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Currently, I am halfway through my first month in to my Manetabolism Hair Growth Challenge.
When Blogger turned entrepreneur Courtney Adeleye and her brand The Mane Choice put out the call for bloggers and social media influencers to participate in the Manetabolism hair growth challenge, I jumped at the chance.
For me personally, it was serendipitous — I had just big chopped the rest of my transitioning tresses with a DevaCut in December, and I was anxious to do a true grow out challenge for myself. There are tons of great reasons to hop on a hair growth challenge – whether it be The Mane Choice, Hairfinity, Castor Oil, Coconut Oil, or otherwise (I just don’t personally cosign on the inversion method”>. I’ve narrowed it down to the five most beneficial reasons to jump on the growth challenge bandwagon:
5 Reasons to Join A Growth Challenge
1. Whole Health
You know that healthy hair grows from the inside out.
Some hair growth challenges involve vitamins and supplements and on the whole, supplementing can help alleviate some nutritional deficiencies that may be stalling hair growth. If your beauty endeavors lead you to take hair, nail, or skin vitamins, it is likely that you will be motivated to make other healthy lifestyle decisions.
More fresh fruits and veggies, increased water intake, and even exercise all have positive impacts on the hair. Talk about collateral benefit!
2. Relax!
Many growth challenges (especially those that involve oiling the scalp”> incorporate scalp massages into their repertoire, and for good reason.
Not only do massages stimulate scalp circulation and hair growth, they are also incredibly beneficial for de-stressing and relaxation. A stimulated scalp is a scalp that grows healthy hair. And a de-stressed body improves your overall health, mood, and of course, hair growth!
3. Fine Tuning
Because many naturals are busy women – entrepreneurs, moms, wives, and professionals (and sometimes all 4 at the same time”>, we can easily get caught up in the mode of doing just enough to our hair to get by.
And while that may suffice, after a while the bare minimum takes a toll. Because hair growth isn’t just about growth (retention plays a huge factor”>, in order to avoid washing all your progress down the drain, fine-tuning and sticking to a beneficial regimen of products (or at least practices”> will help retain any length gained during a hair growth challenge. Deep conditioning more. A little more patience during detangling. Refreshing and sealing in moisture properly.
All of these things and more will take your hair growth challenge results to the next level.
4. Get Out of Your Rut
Protective styling is a crucial element to many hair growth challenges as a means of retaining length.
While protective styles may get a bad rep for being boring, they are incredibly helpful during a growth challenge – especially to those who have difficulty retaining length when their hair is exposed the elements.
Look at these styles as an opportunity to experiment with new buns, mini-twists, updos, marley twists, and braids. There are so many chic protective styling options to keep your delicate ends from drying out and breaking off – it should never be boring!
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5. Nothing to Lose
The real question here is, why NOT start a hair growth challenge?
Sure, adopting a thoughtful regimen may take a little more of your time at first, but creating good habits and a proper routine can actually save time you time in the long run.
There’s always a possibility that the vitamins won’t work for you. But bolstering your intake of healthy nutrients is always a good thing.
Worst case scenario, your hair continues to grow at the average rate it always does.
What do you stand to lose?
And visit my blog for updates on my progress: www.maneobjective.com.
