Fine-haired ppl: how long until hair lays nicely?

[Rini]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Anje]

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]

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]

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

[Rini]

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....