eva888
April 19th, 2015, 05:23 AM
I haven't been so active in the past couple months, but it just occurred to me that this past week was my first LHC anniversary! A year ago I had been dying my hair platinum blonde and stumbled upon LHC while looking for information on henna and repairing my hair. My hair was WHITE, bleached within an inch of its life and around shoulder length. In the past year I've stopped using any kind of bleach, have only used henna and manic panic for color and have been growing it out. It's come such a long way!
I didn't take many pictures of the back of my head before joining LHC but here is a picture from last February/March so you can see how white and damaged my hair was...
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a570/evagryan/e808fd7d-7904-44a1-881e-b2db12fac5de_zpsurkobrdz.jpg
This is May when I first henna'ed my hair
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a570/evagryan/may2014dry_zps05f44df0.jpg
and here are some pictures along the way...
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a570/evagryan/august2014dry_zpsae351bb7.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a570/evagryan/oct2014_zps1bbfa345.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a570/evagryan/41c9f34b-e32f-4f86-aa03-fef4b39765ac_zpsrasxykl7.jpg
and..... this is my hair now!
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a570/evagryan/9797310c-66be-4a2c-8a99-f75e6135a060_zps070ybaec.jpg
it still is really damaged at the ends, and I had one trim in December, but it's come such a long way!
The thing that has helped me the most from LHC is figuring out that if I'm stuck in a hair rut the best thing to do is oil treatments, SMTs, etc. instead of cutting or bleaching it! I never would have been able to grow my hair out this far if I hadn't found this site. Everyone in the "real world" told me to just cut it off since the bleached hair was so damaged, but my hair has prevailed! :)
I'm going for WL virgin hair, which is years away at this point but a nice goal to have!
Thanks everyone! :cheese: :disco:
I didn't take many pictures of the back of my head before joining LHC but here is a picture from last February/March so you can see how white and damaged my hair was...
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a570/evagryan/e808fd7d-7904-44a1-881e-b2db12fac5de_zpsurkobrdz.jpg
This is May when I first henna'ed my hair
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a570/evagryan/may2014dry_zps05f44df0.jpg
and here are some pictures along the way...
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a570/evagryan/august2014dry_zpsae351bb7.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a570/evagryan/oct2014_zps1bbfa345.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a570/evagryan/41c9f34b-e32f-4f86-aa03-fef4b39765ac_zpsrasxykl7.jpg
and..... this is my hair now!
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a570/evagryan/9797310c-66be-4a2c-8a99-f75e6135a060_zps070ybaec.jpg
it still is really damaged at the ends, and I had one trim in December, but it's come such a long way!
The thing that has helped me the most from LHC is figuring out that if I'm stuck in a hair rut the best thing to do is oil treatments, SMTs, etc. instead of cutting or bleaching it! I never would have been able to grow my hair out this far if I hadn't found this site. Everyone in the "real world" told me to just cut it off since the bleached hair was so damaged, but my hair has prevailed! :)
I'm going for WL virgin hair, which is years away at this point but a nice goal to have!
Thanks everyone! :cheese: :disco: