*** Early Start 2013 Waist & Hip Challenge ***

I've just about had it with two grades of hair! I am THIS close to putting in a perm. I washed, DC'd and braided but haven't taken my vitamins for about 2 weeks. Somehow I completely just phased out on them and its showing in my SLOW growth. 

Heavy, welcome! Yes, its doable. NJoy can you post some tips and/or best practices?

waist length is where the smallest part of your waist.

hip length is where your hip bone starts. 

tailbone is where the tailbone is.

what I'm really confused about is where is hip length? unless I'm doing something wrong, my hip length and waist length is only an inch apart. is that normal? some people say hip length is in the middle of the hip, but then that's where my tailbone length is! @_@

My tips:  Focus on a healthy scalp and protect those ends. 

Um...what else you want me to say, Ma?

 

For me, baggied damp buns gave me insane retention.  I'm definitely getting back to that.  And by that, I mean, out of the shower, I M&S and put my hair into a loose bun (because as the exposed hair dries, it will shrink and pull on the bun so, leave some slack to prevent breakage).  I hold the bun with my hand and then cover it with a plastic sandwich bag (the fold kind, not the zip ups).  Then I put the ponyholder on the outside of the plastic to hold the bun.  From there, I cover by wrapping the bun with a scarf or a faux bun or phonytail.  That's probably my best tip for retention. *Remember not to make the initial bun too tight.  Oh, and after making the initial bun, tuck the ends under and into the center, as much as possible. *takes a bow because I'm done*

 

Here's a pic of my bun wrapped with a scarf (sorry.  I can't get this pic any bigger.  I tried)

 

And I used aloe gel and a satin scarf (for about 15 mins) to lay my edges down, like so:

 

I also covered two loose smooshed baggied buns with a half wig for variety.

 

Hope that helps.

 

 Just tryna to do my part, Girl.  Just tryna do my part. 

 

My relaxed hair LOVED daily cowashing. I'm cowashing 2-3x a week now but plan to get back to daily, now that I'm back to damp bunning.  Oh, it's ohn nah!