This is the first time I have streched consciously. I never really payed attention, sometimes I would wait untill my hair was just constantly poofy, and would count and be at 8 weeks. So far I'm at 6 weeks post, and I'm trying to go to 10 if not 12. I've been co washing daily, or sometimes just leaving conditioner in all day and all night,( i get lazy some days) But my hair has showed alot of improvment.
Well I made it 11 weeks and I just could not take it any more. On tuesday I washed my hair and let it air dry, and even though I put sheabutter on my newgrowth while wet..and tied it down with a scarf to dry. I was walking around with a little afro for a few days.
I realized it was time to relax, when a package came for me, and the UPS guy pulled back a little bit when I answered the door. . but I had alot of growth, and was pleased with the results when I relaxed.
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The longest I've gone is 12 weeks. In the summer I can't go any more
then 8-9 weeks I gain almost 3/4 of an inch in those months. In
the winter I can go about 10wks because I slow down to almost 1/4 inch.
Part of the problem for me not being able to stretch longer is that I
like to wear my hair down somewhat. I would say 4 days up and 3
days down or vice verse. Anyway vanity is my downfall
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the longest ive gone without retouching was 16 weeks but i wont go longer than 12 weeks now. Im 8 weeks post and my hair continually poofy. I usually do a bantu knot set after 8 weeks but now, im just too lazy to do it even if it takes like 10 minutes. Im thinking of using a flat iron but im too scared. That thing destroyed my hair. I dont have any special product that helps my hair behave...well except stasoffro which keeps my newgrowth moisturised. because a lot of you have been raving about shea butter, i ordered some and will be getting it next week. maybe that'll work......
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I relax every 10 weeks. I can't go any longer becuase the -regrowth is THICK!!
The longest I've gone without a relaxer is 6 months!! I just wigged it and allowed my hair to stay mouisturized. I got A LOT of regrowth under that hot thing!!
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I know my hair is long enough, but I'm a horrible bun maker. It's weird because just yesterday I was thinking I need to go to the fabric store and get some silk and satin remnents(i think that is how you spell it.) to make 'bun' covers out of and I can do the baggie style at the same time underneath. Thanks for the tips and the encouragement. I love you guys! *sniff*
Honeydoo, when I first started growing mine out, it was above shoulder length, you have to remember I started with a angled bob. When means, it was longer in the front than back, and even in the front, it was not that long. When I could not a do a real bun, I pulled my hair together towards the back, or on the top of my head (at one point thats the only place I could get it) and used a bandanna to wrap the bun. It made my bun look alot bigger and I made sure to moisturize it everyday before I wrapped the bandana around it. The hair that couldn't get in, I had hair clips to hold them to make them. Also, I tried using hair multiple hair scruntches, like 2 or 3 and that held my hair as bun. *Edited to add...you may be trying to do a low bun, at the length you have, try to experiment with different positions and heights on your bun. It does not have to be the best bun. I know, you said there are alot of things you do not like to do to your hair also, but sometimes we have to make the sacrifices. Also, the thing you want the most, is no contact with your collar...I had to pull my twists up cause they were getting stuck on my coat zipper, not fun at all. So even if you can't do a bun, which I am sure u can just pin up the hair, as in a french roll or with a hairclamp.
I think it's easier to stretch when your hair is longer because your hair can fit so much easier in protective styles like buns. My hair is about an 1.5 inch past my shoulders and for some reason I cannot bun my hair!!
I usually do wear my hair down, as long as I'm wearing a hair friendly shirt. What I did this week is saturate my hair in shea butter and put it into a ponytail. It stayed moisturized through the day, but my weakness is I love long sleek hair all the time. I'm getting out of that stage though.
I go 12-16 weeks. I would love to go 26 weeks, but that is hard to do for me without heat and braids. The braids would make my new growth super unmanageable, especially since my hair is now used to me daily CO washing and sometimes shampooing and conditioning daily. My mom does my touch-ups. My hair is too much to manage for me to touch it up myself. I don't go to salons, ever (as of Jan 05)
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Type: 3c, Relaxed
Current Length: Lower Back (Close to Waist)
Goal: Classic Length
do you like wearing your hair down? maybe at night put a good moisturiser in your hair, and tie it down with a scarf keracare w/jojoa oil works good for this. its a little heavy though Thats what i do sometimes. last two weeks tho i have just been co washing daily and letting my hair do whatever bf hates it but my hair hasnt been softer, and i am feelin so much newgrowth
Seriously? I couldn't begin to take care of my scalp the way my current hairdresser does. Of course, she has the luxury of seeing me only four times a year.
Make every day you have count, before the time comes for you to count every day you have.
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cebnn wrote:
just pin up the hair, as in a french roll or with a hairclamp.
