2006 Shoulder Length Challenge

chea!

champagne wishes- i am down with the moon phase cutting system- i am planning on trimming in the fall.

thanks chanelle.

Kellie, sometimes too much oil can make your scalp itch. Try looking into that.

I have reached my goal of shoulder length hair  I think stretching relaxers is my key and moisturizing.  Next Apl is my goal and try to get thickness back.  Any suggestions?

My hair has finally stopped breaking and I have still been able to retain some length

HeI EvEry1! How have u been keepin up with ya'll regimen. Well I need half an inch till i'm officially shoulder length. CONGRADS to all that have alreadi reached their goals!!! I wish u good luck on ur nex challenge!!

I'm new to this thing, so I'd like to first say hello! And I've got some exciting news and help for your hair! So, I've been researching lots of ways to make my hair grow faster, and I came across a magazine forum, saying that Kelp vitamins will help your hair reach its maximum growth rate.  One girl had said that she had been taking the vitamins for 2 weeks, and she had a half an inch growth...well...I'm proud to say that I too have been taking these supplements for 2 weeks, and my hair has also grown a half an inch!! My hair has deep waves when as my new growth pumps in, and when I began taking the vitamins, I had one wave of new growth which was a lil over a half an inch, and yesterday I put some gel on the front, and I have almost 3 waves now!!! Seriously this works..also, Kelp has great health benefits for your metabolism as a whole.  I'm 22 and my weight fluctuates alot because I'm in grad school and I'm stressed, and eat good and bad things constantly, but I've noticed that since I've been taking the kelp supplements, my weight is beginning to stabilize, and that's WITHOUT changing my bad habits....so imagine what would happen if I began to eat right and work out regularly? I'm not a sales person, or a secret promoter for any product (I'm always afraid that those types of people are on these forums to sell their product...egh!) I'm just desperate for length! My hair used to sit on my bra strap in high school, and its been cut so much by jealous stylists in school, that its a few inches past my shoulders now :( so any other tips you guys could have for me would be great1

drbuttercup wrote: Also, does anybody also believe that you don't need trims every month or 3 months? I haven't had one sinch march, and yes its a tad uneven, but I've been taking really good care of my hair, so when I get my perm next month it should be really long, (thanx to my good ol kelp pills ;) ) and I don't need too much cut...I believe that if you keep the heat out, and heavily condition the ends, you really only need a trim 2 or 3 times a year.  Honestly..because why else would u need one except that the hair becomes a little uneven...remember people, hair stylists, especially black ones love to cut hair, because they do as much cutting as styling.  Our white counterparts usually only go into a salon for cuts and color, so their stylists are not as pressed to cut their hair, as ours are.  Think about it, if you went to hair school, wouldn't you like to cut someone's hair? didnt you try to cut ur dollies hair when u were little? So given the chance to cut their client's hair, is a bit of a joy, which it should be, but many stylists get a bit carried away, and end up slaughtering our length...which keeps our hair short.  When i was in high school, I got trims like every 3 or four months, and my hair was sooooo long.  Granite, I got my hair done every 2 weeks, because I had my mom's bank account readily available..lol