Finally finally finally, I made my length check t-shirt. I assure you that I bought the markers months and months ago and never got around to doing it. I was inspired to go ahead and get started by Radiant Brown Beauty’s length check on Instagram.

My hair is blown out, not flat-ironed or InStyled or anything so it’s not completely straight. I trimmed a bit off last week to get rid of the majority of the ssk’s, so this is my starting point for the Bun Challenge.

I’ll continue to blow dry it to stretch it and we’ll see where this two months leads us. Below are my length check pics. I’m a little less than 3 notches above BSL (bra strap length). When I stretch it, I’m about 1 notch above BSL.

The pics aren’t the best quality because its very difficult for me to take pics of myself in a mirror and no one is here to take the pic for me. Better than nothing though. You get the idea.

Happy Growing!

XOXO,
Rece

I’m still on a quest to discover how to prevent those pesky single strand knots. I was trying so hard not to trim my hair AGAIN, but everyday I was cutting out millions of single strand knots. One strand had the nerve to have two knots in it!!! It just seemed like the only way to get rid of the majority of them was to trim my hair… so I did.

I don’t understand how they’ve come to be such a major problem. I’m sure when I was a child and my hair was natural (pre-relaxer days), I didn’t have single strand knots. What’s so different now? Maybe because I used to blow-dry my hair then and I rarely do it now? Could it be the products I’m using? I keep my ends moisturized and protected. I just don’t get it. It’s the one thing that baffles me with natural hair.

I always wonder if other curly girls get single strand knots the way I do. The grass sure seems greener on the other side. *sigh*

XOXO,
Rece

P.S. You will probably appreciate that I’ve updated the links section to the right.