One year anniversary

[cocolover]

I want to say thank you to everyone on this board, you have been a great source of information and inspiration. I am nearing the longest I have ever had my hair, and it is definitely in the best condition it has ever been in.
The most major changes I have made since joining here have been:
1. I have learned how to oil my hair and have been washing with herbs
2. I was using Suraya henna before and now do henna glosses with BAQ henna
3. no more brush, only my wide tooth comb
4. I have switched to gentle hair toys instead of bad elastics

My first pic is actually from last November, as I don't have a good pic from October. As you can see, I was just learning how to take pics of the back of my head :D
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/WAtoThai/010.jpg

This next pic is from a few days ago. It is after sleeping in a braid, so a little less curly than usual, but closely matches the first pic I think. Sorry it is a touch blurry, but I think my camera is on the way out :(
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/WAtoThai/October2009009-2.jpg

The longer I stick around here, the longer my goal gets...surprise, surprise :) I am now aiming for tailbone, hoping to get to waist soon. I have done two small trims in the past year, no more than a 1/2 inch each time. My ponytail circumference has also increased this past year, going from 3.5 to 4.
Thank you again for the wonderful resource that LHC is.

[MirandaWelch]

Oh, lovely! I think it looks great in the second pic. Beautiful spirals at the end :)

[freckles]

congrats! :) you have gorgeous hair!

[Tangerine]

Your hair looks in great health, and it has grown lots! I love the spirals too :)
Very pretty hair. Congrats! :blossom:

[melikai]

Your hair is lovely - pretty curls! Congratulations on 1 year.

[adiapalic]

Congratulations! :flower: wonderful looking length :)

[fleurdelis]

Looking good :)

[MissManda]

Oooh, congratulations! Your hair looks so lovely!

lol I remember when I first started taking pictures of the back of my head. I haven't been doing it for long, but I find that taking more than one picture and picking out the nicest one works best, so that way you don't have to deal with blurriness. :)

Happy growing!

[Barbie Diamond]

Congratulations, your hair looks great!

[patience]

Happy Anniversary and Congratulations!

[little_acorn]

Happy anniversary :D - lovely spirals :flower:

[JamieLeigh]

Happy Anniversary! I love your curls and that's some nice length progress. You have very lovely hair! :flower:

[bgarrison]

So pretty!!

[Paliele]

Very pretty! I love the color of your hair.

[BringMeThunder]

Congratulations, a half inch increase in thickness is wonderful! You have beautiful, lustrous hair.

[Arniky]

nice and guess can now look for the next anniversary

[clairenewcastle]

Happy anniversary!
You mentioned that you've been washing with herbs - can I enquire which ones for I've started using catnip as a conditioner and would love the idea of replacing poo with herbal rinses.
Your hair is lovely!

[above_rubies]

Your hair is so pretty! I love your spirals! Are ponytail holders bad? I use them everyday when I cook dinner. Oops.

[Amara]

I love your mix of waves and curls. It's looking good! I can't wait to see how pretty it'll be at waist!

[cocolover]

Thank you all for the nice comments :)
above_rubies- probably depends on the elastics. I have found some at Sephora that are pretty non-damaging, but they don't come in very big sizes. Now I use silk scrunchies to put my hair up at home and hairsticks/hairforks for out and about. The non-metal elastics I used before still had a glue blob area that ripped hair out
clairenewcastle-I have been using aritha, shikakai and amla for washing, my hair loves shikakai

[LittleOrca]

Congrats on your anniversary! Your hair is looking great. :)