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APL`13 Challenge
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msmarc1
Member
Froreal3 congrats!! You made it to apl!!
CafedeBelleza it looks like you're getting so close.
strawbewie good luck on your interview.
CafedeBelleza it looks like you're getting so close.
strawbewie good luck on your interview.
Brwnbeauti
Well-Known Member
Thanks, this is the longest my hair has ever been. I'm so excited about the possibilities! Thanks to lhcf
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praisedancer
New Member
I think I might have reached APL ladies. What do you think? I don't wear my hair straight so this is about as stretched as it's gonna get. Thanks to my five year old who took the pics. I was doing horribly myself! lol
Eta I think I may consider BSL the top of the purple shirt. I need 3 more inches for that. I wear my bra low...it's like MBL.
Yup, you're definitely APL, Congrats!!! :woohoo:
Froreal3
haulin hard in the paint
Thanks gals. I'm excited. BSL here I come! I hope I can get three or four more inches by the end of the year. This is the longest my hair has ever been. I can't believe it.
@CafedeBelleza Your hair looks so luscious. You look just about APL to me. Are you natural or relaxed? I know if I straighten, mine won't look nearly as full.
Good luck with your interview strawbewie!
@CafedeBelleza Your hair looks so luscious. You look just about APL to me. Are you natural or relaxed? I know if I straighten, mine won't look nearly as full.
Good luck with your interview strawbewie!
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Brwnbeauti
Well-Known Member
Thanks gals. I'm excited. BSL here I come! I hope I can get three or four more inches by the end of the year. This is the longest my hair has ever been. I can't believe it.
@CafedeBelleza Your hair looks so luscious. You look just about APL to me. Are you natural or relaxed? I know if I straighten, mine won't look nearly as full.
Good luck with your interview strawbewie!
Thanks. I'm relaxed, I live in buns and I may have flat ironed maybe thrice in the last year. And I rarely use combs.
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beautyintheyes
New Member
so i relaxed for the first time in my life in November and im starting to feel the new growth and i have just been wearing a ponytail but when i comb it in the morning the middle is so hard to get threw that my hair breaks so ima but single braids in tonight and hope that my hair retains in them which me luck! does anyone have any tips i could really use them thanks!
Brwnbeauti
Well-Known Member
I don't comb my new growth. I untangle with my fingers.
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pearlific1
Well-Known Member
I agree with the above. I don't use combs when my new growth gets thick. I finger comb and detangle only. Make sure your hair is soft and moisturized before manipulating to reduce breakage
Cocoa3438
New Member
I did my first length check this weekend since this challenge started and so posting. Taking my vitamins and trying to keep things simple and hope I reach Apl. Soon. I am using the lines on this shirt to help guide me. Sometimes its hard to do the back without it slipping or get it completely straight but oh well close enough LOL. I want to check mine every couple of months.
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BEAUTYU2U
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How did it turn out?
apple_natural
Well-Known Member
All you guys are doing so well! A lot of people really close or have made it there already! Wow!
one strand on the very top of my hair (which is always ridiculously shorter than the rest of my hair) almost stretches to shoulder length. i have high hopes for the rest of my hair.
going to be successful with no heat this year, but i wish i knew how much i can expect of growth. i can't tell if i'm a really slow grower or if i just damage what progress i make every year.
i spray my hair when i think of it with water/glycerine mix. i need to do it every single day.
one strand on the very top of my hair (which is always ridiculously shorter than the rest of my hair) almost stretches to shoulder length. i have high hopes for the rest of my hair.
going to be successful with no heat this year, but i wish i knew how much i can expect of growth. i can't tell if i'm a really slow grower or if i just damage what progress i make every year.
i spray my hair when i think of it with water/glycerine mix. i need to do it every single day.
alanaturelle
Well-Known Member
Checking in, moisturized and rebraided my hair tonight. Seeing all these length checks makes me wanna do one so bad but I'm holding on till March 30. Only five weeks to go!!!!!
Deziyah
Well-Known Member
Me too!! I've been tempted to blow dry n flat iron but I'm waiting until our official check in... Congrats to all of you ladies!!! Can't wait until I'm there!!!
JosieLynn
Well-Known Member
currently getting anxious and bored with my havana twists, hearing about everybody else's progress and length is making me jealous!! 
i miss my hair! but i'm trying to be strong because come the end of march I know I'm going to appreciate the length retention. I must stay strong! 
i miss my hair! but i'm trying to be strong because come the end of march I know I'm going to appreciate the length retention. I must stay strong!
pearlific1
Well-Known Member
Hairtender
New Member
Congratulations Everyone for reaching your goals and sticking to a HHJ.
I'm 13 weeks post, waiting for my wig to arrive so I can have even less manipulation.
I've tried new things since starting this challenge and my hair doesn't like it so I'm in spiral sets like I use to do. Big hair bcuz of the new growth!
Keep the New Growth coming!
I'm 13 weeks post, waiting for my wig to arrive so I can have even less manipulation.
I've tried new things since starting this challenge and my hair doesn't like it so I'm in spiral sets like I use to do. Big hair bcuz of the new growth!
Keep the New Growth coming!
yaya24
❤️ Libra☼Gemini ☾ Sagittarius ⇗
pearlific1 Yes girlie!! I texlaxed. My natural hair was not doing what I needed it to do, so I decided to go back to what I know.
Soo far I have not had any regrets, but the closer I get to my 16 week-touch up mark.. I'll probably get nervous, b/c I plan on self texlaxing.. and I haven't done that since 2009..
I posted a response back in January on why I decided to texlax in the thread Naturals considering TexLaxing??
Soo far I have not had any regrets, but the closer I get to my 16 week-touch up mark.. I'll probably get nervous, b/c I plan on self texlaxing.. and I haven't done that since 2009..
I posted a response back in January on why I decided to texlax in the thread Naturals considering TexLaxing??
TBH- I was TIRED.
The first 2 years of my natural journey was peachy. I had great retention and a really easy time with my natural hair. Why?- Because I stayed weaved/cornrowed/wigged up.
After 2 years of "hiding" I was tired of weaves and wigs (& so was my SO). So then I decided to opt for more natural styles (still protected) but w/o heat. Beautiful styles... but a DISASTER to the health of my hair.
My ends where a hot raggedy mess from all of the breakage/tangles/splits & ssk from not using heat.
So I decided to use heat.
Heat is my friend.
But my scalp NEEDS to be washed every 3-4 days, or it gets itchy flaky & honestly smelly
I cannot blowdry every 3-4 days. Thats a recipe for disaster.
I tried skipping the blowdry every other style session and just doing a stretched bun, but my roots would matt and tangle. Its like my hair naturally wants to lock up.
Plus I was tired of the 3 hour shampoo or cowash + detangle then style sessions.
So I decided to texlax.
naija24
Well-Known Member
omg you have my dream twa!!! your texture is gorgeous.
FemmeCreole
Island Gyal
It looks like these braids will not make it to 7 weeks like I intended. 1 week in and they seem to be unraveling. That sucks since I paid this woman $120 to get them done and the braids were about $20 per pack. I wanted to try something different but I guess that's what I get. Should have stuck to my marley braids that I do myself.
Oh well..... I'll just see how long I can keep them in.
Oh well..... I'll just see how long I can keep them in.
pearlific1
Well-Known Member
No ma'am. I'd march right back to her and demand that she fixes them. Coming down after one week is unacceptable. $120 is a lot of money to me
alanaturelle
Well-Known Member
currently getting anxious and bored with my havana twists, hearing about everybody else's progress and length is making me jealous!!
I'm with you on that one. I even have a countdown on my phone
and we have 36 days till March 30th 
. So hold in there!!!! I just hope that I won't have to work that weekend because it's my company's year end and I work in the Finance department. I don't want to have to work because I need to pamper my hair, 
Seamonster
New Member
1 week for $140
No ma'am. I'd march right back to her and demand that she fixes them. Coming down after one week is unacceptable. $120 is a lot of money to me
:axehunter: Hunt her down
pearlific1
Well-Known Member
I don't know why I get so excited when it comes to washing my hair! I got up early to do my weekly wash & DC; I know my scalp is loving me right now. After cutting a little over 2" off with my texlax 2 weeks ago, my hair seems so short and far from APL. Hopefully I get some good growth by the time my next TU rolls around in June/July. My growth & retention is usually great in the warmer months. Bring on the sun!
