Waist | Hip | BCL | Tailbone

[schweedie]

I've been hanging out in the waist-to-hip thread until now, but since I'm really close to graduating from there I thought I'd join in here! I'm not going all the way to tailbone, I don't think, but somewhere in between hip and there. I think I'd like the sides to reach the top of my jeans, or somewhere around there.

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/IMG_1863.jpg

[Vintagecoilylocks]

I've been hanging out in the waist-to-hip thread until now, but since I'm really close to graduating from there I thought I'd join in here! I'm not going all the way to tailbone, I don't think, but somewhere in between hip and there. I think I'd like the sides to reach the top of my jeans, or somewhere around there.

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/IMG_1863.jpg

Welcome, Well you are almost there.:)

[Vintagecoilylocks]

Which moisturizing oils does your daughter do when she wraps her hair?

The other day I used my peach/ apricot oil and avocado butter mixture on her. She went to sleep with it and the next day did not bother to wash. She said it was nice and soft. When she cw later that day her natural waves and curls were shiny and soft with no tangles. I myself mostly use the fruit oils with smaller amounts of the nut oils like almond and coconut. But other days when I remind her she uses coconut oil. She is terrible about her hair so mom reminds her:o Honey mixed with the coconut oil is nice also for a prepoo.

[schweedie]

Welcome, Well you are almost there.:)
Thank you! I'm thinking two more inches, maybe three. :)

[Amber_Maiden]

The other day I used my peach/ apricot oil and avocado butter mixture on her. She went to sleep with it and the next day did not bother to wash. She said it was nice and soft. When she cw later that day her natural waves and curls were shiny and soft with no tangles. I myself mostly use the fruit oils with smaller amounts of the nut oils like almond and coconut. But other days when I remind her she uses coconut oil. She is terrible about her hair so mom reminds her:o Honey mixed with the coconut oil is nice also for a prepoo.

Thank you!

[Lippytoes]

I've been hanging out in the waist-to-hip thread until now, but since I'm really close to graduating from there I thought I'd join in here! I'm not going all the way to tailbone, I don't think, but somewhere in between hip and there. I think I'd like the sides to reach the top of my jeans, or somewhere around there.

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/IMG_1863.jpg

Your hair gets more gorgeous all the time! The colour, the silkiness... wow. Love it.

[Avital88]

i measured and need to make a correction,i only need 1 inch until tailbone instead of 2. :D i hope it keeps on growing like this

[Falcore]

i measured and need to make a correction,i only need 1 inch until tailbone instead of 2. :D i hope it keeps on growing like this

Woohoo! You're sooo so close to tailbone

[Amber_Maiden]

Trimming back to waist today from just past hip. The ends need to go!

[Anywhere]

Only about 2.5" to go until BCL! [maybe about 4~4.5" for true TBL]
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mgcnc8Fm1r86n73o1_400.png

Left is just my hair as is, right is me pulling it straight [top hand] and trying to mark BCL [bottom hand]. BCL is actually more where my pinky knuckle is in the photo.


I actually feel like my hair is growing now, not sure if it was the trim or just that it's summer.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mgcnc8Fm1r86n73o3_400.png

[Amber_Maiden]

Turns out I only had to trim an inch! Guess the damage was all in my head... I trimmed two inches anyways! Need to fix these dry ends...

[PinkyCat]

Here's my latest - TB still seems so far away.

http://www.naturallycurly.com/curltalk/members/lisa-lisa-albums-hair-journey-picture1213-6-13-12.jpg

[Vintagecoilylocks]

Only about 2.5" to go until BCL! [maybe about 4~4.5" for true TBL]
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mgcnc8Fm1r86n73o1_400.png

Left is just my hair as is, right is me pulling it straight [top hand] and trying to mark BCL [bottom hand]. BCL is actually more where my pinky knuckle is in the photo.


I actually feel like my hair is growing now, not sure if it was the trim or just that it's summer.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mgcnc8Fm1r86n73o3_400.png

I think we just have to love our curls the way they keep us guessing on the length;) Your color is beautiful.

[Vintagecoilylocks]

Here's my latest - TB still seems so far away.

http://www.naturallycurly.com/curltalk/members/lisa-lisa-albums-hair-journey-picture1213-6-13-12.jpg

I am finding that the nice thing about full tailbone is Classic is not to far away.:)

[Nikinka]

I would like to have tail bone lenght (88cm)untill the end of 2012:) Now I have waist/hip lenght (79cm). I think I get it sooner, about October/November, but nobody knows :) I plan some trim in summer, tips are little frizzy.

[feb26]

soo excited to be joining this thread :D..did a strand measurement today and am 25" long..which means my now hair is BCL..almost at tailbone..not sure if will grow that far or not, but i love it & it still feels short...i think b/c it has layers built into it on one side & ends curl under.

[Henrietta]

soo excited to be joining this thread :D..did a strand measurement today and am 25" long..which means my now hair is BCL..almost at tailbone..not sure if will grow that far or not, but i love it & it still feels short...i think b/c it has layers built into it on one side & ends curl under.

Wow! How tall are you? 25" on me is BSL. And TB/BCL for me will be around 39 inches. :D

[Arya]

UGH I don't know what to do. My ends are totally fine and unsplit....but my underlayer is a total mess. Midsplits and hairs about shoulder length to apl with splits at the bottom. Underlayer I hate you!

[feb26]

henrietta: I'm just under 5'4"...technically 5' 3/4" :D. i've a nonexistent torso but v long legs.

[Anywhere]

henrietta: I'm just under 5'4"...technically 5' 3/4" :D. i've a nonexistent torso but v long legs.

:bigeyes:

I'm assuming you're measuring from the nape of your neck then, and not the front of your hairline?

[feb26]

nope, am measuring from top of head. legs are 33" if this helps put it in perspective.

[Anywhere]

nope, am measuring from top of head. legs are 33" if this helps put it in perspective.


Top of head as in your crown? Or from your forehead?
Its just, I'm 5'3, my legs are 32", So our torsos are the same length, you just have an inch more of legs. And my hair at 32" is brushing hip. BCL on me is 35"ish, so I'm still having a hard time picturing it. :o

[feb26]

measuring from crown down

[kitschy]

measuring from crown down


feb26, most posters here are measuring from the forehead line back over the crown and down to the hem when they measure length. It is good that we try to stay consistent so that if I say my hair is 35" long most people would recognize that I'm somewhere near hip.

[Inozz]

I think I belong here. My hair is at the top of my hip bone and I'm going to let it go until it stops on it's own. Questions though, by tailbone do you mean where the tailbone begins or ends?

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eWHjjYPAvOo/T-n-Fx9utgI/AAAAAAAAEgY/zJ50VNe9krE/s512/2012-06-26_13-49-43_65.jpg

[feb26]

where tailbone begins. if i have misdiagnosed & am not true tailbone length yet, then am def BCL length. sorry for any confusion,:(

[Anywhere]

measuring from crown down

I understand now. Thank you for explaining, I was honestly just having a hard time figuring it out on my own. :oops::flower:

[kitschy]

where tailbone begins. if i have misdiagnosed & am not true tailbone length yet, then am def BCL length. sorry for any confusion,:(

Oh, I'm sure you know if your hair touches your tailbone or not, I don't question that at all, but by the way we measure, from the front of the hairline - over the crown then I'm sure you are at least 32 inches.

[MsBubbles]

I might as well join here too. I thought I was going to stop at hip length. Silly me :rolleyes:. So here I am with a new goal of TB.

Am at 35" right now, which is hip on me. TB, if I am measuring it correctly, is 39" on me, but I went ahead and rounded my goal up to 40", just because. :)

[annah]

Hi guys! I belong in here! I should reach tailbone right before Christmas.

Where exactly is tailbone measured to? The end of my tailbone is like mid-butt, so I think that's about 39" on me. Does that sound right?

[Anywhere]

Hi guys! I belong in here! I should reach tailbone right before Christmas.

Where exactly is tailbone measured to? The end of my tailbone is like mid-butt, so I think that's about 39" on me. Does that sound right?

Yeah, that sounds right. AFAIK, TBL is where the tip of your tailbone is, somewhere between BCL and CL.

[Anywhere]

I think I belong here. My hair is at the top of my hip bone and I'm going to let it go until it stops on it's own. Questions though, by tailbone do you mean where the tailbone begins or ends?

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eWHjjYPAvOo/T-n-Fx9utgI/AAAAAAAAEgY/zJ50VNe9krE/s512/2012-06-26_13-49-43_65.jpg

Can I just say how lovely your hair is? :D
Tailbone is where the tailbone ends, between classic and BCL.

[arjay.d]

I'm slowly on my way from hip length to Tailbone. It feels so slow. Anyway, hopefully I'll be there before the end of this year.

[Inozz]

Can I just say how lovely your hair is? :D
Tailbone is where the tailbone ends, between classic and BCL.

Thank you. :o

[Shorty89]

I'm at hip now and on my way to classic. My hair can't seem to grow fast enough haha. Plus I've had to trim the ends too often for my liking.

[annah]

Yeah, that sounds right. AFAIK, TBL is where the tip of your tailbone is, somewhere between BCL and CL.

That kind of sucks, because it's such a long ways. But it's not really bad, since it's only a little bit shy of classic. Either way, I'm happy to have confirmation of TBL. Some of the milestones are hard to grasp. Like for hip- I couldn't tell if people were measuring at the front hip bone, or where your shape starts to curve out to hip. It's close, but not exactly the same place.

I suppose my immediate goal then is BCL. I'll just break it down a little, to feel like it's going faster. ;)

TB is still possible for me this year, as long as I don't do any trims. I just trimmed 1/2" a few days ago- that was my first trim in almost 2 years, so I should be able to avoid doing any more before 2013.

If my hair keeps growing at present rate, then I should be classic at the end of March- just in time for my 10th anniversary. Our anniversary is nearly the only time I wear my hair down, so it will be awesome to finally have long hair when we go out!

[Dragon Faery]

Everyone's hair is so gorgeous! :flower:
I'm hoping to join you guys in about a month. Happy growing! :)

[anime_length]

I'm solidly at waist. I'm so short though that it won't be too long before i get to tailbone. seems like forever though.

[Macaroni]

I haven't trimmed since January and I'm approaching tailbone. I had been putting coconut oil on my ends every evening. It didn't seem to help too much and I was doing CO.

Last month I decided to CWC. The day before I shampoo, I slather my damp hair with L'Oreal Nature's Therapy Mega Moisture Creme. I loosely braid and bun it then sleep on it. I rinse it in the shower, shampoo with Suave and then condition with VO5 Vanilla Mint Tea Therapy conditioner. Rinse and I'm done.

My hair stays cleaner with this regime and it's softer. So far so good.

[smrider]

Joining in here! I am just barely at hip with a v-hemline and layers but I am on my way to tailbone! A long, long time ago when I was in middle school I started growing my hair out after I read a book with a girl in it who had "hair long enough to sit on". I only made it to about waist when I as 13 and didn't started growing it back out until now in my 20s. I think it would still be kind of cool to have hair that long ;). Right now, I'm my short-term goal is BCL and then probably trimming off layers back to hip and then growing to Classic. So.... I'm going to be here awhile! :p

[Bene]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y244/bene25/hair/7412.jpg

I'm just about at tailbone. I suppose I can graduate to the other thread now :)

[MsBubbles]

I need a pleasant and utterly trivial diversion these days to take my mind off some stress, so I'm going to focus on reaching TB. My goal posts have moved again and now that I'm at hip, I have decided I won't be 'happy' til I get to tailbone (you all know how that goes, and that I won't be happy at TB, either). I've got about 4" to go.

Ends are thin from 2 heavy sheds within 6 months of each other. So I hope to avoid shedding again for another few years if at all possible, and have a nice hemline at TB. But I'm not counting on it, to be realistic. I might have to just be happy with wisps at TB.

[Vintagecoilylocks]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y244/bene25/hair/7412.jpg

I'm just about at tailbone. I suppose I can graduate to the other thread now :)

A very belated congrats. Your hair is lovely

[Vintagecoilylocks]

I need a pleasant and utterly trivial diversion these days to take my mind off some stress, so I'm going to focus on reaching TB. My goal posts have moved again and now that I'm at hip, I have decided I won't be 'happy' til I get to tailbone (you all know how that goes, and that I won't be happy at TB, either). I've got about 4" to go.

Ends are thin from 2 heavy sheds within 6 months of each other. So I hope to avoid shedding again for another few years if at all possible, and have a nice hemline at TB. But I'm not counting on it, to be realistic. I might have to just be happy with wisps at TB.

I understand you completely. I had five years of a shed. I feel like I just have to get a full TBL. I also had developed natural layers. My shortest is at hip and then a another group at BCL and the lower is 1 in shy of classic. Since I am a curly I am trying for curly at TBL. I started my yoga regimine again to stop stressing :o

[Arya]

Bahhh. Looks like I'm going to have to do a mini chop. It seems like it took me a year to grow an inch, and now I have to chop it off. I cut my hair in...oh, maybe february 2011 to below waist, but by november it had unravelled at the ends despite having reached hip (34), and I needed to chop back to just below waist. I'm now at the low end of hip (35) and i need to chop a couple inches off again. Boo.

[Vintagecoilylocks]

Bahhh. Looks like I'm going to have to do a mini chop. It seems like it took me a year to grow an inch, and now I have to chop it off. I cut my hair in...oh, maybe february 2011 to below waist, but by november it had unravelled at the ends despite having reached hip (34), and I needed to chop back to just below waist. I'm now at the low end of hip (35) and i need to chop a couple inches off again. Boo.


When you say unravelled do you mean splits? If it is only fine tapered ends then those may be healthy uncut ends growing beyond older hair that is in resting phase. The natural shape of a healthy end taperes to a point not a blumt tip. They then give the appearance of thinning but they are healthy.

[Arya]

When you say unravelled do you mean splits? If it is only fine tapered ends then those may be healthy uncut ends growing beyond older hair that is in resting phase. The natural shape of a healthy end taperes to a point not a blumt tip. They then give the appearance of thinning but they are healthy.

No, I mean splits. The issue is that most of the splits aren't at the hemline. Some appear to have a healthy tip, but there's a split in the hair a few inches higher, or more often shorter hairs that end higher in my length have splits on their ends. I even have some of those hairs that have 5 or 6 splits along their length if I look hard enough. The total number of splits at different lengths in my hair is now much higher than it used to be, but I'm not sure what can be done for them.

[Kelikea]

No, I mean splits. The issue is that most of the splits aren't at the hemline. Some appear to have a healthy tip, but there's a split in the hair a few inches higher, or more often shorter hairs that end higher in my length have splits on their ends. I even have some of those hairs that have 5 or 6 splits along their length if I look hard enough. The total number of splits at different lengths in my hair is now much higher than it used to be, but I'm not sure what can be done for them.

I have those splits, too. I cut them off and then try to wear my hair in a different style to lessen the friction damage in one spot. Also try to make sure those areas get lots of moisture:)

[Avital88]

I am soo close to tailbone again! I hope to reach it before August 5,when i go on holiday...
Nowadays i only wear it up,i work out everyday and take vit b and whey protein,it seemed to have speed things up.

[Vintagecoilylocks]

I am soo close to tailbone again! I hope to reach it before August 5,when i go on holiday...
Nowadays i only wear it up,i work out everyday and take vit b and whey protein,it seemed to have speed things up.

Will be rooting for you. Achieving those mile markers are so inspiring.:cheer::cheer::applause:bounce:

[Mononoke]

Hey everybody! I think I'll be joining this thread :) Just reached waist.
Actually, I think I'd be happy with hip length, but I haven't decided when to stop growing yet.
http://i.imgur.com/wLUyQ.jpg

[CTH3989]

Hey everybody! I think I'll be joining this thread :) Just reached waist.
Actually, I think I'd be happy with hip length, but I haven't decided when to stop growing yet.
http://i.imgur.com/wLUyQ.jpg

Congratulations on making it to waist!

[Vintagecoilylocks]

Hey everybody! I think I'll be joining this thread :) Just reached waist.
Actually, I think I'd be happy with hip length, but I haven't decided when to stop growing yet.
http://i.imgur.com/wLUyQ.jpg

Hair that lovely...Let it grow:)

[MissManda]

Mononoke, congrats on getting to waist length! Your hair looks lovely! :)

I just reached Hip, which means that TBL is only 2" away now. I'm really hoping that I will get there before the Autumn Equinox. I don't have any special meaning attached to that date, but it seems like a good milestone to go by since it's in accordance with the seasons.

I don't think my hair is going to feel like actual TBL until mid-butt, though, since the bottom of my tailbone ends rather high up.

[Mononoke]

CTH3989, Vintagecoilylocks, MissManda - Thank you! :)

[Avital88]

:-) so close yet so far!

Nice hair Mononoke!

[leylusha]

Vintagecoilylocks, I'm sorry to hear that. It's a bummer for sure but think of your full head of even, healthy hair! I'd say that's a consolation prize some players would kill for ;)

Mononoke, even from the phone quality image I can tell your hair is lovely and shiny and I can't wait to see it at hip :D

[Avital88]

Im tailbone while wet! On my way to classic again :)

[Mononoke]

Mononoke, even from the phone quality image I can tell your hair is lovely and shiny and I can't wait to see it at hip :D

Thank you so much!
I'm probably going to take a photo with a better camera soon ;)

[Alva]

Gratz Avital88 on your milestone!

Mononoke, lovely hair, your ends look so thick and healthy!

[Dovetail]

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/LostDove/30d7a755.jpg

:3 i just hit waist! Packed up my bags and moved in here. ^-^
Where does everyone consider hip and tailbone to be at?

[Ravenwaves 88]

Most recent shot. I'm almost at tailbone.....I trimmed off 3 inches in February, and I'm still debating whether I should keep up trimming every 6 months. I would like to get to tailbone and maintain.....so I may do another year without trims.

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/Ravenwaves88/June16th.jpg

[Amber_Maiden]

Most recent shot. I'm almost at tailbone.....I trimmed off 3 inches in February, and I'm still debating whether I should keep up trimming every 6 months. I would like to get to tailbone and maintain.....so I may do another year without trims.

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/Ravenwaves88/June16th.jpg

love your hair! wow!

[Avital88]

Most recent shot. I'm almost at tailbone.....I trimmed off 3 inches in February, and I'm still debating whether I should keep up trimming every 6 months. I would like to get to tailbone and maintain.....so I may do another year without trims.

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/Ravenwaves88/June16th.jpg

Wow your hair looks amazing! I love the waves and the contrast of your hair and skintone.. It doesnt look like it need a trim,i would just let it grow:)

[annah]

Measured last night. It looks like I've got 2 1/2" left to TBL. Yay!

[Hairitic]

So, I looked at my most recent pics from my last Henna gloss and it seems I can join this thread. I know it wil be a while till I get to tailbone but at least I'm on my way! :D Yay!

[Dovetail]

Hairitic and annah! CONGRATS!

2 1/2 inches is soooo close! I bet you could sneeze and be there :D I know when i was waiting to get to waist those last inches took fooorrrreeevver!
http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/LostDove/be13e7f7.jpg

Does the henna gloss make your hair very red? Ive been kinda thinking about trying it...but im so unsure about the color i know it lasts foorrevver (see above lol) but the idea that it could help prevent split ends is soo tempting.

Lets see your waist picture!

[Silverbrumby]

I hope it's okay to post here as I'm miles away and probably wont reach this length but I have a question. What ponytail thickness are you? I'm curious because I'm assuming that at my 2.75 I'm not going to ever make waist. But I think it's more the case of a short terminal. Anyway, I'm curious. Thanks ;-)

[pepperminttea]

I'm assuming that at my 2.75 I'm not going to ever make waist.

Goodness no, there are plenty with your ponytail circumference and smaller who reach longer lengths. :) If you have a short terminal length that might be an issue, but still. Have you seen Luxepiggy or AspenSong's hair? (By no means the only ones, just the first to come to my mind.) Their hair is like sheets of silk! Luxepiggy's maintains between hip and TB, and AspenSong is around hip length I think, might be longer.

[WaitingSoLong]

I hope it's okay to post here as I'm miles away and probably wont reach this length but I have a question. What ponytail thickness are you? I'm curious because I'm assuming that at my 2.75 I'm not going to ever make waist. But I think it's more the case of a short terminal. Anyway, I'm curious. Thanks ;-)

2.75" here. :waving:

[Hairitic]

Hairitic and annah! CONGRATS!

2 1/2 inches is soooo close! I bet you could sneeze and be there :D I know when i was waiting to get to waist those last inches took fooorrrreeevver!
http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/LostDove/be13e7f7.jpg

Does the henna gloss make your hair very red? Ive been kinda thinking about trying it...but im so unsure about the color i know it lasts foorrevver (see above lol) but the idea that it could help prevent split ends is soo tempting.

Lets see your waist picture!

Hi Dovetail;
Yes, Henna will make your hair Red :p! You could do Amla treatments to get similar conditioning effects without color change (unless you have white/light hair). You might also look into Catnip soaks here: http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=476
Seems to do a great job at preventing split ends :D!
Best wishes for healthy, spit free hair.

[Alva]

I hope it's okay to post here as I'm miles away and probably wont reach this length but I have a question. What ponytail thickness are you? I'm curious because I'm assuming that at my 2.75 I'm not going to ever make waist. But I think it's more the case of a short terminal. Anyway, I'm curious. Thanks ;-)

At 2,5 to 2.75 inches thickness here. Am at hip now but I been to almost classic in the past, with thick ends. It is more a matter of having a short terminal than thickness. So give it a shot, and you might surprise yourself :)

[Silverbrumby]

2.75" here. :waving:

Thanks peppermint and waisttolong. It's reassuring to hear.

[torrilin]

I hope it's okay to post here as I'm miles away and probably wont reach this length but I have a question. What ponytail thickness are you? I'm curious because I'm assuming that at my 2.75 I'm not going to ever make waist. But I think it's more the case of a short terminal. Anyway, I'm curious. Thanks ;-)

My ponytail ranges between 2.5 and 3". 32.5" of hair today, which makes me a pretty solid waist. I measured because when my parents visited they were marveling happily over how long my hair had gotten, and since I'd air dried to measure for Earthnut's wavelength and amplitude poll anyway...

[islandboo]

I'm only a 1.75" ponytail and I am flirting with tailbone right now. I am going to be doing my monthly microtrim this weekend and that will move me away again, but I keep edging closer and closer!

[WaitingSoLong]

I'm only a 1.75" ponytail and I am flirting with tailbone right now. I am going to be doing my monthly microtrim this weekend and that will move me away again, but I keep edging closer and closer!

WOW Boo! Your hair has really grown since our meet last year!

[Messyhair]

Looks like I 'accidentally' hit waist without realizing it! So I'm moving over to this thread. I've been growing out a super-short pixie cut since Dec 2008, when I got pregnant with our first wee one. I'm pregnant with #2 now, but no difference in growth or anything hair-related in either pregnancy. Oh, I had less shedding in the first pregnancy. So far, nothing's changed in this one.

[Dovetail]

Hi there messy! and Welcome ^-^ Your sig pic is lovely! Maybe you'll hit tailbone before the little bun comes out <3

[Messyhair]

Finally got my measurement and I'm at 30". The bun is due out in February, but could be early like his/her brother. Don't think that's enough time to reach tailbone, but I'll keep on growing!!!

[smrider]

I'm getting soooo close! Here is a picture with an arrow at Tailbone. Should be there within a month or two at least!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8447/7769533732_548fd79b48.jpg

[julliams]

Oh wow smrider - that is stunning hair!! I think I'm at tailbone finally. Will wash and take a pic later today to find out for sure. If it's not, it's only one slight tilt of the head away ; )

[smrider]

Congrats, Julliams! I remember your growth from when I first joined two years ago. I would love to see a full progression when you are at tailbone!!

[anikadear]

I'm getting soooo close! Here is a picture with an arrow at Tailbone. Should be there within a month or two at least!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8447/7769533732_548fd79b48.jpg

Good jeevus you have some wonderful hair!

[julliams]

Congrats, Julliams! I remember your growth from when I first joined two years ago. I would love to see a full progression when you are at tailbone!!

It's almost 3 years now for me since I started thinking about growimg my hair - or it will be in September - I can't believe it!! I'm trying to decide whether to get my hair cut next week or to wait since I just got to my goal. I haven't kept up my monthly photos though because life got too busy this year as we sold our house and moved.

[Dovetail]

Wow, congrats to everyone on the growth! I've not been on lately so it's exciting to catch up on everything.

[Amygirl8]

I'm getting soooo close! Here is a picture with an arrow at Tailbone. Should be there within a month or two at least!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8447/7769533732_548fd79b48.jpg

So jelly of your gorgeous hair ♥

I haven't measured in a while, but I noticed a few days ago that I was about an inch or two away from BCL! :cheese:

Unfortunately I'll still need to trim an inch or so before school starts, the ends are getting splitty again :rolleyes:. I'll take a picture in a second :]


ETA: Here's my picture :] Pardon the messiness of the hair, it was braided a few days ago and hasn't been washed for a bit lol My hands are at BCL

http://i49.tinypic.com/120nyc3.jpg

[Thenolegirl]

Hola! =) Just peeking in. :couch:

For awhile I thought I was above waist, then I think I'm at waist, and now I'm wondering if I'm past it? I measured my hair again and it's always 29inches...but the pictures I've taken just don't add up. I started here at 28 inches in May. That means just 1 inch in three months? Totally doesn't make since it looks like I grew much more than that :P Maybe I measured wrong in the beginning. lol

http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx50/iluvchicken/Photoon2012-04-08at1527-1.jpg

and now...

http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx50/iluvchicken/Photoon2012-07-26at2316.jpg

I'm going for terminal and there is damage that my hair seems to mask really well once moisturized with coconut oil and sulphate free products. In the next week I plan on taking off an inch and slowly taking out my layers.

[johani]

Hiii! :) I'm new to this site and I thought I'd ask you guys on here whether you think I'm at waist or hip at the moment? :D :D
http://i45.tinypic.com/2q3vol4.jpg

[julliams]

johani - gorgeous hair and just about at hip I'd say.

[johani]

julliams - Thank you! I had a good hairday there :) ohh that's nice, it doesn't feel as if my hair is that long, in my mind it's bareley past my bra strap haha :)

[Accalia]

johani, beautiful hair! You're definitely beyond waist. That's hip to me!

[johani]

Accalia - Thank you so much :D yay thats nice to hear :D

[lapushka]

Like julliams, and Accalia, I think you're just at that stage where it turns hip. So yep. :D

[johani]

exciting :D :D :D

[doctorvkp1]

finally reached there almost...... do you think this is tailbone?????http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/doctorvkp1/Hairdec11.jpghttp://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/doctorvkp1/20120806_062936.jpghttp://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/doctorvkp1/20120806_063011.jpghttp://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m494/doctorvkp1/20120806_073215.jpg

[JoieBruce]

doctorvkp1....looks like tailbone to me!

I'm at waist, maybe tailbone by Christmas. I'm only 5'2" so it doesn't have far to travel.

[sharonluvscats]

Alright, I'm finally comfortable calling myself waist length.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/shasharon/Snapshot_20120814_10.jpg?t=1344973006

I cropped the bottom at what I think is hip length. Once I get there I plan on maintaining for a while to get rid of my layers. I'll probably be a part of this thread for some time. :X

[Kelikea]

I haven't posted here in a while. I was hoping to graduate past tailbone quickly, but ended up taking a trip to the barber shop. My ends were getting kinda scraggly, so I decided a trim was in order. I mean, I was already there with my step-mom, so why not, right? I showed her this picture from last year as a hem-line reference:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ZYCAW8Sd5TM/TnKP8kC91WI/AAAAAAAAABk/ndQmMQESn_E/s512/A4.JPG
But I also told her I wanted to keep most of my length, as I am still growing it out. She was super fast, and I was really nervous. This is what it looked like July 14th:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aNUMSffUAyY/UALQLnQmfpI/AAAAAAAAArc/yOjN62_c8pI/s512/7.14.12d.JPG and then after my trim:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-c5fuKo9QK2M/UC2o48u4HmI/AAAAAAAAAsA/t33vEK-B1Zk/s512/08.16.12a.JPGhttps://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Ntn7lhGJgs0/UC2owQwiV9I/AAAAAAAAAr4/0wuGS1ci_Ho/s512/08.16.12c.JPG
What do you think?

[JoieBruce]

She did fantastic!

[Falcore]

I agree. She did a great job. Definitely a keeper :)

[Kelikea]

I need to add that, not only was she fast, like less than 5 min., but it was only $6. So I got my eyebrows waxed and trimmed, too :)

[CTH3989]

All of you are looking great!

[Accalia]

sharonluvscats - Congrats! :D

Kelikea - It looks great!

[Cherry_Sprinkle]

I finally got around to taking a new length shot.. since my signature is from 2009! :agape: I'm roughly 3" away from tailbone, maintaining slightly, at hip. :) My shirt ends right at the start of tailbone in this pic. Taken 8/18/2012.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8424/7826234640_0087d3b70c.jpg

[Vintagecoilylocks]

I finally got around to taking a new length shot.. since my signature is from 2009! :agape: I'm roughly 3" away from tailbone, maintaining slightly, at hip. :) My shirt ends right at the start of tailbone in this pic. Taken 8/18/2012.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8424/7826234640_0087d3b70c.jpg

Your color is fabulous and the growth looks great on you!

[Cleopatra18]

I think I'm soooooo close to tailbone with wet hair, if not there already. I mean I would like another inch just so I can be at peace with myself...but anyway I think I will need to trim soon. Microtrimming has been good to me in kinda keeping away splits and such but I'm not feeling that my hemline is getting thicker which is the main reason for trims anyway
I might straighten soon and have a length shot.

[goldloli]

Wow everyone on these pages has beautiful hair!!!!!!!! like mega thud XD

and yes she did a great job on your hemline


Oh and I'm totally joining this club.

http://iliketowastemytime.com/sites/default/files/best_animated_images_car_jump_in.gif


I figure curly at hip equals tbl straight so its pretty much my goal. Something about tbl is more slimming than hip length.

[Hairitic]

If I grow to Knee Length, will I look like a model? :D

[Vintagecoilylocks]

If I grow to Knee Length, will I look like a model? :D

You'd look awsome:)

[Messyhair]

36" is tailbone on me, so I should be there around this time next year, assuming no trims. Unfortunately, there will be trims. But tailbone by the end of next year wouldn't be so bad, either. It's never been that long!!!

[Clem_Dela]

as my ends fall just about hip length, i must retire from this thread only to join again someday...
i'm chopping this upcoming Sunday! I'm wanting to sell my braid and also keep my hair short for a while, to experiment with cuts and colors.... but i'm certain it's not really the end of my long hair journey!

[Hairitic]

as my ends fall just about hip length, i must retire from this thread only to join again someday...
i'm chopping this upcoming Sunday! I'm wanting to sell my braid and also keep my hair short for a while, to experiment with cuts and colors.... but i'm certain it's not really the end of my long hair journey!

Eeeeek! You are very brave :p. I know I would be intensely sad if I chopped my hair :o. I've always been happiest with long hair.

[Clem_Dela]

Eeeeek! You are very brave :p. I know I would be intensely sad if I chopped my hair :o. I've always been happiest with long hair.

yeah I know, i've had long hair for several years now, so I am very anxious about it- but i think that my hair could bring a very good sum of cash into my pocket.
and also I want to give this style a try:
http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/65935582014639284_mOmEzLT9_f.jpg something like that, maybe slightly longer, but with long, half-moon bangs :)

plus i'll save so much on all the conditioner i use! i use SO MUCH conditioner...

[Amber_Maiden]

yeah I know, i've had long hair for several years now, so I am very anxious about it- but i think that my hair could bring a very good sum of cash into my pocket.
and also I want to give this style a try:
http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/65935582014639284_mOmEzLT9_f.jpg something like that, maybe slightly longer, but with long, half-moon bangs :)

plus i'll save so much on all the conditioner i use! i use SO MUCH conditioner...

Oh I like it! Post pics when you get it done!

[neko_kawaii]

Super cute style Clem_Dela, but then I'm biased because it is very close to what I had the last time I had it short, hehe! Ditto on the pics request.

[Avital88]

i reached tailbone length a while ago, but i cut back to waist:-)
So im back to growing to tailbone again, my ends have never been this thick though!

[Krystall]

Joining the club! I was at tailbone, but my hair was whispy and in bad condition, so I cut off about 5 in. 4 months ago. It has already grown a bit. :)

I'm babying it for the most of the time, CWC, deep moisturizing treatment once a week, oiling after washing it and distribute a cone-leave in, with the occasional heat styling and oops-I-forgot-to-put-my-hair-up and now it has turned into dreadlocks. I'm also trying to do S&Ds once a month.

Haven't got any pictures from right after the chop, but I have a before shot and a recent one:

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t104/Locust-Invasion/Haar/june12twistbunnedft.png
The older picture shows off my length and ends okay, I didn't keep records on it at the time and haven't got any other photos.

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t104/Locust-Invasion/Haar/august12straight.png
Blue dots marking waist and tailbone. Straightened.


I'm aiming to get my fairytale ends back, but I'll reach TB with a straight hemline before that happens, as I still have some damage to deal with.

[Theobroma]

I just realised that when stretched I'm juuust at BCL! :D And even curly I'm solidly past hip. This is gratifying because I've been in a frustratingly complete growth stall all month - nice to know that at least I'm at a bit of milestone.

About 4cm to go till TB stretched. If I can pull out of this stall, I might make it by the end of the year...

[MsBubbles]

Krystal! OMG. You are gorgeous! I love your fine (i) hair! It looks beautiful with the curls too.

:thud:

[Amygirl8]

This is my latest length shot.

http://i50.tinypic.com/11t6hsn.jpg

The damage at the ends was bothering me so I trimmed around an inch or so. I'm slowly growing out the damage as I make my way to BCL :]

[Vrindi]

I'm joining this thread! My hair is finally to my waist. I'm short, so hopefully it won't take too long to get to tailbone. ;) From then I'll decide if I want to try for classic. I've started trimming my own hair, so I can control exactly how much is cut off. No more snip-happy stylists!

[Clem_Dela]

Neko_Kawaii & Amber_Maiden, i will certainly post pictures once I chop! I've decided not to drop any threads until the hair is actually off my head :)

I AM quite excited to have that new-haircut feeling: last time i cut a lot of hair off I could literally feel the weight lifting off of my neck. And I remember running my fingers through my hair over and over again trying to get used to where it ended.

[Kome]

I am forever stuck in this thread. :sigh: Keep having to trim... and I'd just hit tailbone. Had to trim 4 inches. Stupid, thin hair. I hate it right now. :(

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/kome42/c53db299.jpg

[Marcellaa]

I'm joining this thread :) I have just reached waist and my final goal is tailbone. It needs to grow about 6 inch so that will probably take my a little less than a year and a half (with trims). So I hope to reach TBL at Christmas 2013 :)

[Amber_Maiden]

I am forever stuck in this thread. :sigh: Keep having to trim... and I'd just hit tailbone. Had to trim 4 inches. Stupid, thin hair. I hate it right now. :(

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/kome42/c53db299.jpg

Your hair and it's colour are gorgeous! Wow!

[Kome]

Your hair and it's colour are gorgeous! Wow!

Thanks. Hennaing tonight. Hope I am happier with it then.

[smrider]

Ugh, my hair is slowing down in growth. I should have made BCL solidly this month but in reality it's at not quite BCL when pulled straight. I also trimmed so I probably will just be maintaining at almost BCL for awhile.

[CTH3989]

A new length shot.
http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t497/ChelWren/10&#37;20My%20Sixth%20Year%20Natural/dadae1e5.jpg

[Henrietta]

CTH3989, that's well past waist, right? Already at hip, maybe? :)

[CTH3989]

CTH3989, that's well past waist, right? Already at hip, maybe? :)

Yes, I'm at hip. I'm hoping to hit Tail Bone by July 2013.

[kitschy]

Ungh, I got a trim today, so I'm back at waist curly. I will be in this thread for.ev.er....

My hair doesn't even look or feel any better. I'm going to wait at least 6 months for my next trim, I really want to get to BCL when curly. It just isn't happening at this rate.

[Dovetail]

Oh Kitschy, I hope it grows faster for you. I'm conflicted between getting a trim *since I'm noticing a lot of spint ends @.@* and waiting for it to grow longer before cuting. It must be frustrating to have it bounce right up though. Maybe you can band it and straighten it out for the day to feel like it's longer?

[kitschy]

Oh Kitschy, I hope it grows faster for you. I'm conflicted between getting a trim *since I'm noticing a lot of spint ends @.@* and waiting for it to grow longer before cuting. It must be frustrating to have it bounce right up though. Maybe you can band it and straighten it out for the day to feel like it's longer?

Well, I think I'll be okay. I clarified this morning to get all the gunk out that the hairdresser used. I'm trimming regularly to get rid of layers, and I think I'm close enough to stop for a long while.

Layers in the last three to four inches are something that I not only can live with - but I think might be beneficial to my curls. Now, I think my mini-goal will be to benign neglect my hemline for a good chunk of time and see it I can get some growth. For now my ultimate length goal is TBL curly, which should be about classic when pulled straight. I should get there in ummm. ..hmmm.. about two or three more years. It seems like a long time, but I've already been a member here for just over two years and it seems like I joined up yesterday.:cheese:

[bunzfan]

Ungh, I got a trim today, so I'm back at waist curly. I will be in this thread for.ev.er....

My hair doesn't even look or feel any better. I'm going to wait at least 6 months for my next trim, I really want to get to BCL when curly. It just isn't happening at this rate.

I truly sympathise with you i hate the shrink factor to and i'm only wavy it must be so frustrating for you, your have the most beautiful curls i think i have ever seen! have your curls stretched out a bit now your at this length ?

[kitschy]

I truly sympathise with you i hate the shrink factor to and i'm only wavy it must be so frustrating for you, your have the most beautiful curls i think i have ever seen! have your curls stretched out a bit now your at this length ?

Thank you bunzfan - that is such a nice compliment.... and Yes, my curls have stretched out now that my hair is longer.

It's funny, I have 6" of spring whether it is at shoulder or waist. I thought my spring factor would increase as my length increased, but that's apparently not the case.

[bunzfan]

Thank you bunzfan - that is such a nice compliment.... and Yes, my curls have stretched out now that my hair is longer.

It's funny, I have 6" of spring whether it is at shoulder or waist. I thought my spring factor would increase as my length increased, but that's apparently not the case.

Your very welcome, you must work hard to keep those curls in such good condition its hard enough with waves let alone curls. Sadly a lot of my waves are going but on wash days they spring back up and i'm happy to have hair this length so i'm happy:D

[kitschy]

bunzfan, your hair is gorgeous, you should be very happy. :toast:

[bunzfan]

bunzfan, your hair is gorgeous, you should be very happy. :toast:

Aww thank you, i love curls and waves.

[Samitra]

Hello everyone!

I'm joining this thread. August 30 this year I measured and took a pic of my hair for the first time in two years. September 2010 I was barely brushing BSL (25.5 inches). I realized that I've now passed WL and am now at "brushing hip lenght" with 32.3 inches.

So I graduated from the APL to BSL thread and joined this one instead :D

Here's the pic from September 2010, and the most recent (September 2012):
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/7983143059_0c1372de9f_n.jpghttp://farm9.staticflickr.com/8448/7955356144_24715da54d_n.jpg

My spreadsheet tells me I should be at TB in 9 months or so. I expect to be at solid hip length in January for my graduation ceremony. But I'm getting a trim in a few weeks, so we'll see about the growth estimation...

So, what have I've been doing for these two years? I've been washing with SLS-free shampoo and using cone free conditioners. I've been using sweet almond oil and coconut oil and occasionally a very silicone packed "hair oil". I've been using a TT, and I've been wearing my hair up almost every day (braid, braided ponytail or a pencil bun). Mostly benign neglect I would say. It's just been there, and slowly growing longer and longer. Hooray!

Now I've started to experiment again, just for the fun of it. I plan to try a cassia treatment, and also do a henna gloss (the first for two years, maybe three, I don't remember!). I've bought a new hair stick off the swap board, and I've learned to do the Nautilus bun and the LWB, and I made a paranda. :D

I really enjoy my hair right now!

[bunzfan]

Hello everyone!

I'm joining this thread. August 30 this year I measured and took a pic of my hair for the first time in two years. September 2010 I was barely brushing BSL (25.5 inches). I realized that I've now passed WL and am now at "brushing hip lenght" with 32.3 inches.

So I graduated from the APL to BSL thread and joined this one instead :D

Here's the pic from September 2010, and the most recent (September 2012):
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/7983143059_0c1372de9f_n.jpghttp://farm9.staticflickr.com/8448/7955356144_24715da54d_n.jpg

My spreadsheet tells me I should be at TB in 9 months or so. I expect to be at solid hip length in January for my graduation ceremony. But I'm getting a trim in a few weeks, so we'll see about the growth estimation...

So, what have I've been doing for these two years? I've been washing with SLS-free shampoo and using cone free conditioners. I've been using sweet almond oil and coconut oil and occasionally a very silicone packed "hair oil". I've been using a TT, and I've been wearing my hair up almost every day (braid, braided ponytail or a pencil bun). Mostly benign neglect I would say. It's just been there, and slowly growing longer and longer. Hooray!

Now I've started to experiment again, just for the fun of it. I plan to try a cassia treatment, and also do a henna gloss (the first for two years, maybe three, I don't remember!). I've bought a new hair stick off the swap board, and I've learned to do the Nautilus bun and the LWB, and I made a paranda. :D

I really enjoy my hair right now!

Wow you have really gorgeous hair,colour,thickness and length:D

[DarkCurls]

How is it that I have not posted here yet? This is absolutely the thread for me. :p I'm not sure whether I want to settle with tailbone, classic, or longer, but I'm planning on growing to tailbone, maintain until my (awful, horrible, pesky) layers are gone, and decide then.
I am currently at waist -- past it some days, and some days only just brushing it depending on how the wurls are behaving.
kitschy (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/member.php?u=30976), your curls and thickness are amazing.
I am about three inches away from hip, I'd say, and 7 or 8 inches from TB? I'm not sure where TB is supposed to be, really. :p At any rate, I should be here for a while. Wherever it is, tailbone seems ages and miles away.
In this pic (sig pic), taken almost exactly one month ago, my hands are at waist (I was thrilled at how solidly I looked waist that day. Like I said, it depends).
Hair does not seemed to have grown at all in August, or at least I measured the exact same length as in July. :confused: I'd been getting 1" of consistent growth each month over April-May-June-July, but suddenly, nada. I figured I must have made a mistake somewhere and let it slide. Guess I'll see at the end of this month. :p

http://i45.tinypic.com/2wfiaf8.jpg

[kitschy]

Thanks, DarkCurls. You definitely belong here!

Your hair is way past waist, just about to hip as far as I can tell. I love your shiny curls!

[DarkCurls]

Thanks, DarkCurls. You definitely belong here!

Your hair is way past waist, just about to hip as far as I can tell. I love your shiny curls!

Not anywhere near hip yet, if hip counts as top of hip bones. :p I can tell. The pic is probably bad, though.
Thank you. :D

[kitschy]

Not anywhere near hip yet, if hip counts as top of hip bones. :p I can tell. The pic is probably bad, though.
Thank you. :D

Hip is where the pelvis bones stick out under your waist when your thin, I think. Of course I haven't seen my pelvis bones for about 20 years. So it comes after waist length, but before bum-crack length (BLC). You look like your fairly close to hip in that picture to me, but I could very well be wrong.

[Samitra]

Wow you have really gorgeous hair,colour,thickness and length:D

Thank you, bunzfan! :)

[DarkCurls]

Hip is where the pelvis bones stick out under your waist when your thin, I think. Of course I haven't seen my pelvis bones for about 20 years. So it comes after waist length, but before bum-crack length (BLC). You look like your fairly close to hip in that picture to me, but I could very well be wrong.

That's what I meant when I said top of hip bones. :p You can't really see them in that pic, I think they're below the cut.
But thanks for clarifying.
I was aiming for BCL at first, then learnt what it was called. :D What a name.

[Arya]

Hip is where the pelvis bones stick out under your waist when your thin, I think. Of course I haven't seen my pelvis bones for about 20 years. So it comes after waist length, but before bum-crack length (BLC). You look like your fairly close to hip in that picture to me, but I could very well be wrong.

I've always taken it as the widest part of your hips!

[DarkCurls]

I've always taken it as the widest part of your hips!
But then it would be around the same place as TBL... wouldn't it? (Of course, I say that, but I have no clue where TBL is). On the little graphs of women with the lines indicating where lengths are hip is between waist and BCL, basically at where you can feel the top of your hip bones.
I think I'll stick to inches rather than body marks. :p

[Accalia]

I thought that Hip is when you move your hand down from waist till you feel bones. So that's the top of the hipbones I guess.

I'm joining officially :) Let's share my progress :
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1t_VMIzD5uk/UFW92WpWbqI/AAAAAAAAGIo/YbayOxsz6lo/s400/waisthip.jpg

I'm not sure what to do with the ends. There is a thread about this already. :)

[Dovetail]

Have I mentioned lately that you all have such *LOVELY* hair?! I get off work during daylight hours xD so I'm gonna have hubby take my monthly progress shot~

Please smack me next time I think I don't *need* to leave in some conditioner or something. I was fussing all about how my hair was knotting, and blah blah until I realised "Hey....I haven't done much to take care of it AT ALL for two weeks...no wonder!" I'm so clever.

[Arya]

But then it would be around the same place as TBL... wouldn't it? (Of course, I say that, but I have no clue where TBL is). On the little graphs of women with the lines indicating where lengths are hip is between waist and BCL, basically at where you can feel the top of your hip bones.
I think I'll stick to inches rather than body marks. :p

It depends on your body. Hip (as in widest part) and TB are about 4 inches apart on me. I've never been able to feel my hip bones, so I have no idea.

[Henrietta]

It depends on your body. Hip (as in widest part) and TB are about 4 inches apart on me. I've never been able to feel my hip bones, so I have no idea.

Yesterday I discovered that when people mean hipbones, they mean those bones that they can feel on the sides, when they slide their hands from waist down. What a discovery!
I thought that "widest part of torso" is quite changeable thing and I have no big mirror here so I wouldn't be able to see if I am there or not. So for marking hip I picked two little bones, funny round things that are visible in the front, in the area of my hips, where my torso is wide. Probably not where it's widest but somewhere lower. But those are way lower than the tops of the proper hipbones, those on the sides. So... I am kind of at hip. Which is... WOW. But I won't change the marking, I'll keep placing the ribbon where the round funny bones at the front are. That's 90cm on me, 35.5".

[bunzfan]

Yesterday I discovered that when people mean hipbones, they mean those bones that they can feel on the sides, when they slide their hands from waist down. What a discovery!
I thought that "widest part of torso" is quite changeable thing and I have no big mirror here so I wouldn't be able to see if I am there or not. So for marking hip I picked two little bones, funny round things that are visible in the front, in the area of my hips, where my torso is wide. Probably not where it's widest but somewhere lower. But those are way lower than the tops of the proper hipbones, those on the sides. So... I am kind of at hip. Which is... WOW. But I won't change the marking, I'll keep placing the ribbon where the round funny bones at the front are. That's 90cm on me, 35.5".

I'm pretty petite so its hard to see where my waist and hips are, so i go by the start of the actual hip bones at the side/front.

[henné]

Hey everyone! I hope it's ok for me to join your thread even though I'm not really planning to grow my hair as long as tailbone ... I'm actually 'just' aiming for hip length, but nobody ever posts on the waist to hip thread, so I thought I'd just join here instead? :D

I've reached waist fairly recently, so now I'm just a little past waist and still have about 4.5 inches left to reach hip (my longest layer).

My hair (pics taken today):

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8318/7995537190_21a3212d79_z.jpg

[Henrietta]

Hey everyone! I hope it's ok for me to join your thread even though I'm not really planning to grow my hair as long as tailbone ... I'm actually 'just' aiming for hip length, but nobody ever posts on the waist to hip thread, so I thought I'd just join here instead? :D

I've reached waist fairly recently, so now I'm just a little past waist and still have about 4.5 inches left to reach hip (my longest layer).

My hair (pics taken today):

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8318/7995537190_21a3212d79_z.jpg

Go and shake the thread up! :)
I have just brought back to life my "Hip to TBL" thread (not that I am at hip, but 2 years ago I noticed that such a thread is mising).

[CaitlinMarie93]

Hello, all! I think it is officially time for me to join this thread! :joy: I took some length shots about a week ago and I am definitely at waist. Let the journey continue all the way to tailbone. :happydance: Everyone's hair is so beautiful here!

[Ravenwaves 88]

I'm chopping my hair to pixie.

I'm so grateful for all the support on this site :)

[lapushka]

I'm about halfway between hip and TBL right now. I'm so happy! A while ago I was hip, and then just past hip and now... yay! :cheer:

[Accalia]

I'm about halfway between hip and TBL right now. I'm so happy! A while ago I was hip, and then just past hip and now... yay! :cheer:

Wow! That's so fast! :applause Congrats!

[Henrietta]

I'm chopping my hair to pixie.

I'm so grateful for all the support on this site :)

Oh, your hair is so beautiful...

Why are you cutting? ;)

[lapushka]

Wow! That's so fast! :applause Congrats!

Thanks so much! :flower:

[Chimom79]

I quailify for this thread now! I am close to half and inch past 30 inches and its at my waist. I will be here a long time probably. Lol!

[Messyhair]

Is it just me, or does hair this length tangle more than hair above waist? Maybe it's just me. I'm trying some different things to help, but my ends are so dry! Tonight I oiled for the first time, so maybe doing that long-term will help.

Everyone here has such lovely hair. :applause

[Samitra]

Is it just me, or does hair this length tangle more than hair above waist? Maybe it's just me. I'm trying some different things to help, but my ends are so dry! Tonight I oiled for the first time, so maybe doing that long-term will help.

Everyone here has such lovely hair. :applause

My hair tangles more now. But it has always been tangly, and now there's just a lot more of it. In my case, it's probably just how my hair is.

But I've been experiencing increased dryness in the ends lately (which makes the tangling worse), and I'm trying to combat that. Some of it is probably related to my experimenting and me deviating from my routine, and some of it might be caused by me spending time in the sun with salt water from the ocean in my hair. I'm going for a trim in a few weeks, but until then, I do what I can at home.

Oiling seems to help, but my hair only tolerates sweet almond oil for oiling.

[Soulina]

Last night I washed my hair. And I did let it dry free. Then I realised it was a lot longer than I thought it was. It was inch or two past the hip bones higest point.

I tought week ago that I was waist, put some pictures to LHC and well everyone agreed that I was hip lenght. I have less than 2" to BCL and maybe 4" to TBL. Xmas 2013 is realistic goal after all.

[Ravenwaves 88]

Oh, your hair is so beautiful...

Why are you cutting? ;)

Unhappy with it
Ready for change
Lazy
I dread hair washing day
Vacuums need haircuts every week
Hair everywhere in everything
I have to wear it up everyday for my job
Its annoying when down
I've been pampering for 3 years, I need a break :)



I'm going to donate to someone who can appreciate it more than I am at the moment. Possibly to help out a friend of a LHC member. I feel pretty good about that.

[Henrietta]

Unhappy with it
Ready for change
Lazy
I dread hair washing day
Vacuums need haircuts every week
Hair everywhere in everything
I have to wear it up everyday for my job
Its annoying when down
I've been pampering for 3 years, I need a break :)



I'm going to donate to someone who can appreciate it more than I am at the moment. Possibly to help out a friend of a LHC member. I feel pretty good about that.

The ones I made bold... OH YES :D:D You know those balls of bush, (I've heard they don't have any name in Polish. And I don't know the proper English one.) that go through the screen from time to time in some movies? I've got those made of hair. And I can vacuum every few freakin' days. No change :D

If it's not something you'll regret, go for it! And we're waiting for pics! :)

[Theobroma]

The ones I made bold... OH YES :D:D You know those balls of bush, (I've heard they don't have any name in Polish. And I don't know the proper English one.) that go through the screen from time to time in some movies? I've got those made of hair. And I can vacuum every few freakin' days. No change :D

If it's not something you'll regret, go for it! And we're waiting for pics! :)

Tumbleweed?

[Ravenwaves 88]

The ones I made bold... OH YES :D:D You know those balls of bush, (I've heard they don't have any name in Polish. And I don't know the proper English one.) that go through the screen from time to time in some movies? I've got those made of hair. And I can vacuum every few freakin' days. No change :D

If it's not something you'll regret, go for it! And we're waiting for pics! :)

I think you are looking for the word "Tumbleweed" and yes.....I know those very well. :p

[GrowingOut]

I'm just reaching BCL, and tailbone is about an inch past that, so I'll be there in a few months.

[MrsGuther]

Just realized I'm at TBL now!!! Yayayayayaya!! See y'all in the next length thread!!

[henné]

At a tad more than waist length, my hair finally feels 'long' :D It's a great feeling ... but it comes along with the 'is everywhere and slightly annoying' problem :D But I'm so totally sticking it out until ALL OF MY LENGTH is at hip, which means my longest layer is going to have to be at tailbone.

Just sitting on hennaboy's page ordering me some henna and cassia. I've been hennaying for the past 10 years, planned on growing it out, but decided I love the amazing conditioning properties of henna too much ... Thinking of doing the 30/70 henna/cassia and see where it takes me ...

Ravenwaves ... Donating your hair is a great idea! :applause

[Falcore]

Just realized I'm at TBL now!!! Yayayayayaya!! See y'all in the next length thread!!

Congrats! I cannot wait to reach tailbone again. Enjoy it :)

[Dovetail]

Congrats on the tbl!

Mine is just getting solidly past waist to where the husband said "your hair is getting long!" like it's finally long enough for him to actually notice :p silly boys.

[schweedie]

Just realized I'm at TBL now!!! Yayayayayaya!! See y'all in the next length thread!!
Aw, you can't leave us without pictures! You know what they say, pics or it didn't happen. ;)

[Accalia]

Aw, you can't leave us without pictures! You know what they say, pics or it didn't happen. ;)

Soooo true..... :D :p

[s-a-m-a-r-k-a-n]

Hello to everybody. I haven't posted for a long time, busy with growing;) and studying.
I measured hair a few days ago and happily discovered a 2 inch growth since I last posted in this thread and had my last cut. Sadly, a second after I realised how damaged my endings look again. They are just screaming for a cut, decided to ignore for some time:lala:

http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae358/samarkan13/hairy_zps38854f45.png

[Chimom79]

Hello to everybody. I haven't posted for a long time, busy with growing;) and studying.
I measured hair a few days ago and happily discovered a 2 inch growth since I last posted in this thread and had my last cut. Sadly, a second after I realised how damaged my endings look again. They are just screaming for a cut, decided to ignore for some time:lala:

lovely pics! We have almost the exact hair type! :thumbsup:

[s-a-m-a-r-k-a-n]

lovely pics!


Thank you :sun:

[Arya]

UGHHH. My hair grows so fricking slow!! I last cut my bangs in november, and they would have been about 3 inches, pulled straight. They're 7-7.5 now, 10 months later. And I have to chop the bottom, too. My split ends are getting longer. It's just annoying, because most of my hair is fine, it's just about 1/6 I'm moving 1 milestone a year at this rate! About 2 inches from tailbone, and it'll be 4 by the time I'm done getting rid of these splits.

[hypersensitive]

Checking in! I'm almost at tailbone and I can't wait! I'll give it another 2 months until my hair is firmly in the tailbone region. I haven't taken any recent photos of my length but I took one to forever remember the temporary color I subjected my hair to. Sadly, this ravishing color was extremely fleeting :(

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6tojlJkYK1r0di6zo1_500.jpg

[Avital88]

Checking in! I'm almost at tailbone and I can't wait! I'll give it another 2 months until my hair is firmly in the tailbone region. I haven't taken any recent photos of my length but I took one to forever remember the temporary color I subjected my hair to. Sadly, this ravishing color was extremely fleeting :(

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6tojlJkYK1r0di6zo1_500.jpg

ohh i love that color!

[Amber_Maiden]

Checking in! I'm almost at tailbone and I can't wait! I'll give it another 2 months until my hair is firmly in the tailbone region. I haven't taken any recent photos of my length but I took one to forever remember the temporary color I subjected my hair to. Sadly, this ravishing color was extremely fleeting :(

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6tojlJkYK1r0di6zo1_500.jpg

love the colour as well!

[Dovetail]

^-^ your hair is lovely! I adore the burgundy color to it. Too bad it didnt stick around!

Sometimes I wish I had dark hair so I could try out subtle colors *-*

[DarkCurls]

Also a fan of that color, hypersensitive!

I'm out of my stall. In August I measure next to zero growth, but September's growth has been double what I get usually, so I guess it balances out. :p The thing is, my measuring tape tells me my hair grows pretty fast, but my eyes just don't see it. Ah well.

I wonder how long I have until tailbone. :)

[bunzfan]

I'm doing my hardest to ignore the length for a bit.

[Ocelan]

I wish I could ignore the length but since my goal is to reach hip before starting to microtrim my layers away and I'm getting pretty close, I can't ignore it. Also my ends are starting to feel quite icky from the old damage so I can't wait to get to hip. I last trimmed half a cm in May. It should take about 2 months more to reach hip so I can start trimming.

These pictures were taken about 2 weeks ago. It's wash day hair so doesn't look its greatest and the light is doing weird things to the color, but oh well, it shows the length.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk102/Ocelan/Length_180912_4thdayhair_waist_hip.jpg

It will take a long time with the trimming to get to TBL, but atleast I'm on the way, slowly but surely. :)

[Dovetail]

Congrats dark on getting a jump start! To bad your growth can't double every month :p

Bunz, I'm trying to ignore mine too >.< I haven't even taken my monthly picture yet *I really should though* it's taking FOREVER to get to hip though and I hate waiting, so I just put it up and I can pretend it's where ever I want it to be.

[bunzfan]

Congrats dark on getting a jump start! To bad your growth can't double every month :p

Bunz, I'm trying to ignore mine too >.< I haven't even taken my monthly picture yet *I really should though* it's taking FOREVER to get to hip though and I hate waiting, so I just put it up and I can pretend it's where ever I want it to be.

Tell me about it:rolleyes: on the plus the bottom of my picture is almost TBL so that's something positive its not really that long away:D

[Dovetail]

all..most...to...hip... *claws way across board in dramatic lost in desert style* If the husband is home this afternoon I'll force him to take my hair picture. He always dodges me by playing his video games -.-

[DarkCurls]

all..most...to...hip... *claws way across board in dramatic lost in desert style*
I have been feeling this way since I found this forum. :p I'm sure that once I am at hip I will be crawling across the desert on to BCL. *sigh*
On the plus side, I'm only about an inch away from hip (eyeballing it) when stretched, which is one or two months, depending. I don't get that much shrinkage, so I should be almost hip by Christmas.

[bunzfan]

While LHC was down i found i had some of my hair just at hip even if it was just a few strands, but i'm going to wait till its properly there before i post a proper picture:D

[lapushka]

While LHC was down i found i had some of my hair just at hip even if it was just a few strands, but i'm going to wait till its properly there before i post a proper picture:D

Yay! :cheer:
Congratulations! :D

[DarkCurls]

While LHC was down i found i had some of my hair just at hip even if it was just a few strands, but i'm going to wait till its properly there before i post a proper picture:D

That's great!:D

[Alva]

While LHC was down i found i had some of my hair just at hip even if it was just a few strands, but i'm going to wait till its properly there before i post a proper picture:D

Soon there then, waiting on your pic :D
Here almost at BCL. It is getting fall so I hope my speed picks up again, as it usually does during these months. Hopefully BCL by new year :cool:

[Isilme]

A couple of days ago my hair was just brushing classic! Then I cut it this morning so now it is like two inches away from classic!
I don't know if I want that length anymore, it feels like it is so much hassle to take care of it now. Dye damage is starting to catch up, and I can't wear it down if I want to sit on the couch because then I sit on it!

[Alva]

Recently that thought came up in me too Isilme. Classic is gorgeous but I also wonder about the hassle, and sitting at it. Between TB and classic is already long too. Thigh also seemed great, but the more I think about it, the more I also might just stop at TB or an inch or so longer.. wearing it down every now and then and enjoying it is more important to me than having it a certain length but no fun.

[goldloli]

Hip is like an inch or so away but I noticed a MAJOR scary problem that makes me reconsider growing hair longer... Peoples cigarettes! I live in a city and have to walk through the hustle and bustle almost daily, there's been a couple of close calls where my hair has nearly singed off from walking past people smoking :run:


I think this means I'll have to start wearing a loose braid or something. Even last night while at a party, I wore my hair down and my friend nearly burnt a chunk. Maybe I will give myself that microtrim today :/

[Anywhere]

http://oi50.tinypic.com/4kd6ch.jpg

I'm 2" away from BCL. :cheese:

I've been feeling down about my hair.. it feels like it never grows, but this is quite an improvement from last year.

[Clem_Dela]

i officially withdraw from this thread... I cut to a bob! It's been fun :)

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbuaofhKgA1rrkdauo2_400.jpg

[Dovetail]

Oh Clem, your bob looks cute!!

You can still come back and visit!

[Clem_Dela]

Thanks Dovetail! if you say so i'll stick around. i'll never stop loving long hair :))) <3

[Dovetail]

Eeee I got the husband to take a length pic for me just now:
http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/LostDove/b6cddf957b32f64e3b5d5921a8e0fa69.jpg

The belt is at the tops of my hips :3 getting so close! I need a trim though >.< I don't know if I'll be there by Christmas~

[Avital88]

i need 5 inches for solid tailbone! thats a lot so i bought new vitamins and the good old liquid silica supplement.
If it all works by plan i can reach it before valentinesday.
Happy growing to all!

[Accalia]

Dovetail, it looks beautiful! :D

Here's my length pic for October
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tnuetLVZYgU/UIZ9BpEdsPI/AAAAAAAAGZY/rjzQ7n5WcAY/s400/photo%2520%25282%2529.JPG

[AceOfCurls]

When my hair is straight or wet I'm past tailbone, but when its dry and curly i'm about 3 inches away. It's going to take me 6 months to get to tailbone, so hopefully by the time I graduate in June I'll have beautiful curly tailbone length hair. My dream length is so close yet so far away.

[Wahinee]

I have a few strands that are just barely reaching hip length now but i'll be trimming back to waist soon.

[LadyJennifer]

I can't find the waist to hip thread, so ill post here. My goal was hip by November and I reached hip last month. I think I have about an inch to tb, but I'm not sure where tb is. Is it the top of your *ahem* crack?
(Couldn't think of a better word, sorry if offensive)

[neko_kawaii]

I can't find the waist to hip thread, so ill post here. My goal was hip by November and I reached hip last month. I think I have about an inch to tb, but I'm not sure where tb is. Is it the top of your *ahem* crack?
(Couldn't think of a better word, sorry if offensive)

Your tailbone is the last bony bit, it is generally an inch or so below the top of the crack (which BTW is abreviated to BCL in these parts).

[Becky Safari]

My hair has grown TWO INCHES since I last checked into this thread. Do we not have out hair stats displayed under our avatars anymore?

[Ambystoma]

Yay I get to join this thread now - since I hit waist dry when straight recently! (I'll be hip wet before I hit waist with the loose rag curls I usually wear though *sniff*). I'm going for Classic with the curls/waves and a U shaped hem, so I guess 46" will do it since Classic straight is around 41". Onwards to hip - hopefully by Feb :pray:

[Dovetail]

Hello everyone!! HOW I've MISSED you!! I'm getting close close close to hip! I got a new phone *-* so I can join everyone in the world of technology now!

To celebrate here are some length pictures! I hadn't taken any since the start of the dry spell.

http://imageshack.us/a/img856/469/photozsv.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img827/8399/photo2ot.jpg

they're a bit blurry, but I'll get the hang of it ^-^

[Fortresca]

Hello all together!

Sunday I was at a longhair-meeting and discovered I had BCL finally! YAY!
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/8651/laengekomplettnovember.jpg

And I have to say, I'm quite happy with my hair right now.
I'll go for classic, but I'm so happy now that maybe I'll just cut back to this stage someday...

[Fethenwen]

Ok, I've been at waist for quite a while. I haven't noticed that there is a thread like this one.

I'm in :)

Hard to tell how much I have left before I'll hit the goal, but I measure that it's at least one hand held horizontally from the ends of my hair to the BCL or TBL. Just to be sure... BCL is buttcrack length right :grnbiggri?

[Ocelan]

Hip hip hooray! The longest hairs on my head have reached hip length! :)

Next onto TBL but it will take a while since I'll be microtrimming monthly to get rid of layers.

[Theobroma]

Congratulations, Ocelan!

I'm juuust about at TB but will be microtrimming to get rid of my thin ends; you'll probably catch up before I'm ready to continue growing!

[Charlottie]

Two inches from tailbone now. whoo~

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn285/sukaihan_subeta/DSCF0618.jpg

[Shepherdess]

^Beautiful hair Charlottie! ! :)

[Vintagecoilylocks]

Everyone is making great progress. My rear crown layer is just creeping past hip. The front sides are between waist and hip.

At least I now know my crown can be longer than waist where is has been for ever.

[bunzfan]

Two inches from tailbone now. whoo~

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn285/sukaihan_subeta/DSCF0618.jpg

Looks gorgeous, i'm still in the waist lands past waist but, a inch away from hip:rolleyes: been here backwards and forwards for nearly a year but my ends are thanking me now they are much thicker.

[DarkCurls]

I have a couple things to share.

I went to the hairdresser's for the first time since... well, this summer, actually, but that was a horrible experience best not mentioned again. Anyway. I just went there to buy a deep conditioner, because I'd run out of my old one, not for a cut or anything. I switched brands this time (for one three times cheaper). It was my first time in this salon, a small one in my "town" (village? :p) that is quite homey. The hairdressers are lovely, and the one who takes care of my mother's hair wanted to see mine (because my mother had told her it was long and curly). It was all oiled up and bunned, but to her credit she insisted on seeing it down and didn't flinch when she saw its state. She actually ran her hands over it (I repeat, it was oiled) and complimented me on the length and asked me some questions about my routine -- how often I wash it, things like that. *cough* Didn't dare tell her about co-washing.

The length! That was my second thing to say. I took a length shot last week (on a striped shirt, too, though that wasn't done on purpose) and was still an inch from hip with my longest curl, at least two inches for the rest. So either I'm blind as a bat, or I have no clue where hip is, or I get way more shrinkage than I thought. Last week I liked the way my curls looked a lot (lots of volume, tighter curls than usual) and took this picture:
http://i48.tinypic.com/2n1xawk.jpg

Today, when I slicked my hair up with the new DC (dry hair), I got this:
http://i45.tinypic.com/2eocqqs.jpg
My hands are at top of hip bones here.
I've... passed hip when stretched without even noticing it. It crept up on me! My measuring tape isn't as generous as length shots... I'll probably stick with pictures from now on.

I was so surprised I decided to take a length shot of it dry and curly, with my hands at hip again, and.... Riiight. Okay, curl shrinkage varies. You can actually see that the curls are looser, and that results in less volume than last week (I really need to find out what I did last week). Duly noted. I won't count myself as hip until I'm always there (and not just when the curls decide to), but I'm feeling quite giddy right now.
http://i46.tinypic.com/34rc68k.jpg
You know, I thought that once I was at hip I'd feel like I had long hair, but nope. Maybe BCL is it for me?
My ends could do with a trim for some thickening, but I actually like the way they're all different lengths, so I'll hold out for a little while more.

[bunzfan]

Dark curls its looking lovely :crush: i think i have at least a good inch to go if not 1.5 going by my recent signature pic.

[DarkCurls]

I kind of figured you would get there before me... (and you might, factoring in curl shrinkage). But you trimmed some off, didn't you?
You have a hemline to die for. ^^

[bunzfan]

I kind of figured you would get there before me... (and you might, factoring in curl shrinkage). But you trimmed some off, didn't you?
You have a hemline to die for. ^^

Yes they took about 2 inches off but i've grown it all back.. Thank you for your lovely comment you have seriously made my year saying that :D i'm always after great looking hair like the majority of the members on here. I think your curls are gorgeous your hair will be stunning at hip!!

[ejking2]

I wanted to pop in and say hello to all the lovely longhairs on this thread!

I've been just brushing waist for a couple of months now. I'm maintaining here until I grow out my dye damage, so my hair will belong in this thread for a while! Here's a pic from after my most recent microtrim and clarify, about a week ago. I'm not perfect with Feye's self-trim, but I'm getting better! My hair just isn't very cooperative about it. My thumb (bottom right, look closely) is at waist.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/clownfishi/11-26-12wl.jpg

[Vintagecoilylocks]

Dark Curls you have the perfect combination of curls and volume. It will be definately medevil maiden hair at TBL then on to Classic. I am striving for Classic curly.. That will take me a long while. You are so bitten by the bug of it doesn't seem long. I will most likely still feel its not long until it is Calf length.

[MORE]

Wow, how many lovely heads of hair I found over here! Very inspirational.

Well, since I am officially at waist I am joining you! My longest layers are not the thickest, but they compromise that with a good spirit lol.:)
These are my most recent length shots (sorry to be posting the same pics as in other treads, but I'm not a big fan of the camera):

http://imageshack.us/a/img843/3523/decemberlngd.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/843/decemberlngd.jpg/)http://imageshack.us/a/img705/6731/december2.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/december2.jpg/)

I am so happy to be aboard!:toast:

[xoxophelia]

I'm also inching in towards TBL. Since it is my goal length though, I am in no serious rush. Probably during this next year, I will reach and then begin to maintain at TBL ^_^

[Vintagecoilylocks]

Wow, how many lovely heads of hair I found over here! Very inspirational.

Well, since I am officially at waist I am joining you! My longest layers are not the thickest, but they compromise that with a good spirit lol.:)
These are my most recent length shots (sorry to be posting the same pics as in other treads, but I'm not a big fan of the camera):

http://imageshack.us/a/img843/3523/decemberlngd.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/843/decemberlngd.jpg/)http://imageshack.us/a/img705/6731/december2.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/december2.jpg/)

I am so happy to be aboard!:toast:

Welcome, and lovely waves. I too have layers and also my curly texture is different on the top and bottom so unstreched my ends alway look thin.

Yours will probably look great at TBL

[Happytresses]

Goodness I see all this hair and it makes me so emotional. Its just so beautiful. Now why do we cut our hair again? This inspires me to just keep going forward.

[Cleopatra18]

Hey all, I think I can safely say I am finally at tailbone. although not 100% when it's dry/curly, but my hair is sitting comfortably at tailbone when it's straight or even wet with looser curls. I will post pics from my last flat iron job. I have been doing monthly micro trims since I took it, and I have no problem keeping my hair at this length atleast for the next 6 months or so..
BRB for pics.

[Cleopatra18]

Okay here is the link to my album (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=5139)with 2 pictures one with natural texture and one after flat ironing...
This was over 3 months ago and I do realize that it's a little shorter than TBL but the stylist took off about 2 inches that day before the pic and my hair has grown back..
anyways, even if I do qualify at tailbone I will be here for a while longer cause I want to thicken my hemline alot.
BTW are the previously uploaded pics gone or what?

[MORE]

Welcome, and lovely waves. I too have layers and also my curly texture is different on the top and bottom so unstreched my ends alway look thin.

Yours will probably look great at TBL

Thank you so much!:blossom: So nice of you. Your hair is lovely!

[Theobroma]

I'm at tailbone too! BCL wurly and TB stretched. Woot! This is a major interim goal for me, and I plan on maintaining here for some time to thicken my ends. (If I can go through with it... this time last year I was saying the same thing about hip.)

Cleopatra18, I can't see your pics, but as far as I know albums are still as broken as they've been for most of the year. There's an announcement on the site somewhere that says the pics are all still there, just inaccessible until the admin folks fix whatever it is that's wrong.

[sarelis]

Well, I have just done my 6 monthly trim. When I did my last one, in June, I had reached hip and was just brushing hip after trimming off 1". I took of another inch yesterday and from what I can tell, I have around 3" to go till TBL :) Should be there by the time my next trim is due in June.

[kitschy]

I measured today, and I am tailbone when I stretch out my curls, but still about hip when curly (and it depends entirely upon the day!)

http://images56.fotki.com/v1601/photos/0/1803120/9931107/sidebyside-vi.jpg

[Dovetail]

Congrats Kit on the straight tailbone! It's quite an accomplishment! I'd go nuts with curly hair :p I'm too impatient.

Anyway, I was wondering, I've just started (read this morning) putting up my up on top of my hair when I'm at home. I'm thinking this will exercise my follicles and maybe help alleviate the winter growth slowing that I seem to get. However, my poor head is kind of tender (in a strange it feels good kind of way) I know this is from my hair being pulled in ways it usually isn't but how long does it usually take to go away? and do you suppose this feeling is something like blood being in the area (which would be a good thing) and is something I should "like" ? Hm.

[Vintagecoilylocks]

Hey all, I think I can safely say I am finally at tailbone. although not 100% when it's dry/curly, but my hair is sitting comfortably at tailbone when it's straight or even wet with looser curls. I will post pics from my last flat iron job. I have been doing monthly micro trims since I took it, and I have no problem keeping my hair at this length atleast for the next 6 months or so..
BRB for pics.

Wow I am happy for you. I remember when you were worried it would never make it because of your ends. Seems so foolish now for you to have worried.

[Vintagecoilylocks]

I measured today, and I am tailbone when I stretch out my curls, but still about hip when curly (and it depends entirely upon the day!)

http://images56.fotki.com/v1601/photos/0/1803120/9931107/sidebyside-vi.jpg



As always your hair takes my breath away. Abosolutly beautiful. Your curls look so defined and silky. The length seems to make them prettier and prettier.

[Cleopatra18]

Wow I am happy for you. I remember when you were worried it would never make it because of your ends. Seems so foolish now for you to have worried.
Thanks so much! I know, right? I mean I am actually at a point now where I don't even check my length every wash anymore and keep trying to stretch my hair to see where it reached. I have been trying to hit tailbone for 3 years now and I was starting at past waist so it definitly took alot of time but It feels really good now :)
I wish I could get my album to work though =/

[DarkCurls]

Glad for the people who have reached tailbone & welcome to those who just joined the thread. I love your waves, ejking2, and your curls, kitschy. :)

[MrsGuther]

I measured today, and I am tailbone when I stretch out my curls, but still about hip when curly (and it depends entirely upon the day!)

http://images56.fotki.com/v1601/photos/0/1803120/9931107/sidebyside-vi.jpg

I love your hair kitschy!! It is so beautiful!

[AnqeIicDemise]

I just wanted to jump in and say... 2.5 inches to tail bone!

[kitschy]

Thanks everyone, for the kind words. I often think I should cut my hair back to waist since I wear it down most of the time - and even though I fight the stereotype, I'm 56, and wonder is my hair is 'too long.' But I think I agree with you vintagecoilylocks, the weight of the increased length helps my curls look less frizzy, sleeker, more maintained and healthier. I guess I'll keep growing and see what happens.

[Dovetail]

Oh, I don't think hair could ever be too long if it looks healthy. I actually really REALLY like to see long hair on more mature women. I think it reminds me of the powwows I used to go to as a child (which seems odd, but I have a lot of nostagla attached to them!)

AnqeIicDemise Congrats on being so close! It must be a tease.

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Thanks everyone, for the kind words. I often think I should cut my hair back to waist since I wear it down most of the time - and even though I fight the stereotype, I'm 56, and wonder is my hair is 'too long.' But I think I agree with you vintagecoilylocks, the weight of the increased length helps my curls look less frizzy, sleeker, more maintained and healthier. I guess I'll keep growing and see what happens.

Nononono not too long at all!!! It's so beautiful. I don't like stereotypes either, but what I do like is a healthy head of hair like yours! So precious. And I think it's to your advantage that it's not that common - it is so inspiring for people who think they need to cut their hair just because they've reached a certain age. If I saw your hair and just had cut mine "to look my age yada yada" I would be like WHY DID I DO IT.

[goldloli]

kitschy please dont ever cut your hair!!!

personally i actually really disike the shorter 'mom' hair that women start getting in middle age onwards. all these trendy choppy pixies or stepped bobs that are shorter at the back. i find them to be most unflattering to an aging face, very harsh contrast indeed. also i think it's a huge loss of womanliness when they do it. obviously this is just my personal opinion and taste.

i really like your colours too.

[OUKess]

Kitschy you have very beautiful hair!!!

[lapushka]

Kitschy you have very beautiful hair!!!

I agree! :agree:

[lunalocks]

Kitschy! You have beautiful hair! Please, keep growing. I am 56 too, hip length now and aim to go as long as I can, regardless of what less enlightened individuals might think.