Gahl Length retention challenge week 1 update!

February 12, 2013


I had to clarify my hair since i had been swimming. To protect my hair from the chlorine water i applied some sunflower oil and Vaseline to my hair. I guess this really helped because my hair felt soft and moisturized after washing.

I applied some moisturizing conditioner and sat under my hooded drier for 30 minutes, rinsed off the conditioner and proceeded to dentangle with my fingers under the shower and with a wide toothed comb after applying my home made leave in and serum. I then left my hair to air dry. I pretty much wore a bun for the whole week. Since i do not comb my hair in between the week i greatly rely on my fingers, soft brush and scarf to get my edges lying down.
I did not relax the back of my head this time round because i realised that the curl pattern was already very loose. I wish it was the same all over. This just shows us how different afro hair can be when it come to texture. one head can have lots of different textures!

have you noticed different textures in your hair too?






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11 comments

  1. sarah13 February 2013 at 07:09

    you have lovely hair those are good tips especially for me i like going swimming even without a cap.by d wei are you texlaxing?coz ur hair has so nice textures?Love it.i haven´t noticed bout different textures in mah hair though am jst kind of ear length while transitioning to natural.

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    1. Grow African hair long(GAHL)13 February 2013 at 11:38

      Thank you Sarah, i do texlax my hair but this time round i decided not to texlax the back of my hair and parts of my edges because i realised that the curl pattern in those parts were already very loose. The rest of my hair is texlaxed. I wish you all the best in your transition to natural :)

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  2. Anonymous13 February 2013 at 08:05

    i think you meant detangle..

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  3. Dr fomsky13 February 2013 at 08:55

    Your hair texture is so nice! I'm really making a lot of effort not to use a comb during the week but sometimes, I can't resist.

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    1. Grow African hair long(GAHL)13 February 2013 at 11:42

      Thank you! I am sure you will get used to not combing soon. At the beginning i couldn´t go long without combing too. but with time one get´s used to it and it gets much easier.

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  4. Grow African hair long(GAHL)13 February 2013 at 11:39

    sorry for that, i wrote this blog in a hurry so it had so many spelling mistakes lol..

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  5. Unknown15 February 2013 at 12:56

    Hello dear
    I've finnally read thru all ur blogs since 2011, n I'm quite impressed. Heard of ur blog 4rm Dr Fomsky n indeed I'm proud of my relaxed african hair. I ve a very coarse hair, very difficult 2 realx n even straighten. Its always wild difficult 2 tame I can hardly pack it in 2 a bun its dry. Tell me what shld I do 2 ds hair of mine pls I need answers

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    1. Grow African hair long(GAHL)19 February 2013 at 19:54

      hi there, why don´t you share with me what you have been doing on your hair and what you have been using to keep it healthy, and then we can find a solution for your hair :)

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  7. Bella26 May 2013 at 19:59

    I thought my hair was the only one that had different textures,I was starting to think that something was wrong somewhere but I'm glad to have come across this :).I LOVE this blog.thank you

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    1. Grow African hair long(GAHL)7 June 2013 at 12:26

      Yay! Nice to meet yet another lady with multi textured hair ;) thanks you.

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