Castor Oil Challenge Week 7 Check In

Chamcmillan

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
My natural hair crushes are Naptrual85, Tarin, and Tracee Ellis Ross,

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
Some days I do and some days I dont . Between working out and caring for a baby some days are better than others.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?

I did well, better than expected. I applied JBCO 3x a week.

Tenika

I meant to put my name on the above post….Tenika

IamboredSinger

1..my hair crush is xgoldn on YouTube as well and blakizbeautyful

2.Yes i have been giving this my all, i make sure to moisturize my hair with conditioner, water and castor oil in my hair.

3.last week was great i moisturized my hair and scalp with castor oil mix. i followed through with all my goals;which is moisturizing at least every other day. the only challenge i had was i’m running out of castor oil and i really need some.

Ashley Hill

1. Who are your natural hair crushes? My hair crushes are Teyana Taylor and Elle Varner and youtube hair crushes are naptural85 and Taren Guy(taren916).

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? Yes, I definitely want to reap the benefit of CO so I have been using it faithfully.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? Last week went the same as the rest, no new challenges. As I stated last week I will be getting a trim and heat damaged hair cut off in the front so I will take a pic b4 the cut and after so you all can see the different lengths for the next length check. Nappy Friday everyone!!! ^_^

MahoganyDST

My hair crushes are: CharyJay, Napptural85, Kimmaytube, Teyana Taylor, Jenell (Yess I love love love your hair)

I have been doing really well with the challenge, but some days are better than others. I usually will just oil my scalp at night and being in ps mode really helps because I don’t have to part my hair its already done!

I did follow through with my goals and I’m loving how much softer and moisturized my hair is feeling these days.

http://profile.yahoo.com/JRU5WCMZ5X7VFDF3Y3H6P4NJSY Mango

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?

I’ve seen lots of photos of women who’s hair i’m crushing on, but I don’t know their names :-/
My celebrity crushes are Traci Ellis Ross, and Jenell Stewart (yes, girl you’re well known) to name a few just off the top of my head… But there are many more.

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?

I haven’t… i sometimes forget, so I can do alot better.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?

No different from last week. I did do a little before and after pic to see if anyone else can see any results? (attached)

http://kinkycurlycoilyme.com/ Jenell : BlakIzBeautyful

What? Im not on celebrity status(yet!) let me make a movie or something. Lol I’m honored.
Deshunboyd

Your edges look like they’ve thickened up. I wish I could see results in my hair.

Norkita White

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?- Tracee Ellis Ross, Jill Scott, Chrisette Michelle, Solange Knowles.
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?-Yes, I have been really focusing on my edges and my scalp. I have also been using my JBCO for pre-pooing.
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?-I did very well, I followed through with my goals and did not have any challenges.

michele liburd

1. Who are your natural hair crushes? My daughter, sisters and nieces. Celebrity – Oprah Winfrey
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? Yes!
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? I did okay. I found it challenging to oil with the JBCO because my scalp has been itching really, really bad, especially the center.

missmoonsmusings

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
My hair crushes are Cree Summer and also actress Trini Alvarado (My nickname for my hair, Ms. Mooch, is named after one of her characters)
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
Much more so now that my hair is braided. I find that I’ve been applying the JBCO a lot more consistently.
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
I’m learning the challenge is how much is too much on braided hair, and how much is too little, but I think that I’m learning not to be so heavy handed!! LOL

Tishana Trainor

Hi, everyone!

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
Gosh, Soooooooooo many! Jamyla from Oyin (such a sweetheart, too), Tracee Ellis Ross, Elle of questfortheperfectcurl.com, Naptural85 (YT), my sister, and my 8 year old self… Yeah I said it. I had the bomb hair when I was 8.

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
Yes, and it has paid off. Doing this challenge has helped me set up a routine, and I love that. Because of my hair routine, I have also set up a fitness routine, and a better work routine (I work from home)!

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
I did good, continuing with the Curl Junkie Hibiscus and Banana Leave-in, sealing with castor oil. I used the COTW pomade (castor oil based) to fluff out my hair in the mornings. And after cowashing, which I have to do more often since I’m working out, I do the same leave-in and sealer. My challenge this week was Jane Carter Curl Defining Cream. I used it over my leave-in, and it defined what I had, but made my hair feel hard. I’m gonna keep at it because I want to master the wash and go. I haven’t done my edges anymore because I don’t have edge issues, to me… Saturday is clay day… Thats it! I’ll start all over again! YAY!

http://www.facebook.com/tammy.scott.165 Tammy Scott

1. Who are your natural hair crushes? Naptural85, JENELL STEWART

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? Yes i have and i think its paying off.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?

I did well last week, I did follow thru with all my goals, no challenges.

http://www.facebook.com/MissArielNicole Ariel Jones

1.) Hmmmm natural hair crushes. I have lot. Frankly, I’m just jealous of anyone that has longer hair than I do *sad face*. When I surf the net for tips and other stuff I’m convinced that my hair doesn’t know how to grow, and I get sad that I don’t have a real regiment.

2.) Am I putting my all into this? Probably not, there are days that my hair is wet so I don’t oil my scalp, because I heard that that is counter-intuitive. Also there are nights that I don’t feel like taking out my puff to apply it. I’m just lazy I guess. I really do need to work on that.

3.) I did pretty badly last week. I’m running out of castor oil and I literally have no kind of money to get more -__- hopefully next week will be better once I get some more.

http://kinkycurlycoilyme.com/ Jenell : BlakIzBeautyful

Adding oils to your scalp and hair is best when your hair is wet.
This is fact. Not my own opinion but fact.
- Deshunboyd
  
  When you apply your castor oil to your scalp at night, do you wet your hair with water everytime since it’s fact that it works better when your hair is wet?
  - http://kinkycurlycoilyme.com/ Jenell : BlakIzBeautyful
    
    No. Not necessary.

http://twitter.com/1Khyrra miakhyrra

1. Who are your natural hair crushes? Just to name a few; you, whoissugar, Elle Varner, Aevin Dugas, Solange Knowles, my friend Teresa…there are so many more I admire

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? Yes, I have. I’m enjoying the benefits of it all!

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? I did good. still sticking to my scalp massages 3x’s a wk & sealing my ends when I moisturize. And tonight gonna treat “Queenie” to a hot oil treatment/overnight steam.

ELA

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
I have quite a few but my main ones: @neffyfrofro:twitter (Fusion of Culture), @IamAliciaJames (Alicia James), @kimmaytube:twitter , @NaturalChica:twitter . There are others but I’d be here all day

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
To be honest, I could have been better but I am improving daily, weekly…

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
I’ve been meeting my goals. I think I need to surpass my goals now. My hair is still in extensions. Just started my 6th week. Want to take them out but it still looks so good. Might take it out just to see my hair. I miss my hair….

http://profile.yahoo.com/ER3D45M4M464TFNEDI3R4GVKIA Jae

1. Who are your natural hair crushes? Curlynikki, BlakIzBeautyful, ahsiek1118, and Kimmytube
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? I’ve been doing great, I have a protective style and it’s been super easy.
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Week 6 was a breeze. Did you follow through with your goals? Yes, all goals were met. Any challenges thus far? I through my protective style would be a challenge, but I found it so easy. No challenges.

Tomi-chan

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
HairCrush, Naptrual85, NikkiMae

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
I have to now that my hair’s out! I try to use castor oil every other day.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
Is my scalp supposed to itch? It happens when I use a shower cap… or get really hot it’s weird and usually after I put on castor oil.

Thianita Brown

so cute!
- Tomi-chan
  
  Ahh omigosh thank you

http://twitter.com/lez_not No.

1. My natural hair crushes are naptural85, mahoganycurls, elle varner, teyana taylor
2. I haven’t but I will commit to doing better!!
3. Doing pretty good, more attention on my edges than anywhere else.

http://facebook.com/kinkycurlyliebe Stephanie

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
UrbanBushBabes, Nikki Mae (YouTube) and Neffyfrofro (YouTube)

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
Some times I don’t but most of the times I do. Currently in Europe right now and I usually take my time sectioning, twisting, oiling scalp and ends but now I’m just always with the in laws, I seem to now really have any time since I’ve been here. All I do is section in big chunks moisturizing and oiling down the shaft and ends. So much faster.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
I did great! No challenges whatsoever. :3

Candis Carswell

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
I like the spiral curl kinda thing, so Elle Varner, Alicia Keys, Kelis…
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
As much as my hair can handle… I wish my hair wasnt so fine and thin. I am back in crown rows for a heat break so I am not putting castor oil on my scalp daily.
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
I continue to meet my minimum goals, the only continuing challenge is i have thin fine hair that i usually wear flat ironed and hate that oiling look.

Symone Michelle

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
Naptural85, LOVE HER lol

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
Yes I have, I LOVE castor oil! Lol

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
I did great, still maintaining my goals I set at the start!

Zee Hoskins

1.You,AfricanExport,India Arie,Naptural85,Princeton from the group Mindless Behavior(his hair is GORGEOUS!!!),Elle Varner,Marsha Ambrosius,CharyJay(just to name a few,lol)
2.Usually,sometimes I fall off though
3.This week I only used Castor oil ONCE!It was such a hectic week that I almost forgot about it!

http://www.facebook.com/zamora.brinkley Zamora Brinkley

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
My natural hair crushes are Elle Varner, esperanza spalding, Erykah Badu2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
I started off strong in the beginning then lagged one week and felt my hair change because it needed the Castor Oil. My love for the results has re-invented my obsession ofr my hair and love of Castor Oil!3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?I followed through more than I ever have. I used it on my ends 3X and I used it from roots to ends also several times a week. My hair loves it!

Missbhavin205

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
Erykah Badu, Tracee Ellis Ross, Janelle Monet
naptural85

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
For the most part, yes! This past week I haven’t, been side tracked. Might have applied once if that smh but I’m back on it starting today did my scalp edges n sealed with jbco

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
Last week migh have been my worst week yet barely applied jbco but as I previously said I’m back on it

tanisha v

1.naptural88, traci ellis, simplyounique, charjay
2. yes i have, its a regular part of my routine to use castor oil now
3. i did good, used it over 3 times a week

NatashaP

1. You Tube Hair crushes: whoissugar, glamazini, hair crush, charyjay, taren916 and our own jenell

http://www.facebook.com/sirabe76 Sha Springfield

1. Who are your natural hair crushes? I don’t really have any. I try not to compare my journey to anyone else’s
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? For a few weeks. I slacked off but I have been better with it lately
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? Week 6 went well, I washed and twisted my hair with the oil. Daily I spray it with water and reseal. None really. I’ve had to use shampoo to clean the oil out between twists sets

http://profile.yahoo.com/WLA25SCRZBBLA5N333DJ4JTAIU vernatta

Check In Questions:

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
CharyJay, Napptural85, Kimmaytube

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?

Yes I have. I want to make sure of it.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
Yes, and no. I have been busy, but I realize that I need to wash my hair more, b/c I sweat a lot, so im making sure that i put my oils on then, and sometimes during the week.

Thianita Brown

Check In Questions:
1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
Let’s see….Jill Scott, Solange Knowles, Yaya Dacosta, and Nikki Minaj (psyche! Just seein’ if you were paying attention ;-p).
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
Most weeks I have. I haven’t been on the message boards as much as I’d like, and I’ve only applied castor oil more than 3x/week during one of the weeks. One week I thiiink I only made to . However, I didn’t want this to FEEL like a “big deal”–the more natural the castor oil integration worked, then the more likely I am to continue the habit, so I tried to keep it psychologically low-key.
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
I did well last week–I did one deep condition and two edge-applications this week. I probably should have applied one more time because my hair did seem to get kind of “thirsty”. OMG I have so many fuzzies in front though!!! I need to tame the fuzzies by incorporating them into some nearby locks. I suppose my hair that used to be much shorter in front is now growing much more quickly, so now I need to find it a home. ACK! I should have taken a pic of the fuzzies at least lol. I’ll try to remember.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Cecilia-Walcott/671326735 Cecilia Walcott

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?

I would say that I am new to this natural hair community, so my crushes are very limited. Jill Scott and my biggest crush is you Jenell…. thanks for showing me how much you can do with natural hair I am loving the journey

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?

Yes I have been giving the challenge my all, I am seeing changes along my hair line and I also have a bold patch to the left side and it seems to be filling in. (This is how it looks to me, LOL)

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?

Followed through with my goals, applied oil nightly to scalp and edges and to my hair twice. So overall process good.

http://kinkycurlycoilyme.com/ Jenell : BlakIzBeautyful

Awww I am so touched. I’m happy to inspire you and to be someone you can refer to.
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Cecilia-Walcott/671326735 Cecilia Walcott
  
  You are very welcome

Je Brother

1. Who are your natural hair crushes? HAIR CRUSHES ARE MY GRANDMA, SOLANGE KNOWLES, CHRISETTE MICHELLE, AND JILL VARNE

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? yES I HAVE ON TO MY THIRD BOTTLE OF JBCO THE LARGE SIZED BOTTLE!!

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? NO HAIR CHALLENGES MORE MENTAL…STARTING TO WONDER WILL MY HAIR EVER GROW OUT…ITS DIFFICULT BUT I WILL NOT GO BACK, I HAVE HAD 2 FRIENDS ALREADY WENT BACK TO RELAXERS…NOT ME!

valeriesmith15

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
Naptrual85, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kimmaytube, and your hair, lovely to see kinky natural long hair.

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
Very well.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
Not really, focussed on my goal.

Deshunboyd

1. Wow, natural hair crushes hmmm….definitely tracee ellis ross, taren916, xgoldn, naptural85, alicia james, simplyounique, and duh jenell lol.

2. I have not been giving this challenge my all. mainly because this week has been a little hectic and I’ve been super tired. When I climb into bed after a hard day, my hair is the last thing on my mind.

3. I’m struggling with protective styling. I’m not very creative with making up styles on my own, and when I try to create other looks from your tutorials or even other you tubers, it never comes out right. My hair is funny acting lol. Plus it’s not that thick it’s kinda fine, so in order to get maximum stretch I have to wait a week to get a full look. Other than that I’m trying to continue massaging the oil in my scalp and on my edges at least 3x a week and continue using it to seal my ends and pre poo when I feel necessary.

http://twitter.com/humbly4real Stanethia Miller

1. HairCrush, African Export, Naptural85, BeautifulBrwnBabyDol, WhoisSugar, Summyr1988, Taren, Solange (I love her!), Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, my friend Siobhan…. There are more but I feel like this is enough to get the point lol

2. Yes! I use my castor oil nearly daily! I use it on my scalp and hair, and edges! My hair loves it. I can’t really tel if it’s growing because I had to cut about 1/3 in of SSK all over my head at the ends . But hopefully by September, I’ll have some good growth! And I’m gonna do the Fall challenge as well
3. I did pretty good for week 6… Maybe over did it (I have half a bottle left since the previous Friday O_o lol). But my hair loves the stuff!

http://www.facebook.com/Kira0313 Shakira O’Garro

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
Celebrities: Corinne Bailey Rae, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu
Youtubers: Naptural85, WhoisSugar, CharJay, Denimpixie, Alicia James, Jcokes, DUH JENELL YOU’RE ONE TOO!
(I feel like there’s more but I can’t recall any… If I remember I’ll add! Lol)

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
I feel like I have! The only thing I’ve yet to do is a hot oil treatment. But I seal with it, oil my scalp, add it to conditioners, ect. I use it at least 3 times a week, and on good weeks I use it much more than 5.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
Yep I did! And no challenges! I’m going to try the Rosemary JBCO on my scalp starting next week! And since I had to postpone my wash day, I’m going to do a hot oil treatment as a pre-poo with JBCO tomorrow! ^.~

http://twitter.com/Takesha1 Curly Chocolate

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?

I don’t have any…but I do have someone on YT with similar hair that is an inspiration regarding hair growth (nalia1908)

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?

No because it’s summer & the humidity has affected the way I do my hair. So I have not always used castor oil because it’s too thick & a humectant (using lighter oils)

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?

I didn’t use any castor oil at all. My challenge is the weather

Nell

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
My ultimare hair crushes are my youtubers– FusionofCultures and CharyJay. My celeb hair crushes are Yaya Dacosta and Solange (she’s myi nspriration!)

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
To be honest it depends on the week and how I’m feeling. I do try though and with this weekly check in I have to be accountable for some effort during the week so I think it’s working!

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? Not bad. I applied castor oil to my scalp three times this week. I’m so ready to take out these braids and give my whole head some intense TLC castor oil style

GabbyVeex3

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
my best friend, mom, aunts, &dad:)
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
yes i have and the improvements are amazing i love every minute of it
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
No challenges so far. Same typical routine applying my castor oil 3x weekly:)<3

Clewis 27

(My hair crushes are esperanza spalding, elle varner, Traci Ellis Ross, chaka Khan, cipriana

At the beginning I was giving my all but I’ve been slacking lately. I definitely will be back on track by next week.

Again last week I was slacking. I only applied jbco 2-3x. I ran out 2 days ago and i haven’t had a chance to but a new bottle. I will definitely get a new bottle on my way to work tomorrow.

Doline

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
Corrine Bailey Rae, Esperanza Spalding, AliciaJamesMusic, CharyJay, you Jenell, and many others… Too many!
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
I have been doing the minimum, I could do more. I’ve wanted do more to check in more but the last few weeks have been busy with job interviews and now I’m in the process of moving so I keep missing the check ins! I’ll do better.
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
Applied my coconut JBCO to my edges at night before bed. My primary goal has been to grown in my edges so I guess I’m on track with feeding them though I’d like more. Challenge has been making time to do more with my JBCO and making it to the check ins on time. I’ll usually get the newsletter and say I’ll do it later then Friday comes along. Ugh.
I did take a picture of my front length check for the 5th week but missed the check in. Below is the pic. Plus a pic of the tension blow out I did a couple of days ago. My fro surprised me!

shanta ferguson

1. My hair crush would be Jill Scott, and Vannie Cambridge from the natural group on face book. I love her hair.

2. I have been giving this my all because I want to see how long my hair will get within the three month challenge. Not to mention if this does work I will be using it on my daughters hair.

3. Last week I did not do so great. I think I only used the oil once last week. I was so busy with my mom in town that I completely forgot. But I am back on it this week for sure.

http://twitter.com/lexluxxe Ms. Ocean

1. Who are your natural hair crushes? My natural hair crushes are Teyana Taylor, Tracee Ellis Ross, my friends, and Solange.

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? I believe so. It definitely gets trying at times because I get anxious easily wanting to see significant results right away. But I’ve found that switching and experimenting with styles is keeping me excited to do my hair. This past weekend I tried an avocado deep conditioner. The recipe called for olive oil but of course I switched that out for castor oil. My hair really felt noticeably softer after I rinsed it out. *Recipe* Half an avocado (I ended up using over half because I was heavy handed with the liquids.) 1/4 of castor oil, 1/4 aloe vera juice, 1/4 honey then blend until smooth. Everyone should try it!

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? I did great last week since I had a a protective updo in so oiling my scalp was a breeze. As well I tried the new dc recipe that incorporated castor oil. As well I rocked a twist out at a family bbq. My hair is softer, and shinier, so I think I’m exceeding my goals.

http://twitter.com/IamNads Nadine Stewart

1. Hair Crush Celeb: YaYa Dacosta. Hair Crush YouTubers: SimplYounique, Naptural85, Fusion of Cultures, LoveIslandBeauty and of course you, Jenell!
2. Yes, I really have been giving this my all. I’ve shared the fact that I’m doing a ‘castor oil challenge’ with friends and family, I’ve put off trimming my hair until this is over, I’m IN THIS!
3. Last week was OK. It was a busy week with lots of travelling so I don’t feel I thought about my hair regime as much as I usually do. That aside, I still continued to rub JCBO on my edges daily. I oiled my scalp twice (not as much as usual) and also used it to seal in moisture as and when.

Feron

1. My natural hair crushes are: Natural Chica (Mae), Naptural85, Lady T101, Kasherra LaTash, and Esparnaza Spalding.
2. I have been giving this challenge my all. Every morning as part of my daily routine, I apply my leave in conditioner followed by oiling my scalp with my castor oil. Weekly, I add JBCO to my DC or hot oil treatment.
3. I did great last week by not missing any days and adding JBCO to my DC.

anterria

1.My natural hair crushes are naturallycandi,101ladyt,urbanbushbabes, african export(all on youtube)
2.Yes i have been giving this challenge my all because i want to reap the benefits of castor oil!
3.I didnt follow my goals last week 6 but I am doing better this week

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1674532644 Arvetta LordtouchRenee’ Moore

1.Who are your natural hair crushes?

My crushes would have to include— Mahogany Curls (You tuber), Simplyunique (You tuber), Teyana Taylor (Actress/Artist)

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
HONEY YES! I am so dedicated! I am keeping myself on track as well as my friends– and I’ve been working on my Sister’s hair as well… I am loving the challenge and the results and have more recruits for the next challenge!

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far… No challenges and I did great… I actually decided to co-wash once every two weeks for a little while… Still using the JBCO like 4x’s a week and I apply it to my edges and ends nighty… I just received the lavender JBCO took me a few days to get use to the smell– Finally, I just mixed it with the regular castor oil and that lightened the smell up a bit…

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=500590544 NaturallyDivine NaturalDiva

1. Who are your natural hair crushes? Mynatural hair crushes are Ambrosia (xGOLDn), Chime (HairCrush), Alicia James (aliciajamesmusic) and Janelle
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=555974457 Alicia Godfrey-White

oooops I forgot to check-in last week
1. SimplYounique, Natural85, MahoganyCurls,Prettydimples01 and Taren916.
2. Some weeks are better than others, but I am seeing results so I think I’m doing pretty good.
3. I followed through but I could have done better.

Ikila

1. Who are your natural hair crushes? Too many to name but for certain Naptural85, Fusion of Cultures and Taren916

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? Eh. I think I can try a bit more. (Sad face)

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? I’m still on track with my goals. Applying to my edges (hairline) 3x a week. I think I need to start applying it to my scalp as well. No challenges thus far…

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=8339048 Jennifer Westbrooks

1. My natural hair crushes are Amel Larrieux, Tracee Ellis Ross, Corinne Bailey Rae, Naptural85, and Cipriana from Urban Bush Babes.
2. I have given this challenge more effort than I would usually when it comes to my hair. I have become more aware of what my hair likes and doesn’t and through this challenge I can see how much my hair was suffering from frequent heat use. One of my new goals is to stop being dependent on heat styling and wear my hair in non-heat styles the majority of the time.

3. I did well this last week. I applied castor oil to the length of my hair twice, and massaged my scalp with castor oil 3 x. So far so good!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=8339048 Jennifer Westbrooks

The correct hair crush collage.
http://kinkycurlycoilyme.com/ Jenell : BlakIzBeautyful

Those are great crushes!
Keep up the good work. Your hair will thank you.

http://twitter.com/HerNameisNic Nic Lucien

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
I don’t have any celeb hair crushes but I do have my holy grail of youtubers and bloggers….. Shelley from Hairscapades, Naptural 85, Curly Nikki, Mahogany Curls and you, Jenell at Kinky Curly Coily Me!
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? I haven’t been giving it my all ( I am not OD’ing) but I feel like I have gotten into a great routine. I have been stretching my wash and go’s for about 3-4 days. So I usually use castor oil to seal when I initially style, then I will reapply in between styles with nightly scalp massages and I apply on my edges almost everyday when styling in a banana clip for the day.
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? I did well last week. I finally figured out how to apply so that I don’t wake up with oily pillowcases. The one little challenge I am having is feeling like I applied enough during my scalp massages. Because it is so thick, I try to use only little drops. However, I am so used to feeling like I need to feel the grease in my hair that I find myself over pouring to compensate for this. LOL I am trying to remember that less is more as I continue to apply throughout the week.

Hope its going well for everyone!

http://kinkycurlycoilyme.com/ Jenell : BlakIzBeautyful

Haha. Yes, less is more!

Funkystarkitty50

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
Chaka Khan, Corrine Bailey Rae, Shima, Curly Nikki, Naptural85, SimpleYounique, GirlsLuvYourCurls

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? I believe that I have, but with the hormonal changes in my body and having an autoimmune problem, I have a lot working against me right now.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? Nothing has changed and everything has remained consistent, including the nonexistent edges

Shade

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?

Tracy Elis Ross and Jill Scott

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?

Yes i have been giving it my all. I have stuck to my plan and i plan on staying on track all the way through.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?

I did well last week. no challenges.

Tazzee

1. Who are your natural hair crushes? Add me to the Traci Ellis Ross fan club. Most of my crushes are YTers and bloggers. My YT crush that has a texture similar to mine is MsVCharles. My other crushes (although their texture is totally different) would be you,Jenell and Monique over at Natural and Fabulous.

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? Yes, it’s part of my daily/nightly ritual now. I was so accustomed to having twists in my hair and being able to apply the CO to my scalp with my fingers that when I started doing WnGs, I got a little lost. Then Jenell’s YT using the applicator bottle got me back on track. So every week I’ve met my goals, but most week I seek to exceed them.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? Week 6 was great because I got my mini twists back. No challenges thus far.

http://kinkycurlycoilyme.com/ Jenell : BlakIzBeautyful

The applicator bottle works wonders!

http://twitter.com/TessCobbett Tess cobbett

My hair crushes are Janell Stewart, Charyjay *spelling, Toyabootresses.

Being that I just started the challenge x1 month- I have been very diligent in my routine- especially following Janell’s hair pampering routine after a wash.

Last week was awesome- I dyed my hair about a week prior to the challenge and I already see a 1/2 inch of growth at my roots (1/2 inch of dark black hair- my hair is red).

NATURAL BEAUTI QUEEN

I have a crush on my own hair, there are a few others but their names are not coming to me right now. Wait Chaka Khan and Curly Nikki and KCCM….

I’ve been doing the best I can with all I have going on.

I have been using castor oil on my egdes I cut them due to heat damage so I need them to grow out fast.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=38904073 Natalie Gore

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
~all the ladies i see with awesome big curly hair, and my lil sister!!
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
~actually i am getting much better at sticking to this challenge!!
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
~i am doing awesomely well now, even though my hair is in a protective style of Crochet Braids i am still applying CO to my scalp as well as the edges on a daily basis.

Amber Plummer

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?

Jill Scott, Corinne Bailey Rae, Solange, Naptural85, and Luvbeinnatural.

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?

Yes, I am looking for the growth seeming that my hair has been the same length for 2 years.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?

I have a protective style now(a braided up do) but I still was able to go through my scalp with a nozzle tip bottle of JBCO.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Nadia-Davis/712386578 Nadia Davis

1) My natural hair crushes are Jill Scott, Jenell Stewart (OF COURSE), Iknowlee (youtube), kimmaytube, and CharJay!! You all give me hope!!

2) I really have been giving it my all!! I am a MASTER PROCRASTINATOR and usually would have fallen off by week 2, but I am so proud of myself. My hair being in the protective style actually makes it easier for me.

3) This week was hectic, so I got all my scalp oiling in at the beginning of the week to make sure I wouldn’t forget! My challenges thus far are remembering just because I have my hair protected, it still needs moisture so I have to remember to spray it with water everyday.

Baileylsamantha

1. My natural hair crushes are Jenell (of course!!), Charjay, Naptural85, SimplYounique, Fusion of Cultures, CurlyNikki, NikkiMae2003 (yeah I am a youtube junky lol!)

2. Yes, I have been giving it my all and some lol! Even on days when I do not feel like doing my hair I will spritz it with my water mix and massage my scalp with castor oil.

3. Last week I used the castor oil almost everyday, which is over what my regimen was supposed to be, so I definitely followed through with my goals. There haven’t been too many challenges during this challenge, just patiently waiting for my nape area to catch up (almost there!).

http://www.facebook.com/SheDel92 SheRea DelSol

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
All of those chics with BOMB hair that I see circulating on FB, Tumblr, and blogs!

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
HECK YEA!! I’m trying to have hair to my butt!

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?

I used it 6 nights and 6 days baby. I had to make up for Week 5 so I wasn’t playing NO games! I had no challenges.

http://kinkycurlycoilyme.com/ Jenell : BlakIzBeautyful

Lol!

Grace

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
My friend Renee, SimplYounique, Jill scott, and urself KCCM and a few others I may find on youtube

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
Honestly, Ive had my lazy days. But I do make sure that i have used my castor oil on de edges and ends daily which wa one of my goals

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
Last I did a head massage with the castor oil, which felt beautiful after. No challenges yet. Been very hectic at the moment so i put my hair in rough twists to style

April

-I don’t really have a natural hair crush at this time.
-I have been trying to go beyond what my goals were but i can only seem to manage the regimine I agreed to. Hopefully i can manage to get some extras in.
-I did well but i noticed that when i wear a twist out and i moisturize with water and oil my hair frizzes. Is there something i am doing wrong?

NaturalBrown Beauties

1. Who are your natural hair crushes? I would not call them crushes, just ladies whose hair I really like to see and one day get my hair to be as healthy and great looking: BlackOnyx77, Kimmaytube, Ahsiek1118, BlackIzBeautyful, CaribBeautiz, MsVCharles, WhoisSugar.
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
I’ve been applying it when I go to sleep and in the morning before I go out. Some days I do it and some days I don’t but definitely sticking with my weekly hair goals.
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? I did Great!

felisity1983

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
-My natural hair crush is MsTanish1

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
-I’ve been trying to give this challenge my all, but with 3 kids (all boys) and school being out it can be rough sometimes.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
-I did ok last week, I think I oiled my hair about 3-4 days out of the week and also put my hair in mini twists so I don’t have to worry about combing it for a while.

http://www.facebook.com/FayeV6g Faye Venable

My natural hair crushes are Naptural85, Blakizbeautyful, CharyJay and Kimmaytube

I have been on point doing this challenge and i can’t wait to see my hair when I take these twists out to see what kind of growth I’ve achieved

I did very well, I applied JBCO to my scalp 2x last week and did my edges 3x last week

Ayana

1. Who are your natural hair crushes? Jill Scott, KimmyTube, you of course, Naptural85, and Elle Varner
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? Yes I have, especially when we did the first length check. I was even more motivated.
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? I have still been doing well with my prepoo & sealant however, I slacked a day or two with oiling my scalp.

http://kinkycurlycoilyme.com/ Jenell : BlakIzBeautyful

Yea, that first length check will do it!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1639362303 Monique Grannum

So many hair crushes!!! Naptural85, Dominique Harris,BGLH; and the list goes on an on.

Taking care of natural hair is time consuming so adding this the refining wasn’t really a big deal. I have been pretty consistent the whole time. I’m on vacation an applied the oil 3x’s this week.

Onyinyedike

1. My hair crushes are Gina(NaturalBelle),Ms-gg of Fro stoppa, NikkiNicole of knottinikki.com, Jenell of KCCM, Solange knowles, Nibi of thekinkyapothecary, Olaronke (one of my BFFS), Janelle Monae and the lovely Jill Scott.
2. Its been hard mehn, especially for the past 2 weeks. i jus started my new job and it is quite demanding, all my free time has been taken up. But i still try. Dont be surprised if you find me in traffic spraying my braids with water and rubbing my castor/jojoba oil mix down my braids and on my scalp.lol. Yes, i would say i have been giving the challenge my all
3. Regardless i followed through with my goals. oiled my edges, scalp, mosturized my hair…thinking of washing and conditioning my braids this weekend. any tips on hw to make this process as short and hassle-free as possible?thanks guys!

http://kinkycurlycoilyme.com/ Jenell : BlakIzBeautyful

Lmao! In traffic?? You’re committed.
- onyinyechi uwakwemdike
  
  Yes i am week 7 check in

Venita

I don’t have any hair crushes. I have been giving this challenge my all and I did good this past week.

houston2b

Check In Questions:
1. Who are your natural hair crushes? I dont really have any..I do like naptrual85, kimmaytube

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? yes have been moisturizing and sealing every morning

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? Last week was great..followed my goals to the “T” I am noticing the longer my hair gets the longer it takes to detangle

vicky

1. My forite natural persons are Lauren Hill & Naturally Candi

2. No.

3. Last week I used caster oil on my scalp,hair,edges,and eye brows. Yes

http://kinkycurlycoilyme.com/ Jenell : BlakIzBeautyful

Why aren’t you giving the challenge your all?

j1830291

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
Jenell (You really have inspired me to love me and my hair. So for that you are STAR STATUS!), MyNaturalSistas’s, Naptrual85 and Tarin. I am aiming to be a natural hair crush within my church community!

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
No. I think that I have been applying the castor oil but not giving my hair the love that it needs. There is a difference. For the past few weeks this challenge has been routine instead of me loving and embracing my hair. This week was a reality check and I gave my hair the time that it needed.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
Great! I had a personal reassessment and I can tell that my hair is reaping the benefits. I am making it an effort to apply castor oil to my edges everyday and to my scalp at least 3x a week. It’s already a staple in my hair washing regimen but since it’s summer I am trying not to was my hair as much.

mdnadmin

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
–too many! Mostly youtubers (guys and gals) because i love seeing the journey they go through to get to where they are. And i don’t mean just longer hair, some I feel like I have gone through it with them. Celebs are great, and gorgeous, but to me it really says a lot about a person who will bring you that much into their life, especially in a world where we are to believe that everything is supposed to always be perfect. The youtubers I watch do all kinds of things, flat ironing, updos, twists, perms, weaves,etc. I may not be doing what they do, but I love their spirits.

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
–I would say yes, I have.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
—I think I did well, this week was a trip but since I’m so late in posting this, you all will hear more about that soon ;D

CaitE

Disqus has me logged in to too many things, its me CaitE

Estelle

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?

I am not going to lie, you are one! You inspire me to keep going on my natural hair journey. Also Solange-she did it for her and didnt care what everyone else thought.

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?

I have been keeping with the challenge. I use my oil mix every other day. The smell of the black castor oil can get overwhelming. I think I will switch to the gold one when I am done with black one. The gold castor oil’s smell was more pleasant and not so strong.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?

Last week was great. I washed with oil 2 times(I wash at the beginning and end of week. If not my hair is itching a lot.), and used in hair everyday in my oil mix. I like to put it on the mix at night and put a shower cap on for deep condition. My hair is always so soft in the morning too after that.

Karemel

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
My natural hair crushes are CharyJay, SimplYounique, and…you! That last tutorial of an up-do had my mouth watering (creepy, I know. Sorry.) Your hair was sooo shiny and has so much body. Very pretty.
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
I can probably do better, but, I’ve surprised myself by really sticking to this.
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
I did much better last week. My hair was in twists, and I find it much easier to apply the castor oil to my scalp when it’s in twists as opposed to an Afro or an “out” style. My only challenge is consistency with using the castor oil. I am enjoying being a part of this challenge.

http://www.facebook.com/ericanneal Erica Neal

I know I’m late but to me defense, it’s not even 10:30 in Mountain Time, lol. My work week has been crazy and haven’t had a chance before tonight to get on to do my check-in, so I hope this doesn’t disqualify me. But at the same time I will continue with this challenge because it is doing wonders for my hair!
1. Who are your natural hair crushes? I love all who have big beautiful, full, long curls! I’ve seen so many pictures posted on Facebook and I love them all. I haven’t found that “one” that I’m absolutely envious of, but I can’t wait to have that super huge full fro full of curls.
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? For the most part I have been. Though I can say there was a hectic period where I had to travel unexpectedly and was extremely busy that I wasn’t able to stay on my regimen of moisturizing my scalp using my JBCC every other day like I had been. But I think since being home I was able to make a full come back!
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? I have been following with my routine/goals this past week. I was able to get my wash in with my deep conditioning with my shea moisture/JBCC mix and then oiling me scalp with it every other day as well. I will continue with this regimen until the end of the challenge and beyond! I will be posting my 5 week growth check picture that I was unable to post at that time.

Delra sutton

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
PGneiicey KinkyKurlyQueen MahoganyCurls. Elle Varner
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
I cant say that I give this challenge a 100% with heat and work, I my hair has seen better days
3. How did you do last week (week 6)
I did a honey treatment using castor oil instead of EVOO ( that was a mess) so i just used the oil to seal my hair after co-washing.

Kim Gaither

1.my natural hair crushes are Alicia Keys, YouTube Hair Crush, Iknowlee, n makeupjunkie
2. Yes I am giving it my all even those nights I just wanna throw on a bonnet I still make sure i add my JBCO to my scalp.
3.I did well week 6 continuing to follow my regimen. Plus adding extra days of oiling my scalp. Happy to say still no challenges.

Kim Gaither

Sorry I meant makeupandbeautyjunkie

http://www.occasionsbyL.com/ Lenerasimagination

1. Who are your natural hair crushes?
I don’t have a crush on any natural hair person because every natural is different and textures are different. My curl pattern is 4C and a twist out gives my hair great curl definition. As for lengtg crushes, I just wish to have or to achieve the big puff like some 1 and 2 year veterans.

2. Have you been giving this challenge your all?
I have. I’ve failed to checkin on time simply because i forget. When I first started this challenge idid my weekly wash regimen on Wed and I would always checkin afterwards. Since the first couple of weeks ive waited another day or three to wash my hair because the castor oil has done wonders for my hair.

3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far?
Last week like every week thus far I achieve my goals and use it more and more througout the week.

KLeeBaby

1. Who are your natural hair crushes? I don’t have one. I just LOVE when I see beautiful natural hair. I do want to know they’re hair regimen and the products they use.
2. Have you been giving this challenge your all? To be honest, no. However, I have been about 90% successful with following through with putting CO on my scalp, hair and edges. I am even doing my son’s edges. I pledge to continue after the challenge is over because I’ve seen a HUGE difference.
3. How did you do last week (week 6)? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges thus far? I was able to follow through with my CO according to my schedule, but more towards the end of the week. I

Victoria Hunt

1. My hair crush is Elle Varner. I love everything about her hair and hopefully one day I can have that same fullness.
2. I was in the beginning and now that my hair is much thicker I notice I began to slack off.
3. Last week was a struggle but this next week I’m getting back into my routine.