Noob on the Forums (& hair pic.)

[voluspa]

Hello! I am somewhat of a lurker, so I decided to sign up. I am trying to grow my hair to waist-length, and have found a number of articles on here very helpful. For example, yesterday I discovered my hair needs protein, very badly! This is my hair (pre-protein treatment):

http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/qq208/voluspo/Blog%20Hosting/b4.jpg

It looks very puffy, mostly because I had straightened it and my naturally curly/wavy hair seems to rebel afterward. Regardless, hopefully more protein treatments will get it looking and feeling how I like it again.

I don't know how my hair got this long. I always wear it up in a clip, and the last time I looked at it, it was rather short. It seems to be growing very quickly since I changed my diet, so I've decided to keep going and get to waist length.

That is all. Later!

[cmnt831]

<snip>I don't know how my hair got this long. I always wear it up in a clip, and the last time I looked at it, it was rather short. It seems to be growing very quickly since I changed my diet, so I've decided to keep going and get to waist length.

That is all. Later!

Haha, this exact thing happened to me, too. :D

Welcome, hope you like it here. :)

[voluspa]

Thank you for the welcome!

haha For a while the only time I took my hair down was when I washed it. I think I would be too impatient to grow it out if I didn't ignore it all the time.

[chopandchange]

Hello! Welcome! Is that you in your avatar pic? You are very pretty!

[Luna12345]

u should use olive oil for ur hair before u wash it.....I tryed it today. It works like magic.
before u straighten ur hair with a flat iron u can use an antifrizz hair serum like John Frieda FRIZZ EAZE hair serum.

[voluspa]

chopandchange, Hello! Yes, that is me. Thank you!!

Luna12345, What a coincidence, I actually just oiled my hair overnight because of this forum. haha I really like Giovanni's anti-frizz serum, but nothing seems to get rid of it entirely for me. I think I just need to get it softened up again.

[pinchbeck]

Welcome, voluspa! Try not to straighten your hair too much to avoid damaging it. Since you have fast growth you'll reach waist in no time. My hair growth is at a stall and it seems like it will take an eternity to grow the three inches needed to reach waist.