BSL 2012 Challenge!!!

[naturalagain2]

It's been 3 wks so far in my Senegalese twists. I love them. I didn't realize how much I would enjoy having a break with not doing my hair. I've been spritzing daily with either my homemade spray or African Pride spray. Last night I shampoo'd my scalp with diluted Aveda Rosemary Mint and DC'd with diluted VO5 Herbal Escape Moisturizing Conditioner - Free Me Freesia. My hair and scalp feels so good. After, I oiled my scalp with my oil mix and sprayed my homemade leave in spray. My hair still looks good. No frizz it sight (I was worried about that). I think I'm going to get these twist every summer just for a break and help with retention.

 

[Adonia1987]

My hair has been in a sew in for a month now, and I have no desire to take it off...My leave out is heat damaged and breaking. I really lost my passion for hair. The bright side is that I am not stressing over length anymore, and spending all my money on hair products. If I keep protective styling all summer I can make BSL by October. I need to find a way to blend my leave out without using heat everyday.

I am about t oil my scalp since I didn't put any product on my hair and scalp since I got the sew in.

 

[melisandre]

Dyed my hair jet black ... May 3rd and I. Want to re do it soon. Do y'all think it's too soon?

ManiiSweetheart

It's been about 6 weeks. So I'd say it's ok, if your hair is healthy.

 

[Kb3auty]

hey Newnyer,

have you tried oil mix moisturizer? keeping it moist will help alot with the dryness.

 

[coolsista-paris]

after getting mad at my hair...im trying to be positive now. here are 2 styles i like wearing :

 

[newnyer]

hey Newnyer,

have you tried oil mix moisturizer? keeping it moist will help alot with the dryness.

Well it's actually not dry. I think I put in too much moisture w/ my DC. I should've done a protein treatment last weekend in addition to my normal wash/DC routine to balance, hence the extra shedding (too soft/frail). Since I've put in the infusium, the shedding has subsided a bit.

ETA: oh did u mean to put in the oil mix mixture after spraying down w/ infusium?

 

[silenttullip]

Hey ladies, hope you all are doing well. I'm a tad sad but it's okay though... I was right at the top of the strap... Well I noticed some ssks and dusted a few days ago, then more, then more, and finally finished today I think. I ended up trimming about 1-2 inches. I know I'm supposed to trim anyway but dang now I don't know where I am. probably at the 4 or 5 on my length check shirt. I know it's not much but dang we work months for some inches and then in the snip of a scissor it's all over I attached a pic of where I was before the trim ended.

Now my focus is really moisturizing and sealing 2-3 times a day and making sure I keep my moisture balanced with protein.

 

[growbaby]

Hello ladies, question. I was wondering how many inches is it from APL to BSL for u? Its about a 3-3.5 difference for me wanted to see the range of how far we all have to go.

 

[irisak]

Hey ladies, hope you all are doing well. I'm a tad sad but it's okay though... I was right at the top of the strap... Well I noticed some ssks and dusted a few days ago, then more, then more, and finally finished today I think. I ended up trimming about 1-2 inches. I know I'm supposed to trim anyway but dang now I don't know where I am. probably at the 4 or 5 on my length check shirt. I know it's not much but dang we work months for some inches and then in the snip of a scissor it's all over I attached a pic of where I was before the trim ended.

Now my focus is really moisturizing and sealing 2-3 times a day and making sure I keep my moisture balanced with protein.

I just had to trim this weekend too. Now I'm back to grazing apl :'(

Sent from my HTC EVO using LHCF. any spelling errors should be blamed on auto-correct.

 

[MzSwift]

growbaby
I haven't measured but it took me about half a year to get from APL to (what other people considered) BSB.

Update: I'm back in mini braids now. I'm so excited to go back to my daily rinsing. And I'm trying out some new Suave scents to see how my hair likes them.

It's probably not a good idea to try out new things when I'm trying to reach a length goal but I miss having fruity scented hair. I've been using Suave Tropical Coconut as my staple since 2009 so [Micheal Jackson] I'm gonna make a change...[/MJ].

 

[lamaria211]

Hey ladies, hope you all are doing well. I'm a tad sad but it's okay though... I was right at the top of the strap... Well I noticed some ssks and dusted a few days ago, then more, then more, and finally finished today I think. I ended up trimming about 1-2 inches. I know I'm supposed to trim anyway but dang now I don't know where I am. probably at the 4 or 5 on my length check shirt. I know it's not much but dang we work months for some inches and then in the snip of a scissor it's all over I attached a pic of where I was before the trim ended.

Now my focus is really moisturizing and sealing 2-3 times a day and making sure I keep my moisture balanced with protein.

Took me 2hrs to dust my ssks today ;( I probably took off about an inch but I hope to not have to do it again gonna be DCing x2 a week from now on and sealing my minis with grease I sure hth

 

[MzSwift]

lamaria211

Oh gosh girl don't cut the SSK's too much!! I'd hate to see you cut off a lot of progress for something like that. They're kinda inevitable for us curly or kinky heads.

 

[lamaria211]

lamaria211

Oh gosh girl don't cut the SSK's too much!! I'd hate to see you cut off a lot of progress for something like that. They're kinda inevitable for us curly or kinky heads.

I no im gonna have dh hide my scissors. I thought maybe my hair couldnt grow with them hanging there I hate the way they feel. But I wont be doing it again anytime soon. When I did my BC I didnt cut my hair for 2yrs and I had no problems

 

[ManiiSweetheart]

Hello ladies, question. I was wondering how many inches is it from APL to BSL for u? Its about a 3-3.5 difference for me wanted to see the range of how far we all have to go.

I'd say im on the same boat as you 3-3.5 in away from BSL

 

[tashboog]

Hey ladies ! So I did flat iron my hair but I didn't get good results with the Carol's daughter smoothing system . My flat iron job was not impressive so I'm only posting my length check pics. I won't be flat ironing my hair anytime soon until I achieve a serious milestone .

 

[ManiiSweetheart]

Okay so today I:

Shampoo'd
DC'd with about 1/2 a cup of extra henna mixed in
Rinsed
Molasses Treatment (Molasses, baking soda, Aloe vera gel) Don't ask where i got the recipe from ...it just came to me.
Rinse again
Spray leave in of AVJ, water and eucalyptus oil
Will probably just apply my MN and Bun it.

 

[virtuenow]

I'm gonna step out on faith and join this challenge if its not too late .

 

[GreenEyedJen]

Hey everyone! I just wanted to show you guys what my hair is looking like after my last trim. Like I've said before, my hair was really damaged from the bleaching last year. The picture is not the best, and it's of shrunken hair but the important thing to me is that my hair is shrinking about the same amount up at the roots as it is on the ends. I had to get an almost entirely fresh head of hair for it to look correct in its shrunken state.

Sidemote: All the brown hair was grown from mid-February, 2011. The dye gave me a way to track my true hair progress from the scalp. I'm happy with how much it has grown out from then, seeing as I've trimmed my hair three or four times this year already (I've lost count), and I took off a MINIMUM of 1.5" each time.

That's my head in the bottom right corner. You can see how much thicker and uniform it appears after my last (and hopefully final!) trim of the year.

 

[silenttullip]

how do you like the aloe spritz? I just started with this same mixture this week. Hoping for moisture.

Okay so today I:

Shampoo'd
DC'd with about 1/2 a cup of extra henna mixed in
Rinsed
Molasses Treatment (Molasses, baking soda, Aloe vera gel) Don't ask where i got the recipe from ...it just came to me.
Rinse again
Spray leave in of AVJ, water and eucalyptus oil
Will probably just apply my MN and Bun it.

 

[ManiiSweetheart]

how do you like the aloe spritz? I just started with this same mixture this week. Hoping for moisture.

Well I kind of forgot to seal so I felt like my hair was reaaallly dry. But reapplied the spritz and sealed with Shea butter and my hair feels sooo much better! I'm hoping for more moisture too.

 

[gabulldawg]

Officially joining the bsl 2012 challenge. Hope to be a nice and full bsl by December. i'm currently about apl.

 

[Rocky91]

I think I may be joining this challenge as well.
I'm gonna flatiron in about a week or so, and see where I am, but I think *fingers crossed* I may be at full APL.

 

[Evolving78]

i used a lot of heat this past weekend i feel like washing, dc'ing again, but i am not in the mood to roller set my hair.

 

[virtuenow]

I have one month left to this install. When I take it down, I will do my first official length check (ever)-- before I go back into another install P.

 

[Charla]

I can't believe I'm 19.5 months post relaxer!

Can't wait to see what 24 months will look like!

 

[MzSwift]

Whohoo! Welcome, new ladies!

I'm in mini braids. I think I'm gonna go back under some extensions for a little while once I take these down. Although my hair grew last year, I think I could've gotten more growth had I done more extensions.

 

[lamaria211]

I just made apl so now im even more excited and motivated to make bsl by this yr

 

[UGQueen]

omgg! i did a length check in the shower and im grazing BSL.
but now i wanna BC or even MC, my ends are horrible and need a serious cut.

dang it !

 

[glamazon386]

I'm still in. I've been wearing protective styles for most of the year. Don't plan to length check til the end of the summer.

 

[SmilingElephant]

I really did nothing to my hair today but spray it with water/conditioner and moisturized with R&B moisturizer...smells good

I hope to be BSL in August or September