Now Forming an Army of SUPER-LONG HAIR 4B (or mostly 4b) NATURALS!! Come on in!

[Pooks]

Hey girls, I just updated my fotki with comparison pics from last year to this:

Comparison Pics | pookiwah unmasks! www.youtube.com/user/pookinapp16 | Fotki.com, photo and video sharing made easy.

I'm happy with my progress

 

[bride91501]

Hey VP! OMG- your hair has grown so much! Keep inspiring us girl

And oh yeah- I'ma need you to put "BSL" in your siggy or something. Some of us need a visual reminder

 

[softnkinky]

Ok, not really sure what happened to my previous thread. I have been lurking for years on lhcf but never really had much to say. I am excited about this thread. I am joining!!

I am currently at 1 inch of hair. I am growing it out. I plan to be bra strap by 2013.

Thanks for this thread. I will add pics as soon as I get the hang of actually adding to content!

I am currently prepoo'ing with conditioner and olive oil.

 

[bride91501]

^^ I love it when members give play by play of what their hair is doing at the moment lol. Welcome softnkinky!

 

[Pooks]

Came back to add pics:


December 2009:


December 2010:


Side by side comparison:


I also have to share how a particular section of my hair has grown back after heat damage forced a mini chop in the middle of last year:


I am so excited that I am retaining length, the proof is in the pictures mayne! If you haven't taken pics, start NOW ladies, it's so good to look back and visually SEE where you've come from. I am so inspired to keep going now!

 

[hareluvah]

subscribing!!!!!!!! My hair is a combination of at least 3 different types, from 3c on the edges and nape, a 4a ring, and 4b in the center My hair grows pretty fast but My ends have been a mess. I am also an antsy person by nature so I start searching for knots and can't stop.

My hair is strange lengths right now because of the way I cut it a the end of last year (shaved sides and back and long in the center and front)

My goal is waist length and I want to focus on hiding my ends and keeping my hair moisturized (to prevent split ends)

Current hair lengths:
Front: an inch past collar bone
Top sides: collar bone
back: neck length
edges/sides: neck length

I don't think I will even my hair out until I reach my goal length. I'm excited to see what protecting my ends will do and am just praying for the patience not to get bored and cut it.

Thank you to all of you ladies for the inspiration and encouragement you bring.

Happy Growing!

 

[AfroKink]

Do you ladies detangle wet in the shower or damp before shampooing.

 

[bride91501]

I wear conrows and twists as PSs, so most times when I wash I do so with my hair in these styles, with no need to detangle. However, when when I take down once a month, I apply a slippery pre-poo for a few hours/overnight, finger detangle while in the pre-poo, then comb detangle with lots of conditioner after I shampoo.

HTH.

 

[lsc2956]

Sooo pretty!

 

[Stepiphanie]

I'm slowly but surely crawling my way to longer 4b hair. I have a fotki documenting my journey and I will post pics of my recently straightened hair. I got it done at the Domincan Essence in Brooklyn sometime in November. I hope to inspire and be inspired. HHG my fellow 4bs!!!

Shrinkage pre-straightening:


Straightened hair. I'm somewhere around BSL:

WHOA!!! your shrinkage is outta this world!! I go to DE too! I tought I was the only 4b who went there bc must of the people getting there hair done look @ me crazy when I take my cap off, lol.

Very pretty hair!!

 

[transitioning?]

I wear conrows and twists as PSs, so most times when I wash I do so with my hair in these styles, with no need to detangle. However, when when I take down once a month, I apply a slippery pre-poo for a few hours/overnight, finger detangle while in the pre-poo, then comb detangle with lots of conditioner after I shampoo.

HTH.

Hey OP.

Do you experience scalp tenderness from your wigs? Because lately my scalp has been sore and I think it might be from hiding my hair under wigs.

 

[motherpopcorn562]

Hey OP.

Do you experience scalp tenderness from your wigs? Because lately my scalp has been sore and I think it might be from hiding my hair under wigs.

May be the conditioner you are using. I experienced the tender feeling while using ussie moist as a leave in- after reading "Don't go shopping for hair products w/o me" I found out it has scalp irritants. Switched to Suave Naturals and the tenderness stopped.

 

[bride91501]

Hey OP.

Do you experience scalp tenderness from your wigs? Because lately my scalp has been sore and I think it might be from hiding my hair under wigs.

I think the previous poster gave you good advice. Before I settled on my staple products, I used to experience scalp tenderness when I used certain shampoos and conditioners. My mainstay conditioners now are V05 MM and Garnier Fructis.

What types of wigs are you wearing?

 

[transitioning?]

Wow. Aussie moist is my current deep conditioner if choice. I started using it around the same time I started wearing wigs.

Here is my favorite wig. But I have to wear head bands which give me headaches.

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[transitioning?]

What deep conditioners r yall using?

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[Drtondalia]

Wow. Aussie moist is my current deep conditioner if choice. I started using it around the same time I started wearing wigs.

Here is my favorite wig. But I have to wear head bands which give me headaches.

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What is the brand and name of this wig?? I'm thinking of wigging it for 6 months.

 

[lovenharmony]

Re: Now Forming an Army of FUTURE SUPER-LONG HAIR 4B (or mostly 4b) NATURALS! Come on

This is a neat thread. I am a 4a/b mix. I can't say that I have more or less than the other my strand really do have characteristics of both 4a&b. Here are some pics.

Stretched out fro
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Twistout pony
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Video showing my shrinkage, ffwd to 3:15 in the vid to see the shrinkage,
I couldn't figure out how to post only a short clip of the video so I'm linking to it
[video]http://www.youtube.com/naturalhairgrowth101#p/u/3/PjhwlCJIKIQ[/video]

I want that fro!!! That's some gorgeous hair!

 

[transitioning?]

What is the brand and name of this wig?? I'm thinking of wigging it for 6 months.

I will check when I get home and pm you

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[bride91501]

Wow. Aussie moist is my current deep conditioner if choice. I started using it around the same time I started wearing wigs.

Here is my favorite wig. But I have to wear head bands which give me headaches.

Sent from my PC36100 using Long Hair Care Forum App

Look at somebody showing off in the pic-very cute!

To your original question, it may be the headbands making your scalp tender. Maybe you can try elastics or scarves instead?

 

[bride91501]

What deep conditioners r yall using?

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I know most of us are looking for a DC with lots of moisture, and I'm finding that my hair responds best to low/no cones and no mineral oil. Lustrasilk Mango Shea butter DC with oils added is a good compromise for my hair.

 

[Pooks]

I use one or a mix of the following usually:

Aubrey Organics: Honeysuckle Rose, White Camellia, GBP (sometimes adding honey/castor oil)

I'm experimenting with Oyin Honey Hemp also.

 

[bklyncurly]

Great post, it only took me a few months to find it!!!
I will get more organized in 2011!

***

I'm mainly 4A, with some 3B. My regimen is grow out my hair super long but natural.

Natural style: Wash every few days w/con; detangle; apply KCCC and a little con or oil, air dry, all set!

Flat iron: Wash, deep con w/con + olive oil + coconut oil, detangle, blow dry, flat iron. (I only flat iron & blow dry every few months - BUT, since the weather is so cold I want to keep it straight until April when it starts to get warm again).

Here is my problem . . .

I love my curly hair so I want long curly hair not particularly long straight/flat-ironed hair. So, I believe since I stopped worrying about my hair it started growing really fast. I'm BSL length now and should be mid back in a few months. The problem is the longer my hair gets the harder it is to detangle and it's literally driving me crazy. I'm tired of getting the brush/comb stuck in my hair when blowdrying, and losing lots of hair because my hair hates blow-drying.

I think I just need a good regimen to avoid blowdrying. I'm trying rollersetting this weekend. My hair should be 'super-poofy'!

Sorry, for the vent. Just really frustrated.
Congrats to everyone! Hang in there! Just know that the longer your hair gets, the longer it will take you to do your hair! I'm up to a few hours now
to flat iron vs. 15 min for natural.

 

[nysister]

I love my curly hair so I want long curly hair not particularly long straight/flat-ironed hair. So, I believe since I stopped worrying about my hair it started growing really fast. I'm BSL length now and should be mid back in a few months. The problem is the longer my hair gets the harder it is to detangle and it's literally driving me crazy. I'm tired of getting the brush/comb stuck in my hair when blowdrying, and losing lots of hair because my hair hates blow-drying.

I think I just need a good regimen to avoid blowdrying. I'm trying rollersetting this weekend. My hair should be 'super-poofy'!

What about braidouts and than perhaps a light roller set or warm flat iron? It should still maintain the way, but the braid out loosens the texture a bit making it easier to achieve the look I think you're going for.

 

[Aneu2010]

Yess! Count me in! I chopped May 2010 and have been weaving my hair up. I will post some pics. I soo want BSL hair or longer. Lets do this ladies so we can inspire 4b ladies all over the world.

 

[Niapb]

Joining! I'm currently just about SL, I'm a natural who straightens which I do once a week with my maxiglide, and I'm in the process of heat training.
I don't have a down pact regimen yet but right now I shampoo and condition once a week, I condition with Mane N Tail which is a protein conditioner, and I also DC once a week with either Hydratherma Naturals moisture and/or protein conditioner, or my own homemade conditioner.

 

[jamaicalovely]

This is my kinda thread

 

[snugglez41685]

Joining. I have been transitioning since 2007. My ends just kind of broke off. So i consider myself natural. Ok i am shoulder length unstretched and apl stretched. My regimen is just scurl and seal with WGO. I wash every week. But since the baby every two weeks. I use the old CON and qp condish. I sit with the qp under a cap for at least 2 hours no heat. And i have been wiggin it for awhile now.

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[Chiquitita]

Ok, so here goes. I subscribed to this thread in the beginning but just recently learned how to post pics. So Ima give it a try, don't judge me if it goes wrong..

Regimen: Co-washing 4-5 times a week (mostly wear wash n go's), Shampoo/DC once a week, moisturize with S-Curl, seal with castor oil.

I normally suck at twist outs, but since my hair is growing out of the TWA phase ( I BC'd back in April, 2010) I am trying to perfect my technique. Any suggestions on getting more definition and less friz would be greatly appreciated..

Twist Out on dry stretched hair



Wash n go

 

[bride91501]

:welcome3: to all of the new folks who've introduced yourselves in the last couple of days!

I just did a quick read-over of the thread from the first post, and there are already lots of great tips and inspiration here for 4b newbies. I myself have found my staple moisturizers and DC based on recommendations from the 4b vets in this thread....hopefully you guys are finding lots of good advice too.

 

[Aviah]

Just wanted to say good thread idea. People complain about this being "the most difficult" or the most "forgotten about" hairtype. Show them it can be done girls...