2016 Bsl/mbl Challenge

[Mjon912]

How long is your longest layer?

Sorry for the late reply, I updated my avi, my longer side is right in between sl and apl, the shorter side is just past sl. There is at least and inch and a half difference in length from me air drying in 2 big twists and just sipping the ends off on each side, silly I know.

 

[Mjon912]

I put individual braids in last wed, washed and conditioned last night, added a leave in and some oil and profectiV healthy ends and air dried over night and then this morning I redid each braid and put some hair trigger growth elixer and mn on my scalp.

I'm planning on using MN for another 2 weeks and keeping my braids in until the 2nd week in May, redoing every week, then getting a texlax touch up on the 20th and wearing my hair out for about 6 weeks then after July 4th do individual braids again until the end of August/beginning of sept =)

 

[Prettymetty]

I hate this phone. I keep trying to change my avatar, but it never works.

 

[Prettymetty]

I finally washed my hair! I did a prepoo with Therapiste pre shampoo treatment, washed with Ion scalp shampoo and did a 45 minute dc with Therapiste mask. Now I'm airdrying. I will straighten it once it's 80% dry

 

[trclemons]

Last night, I pre-poo'd with Avon Volume for about 45 minutes in the heat cap & CW'd. I added Kynx I Am Strong with 80% rinse out. LCOB'd: L = Carol's Daughter Monoi; C = Blue Roze Okra Curl Cream; O = Annabelle's on length & Keravada Alter Ego on scalp; B = HQ Twisting on ends.

 

[Prettymetty]

I'm going to the water park next weekend so I won't bother washing my hair during the week. I'll just wash it afterwards to remove the chlorine. I'm going to try my best not to get my hair wet at all.

 

[Caramel74]

Buns and braids ... buns and braids... wash and goes... buns and braids.. did I mention buns and braids? Sorry I just felt like complaining. I know you all know what I'm talking about too. It's nice to know we're not alone on this journey. I'm getting there little by slow. I still itch to straighten my hair but the only time it actually looks good (like my avatar) when it's straight is when I go to the Dominican Salon. I think I'm going to straighten it myself for my micro trim in June. I don't think I'll wait till July, 4 months is plenty of time. I keep a log of it now. And I am going to try that Lunar thing. I think it's July 15-17 for length. I'll take all the help I can get, lol

 

[Caramel74]

I'm going to the water park next weekend so I won't bother washing my hair during the week. I'll just wash it afterwards to remove the chlorine. I'm going to try my best not to get my hair wet at all.

You can get it wet hun it's ok. You could even put like your pre poo in it and that will protect it from the chlorine. They must have showers you could even rinse it. Have fun, that sounds great!!

 

[gemruby41]

I finally washed my hair! I did a prepoo with Therapiste pre shampoo treatment, washed with Ion scalp shampoo and did a 45 minute dc with Therapiste mask. Now I'm airdrying. I will straighten it once it's 80% dry

Is the Therapiste a protein treatment? How often do you use it?

 

[Prettymetty]

Is the Therapiste a protein treatment? How often do you use it?

Yes. It's a medium protein mask. I use it once a month unless my hair needs more that. I have so many Dcs so I try to rotate every week.

 

[Prettymetty]

You can get it wet hun it's ok. You could even put like your pre poo in it and that will protect it from the chlorine. They must have showers you could even rinse it. Have fun, that sounds great!!

I just don't want a complicated wash day after being in the sun all day. I'm lazy lol. Last time I just wore a wig...and it fell off on a water slideI flatlined! Dh still cracks up when I bring that up

 

[Aggie]

I'll be trimming the end of this month for thickness (lunar method). I am getting length it seems so I have to concentrate on thickness for now.

 

[trclemons]

CoWash Saturday:

• Pre-poo’d overnight with AVJ mix & Belle Butter’s Orange Dream Cream on the ends.
• DC’d with Shea Moisture Manuka & Noni.
• Used CJ Naturals scalp scrub, CW’d with Avon’s Volume, Garnier Reconstructor with 80% rinse out of Motions Moisture Plus & ACV.
• LCOB’d: L = Carol’s Daughter Monoi; C = Blue Roze Okra Curling Cream & Obia Curling Custard; O = Mission Condition Glaze; B = Kyra Shea’s Rejuvenation on scalp & HQ Twisting on ends.

I put 2 flat twists in the front and 5 two-strand twists for the rest of my hair.

 

[Aggie]

That Kerastase Therapiste mask is the bomb.com. It smells amazing and worked easily through my tresses and left it feeling strong and manageable. I love it. Now I need the shampoo to this mask. I will be adding that to my wish list for sure.

 

[Prettymetty]

That Kerastase Therapiste mask is the bomb.com. It smells amazing and worked easily through my tresses and left it feeling strong and manageable. I love it. Now I need the shampoo to this mask. I will be adding that to my wish list for sure.

Yes! It's everything. I use the Therapiste prepoo weekly (same scent) and the mask once a month. My hair seems to love protein... maybe because I use heat frequently.

 

[Aggie]

Day 7 of my inversion was completed tonight after a 7 minute scalp massage. I used my hairdrenalin potion tonight as well.

 

[Caramel74]

Ended up doing an overnight olive oil pre poo treatment on accident because I was just so tired yesterday. I really like the effects of it and I'll most likely do this on purpose every week. Wish I could do it more but I'm glad it's part of my regimen. I know for sure it's helping with length retention, and I think it also has some repairing qualities as well.

 

[beauti]

Currently prepooing with a mixture of linseed oil, olive oil, and acv. After shampooing will follow up with a dc concoction. The plan is to straighten afterwards

 

[Prettymetty]

I'm so sore from working out yesterday. It hurts to walk...

After work and my workout I am going to moisturize my ends. I haven't used sulfur oil this week. I'm sure with all the exercise and clean eating I won't need a growth aid anymore.

 

[Daina]

I'm so sore from working out yesterday. It hurts to walk...

After work and my workout I am going to moisturize my ends. I haven't used sulfur oil this week. I'm sure with all the exercise and clean eating I won't need a growth aid anymore.

Keep up the great work! Let me know how you like the 21 day fix program as I have been thinking about trying this. I could stand to drop between 5 - 10 pounds of final baby weight.

 

[Daina]

Not sure if this is a fluke or wishful thinking but I normally have shrinkage when I do a braidout that only extends to shoulder length. Over the last 2 weeks I've noticed braidouts are falling below my shoulders almost to armpit length! I've used the same technique and routine everytime so I am hoping this is because my hair is growing!!! Even my husband noticed and commented on my curly hang time as he calls it. I pray to be full BSL by June.

I wasn't going to straighten again till our August/September but maybe I will straighten in June as well.

 

[Caramel74]

Currently prepooing with a mixture of linseed oil, olive oil, and acv. After shampooing will follow up with a dc concoction. The plan is to straighten afterwards

Hope you update us with a pic, that sounds great! You don't have to just figured I'd put it out there. I think your hair is really really pretty when it's curly, but I bet it looks a lot longer when it's straight. Did you use heat protectant?

 

[Caramel74]

Not sure if this is a fluke or wishful thinking but I normally have shrinkage when I do a braidout that only extends to shoulder length. Over the last 2 weeks I've noticed braidouts are falling below my shoulders almost to armpit length! I've used the same technique and routine everytime so I am hoping this is because my hair is growing!!! Even my husband noticed and commented on my curly hang time as he calls it. I pray to be full BSL by June.

I wasn't going to straighten again till our August/September but maybe I will straighten in June as well.

It's not a fluke, it is definitely definitely definitely growing!


You can straighten it if you want to for yourself and a length check just make sure it's clean, moisturized and use heat protectent. You'll be fine. Make sure you take pics too and you can use them for our length checks and you're own records. It sounds like your prayers are coming true.

 

[Daina]

It's not a fluke, it is definitely definitely definitely growing!


You can straighten it if you want to for yourself and a length check just make sure it's clean, moisturized and use heat protectent. You'll be fine. Make sure you take pics too and you can use them for our length checks and you're own records. It sounds like your prayers are coming true.

@Caramel74, aww thank you I really hope so. My 13 year old son thinks I'm crazy for half the stuff I've been doing for growth and retention. He really laughs every month when I invert or talk about pre-pooing. Like you I'm definitely worried about a heat damage setback. My hair is definitely thriving from limited heat. I don't know...I had my mind all set not to do heat until August /September but I would love to see progress sooner...

 

[Prettymetty]

Keep up the great work! Let me know how you like the 21 day fix program as I have been thinking about trying this. I could stand to drop between 5 - 10 pounds of final baby weight.

I'll do a full review once I finish the program. So far it's kicking my butt and this is only day 2

 

[trclemons]

• Used Avon Volume under the heat cap for about 45 minutes & CW'd it out.
• Rinsed out 80% of Motions Moisture Plus.
• LSOB'd: L = Carol's Daughter Monoi; S = Obia Curling Custard; O = Mission Condition Glaze; B = Kyra Shea's Rejuvenation on scalp & Belle Butter's Orange Dream Cream on ends.

 

[Aggie]

My trim is scheduled for tomorrow at noon and I can't wait. I have not straightened my hair nor trimmed it this whole year so far and I'm eager to see what it looks like blown out. Of course, I won't leave it that way, not until it gets longer, maybe closer to BSL.

 

[Caramel74]

@Caramel74, aww thank you I really hope so. My 13 year old son thinks I'm crazy for half the stuff I've been doing for growth and retention. He really laughs every month when I invert or talk about pre-pooing. Like you I'm definitely worried about a heat damage setback. My hair is definitely thriving from limited heat. I don't know...I had my mind all set not to do heat until August /September but I would love to see progress sooner...

I keep reading up on it. Yes our hair is definitely thriving from limited heat. I know I'll have to use some to do my microtrim so I'm trying to hold out for that. And more importantly is that I'm getting use to a heat free regimen. But there are plenty of women who do it say once a week and are fine. I don't want to revert back to once a week, but when my hair was SL I almost had to? It still grew and I was fine but I never went over it. It was just a once a week deal, one time, then back to M & S and wet buns. It's always the less heat the better throughout all my readings, findings, and personal experience. I bet that's why your hair is growing too. Once a month heat isn't even bad. I'm just used to my heat free reggie and want to keep a good thing going. Plus it's a pain in the ass when you get use to set it and forget it. Straightening is just too much work.

 

[Prettymetty]

My trim is scheduled for tomorrow at noon and I can't wait. I have not straightened my hair nor trimmed it this whole year so far and I'm eager to see what it looks like blown out. Of course, I won't leave it that way, not until it gets longer, maybe closer to BSL.

Are you going to a salon?

 

[Caramel74]

My trim is scheduled for tomorrow at noon and I can't wait. I have not straightened my hair nor trimmed it this whole year so far and I'm eager to see what it looks like blown out. Of course, I won't leave it that way, not until it gets longer, maybe closer to BSL.

Oooh how exciting! You might even be at APL by now, a whole year?

I hope you will post a pic of your gorgeous hair when it's done and also to keep a log of it for your journey.