Before And After Lhc!

[JuneBride]

My hair and I love LHC...and here is proof!!!


I didn't know about LHC when the picture on the left was taken,

and after finding LHC in September of 2010...my life and hair have clearly changed for the better :cheese:

http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac142/trdegray/HAIR%202011/April2011Dry-1-1.jpg

[Fairlight63]

WOW!!! That is a big change! Your hair is Beautiful!! What did you change in your routine?

[missoj]

Your hair is looking great.

[Oksana]

Your hair looks so healthy now, i cant wait to see it longer :)

[christi.adell]

Beautiful. I also wonder what you changed, please let us know. :)

[GlassWidow]

You give me so much to hope for! Your hair is just beautiful. :)

[silverjen]

Double wow! Well done.

[Seharia]

Your hair looks absolutely gorgeous now!
I can't believe it improved so much in just a year.

[nazzooyzo]

wow amazing!

[Rennire]

It's beautiful! And so healthy looking too! I'm so happy that you found us! =)

[smileycat]

So glossy and sleek... nice work!

[kanzer]

What a difference, it looks fantastic! Well done! :)

[Sophiawavyhair]

Beautiful! Pls tell us about your routine ! :)

[GlassWidow]

I know JuneBride CO washes, because we've run across each other on that thread. I'd love to know what else, though! ;)

[owlathena]

Your hair is beautiful!

[princessp]

Congratulations on that massive improvement wow!

[MissCoco]

Wow, beautiful result! Keep up the good work! :D

[EricaLee83]

What a difference, I too would love to know what changes you made.

[MonaLisa]

Your hair is very beautiful now! i'm new and very happy LHC gives this kind of results! ;)

[knoxkatie]

That is incredible progress!

Thank you for posting the pictures. Posts like this give those of us who look more like the first picture (like me) inspiration :)

[MoonlightShadow]

the health of your hair is just amazing! =D it looks so beautiful. the ends of your hair look so healthy :)

[Pumpkin]

Oh wow!!!! Your hair looks beautiful....whatever you are doing, keep it up!!

[ooo]

The time you spend in the forum totally paid off.

[soni92]

WOW! your hair looks amaaaazing girl! What did you do?? Such an inspiration!! Hope to see my hair similar to yours by the end of this year (:

[JuneBride]

Hi, thanks for all of your comments...my routine is on my profile page...and I will be updating it tonight...but the biggest change I made was: I stopped using shampoo all together and I only "CO wash." (CO Washing with alternating V05, Suave and Aussie 3MM.) Also, over the course of 2010 I got one trim every three months...and now I am going six months between trims because I have evened out and now I just need to maintain to gain length but still trim to clean up dead ends (and YES, even though it looks like I have sleek ends, I do have a lot of splits at the moment and plan a trim in May 2011.)

PS: No Shampoo means way less shedding for me...which leads to the "thicker" and "fuller" look in the right picture ;)

[Jane.mcg]

Wow, thank you for posting those pics. You give me hope!

[charalito]

Excellent progress! Your hair looks amazing :)

[Dragon]

What a difference. Looks great :)

[Angeldances]

WOW! beautiful!

[fairystar32]

Your hair looks amazing xx

[PiroskaCicu]

Your hair is looking so healthy and beautiful!!! Lovely! :)

[JuneBride]

Thank You Everyone!!!

[Merkaba]

A vast improvement! Looks really good now. Tell us what you changed :)

[alxardnax]

Incredible difference! Congrats!

[Dark Queen]

Hi, thanks for all of your comments...my routine is on my profile page...and I will be updating it tonight...but the biggest change I made was: I stopped using shampoo all together and I only "CO wash." (CO Washing with alternating V05, Suave and Aussie 3MM.) Also, over the course of 2010 I got one trim every three months...and now I am going six months between trims because I have evened out and now I just need to maintain to gain length but still trim to clean up dead ends (and YES, even though it looks like I have sleek ends, I do have a lot of splits at the moment and plan a trim in May 2011.)

PS: No Shampoo means way less shedding for me...which leads to the "thicker" and "fuller" look in the right picture ;)

Your hair is incredibly shiny! May I ask how you effectively CO wash? My problem is if I don't shampoo every so often, my hair gets overly greasy. How do you keep yours looking so healthy?

[Loreley]

Great progress! :D

[AndreaPetrea]

That's amazing - what a change! Your hair is beautiful :)

[Allychan]

Wow:agape:!! Your 'old' hair looks like mine currently does :(. I can only hope my hair starts to look half as good as ours does now.. Persistance and patience pays off in the end

[JuneBride]

Thank you !!

[Chamy]

It looks sooo much thicker. You have done a really good job since joining i must say.

[Vorvolaka]

Gah, look at the shine! It's fabulous!

[angela123]

lucky duck!!! i cant look at your profile cause im a "new user" lol! but i love your hair! so thick and full.. i want to achieve this so badly.. can you please copy and paste the routine. or can anyone copy and paste it for me.

[Rocket22]

Junebride your hair is amazing, whatever you are doing it's working! your hair will be absolutely stunning at bsl!

[jojo]

Looks so much better and looks like your layers have caught up too, whatever your doing; keep doing!

[xoerincolleen]

wow, it looks so thick and healthy!

[tinywife]

WOW what a dramatic difference! I love it!

[Jcv-Shelley]

This is a great accomplishment! Lucky you :D

[californiagirl]

Woah! I can't believe that is even possible!

[CurlAhead]

I LOVE your hair, so beautiful! Great job on evening the hair out as well, and so much improvements in just on year! I am not envy at all, not at all!! :D


(okay, I am) :thudpile:

[JuneBride]

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

[claviculanoctis]

LHC! :hifive:

[kielrain]

Wow, your hair looks amazing and so healthy now!

[sorraia]

What a great motivator to keep trying for beautiful healthy hair. Thanks for posting.

[Ranee]

Wow, in only one year? It looks great!

[angela123]

can someone post her routine please i cant see it.. i keep trying to post more just so i can see her routine.. i really wanna get my hair like that, and i wanna try what she did!

[HintOfMint]

DANG. Lovely.

[Nago]

:Q__ I love your hair!

[Vercelli]

Well, that IS an inspiration! WOW!:shocked:How did you get that hemline??? Congrats!

I want a hemline like this please.:patrol::eyebrows:

[Yozhik]

Beautiful, JuneBride! :flower:

Great progress. :)

[sorraia]

I just wrote to JuneBride and asked her if she would come back here and share her hair care regime.
So we shall see....
JuneBride!
JuneBride!
JuneBride! This is my attempt for an encore.

[MrsGuther]

JuneBride, your hair is looking great!!! It looks very healthy and shiny!!! Keep up the good work, and happy growing!

[angela123]

thank you so much sorraia

[JuneBride]

Hi, thanks for your all of your comments...my routine is on my profile page (I WILL CUT AND PASTE IT HERE for those who have asked as well as (and maybe especially for) those who do not have access to my page)...but the biggest change I made was I stopped using shampoo all together and I only CO wash (learned on the LHC). Over the course of 2010 I got one trim every three months. And now I am going six months between trims because I have evened out and now I just need to maintain to gain length but still trim to clean up dead ends. PS: No Shampoo means way less shedding for me and less heat styling and harsh shampoo means less dead/split ends.

Biography
I am a happily married woman and someone who is trying to re-grow my hair...damaged by bleach (see pic of bleach damage in my Hair Journey album)...it's just coming back to life now! I want to learn how to get it 100% healthy and maintain it that way...as well as grow it long, long, long!!! Well, at least to BSL :) I love that a thing such as TLHC exists, and I believe shampoo is evil and dries out my hair if used too often.
I invented my own meal plan (not a diet, just a way of eating healthy). I love to read, especially food blogs and just about ANY magazines!
Interests
Long Healthy Hair, Cooking, Reading, Eating and Living Healthy!
Location
USA
Occupation
N/A
Gender
Female
Starting Hair Length (Inches)
-APL
Current Hair Length (Inches)
APL+
Goal Hair Length (Inches)
BSL+
Hair Type - First Classifier
1b
Hair Type - Second Classifier
F/M
Hair Type - Third Classifier
i/ii
Haircare Routine
I consistently CO wash.My hair hates shampoo and sheds a lot if I use it.I try to let it air dry after washings (or I lightly blow dry it if it gets too late/too cold).Sometimes I put a tiny bit of Organix Coconut Serum on the ends while it's wet or damp...trying desperately to prevent split ends!!! I use Monistat on+off to accelerate growth. I have tried jojoba, coconut, EVOO + avocado oils, my hair seems to like avocado.My hair is 80% back to its natural color** after the bleach disaster (see my Progress Album for pics of that).I am trying hard to quit heat but its not easy to give up totally! I wear my hair up a lot but not always.I have learned to love my life without bangs...and I have come to accept my big forehead hahaha!!! My ultimate goal is to get to and maintain Healthy BSL.Last Trim = November 2010; Next Planned Trim = MAYBE May 2011...but we'll see if I can hold out longer! hehehe!

**I have about 20% of the bleach damage left on the ends but its currently covered with Natural Instincts.

INFO ON MY CO ROUTINE:
I CO Every Day! and I color once in a while with Natural Instincts and it helps keep the color longer. So I suppose it would be the same for henna!

I tried CO'ing because it sounded easy and good for my then-very dry hair and I noticed a major change almost right away, my hair was way more soft, shiney, manageable and tangle-free. PLUS and this is what got my hooked: it STOPPED my massive shedding. So I see it this way: Shampoo = SHEDDING for me and Shampoo is EVIL and I will never use it again!!!!

This is how I CO:

I wet my hair, glop on conditioner (sometimes diluted...if you dilute the conditioner a little with water and mix it well it will coat your scalp better and penetrate you hair more – see below), put a shower cap on, then wash/shave/relax, etc for at least 10 minutes. Then I comb thru my hair with a wide tooth plastic comb and rinse the consitioner out.

CO WASHING IS A MIRACLE and you can LOOK at my pictures on my profile for evidence of the changes it has bestowed upon me and my hair!!!!!

BTW, the reason it "washes" your hair and the reason you want it on your scalp is...Conditioner actually has a mild detergent in it, it just takes a little longer to work...where as shampoo is all detergent and is VERY harsh.

The Story of a CO Wash Break-Through:

I stopped using shampoo in the Fall of 2010 and have not looked back once!

I Conditioner-Only Wash (aka CO Wash) my hair once a day by wetting my hair upon entering the shower, glopping on the conditioner* of my choice, covering my hair with a shower cap while I shave/wash/relax ect...leaving the conditioner on for at least 10 minutes. Then I comb the conditioner through my hair with a wide-tooth plastic comb, and rinse the conditioner out.

One night I noticed I didn't have quite enough of one "flavor" of conditioner that I wanted to use. So, I added water.

BINGO!!!

Adding a little water and shaking the bottle to mix it in creates a very smooth, thin, yet creamy conditioner that goes deep through your wet hair and coats your scalp very well. In that regard it cleanses your scalp way better then if you use straight conditioner!!!

So! That was my little discovery...thought I would pass it on

*My favorite brands are VO5, Suave and Aussie 3MM

Personally, I think my diet has 50% to do with my hear health, and LHC and the way I have learned to care for my hair is the other 50%.

If you (anyone) has any questions, please post them and I will try my best to answer.

Hope this helps!

[sorraia]

You are welcome Angela..... glad you asked.

And a big Thank You to JuneBride for coming back and sharing,
your contribution in helping us have long healthy hair is very much appreciated.

[angela123]

ahh i was wondering why i have been shedding so much.. i thought i was because i ruined my hair really bad! i will be doing co wash only now.. im about to take all the shampoo and put it under my sink so its not there to use when im in the shower! :)

[JuneBride]

ahh i was wondering why i have been shedding so much.. i thought i was because i ruined my hair really bad! i will be doing co wash only now.. im about to take all the shampoo and put it under my sink so its not that to use when im in the shower! :)

When I started CO'ing I did the same thing...and one night I said let's shampoo one more time to see if this is for real...not only did I lose a handful of hair in that one night...I then took ALL the shampoo in my house and gave it away or threw out the almost-empty ones!!!!!!!!

The shampoo industry has lost a customer!!! LOL! I will NEVER purchase shampoo again! I think my hair will be shampooed 2 times a year now...at the hairdressers when I go for my trims!

[angela123]

the only poo i left out is the suave clarifying one for when i put gel in my hair so it curls right! but all the others are now sitting at the bottom of sink waiting to be giving away or traded on here.. i have almost full bottles of some.

[JuneBride]

the only poo i left out is the suave clarifying one for when i put gel in my hair so it curls right! but all the others are now sitting at the bottom of sink waiting to be giving away or traded on here.. i have almost full bottles of some.

CO will get the gell out as well, if not better than shampoo! ...just sayin'

[angela123]

oh really? hmm never heard that before.. will def try next time!

[JuneBride]

and instead of gel, try Paull Mitchell Super Skinny

[McFearless]

Beautiful before and beautiful now. Congrats!

[telegraph64]

What a magnificent difference! Congratulations on achieving such a distinct change in hemline.

[angela123]

im bumping this because i think it deserves it!

[JamieLeigh]

What a difference a year under the LHC roof can make! :D It looks gorgeous!

Sometimes just taking your hair care routine into your own hands, instead of letting a stylist who follows societal trends make all the decisions, can work wonders. :)

[JuneBride]

What a difference a year under the LHC roof can make! :D It looks gorgeous!

Sometimes just taking your hair care routine into your own hands, instead of letting a stylist who follows societal trends make all the decisions, can work wonders. :)


YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH!!!!

[Alexannee10]

WOW! Congrats' ;)

[Slinks]

wow ... what they said !! well done :-)

[JuneBride]

Thank you all :)

[Anathema]

Personally, I think my diet has 50% to do with my hear health, and LHC and the way I have learned to care for my hair is the other 50%.


First of all; Congratulations to your huge improvement on your hair! It looks amazing now!

I'm curious about that diet though, so I'm wondering if you could maybe post something about it? Did you change your diet at the same time as you started to focusing more on your hair health? What is it about your diet that you think works for the improvements?

[Kisa]

Wow. That's an incredible improvement! Your hair look so beautiful and healthy now.

[AMW]

I just got started here and hope to have to same results as you did =)

[joyfulheart18]

I have a question for June Bride. When I stopped using shampoo and only used conditioner, I got greasy gross hair, so I switched to a sulfate free shampoo cleanser. Did you ever have that experience, and how did you overcome it? Thank you. :)

[chicken]

Wow... such a great progress. Your hair looks wonderful.

[okiesarah]

Very nice hair! I don't have chemical damage from coloring or anything, but I've noticed that since I graduated high school my hair has been thinning a lot and I lose tons of hair every day. I'm in my first week of CO washing, and I can only hope my hair gets the same results yours did. That would be awesome.

[BlueCanary]

WOW! You're a true inspiration! My hair is long, but could definitely stand some improvement. I need to start trying CO wash.

[Guccigirlxx]

Wow! It looks great! thanks for the tips, as well! :D

[JuneBride]

I have a question for June Bride. When I stopped using shampoo and only used conditioner, I got greasy gross hair, so I switched to a sulfate free shampoo cleanser. Did you ever have that experience, and how did you overcome it? Thank you. :)

I never had a problem, CO work for me right from the start. I CO everyday!

[JuneBride]

I also sleep with a warm air humidifier...have been for the last few months.

[sorraia]

I am curious to how you and the other members on this thread wear their hair while sleeping.
Just lately I've decided to wear mine up in a sock bun or soft scrunchy after oiling.
I also started using my silk pillow case again.

[Karmi]

Wow, what a remarkable difference, JuneBride!

Sorraia, I usually leave my hair loose while sleeping (I have slightly longer than BSL) because when I braid, it is incredibly uncomfortable to sleep on (my hair is 4" thick) and because of that i feel more damage is done. I rather like the ease and comfort of flopping my hair behind my pillow (silk case).

[anniebelle]

Your hair looks very healthy and shiny! :)

[JuneBride]

I am curious to how you and the other members on this thread wear their hair while sleeping.
Just lately I've decided to wear mine up in a sock bun or soft scrunchy after oiling.
I also started using my silk pillow case again.

I sleep with it loose. But I have noticed as it gets longer...sometimes I wake up feeling like I have been attacked by it...its all over my face and neck, lol! But I have tried to braid it...pony-tail it, etc...and none of it was comfy.

My mother always sleeps with a satin sleep cap...my father accepted it a long time ago hahahaha...my husband would make fun of me lol...

So what is the answer?!?!

[sorraia]

Hi Junebride-

One thing you can try is what I do.
Wear the sock bun on top of your head not directly behind.
When I go to put the sock on I lean over while rolling the hair up through the
sock so the bun is located on the very top of my head. It stays out of the way while I sleep and I don't even feel that it is there. Plus this helps keep my pillow clean from all the oil I may have soaking in my hair.

[Kalypso]

Wow... just wow. Love your hair!

[JuneBride]

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LittleOrca]

It looks wonderful. Did you lose weight as well or is the white shirt just extra baggy?

[JuneBride]

It looks wonderful. Did you lose weight as well or is the white shirt just extra baggy?

LOL Come to think about it...I probably lost a pound or 2 but it was just a baggy work shirt ;)

[rockprincess]

Wow!!! Congratulations on your success! :) Just a few months ago, my hair looked just like your "Before" picture. I hope I can get mine looking as beautiful as your "After" picture! Congrats again! It looks gorgeous! :)

[JuneBride]

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rhockstarr]

fabulous progress! <3

[iluvkorn]

great progress!! i only hope i can achieve similar results.

[JuneBride]

Thank u!!!!!!!!!!

[Tressie]

I want to add my congratulations to all the rest!! Great looking hair!! (o:

[gattina]

it looks a thousand times thicker as well!!!! beautiful

[JuneBride]

it looks a thousand times thicker as well!!!! beautiful

I think that is due to less shedding which is due CO'ing. Shampoo causes me to shed, since giving it up...my hair thickened up!!!

Thank you for your comment!!!

[Capybara]

Wonderful progress! It looks soo healthy :)

[JuneBride]

Wonderful progress! It looks soo healthy :)

Thanks!!!!!!!!!

[Debra83]

So, can you tell us about your diet changes as well? Remarkable difference.

[JuneBride]

I eat a balanced diet. Oatmeal in the morning with fruit, a big salad either for lunch or dinner. Sometimes I drunk protein shakes and I take a multi vitamin every day. Thanks for your compliment!!

[dulce]

wow-it looks loke a completely different head of hair!

[racrane]

Your hair looks amazing! It gives me hope, too. It's lovely!

[JuneBride]

wow-it looks loke a completely different head of hair!

LOL, I know...right?!?! LOL!

[JuneBride]

Your hair looks amazing! It gives me hope, too. It's lovely!

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrsGuther]

JuneBride- your hair looks wonderful! Awesome hemline you have there now! It looks like your hair has gotten very healthy and happy since you found LHC. :)

[Siaraven]

Wow what a differece between the two pictures! My hair is more like the first at the minute, but now iv found LHC hopefully my hair will be beautiful like your second pic!

Congrats! :D

[MonaLisa]

What a change! :agree: Congrats!!!

[JuneBride]

Thank you all so much for your comments and support on my journey :) I scheduled my first trim in 6 months...for May. Wish me luck! hope she only cuts a 1/4 of an inch!!!!