Fine-haired ppl: how long until hair lays nicely? - The Long Hair Community Discussion Boards

Rini · July 11th, 2010, 07:37 PM

I'm just feeling a bit frustrated right now! My hair is passing BSL now, but I still don't feel good about wearing it down. I just think it looks flyaway/floaty and doesn't "swing" like other people's hair. I know it's just my natural wurly/fine texture, but I figure there has to be SOME point where the weight of my hair will finally allow it to "hang" down my back a bit better. I'm just really sick of the messy appearance.

I just want to know from others with a similar texture, at what length did it start to "behave" for you? Give me some hope!!! Tell me how wonderful it will be when it's waist length!

clichepithet · July 11th, 2010, 08:02 PM

Hmm, well. I'm somewhere around 29-29.5, which is in the Waist Lands for me and I still never really wear it down for reasons including what you're wondering about. It just floats about and snarls and wraps around stuff. "Stuff" never seems to be a free Ficcare Innovation, large.

ETA: Yup what spidermom said, just below there. Product can help, at times.

spidermom · July 11th, 2010, 08:04 PM

My hair still floats around. I can get it to lay better with product. I've been using a curl creme lately because it helps all the independent hairs to clump together better, giving my hair more weight.

Elph · July 11th, 2010, 08:50 PM

I am sorry - I can not really give you hope. My fine fine below waist hair still is not heavy enough. I must say if I can get some thickness it might be better but I think for me wearing my hair out just doesn't work.

Although as the other poster did say my ponies look better if I put some wax through the ends to give them some weight and sticking power (the only issue with this is I don't like how wax feels)

jackiesjottings · July 12th, 2010, 07:53 AM

I am a fine hair but mine does seem to hang nicely. It drove me mad when it was just below my shoulders as it was all over the place, but by APL it was OK. Good luck

HikerTrash · July 12th, 2010, 08:04 AM

Hair at waist. Still waiting. I can sometimes wear it down if I wear a hat.

Anje · July 12th, 2010, 08:10 AM

My hair still is floaty, but the floatiness is lower down, further from my face.

I think a drop or two of oil in my length can cut some of that floaty quality, but the tradeoff is that it can get a little stringy. I'm not a fan of this in my hair, though DH likes it with some clumps, and wavier and curlier-haired folks tend to prefer it. I seem to remember it also being a bit less floaty with WO washing than it currently is with CO, and CO is certainly less frizzy for me than shampooing.

spidermom · July 12th, 2010, 08:12 AM

Oh, and P.S. - only part of my hair is fine. I've got a mix of fine, medium, and coarse hairs, and each hair likes to go its separate way; so frustrating!

heidihug · July 12th, 2010, 08:13 AM

Sorry, but my hair is fine and floaty and a tangly mess when worn down, still. And I am between classic and knee.

Rini · July 12th, 2010, 11:27 PM

Oh no

not much hope for me then? Being the eternal optimist, I will cling in hope to jackiesjottings testimonial for now. I know that product etc does help, but I was just hoping that at a certain length my hair would start to rely on product less and less. Not the case I guess....

July 11th, 2010, 07:37 PM	#1
Rini Dreamer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Age: 37 Posts: 1,799 Length: / / Type: 2b/2c / F/M / i/ii iTrader: (2)	Fine-haired ppl: how long until hair lays nicely? I'm just feeling a bit frustrated right now! My hair is passing BSL now, but I still don't feel good about wearing it down. I just think it looks flyaway/floaty and doesn't "swing" like other people's hair. I know it's just my natural wurly/fine texture, but I figure there has to be SOME point where the weight of my hair will finally allow it to "hang" down my back a bit better. I'm just really sick of the messy appearance. I just want to know from others with a similar texture, at what length did it start to "behave" for you? Give me some hope!!! Tell me how wonderful it will be when it's waist length! __________________ I Parasols. If you do too, join the Parasol People

July 11th, 2010, 08:02 PM	#2
clichepithet Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Dirty South Posts: 455 Length: 0" / 30" / CL Type: 1b / F/M / ii iTrader: (0)	Re: Fine-haired ppl: how long until hair lays nicely? Hmm, well. I'm somewhere around 29-29.5, which is in the Waist Lands for me and I still never really wear it down for reasons including what you're wondering about. It just floats about and snarls and wraps around stuff. "Stuff" never seems to be a free Ficcare Innovation, large. ETA: Yup what spidermom said, just below there. Product can help, at times. __________________ . . . s l i d e Lady Legion of the Legendary Black Beast of Castle Aaughh; Order of the Long Hair'd Knights Last edited by clichepithet; July 11th, 2010 at 08:18 PM. Reason: Editation. :P

July 11th, 2010, 08:04 PM	#3
spidermom Hiding in plain sight Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Between the Cascades and Puget Sound Age: 56 Posts: 17,653 Length: neck / Tbone / thigh Type: 2c / F/M / iii iTrader: (4)	Re: Fine-haired ppl: how long until hair lays nicely? My hair still floats around. I can get it to lay better with product. I've been using a curl creme lately because it helps all the independent hairs to clump together better, giving my hair more weight. __________________ Summer 2010: bottom of picture is goal length; so close!

July 11th, 2010, 08:50 PM	#4
Elph Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 59 Length: / 30 / 35 Type: 2a / F/M / i iTrader: (0)	Re: Fine-haired ppl: how long until hair lays nicely? I am sorry - I can not really give you hope. My fine fine below waist hair still is not heavy enough. I must say if I can get some thickness it might be better but I think for me wearing my hair out just doesn't work. Although as the other poster did say my ponies look better if I put some wax through the ends to give them some weight and sticking power (the only issue with this is I don't like how wax feels)

July 12th, 2010, 07:53 AM	#5
jackiesjottings Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oxford UK Age: 50 Posts: 236 Length: 15 in / 37" / 40in Type: 1c / F / ii iTrader: (0)	Re: Fine-haired ppl: how long until hair lays nicely? I am a fine hair but mine does seem to hang nicely. It drove me mad when it was just below my shoulders as it was all over the place, but by APL it was OK. Good luck __________________ jackie the hippy faery

July 12th, 2010, 08:04 AM	#6
HikerTrash Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: California Posts: 151 Length: 13 / 33.5 / tb? Type: 1b / F / ii iTrader: (0)	Re: Fine-haired ppl: how long until hair lays nicely? Hair at waist. Still waiting. I can sometimes wear it down if I wear a hat.

July 12th, 2010, 08:10 AM	#7
Anje :-þ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Indiana, USA Age: 28 Posts: 5,987 Length: flip / TBish / legs Type: 1c/2a / F / ii iTrader: (4)	Re: Fine-haired ppl: how long until hair lays nicely? My hair still is floaty, but the floatiness is lower down, further from my face. I think a drop or two of oil in my length can cut some of that floaty quality, but the tradeoff is that it can get a little stringy. I'm not a fan of this in my hair, though DH likes it with some clumps, and wavier and curlier-haired folks tend to prefer it. I seem to remember it also being a bit less floaty with WO washing than it currently is with CO, and CO is certainly less frizzy for me than shampooing. __________________ Lady Physis, Lorekeeper of Nature in the Order of the Long Haired Knights

July 12th, 2010, 08:12 AM	#8
spidermom Hiding in plain sight Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Between the Cascades and Puget Sound Age: 56 Posts: 17,653 Length: neck / Tbone / thigh Type: 2c / F/M / iii iTrader: (4)	Re: Fine-haired ppl: how long until hair lays nicely? Oh, and P.S. - only part of my hair is fine. I've got a mix of fine, medium, and coarse hairs, and each hair likes to go its separate way; so frustrating! __________________ Summer 2010: bottom of picture is goal length; so close!

July 12th, 2010, 08:13 AM	#9
heidihug Scrapbooking maniac Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wisconsin Age: 46 Posts: 1,065 Length: 12 / 50 / 54 Type: 1a/1b / F/M / ii iTrader: (0)	Re: Fine-haired ppl: how long until hair lays nicely? Sorry, but my hair is fine and floaty and a tangly mess when worn down, still. And I am between classic and knee. __________________ Slow day: Didn't have much to do, so spent three hours on LHC. Busy day: Managed to work in three hours of LHC. Bad day: Barely squeezed in three hours on LHC.

July 12th, 2010, 11:27 PM	#10
Rini Dreamer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Age: 37 Posts: 1,799 Length: / / Type: 2b/2c / F/M / i/ii iTrader: (2)	Re: Fine-haired ppl: how long until hair lays nicely? Oh no not much hope for me then? Being the eternal optimist, I will cling in hope to jackiesjottings testimonial for now. I know that product etc does help, but I was just hoping that at a certain length my hair would start to rely on product less and less. Not the case I guess.... __________________ I Parasols. If you do too, join the Parasol People

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