Plans to meet my goal (or get rather close) by Christmas!

Hello, people. In the back of my mind, I have been thinking of a regimen to grow my hair fast to full BSB, grazing BSL or BSL. I haven't been able to write my ideas or plans down. Finally, after much consideration, I believe that I have came up with a fast growth regimen that I will incorporate during my last 8 weeks of stretching before my relaxer on December 7th. 

1. I will use castor oil on my scalp at least 3-4 das a week. 

2. I will continue to use castor oil in my pre-poos. 

3. I will hide my hair all of November; I am trying to do very little manipulation this month. 

4. I will try my absolute best not to use a direct heat pass but only once. 

5. Moisturize and seal daily and/or when needed. 

6. I will use my pin ups as much as possible. 

7. I will resist all urges to relax early. 

8. I will baby all of my edges. 

9. I will pay special attention to my ends every night. 

10. I will take vitamins every night. 

11. I will accomplish all of these goals. 

I am serious about coming into the new year with long, thick hair. I am not picky about which goal I meet, but I plan on having longer hair than I already have. I WANT TO SEE A DIFFERENCE IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Even though I am relaxing on December 7th, my official check in won't be until December 21st, which give me ten full weeks of this fast growth regimen. 

Lol. So, follow my journey. 

Until next time,

Keep growing, 

Lexis

Wash Day - Week 4

Lol. So...if you follow me on IG, you may have seen this pic: 

Yep, that's me laid up. Here is the story: Friday, I was at wok. I helped decorated a float for my high school HC. My job, which is at an elementary school, participated in the parade. So I decorated the float as a representation for my job. Not only did I decorate that float, but I walked the 2 mile parade route. After the parade was over, I went and walked around with my family at the tailgate party. Suddenly, everything went white. I couldn't see anything and I couldn't comprehend much. Next thing I know, I became unresponsive. I remember very little. I wake up in an ambulance. Diagnosis: my doctor told me that it was a lack of blood flow in my body. When the blood flow rushed back, it caused me to pass out and vomit in my unconscious state. It's horrific, especially since i do not remember anything lol. I am a lot better. Unfortunately, this incident has caused me to miss my 5K run. That is what hurts me the most. 

When I passed out and hit the ground, I took much grass with me to the hospital. Lol. My hair was filled with grass and charcoal bits. Jokingly, I asked someone at the hospital did they have satin bonnets handy for women on HHJs. Even though I was joking, I was extremely nervous about my hair rubbing against the cotton sheets in the hospital. 

Eventually, I was discharged. I was so tired and so weak, I did not so anything to my hair. I put my bonnet on and went to bed. 

Saturday, I got up and decided to pre-poo with some warmed oils and conditioner. Feeling alittle sluggish and weak, I left the pre-poo in all day. So I went to bed Saturday with my pre-poo still in. 

Sunday, I woke up and decided to have another lazy day of recovering. I was in no rush to wash my hair. That is, until I received a phone call from my aunt. Her 4 year old grandson was there when I became unresponsive and he saw when I was loaded in the ambulance. That poor baby thinks I have passed away. So she told me that she wanted to bring him by to show him that I was still alive. That motivated me to get up and wash my hair. I wanted him to see me like he always see me: big hair and all. 

1. I rinsed out my pre-poo, and I applied shampoo to my hair. My hair was filthy from the things I picked up on the ground  as I laid passed out. It felt so good to clean my hair. I rinsed the shampoo out. 

2. I followed up with a black tea rinse. Before the incident, I had been suffering from horrific shedding. So, it was liberating to finally tea rinse my hair. After I sprayed my hair with black tea, I put a moisturizing conditioner in top of it. I left it on for about 7 minutes and rinsed. 

3. I airdried my hair until it was about 70 percent dry. I added a few drops of vegetable glycerin into my elasta qp leave in. I applied my leave in and sealed with an oil. 

I believe my boo will recognize me. 

This is what he is used to seeing lol. 

My cousin, Jayden, loves his Lexie!!!

October Goals

Hello. Once again, I spent an entire month not following my goals. I failed miserably again. I do not plan to do that this month. So here are my goals:

1. Use castor oil every other day. 

2. Warmed products for prepoo.

3. Take vitamins. 

Short blog, but it's to the point. 

Emergency Relaxer Update

If you follow me on Instagram, You will know that I relaxed my hair about ten days ago. Unfortunately, I had to cut my stretch short due to my ends. I know this sounds crazy. I had the twists in and thought I may have experienced some breakage. After I took them out, I realized that I did not, I started protective styling. Well, when I would do my weekly washes, I would see a few split ends with every wash. I would cut the few I would see, and I would go on with the wash and another week of protective style. But this was the same thing every week. I got a little worried that if I continued to search and destroy this way that I would 1) not have any progress with my upcoming relaxer and 2) I would cut myself an area that was shorter than the rest. I couldn't risk it. My ends were scaring me too bad. I felt like best way to determine this was with a relaxer. I mean straightening my hair could have been easier too, but why add more strain to my weakening ends anyway??? That was my logic. Anywho, I realized about four days before the I relaxed that I was going to. So I prepped my hair with a good wash and protein treatment. A few days later, I relaxed at 9 weeks post. No new details to mention on how I relax my hair since I am working on a regimen. However, I am pleased to announced that I retained length and my ends were treated and dealt with. Despite cutting the stretch, I regret nothing. I was in the business of saving my ends, and it proved successful. I am going to relax in December next. I plan on babying my ends until that relaxer. I would love to be grazing BSL for Christmas, but I will settle for thick hair that is at full BSB.

8 week post texture shot

At 8 weeks post, this is what I am looking at. It doesn't look like much, but believe me when I say it is rough to deal with. I can't barely comb it lol. But I have been researching detanglers and I cannot wait to fully use them. 

Nothing too lengthy, but I wanted to share!!!

Happy Hump Day! 

Motivating Myself MONDAY

Good morning.
I have decided to type a weekly motivation post. I need this, lol. I get into a rut about how my hair isn't as long as I would like it to be, especially since I have been on my HHJ for almost five years. However, my family keeps telling me that this is not my season: for my hair, for graduating, for a boyfriend (recently single), marriage, career, etc. It hasn't been my season for while now, lol. Here I am, 25 years old, and I am not where I would like to be. But I am going to have to keep my head up. A lot of inspirers (is that a word???) have said that a person has to be humble and grateful in their current situation before they are blessed to move up and upgrade. Well, I am very thankful. I am thankful for the knowledge I have gained so that I can do better by my hair. I am also thankful for the ability to complain, because some people cannot complain. Life gets tough, sometimes seem unfair. But if I keep my head up, I won't be so consumed by it not being my season. I will enjoy life, one day at a time. APL hair and single. Hopefully not for long though, lol.

Have a great week!

Wash Day and Length Check

Happy Monday folks. I have been extremely sick since September has been here. Honestly, I have been too afraid to wash my hair with fear that I get even worse. Yesterday, I washed it. 

1. First I prepooed with warmed conditioner and left it on for about 40 minutes and rinsed. 

2. Next, I shampooed my hair and rinsed. 

3. Next, I applied a new detangler I purchased Friday. I massaged my roots and ends with it, then I rinsed. 

4. Lastly, I applied heat protectant to my hair and sat under my hood dryer for 20 minutes. Pressed for time, I blow dried the back of my hair (trying to make it to church). Finally, I flat ironed my hair straight. 

I wanted to do a heat pass and a length check because I have been so worried about a setback. However, when I saw my hair in the mirror, I felt a small weight lifted. I fear thinness, breakage, setbacks,  a need of a big trim. But this pic was very comforting. 

Both pics were taken on the same day, just different mirrors. It looks like I am on my way to full APL soon. 

I have been considering ending my stretch early, but this pic makes me want to continue to stretch to see how much more length I can get before my relaxer day. I am 8 weeks post and 12 weeks from my relaxer. Hopefully, I can make it. 

The reason why I did not name products is because I am trying to get a regimen together. I am no where near naming products, but I believe that I have a system constructed. 

One day at a time.