Zesty
May 1st, 2015, 03:52 PM
I'm a little bit early in terms of the exact day, but nevertheless, it's been four years since May 2011 when I joined! Since then I've taken loads and loads of pictures of my hair. I couldn't really pick favorites in terms of styles and such, so I'll limit myself to before and afters.
I found the LHC googling easy ways to put up long hair because my hair was approaching waist and I couldn't even French braid. You know the drill: I washed it and wore it down every day, brushed wet, etc. Luckily I was too lazy to do a ton of damage, but my routine got so much better after joining. Y'all inspired me to learn all kinds of hairstyles and grow *really* long!
My very first picture I ever posted:
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Paisley_Love/2011-05-31_zpsum2kohja.jpg
I had a stressful 2012 and lost a lot of hair, but still hit hip. Let's not talk about that year! :lala:
And then in fall 2013 I hit my goal of tailbone.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Paisley_Love/2013-07-28162731246x500_zpsa8151c53.jpghttp://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Paisley_Love/rope%20braid%20waves%20-%20back_zps2wvwt6rt.jpg
Then came the dark days. My then-fiance now-DH was moving away for a year, I was unhappy and undermedicated and struggling with my self-esteem, so I chopped from tailbone to collarbone in October 2013. It was a long bob and grew out unevenly, so I got it cut to all one length in August 2014, which set me back a lot in terms of growth. And after it was all one length I realized that I had to come back to my LHC!
As soon as I decided to grow back out, I bit the bullet and convinced DH to take my monthly length pictures. (They're always kind of a weird angle, but it's consistently that way, so it work out I think.) Here's the "before and after so far" of Hair Journey 2.0.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Paisley_Love/2015%20sept%20to%20may_zpsijviaiq0.jpg
I want to grow to classic, and this time around my hair will be LHC-loved from the beginning. Considering the (terrible) habits that got me to waist, I figure I have great odds now. :) And I have built-in, realistic inspiration photos! Crossing my fingers that I'll be waist or nearly waist by 2016. Probably futile, but wishing stimulates the follicles, right? :eyebrows:
All my love to the LHC!
I found the LHC googling easy ways to put up long hair because my hair was approaching waist and I couldn't even French braid. You know the drill: I washed it and wore it down every day, brushed wet, etc. Luckily I was too lazy to do a ton of damage, but my routine got so much better after joining. Y'all inspired me to learn all kinds of hairstyles and grow *really* long!
My very first picture I ever posted:
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Paisley_Love/2011-05-31_zpsum2kohja.jpg
I had a stressful 2012 and lost a lot of hair, but still hit hip. Let's not talk about that year! :lala:
And then in fall 2013 I hit my goal of tailbone.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Paisley_Love/2013-07-28162731246x500_zpsa8151c53.jpghttp://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Paisley_Love/rope%20braid%20waves%20-%20back_zps2wvwt6rt.jpg
Then came the dark days. My then-fiance now-DH was moving away for a year, I was unhappy and undermedicated and struggling with my self-esteem, so I chopped from tailbone to collarbone in October 2013. It was a long bob and grew out unevenly, so I got it cut to all one length in August 2014, which set me back a lot in terms of growth. And after it was all one length I realized that I had to come back to my LHC!
As soon as I decided to grow back out, I bit the bullet and convinced DH to take my monthly length pictures. (They're always kind of a weird angle, but it's consistently that way, so it work out I think.) Here's the "before and after so far" of Hair Journey 2.0.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Paisley_Love/2015%20sept%20to%20may_zpsijviaiq0.jpg
I want to grow to classic, and this time around my hair will be LHC-loved from the beginning. Considering the (terrible) habits that got me to waist, I figure I have great odds now. :) And I have built-in, realistic inspiration photos! Crossing my fingers that I'll be waist or nearly waist by 2016. Probably futile, but wishing stimulates the follicles, right? :eyebrows:
All my love to the LHC!