lapis_lazuli
August 13th, 2015, 02:14 PM
Hi all. I was going through some photos of when I was younger and was fascinated by how much my hair had changed !
I thought I'd share my ongoing hair story here...
http://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b401/kristen-elizabeth/16b31d5f-bf4b-40f4-b13b-edce9fc88427_zpsccfhfwes.png (http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/kristen-elizabeth/media/16b31d5f-bf4b-40f4-b13b-edce9fc88427_zpsccfhfwes.png.html)
When I was a child, I always let my hair grow long and wavy. I was always bothered by how thick it was (which, of course, in hindsight I hit myself for!) and it could get frizzy. I kept it natural from APL - Waist before I started flat ironing (as you can see in pic 3). I was around 11 at this time. Well, this straightening was the start of my hair conundrum. For one thing, I always used it on its MAX heat setting (400 F) without any heat protectant. I didn't have an older sister to show me wiser, ha!
Then came 2009... the year of middle school :scared:
After years of begging my mom for highlights, she finally relented to give me this change.
http://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b401/kristen-elizabeth/498a7a3d-298a-4972-849e-b7531a6bf8cb_zpsy69uji2i.png (http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/kristen-elizabeth/media/498a7a3d-298a-4972-849e-b7531a6bf8cb_zpsy69uji2i.png.html)
WHY. :justy:
in the photos I am smiling, but looking at it now makes me cringe!!! I wish I had never touched my pretty colour... I never appreciated it until now.
In addition, my hair was cut off to APL with lots of layers. Thankfully, I was happy at the time and they grew out without much fuss ;)
http://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b401/kristen-elizabeth/fbb8e5a2-c281-423b-befe-5ef90ceb9b97_zpsm6izjnov.png (http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/kristen-elizabeth/media/fbb8e5a2-c281-423b-befe-5ef90ceb9b97_zpsm6izjnov.png.html)
Unfortunately, this was not the end of my hair troubles. I continued to flat-iron and highlight my poor strands all the way up to 2013. My hair was at its absolute WORST condition in the second photo... split ends everywhere and fried to a crisp! Made my freshman and sophomore years real memorable!
http://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b401/kristen-elizabeth/6a76d5e6-b767-4df3-9275-fcdc591a6eb6_zpse8i4fxts.png (http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/kristen-elizabeth/media/6a76d5e6-b767-4df3-9275-fcdc591a6eb6_zpse8i4fxts.png.html)
Finally, I smartened up in my junior year... or I should say, I just stopped caring about my hair! I stopped the heat, the colouring, and generally let it chill out in braids. I was occupied with other things and had made a commitment to stop torturing my hair and let it grow. And grow it did! The last photo is the first day of my senior year of HS.
http://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b401/kristen-elizabeth/7553dbd5-4112-44f9-b675-988819e0e1a8_zpsnoakj4zs.png (http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/kristen-elizabeth/media/7553dbd5-4112-44f9-b675-988819e0e1a8_zpsnoakj4zs.png.html)
This is my hair now. I'm just grazing classic length and I feel great about it. I'm still S&Ding the damage from years ago and I still don't quite feel comfortable wearing my hair loose... but I definitely think I've made progress. I can only hope now my hair continues to grow so that one day it will kiss my knees :cloud9:
Thank you for reading. I wish you all the best on your hair journeys!:bow:
I thought I'd share my ongoing hair story here...
http://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b401/kristen-elizabeth/16b31d5f-bf4b-40f4-b13b-edce9fc88427_zpsccfhfwes.png (http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/kristen-elizabeth/media/16b31d5f-bf4b-40f4-b13b-edce9fc88427_zpsccfhfwes.png.html)
When I was a child, I always let my hair grow long and wavy. I was always bothered by how thick it was (which, of course, in hindsight I hit myself for!) and it could get frizzy. I kept it natural from APL - Waist before I started flat ironing (as you can see in pic 3). I was around 11 at this time. Well, this straightening was the start of my hair conundrum. For one thing, I always used it on its MAX heat setting (400 F) without any heat protectant. I didn't have an older sister to show me wiser, ha!
Then came 2009... the year of middle school :scared:
After years of begging my mom for highlights, she finally relented to give me this change.
http://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b401/kristen-elizabeth/498a7a3d-298a-4972-849e-b7531a6bf8cb_zpsy69uji2i.png (http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/kristen-elizabeth/media/498a7a3d-298a-4972-849e-b7531a6bf8cb_zpsy69uji2i.png.html)
WHY. :justy:
in the photos I am smiling, but looking at it now makes me cringe!!! I wish I had never touched my pretty colour... I never appreciated it until now.
In addition, my hair was cut off to APL with lots of layers. Thankfully, I was happy at the time and they grew out without much fuss ;)
http://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b401/kristen-elizabeth/fbb8e5a2-c281-423b-befe-5ef90ceb9b97_zpsm6izjnov.png (http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/kristen-elizabeth/media/fbb8e5a2-c281-423b-befe-5ef90ceb9b97_zpsm6izjnov.png.html)
Unfortunately, this was not the end of my hair troubles. I continued to flat-iron and highlight my poor strands all the way up to 2013. My hair was at its absolute WORST condition in the second photo... split ends everywhere and fried to a crisp! Made my freshman and sophomore years real memorable!
http://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b401/kristen-elizabeth/6a76d5e6-b767-4df3-9275-fcdc591a6eb6_zpse8i4fxts.png (http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/kristen-elizabeth/media/6a76d5e6-b767-4df3-9275-fcdc591a6eb6_zpse8i4fxts.png.html)
Finally, I smartened up in my junior year... or I should say, I just stopped caring about my hair! I stopped the heat, the colouring, and generally let it chill out in braids. I was occupied with other things and had made a commitment to stop torturing my hair and let it grow. And grow it did! The last photo is the first day of my senior year of HS.
http://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b401/kristen-elizabeth/7553dbd5-4112-44f9-b675-988819e0e1a8_zpsnoakj4zs.png (http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/kristen-elizabeth/media/7553dbd5-4112-44f9-b675-988819e0e1a8_zpsnoakj4zs.png.html)
This is my hair now. I'm just grazing classic length and I feel great about it. I'm still S&Ding the damage from years ago and I still don't quite feel comfortable wearing my hair loose... but I definitely think I've made progress. I can only hope now my hair continues to grow so that one day it will kiss my knees :cloud9:
Thank you for reading. I wish you all the best on your hair journeys!:bow: