hello! i'm new here, here is my hair progress in a year.

[rosieex3]

hey everyone! :) my name's rosie, i'm 17 and i have become increasingly obsessed with long, healthy hair throughout the years. i have been creepin' these forums for awhile, but now i finally made a username. in the past years, i have damaged my hair so badly. lightening it, then darkening it nonstop ever since i was about 13, ripping brushes through my hair, shampooing too often, ironing it, etc. ever since reading trough LHC, i have been babying my hair! no more hair dye, shampoo, irons, brushes, and things have been going so well. after using two color removers [to remove layers and layers of black hair dye] and two hair dye sessions in less then a week (i know, SO BAD) to get black hair dye out of my hair and fix the patchy color i got..it is now a good color to grow out my brown hair. still kinda patchy, but since its wavy its not noticeable.

i am also in cosmetology school, and graduating next month! my hair has been pretty damaged from fellow classmates ripping their brushes through my hair when blowdrying it. (i just had a horrible experience in class the other day, my scalp is so sore). but now i'm restoring it to healthy!

my hair a year ago..i'm on the right. look how short & dark!
http://i50.tinypic.com/2h8d0l0.png

my hair now!
http://i45.tinypic.com/24g998g.png

it looks so thin in this picture, it's not that thin. :D
http://i45.tinypic.com/2ee8xw8.png

my hair is still very damaged, and i'm still experimenting with it..but i am so excited to work on it! thank you LHC for sharing all of your tips. :cheese:

[Annushka]

Your hair color in the last photo is beautiful, and I LOVE your waves! :)

[Naamah]

I love your waves!

[Anje]

That's quite a lot of growth in a year!

I like the waves, too. For hair typing, I'd guess you're about 2c or 3a, though a good washed and left untouched picture is necessary to really nail that one down.

[rosieex3]

aw thank you everyone! you all have such gorgeous hair. in the last picture, that was just after co-washing and "plopping" my hair for a few hours.