how people got all their hair to be the same length?

[starlights]

Hi, I'm just wondering how did those with long hair on this site managed to get all their hair at the bottom to the same length? (so there are no tapered ends?)
I know hair grows at different rates + breakage happens, but often i see people who managed to have full hair at the bottom? whereas with my hair it fuller top and middle and a little past, but then after that its lesser hair but still fairytaley? just wondered what the secret was to getting a fuller bottom part? :)

[Corvana]

Hi, I'm just wondering how did those with long hair on this site managed to get all their hair at the bottom to the same length? (so there are no tapered ends?)
I know hair grows at different rates + breakage happens, but often i see people who managed to have full hair at the bottom? whereas with my hair it fuller top and middle and a little past, but then after that its lesser hair but still fairytaley? just wondered what the secret was to getting a fuller bottom part? :)

Either their hair grows that way, or they microtrim (trim a very very small amount) to get their hemline that way.

[littlestarface]

I dunno how they do it but it is amazing! and I wish I could have this power, no matter how much I cut trim whatever for literal years, I still cannot get what they have.

[Flowerness]

I think part is genetic? The other part is persistence.

[lapushka]

Hi, I'm just wondering how did those with long hair on this site managed to get all their hair at the bottom to the same length? (so there are no tapered ends?)
I know hair grows at different rates + breakage happens, but often i see people who managed to have full hair at the bottom? whereas with my hair it fuller top and middle and a little past, but then after that its lesser hair but still fairytaley? just wondered what the secret was to getting a fuller bottom part? :)

Do you have a picture of what your hemline is like now? Do you have any remaining layers in your hair, by any chance?

You could try microtrimming; there's a whole entire thread on it. :flower:

My hair is layered BTW. I have layers starting at APL/BSL (around there) until TBL (now between TBL & classic).

[neko_kawaii]

Genetic growth pattern and they probably trim well short of their terminal length. If I cut back to waist it would look like my hair was all the same length. I would know there was still natural taper in there, but it wouldn’t be apparent to most observers.

[starlights]

neko_kawaii well even with trimming, i find my hair still grows out the same??? i dont understand it, mine always ends up fairytaley ends...

[starlights]

lapushka microtrimming and trims dont work for my hair, it always grows out with fairytale ends at the bottom. I dont have any layers. So i dont understand why my hair does this ;)

[starlights]

Flowerness in that case im starting to hate my genetics, lol

[starlights]

littlestarface exactly, but your hair looks like its all the same length :))))))

[littlestarface]

littlestarface exactly, but your hair looks like its all the same length :))))))

Mine? no way! It's thicker til about hip then it descends into thinness. Now frankenstein and saige their hair is all one length and they don't even have any baby hairs either LOL they are so lucky.
https://i.imgur.com/2EdhiOo.jpg
see its all different lengths and I don't even put in layers :wail:

[lapushka]

lapushka microtrimming and trims dont work for my hair, it always grows out with fairytale ends at the bottom. I dont have any layers. So i dont understand why my hair does this ;)

It's TBL now? Might be that you are approaching some kind of terminal? Something to consider.

You could maybe let it fairytale and see where it takes you? If you're up for that? :) :flower:

[starlights]

littlestarface your hair looks so good to me :) very full and love the colour! the bottom is not bad at all!

[starlights]

lapushka my hair has grown fast, but i guess i will have to leave the ends fairytaley as it always grows at that way... not much i can do as trimming doesnt work for me, it still looks less full at the bottom. I guess its just genetics then :)

[Aunty Miki]

Well, I did it by trimming it back by a couple inches straight off the bottom twice a year for the last seven years. Kept it healthy looking and no farie tails. Now, I'm ready to stop trimming altogether for 2018. I wear it up constantly, so it doesn't require trimming so often. It's gotta be genetics, for the most part, though. Everyone is different.

[littlestarface]

littlestarface your hair looks so good to me :) very full and love the colour! the bottom is not bad at all!

Its okay I guess i'd prefer a full hemline to match all my hair tho just like the title of the thread :rollin:

[starlights]

I tried to paste a pic up but for some reason the site wont let me.... but yea my ends always grow like fairytale.... and often times ive been told or maybe taught to think that fuller ends are better? i dont know, are fairytale ends and a full bottom ends as equally healthy do you think?

[starlights]

littlestarface you have beautiful hair.... and my hair grows the same way but anyway i was just wondering if there was a secret for the full lengths because i notice alot of people have that as opposed to the less fuller ends btw thanks for inspiring me with your hair:)

[lapushka]

I tried to paste a pic up but for some reason the site wont let me.... but yea my ends always grow like fairytale.... and often times ive been told or maybe taught to think that fuller ends are better? i dont know, are fairytale ends and a full bottom ends as equally healthy do you think?

Maybe try an imagehost like imgur for instance (there are tons of others out there), but imgur I know and if you go there put your album on private *immediately* and then upload your picture there, and link the BBcode in a message here.

[starlights]

why i was inquiring is that where i am from... in the asian/black hair community in particular (though this does seem to be a universal view??), thin ends are typically seen as a sign of broken, damaged, unhealthy hair and one should cut it short!!!
we’ve been conditioned to think that there is no way that wispy ends can be healthy... but some peoples ends do still looks nice and others dont... i guess this is all an individual thing, and i was questioning if i could live with fairytale ends as opposed to the full hair at the bottom... i certainly dont want unhealthy looking hair, but fairytale endings are my fate lol

[littlestarface]

Nah it has nothing to do with broken or damaged hair sometimes, like for some people like me who has just thin ends cuz thats how my hair grows. It's all genes.

[starlights]

lapushka ok thanks i uploaded a pic (But this is not my pic, but this is from a film... ) the way her hair ends in this pic is the way mine does when it reaches past my butt/// however i cut it it always ends in this way:
https://imgur.com/a/oY73R

[starlights]

i dont know why my link is not showing up ///:rolleyes:

[starlights]

https://imgur.com/a/oY73R

[Arciela]

I think it's mostly genetics also :) mine never gets fairy tale ends (and I think they're so pretty!) and is all always the same thickness from top to bottom, longest I went without trimming was three years, and the ends always stayed the same.

[lapushka]

https://imgur.com/a/oY73R

I converted it to a URL. Now it works.

[*Wednesday*]

My hair grows with a taper. It's not damaged or broken ends. There are people that have great hair growth where they can get a great hemline at longer lengths.

[starlights]

Cesil yes the more i hear from all of you, more that this makes sense... it must be genetics because i do all the right things for my hair and im lucky it grows well yet my hair grows as a fairytale every single time

[starlights]

lapushka thanks for that! now you have an idea how my ends usually end up like ;)

[starlights]

*Wednesday* my hair is healthy too, but grows out with tapered ends too... i just dont want it to look "unhealthy"at the ends if you get what i mean :)

[neko_kawaii]

There is nothing inherently unhealthy about naturally occurring taper.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=40313

[*Wednesday*]

*Wednesday* my hair is healthy too, but grows out with tapered ends too... i just dont want it to look "unhealthy"at the ends if you get what i mean :)

The only hemlines which look unhealthy are; dried, over-processed, split or broken ends with fairy ends or even hemline. I was behind a woman on line at a store in one instance and she had an even thick hemline but her hair was obviously over-processed and her ends were damaged and dried out. No fairtale ends but an even hemline of damaged hair. Her hair looked very brittle. Fairy tale ends should not look damaged if the hair is healthy.
I saw the the pic from the film picture in Lapuska's quote. That woman's hair is fairy ends, looks healthy. Very dreamy and pretty.

[TatsuOni]

One more vote for genetics. I used to microtrim my hair to get rid of damage some years ago. Now I just trim up to two centimeters, twice a year and also do a lot of S&D, but still have a full hemline. If I one day am closing in on terminal, it will be different though.

I agree that fairy tail ends aren't unhealthy just because they're fairy tailing. Just like a blunt hemline can be healthy or damaged, so can any hemline.

[Beeboo123]

I remove about six inches every year since I started growing my hair out, and it still tapers. Maybe it will taper less when all the hair that had been exposed to heat have been removed, but I doubt it. I’m guessing it’s genetics

[hayheadsbird]

I think (i have no scientific evidence, this is just me talking) it is genetic. Some have hair that all grows around the same rate, so won't fairy tail till terminal, and some have hair follicles with different growth rates, so they have fairy taiks while still actively growing.

[Chromis]

It is partly an optical illusion. Might just be the angle or lighting of the picture being especially flattering or sometimes with curlies their hair just has so much volume that it still looks thick on top.

Having hair that has no taper at all is not a realistic goal if you want any length at all. You will always have new hairs growing in to replace those that shed. If you didn't have new hairs coming in, eventually you would have no hair. Those new hairs though are going to have to catch up to the older hairs. It is a cycle.

[starlights]

*Wednesday* I think i got paranoid about having fairy ends because some short haired people i know seem to think that fairy ends should be cut off ! if i did that i dont think i would have long hair lol.

Your right Fairy tale ends should not look damaged if the hair is healthy.
My hair grows to resemble very much like the film pic at the ends. I just dont want it too look unhealthy in public but ive been told it looks healthy from the back.

[starlights]

Beeboo123 i dont use heat or any chemicals, and i think fairytale ends must be genetics....

[Ligeia Noire]

Just what Chromis said... most times it's just illusion of the volume or wave pattern. All individual hairs grow at different rates. Some faster than others. You will always see the last third of your length thinner than the overall bulk even if you are Alechka Nasirova :p
Unless, you are still at waist or thereabouts and have type 2 or 3 thickness. Hair does not seem much different root from ends for those types, until certain lengths are reached. Fairytale ends can be super healthy and a blunt hemline super damaged as it was also mentioned before. These are all misconceptions based on volume. Quality over quantity. So, do not be afraid of letting your hair fairytale and do share with your friends and acquaintances the knowledge, in order for people to understand that thick hair does not mean healthy automatically as thinner hair does not mean unhealthy just because it looks very different comparing the bulk to the ends. Of course, if you want a blunt hemline you might achieve it by micro trimming the racing hairs. It is not possible for everyone as some mentioned here but some achieve it. Even if not as thick as you want it will still be thicker than if you let it fairytale. Personally, I love fairytale ends. If you curl them it just looks fantastic.

[starlights]

Ligeia Noire thanks for the curling tip! i sure might try that one day.
I didnt know that you will always see the last third of your length thinner than the overall bulk unless one has thick hair ? My hair isnt thick thick but its not thin either...wow so interesting what you wrote.

[Ligeia Noire]

No, what I meant was even if you have thick hair, after a certain length the last third or so of it won't have the same thickness has the rest. That's how growth works. Wether thin or thick all hair will be like that. You just don't notice as much on thicker heads of hair. Some will just be more apparent than others. But all have a difference in thickness if you let it grow more than shoulder. Some will see that difference right at waist, some at classic, some only at knee.

[fhairyqueen]

It’s funny I actually looked at this thread as I want to achieve the opposite I wish to have fairytale ends !!! I think it looks so beautiful
I was hoping if I simply don’t do everything people do to maintain a thick even hemline then I could achieve it
My hair isn’t long yet though only just getting towards APL

[starlights]

Ligeia Noire ah ok, most long haired people i see out in the world seem like their hair is all one length at the bottom even the thick haired ones all look thick at the bottom... so i guess it must be an optical illusion, shall pay better attention next time to see if they have their tapers :)

[starlights]

fhairyqueen how funny :D i always saw people with the blunt hemline and assumed i would have one... nope always growing as a fairy, but after what everyone said on this thread its helped me see thats its not a bad thing at all as long as the whole hair is healthy which mine is.

[Andthetalltrees]

Even if I trim my hair every few months it grows in a V situation very quickly, Even at shorter length so it's not true fairytaling it's just my hair seems to grow slower on the sides than the middle. It grows, Just at it's own pace. At this point I've just made peace that if I want longer than neck length hair my hair is going to grow into a V. In my case I think it's genetic because my mom and sister also have slower growing hair on the sides than the middle. So it's quite possible some people just aren't meant to have blunt hemlines

[Ligeia Noire]

Mostly, it will be easier to see if their hair is longer than classic.

[starlights]

Ligeia Noire ok most people i know with long hair are thick haired and blunt at tailbone, so maybe thats why its not so easy for me to see their tapers or thiness...

[Astia]

The only hemlines which look unhealthy are; dried, over-processed, split or broken ends with fairy ends or even hemline. I was behind a woman on line at a store in one instance and she had an even thick hemline but her hair was obviously over-processed and her ends were damaged and dried out. No fairtale ends but an even hemline of damaged hair. Her hair looked very brittle. Fairy tale ends should not look damaged if the hair is healthy.
I saw the the pic from the film picture in Lapuska's quote. That woman's hair is fairy ends, looks healthy. Very dreamy and pretty.

if you weren't in the US I would suspect we've seen the same woman. Very pretty, iii with at least WL in ponytail, but soooo dry and bleached with tons of split ends. I just wanted to give her a hairmask/SMT and S&D.


fhairyqueen how funny :D i always saw people with the blunt hemline and assumed i would have one... nope always growing as a fairy, but after what everyone said on this thread its helped me see thats its not a bad thing at all as long as the whole hair is healthy which mine is.

I've never met anyone who has a blunt full hemline just like that. It's always like grow to a certain length and (micro)trim regularly to keep it that way (even a few years), hemline will get fuller as more hair reach the length and it must be a long way before terminal. It may grow a little bit and seem still straight, but I really doubt it would stay that way after few years of no trimming, it's either U/V shape with natural taper and hair growth. If anyone has hair that will maintain blunt hemline even after that I apologize, no harm meant, you have my never ending admiration and please share pictures for drooling and I will happily get to know you => see the first line of this paragraph.

[starlights]

Andthetalltrees Personally speaking i had the v situation happen to me only if i was losing hair (which happened once when i got an allergy to the garnier shampoo) so i cut my hair to where my hair was thickest and now its growing without the V shape and feels more healthier with the fairytale.

[starlights]

Astia ive seen quiet ALOT OF WOMEN at tailbone with a blunt line and all their hair looks the same length to me, but as everyone here mentioned as hair grows different speeds i put it down to an optical like illusion. The women ive mostly know or have seen with long hairs are of asian origin and their hair just looks full/thick and all at one level at the bottom which is not at all how my hair looks or grows like :D

[lapushka]

Ligeia Noire thanks for the curling tip! i sure might try that one day.
I didnt know that you will always see the last third of your length thinner than the overall bulk unless one has thick hair ? My hair isnt thick thick but its not thin either...wow so interesting what you wrote.

If your hair is iii it is thick! :)

[lapushka]

Even if I trim my hair every few months it grows in a V situation very quickly, Even at shorter length so it's not true fairytaling it's just my hair seems to grow slower on the sides than the middle. It grows, Just at it's own pace. At this point I've just made peace that if I want longer than neck length hair my hair is going to grow into a V. In my case I think it's genetic because my mom and sister also have slower growing hair on the sides than the middle. So it's quite possible some people just aren't meant to have blunt hemlines

It can't but catch up. I'd leave it be too. Just let it grow the way it wants to. And microtrim bits that you don't like; but let it grow on. Yes, exactly! :D How long is your hair currently. It's kind of hard to picture 28 inches.

[Andthetalltrees]

It can't but catch up. I'd leave it be too. Just let it grow the way it wants to. And microtrim bits that you don't like; but let it grow on. Yes, exactly! :D How long is your hair currently. It's kind of hard to picture 28 inches.

I didn't trim my hair for 3 years once, It was a sharp V from waist maybe hip to almost classic and I LOVED it, In a way I'm striving for that hair again. 28" on me is just above waist, It's still an inch or two away from solid waist but it can look waist when my ends decide to behave, My shortest bits are a few inches below APL for reference( I guess there's about 4-5" difference? I started with a fairly blunt chin length bob)

[Ligeia Noire]

Hey now I am curious to see pictures of your hair! :)

[lapushka]

I didn't trim my hair for 3 years once, It was a sharp V from waist maybe hip to almost classic and I LOVED it, In a way I'm striving for that hair again. 28" on me is just above waist, It's still an inch or two away from solid waist but it can look waist when my ends decide to behave, My shortest bits are a few inches below APL for reference( I guess there's about 4-5" difference? I started with a fairly blunt chin length bob)

That's quite long already. My hair is layered and the shortest bits are now APL/BSL, while my longest bits are between TBL&classic. You've got like natural layers to your hair.

Yes I'm curious to see pictures too. :)

[Blue Mermaid]

starlights I noticed your hair is F/M. Do you think it is possible that you're getting breakage over time, thus leading to thin ends? From braiding, combing/brushing, hair dragging on clothes, etc. Maybe go over your daily life with a fine tooth comb and make sure you're not accruing damage that is thinning out your ends prematurely.

As others said, it could be that you're near your terminal.

[Frankenstein]

I’ve been able to keep a blunt hemline with maintaining my hair between hip/tailbone for 3 years; I have at least an inch, sometimes more, cut off every 3 or so months. But I don’t think it would be as easy to keep a thick hemline and grow it out to longer lengths. I also agree about the optical illusion thing. My hair still has taper, it’s just not usually as noticeable in photos.

[TatsuOni]

I'm one of those who has a blunt hemline, but it doesn't mean that all of my hair is the same length. Here's a picture that shows that:

https://cdn2.cdnme.se/1263465/9-3/1_5a816e332a6b22157b3195b5.jpg
Look at all those hairs in different lengths sticking out (that's what my braids look like after one or a few days).

https://cdn3.cdnme.se/1263465/9-3/2_59e60f9fddf2b33ff5a881b4.jpg
Here, my braid look as thick in the bottom as in the top, but if one zooms in on a good scream, you can see strands sticking out. That braid after a few hours... Well, there was a lot of hair sticking out...

[diddiedaisy]

I'm one of those who has a blunt hemline, but it doesn't mean that all of my hair is the same length. Here's a picture that shows that:

https://cdn2.cdnme.se/1263465/9-3/1_5a816e332a6b22157b3195b5.jpg
Look at all those hairs in different lengths sticking out (that's what my braids look like after one or a few days).

https://cdn3.cdnme.se/1263465/9-3/2_59e60f9fddf2b33ff5a881b4.jpg
Here, my braid look as thick in the bottom as in the top, but if one zooms in on a good scream, you can see strands sticking out. That braid after a few hours... Well, there was a lot of hair sticking out...

That is one beautiful braid but I suspect one that most of us can only drool over!!! :)

[TatsuOni]

That is one beautiful braid but I suspect one that most of us can only drool over!!! :)

Thank you! :flower: I have "good hair genes".

[*Wednesday*]

That is a beautiful braid that does not taper. Keeps its density to the tip. Shiny too.


I'm one of those who has a blunt hemline, but it doesn't mean that all of my hair is the same length. Here's a picture that shows that:

https://cdn3.cdnme.se/1263465/9-3/2_59e60f9fddf2b33ff5a881b4.jpg
Here, my braid look as thick in the bottom as in the top, but if one zooms in on a good scream, you can see strands sticking out. That braid after a few hours... Well, there was a lot of hair sticking out...

[TatsuOni]

That is a beautiful braid that does not taper. Keeps its density to the tip. Shiny too.

Thank you! :)



And as I wrote earlier. I really think that the base of it all is genetic. My hair grows like this, without me trimming that much over the last few years (though I micro trimmed a few years ago to get rid of damage). And although you can't see it, it is a little less thick at the ends and I get a lot of shred. But if I'm one day closing in on terminal (terminal is my goal), it will be different.

I also have to say that I don't understand why so many people in our society (just what I hear from people in general, not here, but too often) says that all hair should be "that thick" and have "that type of hemline" to be beautiful or to be allowed to grow it long. All hair is beautiful and everyone should grow it as long or short as they want and have what ever hemline they want (or can)! Although I prefer my hemline blunt and straight, fairy tale ends are gorgeous!

[MusicalSpoons]

That is one beautiful braid but I suspect one that most of us can only drool over!!! :)

Yup - I'm drooling! TatsuOni that's definitely a thud-worthy braid, absolutely gorgeous :thud:

[TatsuOni]

Yup - I'm drooling! TatsuOni that's definitely a thud-worthy braid, absolutely gorgeous :thud:

Thank you! :blossom:

[littlestarface]

I’ve been able to keep a blunt hemline with maintaining my hair between hip/tailbone for 3 years; I have at least an inch, sometimes more, cut off every 3 or so months. But I don’t think it would be as easy to keep a thick hemline and grow it out to longer lengths. I also agree about the optical illusion thing. My hair still has taper, it’s just not usually as noticeable in photos.

It's not noticable at all lol I always think you have 0 taper and no baby hairs, you and saige have perfect one length hair.

[starlights]

Blue Mermaid I havent lost alot of hair in the last months, and i think the thin hair at the bottom or the V shape was caused by the garnier allergy. By that point my hair was past my butt but i cut it to save the hair and it is now more thicker and healthier. Its grown past waist. I leave my hair up everyday. I have a good hair routine. I dont know where my terminal is, because my hair has so far kept growing so im happy about that.

[starlights]

Frankenstein i think i will try that, once i feel my hair is long enough for me, i will blunt cut every now and then to see if it stops the fairy tale thing, I like to try something new :)

[starlights]

TatsuOni yes you have the hair that most of the long hairs ive seen have :) it looks thick and blunt... but as you said i see the little hairs , but your hair is so thick and nice :)
if i braid my hair its starts all nice and thick and then goes slimmer on the way done. I dont know if thats normal. LOL

[TatsuOni]

TatsuOni yes you have the hair that most of the long hairs ive seen have :) it looks thick and blunt... but as you said i see the little hairs , but your hair is so thick and nice :)

Thank you! :blossom: But there really is a lot of people with fairy tale ends here :) Beautiful fairy tale hems!

[Ariel love]

I guess they just grow their hair to classic and beyond and cut it to waist and let it grow together. Just my opinion.

[Wavybrunetteuk]

starlights I imagine it looks beautiful with fairytale ends.