2013 ... New Year New *mini* Goals

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

During the beginning stages of my HCJ I made the goal to reach MBL by 2014 ... In March I barely made APL the went back to SL/CBL in June (due to a cut which I admit was needed). Now one year into my HCJ I'd say that I'm grazing APL (apologies for the guesstimate but I didn't relax/straighten my hair like I planned to). 

So now I have a year and a half to go from grazing APL to MBL (which'll involve reaching APL, BSB & BSL). Honestly I can't say for sure if I'll be able to make it to MBL because of how underprocessed my hair is in the middle (which I aim to cut off ASAP) but that won't stop me from trying!!

Unlike last year I'm going to set a length goal of being ... past APL (whether that BSB or not).

So here are my mini goals for 2013:

1. Continue to stretch relaxers and relax for no more 4 times a year  (just like last year).

2. Find my last reaming staples (including two deep conditioners and a de-tangler). 

2.5 Be Consistent with my regimen, especially when my hair is in protective styles.

What are your 2013 hair goal?

SHAYE x

1 Year into this HCJ; Having I achieved all of my goals??

Here at the links to goals & my looking back at my goals 6 months on posts. This post my seem slightly representative of my 6 months on post so I apologies in advance. 

Goal #1: stretching for longer than 6 weeks (yes i know SHOCKING) to every 3 months/holiday season (which means Christmas, Easter & Summer).

I'd managed to successfully achieve this by stretching my first relaxer for 3 months followed by 11 weeks and now i'm going on 29 weeks post!

 Goal #2: Weaving protective styles (either weave or braids) for 8 out of 12 months.
Success! My hair was relaxed June 20th 2012 and left out for nearly three months and in between protective styles i'd leave my  hair out for about a weak at a time.

Goal #3: *Perfecting a regimen that I will stick to in the future - this included finding my staple products. 

I've managed to discover new staple products such as the African Pride Braid Spray, Coconut Oil, Herbal Essences Beautiful Ends Leave in & the Affirm Relaxer etc but I still need to find a staple detangler & deep conditioners.

3 month into my HCJ & I created Goal  #4: Finding a new salon/Hairdressers and not going back to my Aunt
After getting my relaxer overlapped 3 months into my HCJ by my Aunt I made the decision to go on a hunt for a salon to get my relaxers done. I then found a "professional" salon nearby which was quite expensive but they ended up under-processing my hair severely. I also tried a hairdressing college (again nearby) which did a fair job (better than the other two) but my hair was still under processed (although only slightly) and I was a bit sceptical about letting students relax my hair.

So by the looks of things, in 2013 I'll need to:
- find a staple detangler, moisture based deep conditioner and protein based deep conditioner
- and a new salon/give the one's i've been to a second chance.

Did you meet your 2012 goals?
SHAYE x