Waist Length 2013

[Diva_Esq]

Hey loves!!!

I tried 2 strand twists for the 1st time tonight. I hope to rock a twistout on Monday and make it a few days without cowashing. i am right at bsl now. Working toward WL!!

 

[Shadiyah]

SmilingElephant I use shea butter on my ends and I try to scrunch my ends up close to my head so by the time it drys I am above shoulders.

 

[kupenda]

Ok so I had my SO measure from the tips of my hair to APL, BSL, and WL. He said I should be APL in about three inches. So yay! But WL in over 15 inches. Ugh! That means I need to grow and retain, without any trims, two and a half years worth of growth. Scary. I guess I'll be back on my daily MSM. And maybe start using sulfur in my scalp massages


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[nakialovesshoes]

Though I BCed to a TWA, I've still been hanging on in this challenge, hoping for a growth miracle. I got tree braids on Thursday & plan to do C&G with tree braids through the end of the year & all of 2012. & hopefully my funds will allow me to do sew-ins the entire 2013. So basically I need to retain 16 inches in 26 months.

Hey a girl can wish can't she...

 

[RarityFluttershy]

My Shea Butter Mix Is The Business.
At First I Hated Shea Butter But Once I Learned How To Use, It Was On And Crackin.

 

[SmilingElephant]

Though I BCed to a TWA, I've still been hanging on in this challenge, hoping for a growth miracle. I got tree braids on Thursday & plan to do C&G with tree braids through the end of the year & all of 2012. & hopefully my funds will allow me to do sew-ins the entire 2013. So basically I need to retain 16 inches in 26 months.

Hey a girl can wish can't she...

Welp...given that we grow 6 inches a year on average....you should be almost there in 2 years....but thats without setbacks and whatnot. Still not impossible tho.

 

[Shadiyah]

For some reason I am having a time with my wash n go's they are not feeling like back in the old days and I am tired of washing my hair 2 or 3 times in a day just to try and wash this out and that out to find out what is that film on my hair. I have tried so many new products that I have no ideal what it could be and I have clarified as. So I will not have any set backs I am getting ready to plait my hair up in many plaits and I know then ends will not stay done but I will just tie them up and this is so I can keep my hair moist and so I can save my ends for what ever is going on. I am giving up and giving in. I will keep you all posted as to what is going on.

 

[SmilingElephant]

Have ya'll seen this?!

This is like....my second time seeing an article like this...and it just grinds my gears!!!

This is the lank to the thread:

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=578481

I'm gonna start going OUT of my way to shop at more Black owned BSS's as well as other businesses....even if their stuff costs like $3 more.

Gotta start somewhere.

 

[faithVA]

Last night I actually looked at where my waist is. My waist and my hip bone are really close together. I think its going to take a century for me to get to WL I'm going to shoot for it anyway but that's a lot of hair. I don't know what I was thinking.

 

[SmilingElephant]

Last night I actually looked at where my waist is. My waist and my hip bone are really close together. I think its going to take a century for me to get to WL I'm going to shoot for it anyway but that's a lot of hair. I don't know what I was thinking.

That cracked me up!!! But hey...don't short change yourself.

 

[faithVA]

That cracked me up!!! But hey...don't short change yourself.

I need to take one of those pictures and draw the lines on it so I have my milestones. I'm doing too much guesstimating.

 

[Shadiyah]

Well I felt lost today when I didn't have any hair to co wash LOL but I left the plaits in. I am going to try my best to keep my hands out of my hair. but I have always been this way if I can not touch my hair everyday I have a fit.

 

[faithVA]

@MzSwift thanx! I'll check into that....but i drink milk like crazy and i take vitamins that include vitamin D in them. I'm Bipolar tho...i go thru this every single year....as well as throughout the year....but it does get really bad around this time.

Have you tried one of those lamps they make for people that have SADs (think that is what its called). The extra light is supposed to help.

MzSwift, thanks for the reminder. I need to get some supplements.

 

[JeterCrazed]

MzSwift thanx! I'll check into that....but i drink milk like crazy and i take vitamins that include vitamin D in them. I'm Bipolar tho...i go thru this every single year....as well as throughout the year....but it does get really bad around this time.

Wow. That's interesting. So you actually feel the vitamin D changing your mood?

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[Shadiyah]

there is another thread that just started that is basically the same timing as our thread for WL http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=578437

 

[nakialovesshoes]

there is another thread that just started that is basically the same timing as our thread for WL http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=578437

If I read right, theirs ends 01-01-13, which is more like WL 2012. I do like their idea of WL partners, though. I'm in the C&G 2012 challenge & so far I have a growth partner but we're not the same length. I'm looking for someone that has a TWA to partner with as well.

 

[Bluetopia]

ladies - how many inches are there between shoulder and waist length on average?

with 26 months left i have a 12-13 inch growth potential and want to know if that's going to be enough to make waist length.

 

[Shadiyah]

If I read right, theirs ends 01-01-13, which is more like WL 2012. I do like their idea of WL partners, though. I'm in the C&G 2012 challenge & so far I have a growth partner but we're not the same length. I'm looking for someone that has a TWA to partner with as well.

I think in the beginning of this thread we were stopping at Jan 2013 and we just recently changed to the end of 2013. which I think is better for all of us even if some of us meet our goal before that time.

 

[SmilingElephant]

Wow. That's interesting. So you actually feel the vitamin D changing your mood?

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JeterCrazed

Not really....i'm not sure. I just know that i get all weird around the fall/winter time every year...it NEVER fails and it doesn't go away until Spring...no matter what i do. I have mood swings throughout the year...like i can be depressed (for no real reason) for like a month or 2...and then i'll experience hypomania for another 1-2 months...i'll hit mania for like a week or 2....and it'll just cycle....but in the fall/winter....my depression can be really really horrible and scary and can last for the whole winter.....i don't wish this mess on NOBODY

faithVA...i haven't tried the SAD lamps yet. The next time i see my doctor i will ask her about getting one. I do notice i get a little happier...even in a deep depression...when i open the blinds in the morning or turn on lights everywhere at night...so vitamin D really must play a big role since we get it from sunlight. When its cloudy outside i get really sad....its the strangest thing but i can't help it. Is that why when i eat ice cream i get happy? I just love dairy products period

Lately i just been drinking coffee to keep me "up"...but sometimes i get a little bit too hyper....its an ongoing battle.


I THOROUGHLY detangled my hair tonite. I thought i was gonna have tons of SSK's but it wasn't so bad. I hadn't detangled really well in almost a week. I'm learning more and more about my shrinkage.....i'm starting to not love it so much

I appreciate that it serves as protection....but when i see how much my hair stretches while detangling it, combing it and then spring back to my neck...i feel a lil pfft'd (end rant)

 

[SmilingElephant]

I think in the beginning of this thread we were stopping at Jan 2013 and we just recently changed to the end of 2013. which I think is better for all of us even if some of us meet our goal before that time.

Nope it has always been until December 31st 2013....i just asked if ya'll wanted it to end in Jan of 2013 if you all thought it was too long but it's always been set until the end of 2013

 

[Shadiyah]

Nope it has always been until December 31st 2013....i just asked if ya'll wanted it to end in Jan of 2013 if you all thought it was too long but it's always been set until the end of 2013

isn't that what I said? or I said it backwards?? because jan of 2013 would be the end of 2012 and dec 2013 would be almost 2014 so one could say that we are also doing it for 2012 if we only go to jan 2013 but I will stop with the num before I confuse everyone lol

but I understand we are going to dec 2013 so that we have the whole of 2013 to grow. so we have exact 2 yrs left..... right???

 

[SmilingElephant]

isn't that what I said? or I said it backwards?? because jan of 2013 would be the end of 2012 and dec 2013 would be almost 2014 so one could say that we are also doing it for 2012 if we only go to jan 2013 but I will stop with the num before I confuse everyone lol

but I understand we are going to dec 2013 so that we have the whole of 2013 to grow. so we have exact 2 yrs left..... right???

....this was me ------->

 

[Nix08]

I'm happy to say that my local BSS is owned by a black woman and her Lebanese husband and he don't play...a white lady was rude to him one day and he told her the item she wanted to buy was no longer for sale and wished her a good day I remember that story every time I see the store now...it was SOOO funny!!!

In other news...I am almost 11 weeks post and I have a lot of new growth. I go back to work the beginning of December and the week before I will be putting the kids in full time daycare so I'm trying to see if I can hold off and do my relaxer then. I've been hair lazy anyway.....so I may just be able to stretch to the 15 weeks...

Although I'm in a no length check challenge I think there as been some good growth I'm getting excited about this...woa nelly better tame that premature excitement

Remember ladies our hair is always growing we'll get there Thanks for the reminder ladies about vitamin D....off to go take my vitamins...and I'm sending positive energy to all as the dreary winter comes upon us

Have ya'll seen this?!

This is like....my second time seeing an article like this...and it just grinds my gears!!!

This is the lank to the thread:

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=578481

I'm gonna start going OUT of my way to shop at more Black owned BSS's as well as other businesses....even if their stuff costs like $3 more.

Gotta start somewhere.

 

[missempress1210]

i would like to join

 

[faithVA]

isn't that what I said? or I said it backwards?? because jan of 2013 would be the end of 2012 and dec 2013 would be almost 2014 so one could say that we are also doing it for 2012 if we only go to jan 2013 but I will stop with the num before I confuse everyone lol

but I understand we are going to dec 2013 so that we have the whole of 2013 to grow. so we have exact 2 yrs left..... right???

Yes we are going to Dec 31 2013, where the other thread is only through Dec 31, 2012.

 

[faithVA]

Nope it has always been until December 31st 2013....i just asked if ya'll wanted it to end in Jan of 2013 if you all thought it was too long but it's always been set until the end of 2013

Definitely want to go to the end of 2013. Some of us aren't even close to making WL by the end of 2012. Even though we are well on our way.

 

[faithVA]

i would like to join

Welcome missempress1210. Come on in.

 

[missempress1210]

thank you.

 

[SmilingElephant]

So i think Kinky-Curly Knot Today is gonna be my staple leave-in

Chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllllllllle lemme tell ya!......i detangled with my GFTN and used my spray bottle....i now have to detangle outside the shower...which i actually like better ....anyway....after that...i got in the shower...rinsed out the Triple Nutrition and then co-washed with Suave Coconut ....the whole time keeping my hair in 4 sections (although i now have to do 8 sections while detangling)....so after i got out the shower....i put like a dime size of the KCKT in each section...raked it through all for of them...THEN i sealed with Sweet Almond Oil....idk if i mentioned this but i have been really experimenting with this oil and i really really like it!....i use it to seal in the moisture on my skin and to seal my hair....i haven't bought any body lotion in a while. I'm finding i can just use oil on damp skin....


Anyway...i wore my hair in 4 puffs to bed last nite (damp)..wrapped them in a t-shirt, and put my silk cap and went to bed...got up this morning, re-wet my hair w/my spray bottle...added a tad bit more KCKT and styled with KCCC....i'm wearing a low puff today....Reina is SO moisturized and SOFFFFF!

 

[Shadiyah]

today was the bhringraj treatment and deep condition with my favorite moroccon oil hydration mask. I mixed my henna for application for tomorrow if I feel like it but it will be ready because it was due on the 1st.