walterSCAN
January 14th, 2014, 04:58 PM
My SIL agreed to take a length shot for me the other day (after 3 years of none!) and I thought it would be kinda cool to see my progress/ how my hair has changed in four years. Then I thought, maybe you guys would want to see too? Also, I have some questions at the end.
Ok, on to the photos! (In each of these, my hands are resting on the tops of my hip bones and the top of my hands are in the smallest part of my waist, or at least, that's what I tried to do. All of these photos have bun waves of one kind or another, too.)
This was January of 2010, a little after my first henna, which is when I decided to stop using dark brown semi-permanent dye and slowly trim it out and replace it with the darkest red henna I could get:
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o87/shecriesatnight/length2.png
Then March of 2010:
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o87/shecriesatnight/lengthmarch3.jpg
Then I didn't take one for a while, did a couple 1-2 inch self-trims, continued henna-ing, and we come to January of 2011:
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o87/shecriesatnight/jan2011precut.jpg
I continued self-trimming from 2011 through the very beginning of 2012, but that was during my LHC hiatus and I didn't get any photos. I mostly hovered between waist and hip with the trims, and continued with the henna.
THEN, I didn't trim at ALL from early 2012 to now, and I was pregnant for the majority of 2012, so I didn't henna much either. (couldn't bend over well enough to rinse, I was HUGE) Maybe once in 2012 and once again in late October of 2013. No photos 2012-2013. :(
NOW, we come to the present. It feels a little thinner now than it used to be, not because of postpartum shedding so much as mechanical damage/ neglect while I learned how to care for a newborn, but it's the longest it's ever been now:
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o87/shecriesatnight/lengthearly2014-withlines.jpg
Don't let the saggy-butt pajama pants fool you!
(None of my pre-pregnancy clothes fit any more because of massive BF weight loss. :rollin: Now it's the Booger who is HUGE.)
At any rate, the blue line is where I'd approximate the crease where my legs meet my butt, and the green line is where I think the beginning of TBL is. I do sit on it if it's down and I'm not paying attention.
What do I call this? TBL still? Do you think it needs a trim? If so, to where? IF, it makes a difference, it looks a little extra-thin in this photo because I accidentally over oiled it. I didn't know that when we took the photo because it wasn't quite dry, found out the next morning. Also, the ends look really dark because the light is directly over my head, the whole length is closer to the color around my shoulders, IRL. I do need to do my roots pretty badly again, though!
Ok, I'm done now, thanks for reading!! :bounce:
Ok, on to the photos! (In each of these, my hands are resting on the tops of my hip bones and the top of my hands are in the smallest part of my waist, or at least, that's what I tried to do. All of these photos have bun waves of one kind or another, too.)
This was January of 2010, a little after my first henna, which is when I decided to stop using dark brown semi-permanent dye and slowly trim it out and replace it with the darkest red henna I could get:
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o87/shecriesatnight/length2.png
Then March of 2010:
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o87/shecriesatnight/lengthmarch3.jpg
Then I didn't take one for a while, did a couple 1-2 inch self-trims, continued henna-ing, and we come to January of 2011:
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o87/shecriesatnight/jan2011precut.jpg
I continued self-trimming from 2011 through the very beginning of 2012, but that was during my LHC hiatus and I didn't get any photos. I mostly hovered between waist and hip with the trims, and continued with the henna.
THEN, I didn't trim at ALL from early 2012 to now, and I was pregnant for the majority of 2012, so I didn't henna much either. (couldn't bend over well enough to rinse, I was HUGE) Maybe once in 2012 and once again in late October of 2013. No photos 2012-2013. :(
NOW, we come to the present. It feels a little thinner now than it used to be, not because of postpartum shedding so much as mechanical damage/ neglect while I learned how to care for a newborn, but it's the longest it's ever been now:
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o87/shecriesatnight/lengthearly2014-withlines.jpg
Don't let the saggy-butt pajama pants fool you!
(None of my pre-pregnancy clothes fit any more because of massive BF weight loss. :rollin: Now it's the Booger who is HUGE.)
At any rate, the blue line is where I'd approximate the crease where my legs meet my butt, and the green line is where I think the beginning of TBL is. I do sit on it if it's down and I'm not paying attention.
What do I call this? TBL still? Do you think it needs a trim? If so, to where? IF, it makes a difference, it looks a little extra-thin in this photo because I accidentally over oiled it. I didn't know that when we took the photo because it wasn't quite dry, found out the next morning. Also, the ends look really dark because the light is directly over my head, the whole length is closer to the color around my shoulders, IRL. I do need to do my roots pretty badly again, though!
Ok, I'm done now, thanks for reading!! :bounce: