2017 Monthly Length Photo Project

[two_wheels]

By popular demand

Stealing Ashflower's post from last year because it's perfect :)

Here's the 2017 thread for the Monthly Project, continuing from the 2016 thread!

The goal is to take a length picture each month to see your progress throughout the year. But you don't have to take one every month! Bimonthly and quarterly length shots work too, anything to show your progress. =)

Here are some tips to participate:

* Wear a t-shirt/sweater/dress/other with horizontal stripes, or some sort of design, for an easier visual measurement of the monthly growth. You could also draw some lines on a white shirt and write the inch/cm measurement of each line. If you're feeling creative, you could draw lines on your back to designate milestones (SL, APL, BSL, WL, HL, TBL, Classic, Knee, etc.). If you don't have a striped garment (and you don't feel like showing us your artistic nude backs), simply wearing the same shirt for each picture helps for comparison.

* Try to pick a designated area of your house/apartment/garden/hobbit hole/other to take the pictures in every time, to compare your growth over the months. Changing up the background scenery in the pictures can make the growth hard to tell sometimes.

* Try to set your camera/phone on the same surface for each picture, like a table, shelf, book pile, aquarium, etc. Try to memorize the angle where your photos are taken, and position yourself in a similar distance every time. Use a countdown timer setting if your camera has one, and if you use the zoom feature, set the zoom level in the same place every time.

Everyone is welcome to join. Happy growing!

I'm going to add:
* In particular, it's totally fine to join midway through the year. The sooner you join, the sooner you will have an amazing photo strip of your progress. Jump in!
* It's nice to comment on other people's posts in this thread! This type of thread can turn into people posting pics and not commenting, or into nice friendy type posts. We all enjoy the photos but we all enjoy acknowledgement too and it's nice to check in together - I've met some of my fave LHC people through regular pic threads like this.

[vampyyri]

Awesome!! I'm so excited to do my first full year! Thanks for making the new thread, two_wheels! :D

[two_wheels]

Glad to have you! It's fun to see everyone in here.

[lithostoic]

Kewl. I'm in.

[two_wheels]

Kewl. I'm in.

Welcome! \o/

[Kiiruna]

I will probably continue taking "growth pics every now and then" rather than every month, but otherwise I'm in ;)

[likelikepenny]

I'll be joining this as well, now i just have to decide the most predictable way to style my hair!

[pili]

I'm in! Now I just need to remember to take the pictures...

[Eas693]

I really want to do this... hopefully publically stating it is motivation! I'm just such a slow grower I get hair envy bad

[triumphator!]

Wee!! :joy: I can't wait for this thread to start rocking and rolling. 2017 is going to be a major growth year as I go from BSL to waist, it's going to be so fun! I need to find the perfect shirt, hmm.

Any chance we could get a list of everyone participating on the first post? Actually, that may get out of hand, I don't know.

[parkmikii]

I'm in if I can stick with it :D

[Strands]

I am so in :)

[ReadingRenee]

Wee!! :joy: I can't wait for this thread to start rocking and rolling. 2017 is going to be a major growth year as I go from BSL to waist, it's going to be so fun! I need to find the perfect shirt, hmm.

Any chance we could get a list of everyone participating on the first post? Actually, that may get out of hand, I don't know.

Me too! I am hoping to be able to make it to waist as well. I am definitely in this year! I need to find a good shirt too....

[Coral Grimes]

I would like to join, if I remember! I have the memory of a goldfish. But hopefully this might help my motivation and stop me impulsively chopping.

[draysmir]

I would like to join too! :) probably won't do the every month photos, but we shall see :D

[DarkChocolate]

I am in!!!!!!!

[samanthaa]

I'm in! I love this thread.

[Elfa]

I'm in!
If my hair keep growing at same rate, I should go from CBL to BSL, and I can't wait :happydance:

[two_wheels]

Yay! Triumphator, I'll do my best to put a list together, when I'm not on iPad :)
Welcome one and all!!

[LaísB]

I'm in! I really want to do it, this way I will now and see my growth!

[Erinliz]

I plan to do this! Monthly photos and measurements.

[DawnTR]

I am definitely in. I think it is cool to watch the hemline creep along!

[Asrai]

I've been meaning to start taking regular hair photos since I joined but never got around to it. It's about time I actually start doing it & this thread seems like good motivation!

[inpatient]

I'm in! I'm also doing "no trim 2017", so I think it will be cool to watch my own hair grow.
My goal is to take pictures of my hair on the first day of every month. Now, let's hope I can stick with it haha

[samanthaa]

One of my goals is to also try to measure my length monthly (we'll see if I actually follow through on this). For those of you who have done the same, how do you measure? I typically drape my soft tape measure from my hairline at the front, over the back of my head, and then down my back and try to pin the very ends against it with my fingernail...but this yields inconsistent results. I get the "general" measurement, but I don't think it's very exact.

[FullofGrace]

I was planning to this and post to the 2017 no trim but I will just post it here. I definitely want to see what an average years growth would be for me.

[Adavidal]

I'm new to LHC so I've never done one of these but I'm excited! I love seeing all the pictures of people's progress, it gives me hope for my hair.

I started with an around ear length bob in September and this is my current legnth. I'm hoping to reach APL by may/June.

https://s29.postimg.org/9vhqeqtif/IMG_9914.jpg

[Allychan]

I'm back and I'm in. Making this my "Use up your stash" and "2017 Hair Growth" project :popcorn:

[JustPam]

I'm in too, I took no official length pics at all this year. Need to find a striped or back printed shirt...

[cgirl]

Count me in too! :agree: I will take a picture on the first of each month.

If I can add three inches of natural hair by June, I'll be very happy with that! :graduate:

[cgirl]

I'm new to LHC so I've never done one of these but I'm excited! I love seeing all the pictures of people's progress, it gives me hope for my hair.

I started with an around ear length bob in September and this is my current legnth. I'm hoping to reach APL by may/June.

https://s29.postimg.org/9vhqeqtif/IMG_9914.jpg

Wow Adavidal! Your hair has grown fast, it almost looks like an inch a month. :agape: Do you have a hair-growth secret?

[mizukitty]

Subscribed! Can't wait for the new year. Happy growing to you all!

[Crystawni]

I think I will continue with monthly pics, too. :) I'm hoping to get to BCL, then TBL in 2017, but will also be trimming when necessary. As for this year, this is how it progressed:

https://i.imgur.com/FS8EjYC.jpg

I've since snipped the hem and dusted the layers, all ready for the next leg in my ever-lengthening journey. Onwards and downwards to all! :bottomsup:

[cailinbee]

Oh I'll join! I've taken monthly length photos since I joined but haven't posted them in sequence here because the timing and quality was all over the map. I'll join this thread to motivate myself to take more consistent ones in 2017. Can't wait to see everyone's progress!

[Ghaliya]

I think I will continue with monthly pics, too. :) I'm hoping to get to BCL, then TBL in 2017, but will also be trimming when necessary. As for this year, this is how it progressed:

http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Length%20Shots/jan%20-%20dec%20dated%20sm%202016_zpsmjrw99zz.jpg

I've since snipped the hem and dusted the layers, all ready for the next leg in my ever-lengthening journey. Onwards and downwards to all! :bottomsup:

Wow...your hair is beautiful in every way: texture, length, colour!!!! Happy growing!

[Crystawni]

Wow...your hair is beautiful in every way: texture, length, colour!!!! Happy growing!

:flowers: Thank you very much, and welcome to LHC! I hope your hair journey is full of everything you dream of, and more.

[riahbobiah93]

I think I will continue with monthly pics, too. :) I'm hoping to get to BCL, then TBL in 2017, but will also be trimming when necessary. As for this year, this is how it progressed:

http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o722/Weighting/Length%20Shots/jan%20-%20dec%20dated%20sm%202016_zpsmjrw99zz.jpg

I've since snipped the hem and dusted the layers, all ready for the next leg in my ever-lengthening journey. Onwards and downwards to all! :bottomsup:

Count me in! I am new to LHC as well, but when I saw Crystawni's final post from 2016 - I knew I had to join for this year! Your photos are just so perfect & classy!

[Hailwidis]

Definitely joining for the coming year! I can't wait to have a full year of progress recorded :)

[two_wheels]

Excellent to have you here!
I have somehow managed monthly photos since May 2014... science is good :D

[two_wheels]

here are my 2.5 years of monthly photos (!)
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25561&d=1482098875

[MeAndTheMaz]

Looks like there are a lot of new "faces" in this year's project. Good to see.

I might join. Not sure. I've done others and have been disappointed with my progress and stopped. If I do, it'll probably be quarterly.

[Erinliz]

My five year old told me she wants to grow her hair to her bottom. :D I think we'll do monthly photos together to post.

[likelikepenny]

My five year old told me she wants to grow her hair to her bottom. :D I think we'll do monthly photos together to post.

That's sweet :D

[ipickee]

I would like to join? Trying to grow to BCL by Christmas 2017

[riahbobiah93]

That will be so fun to watch! :)
Can't wait!

[Adavidal]

Thank you! My hair has always grown pretty fast, when I keep it short I cut it every other month in order to maintain the cut.

However, I have found a hair mask that my hair seems to LOVE and I think it's definitely his Ben it a little boost. I apply aloe and peppermint or lavender oil to my scalp and massage that in and then coat my hair in coconut and avocado hot oil and put a split end treatment oil on the ends of my hair. This gave me an half inch boost when I did it the first time and now I use it because it makes my hair ridiculously soft. The aloe along with the essential oils being massaged into my scalp most definitely help growth. The oils I use to help stop breakages and it helps a ton with hair fall too.

I don't think it's a magical serum that's going to make my hair grow 10" in one week but I do think it helps to stimulate the scalp and keeps my hair growing along at a good rate.

[samanthaa]

here are my 2.5 years of monthly photos (!)
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25561&d=1482098875

Your picture is so small but I can just barely make out that it looks like your went from about collarbone to...hip? It's so fun seeing progress like this over a longer period of time!

[jlau1827]

Definitely joining! Doing a no trim 2017 for half a year so hopefully this will keep me on track. Aiming for APL by mid 2017!

Now the real struggle is remembering to take the actual photo, hmm.

[JustPam]

Mehhhh, I can't find a good striped tshirt, they all have really narrow stripes. Would a checked shirt be alright d'ya think? Got plenty of those!

[Silverbleed]

I'm totally doing this again. I can already imagine how it'll look in a few years, it would be lots of fun to have these pictures for later c: Plus I find it an enjoyable way to grow my hair.

[two_wheels]

Your picture is so small but I can just barely make out that it looks like your went from about collarbone to...hip? It's so fun seeing progress like this over a longer period of time!

Yes collarbone to hip in that time! It is fun. I should figure out how to fix the pic :confused:

[two_wheels]

Mehhhh, I can't find a good striped tshirt, they all have really narrow stripes. Would a checked shirt be alright d'ya think? Got plenty of those!

Definitely. Any pattern or anything you can track your hair against over time...

[MeAndTheMaz]

Mehhhh, I can't find a good striped tshirt, they all have really narrow stripes. Would a checked shirt be alright d'ya think? Got plenty of those!

I would say anything that has a pattern you can compare against would be useful.

[Aunty Miki]

I am definitely in. I think it is cool to watch the hemline creep along!

So do i!👧💇👩👧👧👧

[LoveSnap]

I think i'll join up!

[Reyn127]

I think I might like to join this, if I can remember to take pictures regularly on the same day/close to it every month. Also I need to hurry up and make it to 25 posts in the next week-ish so I can actually post some photos!

[Shorty89]

I've been terrible about length photos lately, partly because my camera broke and it's hard to take length shots with my phone. But I plan on getting back to TB (from past hip) without any more major trims so I think I'm in. :) It will be interesting to see the monthly changes.

[ipickee]

I'm in!! Going to have to take a length shot tonight. Happy growing!

[MeAndTheMaz]

So, let's get the show on the road.

This is me. Dec. 21 or so. Post trim. I think I might have found a stylist that is will to do as asked. Yay that.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25646&d=1482819284

Probably going to do quarterlies.

[Alexe]

I think I'm trying to participate. If I can actually get decent quality pictures and, moree importantly, remember to take them in the first place :)

[ipickee]

Here's mine, already posted this pic in another thread, but it's the only length shot I have :).
I'm at 27" right now, trying the inversion method (yesterday) was day 1.
http://i1024.photobucket.com/albums/y309/ipickee/Hair%202016/3B626A1B-5575-4C89-BAD2-BF1F3A76C145_zpsb7mhq5p2.jpg (http://s1024.photobucket.com/user/ipickee/media/Hair%202016/3B626A1B-5575-4C89-BAD2-BF1F3A76C145_zpsb7mhq5p2.jpg.html)

[Allychan]

Happy New Year! Here's my start photos for 2017. It's pretty short but it had to have a big chop because I lost a heap of hair from shedding and stress. It's above shoulders when dry so haven't bothered with the measuring shirt just yet. Hoping to grow out that "triangle head" look that I loathe and have put up with for nearly a year

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25712&d=1483235769

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25711&d=1483234961

[Sparklylady82]

I hope this isn't too big! January 2017 http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a517/haleyemily06/20170101_005339_zpsbb6pcu2v.jpg (http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/haleyemily06/media/20170101_005339_zpsbb6pcu2v.jpg.html)

[Lanalavallama]

I would so love to take part in this, but with highly textured hair it will be nigh impossible to see changes... I think?

[iYaap]

I will grow to waist length this year in one go!!

http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s428/Yaapy/1%20januari%202017.jpg

[Decoy24601]

I'll be taking a photo later today. This time, I'm going to be stretching a bit of my hair due to bun/braid waves.

[Jennah]

Here we go again! Happy New Year everyone!!! :toast:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25716&d=1483286950

[LadyCelestina]

Can I join even if my hair is curly and will probably randomly look shorter/longer depending on shrinkage? :) I can hold a stretched strand so there is some progress to see :D

[Sparklylady82]

Of course you can!

[Ashflower89]

I'm so glad someone decided to make a new thread for this year =). I'm back from a pretty long break, so my signature is where I'm at this new years.

[samanthaa]

Happy New Year! My resolution is to take measurements each month. Today I came in just slightly over 33.5".

http://i.imgur.com/ufaZmAT.png

Freshly clarified with my first microtrim of the year!

ETA: Here's 2016 (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=135606&page=74&p=3333628&viewfull=1#post3333628).

[vampyyri]

I'm going to try and take a photo today if I can, I'm trying to air dry my hair a bit more straighter than usual so I don't have to stretch it. We'll see.

[Silverbleed]

Happy new year everyone c:

Starting a new year with new growth..!
But first a look back to March 2016 when I joined here, and today;
http://i.imgur.com/HmtXdYc.jpg

I might have had a stall since September, but putting the photo's next to each other... I'm pleasantly surprised c:

[LadyCelestina]

That's some crazy growth Silverbleed!

[Hailwidis]

Wow, Silverbleed! Great progress. It's fascinating to see how your curl pattern has developed.

I took a length picture today after I clarified for January, busy working on deadlines so it may be a while before I upload it.

[Kiiruna]

I'm in love with your hair, Silverbleed :crush:

[parkmikii]

Here's mine:

https://s28.postimg.org/qyxvvzszh/1jan2017.jpg

[Elfa]

Ashflower89 it's been a while! You've made a great progress since last time I've seen you around :)

Silverbleed wow, your curls are amazing! And you had a lot of growth, congratulations!

[Elfa]

I didn't take an "official" length photo yet, I'm not home and don't have my camera around. I tried using my cellphone but the camera on it is terrible.
But here is a photo taken in the end of last year, just to show where I'm starting, compared to January also from last year, because comparisons are fun :p. One year can do a lot!

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25390&d=1480528659 http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22273&d=1459547333

[Seraphim]

Oh, I am joining in! I have braid waves but I mostly wear braids so it doesn't matter too much :P

http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag28/dreamsinpills/e6897876-0a9f-4ff1-a4e8-8578203b3e5b_zpsj7impuyp.jpg

[Wosie]

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25724&d=1483313098


Here's my January picture. As usual my hair colour is off, everything is washed out in the picture and and darker irl. *^.^*

Great to see so many new peeps joining in. :D Good luck to everyone, with hair growth and hair care!! You're all off to a great start. :bounce:

[Shorty89]

Here's my first length photo. It isn't 100% accurate since I had braid waves. I tried to straighten them out with water but it wasn't totally effective.

http://i.imgur.com/52dsHVB.jpg?1

[Michetta]

I'd like to join but does anyone know if I can post pictures yet? If not I'll keep checking in for motivation.

[Michetta]

I joined last June but moved in July and haven't had time to be as active as I would have.

[cgirl]

http://i.imgur.com/8cFWEcI.jpg

Sorry if this picture isn't the best. My hand's a little shaky so it's a little blurry and I'm not making a fashion statement, I just wore my bra outside my shirt to show how far I have to go to BSL. :cheese:

[Decoy24601]

I don't have a length shot from the beginning of last year, but I do have one from the end of last July for comparison.

June 29th:
http://i.imgur.com/Nf0LwEs.png

January 1st:
http://i.imgur.com/Os6fwo1.png

Since the June picture, my hair has grown 5", but overall only has 3" of growth because I've trimmed a total of 2".

[vampyyri]

My starting picture in May 2016:
http://i.imgur.com/R1xtTj1.jpg

January 2017:
http://i.imgur.com/7O1CSXL.jpg
Slightly damp (tried to dry it as straight as possible), and sitting a bit below BCL... TBL is coming up quick! Picture is cropped off at around CL.

[Eas693]

Ok so I just started measuring my hair last month and I realize now I could be doing it much better. So the pictures below include last months photo, then me tryig to mimic it today, and finally how I want to do my photos from now on. Please let me know if the photos are too big

http://i.imgur.com/PbjSjNpm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VFBoUC3m.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qTuZy8Fm.jpg

[vampyyri]

http://i.imgur.com/qTuZy8Fm.jpg

Off topic... is that a tardis teapot and dalek tattoo? That's AMAZING :inlove:

[Eas693]

Off topic... is that a tardis teapot and dalek tattoo? That's AMAZING :inlove:

LOL yes it is a Tardis Teapot and a Dalek in a teacup wrapped in a bowtie... lol as my hair grows you'll see more geekry added to my teaset :-)

[Greenfire]

I planned to measure my hair monthly this year, I'll take a picture too and post in here, after seeing some of the progress in here, it'll make for some good motivation! Just have to find a shirt to wear!

[Hypothesis]

I want to do this this year, but I think I might do it on the 15th. Just to give my trim a little time to not look so freshly cut. I would like to see if I gain much length this year.

[Allychan]

I'd like to join but does anyone know if I can post pictures yet? If not I'll keep checking in for motivation.

Hi Michetta. From memory you need to do a certain amount of posts before you can add pics. I think it is 5?:confused:

[LadyCelestina]

25, but you can post links from image hosting sites, like imgur :)

Yay, so I will try to take a pic today! I wonder though whether I will keep up with this during the year. Right now I've been active on LHC because I'm studying and rewarding myself with LHC time. I need to set a reminder on my phone or something.

[Silverbleed]

That's some crazy growth Silverbleed!
I'm sooo happy I took pictures! If I didn't do that, I would have thought I barely made any progress at all. But the opposite is true!


Wow, Silverbleed! Great progress. It's fascinating to see how your curl pattern has developed.

I took a length picture today after I clarified for January, busy working on deadlines so it may be a while before I upload it.
Yeah it's almost as if in the first picture the waves weren't able to form fully and needed more length. Now I'm seeing the result, I'm convinced I need length unlike what everyone else (family, hairdressers) is saying. I can't wait till my layers also catch up, they're still a bit awkward. I know I'll never go short again lol.


I'm in love with your hair, Silverbleed :crush:
Awwww thank you :flower:


Ashflower89 it's been a while! You've made a great progress since last time I've seen you around :)

Silverbleed wow, your curls are amazing! And you had a lot of growth, congratulations!
Thank you!!

[Gothic]

I'm doing this! :) I just have to find a way to remind myself every month haha :)

[Mimha]

Hi all of you, happy hair growers ! :waving:

It seems that there are so many new faces showing up lately (well... I should say so many back-of-heads :laugh:) ! Welcome to all the newbies who want to join the most enjoyably enabling thread for growing hair in a fun mood !! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

Yaay, ready to attack my 3rd year with all of you ! :joy: I will probably only post every other month this time, though. This year goal will be TBL at Christmas, if I'm lucky enough to halt my shedding. (And if not, I shall collect my shed hair to make myself a wig, lol).

And for the curious ones, here is what my last 2 years in the thread look like :

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20673&d=1451575960
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25730&d=1483357732

[LaísB]

I will post my picture later, I tried taking one today but it wasn't a good picture, my shoulders were uneven and it looked even shorter than a picture I took last month.

[triumphator!]

I cut two inches off for the New Year, so I'm back at APL :p

Here's my first picture of the year.
http://i66.tinypic.com/zvr915.jpg

[Hay_jules]

I want to join this too. I've wanted to take consistent progress pics and seeing everyone's pics from last year is definitely motivating.

Remembering will be my problem but I'm gonna try. Will take my first pic this afternoon after washing...and waiting patiently for it to dry.

[Sparklylady82]

Hi all of you, happy hair growers ! :waving:

It seems that there are so many new faces showing up lately (well... I should say so many back-of-heads :laugh:) ! Welcome to all the newbies who want to join the most enjoyably enabling thread for growing hair in a fun mood !! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

Yaay, ready to attack my 3rd year with all of you ! :joy: I will probably only post every other month this time, though. This year goal will be TBL at Christmas, if I'm lucky enough to halt my shedding. (And if not, I shall collect my shed hair to make myself a wig, lol).

And for the curious ones, here is what my last 2 years in the thread look like :

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20673&d=1451575960
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25730&d=1483357732

I remember when you first joined and it's so nice to see your progress! If I hadn't chopped I'd be where you are today... Just a reminder for me to keep growing! Your hair is lovely :)

[Mimha]

I remember when you first joined and it's so nice to see your progress! If I hadn't chopped I'd be where you are today... Just a reminder for me to keep growing! Your hair is lovely :)

Hello Sparklylady ! :) Welcome back !! :cheer::cheer:

Thanks for your kind words ! :o You'll be there too, sooner or later. It's just a matter of keeping your goal in mind. Maybe join the non-trimming team ? You have the hair to go far, I have no doubt about it ! :flowers:

[pili]

Mimha, as always I am in awe of your beautiful hair!

So after much debate, I am joining in here. I'll try to do monthly photos, but it might be only every two months since my curls don't allow for much visual length. I also need to remember to get a brighter bulb for the bathroom and to wear a light colored shirt!
https://i.imgur.com/2JXcLZ1.jpg

[marvel-lover]

I'm in! I'll try and post pics each month...if I remember :lol: I may try to post my January picture later today. Good luck everyone! And Pili, you have gorgeous curls!

[Mimha]

Mimha, as always I am in awe of your beautiful hair!

So after much debate, I am joining in here. I'll try to do monthly photos, but it might be only every two months since my curls don't allow for much visual length. I also need to remember to get a brighter bulb for the bathroom and to wear a light colored shirt!
https://i.imgur.com/2JXcLZ1.jpg

Yay pili !! :) :) We'll be two for the bi-monthly pics, then !... (and need to change the bathroom bulb, hahaha !)

[pili]

I'm in! I'll try and post pics each month...if I remember :lol: I may try to post my January picture later today. Good luck everyone! And Pili, you have gorgeous curls!

Thank you marvel-lover.


Yay pili !! :) :) We'll be two for the bi-monthly pics, then !... (and need to change the bathroom bulb, hahaha !)
Lol!

[ReadingRenee]

Wow Mimha! What wonderful progress!

Yay Pili you are joining too! :) I am not sure if I should do bi monthly as well because of my waves, but I probably won't be able to help myself and will take a picture every month anyway. :)

Because my hair is wavy, I decided to do my pictures on wash day, when its at its waviest to try to have some continuity. Yes, it will look shorter, but hopefully I will still see some growth. :) I'm excited to be joining in with everyone!

So, January 1 picture

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/meowmixxrr/Shelleys%20Hair/20170102_163746_zpsryveqwed.jpg

[butterfly_dream]

WOW! Mimha! Beautiful hair and great progress! :thumbsup:

[RavenRose]

So I am just starting my 3rd year here. I average 3/4" a month in growth, but because I am trimming out bleached Henna my progress is slow.
I will be taking pics with freshly washed hair to see progress with my waves. Right now the waves are just brushing BSL, although my hair is about an 1" past BSL stretched. Hoping to get to waist wavy by the end of the year.

I find it really odd that all my measurements between BSL and BCL are 3 1/2" apart. strange. Anyone else have measurements like this?

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd177/paganrosemama/Jan%202017.jpg (http://s221.photobucket.com/user/paganrosemama/media/Jan%202017.jpg.html)

[ReadingRenee]

RavenRose your hair looks great! You have made such wonderful progress! I love your waves. :)

[marvel-lover]

RavenRose I get really weird measurements too. My BSL is only 19" and my waist is only a few inches from there (25" I think?). I'm also 5'10". My height must all be in my legs. Or maybe I wear my bras weird. But you have truly beautiful hair! I love the wave! :)

My January Starting Picture: (This is a rough picture. I'm still trying to figure out angles, and may begin using different mirrors for the next few months. I apologize)
http://imageshack.com/a/img923/4614/RTYPIO.jpg

[Kiiruna]

RavenRose, such lovely waves you have!
Beautiful hair colour, marvel-lover! And yes, there's always the possibility that wrong size bra band (causing bras riding up in the back) gives wrong bsl :)

[Greenfire]

Here's my January shot, it's 27.5 inches today.
http://i.imgur.com/KWeJmcA.jpg

[RavenRose]

Thank you ReadingRenee and Kiiruna for your kind words! I am very happy with discovering my waves and my progress so far.


RavenRose I get really weird measurements too. My BSL is only 19" and my waist is only a few inches from there (25" I think?). I'm also 5'10". My height must all be in my legs. Or maybe I wear my bras weird. But you have truly beautiful hair! I love the wave! :)


19" seems really short for BSL. Are you measuring from the your hair line over the back of your head? I am short 5'-1 and APL is 20" for me. Plus if your bra rides up in the back (not level with the ground), you probably have a band that is a size or two too large. I am bottom heavy so have 2" between BCL and Tailbone, and then 11" to classic...

[marvel-lover]

Thank you ReadingRenee and Kiiruna for your kind words! I am very happy with discovering my waves and my progress so far.



19" seems really short for BSL. Are you measuring from the your hair line over the back of your head? I am short 5'-1 and APL is 20" for me. Plus if your bra rides up in the back (not level with the ground), you probably have a band that is a size or two too large. I am bottom heavy so have 2" between BCL and Tailbone, and then 11" to classic...

Maybe it's my band size, but it's definitely longer than armpit length. Maybe I'm measuring wrong? When I measured, I hung my head off the back of the sofa and my boyfriend measured top to bottom. Should I be measuring with my head up? :shrug: My hair touches my band, and it's longer than armpit by a few inches. That I can say with certainty.

[Kiiruna]

You should measure your hair by standing straight and then measuring from your forehead hair line, over the back of your head.
eta: just for comparison, I'm 176 cm, which is... 5 ft and, uh, 9.3 inches? not sure, and bsl for me is around 25 inches and waist is around 30 inches.

[Vallena]

Hi all of you, happy hair growers ! :waving:

It seems that there are so many new faces showing up lately (well... I should say so many back-of-heads :laugh:) ! Welcome to all the newbies who want to join the most enjoyably enabling thread for growing hair in a fun mood !! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

Yaay, ready to attack my 3rd year with all of you ! :joy: I will probably only post every other month this time, though. This year goal will be TBL at Christmas, if I'm lucky enough to halt my shedding. (And if not, I shall collect my shed hair to make myself a wig, lol).

And for the curious ones, here is what my last 2 years in the thread look like :

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20673&d=1451575960
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25730&d=1483357732

OH WOW! Super cool and inspiring. I wish you good luck on your TBL goal!

[Erinliz]

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p372/erinliz80/IMG_20170102_184925_zpsmqpdm9ea.jpg (http://s345.photobucket.com/user/erinliz80/media/IMG_20170102_184925_zpsmqpdm9ea.jpg.html)

January measuring at 14"

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p372/erinliz80/IMG_20170102_143443_zpsrdnsmssv.jpg (http://s345.photobucket.com/user/erinliz80/media/IMG_20170102_143443_zpsrdnsmssv.jpg.html)

And Little Bit measuring at 9"

We're excited to watch everyone's progress!!!

[marvel-lover]

You should measure your hair by standing straight and then measuring from your forehead hair line, over the back of your head.
eta: just for comparison, I'm 176 cm, which is... 5 ft and, uh, 9.3 inches? not sure, and bsl for me is around 25 inches and waist is around 30 inches.

Oh! Thank you! That clears it up for me. So, measuring again, I am at roughly 23" (a little bit more than, but not enough that it really matters) and BSL is just below 23" (I'll round to 24). When my hair is straighter (it was humid today) I just barely reach BSL. Thank you guys so much! I was confused for a moment there

[ReadingRenee]

I cut two inches off for the New Year, so I'm back at APL :p

Here's my first picture of the year.
http://i66.tinypic.com/zvr915.jpg

Oh wow! I missed this somehow. I think my page didn't refresh properly or something. I was thinking of trimming because of the thin ends from layers but I haven't decided to do it or not. Your hair looks good!

[Hay_jules]

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p372/erinliz80/IMG_20170102_184925_zpsmqpdm9ea.jpg (http://s345.photobucket.com/user/erinliz80/media/IMG_20170102_184925_zpsmqpdm9ea.jpg.html)

January measuring at 14"

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p372/erinliz80/IMG_20170102_143443_zpsrdnsmssv.jpg (http://s345.photobucket.com/user/erinliz80/media/IMG_20170102_143443_zpsrdnsmssv.jpg.html)

And Little Bit measuring at 9"

We're excited to watch everyone's progress!!!

How sweet that Little Bit is doing it with you. I can't wait to watch your progress.

[Crystawni]

I'm starting 2017 at 86cm, which is almost 34" and just over an inch from BCL. :bottomsup: to everyone's progress this year!

https://i.imgur.com/WmYNf5n.jpg

[pili]

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p372/erinliz80/IMG_20170102_184925_zpsmqpdm9ea.jpg (http://s345.photobucket.com/user/erinliz80/media/IMG_20170102_184925_zpsmqpdm9ea.jpg.html)

January measuring at 14"

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p372/erinliz80/IMG_20170102_143443_zpsrdnsmssv.jpg (http://s345.photobucket.com/user/erinliz80/media/IMG_20170102_143443_zpsrdnsmssv.jpg.html)

And Little Bit measuring at 9"

We're excited to watch everyone's progress!!!
OMG! I also have a DD with straight blond hair and nary a curl in sight (much to her disappointment). I always thought my kids would be curly heads, but I guess my hubby's genes were stronger. Both my kids are growing out too, but they dont obsess like I do or want to take pictures.

[Erinliz]

OMG! I also have a DD with straight blond hair and nary a curl in sight (much to her disappointment). I always thought my kids would be curly heads, but I guess my hubby's genes were stronger. Both my kids are growing out too, but they dont obsess like I do or want to take pictures.

Lol! My oldest has the most incredible wavy dark blond hair, but couldn't care less about it. She's 13, so that might change eventually..... Or not. My husband has waves too so no idea how my other two have straight hair!

[Alexe]

So, here is my January 2017 shot ( I admit, it was taken last week of december 16, but oh well ;)) I hope I will get better quality pics as I go on, but for now this will do :)

http://img5.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/haare2016122923ilwfaq7m.jpg (http://www.fotos-hochladen.net)

[JustPam]

We have pretty good daylight today, I will try and get a good pic after I wash my toner/DT out!

[lithostoic]

January 3rd

https://scontent-mia1-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/fr/cp0/e15/q65/15800323_1537936846223062_4394294439242269806_o.jp g?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=16d512159aa76de029d7c5b1498a2cd0&oe=591E7626

[DarkChocolate]

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p372/erinliz80/IMG_20170102_184925_zpsmqpdm9ea.jpg (http://s345.photobucket.com/user/erinliz80/media/IMG_20170102_184925_zpsmqpdm9ea.jpg.html)

January measuring at 14"

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p372/erinliz80/IMG_20170102_143443_zpsrdnsmssv.jpg (http://s345.photobucket.com/user/erinliz80/media/IMG_20170102_143443_zpsrdnsmssv.jpg.html)

And Little Bit measuring at 9"

We're excited to watch everyone's progress!!!

Wow! What is Little Bit's ponytail circumference? Her hair looks so thick!!

[Erinliz]

Wow! What is Little Bit's ponytail circumference? Her hair looks so thick!!

Not sure.....I'll have to measure it!

[JustPam]

January, boom! It got a bit cloudy but phone camera is ok with low light luckily. Looks longer than it feels!

http://i63.tinypic.com/2gt3gcp.jpg

[LoveSnap]

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B28oaj4XDprsUEtYSW00U2lncE0


Here's my January pic! I'm "suited up" because it's a lot easier to get my hair texture's length when it's wet. I cut my hair last Novemeber so I'm excited for this new start.

[DarkChocolate]

January 3,2017 - My hair is more weighed down that usual because of the WO washes this past month.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25764&d=1483464261

[Silverbleed]

January 3rd

[photo]

Whoa, it's gorgeous :D

[lithostoic]

Silverbleed Thank you so much!

[Temme]

Here's my January picture. I trimmed a couple inches for the new year, and I probably won't trim again until next New Year's. I'm pretty sure I'll hit BSL this year, so I'm excited about that. Sorry my picture is kind of bizarre with me wearing my bra on top of my shirt. I'm just doing that to see where BSL is.
https://s30.postimg.org/j544dfuap/IMG_2155.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/gb0yzzs4d/)upload photo (https://postimage.org/)

[dvep]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/1/658/31970136501_48833ed97c_n.jpg

First picture post! I took this this morning, but doesn't reflect my true hair texture since I'm usually a 3a right after my hair dries from a wash (washing tonight!). This has been brushed out a few times, but I'm more wurly than curly so I don't think the length would change that much. Next month I'll share my regular texture. I tried to wear a patterned shirt but as you can see my hair just spreads out so you can't see a thing. I'm just under WL now (good news since I thought it was shorter), and am aiming for HBL by the end of the year, or longer!

I know, my hemline is so frizzy and frayed looking, but I promise it's not that bad. I'm just bad at cutting it....and my texture is merciless anyway!

[pili]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/1/658/31970136501_48833ed97c_n.jpg

First picture post! I took this this morning, but doesn't reflect my true hair texture since I'm usually a 3a right after my hair dries from a wash (washing tonight!). This has been brushed out a few times, but I'm more wurly than curly so I don't think the length would change that much. Next month I'll share my regular texture. I tried to wear a patterned shirt but as you can see my hair just spreads out so you can't see a thing. I'm just under WL now (good news since I thought it was shorter), and am aiming for HBL by the end of the year, or longer!

I know, my hemline is so frizzy and frayed looking, but I promise it's not that bad. I'm just bad at cutting it....and my texture is merciless anyway!
My goodness, except for color you could be my hair twin, at least visually. :hifive:

[pili]

My goodness, except for color you could be my hair twin, at least visually. :hifive:

ETA: Actually mine was the same color as yours as a child.

[dvep]

My goodness, except for color you could be my hair twin, at least visually. :hifive:

Well, that makes me feel awesome since your curls are gorgeous! And I always wished I had darker hair (I don't dye, though). I don't even know how to describe my color, it changes drastically depending on the light.

[pili]

Thank you! As I've aged it's gone from chestnut to brown.

[LaísB]

Finally! Here is my first lenght shot of the year!

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25778&d=1483531982

It's not really good, but I hope next month's is better. Hair is currently at 56cm.

[Seija]

Starting at almost 17 inches when my little flippies are stretched. Looking forward to seeing everyone's progress :)

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e107/seija12/f448192d-47ad-4932-862b-7b4775c1982a_zpsi0rca7yi.jpg (http://s38.photobucket.com/user/seija12/media/f448192d-47ad-4932-862b-7b4775c1982a_zpsi0rca7yi.jpg.html)

[Hay_jules]

Crappy pic for January, I'll sort myself out for Feb. Starting length is 18". This is wash day after air drying. The bleach wrecked my curl pretty bad but it's starting to come back. I've always fought my curls so I'm looking forward to seeing how they are once I start growing out the bleach.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25779&d=1483556819

[cailinbee]

http://i.imgur.com/BJn3fDi.jpg

January 5! This is probabaly the nicest photo I have of my hair, haha.

[Sparklylady82]

Lovely first of the year length shots all!

[Mya]

Finally! Here is my first lenght shot of the year!

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25778&d=1483531982

It's not really good, but I hope next month's is better. Hair is currently at 56cm.

So beautiful!

[LaísB]

So beautiful!

Thank you so much! I love your hair in the signature picture, the curls and the color are amazing :crush:

[NorraVarg]

So... here I am, partially nude on the internet. I looked all through my clothing for something with distinguishing marks/stripes only to realize hey, wait, I come with my own markings. ;)

Just got a fresh hair cut today. Don't really know where bra-strap length is on me because I don't typically wear one and was too lazy/cold to find one. I think I'm about an inch away. Super excited about seeing the progress. I finally felt like my hair was 'longish', then had about three inches cut off today. Sad, but worth it for the healthy ends? Whoooooo.

http://i.imgur.com/zOLWhd6.png

[wispe]

http://i.imgur.com/PsW7zVL.jpg?1
Jan 6

I'm planning to take the rest of my length shots around the 20th of each month since it's easier to keep track of my virgin regrowth from that date, so of course this picture is a few weeks late :0 I was out of town for the holidays so I couldn't get a proper photo earlier. Excited to track my growth this year, especially as I've never been this long before. I'm in the 6-month no trimming challenge, & I think I should be able to make hip this year, with a possibility I'll reach bcl. (:

[Atarah]

Alright, I'll try to get every month this year, instead of only half the year...

January 2017 (Two braids the night before. It is not this wavy usually!)
https://s20.postimg.org/w8ukyilzh/DSC01980.jpg

[VersLaLumière]

I'm in! :bounce: I'm new so I'll post my first pic when I get profile access.

[NorraVarg]

Starting at almost 17 inches when my little flippies are stretched. Looking forward to seeing everyone's progress :)
[/URL]

Your hair looks so wonderfully soft! Wow. :) What's your goal length?

[draysmir]

I did trim a few days ago, so my hair sits a bit above my waist now a bit. The picture is from Jan 2, bad quality picture as usual sorry haha
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/draysmir/IMG_20170102_153948_zpskf1bccti.jpg (http://s36.photobucket.com/user/draysmir/media/IMG_20170102_153948_zpskf1bccti.jpg.html)

I'm hoping to do either monthly or bi-monthly photos :)

[Temme]

I did trim a few days ago, so my hair sits a bit above my waist now a bit. The picture is from Jan 2, bad quality picture as usual sorry haha
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/draysmir/IMG_20170102_153948_zpskf1bccti.jpg (http://s36.photobucket.com/user/draysmir/media/IMG_20170102_153948_zpskf1bccti.jpg.html)

I'm hoping to do either monthly or bi-monthly photos :)

Very pretty and silky, draysmir.

[SwanFeathers]

First is Jan 2016, second was taken January 2017. Both are it with the wurls brushed out.http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb408/SwanFeathers/january%202016_zpssot2eipg.jpg (http://s1204.photobucket.com/user/SwanFeathers/media/january%202016_zpssot2eipg.jpg.html)
http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb408/SwanFeathers/20161231_102159-1_zpsnrwjuut6.jpg (http://s1204.photobucket.com/user/SwanFeathers/media/20161231_102159-1_zpsnrwjuut6.jpg.html)

[Hailwidis]

Here's my January 2017 starting picture (taken on January 1):

http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u529/Hailwidis/Hair/P1050152_zpsidcyg6up.jpg

Freshly washed and airdried hair. Minimal finger combing, no brushing. I trimmed in late December, so I am barely at waist stretched and something like 2-3 cm from waist unstretched.

[Reyn127]

Here we go, my first length shot of the year! I took it today on the 9th, and hopefully the 9th of every month so that my length shot will fall on my birthday, yay. It's right somewhere between waist and hip, and I'm going to be using these jeans as my measurement, because my hair is just getting long enough that it might outgrow the length of a shirt in a year. Currently it is like an inch above the waistband.

https://s25.postimg.org/kqqjmur9b/hairlength_Jan92017.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/ago4nm1dn/)uploading pictures (https://postimage.org/)

[Hay_jules]

I did trim a few days ago, so my hair sits a bit above my waist now a bit. The picture is from Jan 2, bad quality picture as usual sorry haha
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/draysmir/IMG_20170102_153948_zpskf1bccti.jpg (http://s36.photobucket.com/user/draysmir/media/IMG_20170102_153948_zpskf1bccti.jpg.html)

I'm hoping to do either monthly or bi-monthly photos :)

Your hair is very close to what I imagine my hair will look like grown out (and bleach/dye free). Similar colour, wave, texture and volume...I hope you don't mind but I'll be following you for inspiration.

[two_wheels]

Everyone has lovely pics :D I can't wait to see how this progresses.
Here is mine - my thumb is on my hip bone:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25822&d=1484005875
It looks shorter than my December pic because I changed my setup - my camera is much lower down now. But that's ok because it's the start of a new year :)

[Khristopher]

I'm joining!! I wanted to take montly photos las year but got super lazy. Now I really want to do it, hopefully I'll remember by posting here. This is my first pic taken just now, but I'm planing on doing a chop tomorrow so I'll update with a second pic.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25828&d=1484102884
So far I'm a bit above fingertip, I love this length but I can't stand the difference in thickness between my natural hair and the dyed ends (the demacration line is almost at waist). So, the length has to go. I'm looking foward to see everyone's progress on the next months too!

Update: here's pic after the chop - back to just about tailbone and my ends feels sooooo thick! I hope I'll be back at classic at the end of this year. Fresh ends are awesome.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25830&d=1484186159

[Firsttimelength]

Awesome so glad I joined my starting pic is BSL w it stretched out below bra about die for a biannual trim now though no splits just going on 7 months and want layers to eventually even out. Now how do I post from iPhone photos? I'll figure it out eventually

[MeAndTheMaz]

Send your photos to a hosting site like photobucket or one of the others. Then post the URL here. One of the icons at the top of the reply window is a tree inside a square. Click that and paste the URL in the resulting box.

Once you get to 25 posts, you'll be able to put your photos here on TLHC.

[draysmir]

Your hair is very close to what I imagine my hair will look like grown out (and bleach/dye free). Similar colour, wave, texture and volume...I hope you don't mind but I'll be following you for inspiration.

Of course I don't mind! I am quite flattered honestly :o I'll probably be trimming a few times this year to keep my hemline from fairytaling and to keep my split ends in check, so my growth probably won't be as much as it could be. What's your goal length? :)

Very pretty and silky, draysmir.

awe, thank you! :)

[kittengirl]

I would like to join. I'm just touching BSL and hoping to make it to waist this year (I have a high waist). Hoping to get some fast growth due to pregnancy lol. I'll post a picture soon...as long as its still January it counts, right? :D

[Hay_jules]

Of course I don't mind! I am quite flattered honestly :o I'll probably be trimming a few times this year to keep my hemline from fairytaling and to keep my split ends in check, so my growth probably won't be as much as it could be. What's your goal length? :)



The longest my hair has been in the past is about BSL and I've always chopped it because of the fairytaling...I never even knew I could maintain the length and thicken the hem. My ultimate goal is hip unstretched. Currently my hair is just past shoulder...18" stretched. I have a long way to go lol.

[rhosyn_du]

Here's my January photo, just tirmmed.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25831&d=1484189910

[Agnieszka]

Hello after a break!
Last year it was going ok till August. In September I chopped mullet off and ended up with a bob. I was not too disappointed as finally my hairstyle looked decent and I could stop hiding it. Now it's a long bob with front matching back and I'm ready to gain some length. I haven't touch the front since October 2015 when it was all chopped to pixie. Good luck to everyone.

My hair in January 2016

http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo10/Agnieszka15/january2016_zpsfgigd5gg.jpg (http://s356.photobucket.com/user/Agnieszka15/media/january2016_zpsfgigd5gg.jpg.html)

January 2017

http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo10/Agnieszka15/IMG_3240_zpsfqcuzywm.jpg (http://s356.photobucket.com/user/Agnieszka15/media/IMG_3240_zpsfqcuzywm.jpg.html)

[draysmir]

The longest my hair has been in the past is about BSL and I've always chopped it because of the fairytaling...I never even knew I could maintain the length and thicken the hem. My ultimate goal is hip unstretched. Currently my hair is just past shoulder...18" stretched. I have a long way to go lol.

I didn't think about maintaining length either, until I joined LHC! The last time I tried to grow my hair out it was also fairytaling at around MBL and was pretty damaged, despite it being virgin hair. My hair is almost the same length it was three years ago (waist length), and I am very happy about how much better it feels and how my hemline (while still not thick) looks nicer. My original goal was also around hip length when I joined LHC, but now I think I want it to be TBL, which means I have to wait even longer now :p I try to focus on how far I've come rather than how much longer I want it to be, and that helps a bit with my impatience a bit lol

[Shorty89]

I'm going to have to revise my first length shot. I decided that January was a good time to cut off a bunch of old damage. I'm now more around hip than TB. But, things feel a lot better. I will get a new photo up soon.

[marvel-lover]

Wow Angieszka that is some impressive growth! It looks so healthy and beautiful!

[Agnieszka]

Oh wow Marvel-lover thank you so much :-D

[Ophidian]

1/13/17:
https://s27.postimg.org/d1vk4vlzz/1_13_length.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/d1vk4vlzz/)

And for contrast, here's where I was 5/1/16 around when I joined:
https://s28.postimg.org/8fdclb7dl/IMG_2215_EDIT.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/8fdclb7dl/)

[PennyQuin]

This is my January shot. Wanted to flat iron my hair... But I promised myself I won't this month. And since I haven't this month, then I won't to it for the length comparison :eyebrows:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/PXiTBuuw-Tw4p31Bkx08yO1pb6tp56aAofDhw68iOfXgG1zYiGD_l0MW6Qr eAVyx8YFnmfvZ36HIqZuj_cdtltzJQzvNGejLkUdJWbEGzNpGm Hfbbu43CmX88sVdOjnde4UXA0KXe78AWnoAIEQ2qEfN6QEr8Eo DzFbp6yXEZ6EAHWYmBUGGLvcIUlynxOAHvm0jRkw0XLJ5kqXLP qbtFm12zyQkov028Q3PYwe_jNNjQBxCHuR3on0KFgiY7hKoS_g JDMi3OKd9YmpkfV6rVLNtTp07hp2FI30armSqW9PGgSpqY-vos8-Hc24alXT8Y0OtH6RNthcjpQt4tKnXHYcuwgAXoZsVowhuW6Vls pePFbZzRhWYCbIeVY87Urbw8dnNo_KsP7mcurrMFF1yE9r02DO UolycWy4_3sjrowQGt3DRr4g47AByeNy2b68UJr4JLNXc5ppeE Ou-2U_enukUDSB-Cni_AgDL4R7rg8Ns5UJcAw2Thhox9dyfo2zAedmOiCcImSofwa iTdGIkjyjF-B0gSg7IbAp3AxOmTMkfV4stL9_4_Qay5ppTthPLq1n42CfaQk1 X9ICdUvEEauoXZJbipRPSejvYwdPhnx78YdOoVjUdaz00BKKBV GsreW26-QvAo-6sGEVjnXU0Jr5lk4_cuAu3GW9NxNjtgw=w601-h745-no

I need to take the pictures in the morning... I don't know why I haven't learned the lesson :rolleyes:

[fiabia]

Just uploaded my January pic in two other threads, I think that's enough for now haha, but I am in on this 'challenge'. Hopefully I can come back with progress pictures later in the year.

[lapushka]

Here's my January photo, just tirmmed.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25831&d=1484189910

That is such a gorgeous blonde shade! :D :inlove:

[Hypothesis]

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/Hypothisos/Jan17.png (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Hypothisos/media/Jan17.png.html)

My Photo for January. I'm not very good at this... out of ten photos this was the best.

[MeAndTheMaz]

You're not the only one. It usually takes me a few to get one that's almost acceptable. :lol:

[Hypothesis]

"Almost acceptable" is now my new moto for 2017. :D Thanks!

[gracespaghetti]

Jan 15
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/gg82559/mblhair1_zpsidfz7wgp.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/gg82559/media/mblhair1_zpsidfz7wgp.jpg.html)

[FullofGrace]

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25913&d=1484574290http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25912&d=1484574287http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25911&d=1484574283http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25910&d=1484574278
I am trying to post January photos. I have never posted photos before so I don't know if they will come out right. They are not great photos anyway. Maybe over the course of the year taking photos I will get better at it. It's kind of a gray morning also, so that didn't help.

Edit - No it appears I did not post correctly :) Will have to figure this out. I did manage to get them to my photo album. Still don't know how to get them to a post.
Re-Edit - I think it worked, I had to open two windows. I'm not super tech savvy.:)

I do not know enough about hair to determine the condition of it. To me it looks damaged because of all the pieces that fly away. It is bleached and color. You can see my roots (greasy, sorry) growing in. I'm planning to not use dye anymore but it will be difficult as grays are starting to show up a lot. I am contemplating henna but undecided.

[VersLaLumière]

I prefer to post pics in a profile album rather than the more public forum, hope that's okay...I just put up one from last month and one from last week.

I recognize these pics aren't the best quality, I'm new and had snapped these randomly/hastily without really planning it out. I'll try to work on pic quality and wearing the same shirt or something next time.

[draysmir]

I prefer to post pics in a profile album rather than the more public forum, hope that's okay...I just put up one from last month and one from last week.

I recognize these pics aren't the best quality, I'm new and had snapped these randomly/hastily without really planning it out. I'll try to work on pic quality and wearing the same shirt or something next time.

How far away are you from BSL? You look like you would be pretty close in my opinion :)

[Seija]

Your hair looks so wonderfully soft! Wow. :) What's your goal length?

Thanks! It's certainly a lot softer than it used to be since I joined LHC aha I don't really have a goal yet. I don't like to think of how far away things like classic length might be :thud:

[VersLaLumière]

How far away are you from BSL? You look like you would be pretty close in my opinion :)

Pretty close! I think I have about an inch and a half to go, maybe even less. At least two before I officially call it.

[rhosyn_du]

That is such a gorgeous blonde shade! :D :inlove:

Thank you! :o It really only looks blonde freshly washed and either in direct sunlight or in photos taken with flash. The rest of the time, it looks anywhere from light to medium brown. In the dead of winter, it can even look dark brown from the front because of the contrast with my pasty skin. I like to think of it as chameleon hair. :lol:

[Rhodugune]

This is a great thread getting to follow peoples growth and here is my photo for January this year, feels good to start 2017 with a hemline starting to reach classic.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25905&d=1484488729

[wispe]

Since I'm sticking to the 19/20th as my update day, there's actually only two weeks between these two photos (I do not have a properly angled photo from Dec). I'm back to where I was after last month's trim, more or less. Future updates will have a proper month between them from here on out. Today is also 6-months bleach-free!

http://i.imgur.com/PsW7zVL.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/Vg13jwu.jpg?1
Jan 6, Jan 19.

[Sparklylady82]

Since I'm sticking to the 19/20th as my update day, there's actually only two weeks between these two photos (I do not have a properly angled photo from Dec). I'm back to where I was after last month's trim, more or less. Future updates will have a proper month between them from here on out. Today is also 6-months bleach-free!

http://i.imgur.com/PsW7zVL.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/Vg13jwu.jpg?1
Jan 6, Jan 19.

Congratulations of being bleach free!

[cgirl]

That's fast growth wispe! :hifive:

[wispe]

Congratulations of being bleach free!
Thank you! I'm happy my roots are starting to show in length shots/from behind now.


That's fast growth wispe! :hifive:
Looking back, I think my ends may have been curling under in the first photo, and it's perhaps been brushed into more of a V than this month. I believe I have about average growth - I only have just over 3" of roots in 6 months without bleaching. Though I wouldn't complain if progress like this keeps up (: :pray:

[Elfa]

wispe your hair looks wonderful, I love the colors! And it looks so healthy despite being bleached!
And it's indeed a fun mark, when you start to see regrowth from the back :o

[wispe]

wispe your hair looks wonderful, I love the colors! And it looks so healthy despite being bleached!
And it's indeed a fun mark, when you start to see regrowth from the back :o

Most of it actually is pretty healthy; I use 20vol developer, bleached the length once, and only did my roots. Plus I think one bleach bath when I couldn't get my color to fade. I do have small bits of breakage though- there's a chunk at the crown that haunts me as it'll occasionally make itself known, etc. Mainly I like my natural color and prefer the feel of it, and I'd originally wanted to do an ombre so I'm just going to do it the long haul way now (:

[wo]

I want to do this, since I don't measure in any way except pictures. I'll always need to take the pic on wash day for the length comparison to be accurate so it might not be exactly the 23rd each month. I haven't trimmed in 18 months, and I won't be trimming any time until waist length or longer. :) So here's my January pic. https://i.imgur.com/nH1NvE2.jpg

[dvep]

I want to do this, since I don't measure in any way except pictures. I'll always need to take the pic on wash day for the length comparison to be accurate so it might not be exactly the 23rd each month. I haven't trimmed in 18 months, and I won't be trimming any time until waist length or longer. :) So here's my January pic. http://i.imgur.com/nH1NvE2.jpg

Gorgeous, healthy curls! I wish mine were as cooperative!

[Zesty]

OMG, wo, your curls are to die for! :crush:

I was going to skip this year because I missed the first, but then I decided that I'd do a picture every four weeks on Sunday. Here's January:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25974&d=1485110236

[marvel-lover]

I want to do this, since I don't measure in any way except pictures. I'll always need to take the pic on wash day for the length comparison to be accurate so it might not be exactly the 23rd each month. I haven't trimmed in 18 months, and I won't be trimming any time until waist length or longer. :) So here's my January pic. http://i.imgur.com/nH1NvE2.jpg

Wow! Your curls are beautiful! Your hair looks very healthy and happy. Although, I have to say, your shirt brings me pain (I'm from the Cleveland area) :wink:

[wo]

Wow! Your curls are beautiful! Your hair looks very healthy and happy. Although, I have to say, your shirt brings me pain (I'm from the Cleveland area) :wink:

Thanks! And um... I'm from the Cleveland area too! Grew up going to Indian games. I wanted both teams to win equally! Hahaha, I'm a strange sports fan. It was just so historic for them to win, I had to be happy about it. :)

[marvel-lover]

Wo that's how I felt too :) Happy for both teams. Cleveland already had a huge win with the Cavs, so I have to be happy that Chicago got a victory too

[Dante]

Wo, you have beautiful curls!

I don't think I have enough posts to add pics as yet, but hopefully soon!

[lapis_lazuli]

AMAZING, Zesty and Wo! :thudpile: The textures and colours are just beautiful!

[Elfa]

wo I'm like :thud: everytime you post a photo. Such gorgeous curls!

[w0nderland]

http://i.imgur.com/iwfWoUL.jpg?1
This was taken on 15th Jan i'm just super late. Hair was bunned all day and in desperate need of wash. I got a new top for picture taking! (YAY!).
Hoping to actually do photos every month.
You can sort of see the faint white outline of my bra strap. I seem to be gaining quickly!

[lapis_lazuli]

That's great, w0nderland! You're getting there - exciting! :D :cheer:

[wo]

wo I'm like :thud: everytime you post a photo. Such gorgeous curls!

Aww that is so nice! 😊

[LadyCelestina]

Too bad guys - I just checked and my camera didn't save my start of january pic (the battery died), so I think I will bother dbf to take hairpics on Monday and then just go from there.

[lapushka]

You guys have more patience than I do. I think I would give up if I were to take monthly pictures... is there a 3 month thread already? :hmm:

[pili]

You guys have more patience than I do. I think I would give up if I were to take monthly pictures... is there a 3 month thread already? :hmm:

With my curl I'm just doing one every two to three months, otherwise you can't really see any difference.

[two_wheels]

You guys have more patience than I do. I think I would give up if I were to take monthly pictures... is there a 3 month thread already? :hmm:

As threadstarter I'm gonna say you can join in every three months :D
The key is not to look at 1 month's progress. It's just that with a monthly photo you can always look back 6 months. Plus after a couple of years you amass a very interesting timeline of pictures!

[Mimha]

Since I'm sticking to the 19/20th as my update day, there's actually only two weeks between these two photos (I do not have a properly angled photo from Dec). I'm back to where I was after last month's trim, more or less. Future updates will have a proper month between them from here on out. Today is also 6-months bleach-free!

http://i.imgur.com/PsW7zVL.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/Vg13jwu.jpg?1
Jan 6, Jan 19.

Only two weeks between these two pics ?? :bigeyes:
:eye: :eye: It looks like you have grown 3/4 inch in these two weeks !! :thud: ... and it also looks like you've hit waist, by the way ! :) :)

[wispe]

Only two weeks between these two pics ?? :bigeyes:
:eye: :eye: It looks like you have grown 3/4 inch in these two weeks !! :thud: ... and it also looks like you've hit waist, by the way ! :) :)

Thank you! Though I'm pretty sure the first pic was just a fail on my part (I think the ends may have been curling under, and it was wurlier on the 6th - see the untameable former bang layer on the left) because according to my roots I'm growing right on average, or perhaps juuust above it. Though I would love if my growth rate kicked it up a notch! :whip: I do feel more solidly at waist now though! My hem is a deep u/v and the tip reached waist mid-october, and I trimmed back to just at waist Dec 18th. Stretched the tip of my hem is about a cm past waist now, I believe.

[Mimha]

Thank you! Though I'm pretty sure the first pic was just a fail on my part (I think the ends may have been curling under, and it was wurlier on the 6th - see the untameable former bang layer on the left) because according to my roots I'm growing right on average, or perhaps juuust above it. Though I would love if my growth rate kicked it up a notch! :whip: I do feel more solidly at waist now though! My hem is a deep u/v and the tip reached waist mid-october, and I trimmed back to just at waist Dec 18th. Stretched the tip of my hem is about a cm past waist now, I believe.

I must have missed this milestone of yours, wispe. I confess that I don't read all the threads all the time :redgrin:. Congratulations anyway ! :flower:

[wispe]

I must have missed this milestone of yours, wispe. I confess that I don't read all the threads all the time :redgrin:. Congratulations anyway ! :flower:
Thank you! You might have missed it anyway because I called it but didn't officially move threads until Dec. Due to layers/hem shape it doesn't really feel/look like I've hit milestone for a month or two after my V hits it, anyway. It took 2 months after I first hit it to start looking+feeling like waist length (and then I promptly trimmed it LOL), I'm happy to have grown that length back out now. Next is for it to start feeling like waist again! (:

[Alexe]

Gosh, I love all of the hair in this thread! So diverse and beautiful!

Sooo...I decided to take my febuary pic today! Woho! (I was unsure wether or not I would forget about it if I left it longer, so I took the chance :))

http://fs5.directupload.net/images/170131/m8edh5ov.jpg (http://www.directupload.net)

My hemline is so incredible uneven...I need to buy scissors and trim a bit sometime. But its hard to determine a straight hemline with all of the textures going on. The right side looks shorter when washed because of the wurls, the left side is straight from the beginning. :rolleyes:
Also, I don't think I can see growth? Maybe a little?

[pili]

Gosh, I love all of the hair in this thread! So diverse and beautiful!

Sooo...I decided to take my febuary pic today! Woho! (I was unsure wether or not I would forget about it if I left it longer, so I took the chance :))

http://fs5.directupload.net/images/170131/m8edh5ov.jpg (http://www.directupload.net)

My hemline is so incredible uneven...I need to buy scissors and trim a bit sometime. But its hard to determine a straight hemline with all of the textures going on. The right side looks shorter when washed because of the wurls, the left side is straight from the beginning. :rolleyes:
Also, I don't think I can see growth? Maybe a little?
Count the stripes because you definitely can! The Feb pic has you slightly farther from the camera, so that can skew perception.

[Alexe]

Count the stripes because you definitely can! The Feb pic has you slightly farther from the camera, so that can skew perception.

Qh my, I should really have thought about that, right?:doh:
Now I fell a) a little stupid and b) happy, because it seems like it hopped to the next white stripe..which means its grown almost 2cm!

[lithostoic]

Reminder to take length pic soon. Last pic on page 13.

[irisa2005]

OMG! I want to join too!! I was taking pictures by my own record, but this thread gave me more ideas.
I'm starting today with the January picture

[draysmir]

Gosh, I love all of the hair in this thread! So diverse and beautiful!

Sooo...I decided to take my febuary pic today! Woho! (I was unsure wether or not I would forget about it if I left it longer, so I took the chance :))

http://fs5.directupload.net/images/170131/m8edh5ov.jpg (http://www.directupload.net)

My hemline is so incredible uneven...I need to buy scissors and trim a bit sometime. But its hard to determine a straight hemline with all of the textures going on. The right side looks shorter when washed because of the wurls, the left side is straight from the beginning. :rolleyes:
Also, I don't think I can see growth? Maybe a little?

There is definitely growth comparing where your hair is on your shirt :) do you do a parting or anything? I find the side with more hair and the side I brush my bangs off to tends to be more wavy than the other side. My layering is uneven too so the one side has a lot hair that's one shorter length that will flick off differently than my actual length, while the other side barely has layering so there's less waves. I'm not sure if you want a straight across hemline, but my hemline is also really uneven (layers were cut like a mullet basically lol) so I've just been trimming the longest layer until eventually the sides will also be the same length.

[mellsss91]

Good idea!

[marvel-lover]

This month is rewind: I started using hair buffs to sleep in, wore my hair in a bun every day, moved to alternating weeks, one week with no oil until the night before a wash day once a week, and the next week with lots of oil and washing twice a week. I supposedly grew 1", but I can't rule out measuring anomalies, and my photos don't really show that much growth.

BTW: This is a double wash week, so my hair has a lot of oil (tomorrow is wash day) and it was just let down so excuse the bumps and weird things. I brushed it as best I could. http://imageshack.com/a/img923/4614/RTYPIO.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img923/8531/uSkzgV.png

The one on the left is last month, the one on the right is tonight

[Allychan]

Feb is here, so here is my growth pics front and back looking straight ahead unbrushed. I'll start wearing a white T from now on as I seemed to have reached the top of my top.
Back
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26033&d=1485918101
Front
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26031&d=1485917339

Not sure how these will display so I'll come back and resize if need be.

[missmaggieeliza]

Joining in. I took this photo a week or so ago. My hair is silver. The bathroom lighting is making it look yellow. there is still a chunk in the middle missing from the vacuum eating my hair. A disaster. Still growing out after at least two years. I just trimmed about 4 inches of almost nothing off the bottom.

The photo on my icon is before vacuum got me. I can not figure how to change it to this starting over photo.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc184/shades_of_idaho/1-27-17-%20Hair.jpg (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/shades_of_idaho/media/1-27-17-%20Hair.jpg.html)

I can not figure how to make the picture show. I can only get a link so added it to my Flicker album. Sorry. Help???

[pili]

Joining in. I took this photo a week or so ago. My hair is silver. The bathroom lighting is making it look yellow. there is still a chunk in the middle missing from the vacuum eating my hair. A disaster. Still growing out after at least two years. I just trimmed about 4 inches of almost nothing off the bottom.

The photo on my icon is before vacuum got me. I can not figure how to change it to this starting over photo.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/50185661@N03/32559171565/in/dateposted-public/

I can not figure how to make the picture show. I can only get a link so added it to my Flicker album. Sorry. Help???
Above the dialogue box where you type you will see a series of buttons click the third from the right and a box will pop up for you to enter the URL from yout Flickr account. It is the square with a little tree. You should be able to go back and edit your post.

[missmaggieeliza]

Above the dialogue box where you type you will see a series of buttons click the third from the right and a box will pop up for you to enter the URL from yout Flickr account. It is the square with a little tree. You should be able to go back and edit your post.

Thank you Pili, OK I was trying the Box with tree. Do you know which code I am supposed to use from the Photo Bucket account too. I tried all but the email one and none of them worked. There id direct HTML and IMG boxes. since it is not working with Flicker. Flicker might not allow image hosting.

Well It is still showing some code but the photo is there. Sorry for the bother. I need a better angle. Will try to do better for February. My hair grows painfully slow.

[Jennah]

Hey guys! Here is my update. :) In January on the full moon I trimmed in order to thicken the hemline.

Not sure if that was a great idea as it set me back a bit but here you go:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26034&d=1485951241

[Silverbleed]

Not much growth again but I know it's growing, only it's so small of a difference it's hard to catch on camera with dry crinkely hair and my hand in my back xD At least I know I'm out of my stall though it not showing yet.

http://i.imgur.com/6kw2lFO.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RnLRFep.jpg

It's feeling and looking better and better the longer it gets c: I should've done this a long time ago.

http://i.imgur.com/GGU1ECv.jpg

[Silverbleed]

Thank you Pili, OK I was trying the Box with tree. Do you know which code I am supposed to use from the Photo Bucket account too. I tried all but the email one and none of them worked. There id direct HTML and IMG boxes. since it is not working with Flicker. Flicker might not allow image hosting.

Well It is still showing some code but the photo is there. Sorry for the bother. I need a better angle. Will try to do better for February. My hair grows painfully slow.
In photobucket or imgur you need to place before and after the url of the image, then it will show up as a picture on forum boards.


[img]url of image

In this case, if you go to your flickr link you see on the right bottom an arrow.

Click on it and use 'view all sizes'.

Now right click your image and choose 'copy image address'.

Now place before the link and after the link.

And it will show up:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/524/32559171565_bb60ce5f18_o.jpg

If you are on Photobucket or imgur, you can just copy the links they made for you. Use the one that mentions 'BB code' or has [img] in front of it.

Try it c:

[missmaggieeliza]

In photobucket or imgur you need to place before and after the url of the image, then it will show up as a picture on forum boards.


[img]url of image

In this case, if you go to your flickr link you see on the right bottom an arrow.

Click on it and use 'view all sizes'.

Now right click your image and choose 'copy image address'.

Now place before the link and after the link.

And it will show up:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/524/32559171565_bb60ce5f18_o.jpg

If you are on Photobucket or imgur, you can just copy the links they made for you. Use the one that mentions 'BB code' or has [img] in front of it.

Try it c:

Thank you Silverbleed. I will give it a try a little later. Need to find a top that will show growth or not. LOL Saving your information to refer back to.

[kittengirl]

Ok, this is meant to be for January. I guess I will do my pics on the last day of the month each month. This first pic it's a little hard to see the ends because my bra is dark...I though it might be the most reliable because my waistline is working on disappearing as I get more pregnant. The ends are flipping a bit from braid but it is bsl.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26047&d=1485972209

This pic I took with a ribbon tied at waist, shows actual length of ends better but again, my actual waist might not be reliable. I think next time I will just wear a lighter colored bra.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26048&d=1485972227

My pics are always so huge, really sorry about that.

[draysmir]

Feb is here, so here is my growth pics front and back looking straight ahead unbrushed. I'll start wearing a white T from now on as I seemed to have reached the top of my top.
Back
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26033&d=1485918101
Front
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26031&d=1485917339

Not sure how these will display so I'll come back and resize if need be.

Wow, your hair in the February front photo looks so much longer than last month! :D

[marvel-lover]

So much beautiful hair growth :applause:thudpile:

[missmaggieeliza]

In photobucket or imgur you need to place before and after the url of the image, then it will show up as a picture on forum boards.


[img]url of image

In this case, if you go to your flickr link you see on the right bottom an arrow.

Click on it and use 'view all sizes'.

Now right click your image and choose 'copy image address'.

Now place before the link and after the link.

And it will show up:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/524/32559171565_bb60ce5f18_o.jpg

If you are on Photobucket or imgur, you can just copy the links they made for you. Use the one that mentions 'BB code' or has [img] in front of it.

Try it c:

Thank you Silverbleed. I will give it a try a little later. Need to find a top that will show growth or not. LOL Saving your information to refer back to. GGGRRR Thought I had posted this. Sorry.

[missmaggieeliza]

Going to try this again. Tried to get better positioning. My first photo was taken Jan 27 so this one will not show much growth. Also I am totally having one of those hair standing on end days. It would not lay down. So happy for buns. LOL

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc184/shades_of_idaho/2-1-17%20Hair.jpg (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/shades_of_idaho/media/2-1-17%20Hair.jpg.html)

My hair length is 21 skimpy inches this morning.

[ReadingRenee]

silverbleed your hair is so pretty and soft looking! Allychan you can really see the difference! Kittengirl you have such beautiful hair! I can see a difference there too. Missmagleeliza your second pic looks really good. :)

As for me, I trimmed an inch right in the beginning of January so there is no length difference. In fact it is shorter. But the hemline looks much better. Also, I changed my locale because the light in my original photo place has too much light coming in one side or not enough light at all. I also didn't have a very good place for my camera and the angle of it wasn't really accurate for length. The new location is much more accurate and I will be using it from now on.

Both pictures are on wash day after my hair has dried.


January- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/meowmixxrr/Shelleys%20Hair/20170102_163746_zpsryveqwed.jpgFebruary-http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/meowmixxrr/Shelleys%20Hair/20170201_142857_zpsmsypb5gy.jpg

[missmaggieeliza]

ReadingRenee your camera tips are good. I think I need to research a little more on taking hair photos. And also to see if my camera has a timer in it. Your hair is Lovely. Mine used to curl more when I was younger.

[Seija]

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e107/seija12/HairprogJan-Feb_zpsjgymf5wq.jpg (http://s38.photobucket.com/user/seija12/media/HairprogJan-Feb_zpsjgymf5wq.jpg.html)

I'm super surprised, I didn't expect to see a noticable change :disbelief

[missmaggieeliza]

Seija you are showing a lot of growth. Looks Great.

[Seija]

Seija you are showing a lot of growth. Looks Great.

Thank you :) The comparison made me feel a lot more motivated! I hope it keeps up

[Fericera]

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e107/seija12/HairprogJan-Feb_zpsjgymf5wq.jpg (http://s38.photobucket.com/user/seija12/media/HairprogJan-Feb_zpsjgymf5wq.jpg.html)

I'm super surprised, I didn't expect to see a noticable change :disbelief

That's really great! I remember that stage and it really REALLY helps to take pictures. Since at that length you can't feel your braid getting longer, or your bun wrapping around more, or see the length creeping down your front, pictures are essential to see all the lovely progress. :)

[Shorty89]

Look my hair grew backwards! :lol: Actually, I ended up doing a major trim to get rid of some of my old dye/bleach damaged ends. So, no real growth to show this month (I trimmed mid-January). But I look forward to more growth in the future.

January

http://i.imgur.com/HpTbzfF.jpg

February

http://i.imgur.com/YNCVlYN.jpg

[pili]

Shorty89 your ends looks so nice and thick now!

I love seeing the growth pictures from everyone else.

I know I grew, stretched, but I'm going to wait another month to post since you can't actually see any growth.

[lithostoic]

January 3rd

https://scontent-mia1-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/fr/cp0/e15/q65/15800323_1537936846223062_4394294439242269806_o.jp g?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=16d512159aa76de029d7c5b1498a2cd0&oe=591E7626

February 2nd

https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/fr/cp0/e15/q65/16422350_1571628122853934_6291789241723737698_o.jp g?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=188cd2c7674d9fa7d06e7f9d8ba5e35c&oe=5909FF79

I trimmed an inch on Jan 24th. The first pic is combed wet and the second pic is lightly finger combed.

[ReadingRenee]

ReadingRenee your camera tips are good. I think I need to research a little more on taking hair photos. And also to see if my camera has a timer in it. Your hair is Lovely. Mine used to curl more when I was younger.

Thank you! yes it takes a little tweaking and experimentation when it comes to taking hair photos yourself. :)



I'm super surprised, I didn't expect to see a noticable change :disbelief

That is awesome! I agree, take pictures during this stage, you can really see the growth a lot easier that way.


Look my hair grew backwards! :lol: Actually, I ended up doing a major trim to get rid of some of my old dye/bleach damaged ends. So, no real growth to show this month (I trimmed mid-January). But I look forward to more growth in the future.





Your hair and your ends look amazing! And even though I can see the length difference with the stripes, because of your hemline, it actually looks like the same length visually to me.

[vampyyri]

http://i.imgur.com/Sb1is2e.jpg

I'm creeping up the the "can I can this TBL" territory! :happydance:

[marvel-lover]

How did you get such beautiful growth in only a month!!!??? :thudpile:

[NimbleNut]

Here's mine-It grew a lot more than I thought it had so I'm excited!

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/725/31861985403_9bb7c49c03_n.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Qxx1cV)

For reference, the blue stripes are about 1.75 inches wide and the purple stripes are about 1.25" wide. Also, sorry for the slightly blurry February photo. My camera is messed up and I haven't gotten it fixed yet.

[CayAsh]

Hi hi!
Can I join in on the fun, casually late to the party but this thread is what made me join the forum :waving: My ends are in desperate need of a trim but I've never done my own S&D mission so I'm quite nervous. Also, I'm still trying to figure out this whole photobucket resizing business so bear with me sorry!

http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a516/caylaashleyy/fullsizeoutput_937_zpstm0ynv32.jpeg

[Shorty89]

Wow! Great growth Vampyri!

Nimblenut, your hair colour is gorgeous!

[Greenfire]

I'm surprised you can actually see this much difference in only a month! I grew 2 cm, and hoping I keep that up! I'm guessing no winter stall for me?
Fingers crossed!

Jan left, Feb right
http://i.imgur.com/KWeJmcA.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/K1MsYIj.jpg

[Crystawni]

Everyone's chugging along nicely, even those who've done some snippage or skipped pics this month. :D

As for me, I've gained 1.5cm this month, putting me back to where I was before I trimmed mid-December.

https://i.imgur.com/c6GwnUK.jpg

*My pic is a little off as I'm using my older camera after temporarily effing up my other one when cleaning it a few weeks ago. :doh: There's no absolute matching of my previous height, distance, lighting (flash is kaput), etc., as the cameras are different beasts, but it's pretty close.