A Hard C & G challenge. Don't join if you can't hang.

[shynessqueen]

ladies I know this is going to be hard and test your will power (even mines)
but WE CAN DO THIS. I want to see pics of y'all braids when y'all put them in. I didn't finish my hair yet because I ran out of hair. I will show y'all pics of what I have already done. I will put it up later.

 

[kiesha8185]

My self and OAHQ is doing a C&G challenge for a year, to meet our hair goals with out all the in between lengths. We are going to leave Twist/braids in our hair for a whole year without brakes. We will redo our braids/Twist but we won't take them completely out. Who wants to join us. If you are not completely on bord You can also do the min challenge for 6 months. Same rules apply.

I'm in for 6 months! Cool, my first challenge. I was kinda already doing this as a personal challenge with LovelyChar. I relaxed in May (really underprocessed) and had twists in for about 8 weeks already. I'll take the out in December, Dominican blowout two weeks later, then in January get them in again until June 2008. Well at least this is the plan...

 

[BklynHeart]

Questions:

what to do about the buildup that's on the hair when you take out the braids? Do you just comb it out and re-braid, or say you take out just the back part of your hair, wash and re-braid?

And for us that are 'braid challenged', would that be more costly to have a braid salon braid the front half one week, then the other half another time?

 

[sareca]

Dang, ya'll hard core. I'm gotta have my 1-2 week breaks to henna/indigo. I also just reached the end of my own personal C&G challenge.

Anyway, best wishes and happy growing.

 

[LadyPaniolo]

Hmmm... I'm already on a 2 year C&G challenge till 6/09. I've been taking the braids completely out, letting the hair rest for about a week, two tops, and then taking the LONG and arduous journey to rebraid the hair myself.

Which leaves me confined to the house with my hair looking kinda crazy for a week while I fit braiding in between cooking, cleaning, caring for the baby, etc. This challenge may just be an answer to my problem. I can do a section at a time without worrying so much about it.

OK- I'LL DO IT!!!!!!!! I'm in. I just finished my new set of braids this week. I can only commit to the 6 month challenge right now.

The only thing is I have NO CLUE how to post pics. None at all.

 

[Aidenberry03]

Okay,already have braids in my hair. I got them on July 23, 2007. I will post pics later today. I will start with the 6 month challenge. Take down will occur on January 23, 2007

 

[klb120475]

ladies I know this is going to be hard and test your will power (even mines)
but WE CAN DO THIS. I want to see pics of y'all braids when y'all put them in. I didn't finish my hair yet because I ran out of hair. I will show y'all pics of what I have already done. I will put it up later.

Shynessqueen, you were actually my motivation for getting braids. When I look at your progress....my hair like "I wanna be like her when I grow up".

I have individual braids in now, and I luv them. I gotta meditate and pray on this challenge. Don't count me in just yet. I'll holla back at you shortly.

 

[czyfaith77]

Ok count me in. I will be doing this anyway but with a sew in which is the use of cornrows. I have been doing that anyway off and on over the years anyway and have gotten great length. This time I am doing it however with natural hair. I recently cut my relaxer off.

 

[CurliDiva]

I'm game. It's the only way I wear braids: 24/7 for at least a year, but usually more. I had really planned to try taking a break but I'm so enjoying the freedom of never having to deal with my hair.

Honeydew, I use human hair and I don't seal the ends. They unravel a lot when the hair is fresh and new, but since I don't mind playing with my hair, it gives me an excuse to keep rebraiding the ends while I watch TV. As the extension hair gets older, it will hold better as you can see from these braids that were more than a year old. If you do braid-outs or any wavy style on human hair braids, they will unravel less. So putting them in a pony and braiding it for the night then putting a friendly elastic at the end then baggying will give you cute waves at the ends when you wear the hair down.

Hi Nonie,

I'm confused - are you saying that you keep re-using the same extesnion hair for a year, OR you literally wore the same braids for a year without re-braiding OR was the braided style was kept for a year but you replace the hair as you re-braided.

Your braids look great, but I am just try to picture how you maintained them.

TIA, Curli

 

[baby42]

I am in my FRIST CHALLENGESOME THING I KNOW I CAN DO I HAD PLAN ON STAYING IN BRAIDS ANY WAY.

 

[HoneyDew]

Dang, ya'll hard core. I'm gotta have my 1-2 week breaks to henna/indigo. I also just reached the end of my own personal C&G challenge.

Anyway, best wishes and happy growing.

I am rethinking it for the same reasons, Sareca. I was looking at my hair care calendar last night and I really don’t think I can pull it off with no break. I need to do some conditioning and care in between.

 

[CurliDiva]

I am rethinking it for the same reasons, Sareca. I was looking at my hair care calendar last night and I really don’t think I can pull it off with no break. I need to do some conditioning and care in between.

I'm still confused, are you planning not taking the braids completly OUT for the entire year? Or do you mean that you will remove the braids, wash and condition your hair and then re-braid within a day or two?

 

[shynessqueen]

I've made a list and post the rules.


I won't be taking my braids complety out. I'll just redo them one by one.

I won't see my hair for a year. I like to test my will power.

 

[Bint Yusef]

Yep I am in there!

My regimen wash weekly , clarify monthly.
Deep condish weekly.

All products diluted about 50% with water.

Use a moisturizing spray daily as well as all my growth concoctions.

Ive had my twists in for over a month now and they look so raggady. I shall be getting my hair redone before the end of the month hopefully.

 

[Iluvsmuhgrass]

I'm still confused, are you planning not taking the braids completly OUT for the entire year? Or do you mean that you will remove the braids, wash and condition your hair and then re-braid within a day or two?

I was wondering about this too. If I can take it down and condition my grass I might be in on this one. Especially with having early morning classes.

 

[scarcity21]

For the ladies in the 6 month challenge If you need to take all of your hair out, you have to put them right back in within 2 days.

For the ladies in the year challenge you have to put them back in within 5 days.

y'all can switch up the challenges you want to be in. If you are on the year challenge and you're getting close to 6 months you can stop at 6 months. Just make a post saying you are going to stop at 6 months. If you're on the 6 months challenge and think you can make it to a year, make a post.

Lets keep each other updated on how it's going and when you are getting the itch to take your hair out. (mines come around 6 months when I have a lot of NG to play in)


I wish y'all all luck. I hope this time next year we all have a good amount of growth.[/quote]






Thanks...this is all I needed to hear to join...i usually dont take down sections and rebraid..i feel it takes me much longer...id rather take the whole braids down , DC and put it back in...ive been doing this since november of 2006 with good results....since 6/23/07 though..ive let my fro out...just put my 2nd weave ever with micros in the front last wed 8/1/07....so that is my starting date...im gonna try the 6 month challenge 1st and then maybe do the yr...
So 8/1/07 started
will end 2/1/08....

How do u ladies that dont take the braids out completely do hardcore protein treatments? Also...im guessing...no trimming?
TIA

 

[klb120475]

Count me in for the 6 month mini hard core challenge!

I got braided up 7/20/07 so my 6 months will be up 1/20/08.


Ya'll pray for me.....

 

[Blackoutzangel05]

Well my question has been answered so I am in for a year. I can do this! Since I am not doing my own hair I know exactly when they are going to get put back in, so I am starting off with cornrows that will be installed next Saturday ( August 18th) I will post my before length there as well. From there I keep those cornrows as long as I can, take them down, henna DC treatments, and install kinky twists and then from there its all about whatever I feel like doing.

So shyness I changed my challenge from 6 months to one year...

 

[HoneyDew]

I'm still confused, are you planning not taking the braids completly OUT for the entire year? Or do you mean that you will remove the braids, wash and condition your hair and then re-braid within a day or two?

Well I thought this challenge was to remove them and rebraid within a day or 2.

For me personally, I don't think I will be able to do that. I need a few weeks in between to get it together.

 

[sareca]

I am rethinking it for the same reasons, Sareca. I was looking at my hair care calendar last night and I really don’t think I can pull it off with no break. I need to do some conditioning and care in between.

The part I hated the most is rebraiding one at a time; after about 3 months I was basically rebraiding 2-5 braids a day. By the time I got to them all it was time to start over from the front again. Basically I was braiding hair everyday for months, but I did it. I had my hair braided continuously for 10 months. Unfortunately, it all dried out and had to be cut off, but that was because I didn't know how to take care of it.

 

[pringe]

I'm in. I was thinking about doing this myself anyway. Stuck in a rut, tired of having hair that's been the same length for like 5 years (or so it seems). I'll be joining the 6 month challenge and I will start at the end of August/beg of September.

Stats: 4 a/b hair, natural, around 5-7 inches, brown/blonde highlights in front. Will be cutting about 2 inches overall before putting in braids.

Thanks and happy growing!!

 

[MissFallon]

Ok, I am going to get my braids on Saturday. I am going to get cornrows going into a bun (my usual style). I'll take pics when I get them.

 

[seymone]

I am in.. I will do 8 - 9 months. I will take my braids out officially in May 08.. I have to think of a regime, so I will be back...

Good.. I am glad about this challenge, I can use up my conditioners that I don't use.

 

[kissey18]

I'm in this is my first challenge I will be doing it for a year!!

 

[Mystic]

I am in for a year but I need to let it out a couple days to DC in between putting it back up. I will commit to this challenge for a year. Hopefully I can APL by then.

 

[shynessqueen]

WoW, more people join then I thought would. I will update the list later tonight.

 

[shynessqueen]

Yep I am in there!

My regimen wash weekly , clarify monthly.
Deep condish weekly.

All products diluted about 50% with water.

Use a moisturizing spray daily as well as all my growth concoctions.

Ive had my twists in for over a month now and they look so raggady. I shall be getting my hair redone before the end of the month hopefully.

I was waiting for you to get your butt in here. This is both of our challenge.

 

[anherica]

I'd like to join the one year challenge. I'll keep my hair in twists for that time.
Sounds like a good challenge.

 

[PeaceFlow]

I can join this challenge as im in the middle of puuting extension braids in. I can redo them withing two days though, I need to check how my hair is doing underneath because it used to break.

Count me in for 6 months

ETA: I am a bit scared because I havent taken care of my braids effectively in the past, are you going to post your braid regimen because it would help a lot

 

[KeraKrazy]

I'd like to join the 6 month challenge. I'll be doing a mixture of braids and weaves during the 6 months. I'll be putting in my first weave in September. I'll be back later to post a regimen