Straw Curls on Transitioning Hair

Hey all.

Decided to roll my hair in straws.

See resulting pictures below

Sorry pics are not so clear

Stimulating Hair Growth: HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE MY NEW GROWTH TO GET TO BRASTRAP LENGTH???

Okay so when I started this blog, I had said I wanted my hair to be healthy and armpit length.

Now I have a new goal.

GET MY NEW GROWTH TO BRA STRAP LENGTH BY FEBRUARY 2014.

Normally my hair grows on the average of 0.4 inches a month(yes I measured it). and multiply by twelve months( dont start counting on your fingers oh...lol.).4.8 inches a year.

That seemed okay to me until I measured the length from my nape to my brastrap and it was lyk 15 inches.

I was like wowza, time to amp up this growth oh!! and my research began.

Things I am now doing to stimulate growth 
1) My body and hair thrives when I eat fruits, veggies, fish and drink lots of water so I increased water intake to two bottles a day from one bottle( water is tasteless, find it hard to drink so I add a slice of lemon to cool not cold water.)
2) Started exercising (when am not bone tired sha), healthy body = faster growth
3) Started the GHE(Green House Effect) method( will talk about this in a seperate post).
4) Started Inversion techniques( Yes...Yoga).

When I did all the above consistently for two months, my growth rate increased from 0.4 inches to 1 inch a month!!!!!

WOWZA!!

Now Am just too lazy or tired to do these things regularly and need the encouragement to continue.

However there are things I need to add to the list above.
1) A stimulating growth oil ( na money kill this one, but am working on doing my own mix for my GHE methods)
2) A mini twist regimen, so I am out of my hair for three straight weeks and retain the length and density I have worked hard to get during the month.


With All these Am hoping to get 6 full inches So I can reach my goal of BSL by 2014.

What methods do you use to speed up your hair growth?? Please share in the comments below

Hair Length Retention: LOW MANIPULATION/PROTECTIVE STYLING

There is a myth that is going around that says black hair does not grow and only a few people are blessed with long hair.

I strongly disagree with this statement and believe that our hair grows, if not we would not need to "retouch" every few weeks.

I just think the hair is breaking as fast as it is growing due to bad hair maintenance practices.

Because of this I am running a series on Hair length retention so people know how to keep the hair that grows on their head right there with minimal breakage.

There is a mantra on the hair community that can get very annoying and boring but helps you reach epic hair lengths. These are low manipulation and protective hair styling.

Before you go reaching for your dictionary, let me explain and give examples.

First up we have low manipulation hair styles: These are hair styles that provide you with the option of not combing your hair everyday of the week. This means you are not tugging or pulling at your hair everyday to make it conform into a hairstyle you want but can still wear your hair out. 

Examples of these styles include: rollersets, flexi rodsets,twist outs, braid outs, coil outs, bantu knot outs etc.

Then we have protective hair styles: These are hair styles that are done with the aim of protecting the tips of your hair or sometimes the whole hair strands. This means that the ends of your hair which is the oldest part of your hair is given a rest from combing and are nicely tucked away.

Examples of these styles include: High Buns, Low buns, Side buns, Cinammon buns, bantu knots, braided hair styles with the ends tucked away(braids, two strand twists,flat twists, cornrows), weave fixed properly etc.

Why do I need to do this?

Well for the purpose of having full long and healthy hair and not lifeless hair.

When you comb your hair everyday you tend to tug out strands that might not be shed hair, plus some of us use that evil blue picking comb.

When your ends are out all time and always rubbing against your dress, the cotton sucks out the moisture and breaking starts.

In essence, your hair is growing but breaking at the same rate.

For great pictures of all the hair styles listed below, goto  www.http://blackgirllonghair.com