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SL/APL/BSL/MBL

Not familiar with these terms? I'm not either...I saw some black hair blog writers in Essence a couple months ago (Afrobella and Hairlicious and others) and decided to check them out. I thought I was obsessed with my hair, but these women?? Man! These sites need to come with their own glossary.

I really obsess over my hair a lot and I constantly buy new products that promise to grow my hair, stop breakage, add moisture, stop itching, etc etc etc. Any magazine that offers "Healthy hair tips," I purchase and read. Ask my guy - probably 45 percent of our convos over the past year have revolved around my hair. I cut my hair, dye it, weave it, everything - all in pursuit of the perfect do. I thought visiting the black hair sites would out me in touch with sistas who had unlocked the secrets of hair growth success. But when I saw all the abbreviations and regimens and everything, I felt more lost than ever. These girls are really serious with this sh*t. They have like 10 products that they use every day and and night.

SL=Shoulder Length, APL = Arm Pit Length, BSL = Bra Strap Length and MBL = ? idk, Mid-Back Length, maybe. And as for the other terms above...I have no idea.

Reading those sites and trying to decipher their language made my head hurt.