Waist | Hip | BCL | Tailbone

[Chasemi]

Wow such an amazing difference!! Is your hair all virgin now? I can't tell if the last few inches have been dyed back to your virgin colour or if they're just varied a bit due to age.
Your hair is so pretty!

[Wingspan]

Okay, here is a pic. Sorry it may be quite big and the quality is not great. Three years ago my hair was shoulder -collarbone length and now it's hip length. The wave pattern isn't the best in this picture, I was just going for a length shot.
I guess the difference between waist and hip is significant, as I got some comments like "how / when did your hair get so long? I don't remember it ever being this long!" I do feel like waits length was just "long" but at hip it has crossed over to "very long" because usually even main stream long haired people don't have longer than waist length.

My plan is now to pamper my hair more, start wearing it up more, and have small trims every once in a while, while still letting it grow longer. I think at least TBL would be a nice length, but I want to at least try classic length. It would make a really nice long braid I don't want the ends to get too wispy, although some taper is okay. I have quite much now at the ends, which is still remnant of my big shed in 2020. I have trimmed the thinnest ends a little already after going for so long without any trims, but there is still some of the thinner ends to trim off.

I have noticed a lot of splits and breakage lately, so I bought some protein treatments, as I've been just focusing on moisturising, and I think my hair needs some strengthening now.

[Bri-Chan]

Bri-Chan, did you really grow that much in just 2,5 years? Very fast growth! And amazing hair. I hope to reach your length someday!

The first pic is October 2021, the second one is now. I dont find my hair to grow fast, just the average 1cm/month. One year ago I got some long layers, those helped for sure to remove the bleach.
I'm sure you can reach TBL too! With your color it will be gorgeous.

Wow such an amazing difference!! Is your hair all virgin now? I can't tell if the last few inches have been dyed back to your virgin colour or if they're just varied a bit due to age.
Your hair is so pretty!

So, I have some bleach left, I think around 5 inches. In the past two years I've used some deposit only hairdye on ends and midlenghts, usually red/purple. So that section has a strongest red tone than my natural color. So the ends are the result of faded red on bleach.

Okay, here is a pic. Sorry it may be quite big and the quality is not great. Three years ago my hair was shoulder -collarbone length and now it's hip length. The wave pattern isn't the best in this picture, I was just going for a length shot.
I guess the difference between waist and hip is significant, as I got some comments like "how / when did your hair get so long? I don't remember it ever being this long!" I do feel like waits length was just "long" but at hip it has crossed over to "very long" because usually even main stream long haired people don't have longer than waist length.

My plan is now to pamper my hair more, start wearing it up more, and have small trims every once in a while, while still letting it grow longer. I think at least TBL would be a nice length, but I want to at least try classic length. It would make a really nice long braid I don't want the ends to get too wispy, although some taper is okay. I have quite much now at the ends, which is still remnant of my big shed in 2020. I have trimmed the thinnest ends a little already after going for so long without any trims, but there is still some of the thinner ends to trim off.

I have noticed a lot of splits and breakage lately, so I bought some protein treatments, as I've been just focusing on moisturising, and I think my hair needs some strengthening now.

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I agree that the difference between WL and HL is enough to make the mane look long.

[Vara La Fey]

I realize this sweater is a poor choice for length shots but my house is freezing and I have already sent it through Imgur
This coming January will be my 4 year LHC anniversary. HL milestone feels like a great anniversary gift

I know it's been a few months since you posted it, but WOW I love that hair.

[Vara La Fey]

....and although I´m glad I raced and acquired the length, I am not quite happy about my ends. I have a different plan for the next year - taking 1 cm off every three months. I should reach TBL some time after Easter, and CL possibly by next Christmas. But I consider my hair pretty long now (long enough for me, even with LHCitis bug in my brain), so I am going to focus more on thickening of my hemline, if it´s possible at all (with my thin and superfine hair). It does not matter to me anymore if I settle for reaching and maintaining at TBL, CL or FTL maximum - as long as I have reasonably thick and healthy ends.

Five months later now, how's it going? I think your hair looks very nice, and yes the ends are thin in the pic, but they still look nice. And as I've prolly said before, I view hair growth/shaping like a writing project: write now, edit later. Hit that length goal first so you feel like you're making real progress (because you are). That's what I've been doing, and I love the progress.

[Vara La Fey]

I got my hair done yesterday and I'm very happy with the result!

My hairdresser took a video, if anyone's curious to see it in motion: https://imgur.com/a/mdyAZ9b

Just WOW. That's imprerssive.

[Vara La Fey]

I've come to the conclusion that for my hair braids are not very protective (although better than nothing)

I've wondered about that too. What's everyone's verdict on this?

Seems to me that abrade wouldn't exactly be an ideal solution to preventing friction damage. Even loose braids rub hair on hair and still need a tie at the end. ATM I just ponytail mine for bedtime, and I use the soft seamless QRTVI ties from Amazon. My recent hair-fear (I always have one) is crushing my hair between myself and the sheets, chair backs, whatever. I need to learn some simple up-do that doesn't need spears, pitchforks, and a month of practice...

[Vara La Fey]

An hair update, even if that's really nothing new. I hope it's not huge.



Here it's clear the demarcation between bleach and no bleach. I'm quite ok with my hair lately, it seems and feels healthy.

And someone else with gorgeous hair to give me Imposter Syndrome for even being here among y'all. Just wow. And fwiw I like the highlights at the end. Suggestion for next pics: wear light colored clothes to show your hair better. It's visible here, but hair like that deserves to leap off the screen at the viewer.

[Vara La Fey]

I cut my hair (by myself, cut on washed&dried hair) last week, as I had planned. I didn´t take a measuring tape to the bathroom, I went by feel. And landed at waist length.

My first thought was: Yes, yes, yes, I love it!

My second thought, when I took my hair down from the bun in the evening was: Holymoly, it´s so SHORT! But good short!

IF there's a good "short", that's def it. It's really beautiful. How did you get it so straight by yourself?

[Vara La Fey]

Hi all! I am pleased to finally be joining you here!

[...] I have many layers and a moderate amount of breakage, so I will stay in this thread until I get my U-shaped hemline back and also until most layers are solidly at hip.

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Welcome aboard. You have seriously beautiful wavy hair.

Do you use an oil mask to strengthen your hair against breakage? Masking is the main reason my own hair isn't still SL, as it's fragile and dry despite being coarse. My own weekly mask is coconut oil, avocado oil and olive oil - those have been tested scientifically to actually penetrate into the hair, as opposed to cooking oil, mineral oil, motor oil, or ghawd knows what other horrors - and I mix them about 1/3 each; you can buy them from the baking aisle of the store and even pay with food stamps if necessary. I mostly avoid the "hair care" aisle, though I do love the Herbal Essences no-sulfate shampoos and a couple cone-free conditioners like Maui Moisture. Additional to that (though I'm sure not as important for me) is being very gentle with the hair esp when wet.

I browsed your albums and clearly you know how to grow hair, so resist the urge to cut! Hair like yours should be long, sexy and happy.