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From Short To Long
www.fromshorttolong.com
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This hair blog is just a detailed, step by step description of how I went from short to long hair. I explain the various tips I learned along the way and how I retain length and maintain beautiful long healthy hair.
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"Laying Down My Edges"

I have seen a couple of transitioners that have a problem laying down their edges, and my sister recently told me that the Fantasia IC Gel isnt working anymore (she is about 7 months post relaxer).&n...

4 days ago

Cornrow Regimen

20 may 12

Year Length Comparision Preview

This was my blow-dried hair at the Salon May 2011:This is my hair exactly one year later:At the end of the month, I will blow dry and flat iron and put up pics showing a years length comparison. ...

20 may 12

I have been so busy since I put in that set of individual braids, so I truly did not take care of them.  I did not re-do them once, and since I was washing them every two weeks, they looked bad!...

17 may 12

Very, Very, Very Small Accessories Hall

I LOVE H&M ACCESSORIES! So, whenever I am in H&M I buy accessories.  Today, I chose to buy a couple of hair accessories, since I plan to go back to short natural hair.   The th...

28 apr 12

Just Curious aka Length Check

I wanted to see how long my natural hair really is at this point, because I am considering chopping off my relaxed ends once I take this set of braids out.  So, I undid to braids in the back of ...

22 apr 12

A Hair Journey Requires Patience

19 apr 12

A couple of thoughts at 11 months post

I really really really want to BC. I am the kind of person that, once I decide to do something, I just do it.  So, transitioning is quite difficult for me. I just want to cut my relaxed ends and...

16 apr 12

I Love Everything About It!

I was originally looking at the hair and makeup, and then I was was like, hold the fences, I love everything about this photo.  So then I found the original post on this blog, and decided that I...

12 apr 12

The Curly Girl Handook Book Review

I am transitioning back to natural, so I have been looking into various methods that I did not use before to manage my curly hair.  I didnt know anything about the CG method when I was natural b...

07 apr 12

Spring Break in the DMV

 Im spending my Spring Break in the DMV, visiting my bestie and being a tourist with my boyfriend.  For me, the highlight of the week was going to see the Martin Luther King Monument in DC ...

01 apr 12

No New Products

Today I realized that I havent bought any new products in a good long time. I havent had the urge because I have been in braids.  I have also been using the braids as an opportunity to use up pr...

28 mar 12

Crown & Glory Phase #2: Individual Braids

25 mar 12

GNC Vitamins Update

I have used three systems for hair health from GNC, the Hair, Skin and Nails Vitamins, the Hair, Skin and Nails Program, and UltraNourish Hair. Of the three, the one I think has worked the best for m...

24 mar 12

Why long transition for so long?

I received this question in my inbox yesterday and I realized that although I spoke of my reasons in a video, I had not really outlined them on my blog. Why transition instead of doing the BC?1. I do...

23 mar 12

C&G Phase 1 Progress

This is my progress in pics after phase 1 of the Crown and Glory Regimen:December 11March 16It has been about three months or twelve weeks and I think I have about 1.5 inches of progress. I am an inc...

18 mar 12

Style #45: Ultra-Defined Twist-Out

05 mar 12

Todays Hair 2/29/12

Welp, it rained on my hair on the way home and killed my twist-out, so I turned it into a bantu knot-out:I let undid the knots, no styling yetDid a little fluffing, adding a bobby pin or two and Voil...

01 mar 12

Todays Hair 02/28/12

Twist OutI tried doing a twist-out in a new way, and I think I like it! I ended up styling it like this:What do you think? Should I make a video about of this one?

28 feb 12

Twists Take Down: Extraction and Wash

26 feb 12

Braids Take-Down Technique

I usually just take extensions down by untwisting, if one is difficult I just put some oil on it and take work the extension hair out. However, I am in the Crown and Glory Challenge on LHCF and we sh...

23 feb 12

Twists Take Down: Preparation

21 feb 12

Random: Beauty

Ummm......I have an obsession with nail polish and lip color. This past month I bought some great finds, ok, maybe more than some, but I am only willing to show a very small portion of what I bought ...

14 feb 12

Build-Up

12 feb 12

Vitamin Update

So, I will finish my GNC Hair Skin and Nails Vitamins in six days. I will then start GNC Ultra Nourish Hair for the first time. The difference between the two is that the Ultra Nourish Hair has MSM. ...

12 feb 12

Twists Update

I have been gone awhile due to school, but tomorrow I will be done with Comprehensive Exams and I will get back into regular blogging. I will make and upload a video this weekend about my twists and ...

10 feb 12

Washing My Senegalese Twists

08 jan 12

New Vitamin Interest

I was at GNC the other day re-stocking my Nordic Naturals Complete Omega 3-6-9 and GNC Hair Skin and Nails, when I spied the GNC Ultra Nourish Hair vitamins. I said to myself why no? and bought the U...

08 jan 12

Random

04 jan 12

Break Hair

I have to say that these twists have been the best hair style that I have ever chosen for a break/vacay. I have been home for a couple of weeks because of the holidays, also because I am between seme...

04 jan 12

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