**2010 Braid Challenge**........sign-up here

[trinigal27]

I WANT IN. my hair is currently in braids!!!! and I do plan on braiding for a while to grow out my TWA!!!



MY BRAIDS NOW!

OP, I'm in., too!

Like SouthernStunner, I'll be doing C&G as well (with my natural). I braid my own hair but I won't be braiding it until mid-January; I'll post the pix then!

Please sign me up. Getting my hair cornrowed w extensions Jan 7 hair is in natural braid now routine is braids every 6 wks wash twice a week condition light oils take out deep condition trim every 3 months starting picture last one in sig

Welcome on board ladies..............

 

[Jozze]

Hi OP

I want in too! I am twisting "my natural" up today with extensions until March 3rd then I'll bun for a week or two so my hair can recover with pampering & strengthening treatments. Afterward I will re-twist with extensions for another two months and repeat the same cycle.

My regimen: Daily moisturising
Co-washing 2-3 times a week
Baking soda clarify wash 1 time a week before DC
DC with steamer 1 time week and bag over night.

I will keep my twist covered in silk wrap (in a twist bun) 90% of time so I don't rub my ends -which is always possible with twist. I've already taken the before pic and will post today if I can find my camera's usb cable.

 

[trinigal27]

Hi OP

I want in too! I am twisting "my natural" up today with extensions until March 3rd then I'll bun for a week or two so my hair can recover with pampering & strengthening treatments. Afterward I will re-twist with extensions for another two months and repeat the same cycle.

My regimen: Co-washing 2-3 times a week
Baking soda clarify wash 1 time a week before DC
DC with steamer 1 time week and bag over night.

I will keep my twist covered in silk wrap (in a twist bun) 90% of time so I don't rub my ends -which is always possible with twist. I've already taken the before pic and will post today if I can find my camera's usb cable.

Welcome on board.................

 

[Maracujá]

Bad news. The person who was supposed to braid my hair just cancelled on me *sigh*.

 

[Jozze]

Thanks so much for the welcome!
Here's the photo of my hair length as promised. I BC'd in July so I am very happy with the growth so far. I am still in the middle of twisting my hair but I decided to take a quick pic with my old camera...I still can't find the USB cable for my new camera ...anyway-please excuse the bad quality

 

[mocha.li]

I took out my micros for the new year. I braided my hair up today. I did cornrows in the front and single braids in the back. I plan on wearing a wig over them and keep them in til next sunday. I'll have to take a pic and post tomorrow

 

[NJoy]

HAPPY NEW YEAR, Ladies! Putting my braids in now. I'm very excited about this challenge and look forward to putting up pics and seeing more of yours!

Editing to add: My profile pic was taken 2 weeks ago so, that's my starting length.

 

[scooby's wife]

Just go my new set of Kinky Twist in today.. I am currently 6 months post relaxer and looking forward to this challenge..

 

[scooby's wife]

picture of new twist in signature..

 

[zenith]

Okay so this is my start up pic. DIY braids

I will be wearing wigs and/or wraps.

 

[Twix]

I've been having a horrendous time trying to get my individuals in. :/ My hair keeps sticking out of them or they're too loose... Not having done them in ages has made me lose my touch, I guess. Will be cornrowing it up under my wig until I can figure out what's going wrong. Sigh...

 

[Jozze]

I've been having a horrendous time trying to get my individuals in. :/ My hair keeps sticking out of them or they're too loose... Not having done them in ages has made me lose my touch, I guess. Will be cornrowing it up under my wig until I can figure out what's going wrong. Sigh...

I know the feeling ...I've had the same problem and I'm still doing mine after three days!
So, keep your chin up and keep at it . With practice you'll get good doing them again.
BTW are you natural now? I think that was my main problem. I'm not use to twisting up my non-relaxed hair with extensions. So, I'm using a mixture of shea butter and aloe vera to smooth my ends down while twisting it with the extension and it's really working a treat!
HTH

 

[CORBINS]

Is it too late for me to join? I've been in braids since November. Don't remember the day.

 

[CORBINS]

Currently wearing individuals. My normal braid style. Spray with braid spray daily. Wash whenever I feel it is necessary; mostly when my scalp starts to smell; 3 days. I have not been doing so good with deep conditioning so I'll start getting up on that.

 

[trinigal27]

Currently wearing individuals. My normal braid style. Spray with braid spray daily. Wash whenever I feel it is necessary; mostly when my scalp starts to smell; 3 days. I have not been doing so good with deep conditioning so I'll start getting up on that.

Welcome on board.................

 

[trinigal27]

Hello Ladies, welcome to the official start of the braid challenge, hope you all have fun and get lots of growth. I installed my first set of braids over the weekend, shall post pics tomorrow when I have a bit more time for taking pics. I shall be following the C&G technique.

 

[MyAngelEyez~C~U]

I'm planning to get my individuals done towards the end of January. Here is my starting length(january) pic

 

[sexylonglegs]

Sign me up please. I currently wear cornrows under my wigs now. I get them re-done every 6-8 weeks. My hair is growing nicely but when taking them out I have to be extra careful since I am keeping them in longer.

 

[Misseyl]

I’m wearing box braids as of December 25th. I will wash and condition every 2 weeks and apply a profectiv product to each hair strand as a protective measure. Right now I'm feeling ambitious so I'm thinking that I'm going to wear braids until December of 2011. After that devastating setback in October, I'm trying to give my hair a chance to grow back properly before applying another relaxer. I guess I'll pretend that they are dreads so that I don't miss my hair too much.

I will post pictures of my current length and my braided hair soon. I have been trying to post pictures but my computer is moving too slow. I guess I'm going to have to use the faster computer to load pictures up, something I didn't want to do because I don't want to slow down my new computer.

 

[NJoy]

Ok. I'm braided up and here's my pic.

 

[MummysGirl]

Just did mine last night (without extensions)... I'll keep them in for 3 weeks:



Click to enlarge..

 

[Twix]

I know the feeling ...I've had the same problem and I'm still doing mine after three days!
So, keep your chin up and keep at it . With practice you'll get good doing them again.
BTW are you natural now? I think that was my main problem. I'm not use to twisting up my non-relaxed hair with extensions. So, I'm using a mixture of shea butter and aloe vera to smooth my ends down while twisting it with the extension and it's really working a treat!
HTH

It's relaxed; one side is underprocessed... I didn't do it bone straight. I think last time I used a gel to keep them in line, might have to try it again. Thanks for the advice and encouragement!

 

[Marhia]

It's relaxed; one side is underprocessed... I didn't do it bone straight. I think last time I used a gel to keep them in line, might have to try it again. Thanks for the advice and encouragement!

try using a lil aloe vera gel. works like a charm, well for me at least

 

[neeki]

I'd like to join too, if it's not too late. May hair is already in braids so I'll post my starting pic when I take them out at them at the end of the month.

 

[Firstborn2]

Just checking in, redid my braids for the New Years. I also did a hot oil treatment on sunday for wash day, may have to add that to my reggie for 2x mo

 

[DigitalRain]

I want to join! I got my crochet braids last week. I'd like to keep them till the end of February. Ill be using Nioxin Shampoo and Conditioner for chemically treated hair.

 

[JayAnn0513]

I just got my braids last night!!! I'm so excited, I've never had single braids before.

 

[stephluv]

Hello All,

I still have my kinky twists in from late November so these need to be either redone or taken out. Ironically I've kept them covered for a few weeks under y scarf and I've been asked if I got them done over. Trust me they wouldn't be asking if they had seen the middle of my head lol. I did take out the extensions on my hairline so I will NOT be pulling my hair back unless I have my silk scarf with me. Been taking my vitamins, fish oil and Biotin pills. And massaging and greasing (that word makes me laugh cause my Haitian mother immediately comes to mind heehee) my scalp every other night or couple of nights. Might not put anymore extensions in cause I've had extensions in back to back since the end of August so I've had some type of hair extensions on my head for 4mths straight now with a few days break here and there. Don't want to lose my edges so definitely will just keep my own hair braided under a weave come February Vday. I'll keep ya'll posted but my scalp itchy so I'll be doing a wash and DC this weekend.

Keep up the support my LOVELY Queens and Kings!

 

[Jozze]

It's relaxed; one side is underprocessed... I didn't do it bone straight. I think last time I used a gel to keep them in line, might have to try it again. Thanks for the advice and encouragement!

You're welcome sweetie, anytime! I finally finished my twist last night, thank The Maker! I'll take a pic sometime this week and upload it. How about you? Have you tried the aloe vera gel and shea buttter yet? It really helped me so much.

I am now trying to decide if my twist are too long or not. They are hip length and everybody loves them but I find they are getting in my way so I'm bunning instead of wearing them loose. They aren't heavy because I used Arelle softex hair, which is very soft and light weight like human hair. I want to grow my hair to this length eventually so I guess wearing my twist this long gives me an idea of what it will be like. Anyway, I'll try it out for a week or two and see.

 

[mocha.li]

I put braids in my hair saturday....nothing special b/c I wear a wig over them. But I'm ready to re-do them. .. my hair starts looking rough very quick, idk? I need to find somethng that will work and stick with it.