Waist Length 2013

[Shadiyah]

I hope everyone got in on the shea moisture sale at target.com I can not get like one jar because they are all out. under $5.00

[SmilingElephant]

So i got bored and decided to twist up my hair...i just finished


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Im gonna try to keep them in for two weeks...and just retwist as needed.

I did not use a comb at all for these! I was surprised i didn't need one! I just wanted a change from my everyday wash n gos. The front is longer and the twists there actually stay! I usually have to do them smaller. Im scraping BSL....but they shrink all the way up to my neck



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[nakialovesshoes]

@SmilingElephant
What do you moisturize with when you W&G? I've been wearing minibraids but I took them down & have been doing W&Gs until I get my hair redone. I don't really have any heavy moisturizers around b/c I don't need it with the minibraids.

However, my hair is nice & soft & defined when its wet but when it dries, it is a dry, dull, tangled mess. I'll be in minibraids all of next year with minimal breaks but I plan to wear my hair out in 2014 & I'm worried about what I'll do when that time finally arrives.

[SmilingElephant]

Originally Posted by nakialovesshoes

@SmilingElephant
What do you moisturize with when you W&G? I've been wearing minibraids but I took them down & have been doing W&Gs until I get my hair redone. I don't really have any heavy moisturizers around b/c I don't need it with the minibraids.

However, my hair is nice & soft & defined when its wet but when it dries, it is a dry, dull, tangled mess. I'll be in minibraids all of next year with minimal breaks but I plan to wear my hair out in 2014 & I'm worried about what I'll do when that time finally arrives.

I don't use a moisturizer really. I go heavy on my leave in and light on my gel. If im doing multiday hair...i sometimes use my R &B moisturizer from Lush after spraying water.

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[Meritamen]

Time for a humble update... my hair has truly bounced back since my last trim at the beginning of the year. My hair is grazing APL and can now comfortably fit into a cute bunny tail on the top of my head - I will need Marley braid extension hair to fill it out some. All in all I am very happy with my hair.

[Shadiyah]

Originally Posted by SmilingElephant

So i got bored and decided to twist up my hair...i just finished



Im gonna try to keep them in for two weeks...and just retwist as needed.

I did not use a comb at all for these! I was surprised i didn't need one! I just wanted a change from my everyday wash n gos. The front is longer and the twists there actually stay! I usually have to do them smaller. Im scraping BSL....but they shrink all the way up to my neck


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@SmilingElephant girl they look great and look at that growth. I wish my hair would hold twist like that.

[naturalTAN]

I don't know how I missed this big thread, but after seeing a few familiar faces, I'm joining.

Heeeey @MzSwift

I am officially claiming full BSL/MBL after an informal length check yesterday. I am so grateful because my hair has bounced back so well after a setback with heat damage last year. My longest layer may reach WL by December, but I don't plan on claiming it until most of my hair reaches that point and I have a little past it, which will be sometime next year.

I plan on doing Havana Twists (pic att) again on Sept. 1st and keeping them in for one month then letting my hair breathe for a week before redoing them. I will repeat this until the end of the year, so I'll do the complete process three times before Christmas, which I may or may not straighten for.

Mine looked exactly like hers and were so simple to install. It took roughly 3.5 hours to put in and about 1.5 hours to take down since I'm so careful. And this was just my first time, but they were a breeze and so easy to manage. I literally did nothing to my hair for three weeks besides a spritz of water about twice a week and pineappled at night. I love how much it blended with my hair, especially as it got older, people swore that it was all my hair.

Anyway, I plan to do them slightly smaller the next few times so that they can last the whole month. Oh and this is also a great way to save on product since I'll only be washing once a month so my pockets will also be thankful since the hair is only around $6 a pack and I use about 1.5 packs for my whole head with about 50 braids.


So that's my plan...

[Diva_Esq]

Just checking in. Still cowashing daily. Need to get back on top of my DCing too. Been wet bunning for the most part, as usual (see avatar pic). I predict I will be WL by Dec/Jan... *fingers crossed* I am past MBL now. My last flatty is my siggy pic, but that was at the beginning of June. It is wayyyyy too hot and humid to flat iron and trim now, so I will length check again later in August or Sept.

[SmilingElephant]

Welcome to the thread Tan!

Yall make me wanna flat iron my hair! I started to yesterday but decided to just twist...its too hot for heat, and its humid!

I wanna jus claim BSL SO bad! My longest strand is actually past BSL. But i can't until i straighten it. It just wouldn't feel right...lol

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[naturalTAN]

Originally Posted by SmilingElephant

Welcome to the thread Tan!

Yall make me wanna flat iron my hair! I started to yesterday but decided to just twist...its too hot for heat, and its humid!

I wanna jus claim BSL SO bad! My longest strand is actually past BSL. But i can't until i straighten it. It just wouldn't feel right...lol

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Thanks!

Girl, you better claim it. I'm like you and I don't like to claim it unless my hair is blown out, but I haven't used heat since last Christmas and don't plan on using it until maybe Christmas this year. I made my mom and newphew pull it down several times yesterday and there's no way I can ignore the face that it's past BSL anymore.

[awhyley]

Yall ladies don't play around. This thread was started in 2010! Its great to read and see everyone's progress. (So, where's the WSL 2015 thread?)

[RENIBELL]

Hi Ladies,

just checking in,getting back into the hair zone again after child birth. I am still keeping it simple and washing once per month and then Bunning.
i am hoping to be waist lenght by december fingers crossed

[RENIBELL]

what products are you guys loving right now, i'm loving redken antisnap, thinking this my help me keep those ends without triming
also applying Morrocan Argan oil to my ends everyother day

[Shadiyah]

Originally Posted by SmilingElephant

Welcome to the thread Tan!

Yall make me wanna flat iron my hair! I started to yesterday but decided to just twist...its too hot for heat, and its humid!

I wanna jus claim BSL SO bad! My longest strand is actually past BSL. But i can't until i straighten it. It just wouldn't feel right...lol

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@SmilingElephant that is what I came in there to say. girl we must be on the same time line. I just co washed my hair and I am at bsl. congrats to the both of us yaaaa and I am not straightening my hair forget it. I have been doing my length checks wet all yr.

[Shadiyah]

WOW ladies I can not believe we have been doing this since 2011, 2 years and 3 years before we finish. YAAAAAAA!!!!!

[Shadiyah]

Originally Posted by RENIBELL

what products are you guys loving right now, i'm loving redken antisnap, thinking this my help me keep those ends without triming
also applying Morrocan Argan oil to my ends everyother day

I am loving that oil and I am loving tresemme naturals but I just got hello hydrations in the mail and I am loving that right now.

[nakialovesshoes]

Though I'm doubtful I'll see WL by the end of next year, just want to say it's been nice being a part of this thread. It's nice to see the encouragement from the ladies.

[Anonymous53]

Hello everyone. Congratulations to all of you on your progress.

I haven't been taking my hair journey seriously. I even stopped using LHCF in April of last year. Even though I am APL, I need to learn to better manipulate my hair. I do believe that if I get my styling in check now (and regularly trim my ends) I will get very close to achieving WL. I have a very long torso (I'm 5'10.5"), so if I do get to WL it will probably be at 11:59:59 Dec 31 and it might just be a lead hair.


My regimen has become incredibly simple. I wash my hair once a week, detangle, moisturize and seal. I only use four hair products:

ORS Creamy Aloe Shampoo
Tresemme Moisture Rich Conditioner
Care Free Curl Gold Activator
Hot Six Oil

My long term natural hair goal is to keep my routine like this-incredibly simple. I am confident I can do that now. I'll probably be checking in on a monthly basis, but I'll be keeping you all in my prayers. I genuinely mean that. I really appreciate the encouragement I get from this site. I can't talk to people about hair IRL. They just look at me like I'm crazy. I remember when I told my mother that I wanted to grow my hair down my back. She said it's not in my genes to do. I intend to show her otherwise.

[Shadiyah]

well I have been ps these past two days and loving it. I will try to keep this up so that I can retain as much as possible. I just use some olive oil and redid it today. I will try to only wash once a week now.

[Shadiyah]

I plan on using the grey hair to track my growth because I want to stop the henna for a while. I will just do the cassia treatment.