Challenge has began!

Hilow!

Remember that No Length Check challenge I had introduced earlier in April? Well, it has officially started, today. Woop! As noted it is a 8 week challenge; it will be challenging especially for freshies but we can do this. I got my hair cornrowed for an upcoming event and the challenge. Hair was cleansed and blowdried for the style. Here is a link to my previous blow out. Will update, look out for my Wata de Scalp post and tips for this No Length Check challenge.

Feature: Then and Now my Cuz's journey

This is my cousin's hair and she's been on her journey for almost two years. When I first started learning about this whole hair care thing she was the one who was in total support of me going natural. 














Her regime is as followed:

• She washes her hair once every three weeks; alternating between Carol Daughters and Doo Gro products.
•  Once every two months she comes to my house for styling and a trim/dusting. 
• She moisturizes and seals almost every night for she's in the sun very often. 
• She wears mostly twists, buns and hats to protect her hair
• I use castor oil on her edges and my shea butter mix for styling and sealing in moisture

Challenge Time: No Length Checks Until September 2013

Sidenote: Being on my hair journey for over 2 years I've created a challenge for myself; and I've been doing it for over a year now. Prior to this everything revolved around my hair and I was impatiently waiting for the day I'd have long hair. Pulling at my strands to see how far they had grown, as such I challenged myself to not check my hair for xyz time. So I've decided to share and invite others to participate. My previous length check shows my length retention after my challenge. I've decided to do official length checks twice a year because I have a better illustration of the length gained and retained.

I've started this group because I know from experience the anxiety and disappointment that I went through by frequently tracking and checking my hair length. So..

I will not be implementing a lot of strict rules other than 1 LC over the period of this challenge.

The challenge will begin July 23, 2013 and ends September 17, 2013

This will be a 8 week challenge

Rules are as followed:

• Stay Hydrated
• Massage scalp to encourage blood flow
• Take vitamins
• Low Manipulation
• Maximum of 2 heat passes  
• Protective styling (optional)

Whenever you start feeling frustrated or that temptation to check:

Read a book

Call a friend

Write a blog

Cook some food :)

Find something to occupy your time so that you wont do so.

Additionally, if you're on hairlista you can join the challenge using the following link

http://www.hairlista.com/group/no-length-check-until-november?xg_source=activity

Also I've decided to start a google page for the posting of starting pictures and after completion.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106888882845343832050?cfem=1

Check out my Article over at Beauty With Jocel

New posts coming soon but in the mean time check me out out over at Beauty With Jocel. I'm a Guest Blogger
http://www.beautywithjocel.com/2013/04/so-you-want-to-go-natural-guest-post-by.html
 Happy Wednesday everyone

2 years post Relaxer=====> Wow

Protective Style: Empress hair with a touch of love

Moisturizing and Sealing

Natural hair, texlaxed hair, relaxed, zyabp hair, we all experience a bit of dryness time after time. Dry, dehydrated hair will result in breakage and so it is necessary to incorporate and have a balance of moisture. Whenever we moisturize this increases the hair's elasticity and decreases the level of breakage experienced. Today, there are many different moisturizing and sealing techniques. There's the LCO method and LOC method. Which means Liquid, Cream, Oil and Liquid, Oil, Cream respectively.

When I first started my hair journey I used Wave Nouveau has I was following Sunshyne's regimen. I didn't like it and gave it away. Then, I used the Olive Oil Moisturizer by ORS and my hair didn't respond well to it either. I was unable to go about buying other moisturizers for trial and error and so I just used water and a oil. That oil for me is coconut oil. The water is my moisturizer and then the oil seals in the moisture. I soon started to use shea butter. Technically I do the LOC method but I refer to call it LOB :). Since the shea butter isn't really a cream shrug*
Since I've been transitioning I don't moisturize and seal everyday. I'd estimate once per week. Previous posts will illustrate that I was experimenting with the Cantu Shea Butter Leave In but I am still not 100% sure of my thoughts.

Mist with Water + add Oil+ add Butter= HAppy Transitioning Hair for Blue
Have any other thoughts on M&S? Leave the comment below.

P.S. One of the reasons why I continued transitioning was because I have alopecia monolocularis. CAn you see it in the picture above.
Thanks for passing by
Blue

Transitioning Updates and Thank you