest of my hair is soft.
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Ok, that's a relief. We have hard water and before we got a filter and softener my skin and hair were terrible. I'm glad you've already narrowed it down to a culprit.
 
Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

fancypants007 said:
Hello ladies, I hope everyone is doing fine with their hair regimes.

I am trying to stay on point. My hair has improved greatly. I read in this old book that I have had for years pertaining to beauty, that your hair shrinks in cold weather. Did y'all know that. The book stated that your hair may appear limp and lifeless.

My hair was in this funk and I'm thinking if this was the problem. Anyhow I cleansed my hair Saturday with my shampoo mix and conditioner and it came out nice. I then added some shea butter and left on for about 15-20 minutes and rinsed. I then proceeded with leave in conditioner, activator, oil and plaited my hair. Also when I combed, I had only a few strands in my comb. I will be using this concoction every Saturday on my hair.

On Tuesdays, I wash with Neutrogena Tripe Repair shampoo and conditioner. I alternate wearing my hair in protective styles, buns, French twist or wig. At the end of April, I will be putting my hair in braids until the end of July. I'm going to try keeping them washed/moist every day to see what results I get at the end of the month. Hopefully it will give me more inches.

I'm still faithfully oiling scalp and massaging my scalp for 5 minutes. I haven't felt like exercising for awhile, but yesterday I put myself back on track. I will continue with my exercising, taking supplements, and moisturizing and sealing my hair every PM. I'm still working on eating healthy. I eat well for breakfast, but I need to do better with lunch and dinner. In spite of not eating healthy, I can still see some good growth. I don't know how much, but when I comb, it's very soft. I like that.

As you all know I gave myself a acv treatment last Tuesday that could perhaps have been overkill, but I don't see any recuperations from it. My hair is soft and feels conditioned. I will keep it moisturized to combat any dryness that may result from the acv. I was telling FaithVA, that acv acts like an acid mantle that protects us, and it includes not just our hair, but our skin and inside of our bodies too. People talk about the benefits of drinking acv. Anyhow, I will try to stay on top of it because I certainly don't want excessively dry hair. I will keep everyone posted.

Stay consistent everyone. I can't believe this challenge is almost over. I will continue with this challenge until I reach my goal. You ladies are the bomb!
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I guess I never pay attention to the colder months because it doesn't really get that cold down here. But that could actually explain alot.

You sound like you're doing great getting back on your health and fitness. Just keep at it and as long as you don't give up on it completely is the main thing. I've been keeping up with my eating and exercising for the most part. I'm really not seeing any results and I've been at this for two weeks. I've drawn up two conclusions. It's either my sleeping (or lack thereof) or lots of stress because I've been eating healthy and exercising and I at least feel I should have lost SOMETHING. Instead, my weight has gone up and my measurements are still the same if they're not increasing. Like what the heck is up with THAT!?

I'm trying to stay strong though and not cave in though I've splurged a little bit these past two days. Nothing terrible, but the other night I had mac'n cheese, and then today, I had a really thin piece of cake. I wasn't thinkin much about it, but I've eaten salads and fruits for the rest of the day. I've been eating salads, fruits, chicken and pb and j sandwiches, omelettes, etc for the past two weeks I would think SOMETHING would have dropped.

BUT, I won't focus on what I'm NOT losing and focus on what I've gained. My fitness and flexibility has grown a TON. I could never touch my toes and trying to HURT. And now, I can grab the balls of my foot while standing or while sitting down. Full pushups? I started out being able to do only five. Yesterday I got to 20! And then another 10 on my knees. Enduring through my exercises is getting better, enduring through my cardio is getting better too. Getting better at my bicycle crunches and everything. So I guess my progress is in my actual "fitness" and not in my weight or measurements right now.

Hopefully soon SOME progress will start to show. But despite my discouragement I'm trying to keep up with SOMETHING...:ohwell:
 
Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

fancypants007 said:
But I personally like hair ends that tend to be not so thick at the bottom. It still looks healthy to me. Now if the ends are thin and see thru, then that's a problem.

I'm glad you decided to wash, and trim only the longest lead hair. I remember this from Chicoro and hopefully the rest will catch up.
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*GASP!!!!* :lol:

I do like that look too but it's just when I twist my hair and the layers don't "co-mingle" and it makes the ends of my twists look scrawny and thin, that's when I have a problem with my hair. Perhaps I should stop with the twists...? That's normally when I trim/dust anyway. :look:
 
Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

fancypants007 said:
I know you know that the option is to cut the last 1" of your hair, but that's your decision. I personally have stopped using conditioners. I use instead shea butter mixed with some other oil to soften it a bit. I apply all over hair, put on plastic cap and leave on for 15-20 minutes and rinse. Remember I was using that rhassoul clay/butter treatment and I did not use conditioner afterwards. I did this for about 2-3 months, but now I use my henna shampoo powder mixed with conditioner as a cleansing wash. It's to soon to tell how it's working.

I read somewhere that conditioner tends to thin out hair, so to try to recapture some of my thickness, I'm not using conditioner as much. I only will be using a deep conditioner 2 times a month. I wonder if this is contributing to my hair not shedding as much. I comb thru my hair and I only have about 10 strands at the most. This is after washing my hair over the sink and not detangling before hand. I'm still in a state of shock over this because every wash day I use to get a little ball of shed hair. Now I get very little. I want to keep doing what I'm doing, but honestly, I don't know what caused this drastic change for me, but I'm liking it a lot.

I hope your breakage stops, because breakage is just not good!
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Deep conditioning with shea butter? That may be something I have to try? That's interesting, but is it all conditioners or just rinse out ones? Because my hair seemed to have gotten thicker with the add of deep conditioning, but I don't usually, if ever use rinse out conditioners. Actually, with me being in mini braids this is about the ONLY time I use a rinse out conditioner and that's too co-wash otherwise. I have no means to. I can literally cut rinse-out conditioners out of my regimen most of the time.
 
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fancypants007 said:
She is right, your hair is gorgeous that's why I couldn't understand why you were thinking about cutting it. I'm so glad you did just a light trim. I remember a pic of a lady who had see thru ends and she decided not to trim her hair and within 4-5 months her ends filled in nicely. She had a beautiful head of lush hair. This taught me a valuable lesson. Give our hair time to recover because trimming/cutting may not always be the solution.
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:look:

*walks away from thread*
 
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Quick check in though. I trimmed on the 19th for the Spring Equinox. Didn't take off nearly as much as I usually do. I paid close attention to my ends and realized they were actually really healthy, so I ended up only taking off like 1/4, probably less than that like 1/8 of an inch from each mini braid. They look SO GOOD and they feel so fresh and rejuvenated, so curly and happy! Diggin that.

So I do feel free of the paranoia that my ends were damaged. They weren't at all.

Mini braids are still doing good. They've become incredibly frizzy and Saturday will make two weeks of them. In totality, i've only co-washed them like 3 times since I've had them in so I don't think they should be THIS frizzy. Maybe it's growth? Who knows... But I am enjoying the ease of them. Still have not styled them in anyway, I'm still just throwing my beanie cap over them, so my hair is in ultimate lazy mode now. :grin:
 
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