HumanBean
June 7th, 2012, 11:34 PM
I joined in Oct of last year after lurking a month or so, so it's been more than a solid 6 months. I discovered LHC when looking for tips about growing my son's hair (he's still doing it also, his longest lengths are past shoulder), and got inspired for myself.
I've stopped using my flat iron completely. I do use a curling iron on my fringe or face framing tendrils as needed. I've adopted CO as my usual routine, but sometimes I do still use shampoo - either I oil my hair first heavily or I add oil to the shampoo when I do that. I'm doing ACV rinses too. My mom used to do these on me when I was a kid and I loved them (I love the smell).
My hair needed moisture for sure. I'm currently using IceShine. I just started using Nightblooming's Panacea on the ends as needed (I also use Moroccan oil - I had that before I joined). I had to start sleeping in braids about two months ago, and I have a BBB that I use occasionally.
I've always been a once or twice a week hair washer, but now I'm down to once a week consistently, although sometimes I need to wash just my fringe mid-week.
I've given myself one small trim in this time using Feye's method. I do plan on going to a salon soon, because I do want highlights in my hair redone - I want to be able to see the definition in braid updos, etc, as right now they look like one solid mass of color to me.
I think I'm BSL. When I started I was between shoulder and APL and said BSL was my goal. Now I think mid back?
Here's a pic from when I joined in October (sorry for the poor quality):
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff470/Blbrady/th_1faa430d.jpg (http://s1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff470/Blbrady/?action=view¤t=1faa430d.jpg)
And this is from today:
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff470/Blbrady/th_c677f71f.jpg (http://s1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff470/Blbrady/?action=view¤t=c677f71f.jpg)
I've stopped using my flat iron completely. I do use a curling iron on my fringe or face framing tendrils as needed. I've adopted CO as my usual routine, but sometimes I do still use shampoo - either I oil my hair first heavily or I add oil to the shampoo when I do that. I'm doing ACV rinses too. My mom used to do these on me when I was a kid and I loved them (I love the smell).
My hair needed moisture for sure. I'm currently using IceShine. I just started using Nightblooming's Panacea on the ends as needed (I also use Moroccan oil - I had that before I joined). I had to start sleeping in braids about two months ago, and I have a BBB that I use occasionally.
I've always been a once or twice a week hair washer, but now I'm down to once a week consistently, although sometimes I need to wash just my fringe mid-week.
I've given myself one small trim in this time using Feye's method. I do plan on going to a salon soon, because I do want highlights in my hair redone - I want to be able to see the definition in braid updos, etc, as right now they look like one solid mass of color to me.
I think I'm BSL. When I started I was between shoulder and APL and said BSL was my goal. Now I think mid back?
Here's a pic from when I joined in October (sorry for the poor quality):
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff470/Blbrady/th_1faa430d.jpg (http://s1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff470/Blbrady/?action=view¤t=1faa430d.jpg)
And this is from today:
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff470/Blbrady/th_c677f71f.jpg (http://s1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff470/Blbrady/?action=view¤t=c677f71f.jpg)