JiggeryPokery
June 2nd, 2016, 09:36 AM
Hello! I've lurked on this website for a while, a few years, before I signed up. Now I thought I'd actually introduce myself, and maybe start posting. I'm Jiggery, or you can call me Jigs. I'm 25 years old, and have been going back to college. My hair is sometimes wavier, sometimes straighter, really depends on weather/humidity. My hair was blonde and straight when I was a kid, darkened to brown and got wavier as I got older. I've been dyeing it black since I was 18, and have no plans to stop until I fully start to go gray. I do have a few strands of gray already.
In my earlier 20s, I had been experimenting a lot with my hair, trying to find out what I liked and didn't like. When I was a kid my mom always cut my hair short. She had been forced to have long hair as a kid and hated it, so she didn't want to do the same to me and my sister. When I was old enough to take care of my own hair I grew it out long. It stayed that way until I was 20 and wanted to try short hair again. Got it cut into a short bob, which I hated. It was too difficult to style and it tickled at my sensitive neck. I grew it back out to about hip length (the longest my hair has ever been) before I got bored again and tried bleaching the ends and dyeing them purple. Didn't work, bleaching it made it so dye wouldn't stay. I was also getting sick of the length, my hair was getting too heavy when soaking wet in the shower. I planned to cut it back to BSL, but after looking at haircut pictures I decided I wanted to try a pixie cut. I got a short pixie cut January of 2014 and kept it until June that year. I enjoyed it at first, it was a nice change of pace. But the old issues resurfaced: too difficult to style, tickled at my neck, had to get it trimmed a lot, etc. So I decided to grow it back out. That's where I'm at now, exactly two years after my last pixie cut trim. I'm back to APL, which is mostly tolerable, but my shorter layers are still tickling at my neck so I have a ways to go before I'm totally comfortable with my hair again. My goal is waist length, but I might go longer if I think I can tolerate it.
Now, I think I'm done with experimenting for good. I always come back to long hair, so I think I'll just stay that way from here on out. I really don't have a fancy hair care routine. Just shampoo/condition every other or every third day and use coconut oil if it's feeling dry. Benign neglect worked for me last time I grew my hair long, so hopefully it will work this time. This time I also want to learn more ways to put my hair up. I usually wear it down, because I'm lazy, but it would be nice to know styles other than a ponytail to put my hair in. I didn't even learn how to braid until I was 22! I look forward to using this forum for inspiration and advice as I continue to grow out my hair.
Sorry if that was a bit long, I like reading other peoples hair stories, so I just wanted to share mine.
In my earlier 20s, I had been experimenting a lot with my hair, trying to find out what I liked and didn't like. When I was a kid my mom always cut my hair short. She had been forced to have long hair as a kid and hated it, so she didn't want to do the same to me and my sister. When I was old enough to take care of my own hair I grew it out long. It stayed that way until I was 20 and wanted to try short hair again. Got it cut into a short bob, which I hated. It was too difficult to style and it tickled at my sensitive neck. I grew it back out to about hip length (the longest my hair has ever been) before I got bored again and tried bleaching the ends and dyeing them purple. Didn't work, bleaching it made it so dye wouldn't stay. I was also getting sick of the length, my hair was getting too heavy when soaking wet in the shower. I planned to cut it back to BSL, but after looking at haircut pictures I decided I wanted to try a pixie cut. I got a short pixie cut January of 2014 and kept it until June that year. I enjoyed it at first, it was a nice change of pace. But the old issues resurfaced: too difficult to style, tickled at my neck, had to get it trimmed a lot, etc. So I decided to grow it back out. That's where I'm at now, exactly two years after my last pixie cut trim. I'm back to APL, which is mostly tolerable, but my shorter layers are still tickling at my neck so I have a ways to go before I'm totally comfortable with my hair again. My goal is waist length, but I might go longer if I think I can tolerate it.
Now, I think I'm done with experimenting for good. I always come back to long hair, so I think I'll just stay that way from here on out. I really don't have a fancy hair care routine. Just shampoo/condition every other or every third day and use coconut oil if it's feeling dry. Benign neglect worked for me last time I grew my hair long, so hopefully it will work this time. This time I also want to learn more ways to put my hair up. I usually wear it down, because I'm lazy, but it would be nice to know styles other than a ponytail to put my hair in. I didn't even learn how to braid until I was 22! I look forward to using this forum for inspiration and advice as I continue to grow out my hair.
Sorry if that was a bit long, I like reading other peoples hair stories, so I just wanted to share mine.