Hair Growth Challenge - adopting my staples

So I am participating in a couple of different hair growth challenges. I am really excited to see how long my hair can/ will grow this year. I know its possible most of my family has always had long  hair I just really have to continue to be disciplined, fight temptation to pull out my flat iron and keep pushing.

• Still searching for the perfect shampoo. I have used and liked Deva no poo, mixed chicks and aubrey organics honeysuckle rose but not in love with any of them.
• Conditioner- Aubrey Organics honeysuckle rose ( I add organic honey and coconut oil), Deva one condition
• Deep Conditioner - Last week I tried Curly Junkie Curl Rehab as a deep conditioner and I was very pleased. I think this will be a staple product for me.
• Moisturizers- Coconut oil, whipped shea butter, coconut curl products by komaza care, curly meringue by miss jessies
• Styling Eco styler gel with olive oil, kizzy stay put pomade by carols daughter, deva anGel and set it free

I am takin biotin and prenatal vitamins daily and trying to remember to massage my scalp with essential oils nightly lets see. I will do a length check in a few weeks to see how much growth since my big mini chop

NaturallyCurly dotcom Video

I just joined the brave few last night and submitted my bid to become one of the next Naturally Curly dotcom video bloggers. For the contest we had to submit a video explaining why we should be selected as a video blogger for naturallycurly.com. Those selected will give product reviews and tips for other curlies. Not sure I will win but at least I tried right!

http://www.youtube.com/kurlygirl08

waiting patiently

I am waiting patiently for my order from Naturally Curlydotcom. The thing that sucks about living here is that we are always so behind and backwards on everything. It is soooooo difficult to find products for my hair. There are so many products I want to try but I can't just necessarily run to the store and pick them up because the stores that carry the products are so limited. Alas, I will step down from my soapbox.

So for the time being I am a slave to UPS, FedEx and the US Postal system eating up my shipping fees as I wait patiently for my products.

I did my first twist out on my hair since my hair cut last week and although it was noticeably shorter it wasn't bad I got lots of compliments on how it turned out. And then today the rain came and that was the end of that so my plan tonight is to co-wash not sure about styling yet. But I will most certainly be accompanied by a video :) so stay tuned.

Kurly Confessions 1.18.2011- My Hairstory

So I'll start with my story. I had my last relaxer December 2009, right before Christmas. In February 2000 I learned I was expecting and decided to not process my hair and got on a big health kick during my pregnancy. I maintained with rollersets and wraps. It was no biggie my curls had always been rebellious,and I was accustomed to straightening my hair even with a relaxer my hair never got bone straight.

Guess I'll go back further. I remember elementary and middle school I went to a predominantly white school so me and my pigtails weren't cool to me :) Most of the other black girls were starting to get relaxers and rocking their straight hair but my parents weren't having it! Finally I think it was in high school my freshman year when I finally got my first relaxer, Bantu! LOL administered by my father, I know scary right LOL. I'd always had pretty long hair past my shoulders. But I don't remember getting much length after that. I cut my hair into a mushroom, because it was cool LOL. and when I went to college my freshman year circa 1995), valentines day. I had the stylist chop it all off! Halle Berry/ Toni Braxton style! When it grew back I started bleaching (1996) it kept it cut in a bob. Then back to our regularly scheduled program....

The year 2000 I straightened, rollerset, wrapped my hair... I had Taylor November 2000 and figured there was no point in relaxing again. It was just as easy to continue with my routine. I did start back coloring my hair though.



December 2010



Enter February 2009 I decided to give my hair a break from the straightening and got my first sew in. I was sooooooo excited "my" hair was long again and bone straight LOL. I cycled through sew ins they lasted about 6-8 weeks in between I would condition and get a blowout let it rest for about 2-3 weeks then put the sew in back in. This summer I wanted to rock my curls and they were really wimpy :( so I went and got a blow out and got ALOT of heat damage and breakage.I got another sew in figured I'd braid it up for a while and went on my 'heat vacation' in October when I took that last sew in out. I have been doing wash n gos, plopping, twist outs, braidouts... December I checked my length so I could start to track my progress.

January 2011

In January as I made my Resolutions I decided it was time to start fresh and eliminate the 'dead weight' so to speak (I lost about 1-1 1/2 inch). I picked up my shears and clipped my straight scraggly ends and did a fresh length check. So here we are!