BSL/MBL 2015 Challenge

Hello everyone! As of Valentine's Day, I'm now an engaged woman *smiles & blushes*

As for my hair, I just washed it late Friday night after work and wigged it all weekend while my hair was using the GHE method underneath.
 
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Prettymetty said:
I am almost out of biotin, garlic and Hsn vitamins. I need to place an order on Amazon asap
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I tried to order the Garlic vitamins from Andrew Lessman a few months ago on HSN.com and were out of stock. Are those back in stock or did you find an alternative?
 
Leo24Rule said:
Hello everyone! As of Valentine's Day, I'm an now an engaged woman *smiles & blushes*

As for my hair, I just washed it late Friday night after work and wigged it all weekend while my hair was using the GHE method underneath.
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Omg!!! CONGRATULATIONS! !!!!
 
Leo24Rule said:
The Garlic Supplements really helping with your hair (shedding, growth, retention, etc)?
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Definitely. I was shedding about 40 strands a day before I started taking garlic. Now I lose less than half of that and this makes detangling much easier.
 
I can't wait to get home and pamper my hair. Being on the road with all the kids has been stressful. I need to unwind and dc. Woosah
 
I'm going to try a braid out tonight with loose braids for the first time. My relaxed ends have thinned a lot so I'm going to put satin rollers at the end. I have nowhere to go tomorrow so I can just bun it if I need to. Even though I need to stay away from buns.
 
I shampood with Con Argan oil and did a Dc with Alter Ego. Now I'm drying my hair with a tshirt. When it's almost dry I will detangle and redo my braids.

Eta my hair was soft, smooth and easy to detangle. I only had about 20 strands of shed hair and this was after a week in celie braids!
 
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I gave birth two weeks ago to my son! I been sooo hair lazy. My twists are in a bun going on a whole month now. I'm making it a mission to take them down and wash, dc, m/s tonight.
 
Hey, guys Just giving an update on my hair. I got to retract on some of the things I said!lol:ohwell:...I did a retouch on my hair, changed my mind on the transitioning to natural just going to continue to with the texlaxed. I also decided to flat iron my hair since my anniversary is tom and I didnt want to wear another wig or bun for my special day. So here is my length check, Im guessing just about 2-2 1/2 in away from bsl. Please excuse my not so straight left side of my head!lol I was in a rush.

I used ORS olive oil relaxer for texturizer
Henna ash brown color treatment mixed with ors replenshing conditioner
Renpure Moisture Rich Argan Oil Shampoo-First time use and really liked
Homemade Deep Conditioner of Shea Butter, coconut oil, castor oil and Queen Helen Cholesterol with heat for 35min.
Air dry until 80% dry then blow dried and flat ironed. I forgot to use my Keratin Heat Protectant but will be okay
 

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Very pretty hair Benuontherise....hair looks very healthy.....CoWashed my hair on wednesday and Dc'd.....oiled my scalp with Megatek and sulphur oil mix......My Mineral Rich came in this afternoon so starting that tomorrow since biotin gave me breakouts. I can already feel a lot of new growth underneath my cornrows of my weave. I am actually bored with my weave and miss my hair but i need to PS to week 4 and then i can take down and pamper my beloved hair. In the meantime, taking care of it under my weaves

Leo24ruke Congratulations!!!!!
 
I trimmed 1/2 inch from each of my braids. Before the trim I moisturized. Afterwards I sealed with argan oil. My ends feel sooo much better even though I only trimmed a tiny amount. My next trim will be around June.
 
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Gorgeous results Benuontherise!

I'm getting ready to dust the ends of my celie braids. Today and tomorrow are the best lengthening days (to trim) this month.
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Thanks, Yea I did a dusting yesterday but I was surprised that my ends weren't too bad.:grin: I just picked out individual strands that I saw little split ends on and I clipped them.

fifigirl said:
Very pretty hair Benuontherise....hair looks very healthy.....CoWashed my hair on wednesday and Dc'd.....oiled my scalp with Megatek and sulphur oil mix......My Mineral Rich came in this afternoon so starting that tomorrow since biotin gave me breakouts. I can already feel a lot of new growth underneath my cornrows of my weave. I am actually bored with my weave and miss my hair but i need to PS to week 4 and then i can take down and pamper my beloved hair. In the meantime, taking care of it under my weaves

Thanks, Yes I was surprised at how shiny my hair looked because my buns was looking alittle dry and ashy!lol But I give credit to my Homemade DC its really moisturizing, I didn't have to add anything to my hair after I washed it out. I had visible oil on my hands while styling. In about a week or so plan to go back to my wigs or maybe making a wig and sewing it down...I haven't decided but I am still forging ahead on my low manipulation low heat for the remainder of winter.

I also want to try the inversion method monthly with my Jamaican Black castor oil, its suppose to be great for growth stimulation. Will show pics of new dew and updates on my inversion method progress will start on mon.
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I inverted today. I'm going to try to remember to invert a few times a week. Between October and November my hair grew about an inch. I was inverting daily and massaging my scalp with mn a few times a week. I was super driven to grow some hair during that period, because my trim took me from bsb back to apl.

I guess I lost that motivation, because I only invert here and there. I rarely ever massage my scalp anymore... I gotta do better :blush:
 
Trying a roller set for the first time in a long time. I've only tried it twice before a couple of years ago, so I'm not sure if I'm going to get the results that I want or not. I don't use any setting lotion and I think my hair could have benefited from being more wet as I was setting, but I was feeling too lazy to run and get the spray bottle. I might try sleeping with them in since I want the style for tomorrow.
 
i really need to find a new beautician. i called her 3 times this week and she hasnt returned my calls. I can just pay somebody else.
 
I have been having too much fun lately with my hair lol. I started out wearing buns but then I really enjoyed wearing it down. So I was wearing it down a lot. In the last week I've been wearing ponytails and super sloppy messy buns and updos. Saw my coworker in this cute messy bun. Tried it out and it was a success-even though her hair is much longer. Still being a straight natural with no ill effects (slightly loose texture but I'm not complaining, detangling is so much easier).

I got this new blow dryer- a FHI and I literally spend 10 minutes blow drying my entire head.
 
I'm also thinking of doing inversions to accelerate my growth rate.....I will start tonight. Prettymetty, to ensure i stick to my inversions i always set an alarm for inversions on my phone and select the same time for the 7 days of the week. that way, i don't forget to do them. You should try that
 
So i went to get my hair straightened i was trying to avoid length checks til the end of my stretch but i did want to see if there was any signs of improvement since i removed and changed some things but i don't think theres any change :sad:



maybe i just reached my terminal length? i feel like theres no point in even trying anymore :sad:
 
iLurk I know how you feel. Like all of your hard work has been for naught.

Feeling pretty crappy about my progress or lack thereof. I've really been attentive to my hair and I don't see any growth at all. Not sure what to do :cry2:

In the first pic it looks like I'm leaning back but I wore my hair in 2 buns and both sides never look even.
 

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