Great progress carmel!! I know how hard it is to keep braids in. I want them out the next day! I'm so impatient. But they are good in the long run. I haven't found a braided style that I like enough to keep in a while though.

As for pantene, I think Renee here likes it. I haven't had much luck with it at all. It alwasy made my hair dry.

Still going strong!!!!

I was looking at the Pantene line awhile back and noticed that their shampoos have ammonium lauryl and laureth sulfates in them and if I'm not mistaken the relaxed and natural formula also has petrolatum in it  To me it seems like theres nothing moisturizing or conditioning about that stuff at all.

I like the Mane n' Tail Moisturizing Conditioner and the carrot creme. The conditioner is great for shedding and retaining length.

(Hi Sistaslick!!)

Yes, I am still in. I think my hair is doing fine. The other day I had to do 3 detangling sessions. Very painful, and I usually don't have that problem. I let this girl style my hair after I washed and styled hers. She braided my hair pretty small. The thickness of each braid was equal to a toothpick. I Kept them in for a few days, they were cute, I had them in a frenchroll a few times, but I noticed the braids were tangling to I decided to take them down, which took 2 days.  and 3 detangling sessions. Not fun.  

Other than that I'm doing great! My hair is alot better, all tangles out umm after the 4th detangling!

Still hangin in there, the health of my hair has improved greatly. Now I'm just waiting on the length. I think thats really the hard part, waiting on the growth. I"m at 10 weeks post and its driving me crazy. I just wash once a week now. b/c the new groth is too much to deal with any more then that.

Im sad. my hair appears to be quite healthy but I am losing like 5 ends a day.  not even full hairs!! WHat can I do?  How often do you all moisturize your ends?  aCcording to my own regimen, Im supposed to moisturize my ends twice daily with pure jojoba oil at night and moisturizing lotion.  I have two concerns. One is that i may be promoting product build up, and two I havent done it this week because I just paid 50 to get it flatironed and I don't want it to look dirty and greasy so soon!  What do you all do when your hair is flat ironed?  do you still moisturize daily? 

other than that, my hair looks nice and its about 3 and a half inches past shoulder length.  It hasn't been this long since before I started doing my own hair!! it doesn't break as much as it used to, so thats pretty cool, but aaaaaah!  Im nervous about its health because I haven't moisturized enough...at least I dont think I have...

Do you guys think I should ever have broken ends? 

Plug in ones are better because you can control the temperature on them (high,medium, low), unlike the heating oven one.

Jesuschris#1:

     Do you put anything in the WHGO to help with the smell?? It's ok sometimes but other times, like when I'm going out, I'd like my hair to smell like something other than wok oil!! Anyway it sounds like your hair is doing really well. Keep us posted about how it's going. I have such a hard time wearing my hair up because I love to wear it down, but I do alternate, about 2 days a weeks I will wear it down and the rest of the time I keep it up.

i'm here too.  I've bene pretty good about moisturizing my hair...i use Aveda all over and started putting my shea mix on the ends before i braid it at night and i like the difference in my hair. 

so far so good i'd say...my hairs been growing (maybe its the biotin?) pretty well and my curl pattern seems to be more defined which i like. 

Sorry it took so long for me to post back Jesus! My hair was cut up to the bottom of my ear lobes two years ago and I've been growing it out ever since. I did have a few months last year where I went crazy using a hot curler (which I never used until then). I had alot of end breakage otherwise I would have been at my goal by now. But Now my hair is alot thicker and softer.

I still use WGHO and I love it's affect. I actually just found out that the fragrance of Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose Shampoo and Conditioner actually overrides the smell of WGHO and almost everything else I put into my hair. It's a really nice smell.

I've been relaxing since I was about 11 but I wasn't consistent. I owuld go for a year without a touch-up and one time I went for almost two years. These last two years I've been more consistent and I pay attention to when my hair is due and if I can stretch longer. Hope this helps. God Bless U 2!!!!

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Congrats on the baby!!! I'm surprised that with a newborn you have any time for a routine! Seems like your doing a good job! But make sure to get rest in between!