Wear hair up for a month/few months/year challenge!

[Kristin]

Day 2: Coconut-oiled cinnabun with Ravenscroft black limba moon fork.

[hmmm]

I'm starting one of these too - I figure putting my hair up will be more fun if I write down what I do with it :p

Day 1 - Sock bun

[SheaLynne]

Day 170 - hypno bun for now, later I have an event and I haven't decided how to wear it.....:confused:

[Gnomentum]

Day 53 - Waterfall braid (from Torrinpaige's latest tutorial, so many thanks to her!) into an assortment of failed buns; gave up and wore it into what would have been a half-up if the clip hadn't been in the nape of my neck.

Put my friend's hair into waterfall braids this evening too! :cheese:

[lillylonghair]

Day 8: sock bun

This seems to be a hairstyle I keep forgetting about. I don't know why. I love sock buns. But I wear them for a while and then get bored and completely forget about it. I'm glad I saw a thread about them though b/c it's super comfortable.

[Brenda714]

my hair is apl and I can't do all these lovely buns you ladies do, just a messy bun. but I want to stop playing with it , fussing and all and I want to see some growth at the end of 2 months! Wish me well.

[eamane]

Day 10: A nautilus bun with apple hairstick

[Yeesha]

Day 450, 10.08.2010: Everyday bun

[hmmm]

Day 2 - Scarfed high bun on damp hair

[Nilaihah]

I started yesterday too! :) I hope I will hold out until 4 weeks at first. I have to do some braids for work sometimes, I think one or two times a week, I hope that is ok :D

Day 1/28: LWB with ketylo stick in indigo

Today it's day 2/28: cinnamon with large blue ficcarissimo

[rags]

Day 222 - French twist

[Henrietta]

Day 159- half up ponytail, now a bun made from it

Day 160- clipped up, now a sock bun.

[Theobroma]

Day 174: French twist with BM ivy leaf pick

[sarahbrownie]

Day 4/279: Ponytail. It's still wet so I'm setting the tail in a giant pin curl for my day at work. Bangs pin backed too.

[Kristin]

Day 3: Lazy wrap with Timberstone Turnings holly stick. Not loving it, so I might braid it or something instead.

Do you all let your hair dry loose? My hair will never dry if I put it up while wet. It was loose after washing for 12+ hours last night and was still damp this morning.

[Lexy]

Day 67- cinnabun held with leather slide

[lillylonghair]

Day 9: frenched fish tail braid and a headband

[slythwolf]

Day 45: lazy wrap.

[SheaLynne]

Day 171 - washed and air-dried, now in a nautilus

[LoversLullaby]

Ok, after 2 failed attempts at wearing my hair up for a year I am going to try doing it again. Rules for myself are either a full updo or all of my hair in a braid or two, and to only let down on special occasions (like I want to wear it down for homecoming) and on wash day while it dries. I'm becoming a braid addict, so I'm pretty sure it won't be so hard this time around. :)

Day 1: Rope braid with a black headband

[angelthadiva]

Day 984--After a wash, a low pony tail w/a small flexi; then rope braided the length.
Day 985--A rope braided bun w/a Quattro. Later, I heavily oiled the length...Looking forward to a warm, flat beer rinse after I wash :)



You will need more quality posts, then you will be able to add a siggy ;)

986--(yesterday) after a wash, a log roll w/a Ficcare
987--A low ponytail English braid, then beach...Then rewash/clarify

[Nilaihah]

Day 3 / 28: Cinnamon with a pair alabaster ketylo sticks

[hmmm]

Day 3 - Dutch braid

[Yeesha]

Day 451, 11.08.2010: Braid for the moment, later... hm. Maybe a braided bun or my everyday bun. I'm so lazy today... *g*

[Henrietta]

Day 160- clipped up, now a sock bun.

Day 161- a cinnamon bun earlier, ETA: now an english braid

[Theobroma]

Day 175: LWB with TT stick

[SheaLynne]

Day 172 - cinnabun

[LoversLullaby]

Ok, after 2 failed attempts at wearing my hair up for a year I am going to try doing it again. Rules for myself are either a full updo or all of my hair in a braid or two, and to only let down on special occasions (like I want to wear it down for homecoming) and on wash day while it dries. I'm becoming a braid addict, so I'm pretty sure it won't be so hard this time around. :)

Day 1: Rope braid with a black headband
Day 2: French braid

[Fiordiligi]

Day 2 - cinnamon bun
Day 3 - French pleat with Ficcare on top, big U-pin below

[Lexy]

Day 68- Damp cinnabun held with large silver Lotus Max

[slythwolf]

Day 46: English braid. Will be a wash day if I can muster the energy.

[lillylonghair]

Day 10: herringbone pigtails:)

[rags]

Day 223 - Ponytail for the gym (hey, I was late!) then right up into a LWB with a ficcare

Kristin - I wear mine down while it's drying. I wash at night right before bed though, and let it dry for a couple of hours and then go to bed and let it finish drying overnight

[Pumpkin]

Day 42: Sock Bun

[Lizard554]

Day 75-85: Braids or somthing. I know there was a figure 8 in there somewhere. Gosh, I'm slacking.

[eamane]

Day 11: A plain english braid.

[Jenw777]

Day5: pony tail thing
Day6: pony held witha flexi8
Day7: had it up in a bun with a fork, but am now doing an smt

[ladycaladium]

Days 113-121 (11 Aug): Messy buns, English braids, Dutch Braids and one ponytail.

[Islandgrrl]

Today is Day 988. Cinnabun with a WillowtheWisp fork.

Twelve days left. I cannot wait to be done with this.

[Kristin]

Day 4: Low cinnabun pulled to one side with Baerreis ebony tendrils, now held with bent knitting needles.

[angelthadiva]

Day 988--Two twin braids

[lsnyder09]

I am still relatively new to this wonderful site, and I'm still trying to figure out the reasoning behind the hair up challenges. Is it due to the basic need for a challenge or does it help protect the hair? Sorry for my naïvety

[LoversLullaby]

A lot of people do the challenge for different reasons. I do the challenge to protect my hair and to try and benignly neglect it. It is different for every person involved.

[hmmm]

Day 4 - Folded dutch braid

I got a nice compliment on my braid yesterday and it was so comfortable... I think I'm going to wear these a lot more from now on.

[eamane]

Day 12: Chinese bun.

[Henrietta]

Day 161- a cinnamon bun earlier, ETA: now an english braid

Day 162- clipped up under a shower cap and a towel, loaded with explosive mixture of oils:D

[Yeesha]

Day 452, 12.08.2010: Hypno Bun

[Henrietta]

Day 452, 12.08.2010: Hypno Bun

We posted together again:D Looks like we check LHC at the same time most of the days:D Especially this thread;)

[LoversLullaby]

Day 3: Sock bun wrapped in a plaid scarf.

[Theobroma]

Day 176: Lazy figure-8 bun with Nautilus fork

[slythwolf]

Day 47: three-strand rope braid. Definitely washing this afternoon.

[Fiordiligi]

Day 4 - Dutch plait turned up & pinned with slide & hairgrips

[Jenw777]

Day8: It's in a rag bun from bed, I'll probably put it in a bun later.

I'm only planning on doing this until classes start back up on the 30th

[Lexy]

Day 69- untwisted cinnabun held in wooden slide/bun cage

[Kristin]

Day 5: Double vertical cinnabuns with bent knitting needles. Wash later, then maybe triple diagonal cinnabuns w/knitting needles.

[angelthadiva]

989--After a wash, a cinna bun w/a Quattro fork

[rags]

Day 224 - Natilus with ketylo stick

[RedheadMistress]

- This seems like a very good challenge !

I have started a week ago with similar idea but I feel ugly when my hair isn't out, but does it still count if I do my hair in 2 braids ?

It's no really *up* but I don't like when my hair is all on my head, looks funny imo . .

Anywho, I have been doing this hairdo for a week now, thinking keeping my hair in braids is friendly for it and stops me from playing with it too much ! :P

[Islandgrrl]

Day 989: Saggy Monstrosity Bun w/Aqua Jewel Maximas. Just can't get this thing to stay put!

RedheadMistress....you can make your own rules about what counts as up. Braids count for me....anything as long as all of my hair is contained somehow. So, braids, yes. Ponytails and half-ups, no. Good luck with your challenge!

[Islandgrrl]

898--After a wash, a cinna bun w/a Quattro fork

Really, Angel? Are we going backwards now? Noooooooooo!!!!!!

[SheaLynne]

Day 173 - hypno bun.

For yesterday evening out, I did dd's hair in the "butterfly braids" that were featured in a recent thread, and it looked really cute!

[Gnomentum]

Day 54 - Half-up. None of my buns weren't working, I hadn't the patience for a braid and I just gave up for the day.

Day 55 - Figure-8 bun with curly maple hair stick. Also I put my DH's niece's hair (she stayed overnight with us) into waterfall braids, she looked gorgeous!

[eamane]

Day 13: Hypnobun held with flexi8

[Theobroma]

Day 177: Lazy Figure-8 bun with Nautilus fork

[Gnomentum]

Day 56 - it's going to be a french twist with my BM oak leaf.

[Henrietta]

Day 162- clipped up under a shower cap and a towel, loaded with explosive mixture of oils:D

Day 163- a sock bun

[hmmm]

Day 5 - Folded dutch braid again

[Fiordiligi]

Day 5 - Sock bun (might even go out wearing one for the first time...)

[Lexy]

Day 70- Down to dry and then up in a messy cinnabun with an eggplant Ficarissimo.

[Islandgrrl]

Day 990: Lazy Wrap with a couple of silver forks.

TEN DAYS LEFT.

[angelthadiva]

Really, Angel? Are we going backwards now? Noooooooooo!!!!!!


Day 989: Saggy Monstrosity Bun w/Aqua Jewel Maximas. Just can't get this thing to stay put!

I was just making sure you were paying attention!! ;)

Today, 990--ATM a messy clippy bun, but subject to change as soon as I figure out how I'm gonna wear it for real :D

[slythwolf]

Day 48: lazy wrap.

[LoversLullaby]

Day 3: Sock bun wrapped in a plaid scarf.

Day 4: Today's wash day, so I have it currently in a shower cap wrapped in a towel soaking up some SMT. After I rinse it and it dries, I'll be putting it into a dutch braid.

[Lizard554]

Day 86-87: Double english braids

[Yeesha]

Day 453, 13.08.2010: First a braid, now... henna and saran wrap. xD

@Henrietta: Well, we are on the same continent and we have the same timezone... *g*

[Jenw777]

Day 9: Tails up with flexi8

[sarahbrownie]

Day 5/279: Twist bun for work (still kinda waxy from shampoo bar)
Day 6/279: Braided bun for internship (still kinda of awkward from clarifying wash)
Day 7/279: Sock bun with Barrreis Ursula Fork for volunteering at a wine-tasting event at my internship (still kinda smelly from ACV rinse)
Day 8/279: Pony-bun hidden away with headscarf (because it's too mucky from everything to do anything to it!)

[rags]

Day 225 - English braid

Izzie and Angel - Are you all going to take a "down" day or two when you finish? The countdown is on!!

[SheaLynne]

Day 174 - modified french braid

[hmmm]

Day 6 - Twin french braids ending in a messy - and really small - english braid

[Theobroma]

Day 178: LWB with TT stick

(Just saw a post upthread where someone was asking whether someone else was going to take a "down" day when they finish their challenge. The post brought me up short. I haven't even defined when my personal challenge ends... but I'm finding that I actually don't want to wear my hair down any more. After putting it up consistently since some time in February, down just feels wrong!)

[Gnomentum]

Day 57 - Nautilus held by Woodjewelry hairstick sent to me by the lovely Theobroma. (Thankyou!)

Speaking of Theobroma...


(Just saw a post upthread where someone was asking whether someone else was going to take a "down" day when they finish their challenge. The post brought me up short. I haven't even defined when my personal challenge ends... but I'm finding that I actually don't want to wear my hair down any more. After putting it up consistently since some time in February, down just feels wrong!)

I couldn't agree more.

It doesn't feel such a challenge any more; very occasionally I allow myself a 'down' day but on balance I far prefer it up, especially if I'm doing anything!

[Yeesha]

Day 454, 14.08.2010: Celtic knot

[sarahbrownie]

Day 9/279: Failed Attempt at a Nautilus bun (now it looks like a big doughnut) secured with my large opal lotus maxima ficcare.

[rags]

Day 226 - LWB with ketylo.

Theobroma - I prefer mine up all the time now too. However, Izzie and Angel have been doing this for a thousand days! I just wondered if they wanted to try it down for once! :p

[klcqtee]

Alright, so I haven't checked in recently simply because I've been doing the same thing over and over again.

3 weeks down, 6 weeks to go, AND I wore my half up the other day, so no more half ups until September. This isn't too bad. Braiding it at night has been the hardest adjustment. Wearing it up is easy because it's so hot out still. Hopefully I'll be at midback by the time I'm done!

[slythwolf]

Day 49: lazy wrap.

[LoversLullaby]

Day 4: Today's wash day, so I have it currently in a shower cap wrapped in a towel soaking up some SMT. After I rinse it and it dries, I'll be putting it into a dutch braid.
Day 5: English braid using Dianyla's technique.

[eamane]

Day 14: A nautilus bun held with a ketylo.

[Henrietta]

Day 178: LWB with TT stick

(Just saw a post upthread where someone was asking whether someone else was going to take a "down" day when they finish their challenge. The post brought me up short. I haven't even defined when my personal challenge ends... but I'm finding that I actually don't want to wear my hair down any more. After putting it up consistently since some time in February, down just feels wrong!)

I feel the same. It just feels wrong. Sometimes I wear my hair down, when I am in the mood for it. Once a month, maybe, or even more rarely...

Day 164- cinna bun with coconut oil

[Lizard554]

Day 88: Double English Braids

[SheaLynne]

Day 175 - french braid to ponytail (for my half-up/down day)

[Yeesha]

Day 455, 15.08.2010: I'm note sure yet. If I stay at home it will be my old everyday bun, if I go out to meet my brother it will be a high rope-braided ponytail... *g*

ETA: It's a high ponytail with box-braid...

[hmmm]

Day 7 - A bandanna bun! :cheese:

[eamane]

Day 15: A cinnamon bun.

[Teufelchen]

Day 129: Cinnamon Bun with Grahtoe Wave fork
Sorry, I didn't post for a long time. But my hair was up every day. Here comes the list:

Day 130: LWB with 60th street fork
Day 131: Spidermom's Bun with self made hair stick
Day 132: Celtic Knot
Day 133: Cinnamon Bun
Day 134: Celtic Knot
Day 135: Artemis Bun, down in the evening as I met Snowblood
Day 136: Celtic Knot
Day 137: Up with Henna and Indigo ;)
Day 138: Cinnamon Bun with Elvish pins from Manoel
Day 139: Celtic Knot with Satinwood stick from Timberstone Turnings
Day 140: Celtic Knot
Day 141: Celtic knot again
Day 142: Cinnamon Bun with fork from Bijeux Manoel
Day 143: Celtic knot with Mei Fa sticks, 5.5cm cut. :(
Day 144: Celtic Knot with Satinwood stick from Timberstone Turnings
Day 145: Celtic Knot with Satinwood stick from Timberstone Turnings
Day 146: Celtic Knot with Acrylic Stick from Chevelure
Day 147: Center held bun with stick from Graydog (Thanks to Cinnamon Hair)
Day 148: Pencil bun with stick from Jasonwoodworking
Day 149: Celtic Knot with Princess Neoma in Tulipwood
Day 150: LWB with Cedar Fork from Grah-Toe
Day 151: Celtic Knot with a red-silver dangle stick
Day 152: Nautilus with Lily Ficcare
Day 153: Wraped Bun with Metal Slide
Day 154: Wraped Bun with Metal Slide in the morning Celtic knot with self made stick later
Day 155: Infinity Bun with Papadonh sticks, Half-up with Hair star in the evening
Day 156: Infinity with Mei Fa sticks
Day 157: Celtic knot with stick from France Luxe
Day 158: braided Bun with El Cid sword
Day 159: Celtic Knot
Day 160: Celtic Knot
Day 161: Cinnamon with Baerreis Ursula 3 prong in Tulipwood
Day 162: LWB with 60th street fork
Day 163: Figure 8 with Y-shaped-stick with snowflake obsidian
Day 164: Infinity Bun with anter stick from Grah-Toe
Day 165: Celtic Knot with Gem Pagoda stick
Day 166: Spidermoms Bun with Gem Pagoda stick
Day 167: Spidermoms Bun with Gem Pagoda stick
Day 168: Infinity Bun with Goncalo Alves Ketylo
Day 169: braided Bun with Clip-in strands in blonde and Mei Fa sticks
Day 170: Nautilus Bun with Lotus Ivory Ficcare
Day 171: LWB with Baerreis Nautilus
Day 172 (today): LWB with Baerreis Nautilus

I thought how I will go on and decided the following.
I go for 1000 days, but I will have 33 days to wear it down. ( I had 34, but I had two halfs already (135 and 155))
braids(if not wrapped), ponytails and half-ups count as down
I will still let it down during night and while drying. Angelthadiva and Islandgrrl are very inspiring for me, so I decided to give it a go.

Ideally I will have reached my goal length when I am finished with it. :cheese:

[Kristin]

Day 6: Diagonal triple cinnabuns with bent knitting needles.
Day 7: Cinnabun with Ravenscroft natural sticks; later, braided cinnabun with GTS split antler sticks.

I'm done. I really don't know how you all do this challenge. I can easily wear hair up 6 days a week, but it makes me crazy to not allow myself to let it down in the evenings. Good luck!

[Theobroma]

Day 179: LWB with plain homemade silver hairpins

[Henrietta]

Day 165- I am still into a cinnamon bun phase :)

[slythwolf]

Day 50: celtic knot. Was going to go for lazy wrap again, but I had to do something more interesting for Day 50!

[Lexy]

Day 71- Flip bun held with eggplant Ficcarissimo

Day 72- Cinnabun held with same Ficcarissimo, bangs clipped back in tiny butterfly clips (AKA The Yoga 'Do)

[rags]

Day 227 - Cinnabun with flexi

[SheaLynne]

Day 176 - attempt at a 5-strand french braid (not too bad, but growing-out bangs are complicating it), with tail bunned

[angelthadiva]

I was just making sure you were paying attention!! ;)

Today, 990--ATM a messy clippy bun, but subject to change as soon as I figure out how I'm gonna wear it for real :D

ETA: (Friday) 990--A rope braided bun w/a blk sparkly scarf woven through.
991--A heavily oiled English braid
992--After a wash (finally) a cinna bun w/a Quattro Starlight and 2 blk roses

[LoversLullaby]

Day 5: English braid using Dianyla's technique.

Day 6: Cinnabun held with an elastic as I was at a waterpark all day. Now it's soaking up a protein treatment and gonna soak up a SMT overnight. My hair gets AWFUL after swimming. But I refuse to wear a swimcap. :)

[Henrietta]

Day 166- two lace dutch braids into a bun. Headache! I think the bun is too tight.

[Teufelchen]

Day 172: LWB with Baerreis Nautilus

Day 173: Figure 8 with Quecraft fork

[Yeesha]

Day 456, 16.08.2010: Celtic Knot with my green-blue Ketylos, decorated with a little green Flower... *g*

[Aleria]

Okay, since it's so gosh darn hot out anyways, and I'm back in my own place with access to all my hairtoys, I'm going to sign up for a month!
Until September 16th*, I will not wear my hair down AND I will at least try a new style everyday. Because I have yet to make an updo without elastics. Which is ridiculous, I'm at BSL... I don't understand why hairsticks can't seem to hold it up.

*I am giving myself one exception day, as I have a planned cosplay event which I'll need my hair loose for. Chances are though, it'll get so hot I'll end up throwing it in a ponytail anyway.

[hmmm]

Day 8 - Dutch braid, folded for part of the day

[Lizard554]

Day 89: Double english braids
Day 90: I'm thinking Masara

Challenge over. Summer was exactly 90 days. I go back tomorrow. It wasn't that hard. The part that was protected is in better condtion, but because I did braids most days (because of my job) the tassals got nasty. So a little win and a little fail at the same time.

[lillylonghair]

Days 10 - 15: buns with my bangs twisted back in a french rope braid.

[rags]

Day 228 - Cinnabun with flexi

[SheaLynne]

Day 177 - cinnabun

[LoversLullaby]

Day 6: Cinnabun held with an elastic as I was at a waterpark all day. Now it's soaking up a protein treatment and gonna soak up a SMT overnight. My hair gets AWFUL after swimming. But I refuse to wear a swimcap. :)

Day 7: English braid

ETA: Now a Japanese Bun

[yassi]

I'm going to try this again. I won't really set a goal, just see how long I can do it for. But I will be taking a couple days off for when school starts.

Day 1: braided side pony for the soccer camp I've been helping with, going to change into something more interesting now.

[slythwolf]

Day 51: lazy wrap.

[Islandgrrl]

Saturday, Day 991: Cinnabun with 2 PA Silver forks
Sunday, Day 992: Lazy Wrap with WoW Big Red Fork
Today, Day 993: Cinnablob with 2 PA Silver forks

[excentricat]

I want to join this too. My rules are that it has to be up to leave the house, no exceptions, for a year. Basically I want just DH to get to see the growth, and after a year, then others can see perhaps.

Today, cinnabun with 2 sticks

[Lexy]

Day 73- cinnabun in blue Ficcare with bangs clipped back.

[Aleria]

Day 1: Loose bun with an elastic. Tried a rope braid, couldn't quite get it.

[angelthadiva]

Day 993--An English braid

[lajsa]

I actually think I'll join this. :) My plan is to have my hair up every day from when school begins (which is next monday, sadly enough) until the Christmas holidays. I feel I need to invest in a few hair sticks or something, I'll look like a nutter with random stick-like objects stuck in my hair every day :p

[Teufelchen]

Day 173: Figure 8 with Quecraft fork
Day 174: Cinnamon Bun with Mei Fa sticks

[Henrietta]

Welcome to the challenge, lajsa and Aleria :)

angelthadiva, you're close to 1000 days! It sounds incredible! :) I was celebrating my day 100, and 1000 sounds like magic :)

Day 167- Hair Halo style. Experimental version, still:)

[Brenda714]

Hi, I need to know why people are wearing their hair up? I feel like I need to because I am fussing with it way to much because of all the choppy layers. Anybody have this problem? I cannot get all of the layers back in a bun, so I need help with how to fix it. Thanks.

[hmmm]

Day 9 - Ponytail bun, with the tail not completely pulled through

[LoversLullaby]

Day 7: English braid

ETA: Now a Japanese Bun

Day 8: Peacock Twist

[Yeesha]

Day 457, 17.08.2010: Nautilus Bun

[excentricat]

Day 2: after several failed attempts at new things, a trusty pencil bun.

[sarahbrownie]

Day 10/279: Lazy braid on my day off
Day 11/279: Sock bun with baerreis Ursula Fork
Day 12/279: Pinned up French braid.

Do braids count? Sometimes I feel like wearing my hair up all the time might cause stress in the hair. Maybe at least braids for off days? lol

[eamane]

Day 16: Hypnobun with the blue ficcare
Day 17: Chinese bun with homemade hairstick and a few hairpins.

[rags]

Day 229 - Nautilus with Graydog stick

Welcome to the challenge, Aleria and lajsa! :waving:

Brenda714 - People do this challenge for lots of different reasons - to protect the ends, to stop playing with the hair all the time, to use all the hair toys they've bought :p.........many reasons!

Sarahbrownie - It's your decision as to whether or not braids count. A lot of us (including me) do count them. I'm like you, sometimes I feel like my hair needs a break. And besides that - I work out a lot and I can't wear a bun for lifting weights!

[slythwolf]

Day 52: nautilus.

[Qwerty Uiop]

If pigtails count, I'm well past 2 1/2 years now.

:)

I haven't actually gained any length (it's terminal, but I'm open to suggestions) but people who don't see me for awhile think I have because my braids protect it from damage and breakage so it's thicker. I take them out and rebraid every day, but it's only down while I'm getting out the tangles and doing it again. If it starts to feel oily, I'll do a baking soda rinse the next time I remember to get the baking soda before I take a bath, otherwise I WO with the braids still in. I'd guess I need the BS rinse every 6-8 weeks tops, less often in the winter.

I'll never be a super longhair, but the hair I have is very low maintenance and definitely benefits from benign neglect.

My 2 1/2 year old son has high maintenance super spectacular hair and he cries when I lose my patience and talk about cutting it, so it's not like I can't live vicariously until he's old enough to take care of it himself, lol.

[Lexy]

Day 74- cinnabun held with cocobolo fork

[angelthadiva]

Day 994--An English braid

[Aleria]

Hi, I need to know why people are wearing their hair up? I feel like I need to because I am fussing with it way to much because of all the choppy layers. Anybody have this problem? I cannot get all of the layers back in a bun, so I need help with how to fix it. Thanks.
I'm doing this because it's way too hot to have my hair down right now! And I'm hoping it'll give me that "Wow, my hair's grown" feeling when I finally do start leaving it down again.
When I grew my hair to waist length as a pre-teen, it was because it was constantly in ponytails/pigtails, and I just kinda ignored it. Putting it up is trying to replicate this.
Oh and Day two - bun formed by wrapping hair around ponytail, secured with two hair forks/sticks/metal pin things. Tried a split bun, didn't work.

[yassi]

Day 2: A braided side pony for soccer, again, (with a weird mini braid on one side), and then a messy bun, still with the weird mini braid.

[SheaLynne]

Day 178 - down alot of the day for drying, hypno bun for later in the day

[hmmm]

Day 10 - Wonky dutch braid that looks almost like a C-shaped braid, but I can't be bothered to redo it

[Teufelchen]

Day 174: Cinnamon Bun with Mei Fa sticks
Day 175: Center held bun with copper slide

[Theobroma]

Day 181: Lazy figure-8 bun with Nautilus fork
Day 182: LWB with Flexi-8

[eamane]

Day 18: A french twist held with the blue ficcare :D and some hairpins...

[rags]

Day 230 - fully rolled sock bun - my first! (first one I've been able to wear all day - thanks to anyone who gave me tips in my thread about it!)

[Yeesha]

Day 458, 18.08.2010: Every bun I know... One after the other... Because everything keeps falling out. *sigh* I think, a braided bun may hold better *off to braiding* ^^

[slythwolf]

Day 53: nautilus.

[Lexy]

Day 75- flipped bun held in a blue jean Max

[LoversLullaby]

Day 8: Peacock Twist

Day 9: Gibson Tuck

[Qwerty Uiop]

A new style for my little boy: caterpillar. It went in easier than the four box braids he usually sleeps in and looks fine this morning. I don't see why I can't leave it in and take him out in public with it. I see lots of men wearing caterpillars around town even though i've never seen one on a little boy.

[sarahbrownie]

Day 13/279: Sock bun with opal lotus ficcare for my last day of internship.



Sarahbrownie - It's your decision as to whether or not braids count. A lot of us (including me) do count them. I'm like you, sometimes I feel like my hair needs a break. And besides that - I work out a lot and I can't wear a bun for lifting weights!

Thanks, rags, for me, technically I'll say anything pulled back is acceptable. lol!

[yassi]

Day 3: Yet another braided ponytail for soccer, which started out in the back, and then migrated to the side again, and then a VERY messy bun held up with a claw clip, which fell out halfway through dance. I really need to learn some new buns... if I could find a sock...

[hmmm]

Day 11 - Slept-in french braid that I think I'll redo later today...

[eamane]

Day 19: A pencil bun with homemade oakstick.

[Yeesha]

459, 19.08.2010: Flipped Bun

[Teufelchen]

Day 175: Center held bun with copper slide
Day 176: Pencil Bun with Princess Neoma stick from Timberstone Turnings.

[LoversLullaby]

Day 9: Gibson Tuck

Day 10: Cinnamon bun

[angelthadiva]

Day 995--After a wash, a cinnabun with a Quattro fork.
Day 996--Cinnabun w/a Quattro fork.

4 Days left :joy: I'm going to keep going though ;)

[Lexy]

Day 76- cinnabun held with Mei Fas

[slythwolf]

Day 54: wash day. Really not time for it but there was someone spinning angora at my knitting group last night and I need to get all the residue off so I can stop itching.

[SheaLynne]

Day 179 - hypno bun, ponied for a few hours in the evening

Day 180 - lazy wrap


I stumbled this week in my commitment to this challenge. I'm past my original goal, and my secondary goal of 6 months is about done, so I'm trying to decide if I could wear it down more without more damage......

but I can just feel the issues of pulling and tangling when I'm out with it down, and I'm not crazy about the attention it draws when it is down...so up is better. Plus, I've had such good results in the past 6 months with my hair improving in health, so I'm going to stick with the updo challenge for another 6 months....so here goes!

[yassi]

Day 4: Two plaits. (a style which makes me look kind of young, but is easy and comfortable. and different than what I've been doing for the past few days.)

[rags]

Day 231 - LWB with 60th street fork

SheaLynne - I did the exact same thing when I hit six months, but I feel very odd with it down now. You can do it!

[excentricat]

Day 3: messy bun

Day 4: cinnabun

[LoversLullaby]

Day 995--After a wash, a cinnabun with a Quattro fork.
Day 996--Cinnabun w/a Quattro fork.

4 Days left :joy: I'm going to keep going though ;)

Wow, 1,000 days in 4 days, that's awesome, great job! Any idea how many days you're gonna go on yet, or are you just going with the flow?
Congrats by the way (a bit before the 1,000 day mark!)

[sarahbrownie]

Day 14/279: Cinnabun with my new MonktheMonk fork (my hair is awful in my 5th day of CO! Keeping it up helps.)

[hmmm]

Day 11 - Slept-in french braid that I think I'll redo later today...

Day 12 - Same old ponytail with the end not pulled through. I may do something else with it later, but it's quite comfortable for a day at home.

[Theobroma]

Day 183: Figure-8 bun with Nautilus fork
Day 184: LWB with TT stick

[Teufelchen]

Day 176: Pencil Bun with Princess Neoma stick from Timberstone Turnings.
Day 177: Celtic Knot with Mamacat spiral sticks

[Gnomentum]

Oops, I haven't posted for six days! The hair's been up , mostly in a nautilus or french pleat IIRC.

Day 58 (August 15th) - Day 62 (Yesterday): French Pleats and Nautiluses (Nautili?)

Day 63 (Today) - Started with a french pleat and then got creative and did my first fully rolled sock bun!

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5798&pictureid=79828

[Yeesha]

Day 460, 20.08.2010: Celtic knot with my grahtoe fork... (I'm wearing a quite short skirt because it's so warm here, so... I need my "weapon" xD)

[excentricat]

Day 5: french wrap

[rags]

Day 233 - Cinnamon bun with Ravenslair shelot

Yeesha - I've got quite the giggle fit now, thinking of you defending yourself with your fork! :rollin: Those Grahtoes are certainly sharp and heavy enough to do some damage though!

[LoversLullaby]

Day 10: Cinnamon bun

Day 11: Sock bun secured with 2 brown scrunchies

ETA: Now wrapped in a scarf because it was falling out.

[Lexy]

Day 77- cinnabun held with cocobolo fork.

[IStand4u]

Can I join?! I just want to forget my hair for the next little while, so keeping it up and out of the way is a good idea :D
My hair is now BSL when dry (finally), so I'm going to start this challenge tomorrow and just go until I don't want to.
My rules, keep hair up when dry, and French braids count even hanging down. I'll have my hair down sometimes when it's drying but not always, and only on special occasions, and when I go for my trim every 3 months since it's the only time my hair ever gets straightened :P

So I shall start tomorrow, if you all let me ;) hehe

[LoversLullaby]

Welcome to the challenge IStand4u! Anyone and everyone is welcomed to join! :D

[slythwolf]

Day 55: braided bun.

[eamane]

Day 20: a french braid!

[countryhopper]

days 165-178 Various updos... mostly twisted in claw clips. A few diagonal braids thrown in, too.

[dancedancedance]

Day 220 - Down part of the day, as my DD got married! Then up into a LWB

Day 221 - LWB with fork

Welcome to the challenge, kristin, dancedancedance, and Fiordiligi! :waving: You need at least 25 quality posts and mod approval before you can make a signature, dancedancedance.

Oh, okay. I'll get right to work on that!

[yassi]

Day 5: Again, two plaits. And I have just washed, conditioned, untangled, and rebraided, in hopes that the plaits will last through at least a portion of the camping trip I'm going on starting tomorrow.

[hmmm]

Day 12 - Same old ponytail with the end not pulled through. I may do something else with it later, but it's quite comfortable for a day at home.

Day 13 - Half-hearted french braid

[hmmm]

Double post

[Yeesha]

Yeesha - I've got quite the giggle fit now, thinking of you defending yourself with your fork! :rollin: Those Grahtoes are certainly sharp and heavy enough to do some damage though!

:D I think they are great for a little self-esteem boost. I somehow feel much stronger and safer when I wear my grahtoe... *g*

Day 461, 21.08.2010: Braided bun

[Gnomentum]

Day 64 - Nautilus with Leginayba bone sticks

[sarahbrownie]

Day 15/279: Sock bun with new Ficcare primavera maxima
Day 16/279: Peacock ponytail secured by new MaizyDozy fork

[eamane]

Day 21: French braid ending in braided chinese bun held with handmade pink oakstick.

[Theobroma]

Day 185: Wet cinnabun

[rags]

Day 234 - Nautilus with Graydog stick

Welcome to the challenge, IStand4You! :waving:

[slythwolf]

Day 56: nautilus.

[LoversLullaby]

Day 11: Sock bun secured with 2 brown scrunchies

ETA: Now wrapped in a scarf because it was falling out.

Day 12: Just washed it, so it's down right now. Will be in a cinnamon bun with Goody spin pins when it dries

ETA: Actually put it in a sock bun instead

[Teufelchen]

Day 177: Celtic Knot with Mamacat spiral sticks
Day 178: Bagel Bun with Hair Comb

[Lexy]

Day 78- cinnabun held with blue-topped Mei Fas

[excentricat]

Day 6: english braid for the day, not sure what I'm going to do for going out tonight.

[Fiordiligi]

Days 6 - 13 on holiday - various buns and plaits pinned up

[SheaLynne]

SheaLynne - I did the exact same thing when I hit six months, but I feel very odd with it down now. You can do it!

Thank you, rags!! Your encouragement, and knowing you went through the same thing really helps!

Day 181 - various, mostly lazy wrap

Day 182 - cinnabun

[angelthadiva]

Day 995--After a wash, a cinnabun with a Quattro fork.
Day 996--Cinnabun w/a Quattro fork.

4 Days left :joy: I'm going to keep going though ;)

(yesterday) Day 997--An English braid
Today Day 998--A rope braided bun w/3 octi clips


Wow, 1,000 days in 4 days, that's awesome, great job! Any idea how many days you're gonna go on yet, or are you just going with the flow?
Congrats by the way (a bit before the 1,000 day mark!)

Thank you!! I'm not sure, I've experienced such positive results from this challenge I'm just going to keep going with it. I do want to do a major chop that I've been considering for about 6 months, but I just don't have it in me to do it all at once.

I quit coloring my hair 19 months ago and have that outgrowth, plus I was growing out bleach, blow dry, flat iron damage and layers too. If I cut back to my shortest length I will be back to waist length. I'm trying to baby my hair as much as possible until the chop and after, of course.

[LoversLullaby]

(yesterday) Day 997--An English braid
Today Day 998--A rope braided bun w/3 octi clips



Thank you!! I'm not sure, I've experienced such positive results from this challenge I'm just going to keep going with it. I do want to do a major chop that I've been considering for about 6 months, but I just don't have it in me to do it all at once.

I quit coloring my hair 19 months ago and have that outgrowth, plus I was growing out bleach, blow dry, flat iron damage and layers too. If I cut back to my shortest length I will be back to waist length. I'm trying to baby my hair as much as possible until the chop and after, of course.You're quite welcome! I hope that your big chop goes well for you, it's always a bit scary, but then you can continue growing with healthy, one length hair in the end! Although, I wouldn't be able to do it all at once either.

[hmmm]

Day 13 - Half-hearted french braid

Day 14 - Looped ponytail with a scarf - best thing ever!

[Fiordiligi]

Day 14 - Lazy wrap (just about)

[Theobroma]

Day 186: LWB with Flexi-8

[rags]

Day 235 - Dianyla braid

[Lexy]

Day 79- High cinnabun in Ficcare

[LoversLullaby]

Day 12: Just washed it, so it's down right now. Will be in a cinnamon bun with Goody spin pins when it dries

ETA: Actually put it in a sock bun instead

Day 13: Dutch braid with bangs and darn layers that snuch out pinned back

[klcqtee]

Okay, well, I've been slipping a little. I haven't been braiding it at night. Argh. The thing is, I wonder if braiding it at night was more damaging because in a braid, I lay on it all night, but loose it's tossed over my pillow. Or maybe I'm making excuses :P

Anyway, I'm 4 weeks in, 5.5 weeks left. Oh boy, that sounds like a long time.

[eamane]

Day 22: A topsytailed ropebraid :)

[SheaLynne]

Day 183 - quiff with top part, back part in a double braid twisted into a figure 8 with silk flowers tucked around :)

[countryhopper]

day 179: diagonal french braid

day 180 lace braid and sock bun

[slythwolf]

Day 57: lazy wrap.

[Gnomentum]

Day 65 - diagonal french braid, left in from last night's experimental sleep braid because I had a migraine.

[excentricat]

Day 7: cinnabun

[angelthadiva]

You're quite welcome! I hope that your big chop goes well for you, it's always a bit scary, but then you can continue growing with healthy, one length hair in the end! Although, I wouldn't be able to do it all at once either.

I go to church with 4 people that "do" hair for a living. I have been sooooo tempted to ask one of them. Two of them are an absolute NO for me, the other two are a husband/wife couple. The husband has cut DH and the boys hair and is quite good. The husband does the wife's hair and is actually the more experienced of the two, but the wife and I have had lots of long hair chats. I think I could/would trust either one of them to do it.

It's just a significant amount; we are talking more than 10". I've been doing dusting trims for the longest and my ends don't feel bad at all; they actually feel quite nice. UGH, decisions and wrath of DH are keeping me from cutting back...I have mentioned to DH several times that I was going to cut.

DD8 had been begging for a cut. She was at TBL and wanted to go shorter. She's naturally curly and wanted to go back to waist length. I told her if her dad said it was okay, I would cut it back to waist length. We did the big cut last week and she couldn't have been more thrilled. DH just about cried :p


(yesterday) Day 997--An English braid
Today Day 998--A rope braided bun w/3 octi clips <snip>

If my math serves me correctly, today s/b day 999, after a wash, a cinna bun w/a quattro fork :)

[hmmm]

Day 14 - Looped ponytail with a scarf - best thing ever!

Day 15 - Slept-in twin braids

[eamane]

Day 23: a lazy wrap bun held with red wooden hairstick.

[Theobroma]

Day 187: Figure-8 bun with Nautilus fork

[Teufelchen]

Okay, well, I've been slipping a little. I haven't been braiding it at night. Argh. The thing is, I wonder if braiding it at night was more damaging because in a braid, I lay on it all night, but loose it's tossed over my pillow. Or maybe I'm making excuses :P

Anyway, I'm 4 weeks in, 5.5 weeks left. Oh boy, that sounds like a long time.
I think it is better to sleep with hair loose, as the braid has a lot of hair poking out, which is then rubbed against your back. So I sleep with my hair loose.


Day 178: Bagel Bun with Hair Comb
Day 179: LWB with frangipiani fork
Day 180: Figure 8 with b/w ebony stick

[excentricat]

Day 8: pencil bun

[LoversLullaby]

Day 13: Dutch braid with bangs and darn layers that snuch out pinned back

Day 14: Boxbraid

[Lexy]

Day 80- Cinnabun held with Wild Hairs sticks

[SheaLynne]

Day 184 - Dianyla braid

[slythwolf]

Day 58: lazy wrap again. Probably will be a wash day so I can touch up my roots tomorrow.

[rags]

Day 236 - Cinnabun with flexi 8

[ladycaladium]

Day 122-133 (23 Aug): A messy bun, English braid or Dutch braid.

I need to get back to posting regularly.
I'm planning on wearing my hair up till day 263, since that will be the end of the year. Hoping to see increased length and thickness by then.

[angelthadiva]

Day 1000 :joy: a cinna bun w/2 medium claw clips

[Yeesha]

Day 462, 463, 22.,23.08.2010: don't remember too well, I think yesterday I had a celtic knot and today it was an everyday bun - with ficcare instead of my usual ketylos/forks...

Wow, congratulations to 1000 days, angelthadiva! :cheese:

[sarahbrownie]

Day 17/279: lazy bun with Opal lotus ficcare
Day 18/279: Nautilus bun with MonktheMonk fork


Day 1000 :joy: a cinna bun w/2 medium claw clips

Congratulations! Wow, 1000 days!!! Amazing! :applause:

[IStand4u]

Welcome to the challenge IStand4u! Anyone and everyone is welcomed to join! :D
Thank you!

Day 234 - Nautilus with Graydog stick

Welcome to the challenge, IStand4You! :waving:
Hi, and thank you!

Day 1000 :joy: a cinna bun w/2 medium claw clips
Congrats on the 1,000 days!

Day 1- cinna bun held by 2 hair forks made from knitting needles
Day 2- 2 french braids
day 3- lazy bun held by a small caste-iron hammer (today)

[hmmm]

Day 15 - Slept-in twin braids

Day 16 - Down because it's drying, I'm going to put it in a diagonal french braid in a bit.

[Islandgrrl]

Day 1000: inside out bun with 2 silver Pat Areias forks. :happydance:

We made it, Angel!!!

Shall we go again?

[Teufelchen]

Day 179: LWB with frangipiani fork
Day 180: Figure 8 with b/w ebony stick
Day 181: Hypno Bun with Greydog Stick in Kingswood


Day 1000 :joy: a cinna bun w/2 medium claw clips


Day 1000: inside out bun with 2 silver Pat Areias forks. :happydance:

We made it, Angel!!!

Shall we go again?
Congratulation to both of you. :toast: :cake:
You two inspired me to go for 1000 days as well and I am on my way. (819 days left)

[Theobroma]

Day 188: Cinnamon twist with Nautilus fork

[Islandgrrl]

Congratulation to both of you. :toast: :cake:
You two inspired me to go for 1000 days as well and I am on my way. (819 days left)

Thank you very much! :blossom:

Good luck with your 1000 days!!!

[Islandgrrl]

Today is Day 1001: IOB with a Ficcare.

No idea how long I will let this go on, but after 1000 days, I'm not sure I actually CAN wear my hair down all day!

[LoversLullaby]

Day 14: Boxbraid

Day 15: Down, since it's been washed. Will remain down because I have a date with my boyfriend. :D

[slythwolf]

Day 59: English braid. Did not get around to washing (or mixing henna) yesterday so I will have to do it today or tomorrow.

[Gnomentum]

Day 65 - diagonal french braid, left in from last night's experimental sleep braid because I had a migraine.

Day 66 - Assortment of buns, mainly a fully rolled sock bun.

Day 67 - Herringbone braid with fishtail ends - because I decided halfway through it would be fun!

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5798&pictureid=80317

[rags]

Day 237 - Natulius with ketylo stick

Congratulations Angel and Izzie! :cheer: :happydance: :disco: :happydance: :cheer:

[eamane]

>angelthadiva and Islandgrrl: Congratulations :flower:

Day 24: A hypnobun with ketylo.

[katha]

Well, islandgrl, you're great motivation, but I think i'll just be doing a month again, as I did earlier this year.

Will do mostly braids I guess, just because I feel more comfortabel with those.

I count sunday as d1:

d1: english braid (3strand)
d2: english braid (3)
d3: rope braid (2)

[SheaLynne]

Day 185 - rag bun with red bandana with white polkadots :p


Congrats to the 1000-day challenge achievers!!!!!:cheese:

[angelthadiva]

<snip>Wow, congratulations to 1000 days, angelthadiva! :cheese: Thank you ♥


<snip>Congratulations! Wow, 1000 days!!! Amazing! :applause:Thank you ♥


<snip>Congrats on the 1,000 days!
<snip> Thank you ♥


Day 1000: inside out bun with 2 silver Pat Areias forks. :happydance:

We made it, Angel!!!

Shall we go again? Thank you and congrats to you too. I'm in if you are : D


<snip> Congratulation to both of you. :toast: :cake:
You two inspired me to go for 1000 days as well and I am on my way. (819 days left) Thank you ♥


Today is Day 1001: IOB with a Ficcare.

No idea how long I will let this go on, but after 1000 days, I'm not sure I actually CAN wear my hair down all day! I feel very weird with my hair down (which is my normalish sleep style).


Day 237 - Natulius with ketylo stick

Congratulations Angel and Izzie! :cheer: :happydance: :disco: :happydance: :cheer: Thank you ♥


>angelthadiva and Islandgrrl: Congratulations

<snip> Thank you ♥

Day 1000 (later) a heavily oiled English braid.
Day 1001, after a wash then cinna bun w/a Quattro fork. Currently, an English braid.

[excentricat]

Congratulations to 1000 days. Meanwhile, on day 8, I think I tried one of everything in an attempt to figure out what to do with my new ibis clip. End result: fake french twist

[yassi]

Day 6: Two plaits.
Day 7: English Braid
Day 8: Side braid
Day 9: braided ponytail

[IStand4u]

Day 4: Held up with the little hammer again and now up for a coconut milk treatment :D

[sarahbrownie]

Day 19/279: Cinnabun with my new Ravenslair jade shelot.

[Lexy]

Day 81- cinnabun held with leather hair slide

[ladycaladium]

Day 134: Dutch braid clipped up with ficcare.

[hmmm]

Day 16 - Down because it's drying, I'm going to put it in a diagonal french braid in a bit.

Day 17 - Slept-in dutch braid that's going to stay that way for today as it isn't too messy

[Theobroma]

Day 189: French twist with BM vine leaf pins