A Newbie Starting Fresh

**ursaV** · February 21st, 2018, 09:52 PM

Hello all! After many years of bobs, pixies, bleach, and bangs I have cut out the last bit of it and am committed to growing long, healthy, natural hair (experimenting was fun, but I am ready to live my long hair dreams). I've been slowly chopping all the damage out over time, so I've also been lurking on LHC periodically as well and finally mustered up the courage to make an account. As a almost 22 year old busy college student from downstate New York, I want to carve out time to routinely take care of my locks as well as my mind and general body. So my hair is just one facet of my attempt to take care of myself as best I can

Thanks for reading my spiel, see you all around!

**Groovy Granny** · February 21st, 2018, 10:31 PM

Welcome

How long is your hair now?

Enjoy the journey

**ursaV** · February 21st, 2018, 10:33 PM

Thank you! It is about an inch below my collar bone.

**Groovy Granny** · February 21st, 2018, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by ursaV

Thank you! It is about an inch below my collar bone.

Nice...and pretty virgin hair

**TatsuOni** · February 26th, 2018, 07:17 AM

Welcome!

**lapushka** · February 26th, 2018, 07:45 AM

Welcome to our little corner of the world! Happy growing!

**circlers** · March 2nd, 2018, 01:43 PM

Welcome welcome

**Sarahlabyrinth** · March 2nd, 2018, 01:59 PM

Hi, welcome here!

**spurple** · March 5th, 2018, 03:46 PM

Hello! I'm 32 and spent the last 10 years with pixie-ish hair, the last of that 4 years it was bright purple. My hair is just touching the tops of the trapezius muscles. I needed to stop getting bleach on my scalp, so I'm growing out the purple but hope to keep purple ends looking fresh and healthy. I'm just not ready to let go of the COLOR! Good luck with your goals!

**ursaV** · March 5th, 2018, 09:09 PM

spurple I think keeping the ends dyed is such a good compromise, no itchy scalp bleaching or potential breakage. I had the ends colorful for a while but unfortunately had to cut it off for a job and just decided to go virgin completely from there. I loooooved manic panic, I was always either blue, pink, purple, or any combination of those, it was so much fun!