luckyshot
December 6th, 2012, 12:29 AM
Hey guys,
I'm still a relative newbie here, but I've learned a lot, and I wanted to share my progress. Last December I cut my hair from BSL to just above shoulder. I had been bleaching my hair for years, and my ends were very damaged, so I wanted a fresh start. Since then I have been trying new methods of caring for my hair, and just treating it right in general. I always thought I had slow growing hair, but it turns out that I don't, I was just damaging it so badly with heat and bleach that it couldn't grow to its full potential! I have now been bleach free for about 14 months, and I am loving my natural color (doesn't hurt that the ombre look is still pretty trendy, no one even knows I'm growing out bleach, lol). I still use heat, but only about once a week. I've realized that rather than having straight hair that I can't seem to tame, I actually have wavy hair that looks great when allowed to dry on its own without brushing. And I've also learned that CWC works great for my hair. I still wash daily, I've tried stretching my washes, but the greasiness never seems to get any better, so I've come to accept it. CWC doesn't seem to be damaging my ends so I think it's fine.
Anyway, without further ado, here's some pictures.
This was before my BC, unfortunatley I don't have any true length shots, so this will have to do.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee304/jilliansarah/IMAG0398-1.jpg
And this was after the BC.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee304/jilliansarah/IMAG0409-1.jpg
And this is a front view from today.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee304/jilliansarah/001-1.jpg
And finally, a true length shot!
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee304/jilliansarah/132.jpg
I'm going to continue taking length shots so that I can actually track my progress. My eventual goal is to get to waist and maintain there. I think I've had pretty good growth, my Mom trimmed about 1" off back in August, and I trimmed another 1/2" again not too long ago. I'm trying to slowly trim off the bleach damage, I don't think I could handle chopping back to shoulder again!
I'm still a relative newbie here, but I've learned a lot, and I wanted to share my progress. Last December I cut my hair from BSL to just above shoulder. I had been bleaching my hair for years, and my ends were very damaged, so I wanted a fresh start. Since then I have been trying new methods of caring for my hair, and just treating it right in general. I always thought I had slow growing hair, but it turns out that I don't, I was just damaging it so badly with heat and bleach that it couldn't grow to its full potential! I have now been bleach free for about 14 months, and I am loving my natural color (doesn't hurt that the ombre look is still pretty trendy, no one even knows I'm growing out bleach, lol). I still use heat, but only about once a week. I've realized that rather than having straight hair that I can't seem to tame, I actually have wavy hair that looks great when allowed to dry on its own without brushing. And I've also learned that CWC works great for my hair. I still wash daily, I've tried stretching my washes, but the greasiness never seems to get any better, so I've come to accept it. CWC doesn't seem to be damaging my ends so I think it's fine.
Anyway, without further ado, here's some pictures.
This was before my BC, unfortunatley I don't have any true length shots, so this will have to do.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee304/jilliansarah/IMAG0398-1.jpg
And this was after the BC.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee304/jilliansarah/IMAG0409-1.jpg
And this is a front view from today.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee304/jilliansarah/001-1.jpg
And finally, a true length shot!
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee304/jilliansarah/132.jpg
I'm going to continue taking length shots so that I can actually track my progress. My eventual goal is to get to waist and maintain there. I think I've had pretty good growth, my Mom trimmed about 1" off back in August, and I trimmed another 1/2" again not too long ago. I'm trying to slowly trim off the bleach damage, I don't think I could handle chopping back to shoulder again!