Sew-in Challenge 2014-2015 (6 months or 9 months)

Rocky91 said:

Hey ladies!
How is everyone doing with their hair for the new year?

I finally made an appointment for a new sew-in next Friday. I'm getting kinky straight hair and I think I'm going to have her cut bangs and cover up my whole head, no leave out this time. My goal this year is to reach APL, and I think I need to just leave my hair alone until I get there. I have hand-in-hair syndrome, so these past 2-3 months without a sew-in, I'm sure I haven't made any progress at all.

musing about my regimen under the weave...
DC with cholesterol under the dryer 2x a week
wash with diluted shampoo after DC'ing
oil my scalp every other night
continue to work out, take my vitamins, drink water, and eat well

anyone have a good recommendation for a good straightening shampoo and conditioner set? I love kinky straight textures because they look real, but I struggle with getting them to act right. I need a shampoo/conditioner set that has really good smoothing properties.

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ceecy29 said:

I had really good results my first go around in this challenge and I know I can get to goal if I stick to it.

My dilemma is: to closure or not to closure?!!! I'm switching to ONYC kinky curly 3b 3c hair. I already have the hair but not the closure. I was waiting for a sale which didn't happen.

On one hand, I don't want to get all this growth then my leave out doesn't thrive then on the other hand I'm a sucker for realistic looking protective styles. I haven't met a closure I couldn't spot. I'm always distracted by them during conversations.

Any help you ladies can offer will be appreciated!!!

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HairPleezeGrow said:

Sooo my hair came in from Her Hair Company and it's gorgeous. It's the straight in 18, 20, 22, & 24 with a 16in closure I believe. I was going to add some color to it like one of these two videos below but I'm not so sure anymore. This hair is stunning. This is the longest hair I've ever gotten. I believe my full lace I got 3 years ago was like a 20 or 22in. Anyway I made a full wig out of it and just figuring out what I'm going to do to it. Here's the videos that are inspiring me to color. Here are my pics. Please dont talk about my no make up and fat lol Did I already show you this video? I either want to color my hair like this http://youtu.be/Fz_dbJxDRQM Or like this http://youtu.be/fT7wz2-tI6g

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ImanAdero said:

So... How long does it take you to make a wig? Do you cut the tracks?

:: And how much would you charge? ::

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MRJ1972 said:

Rocky91 Where do you purchase your kinky hair?

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ceecy29 said:

I had really good results my first go around in this challenge and I know I can get to goal if I stick to it. My dilemma is: to closure or not to closure?!!! I'm switching to ONYC kinky curly 3b 3c hair. I already have the hair but not the closure. I was waiting for a sale which didn't happen. On one hand, I don't want to get all this growth then my leave out doesn't thrive then on the other hand I'm a sucker for realistic looking protective styles. I haven't met a closure I couldn't spot. I'm always distracted by them during conversations. Any help you ladies can offer will be appreciated!!!

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ceecy29 said:

I had really good results my first go around in this challenge and I know I can get to goal if I stick to it.

My dilemma is: to closure or not to closure?!!! I'm switching to ONYC kinky curly 3b 3c hair. I already have the hair but not the closure. I was waiting for a sale which didn't happen.

On one hand, I don't want to get all this growth then my leave out doesn't thrive then on the other hand I'm a sucker for realistic looking protective styles. I haven't met a closure I couldn't spot. I'm always distracted by them during conversations.

Any help you ladies can offer will be appreciated!!!

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Rocky91 said:

this is my eternal struggle. My thoughts: I want my style to be as realistic as possible. I leave out as little hair as possible and make sure to deep condition and take care of my hair.

For a kinky curly style, I'd do some leave out. You don't even need to use heat to blend.

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SugarRush said:

ceecy29 ONYC is having a (mostly) 10% sale. I've also been waiting for a good sale since before black friday but the most I've seen is 10% off plus 2% in rewards I want at least 15%.

I have the 3c-4a in a sew-in and it's beautiful, doesn't tangle. I love the hair and I'm still debating if I should just buy and stock up because I plan to be in sew-ins for most of this year.

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ms.blue said:

I love your new hair color HairPleezeGrow

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ms.blue said:

HairPleezeGrow, the spot isn't very noticeable.

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felic1 said:

Your work looks good sis. Are these constructed on a cap? It looks like a wave cap and I am not sure what it is. What can you make these on? I thought that they were constructed on a cap that has spaces in it (I really do not know much about it). What are the ways that a wig can be construted? Thanks!

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HairPleezeGrow said:

I bought a full lace unit from one of the ladies here for my sister for her birthday. It came in the mail and its beautiful. I colored the wig black at the roots and lighter on the rest (original color is a 2 but my sis hair is a black 1b). Anyway i threw some loose wand curls in it. Anyway I just tried it on her last night but just as a fitting. I really didn't do any leave out or blending yet.

I also finished up a wig I was working on that I was waiting for the closure to come in. Bought the hair and closure from aliexpress. Its a wavy texture. I custom colored this hair as well. Here's pics of me constructing the wig few weeks ago when I got the hair and colored it.

And then yesterday when I completed the unit with closure. I threw some tighter wand curls in it as well.

I hve one more unit to make using the ivy flipover method on top as I donot have a closure for. This is a curly hair that I colored as well.

Eta- last pics not in order. The pics of me is the unit I finished last night. It saved in wrong spot.

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ikandi87 said:

Okayyyy! U went to work on those wigs! Nice! What vendor did u end up getting ur closure from?

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JosieLynn said:

So I couldn't last. I took my sew in out early because I wanted to straighten my hair for my birthday!!! I used the Beautiful Textures Naturally Straight texture manageability system. And I love it so far. My hair has grown and it feels so nice. This system is supposed to last 6 weeks I believe but idk if I can last that long lol. I love my length but my hair is totally weightless just because of my fine strands and that makes it hard to maintain a curl so I ended up wand curling it today and it seems to be doing well. With it being winter in Chicago idk if I will keep this up and just go back to my protective styles without extensions or go a week or two and go back into the sewin. But right now I'm loving my hair

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JosieLynn said:

So I couldn't last. I took my sew in out early because I wanted to straighten my hair for my birthday!!! I used the Beautiful Textures Naturally Straight texture manageability system. And I love it so far. My hair has grown and it feels so nice. This system is supposed to last 6 weeks I believe but idk if I can last that long lol. I love my length but my hair is totally weightless just because of my fine strands and that makes it hard to maintain a curl so I ended up wand curling it today and it seems to be doing well. With it being winter in Chicago idk if I will keep this up and just go back to my protective styles without extensions or go a week or two and go back into the sewin. But right now I'm loving my hair

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Always~Wear~Joy said:

I recently had 4oz of 12inch EPRT installed. I'm 4b natural with small horsehoe leaveout and edges out. I love this hair so far!!!

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HairPleezeGrow said:

This is gorgeous!

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Rocky91 said:

That is so pretty!! Always~Wear~Joy

I got my kinky straight installed a few days ago, middle part and enough left out to pull up into ponytails and buns. I am excited to do some heat-free styles, I think I want to try a flexirod set when I do my first wash.

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