Waist | Hip | BCL | Tailbone

[LauraLongLocks]

I read somewhere that hair slows down growth in the winter, ugh.. hibernation? I hope not! :patrol:

Anyways, here's to sharing our :popcorn: while we wait out this cold, rainy, wet, dismal, snowy, cold, frizz-inducing-- ugh winter. :) Not to worry LauraLongLocks! We have plenty of :popcorn:!! Do you like microwaved or stove top??? Add some parmesean cheese to the top and it gets some pizazz!


Stove top, definitely stove top. Popped in coconut oil and topped with butter and plain salt is good. The powdered dried parmesan cheese tastes like dirty socks, so keep that to yourself. I don't want any of that sprinkled on my popcorn. I would take the real deal though. Love real parmesan cheese.

I don't know if winter hair grows slower, though I have heard that. There is no scientific basis for it, as far as I have been able to read. My growth was slowest in the spring this year. A few months I only got 1/4" each time. I felt like I wasn't getting anywhere. In fact, I spent a lot of 2014 discouraged about my hair growth, or lack thereof. 2015 will be different because I will be checking less often. This should make it possible to have some discernible growth. I have also picked a good sweater to use to track my growth because it has nice wide horizontal stripes of different colors on it. I loved my red dress, but sometimes it was hard to see my hair against it because the floral pattern was backed with black and it blended so well with my hair color and the shadows from the sunlight. Here is my measurement record:

2013

September 28th - 28.5"
October 27th - 29.25"
November 27th - 30"
December 5th - trimmed .5" (or so I thought)

2014

January 1st - inconsistent measurement of 29.5" to 30"
February 1st - consistent measurement of 30"
March 1st - a dismal 30.25"
April 1st - 31"
May 1st - 31.25" (only a quarter inch? Really?)
Jun 1st - 31.5" (Again, only a quarter inch?) ... measurement actually taken a day early, but that's close enough
July 1st - Jul 1st - 32" or 82 cm, trimmed 1 cm, remeasured and hair is now 81 cm, just a teeny bit past 31.5"
Aug 1st - 82 cm, or 32.25" (after measuring, I trimmed 5 mm)
Sept 1st - 83 cm (after measuring, I trimmed 5 mm)
Oct 1st - 32.6" or 83 cm (after measuring, I trimmed 5 mm)
Nov 1st - 84 cm (after measuring, I trimmed racers only)
Dec 1st - 85 cm or 33.5" (after measuring I did not trim at all)

[AmberJewel]

Thanks for the encouragement, LongCurlyTress. Trimming is always a traumatic experience, however necessary it may be. Good to hear some reassurance that it was the right thing to do!

[Aurum]

^ I'm still afraid to attempt my first ever self trim, heh. :whistle:

I don't think I'll try it for a while. My hemline is adequate, though a bit crooked, so I'll survive for a few more months. In the meantime, I am so excited for my Jan. 1st measurement. It will be near my 1st anniversary of joining and I'll most likely get to call hip. I'm pretty confident that I'm there right now, I just want to be 100% sure.

[inanna]

I've noticed lately that my nails are definitely growing more slowly than they do in summer, so I wouldn't be surprised if my hair was doing the same. That combined with my very first noticeable autumn shed got me a bit worried for a while there! I'll definitely be needing a lot of :popcorn: to tide me over to next summer.

My length goal is getting more and more vague as time goes on. I'm now trimming random amounts bimonthly and maintaining somewhere between waist and hip. I don't want to cut back to above waist, but I'm not really dead set on growing to hip or past it either. So basically, I'm never leaving this thread!

Just imagine, ten years from now people will come in all excited about reaching waist and I'll still be here .. :couch:

[AmberJewel]

^ Well on the bright side, you will be the ultimate expert in waist-length hair styles, hair care, etc.! I'm sure that will be a tremendous blessing to some poor newbie. Besides, waist is a beautiful length. :)

[Winter Fox]

@Aurum: Just take your time with trimming until you feel comfortable doing it. =)


I'm late sorry but I forgot about this thread over the winter swap *cowers in corner of shame*

My hair grew 1cm what makes 81cm in total.
On the right side you can see the layers pretty good. I have them on both sides and grow them out for about 8 months.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7574/15348039754_753e7e2eef.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pofHv5)

[Vanilla]

I haven't trimmed in almost 8 months, and normally this time of year I'm itching to trim. I've got a few splits here and there, but I did some S&D last week.

I've been doing mostly benign neglect and keeping it up, though I have been doing LOC after showering.

Help keep me motivated not to trim!

[lapushka]

I haven't trimmed in almost 8 months, and normally this time of year I'm itching to trim. I've got a few splits here and there, but I did some S&D last week.

I've been doing mostly benign neglect and keeping it up, though I have been doing LOC after showering.

Help keep me motivated not to trim!

Looks like you are well on your way to TBL. If that isn't motivation not to trim, then I don't know what is. ;)

[Neptune]

I'm starting to find my hair a little difficult. I have to wear it up or it just gets caught in everything and tangles dreadfully, while a couple of months ago it was still fine with occasional careless treatment.

Yes, I totally agree!!! Used to be able to leave it down quite often, but now that it's at 30" that turns into a nightmare! Huuge tangles, especially at the nape of my neck, that take around 20 mins to gently de-tangle. And it gets stuck in everyyything. Now, I almost always put it up, just so I don't have to deal with it! :agape:

[Rushli]

My hair also got nape tangles/mats once it hit 30". Using poo bars has bought it back to it's non-tangly self. I do have to be consistent at detangling in the morning and at night when before I could just braid the tangles in and take care of them the next day.

[Vanilla]

Looks like you are well on your way to TBL. If that isn't motivation not to trim, then I don't know what is. ;)

Thanks lapushka! I will have to take another length shot sometime soon to check; the last one was about a month and a half ago.

[Wildcat Diva]

I'm a-trimming this month. On the 23rd, if I can, since that's as close as the barber shop is open past the Solstice and new moon. It's been since March 2013 since my last. If I can get in with the barber I like, I'm gonna take an inch off. No layers, simple, subtle U hem. I think I will like it better than now.
Now, it's super tangly despite everything with blah hemline. That's not good for anybody. One inch should do the trick. I was very pleased with her last time and she was apalled to hear that some of us here ask for one inch off and get three or more.
I'm nearing up on hip, but I don't want to get there this way. I need a pit stop.

[DragonAngel]

I'm a-trimming this month. On the 23rd, if I can, since that's as close as the barber shop is open past the Solstice and new moon. It's been since March 2013 since my last. If I can get in with the barber I like, I'm gonna take an inch off. No layers, simple, subtle U hem. I think I will like it better than now.
Now, it's super tangly despite everything with blah hemline. That's not good for anybody. One inch should do the trick. I was very pleased with her last time and she was apalled to hear that some of us here ask for one inch off and get three or more.
I'm nearing up on hip, but I don't want to get there this way. I need a pit stop.

I'm right there with you Wildcat on the pit stop issue. The little voice in my head keeps saying "those ends are getting fuzzy, its been 9 months and you are warranted a minor trim now, your hem is suffering for the cause". I am thinking start the new year with a half inch trim and a detailed schedule of measurement on a monthly basis. I am looking to diet some weight off too but not sure how that will affect growth rate but it will be interesting to see. :o

[rags]

I'm in for a trim soon too - though after last March I'm not letting anyone but ME near it! :p I'm going to try Feye's method for the first time soon. :scared: That will put me back to between waist and hip, but it needs it.

[Clea]

Hello fellow waist to tailbone growers! I don't remember if I've posted in this thread before or not! I'm really close to tailbone right the moment but my ends are driving me crazy. They're getting so thin. I think I might wait until I reach TBL and then trim an inch or so. Hmm...

[wilderwein]

clea my thin ends also are driving me crazy! i allways cant make it to the tailbone length couse I dont have the patient and i cut them! but this time i will suck it up and let them grow! i actually kinda like them this way, but some hairdressers made me believe that thin ends= damaged hair!

[Clea]

I lose patience with my ends too wilderwein! I really want to trim but I also want to make it to TBL as soon as possible. I think I'd end up getting carried away and trim too much. I might have to maintain once I get to TBL or I'll go crazy!

[wilderwein]

Clea noo we should promisse to eatch other that till we will make it to tailbone we wont cut them! besides thin ends will look great then! fairy-ish! so every time we are tempted we shall braid our hair or something so we wont cut them!

[Clea]

Sounds good wilderwein! I faithfully promise that I won't cut until I reach tailbone! It's a good thing I like braids :D

[JadedByEntropy]

My fast-few made it to TBL so i got a much needed (so i thought :eye:) trim and then realized my hair was sill in braidwaves and had to wash/trim again :thud:
I'm about an inch away from TBL now! might catch up by the new year with some double growth ;)

[wilderwein]

clea YEP BRAIDS, BUNS and all the hairstyles that keep our hair ends safe from cutting :P i'm looking forward to hear that you made it to the tailbone!

[Clea]

I hope you make it to tailbone soon too, wilderwein :) I'm learning my first buns so I can protect my ends better. I've managed to do a nautilus and a lazy wrap bun but not much else yet. I seem to be more of a braid person, even though they are more damaging than buns.

[Nique1202]

I hope you make it to tailbone soon too, wilderwein :) I'm learning my first buns so I can protect my ends better. I've managed to do a nautilus and a lazy wrap bun but not much else yet. I seem to be more of a braid person, even though they are more damaging than buns.

I'm still having trouble with nautilus and lazy wrap because of my thickness, but the disc bun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iViNkltTb9Y) (I think that's the right link) is a favourite of mine. It's easy-peasy and looks a little messy with my layers, but it holds much more solidly than nautilus or lazy wrap with my thick hair, so with thinner, longer hair you should have even better results.

[wilderwein]

Ahahahaha well girls I am also more of a braid type for two reasons! 1. when i try to make a bun actually stay in its place for the whole day, i feel like i damaging more my hair and 2. if i finally manage to make a right bun it will probably hurt my scalp after 2-3 hours =/ SO YAY FOR BRAIDS ahahahahah also clea i hope the same to you too!!!! WE WILL MAKE IT! we just have to resist the chop of the hair ends!

and nique1202 GREAT HAIR GROWTH JOURNAL! *_*

[LauraLongLocks]

I like buns because they are quick, but braids look awesome, so I do both.

[wilderwein]

LauraLongLocks thanks god they are braided buns too and keeps us happy ahahahahaha

[Clea]

I'm still having trouble with nautilus and lazy wrap because of my thickness, but the disc bun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iViNkltTb9Y) (I think that's the right link) is a favourite of mine. It's easy-peasy and looks a little messy with my layers, but it holds much more solidly than nautilus or lazy wrap with my thick hair, so with thinner, longer hair you should have even better results.

Thanks for the link Nique1202! I actually hadn't heard of the disc bun before, so I'll have to go and try it.

[LauraLongLocks]

LauraLongLocks thanks god they are braided buns too and keeps us happy ahahahahaha

:p

Quality post.

[jacqueline101]

I'm going to try crown braids. I want something new.

[jacqueline101]

Sorry wrong thread. I got new bifocals

[Rushli]

I'm still having trouble with nautilus and lazy wrap because of my thickness, but the disc bun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iViNkltTb9Y) (I think that's the right link) is a favourite of mine. It's easy-peasy and looks a little messy with my layers, but it holds much more solidly than nautilus or lazy wrap with my thick hair, so with thinner, longer hair you should have even better results.
I LOVE the disc bun. I can actually wear sticks because of them.


LauraLongLocks thanks god they are braided buns too and keeps us happy ahahahahaha
I am also a huge fan of braided buns!

I just managed my first LWB the other day and think nautilus might still be a bit off, but I might need to try it out tomorrow just to see. I cant even remember how to do one.

[Laura_F]

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m229/Lateralus139/37December2nd2014Waist.jpg (http://s105.photobucket.com/user/Lateralus139/media/37December2nd2014Waist.jpg.html)

I'll jump in here quickly. I just made waist earlier this month. Glad to be here! Looking forward to hip and tailbone. Maybe then I'll actually feel like I'm gaining some length.

[Sarahlabyrinth]

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m229/Lateralus139/37December2nd2014Waist.jpg (http://s105.photobucket.com/user/Lateralus139/media/37December2nd2014Waist.jpg.html)

I'll jump in here quickly. I just made waist earlier this month. Glad to be here! Looking forward to hip and tailbone. Maybe then I'll actually feel like I'm gaining some length.

Hair looking fabulous!

[Sarahlabyrinth]

I'm close dry and stretched, and there - just - wet and stretched! Shall I call it?

http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh582/Sarahlabyrinth/DSCF6579.jpg

[Laura_F]

Hair looking fabulous!

Thanks, Sarahlabyrinth! And your hair is looking beautiful. Looks like tailbone length to me!

[Vanilla]

I am totally confused on whether BCL is lower on me than tailbone. If I feel for my coccyx, it seems like 1/2 inch higher than BCL. Is this right?

[Nique1202]

I am totally confused on whether BCL is lower on me than tailbone. If I feel for my coccyx, it seems like 1/2 inch higher than BCL. Is this right?

The bottom end of your tailbone (where tailbone length should be measured) is gonna be closer to your #2 than the top of your butt crack unless you've got the world's tiniest bubble butt. You're almost definitely feeling part of your spine, look way down in the crack for more knobs/hard spots. When the hard spots stop altogether, that's the end of your tailbone. Here's a picture (http://www.basicspine.com/images/coccyx.jpg) to give you an idea of where to look.

[wilderwein]

The bottom end of your tailbone (where tailbone length should be measured) is gonna be closer to your #2 than the top of your butt crack unless you've got the world's tiniest bubble butt. You're almost definitely feeling part of your spine, look way down in the crack for more knobs/hard spots. When the hard spots stop altogether, that's the end of your tailbone. Here's a picture (http://www.basicspine.com/images/coccyx.jpg) to give you an idea of where to look.

xD ok my mom entered the room only to see me try figuring out where my tailbone ends based on that diagram! thank you very much ahahahahahaha

[JadedByEntropy]

I'm still having trouble with nautilus and lazy wrap because of my thickness, but the disc bun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iViNkltTb9Y) (I think that's the right link) is a favourite of mine. It's easy-peasy and looks a little messy with my layers, but it holds much more solidly than nautilus or lazy wrap with my thick hair, so with thinner, longer hair you should have even better results.

This bun was super easy. got it 1st try. still can't get the nautilus either with the same thickness issue. :D my tails are always an issue, but this one covers them too! this made my day.:happydance:

[Nique1202]

xD ok my mom entered the room only to see me try figuring out where my tailbone ends based on that diagram! thank you very much ahahahahahaha

BAHAHAHAHAH I mean :whistle: (I'm pretty sure we've all been there, be it a parent, roommate, or SO. But hey, at least it was FOR SCIENCE! or something.:disco:)


This bun was super easy. got it 1st try. still can't get the nautilus either with the same thickness issue. :D my tails are always an issue, but this one covers them too! this made my day.:happydance:

Hooray! :happydance: And with Torrin's length, you know it'll hold well and look nice for quite some length to come!

[wilderwein]

BAHAHAHAHAH I mean :whistle: (I'm pretty sure we've all been there, be it a parent, roommate, or SO. But hey, at least it was FOR SCIENCE! or something.:disco:)
that was kinda my explaining!
me: "I'm trying to see where my tailbone is so I'll now for sure when my hair reaches it"
her: ":|"
me: ":|"
her: "so are you hungry? :|"
me: "always :|"

[TrapperCreekD]

I'm close dry and stretched, and there - just - wet and stretched! Shall I call it?

http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh582/Sarahlabyrinth/DSCF6579.jpg

Hard to tell with the camera angle but it looks like TBL to me, call it. :eyebrows:

[rags]

Sarah, I can't tell either, but if you say it's there I'd call it! Your hair is beautiful regardless!

Wilderwein, that's hilarious!

I feel like the only person on earth who can't do the disc bun. :rolleyes: I try it and try it, but it never comes out right. My stupid fine, floaty hair tangles with each other and it's tapered and it just doesn't work!

[Nique1202]

I feel like the only person on earth who can't do the disc bun. :rolleyes: I try it and try it, but it never comes out right. My stupid fine, floaty hair tangles with each other and it's tapered and it just doesn't work!

At least you can do other buns nicely! There's a style for every mane.

[Vanilla]

The bottom end of your tailbone (where tailbone length should be measured) is gonna be closer to your #2 than the top of your butt crack unless you've got the world's tiniest bubble butt. You're almost definitely feeling part of your spine, look way down in the crack for more knobs/hard spots. When the hard spots stop altogether, that's the end of your tailbone. Here's a picture (http://www.basicspine.com/images/coccyx.jpg) to give you an idea of where to look.

Thanks, that is very helpful!

[dancingrain91]

I believe I can finally return! I'm planning for hip by next Christmas since I'm no trimming next year but if my hair grows as quickly as I think it does I just might get close to tailbone length. Hip is the point on me where a few landmarks get closer together.

[Fru fru]

This is my first proper post, I posted in the intro forum. I would like to join this thread, my hair is bcl stretched, I'm a 2a and it helpfully curls up a bit at the bottom.

I'm thinking of maintaining once I get to tbl to grow out layers and then growing on to classic. I'll post a pic as soon as I figure out how:o

[schnibbles]

^^^ Welcome, Fru fru! :cheer:
Do you have Photobucket? It makes posting pics easy

[Fru fru]

Thanks for the warm welcome schnibbles:). I don't have photobucket but will get on it, or get tech support on it i.e teenage daughter!

[Fru fru]

http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/u556/suzehaylett/9524E46C-454B-43BD-A5EA-707D15789FA1_zpsejld0lo5.jpg (http://s1321.photobucket.com/user/suzehaylett/media/9524E46C-454B-43BD-A5EA-707D15789FA1_zpsejld0lo5.jpg.html)

Sorry if this comes out huge. It's not a very good pic and is from about a month ago, hair is due to be washed tomorrow and will get a better picture then.

[schnibbles]

Pretty hair Fru fru! It looks like you've got some serious shine happening (even with not-the-best-lighting) and I love your color

[Fru fru]

Thank you, it helps that I was standing under a light! I use henna and indigo to colour it.

[JadedByEntropy]

Welcome Fru fru!
I use postimage .org and its super simple. easier to me than photobucket

[JadedByEntropy]

Just washed with a new shampoo for very dry hair, gifted used from a friend with very silky straight oily hair, and I love the result.
[garnier fructis fortifying shampoo triple nutrition]

Got some help taking a picture, and surprised how shiny it is now. and how much texture comes out of a proper air dry o.0
I'm thinking tbl is at the top of my pockets on those jeans...but my hair is BCL+ hard to tell on here. I've been accidentally maintaining at bcl for the last 2 months?

http://s22.postimg.org/71g4lsxlt/12_13_14_3.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
imagen (http://postimage.org/)

[Fru fru]

Lovely hair JadedByEntropy, I wish my hemline was thick like yours, I stupidly cut layers in about 18 months ago and then had a shed because I had anemia. I will get there though!

[Fru fru]

This is a better photo of my hair taken today.http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/u556/suzehaylett/6E3E083B-D0F9-431C-B62F-51FF28F04C4B_zpststufljb.jpg (http://s1321.photobucket.com/user/suzehaylett/media/6E3E083B-D0F9-431C-B62F-51FF28F04C4B_zpststufljb.jpg.html)

[Halliday]

I can't wait till I can join this thread... I'm anticipating waist to be in February/March. I also would love to be TBL by 2016, but I think it would more likely be the beginning of 2017. Gah.

[Katlette]

Love the shine and wave, Fru fru!

[rags]

Frufru your hair is gorgeous! So shiny!

[LauraLongLocks]

I can't wait till I can join this thread... I'm anticipating waist to be in February/March. I also would love to be TBL by 2016, but I think it would more likely be the beginning of 2017. Gah.

You'll be here soon! I'll be here until about 2017, too. My growth rate is not spectacular.

[Fru fru]

Thank you Katlette and Rags :flowers: My hair was a dry frizzy mess before I found this forum. I also just started using Nightbloomings Freya panacea, which I love.

[Henrietta]

Guys, do we have a tailbone to... something thread? TBL to classic maybe? I cannot find one. I have to say I'd need to move to one like that! :)

[Nique1202]

Guys, do we have a tailbone to... something thread? TBL to classic maybe? I cannot find one. I have to say I'd need to move to one like that! :)

It's hiding several pages back (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=34877), because the last post was a couple of weeks ago. :applause

[Arete]

I think I'm about a month out from BCL!

[LauraLongLocks]

I think I'm about a month out from BCL!

That's great! I'm at least 12 months away from BCL, lol.

[FireFromWithin]

I feel like I could call TBL by the end of the year but I'm going to have a couple inches taken off in January so I don't think I will.
TBL by end of 2015 anyone?
Although by then I do hope to be half way to classic. Lol. I really really want to be classic or nearly so by the time I finally graduate in 2016 but I don't know if it's enough time. I'm holding out on any more length pics until after Christmas but I really need to get my behind in gear and do a YouTube video now I'm on holiday again.

[Henrietta]

It's hiding several pages back (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=34877), because the last post was a couple of weeks ago. :applause

Aaaah, I see! Thank you! I searched a few pages back, and did a google search, ana even though I remembered a thread like that I just couldn't find it.
I'm officially moving in there, since I'm actually well past TBL :) But I will lurk here ;)

[Katlette]

I have about three inches to go until TBL, so I'll most likely make it by the end of next year. I can't estimate when, though. There seems to be no regularity to my hair growth at all, and I plan to trim anyway.

Oh well... I'm actually really enjoying hip length now and am thinking less about how long it could be in the future. I hope I get to classic someday, but it doesn't matter if it takes a few more years.

[wilderwein]

Can I ask a question? I am a little bit confused! Well I found in many diagramms that hip length hair are shorter than tailbone, but then in some others it presents it like is longer than tailbone.... So enlighten me please ladies, hip length is shorter or longer than tailbone length?

[Nique1202]

Can I ask a question? I am a little bit confused! Well I found in many diagramms that hip length hair are shorter than tailbone, but then in some others it presents it like is longer than tailbone.... So enlighten me please ladies, hip length is shorter or longer than tailbone length?

Tailbone is down in the butt crack, where the bone stops to make room for *ahem* biological processes. Hip is the top of the hip bones. So, tailbone is always longer than hip or buttcrack, and might be close to classic length for some people.

[wilderwein]

Tailbone is down in the butt crack, where the bone stops to make room for *ahem* biological processes. Hip is the top of the hip bones. So, tailbone is always longer than hip or buttcrack, and might be close to classic length for some people.

Thats what i was also thinking! thank you very muuch! Ok so I am about 1-2cm to reach the hip length YAAAAAAAAAAAY

[LauraLongLocks]

I feel like I could call TBL by the end of the year but I'm going to have a couple inches taken off in January so I don't think I will.
TBL by end of 2015 anyone?
Although by then I do hope to be half way to classic. Lol. I really really want to be classic or nearly so by the time I finally graduate in 2016 but I don't know if it's enough time. I'm holding out on any more length pics until after Christmas but I really need to get my behind in gear and do a YouTube video now I'm on holiday again.

I wish! I will probably net about 3 inches growth next year, as I did this year. So, I'm thinking BCL is about as far as I will make it in 2015. I'm past hip now, at 33.5 inches, and BCL is 36 inches. TBL is 39 inches and there is no way I'll get 6 inches net growth. My max growth before trims is four inches.

Makes it so hard to trim when I need to trim because I know it will take me so long to regain that length. I guess that's just good motivation for babying my ends so they hopefully won't need to be cut off. S&D from now until March 1st, when I'll dust off 5 mm. I am really taking care of my ends and hope to see fewer and fewer splits.

Knowing that my growth rate is not phenomenal has been really influential in deciding how I need to care for my hair. Since even the tiniest trims equal a big setback for me in length progress, I know I must figure out a routine that will save my ends. Deep conditioning treatments used to happen once a month or less. Now that I know I have to work hard to preserve my ends, I'm doing a DC at least once a week, and have started pre-poo oiling. I also began brushing with a BBB and so far it is really helping my hair to feel soft and to shine like nothing else. I've heard conflicting advice on BBBing, so I hope I won't find that it's damaging my hair. I always detangle thoroughly before brushing.

Anyway, have fun making it to TBL. I'll still be here for two more years, and once I make it to TBL I plan to maintain about a year to give my bangs time to catch up some.

[DragonAngel]

I wake up, do my usual little routine drink coffee etc, then peer in the mirror at my semi-ageing face depending on the light and I then set about undoing my side sleep braid. I hope not to find many tangles or splits and after gently detangling and carefully brushing I always feel around at my back to see where it is, it feels like it will never get to TBL and indeed sometimes it feels like it has shrunk. I feel I should get a trim to thicken my hem but that will put me firmly back prior to BCL....oh what to do !!? I think many of us know this territory and it is often a case of a watched pot never boils. Perhaps if I have a trim and thicken my hem then I will resign myself to not thinking about any length goals for a while and my hair will appear to grow faster because I will have walked away from watching the pot so to speak. A kind of defeatist attitude perhaps ? I don't know.

[wilderwein]

I wake up, do my usual little routine drink coffee etc, then peer in the mirror at my semi-ageing face depending on the light and I then set about undoing my side sleep braid. I hope not to find many tangles or splits and after gently detangling and carefully brushing I always feel around at my back to see where it is, it feels like it will never get to TBL and indeed sometimes it feels like it has shrunk. I feel I should get a trim to thicken my hem but that will put me firmly back prior to BCL....oh what to do !!? I think many of us know this territory and it is often a case of a watched pot never boils. Perhaps if I have a trim and thicken my hem then I will resign myself to not thinking about any length goals for a while and my hair will appear to grow faster because I will have walked away from watching the pot so to speak. A kind of defeatist attitude perhaps ? I don't know.

would you like to show us some photos? sometimes its not that bad but we get obsessed with our hair problems and we seem them 10 times bigger than it really is

[DragonAngel]

would you like to show us some photos? sometimes its not that bad but we get obsessed with our hair problems and we seem them 10 times bigger than it really is

I would love to but I can't upload any unless I put them on some kind of photobucket first, my profile pic is fairly recent if that helps ? :)

[Squiggy]

Hello, lovelies! Tell me, how do you wear your hair to sleep? I usually do a single braid down my back, but lately it has been bothering me. It gets stuck under my side or, if I lay on my back, underneath me, and it just isn't comfortable. I have thought about putting it in a bun on top of my head, but I'm not sure it would stay, as I toss and turn pretty badly. If you do a bun, how do you secure it and how well does it stay in place? Or, how do you manage your braid so that it doesn't hurt your back or (as sometimes happens) try to strangle you in your sleep?

[DragonAngel]

would you like to show us some photos? sometimes its not that bad but we get obsessed with our hair problems and we seem them 10 times bigger than it really is

edited for privacy reasons

[wilderwein]

I am not sure if this works but..........https://www.flickr.com/photos/this_is_my_journey/

I personally can't see the picture you attacked, but if the picture of your profile picture is what your hair looks in real life then I wouldnt be worried! Its probably a natural thing that your hair does while growing! As I personally can see, I believe that they are people who have this kind of thicknes that you have at your ends ON THEIR WHOLE HEAD-HAIR and they still manage to grow them! So dont worry! My hair does the same thing and I used to cut them all the time becouse of that but at some point I realised that if I'm gonna keep cutting them then they would never grow! So accept your natural fairytale ends (doesnt sound really great? hahahaha)

[schnibbles]

Hello, lovelies! Tell me, how do you wear your hair to sleep? I usually do a single braid down my back, but lately it has been bothering me. It gets stuck under my side or, if I lay on my back, underneath me, and it just isn't comfortable. I have thought about putting it in a bun on top of my head, but I'm not sure it would stay, as I toss and turn pretty badly. If you do a bun, how do you secure it and how well does it stay in place? Or, how do you manage your braid so that it doesn't hurt your back or (as sometimes happens) try to strangle you in your sleep?

I can't sleep in a braid, it hurts. Braids also seem to make my hair "fuzzy" (I even sleep on a satin pillowcase, so I don't know why) I usually sleep with my hair in a pony on top of my head, with a silk scrunchie. It stays in, but by morning it is considerably looser, kind of falling out but contained. I mostly bun during the day so I like to try to give it a break on buns if I can.. The satin pillowcase has completely eliminated my night-time tangle-issues, though.

[Nique1202]

Hello, lovelies! Tell me, how do you wear your hair to sleep? I usually do a single braid down my back, but lately it has been bothering me. It gets stuck under my side or, if I lay on my back, underneath me, and it just isn't comfortable. I have thought about putting it in a bun on top of my head, but I'm not sure it would stay, as I toss and turn pretty badly. If you do a bun, how do you secure it and how well does it stay in place? Or, how do you manage your braid so that it doesn't hurt your back or (as sometimes happens) try to strangle you in your sleep?

Lately I've been doing a cinnabun secured with four spin pins equally placed around it. I toss and turn all night, and even with my layers it's still secure in the morning.

[EDIT] I should add that any bunning done at night should be pretty loose from your scalp, especially if you toss and turn. I secure my nighttime buns with the spin pins without picking up scalp hair, so the bun as a whole separates from the scalp some and moves around but the hair stays in it, locked in by the spin pins.

[Katlette]

I do an upside down braid for sleeping. So, just a normal english braid but done with the braid tail going up over my head. It looks AWFUL, but keeps my hair from being caught under me or causing my neck to sweat.

My SO complains it slaps him in the face occasionally in the night though. :lol:

[Marbid]

Well hello there fellas!

Now i know i dont post a whole lot, but today i found a great, awesome reason to post..

I have grwon to 28.5 inches! Yay! Horray!

Not a lot, know. Its not like i am saying my hair is at hip now or anything. I am still at waist. But i am at waist in my hairs everyday state! Unstretched!...... Sorta.... Well notmin its natural natural curly state, but in its bun wave state whichnis what is present 90% of the time. So this condition is what i value.... Well watevs. You get my point.

So i feel like a have reached a sorta milestone within my brain.. My hair hast taken the first step into apearing long for me. Half an inch before this point my hair felt short.. It does not feel long right now. But i cant call it short.

Its in a state of "i have just begun" you know what i mean? Well i am happy and over the moon! Ever since i cut it to bra strap length in may, it has traveled pretty fast. It should still take at least 6 more months to get back to hip+ like it was before i cut it. But the last time it was 28' inches long, the ends where thined out from layers and a bit damaged from wear and tear. Now they are nice and thick and blunt! I do hope they dont thin out on their way to my hips. But oh well.

Nothing can dampen my celebratory mood today. Also... My neon green bangs have reached collarbone length now.. Time for a trim.... Miny trim... Those i will be maintaining at armpit length or so... Depends on the condition of my hair. Since they are bleached to witeness.. For the purpose of true neonness... Well... They glow in black light. Its a worthwhile trade to have a bit of glowing hair somewhere..... Maybe somewhere in my dreams i can get these bangs to waist? Dunno..

Best luck with your grown gals and pals! I'll be reading!

[DragonAngel]

I personally can't see the picture you attacked, but if the picture of your profile picture is what your hair looks in real life then I wouldnt be worried! Its probably a natural thing that your hair does while growing! As I personally can see, I believe that they are people who have this kind of thicknes that you have at your ends ON THEIR WHOLE HEAD-HAIR and they still manage to grow them! So dont worry! My hair does the same thing and I used to cut them all the time becouse of that but at some point I realised that if I'm gonna keep cutting them then they would never grow! So accept your natural fairytale ends (doesnt sound really great? hahahaha)

thankyou, I will endeavour to do micro trims still though in the vain hope of achieving a micro improvement hahahah :o

[Ambrielle]

joining this thread, i will be here for a while as i plan to maintain once i reach BCL (current hair goal lenght is tailbone, may change though) :) I am currently at 36 inches (stretched) which is hip area on me (i am 177 cm tall). debating on whether to chop back to waist (so as to get rid of damage and even out layers) or carry on with micro trimming (improvement seem slow though) :confused:

[Crumpet]

I sleep with my hair in a sleep cap -- I think it really helps to protect my hair, its so easy to do, and its so comfortable. I've yet to introduce my boyfriend to the sleep cap, however, so when he's about I usually make a bun with spin pins at the top of my head.

LLL -- how do you like the BBB? I use mine occasionally. I detangle with my fingers, then a wide-tooth comb, and then gently use the BBB. It makes my updos smoother and I think it distributes oil well (which is what its supposed to do, along with stimulating your scalp). I think that its okay so long as you detangle carefully before using. I had bad experiences with TT, unfortunately.

Since a few people have posted their projections about how long they'll be on this thread, I'll share my predictions: I'll be here until probably late 2016 or 2017. I'll probably be stuck at waist until this summer due to my aggressive microtrimming. Its a bummer, but my hemline is looking so much thicker and I love that!

[Marbid]

Speaking of projections.. I suspect i will be here untill early 2016 or so.. I gain about 8inches a year. With micro trims. So 2016 at the latest is about right for me to reach tailbone.

[Squiggy]

Katlette I imagine that braid is not exactly high fashion, huh? Much less Crumpet's sleep cap! But I am certainly willing to sacrifice night time fashion for comfort. I'll give them both a try, along with schnibbles and Nique1202's suggestions! Thanks, all!

[LauraLongLocks]

I sleep with my hair in a sleep cap -- I think it really helps to protect my hair, its so easy to do, and its so comfortable. I've yet to introduce my boyfriend to the sleep cap, however, so when he's about I usually make a bun with spin pins at the top of my head.

LLL -- how do you like the BBB? I use mine occasionally. I detangle with my fingers, then a wide-tooth comb, and then gently use the BBB. It makes my updos smoother and I think it distributes oil well (which is what its supposed to do, along with stimulating your scalp). I think that its okay so long as you detangle carefully before using. I had bad experiences with TT, unfortunately.

Since a few people have posted their projections about how long they'll be on this thread, I'll share my predictions: I'll be here until probably late 2016 or 2017. I'll probably be stuck at waist until this summer due to my aggressive microtrimming. Its a bummer, but my hemline is looking so much thicker and I love that!

I am a BBB convert! I used to shed 25-30 hairs a day prior to using the BBB, but since starting to use it every day twice a day I have gone to about 10-15 hairs shed a day. This morning I detangled, brushed, washed, detangled again, and styled my hair and only lost 3 hairs. Yes, THREE hairs!!! Amazing, right? I'm sticking with it.

[DreamSheep]

I am a BBB convert! I used to shed 25-30 hairs a day prior to using the BBB, but since starting to use it every day twice a day I have gone to about 10-15 hairs shed a day. This morning I detangled, brushed, washed, detangled again, and styled my hair and only lost 3 hairs. Yes, THREE hairs!!! Amazing, right? I'm sticking with it.

How do you know if it is due to the brush or just a change in season? Does the BBB brush make follicles stronger? I'm curious!

[LauraLongLocks]

How do you know if it is due to the brush or just a change in season? Does the BBB brush make follicles stronger? I'm curious!

I shed at a constant rate of 25-30 hairs a day this time last year, and I was keeping track every day for about 3 months. Throughout the entire year my hair fall seems to have remained fairly steady, though I wasn't counting every single day. I only did spot-checks for shed hair counts throughout the year. Then two weeks ago I started brushing and my hairfall has dropped significantly since I started.

[LauraLongLocks]

... and the last part... I don't know if it makes your follicles 'stronger' per se, but it does stimulate blood flow to the scalp and blood flow nourishes the follicles.

[Larki]

A new length pic! By my estimate I'm about an inch and a half to two inches away from TBL, but I think I'm going to get an inch trimmed off in the next few days. I don't like the look of my ends. By the way - not my natural texture, I had my hair in a braid all day!

http://i59.tinypic.com/faze3p.jpg

[LauraLongLocks]

A new length pic! By my estimate I'm about an inch and a half to two inches away from TBL, but I think I'm going to get an inch trimmed off in the next few days. I don't like the look of my ends. By the way - not my natural texture, I had my hair in a braid all day!

http://i59.tinypic.com/faze3p.jpg

Larki, before you do a trim, try pre-poo oiling and then a deep conditioner after you wash the oil out. Your ends look a bit dry, but not awful. I think they can be salvaged. As for your body marker, congratulations on being so close to TBL. I think your photo with your hands raised up somehow shortens the perception of your hair length. I would love to see one with hands at your sides to get a more accurate illustration of your length.

[Larki]

LLL, I do pre-poo oiling twice a week and deep conditioning once a week, so if my hair still needs moisture after all that, I don't know what to tell it. :p I'll give it a shot though and see how I feel. Unfortunately, I don't have anyone to take a picture for me, so I'll see if I can get a picture with my arms to the side like my avatar.

[veryhairyfairy]

I've been in super neglect mode for the last few weeks, so I'm hoping to spend this winter break giving the mane a pamper.

When I wash tomorrow I'm planning on a long SMT (first one since it got cold), and I might even do some experimenting with my texture again.


Speaking of projections.. I suspect i will be here untill early 2016 or so.. I gain about 8inches a year. With micro trims. So 2016 at the latest is about right for me to reach tailbone.

Congrats on waist length curly!!! I assume it's always a bit more 'real' when your hair is at a milestone unstretched.

Just wanted to say, I'll be here until 2016, too, because I'm maintaining at above-TBL until then! I like that there's a lot of long-timers here, means we get to know each other better.

[Aurum]

Just wanted to say, I'll be here until 2016, too, because I'm maintaining at above-TBL until then! I like that there's a lot of long-timers here, means we get to know each other better.

Yep, you'll be seeing a lot of me. :waving:

[rags]

I may be in this thread forever - because with illness and medications I'm not sure I can make it to tailbone anymore. :( Well, with more than a few hairs anyway. I'm going to maintain at around hip and trim, trim, trim and see if any thickness comes down. I'll be here at least 2 more years, and probably forever since TBL used to be terminal on me when I was healthy.

[Neptune]

Adding my projection!! I found LHC in January 2013, went to a GM salon, and measured in at 24". I'm at 30" and past waist now. So in 2 years, I gained 6" of healthy growth ... but I have also trimmed a ton of damage from the ends, I would guess around 4 inches. Hoping to be at hip (33" on me) by the summer of 2015, and BCL (which i think is around 37") by the end of 2016. TBL ... probably 2017. So far away!

THEREFORE, in addition to popcorn, I vote for :cookie::cookie: to sustain us on our TBL journey !! :)

[Neptune]

Lemme see if I can successfully upload a pic... way overdue! http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14865&d=1419037596

[wilderwein]

I may be in this thread forever - because with illness and medications I'm not sure I can make it to tailbone anymore. :( Well, with more than a few hairs anyway. I'm going to maintain at around hip and trim, trim, trim and see if any thickness comes down. I'll be here at least 2 more years, and probably forever since TBL used to be terminal on me when I was healthy.

Noooooo dont give up! Have you tried specific vitamins for hair? But dont take them for 6 months or so, try to take them for at least two years! I trully believe that the tailbone isnt your terminal length! We will be together in this journal ok? we will reach tailbone and then try for classic length! if you cant do that then i'll probably wont too! You will make your organism grow more hair for me hahahahaha Besides you never know what chemichal reactions may have occured from the last time you grew your hair to that length! BE POSITIVE AND SAY TO YOUR SELF THAT THIS TIME YOU WILL GONNA MAKE IT TO THE CLASSIC LENGTH!

also check this girl, i believe she had cancer and she managed to fight it and keep/grow her long hair, if she could do that why wont you????
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyQCb7Z3QkyPzaAOBru6kdg

[Ocelan]

also check this girl, i believe she had cancer and she managed to fight it and keep/grow her long hair, if she could do that why wont you????
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyQCb7Z3QkyPzaAOBru6kdg

She didn't have cancer per se I think (or atleast didn't lose hair in the usual chemo way), but instead went through various health problems and had heavy sheddings many times. But what you said applies to that aswell. She's also a member here on LHC. :)

[wilderwein]

She didn't have cancer per se I think (or atleast didn't lose hair in the usual chemo way), but instead went through various health problems and had heavy sheddings many times. But what you said applies to that aswell. She's also a member here on LHC. :)

Oh thanks for the clarification! Anyway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZjIKfSmPwI if anyone reads that video perscription, well she sure fight a lot, and the most amazing thing is that she did it naturally without chemo treatments wich is probably really risky couse its a 50-50 situation!

[rags]

Noooooo dont give up! Have you tried specific vitamins for hair? But dont take them for 6 months or so, try to take them for at least two years! I trully believe that the tailbone isnt your terminal length! We will be together in this journal ok? we will reach tailbone and then try for classic length! if you cant do that then i'll probably wont too! You will make your organism grow more hair for me hahahahaha Besides you never know what chemichal reactions may have occured from the last time you grew your hair to that length! BE POSITIVE AND SAY TO YOUR SELF THAT THIS TIME YOU WILL GONNA MAKE IT TO THE CLASSIC LENGTH!

also check this girl, i believe she had cancer and she managed to fight it and keep/grow her long hair, if she could do that why wont you????
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyQCb7Z3QkyPzaAOBru6kdg



I do think this was kindly meant, so thank you for the sentiment.

[LauraLongLocks]

How come when I measured I thought I had about 2.5 inches until BCL, but when I asked someone to tell me how far, they said it looked like 4 inches to go? :( In any case, I won't make it until the end of 2015. Why does my hair growth seem to stand still most of the time? Grow, hair, grow! And bangs... you need to grow double-time!

[Sarahlabyrinth]

How come when I measured I thought I had about 2.5 inches until BCL, but when I asked someone to tell me how far, they said it looked like 4 inches to go? :( In any case, I won't make it until the end of 2015. Why does my hair growth seem to stand still most of the time? Grow, hair, grow! And bangs... you need to grow double-time!

Measurements are more accurate than someone just eyeballing the distance. In my book, anyway.:)

[LauraLongLocks]

Measurements are more accurate than someone just eyeballing the distance. In my book, anyway.:)

Yes, you are right. It also depends on how I am holding my head. If I could balance a book on my head like some people on this forum can, then I would know for sure I am holding it the same each time, but I'm not coordinated enough to balance a book on my head. Haha!

[CitrusGirrl]

It's time I joined this thread for moral support the long road from waist to tailbone. Have to ask but does bcl mean 'bum crack length'?!

[Sarahlabyrinth]

It's time I joined this thread for moral support the long road from waist to tailbone. Have to ask but does bcl mean 'bum crack length'?!

It certainly does!:)

[maborosi]

I'm finally at waist- and I'll be at BCL/TB/???-length (which I think is 36" on me, if I'm measuring right, lol) by the end of 2015! I'm really excited. I'm currently at 30" and I seem to grow a little over 1/2 an inch a month. This is very exciting because this will be the longest my hair has ever been in my life. I'm so excited!

[Arete]

So this month I grew 1.5" in my shortest layer, and 1" in my longest. Going to measure on the 1st to see if I get a little extra smidgen in the next 7 days, but if I keep up this growth rate, I'll be TBL by July, and might even hit classic this coming year! :pray:
Otherwise, I'll be hanging out here until around Christmas '15.

[Sarahlabyrinth]

I have reached TBL so am leaving all you lovelies to move on to the TBL to classic thread! Hope you join me soon:)

[LauraLongLocks]

I have reached TBL so am leaving all you lovelies to move on to the TBL to classic thread! Hope you join me soon:)

That's a wonderful Christmas gift, Sarah. Congratulations. It'll be two more years until I reach TBL, so you'll probably be long gone before I make it to that thread!

[Sarahlabyrinth]

I'm sure I will still be there two years from now, LLL! It's a long waaay to Classic, it's a looong waaay to goooo!!

[Wildcat Diva]

I know! I feel like it's going to be so far for me, too! My hair is not even close to any part of my butt area, and I have mucho buh-dunka-dunk in my trunk. It's a huge amount of real estate. :D

In other news, I trimmed an inch of fairy taleage. You can't really tell any difference. Well, I didn't trim it, my barber lady did. Took her seven minutes. I had to tell her to sloooooooooowwwww way down with that comb going through my oiled, repeatedly tangle teezed that morning yet still tangly hair. Had to ask her to part on the side for cutting, and remember that yes, a year and a half ago when she trimmed me, she did that for me then as an exception to the middle part rule. All in all not a bad deal though.

I think I am going to stop detangling except with fingers and in shower. It's super pointless, does nothing. In five minutes or less, it's tangled again, so why bother?

[DreamSheep]

ExcitEment!!!! My hair's all brushed out and thus fairly straight, and in pure LHC fashion I have been seeing where it ends... And my longest 100 hairs or so are at tailbone!!!

Although I'll be hanging out here for a couple more months so it is a bit more solid.

Geeee excited!!

[Ocelan]

I'm now officially claiming TBL, although I'll be sticking in this thread for a bit because I intend to be maintaining a bit after a year of not trimming. :) Wow, this was a long pit stop. It was in May 2012 that I reached waist. 2 ½ years!

[wilderwein]

I'm now officially claiming TBL, although I'll be sticking in this thread for a bit because I intend to be maintaining a bit after a year of not trimming. :) Wow, this was a long pit stop. It was in May 2012 that I reached waist. 2 ½ years!

Congratulatiooons!!! May I ask how are your ends are? I am going to non trim for 2015 and I am really nervous that they may be a mess at the end of the 2015 (I will also be probably TBL and if I'm lucky a little bit longer)

[Halliday]

ExcitEment!!!! My hair's all brushed out and thus fairly straight, and in pure LHC fashion I have been seeing where it ends... And my longest 100 hairs or so are at tailbone!!!

Although I'll be hanging out here for a couple more months so it is a bit more solid.

Geeee excited!!

congrats! merry christmsas

[Ocelan]

Congratulatiooons!!! May I ask how are your ends are? I am going to non trim for 2015 and I am really nervous that they may be a mess at the end of the 2015 (I will also be probably TBL and if I'm lucky a little bit longer)

Thank you! My ends are doing ok even though I am growing out old dye damage and extreme layers from 3 years ago. So next year I will be maintaining, but my ends took it better than I thought. They are dry, because they are damaged, but they are hanging in there. I've tried being good and done some deep treatments now and then, but nothing extreme. I've also S&D'd less than I planned, but then again I don't usually find many splits and if I do, they are usually tiny. So I'd say try it but if you get too desperate and your ends don't like it, do a dusting. Plans can change. Good luck! :)

[veryhairyfairy]

Wow, congrats on TBL, Sarahlabyrinth, DreamSheep, and Ocelan! :cheese: :cheer:

What a wonderful holiday present for all of you!

[urs]

http://i1368.photobucket.com/albums/ag185/urisha17/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG-20141225-00482_zps9db0a7f4.jpg (http://s1368.photobucket.com/user/urisha17/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG-20141225-00482_zps9db0a7f4.jpg.html)

Hi guys, this is my December length

[Aurum]

In the Christmas spirit, I am finally claiming hip. I will get pics on Jan. 1st. :) It's felt like such a long time since I reached waist last summer, but it's going to be just as long or longer to BCL. Well, I'm in for the long haul.

[lapushka]

Hi guys, this is my December length

Looks like you made it to hip. At least, that's what I think. :o

[urs]

Looks like you made it to hip. At least, that's what I think. :o

Thanks Lapushka :)

[LongCurlyTress]

OK!! Waist to Tailbone! You win!! This is taking forever! In mid November, I cut from 1-1 1/2 inches from the pointy tip of my 31 inch hemline to even it off to 30 inches as of Dec. 1st. The hemline seems thicker, or at least it did for a couple of weeks, but now I am seeing another layer growing out and making my braid tassel thinner again although definitely not as thin as before my trim in November. No, I am not going to trim off this new section, but I have a feeling that waist to tbl is the hardest since the layers start to thin out the hemline and tangles start to get harder to detangle in the shower especially for us curly 3b girls!

Anyways, I just wanted to vent some frustrations and hang out on this thread for awhile since I have a sneaky feeling I will be here for at least a year or more. :( Just wanted to commiserate with anyone else who is frustrated with getting through this abyss to tbl. :) :taz::alcoholic::knitfrog::justy::brickwall:face: There, I think I got all the emoticons that I am feeling right now! :/

[wilderwein]

Thank you! My ends are doing ok even though I am growing out old dye damage and extreme layers from 3 years ago. So next year I will be maintaining, but my ends took it better than I thought. They are dry, because they are damaged, but they are hanging in there. I've tried being good and done some deep treatments now and then, but nothing extreme. I've also S&D'd less than I planned, but then again I don't usually find many splits and if I do, they are usually tiny. So I'd say try it but if you get too desperate and your ends don't like it, do a dusting. Plans can change. Good luck! :)

Oh great! I trust you, I also grow out bleached hair and layers so if you were ok with that then I feel better! I am doing over night oiling every time I wash my hair so hopefully I'll get the same result, dusting sounds good tho in the worst case (if i cant handle the ends for some reason). Thanks a lot ^-^

[urs]

Looks like you made it to hip. At least, that's what I think. :o

Thanks Lapushka :)

[FrostedLoki]

This is without a doubt the most trying of lengths. Every time I've hit waist since I was a teenager I have given up and chopped. I'm at waist now and hope that it won't happen to me again. Or worse, that waist is terminal for me. Will post up a picture tomorrow for you guys, getting late here!

[LauraLongLocks]

OK!! Waist to Tailbone! You win!! This is taking forever! In mid November, I cut from 1-1 1/2 inches from the pointy tip of my 31 inch hemline to even it off to 30 inches as of Dec. 1st. The hemline seems thicker, or at least it did for a couple of weeks, but now I am seeing another layer growing out and making my braid tassel thinner again although definitely not as thin as before my trim in November. No, I am not going to trim off this new section, but I have a feeling that waist to tbl is the hardest since the layers start to thin out the hemline and tangles start to get harder to detangle in the shower especially for us curly 3b girls!

Anyways, I just wanted to vent some frustrations and hang out on this thread for awhile since I have a sneaky feeling I will be here for at least a year or more. :( Just wanted to commiserate with anyone else who is frustrated with getting through this abyss to tbl.

I'm with you, LongCurlyTress (ha ha, I actually wrote your real name and then went back and put your screen name here, lol). I hit waist on January 1st this year, and I have only netted 3.5" growth the entire year. I grew a total of about 4.25"- 4.5" and trimmed off 1" - 1.25" this year. I will be in this thread for about two more years. So, from waist to TBL will end up being a 3 year journey for me. From pixie to hip was 6 years, so I guess this is par for the course for me. It still doesn't make it easier when I watch other people with phenomenal hair growth whizzing right past me. I watched, green with envy, as others here were several inches shorter than me at the start of the year and have now passed me by several inches. It's discouraging.

I was told that my hair growth wasn't slow, that it was my perception, but no, it really is slow. It's not all in my head. Mine is slower than average, by a long-shot. It's so hard to decide to trim because it takes me so long to regrow anything that I trim off. Prior to being here at LHC I never measured my hair so I didn't know how slow my growth was.

Before the pixie of 2008 (stupid lice... never again! I now know how to get rid of lice and KEEP my hair so I'll never cut a pixie again!), I had MBL hair. Dutifully, I would go to a beauty school (because I'm cheap and don't like to pay full price for haircuts) every 2-3 months and get a trim. I could never understand why my hair didn't grow past BSL-MBL. I didn't realize they were cutting off all my growth, and then some, every time I came in. I should have been measuring all along, and should have known about how to define a trim in terms that both the stylist and I could agree upon. When I grew out my pixie, I learned how to communicate a "dusting" to the stylist and never had any bad haircuts while I grew to waist. Now I trim it myself so I don't have to worry about a bad haircut from someone else.

Anyway, I can relate to how you are feeling. A thin hemline is more delicate and apt to get damaged than one that has its full thickness because there are fewer hairs to protect one another. No more layering or cutting of bangs for me. I have learned my lesson.

When I finally reach TBL, I plan to stay there a year before growing longer to get my ends thickened up and give my bangs a little time to catch up. So I will be in the abyss a long, long time.

At least we'll have each other for company. :blossom: :flower:

FrostedLoki, welcome to LHC and to the waist to tailbone abyss! I, too, have felt that this is a length that I don't seem to be growing at all. Maybe it is because the hair doesn't actually touch the lumbar spine area of the back when standing erect, so we can't tell how long it truly is. Anyway, feel free to grab some popcorn and hang around with us while you wait for your hair to grow. :popcorn:

[JadedByEntropy]

Yes, you are right. It also depends on how I am holding my head. If I could balance a book on my head like some people on this forum can, then I would know for sure I am holding it the same each time, but I'm not coordinated enough to balance a book on my head. Haha!

Thats a good idea. i'm doing that now to measure. would help hold the tape too ;)

[FrostedLoki]

FrostedLoki, welcome to LHC and to the waist to tailbone abyss! I, too, have felt that this is a length that I don't seem to be growing at all. Maybe it is because the hair doesn't actually touch the lumbar spine area of the back when standing erect, so we can't tell how long it truly is. Anyway, feel free to grab some popcorn and hang around with us while you wait for your hair to grow. :popcorn:
Thank you so much LauraLongLocks and definitely grabbing myself some popcorn. :popcorn: *munches* I figured once I hit tailbone I'll need to even out all the layers in my hair before I start heading to classic but at the moment I can't bring myself to even it out just yet as then my hair just wouldn't be considered long at all. So yeah, plenty of abyss and perhaps a few servings of popcorn. ;)

[Johannah]

I measured my hair today for the first time in 4 months. It's 34 inches :happydance: This was my goal! I'm happy!

I'm still not sure what I want to do in 2015. I'm going to maintain, that's for sure. But will I measure? Take pictures? Hmm... I'll probably take pictures because I think it's fun ;)

[LauraLongLocks]

Thank you so much LauraLongLocks and definitely grabbing myself some popcorn. :popcorn: *munches* I figured once I hit tailbone I'll need to even out all the layers in my hair before I start heading to classic but at the moment I can't bring myself to even it out just yet as then my hair just wouldn't be considered long at all. So yeah, plenty of abyss and perhaps a few servings of popcorn. ;) The more of us, the merrier!


I measured my hair today for the first time in 4 months. It's 34 inches :happydance: This was my goal! I'm happy!

I'm still not sure what I want to do in 2015. I'm going to maintain, that's for sure. But will I measure? Take pictures? Hmm... I'll probably take pictures because I think it's fun ;)

That's great news, Johannah! Congratulations.

[LauraLongLocks]

Thank you so much LauraLongLocks and definitely grabbing myself some popcorn. :popcorn: *munches* I figured once I hit tailbone I'll need to even out all the layers in my hair before I start heading to classic but at the moment I can't bring myself to even it out just yet as then my hair just wouldn't be considered long at all. So yeah, plenty of abyss and perhaps a few servings of popcorn. ;) The more of us, the merrier!


I measured my hair today for the first time in 4 months. It's 34 inches :happydance: This was my goal! I'm happy!

I'm still not sure what I want to do in 2015. I'm going to maintain, that's for sure. But will I measure? Take pictures? Hmm... I'll probably take pictures because I think it's fun ;)

That's great news, Johannah! Congratulations.

[lapushka]

I measured my hair today for the first time in 4 months. It's 34 inches :happydance: This was my goal! I'm happy!

I'm still not sure what I want to do in 2015. I'm going to maintain, that's for sure. But will I measure? Take pictures? Hmm... I'll probably take pictures because I think it's fun ;)

Congrats on reaching your goal! :D

[Arete]

Woohoo, Johannah!

[Johannah]

Thanks everyone! :D

[Ambrielle]

i think i belong in this thread :o

this photo was taken yesterday, co washed hair overnight, braided and lightly oiled. I think i am at hip (unstretched)? I am tall with a fairly long torso, there seems to be quite a distance between my hips and tailbone but the distance between tailbone and classic is shorter for me. sorry about the red lines, i was marking damaged layers.

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag88/eu777/DSCN1847-Copy2-Copy_zpsaf7069ac.jpg (http://s1300.photobucket.com/user/eu777/media/DSCN1847-Copy2-Copy_zpsaf7069ac.jpg.html)

[wilderwein]

Ambrielle Beautiful hair! What oils did you used?

[FrostedLoki]

Congratulations Johannah that's great!!! :D

Ambrielle I'd say you are at hip length. Love how thick and full your hair is as well, gorgeous! :) And I read you on being tall, I'm 5'8'' and often I blame that on why it takes forever for hair to reach different length milestones!

[Ambrielle]

Ambrielle Beautiful hair! What oils did you used?

thanks :)

i used camellia oil

[Ambrielle]

Congratulations Johannah that's great!!! :D

Ambrielle I'd say you are at hip length. Love how thick and full your hair is as well, gorgeous! :) And I read you on being tall, I'm 5'8'' and often I blame that on why it takes forever for hair to reach different length milestones!

thanks FrostedLoki, yes it seems to take forever for those of us who are on the taller side... Le sigh! :D LOL i am 5'10

[wilderwein]

thanks :)

i used camellia oil

Oh thanks a lot ^_^

[Johannah]

Is there anyone in this thread who is going to maintain in 2015? :o

[lapushka]

Is there anyone in this thread who is going to maintain in 2015? :o

I thought about that before I set the goal to grow on to classic in 2015. Happy maintaining. Hope you find some co-maintainers. ;)

[Ambrielle]

Is there anyone in this thread who is going to maintain in 2015? :o

i may :) it depends on when i reach BCL next year though, i am about 3- 3,5 inches away from it now but i'll be trimming in between (every 3 to 4 months), my hair grows an average of 8 inches a year. i'd like to maintain for a while once i get there to give my layers a chance to catch up :hmm:

either way i will be on this thread for a long, long time!

[Aurum]

I wanted to maintain when I got to waist, but I decided to skip it and continue downwards. I probably should maintain at this point, but I feel like hip is an awkward place to take a break. I think this year I'll microtrim a bit to let my layers and U hemline catch up, yet keep growing to BCL. Then I'll maintain there for a while. :-)

[LauraLongLocks]

Is there anyone in this thread who is going to maintain in 2015? :o

I'm going to make quarterly microtrims, but not actually maintaining until I reach TBL. It will be two more years before I reach TBL.

[schweedie]

Is there anyone in this thread who is going to maintain in 2015? :o
*raises hand* I've technically been maintaining somewhere between BCL and tailbone for a while - I just keep forgetting to actually trim! :p

[Johannah]

Oh well, then I got some 'support' lol. I look forward to maintain (fresh ends :crush:) but on the other hand it is going to be frustrating... :p

[schweedie]

I've actually just scheduled a trim for Friday next week - I'm going to start the new year with fresh ends. *g* This is where I'm at now:

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/IMG_003_zpsf2714cd8.jpg

(The waves are just leftovers from a cinnabun.) A little past tailbone, I suppose, since it's nearly classic. I'm not very good at this maintaining lark, it seems. Quite looking forward to chopping some of it off and properly belonging to this thread again!

[lapushka]

I've actually just scheduled a trim for Friday next week - I'm going to start the new year with fresh ends. *g* This is where I'm at now:

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/IMG_003_zpsf2714cd8.jpg

(The waves are just leftovers from a cinnabun.) A little past tailbone, I suppose, since it's nearly classic. I'm not very good at this maintaining lark, it seems. Quite looking forward to chopping some of it off and properly belonging to this thread again!

You have long graduated to the tailbone to classic thread!

[schweedie]

Ha, I guess I have! I'm incapable of telling where my tailbone actually is, but being so close to classic I must've passed it. *shakes fist at self* Bring on the trim! Let's see if I'll do better at maintaining in 2015, heh.

[DreamSheep]

Is there anyone in this thread who is going to maintain in 2015? :o

I don't know what to do... :p
About 100 hairs hit tailbone but since I haven't trimmed in one year and a half, part of me feels like I just trim a little, or maintain a little (despite saying I wouldn't trim 2015)...
The other part of me just wants to go as long as I can and just S&D as needed (although I have definitely fairytailed a lot). Somehow, now I've hit TBL, I don't want to go back, but I'm worried that with my thin ends I won't get to classic because they will get weathered out...

Anyway, I'm actually really grateful this is the worse "problem"/"decision" I have right now...

[LauraLongLocks]

So discouraging! I decided to take one last measurement for 2014 today, and I shrunk a centimeter. I went from 85 cm on December 1st back to 84 cm today. I knew I shouldn't have looked.

[Arete]

So excited that I can pancake the heck out of a braid and still have it reach almost hip! In the past few weeks I've finally started to *feel* like a longhair :o
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x385/TheJazzPony/73c2bce7-4db1-4d7f-bf90-f84c66d370bf_zps2682d7b2.jpg?t=1419614808

[Komao]

Ha, I guess I have! I'm incapable of telling where my tailbone actually is, but being so close to classic I must've passed it. *shakes fist at self* Bring on the trim! Let's see if I'll do better at maintaining in 2015, heh.

Your hair looks great. :)


So excited that I can pancake the heck out of a braid and still have it reach almost hip! In the past few weeks I've finally started to *feel* like a longhair :o
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x385/TheJazzPony/73c2bce7-4db1-4d7f-bf90-f84c66d370bf_zps2682d7b2.jpg?t=1419614808

That sure is a great feeling! Glad for you. :)

[Johannah]

So discouraging! I decided to take one last measurement for 2014 today, and I shrunk a centimeter. I went from 85 cm on December 1st back to 84 cm today. I knew I shouldn't have looked.

Big hug for you, Laura! :grouphug:



I went from 32 to 34 since September (or something?), but my ends are really thin. I made pictures today and I really don't like my hair. Maybe 2015 will be a year FULL of trims, instead of only until August. We'll see.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14966&d=1419702294

As for a comparison, this was my hair around a year ago:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14964&d=1419702282

I also decided I want to go for a U-shape hemline instead of a blunt one. I just thinks it suits me better for some reason.

[Komao]

Johannah, I'm sort of in the same predicament. I had the U-shape but then started trimming a blunt hemline.
I'm pretty sure I'm going for the U-shape again as I think it's prettier and more natural looking on me.
I've heard others say the U-shape is very flattering for those of us with wavy hair. I'm still deciding as there are pros and cons to both hemlines for me? Your hair is lovely. :)

[Marbid]

I am currently going thru a growth spurt right now. Getting about 1.25 inch a month compared to my normal .80 inch a month. It quite the growth spurt.

On the down side, it appears that this growth spurt is uneven since i checked my hemline yesterday and it was really slanting to the left.

But i trimmed it even and kept it at 28.5... It had gotten to 29 inches already when i just checked in at 28.5 around the midle of december. Ao that was about half an inch in a bit less than half a month. Thats crazy. I just noticed it now. Shame its uneven.

Still, i dont microtrim again for 4 months.. Lets see where i am at in 4 months time.

[Ambrielle]

So excited that I can pancake the heck out of a braid and still have it reach almost hip! In the past few weeks I've finally started to *feel* like a longhair :o
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x385/TheJazzPony/73c2bce7-4db1-4d7f-bf90-f84c66d370bf_zps2682d7b2.jpg?t=1419614808

beautiful hair Arete!

[Ambrielle]

Big hug for you, Laura! :grouphug:



I went from 32 to 34 since September (or something?), but my ends are really thin. I made pictures today and I really don't like my hair. Maybe 2015 will be a year FULL of trims, instead of only until August. We'll see.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14966&d=1419702294

As for a comparison, this was my hair around a year ago:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14964&d=1419702282

I also decided I want to go for a U-shape hemline instead of a blunt one. I just thinks it suits me better for some reason.

I think your hair looks beautiful and the ends don't look too thin to me, they look well looked after in my opinion :)

the ends will thicken up a bit more once you start maintaining for a few months (5 to 6 months in my personal experience). I trimmed between 4 to 5 inches this year to get rid of damage, i still managed to grow 3 inches give or take but i am much happier with my hemline now. i will be trimming again next year to even out layers (0,5 inch every 3-4 months at least).

[LauraLongLocks]

Big hug for you, Laura! :grouphug:



I went from 32 to 34 since September (or something?), but my ends are really thin. I made pictures today and I really don't like my hair. Maybe 2015 will be a year FULL of trims, instead of only until August. We'll see.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14966&d=1419702294

As for a comparison, this was my hair around a year ago:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14964&d=1419702282

I also decided I want to go for a U-shape hemline instead of a blunt one. I just thinks it suits me better for some reason. Thanks, Johannah. Wow, your hair is getting lovelier and lovelier! All the former layers have blended in. Your thickness at the hemline has increased significantly. It's so much longer, too! Looking great! You've done well this year. Congratulations!


I am currently going thru a growth spurt right now. Getting about 1.25 inch a month compared to my normal .80 inch a month. It quite the growth spurt.

On the down side, it appears that this growth spurt is uneven since i checked my hemline yesterday and it was really slanting to the left.

But i trimmed it even and kept it at 28.5... It had gotten to 29 inches already when i just checked in at 28.5 around the midle of december. Ao that was about half an inch in a bit less than half a month. Thats crazy. I just noticed it now. Shame its uneven.

Still, i dont microtrim again for 4 months.. Lets see where i am at in 4 months time. Nice growth spurt! Even your normal rate is enviable, lol. Way to go!

[Johannah]

Johannah, I'm sort of in the same predicament. I had the U-shape but then started trimming a blunt hemline.
I'm pretty sure I'm going for the U-shape again as I think it's prettier and more natural looking on me.
I've heard others say the U-shape is very flattering for those of us with wavy hair. I'm still deciding as there are pros and cons to both hemlines for me? Your hair is lovely. :)

Good to hear, because my hair is wavy when I washed it/day after I washed it!

Also, I've been growing out layers for AGES and there is some damage left because they haven't had an actual big trim like the rest of my hair. If I maintain with a U-shaped hemline, those sides got cut as well and I'll be damage free faster ;)


I think your hair looks beautiful and the ends don't look too thin to me, they look well looked after in my opinion :)

the ends will thicken up a bit more once you start maintaining for a few months (5 to 6 months in my personal experience). I trimmed between 4 to 5 inches this year to get rid of damage, i still managed to grow 3 inches give or take but i am much happier with my hemline now. i will be trimming again next year to even out layers (0,5 inch every 3-4 months at least).

Yes, and THIS is why I'm going to maintain! I don't feel happy with my hemline right now and I want to change it! I'm going to maintain for 6 months at least. I do like this length right now and I'm sure if my hemline becomes thicker, it will look longer as well.

Thank you, this post was really motivating :)


Thanks, Johannah. Wow, your hair is getting lovelier and lovelier! All the former layers have blended in. Your thickness at the hemline has increased significantly. It's so much longer, too! Looking great! You've done well this year. Congratulations!

Thank you so much Laura, I feel waaaay better now. I really do. We'll both get where we want to be, 2015 will be great! ;)



*sends some positive energy to everyone who reads this* ;)

[lapushka]

Johannah, I think your hair looks lovely! I see no thin ends, really I don't. We sometimes can be so harsh on ourselves! :D

[FrostedLoki]

Arete that is just BEAUTIFUL, love the texture your hair has in that braid! :)

I'm new to buns apart from using a hair donut so any advice on buns good for this hair length and video tutorials to go with them? Any help would be great. It's getting super cold where I'm at and I'm trying to keep my hair in protective styles when outside.

[Johannah]

Johannah, I think your hair looks lovely! I see no thin ends, really I don't. We sometimes can be so harsh on ourselves! :D

I guess you are right lapushka. But getting such replies from LHC members really helps! That's why I love this forum :)

So thank you :)

[Johannah]

So excited that I can pancake the heck out of a braid and still have it reach almost hip! In the past few weeks I've finally started to *feel* like a longhair :o
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x385/TheJazzPony/73c2bce7-4db1-4d7f-bf90-f84c66d370bf_zps2682d7b2.jpg?t=1419614808

Somehow I missed this picture. Anyway, that braid looks really feminine! Is that a french braid?

[Arete]

Somehow I missed this picture. Anyway, that braid looks really feminine! Is that a french braid?
Sort of a French braid. I put my hair up in a midhigh ponytail and French braided it looseish like a horse tail taking the strands from the back of the ponytail than took out the hair tie to give the loose look. I was trying to Elsa's braid from frozen. I braided maybe four inches down the pony and then braided the rest in a regular braid. Then I just tugged on the elbows until it got the big soft look.

Arete that is just BEAUTIFUL, love the texture your hair has in that braid! :)

I'm new to buns apart from using a hair donut so any advice on buns good for this hair length and video tutorials to go with them? Any help would be great. It's getting super cold where I'm at and I'm trying to keep my hair in protective styles when outside.

Try a hypno bun. Its my new favorite. Holds great with one stick and works really well with hair in this length range.

Thank you both for the compliments! :o

[mermaid lullaby]

I'm at waist and maintaining :)
I'm just here for ideas

[wilderwein]

Sort of a French braid. I put my hair up in a midhigh ponytail and French braided it looseish like a horse tail taking the strands from the back of the ponytail than took out the hair tie to give the loose look. I was trying to Elsa's braid from frozen. I braided maybe four inches down the pony and then braided the rest in a regular braid. Then I just tugged on the elbows until it got the big soft look.


Try a hypno bun. Its my new favorite. Holds great with one stick and works really well with hair in this length range.

Thank you both for the compliments! :o

Tried the hypno bun and I even slept with it, AND ITS STILL PERFECT!

[Johannah]

Try a hypno bun. Its my new favorite. Holds great with one stick and works really well with hair in this length range.

Thank you both for the compliments! :o

Now I tried this too and it holds like a rock!! I love it!!

[LauraLongLocks]

I just tried the hypno bun and it was so puny and didn't look neat and tidy at all. Maybe I did it wrong? I followed 4ypnotica's tutorial.

[Arete]

I just tried the hypno bun and it was so puny and didn't look neat and tidy at all. Maybe I did it wrong? I followed 4ypnotica's tutorial.
You got to fiddle with it and try it a few times. looping the ends over the stick helps clean it up.

[LauraLongLocks]

You got to fiddle with it and try it a few times. looping the ends over the stick helps clean it up.

Meh, maybe another day. I just put it in a quick LWB and I'm taking a short housework break for a moment.

[FrostedLoki]

Try a hypno bun. Its my new favorite. Holds great with one stick and works really well with hair in this length range.

Thank you both for the compliments! :o
Welcome!

And the hypno bun is AMAZING! Managed to do it on my first try and it's so comfortable and secure. Thank you soooo much! :D

[mermaid lullaby]

Those that are almost, or at tailbone. Is it better than waist? Just a tiny bit of inspiration going on here.

[minaa]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7528/16118365576_3774b39b48_c.jpg

Last check in before the new year. Correcting my last interpretation on Nov 9, I was meandering just past waist when I posted that photo, and now I'm solidly two+ inches below waist with some real filling out. :D (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=5483&page=581&p=2868662#post2868662 here's the post to compare. That photo was taken at an angle, which is why I mis-interpreted length)

[Sarahlabyrinth]

Those that are almost, or at tailbone. Is it better than waist? Just a tiny bit of inspiration going on here.

It is absolutely better than waist!

[mermaid lullaby]

I think you got me inspired :)

[Sarahlabyrinth]

I think you got me inspired :)

I sure hope so! :)

[Johannah]

I just tried the hypno bun and it was so puny and didn't look neat and tidy at all. Maybe I did it wrong? I followed 4ypnotica's tutorial.

I needed to try it a couple of times as well before it was neat :)

[DreamSheep]

Trimmed back to BCL from only-just-TBL - so I'll be hanging out here for a little bit longer :)
It was around October when I felt I started reaching BCL, so hopefully in 2-3 months I'll have nice healthy ends at TBL (if they grow... and I was measuring right before anyway!!)

[Johannah]

Trimmed back to BCL from only-just-TBL - so I'll be hanging out here for a little bit longer :)
It was around October when I felt I started reaching BCL, so hopefully in 2-3 months I'll have nice healthy ends at TBL (if they grow... and I was measuring right before anyway!!)

How much did you cut? Now I'm curious how it looks ;)

And welcome!

[LauraLongLocks]

Trimmed back to BCL from only-just-TBL - so I'll be hanging out here for a little bit longer :)
It was around October when I felt I started reaching BCL, so hopefully in 2-3 months I'll have nice healthy ends at TBL (if they grow... and I was measuring right before anyway!!) Decided to work on your u-hem shape change? I can't wait to see a pic!

[lapushka]

Those that are almost, or at tailbone. Is it better than waist? Just a tiny bit of inspiration going on here.

I see you're a iii. TBL is absolutely better than waist from that perspective, as you can do more updos at that length. At waist I was just starting to be able to get at a decent length for updos.

[FrostedLoki]

lapushka makes sense. I'm at waist with much thinner hair and still find myself in short supply for quite a few updos. :(

[Kendrix]

Are butt Crack and tailbone the same thing? I am not actually sure which marker I hit and which one I have yet to hit.

[Arete]

Are butt Crack and tailbone the same thing? I am not actually sure which marker I hit and which one I have yet to hit.
BCL is at the very top of your *ahem* crack. TBL is about midway down your butt at the end of your coccyx vertebrae

[DreamSheep]

Johanna and LLL - it felt like I cut a lot (2 inches or more maybe? I didn't measure) - but it was my bottom layer that is probably as thin as a cable, so visually, it actually looks quite similar if not the same (like a V with a somewhat blunter end if I splay the hairs out). I may dust or thoroughly S&D again in mid-January when I'm reunited with my sharper pair of scissors in case my mother's scissors, which are actually pretty dull, have caused any damage or splits.

When it is in a ponytail, there is less of a point at the end, but I like how it looks more - and I can still do my nautilus/nauthickus bun thing, so that's fine. :)
I took a picture in a braid with the last bit of trim, and perhaps I'll get that picture up, it actually shows the braid taper quite nicely, and where the layers are.

[Kendrix]

BCL is at the very top of your *ahem* crack. TBL is about midway down your butt at the end of your coccyx vertebrae

Ah. Then I am at BCL and growing toward TBL with classic as my end goal. My ends are getting wispy though, some splits here and there. Last trim was early august and my sis took off a quarter inch and put in layers. I like a face frame that starts at the chin as an alternative to bangs, but it grows out so wispy. I am toying with the idea of taking another half inch to an inch off. Should I cut?

[Kendrix]

Ah. Then I am at BCL and growing toward TBL with classic as my end goal. My ends are getting wispy though, some splits here and there. Last trim was early august and my sis took off a quarter inch and put in layers. I like a face frame that starts at the chin as an alternative to bangs, but it grows out so wispy. I am toying with the idea of taking another half inch to an inch off. Should I cut?

http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah39/knm37504/Mobile%20Uploads/20141224_115314_RichtoneHDR_zpsx4obeozn.jpg (http://s1376.photobucket.com/user/knm37504/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20141224_115314_RichtoneHDR_zpsx4obeozn.jpg.html)

This is what it looks like

[wilderwein]

Kendrix BEAUTIFUL HAIR *_*

[Achlys]

Kendrix, those are wispy ends? They look nice and healthy.

[Ambrielle]

http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah39/knm37504/Mobile%20Uploads/20141224_115314_RichtoneHDR_zpsx4obeozn.jpg (http://s1376.photobucket.com/user/knm37504/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20141224_115314_RichtoneHDR_zpsx4obeozn.jpg.html)

This is what it looks like

what a lovely mane you have!:applause the ends look neat and healthy to me, i wouldn't trim back unless you're finding more than a handful of splits of course :flower:

[Sarahlabyrinth]

Kendrix, I think your ends look fine, I wouldn't trim those.

[Scarlet_Heart]

^ditto what they said. Looks great :thumbsup:

[Kendrix]

Thanks. I've really been on the fence about it, tending toward a trim when the ends start to tangle too much or feel super dry. I am going to try going longer though. :)

[Johannah]

Kendrix, your hair is amazing!

[lapushka]

Kendrix, those ends look fine to me. Happy growing!

[Komao]

Thanks. I've really been on the fence about it, tending toward a trim when the ends start to tangle too much or feel super dry. I am going to try going longer though. :)

Gorgeous hair! Your plan sounds like a good one. If I'm on the fence about trimming, I go by the same criteria as you stated. :)

[Kendrix]

Thanks for the advice everyone! I am always nervous about my hair, but you all are so encouraging. I definitely feel better about my journey to TBL

[LauraLongLocks]

I made about three inches progress this year.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/Bestbirth/Hair%20Gallery/Hair%20length%20shots/picisto-20141231204933-857632.jpg (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/media/Hair%20Gallery/Hair%20length%20shots/picisto-20141231204933-857632.jpg.html)

It's so hard to photograph dark hair indoors!!!

[wilderwein]

Laura great progress! Seems more than 3"

[Sarahlabyrinth]

Gorgeous hair, Laura - and such lovely ends, too. Your hair is just so glossy and pretty!

[LauraLongLocks]

The measuring tape actually says I gained 3.86 inches, so yes, I did gain closer to 4 inches. I stand corrected.

[wilderwein]

The measuring tape actually says I gained 3.86 inches, so yes, I did gain closer to 4 inches. I stand corrected.

Thats actually a great mistake!!! :lol: (and yay for my -non existing- math abillity)

[Allie_snowflake]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7516/15982152839_8a3c950f32.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/alliewinter/15982152839/)

Here is my comparison photo. The first one is from May and the last one was a few days ago. I wish it could have been an outdoor shot but I'm visiting family in Wyoming and there's 8" of snow on the ground! It seems to be fairy-tailing quite a bit. Going to try dusting & S&D'ing only in 2015 (but don't hold me to that!)

[LauraLongLocks]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7516/15982152839_8a3c950f32.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/alliewinter/15982152839/)

Here is my comparison photo. The first one is from May and the last one was a few days ago. I wish it could have been an outdoor shot but I'm visiting family in Wyoming and there's 8" of snow on the ground! It seems to be fairy-tailing quite a bit. Going to try dusting & S&D'ing only in 2015 (but don't hold me to that!)

Looks like you gained as much length as I did in one whole year since your May photo. Congratulations on such excellent growth.

[Allie_snowflake]

Thank you Laura! I did trim almost 2" over three or four trims. And, like you, my measuring tape has an attitude... Never same measurements. Constantly "losing" growth... Frustrating! Thinking of only measuring/taking length shots every three or four months.

[Salty Sloth]

I think I can feel ok with posting here now! I'm just barely at waist since I trimmed my hair a bit to get rid of the fairy ends. My goal is definitely tailbone since my bf doesn't *think* he'd like it any longer and my only preference is "long". I might decide to go longer after that but it's really up to how it ends up looking as it grows out since I don't like thin ends! Here's a shoddy length pic:
http://i.imgur.com/RpVnTn0.jpg?1

[Arete]

The lighting is terrible, and my hair looks awful, but here's a Jan 1st length shot. I am practically at BCL (there stretched), the bottom of the shirt is a little past TBL

[lapushka]

I think I can feel ok with posting here now! I'm just barely at waist since I trimmed my hair a bit to get rid of the fairy ends. My goal is definitely tailbone since my bf doesn't *think* he'd like it any longer and my only preference is "long". I might decide to go longer after that but it's really up to how it ends up looking as it grows out since I don't like thin ends! Here's a shoddy length pic:
http://i.imgur.com/RpVnTn0.jpg?1

That looks like it's past waist to me. Congrats! :D

[LauraLongLocks]

Lookin' good Salty! Welcome to the forum, and to this thread. I concur with Lapushka. You look to be a bit past waist.

Arete, our hair looks to be just about the same length while yours is unstretched. This will be a nice photo for you to reference again next year for comparison. :)

[Johannah]

I think I can feel ok with posting here now! I'm just barely at waist since I trimmed my hair a bit to get rid of the fairy ends. My goal is definitely tailbone since my bf doesn't *think* he'd like it any longer and my only preference is "long". I might decide to go longer after that but it's really up to how it ends up looking as it grows out since I don't like thin ends! Here's a shoddy length pic:
http://i.imgur.com/RpVnTn0.jpg?1

Barely at waist? Your hair is way longer than that IMO!

[maborosi]

I never did get to take a proper length shot, but here I am, at waist, a bit over 30"

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UXe1Nt0JVK4/VKZAcjcYHhI/AAAAAAAAAKc/9FV7AosALSI/s1600/2014-12.jpg


I think I should hit TBL by the end of 2015. I really hope so!

[lapushka]

Very pretty, maborosi!

[Johannah]

Maborosi, your hair color is so pretty! :o

[LauraLongLocks]

I never did get to take a proper length shot, but here I am, at waist, a bit over 30"

I think I should hit TBL by the end of 2015. I really hope so!

I think you are well past waist, even past hip possibly? Love your pretty hair color.

[pastina]

im so bad at this.

this one was beginning of september:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/virgin4sale/imagejpg2_zpsa264aefa.jpg

this was last week-ish:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/virgin4sale/imagejpg1_zps891e7b28.jpg

what would you call this length, lol

[lapushka]

Hip length, pastina. :)

[Johannah]

I agree with lapushka. It looks like you're at hip.

[Arete]

Taking advantage of a sick day despite not feeling all that great. Much better length shot. My hair ends are being weird since this is 7th day hair, but eh. End of shirt is an inch or so past BCL:

http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x385/TheJazzPony/1b5ac47d-153f-42ac-b0c1-a3591e9a6c8c_zps18025deb.jpg?t=1420146914

[LauraLongLocks]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/virgin4sale/imagejpg1_zps891e7b28.jpg

what would you call this length, lol

Looks past hip, nearing BCL to me.

[Kome]

im so bad at this.

this one was beginning of september:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/virgin4sale/imagejpg2_zpsa264aefa.jpg

this was last week-ish:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/virgin4sale/imagejpg1_zps891e7b28.jpg

what would you call this length, lol

Your hair just makes me cry with joy. I love it so much. I've never done half and half like that, but I do a lot of unnatural colors, especially in my bangs. I LOVE the baby pink. I can never get my hair light enough without frying it. And your hair looks between waist and TBL to me. :D

[pastina]

^ wow, thank you, kome!

and thanks for the length help, guys! i think my problem is that i'm confused about where the hip marker is supposed to be. i thought i'd passed it, but maybe not!

[TrapperCreekD]

Taking advantage of a sick day despite not feeling all that great. Much better length shot. My hair ends are being weird since this is 7th day hair, but eh. End of shirt is an inch or so past BCL:

http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x385/TheJazzPony/1b5ac47d-153f-42ac-b0c1-a3591e9a6c8c_zps18025deb.jpg?t=1420146914

Getting closer everyday. :D

[Dessi]

Helo ladies! I cut 1 cm a week ago and now I'm really happy with my hemline. 35,8 inches, BCL. :)
http://s11.postimg.org/nkaaxs637/29_12_14.jpg

[Johannah]

Helo ladies! I cut 1 cm a week ago and now I'm really happy with my hemline. 35,8 inches, BCL. :)
http://s11.postimg.org/nkaaxs637/29_12_14.jpg

Your hair looks amazing!

[lapushka]

Your hair looks amazing!

Yes, it does! :D

[Dessi]

Thank you Lapushka and Johannah! :flower:

[Komao]

Dessi, your hair looks wonderful. :o

[wilderwein]

Helo ladies! I cut 1 cm a week ago and now I'm really happy with my hemline. 35,8 inches, BCL. :)
http://s11.postimg.org/nkaaxs637/29_12_14.jpg

Oh my. the length, the hair color, the volume, the waves! perfect!!!!

[AbruptlyWanderi]

My hair is longer than it has ever been now, I think. If not, it is certainly very close!
I'm almost at hip, which is very exciting.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=15088&d=1420407168

[Salty Sloth]

I put my hair up in a nautilus bun with one hair stick and it didn't budge when I took the stick out until I shook my head! Progress!

[Dessi]

Thank you Komao and Wilderwein! So kind of you! :)

[Crumpet]

Wow, there has been an explosion of beautiful hair photos on this thread. Impressive progress ladies!

I'm staying in this thread, although a recent GM salon visit unexpectedly resulted in losing at least two inches. I should be back at waist next month. Still, its discouraging that I've been parked at waist for about 14 or more months. Sighs....

[LauraLongLocks]

Wow, there has been an explosion of beautiful hair photos on this thread. Impressive progress ladies!

I'm staying in this thread, although a recent GM salon visit unexpectedly resulted in losing at least two inches. I should be back at waist next month. Still, its discouraging that I've been parked at waist for about 14 or more months. Sighs....

Oh no, I'm sorry so much was cut off. This makes me sad for you. I will go see if you posted more about it in the GM visit thread you made.

[Five of Five]

My hair is longer than it has ever been now, I think. If not, it is certainly very close!
I'm almost at hip, which is very exciting.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=15088&d=1420407168

This is so pretty - the colour and waves look so mermaid-like!

[Johannah]

Wow, there has been an explosion of beautiful hair photos on this thread. Impressive progress ladies!

I'm staying in this thread, although a recent GM salon visit unexpectedly resulted in losing at least two inches. I should be back at waist next month. Still, its discouraging that I've been parked at waist for about 14 or more months. Sighs....

That's so sad! A big hug for you! :grouphug:

[CurlMonster]

Little update from me... I have been trimming 1 inch a month since about August, trying to speed up the process of removing my layers and old damage. So far it seems like my hair isn't getting any shorter, so I think my growth rate must be higher than the average 1/2 inch per month!
I wore my hair down for the first time all year on New Years' eve and I felt very conscious of it all night. Partly in a good way, but mostly feeling uncomfortable. I think I have just become so unaccustomed to having my hair down that I don't know how to handle it anymore. I can only hope that once the damage is gone I'll be less self-conscious about it becoming a poof-ball and will be able to enjoy wearing it down.
This is my December length picture, with French braid waves. :)
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2015/005/e/b/length_by_ponycool42-d8cpbsb.jpg

[schnibbles]

^^^ CurlMonster :thud:

[Johannah]

Little update from me... I have been trimming 1 inch a month since about August, trying to speed up the process of removing my layers and old damage. So far it seems like my hair isn't getting any shorter, so I think my growth rate must be higher than the average 1/2 inch per month!
I wore my hair down for the first time all year on New Years' eve and I felt very conscious of it all night. Partly in a good way, but mostly feeling uncomfortable. I think I have just become so unaccustomed to having my hair down that I don't know how to handle it anymore. I can only hope that once the damage is gone I'll be less self-conscious about it becoming a poof-ball and will be able to enjoy wearing it down.
This is my December length picture, with French braid waves. :)
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2015/005/e/b/length_by_ponycool42-d8cpbsb.jpg

Your hair is STUNNING!!

[kganihanova]

Wow, there has been an explosion of beautiful hair photos on this thread. Impressive progress ladies!

I'm staying in this thread, although a recent GM salon visit unexpectedly resulted in losing at least two inches. I should be back at waist next month. Still, its discouraging that I've been parked at waist for about 14 or more months. Sighs....

You're trimming out layers aren't you? That two inches may have saved you time in getting them out.

[Scarlet_Heart]

I see no damage. I see luscious, thick waves that I envy... but no damage, miss.

[Ambrielle]

Little update from me... I have been trimming 1 inch a month since about August, trying to speed up the process of removing my layers and old damage. So far it seems like my hair isn't getting any shorter, so I think my growth rate must be higher than the average 1/2 inch per month!
I wore my hair down for the first time all year on New Years' eve and I felt very conscious of it all night. Partly in a good way, but mostly feeling uncomfortable. I think I have just become so unaccustomed to having my hair down that I don't know how to handle it anymore. I can only hope that once the damage is gone I'll be less self-conscious about it becoming a poof-ball and will be able to enjoy wearing it down.
This is my December length picture, with French braid waves. :)
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2015/005/e/b/length_by_ponycool42-d8cpbsb.jpg

oh wow! seriously, your mane is GORGEOUS! :flower:

by the way i love your hair colour, it's the same rich brown as my best friend.

[Ambrielle]

Little update from me... I have been trimming 1 inch a month since about August, trying to speed up the process of removing my layers and old damage. So far it seems like my hair isn't getting any shorter, so I think my growth rate must be higher than the average 1/2 inch per month!
I wore my hair down for the first time all year on New Years' eve and I felt very conscious of it all night. Partly in a good way, but mostly feeling uncomfortable. I think I have just become so unaccustomed to having my hair down that I don't know how to handle it anymore. I can only hope that once the damage is gone I'll be less self-conscious about it becoming a poof-ball and will be able to enjoy wearing it down.
This is my December length picture, with French braid waves. :)
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2015/005/e/b/length_by_ponycool42-d8cpbsb.jpg

oh wow! seriously, your mane is GORGEOUS! :flower:

by the way i love your hair colour, it's the same rich brown as my best friend's.

[Ambrielle]

i'll be taking photos of mine in Spring so i can compare with the december shots, not in a rush though... in the meantime i am enjoying seeing everyone's beautiful manes :popcorn: :o.

My friend checked my length yesterday, i am 3 inches away from BCL (unstretched) and 1- 1,5 inches away stretched, darn waves & height :rolleyes:
i think i will be by BCL in May/June with a small trim in between. Tailbone is 5 inches away, i may make it to christmas 2015 if i don't get too scissor happy about evening out layers and trimming old damage.

[veryhairyfairy]

Whoa, I leave for a week and a bunch of beautiful pictures get posted! I can't comment on each one, but my mouth was agape looking at all of the gorgeous manes on this thread! WOW! :thud:

I just posted my two year anniversary thread (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=128784&p=2911432#post2911432), and I think that since I'm almost always a bit past TBL at this point, I'm going to mosey on over to the TBL-Classic thread.

I'll still be lurking for the pictures and conversation, though! :smooch:

[Arete]

Come on baby, we're almost to BCL, you can do it, I believe in you, sweetie... :p
At BCL stretched, less than an inch on 6th/7th day hair, and 2.5" when my hair is all wurly. I wanna update my siggy so bad and call BCL, but I feel a moral obligation not to until I'm BCL pre-wash day. At full wurlies.... It's so hard to get an accurate measurement, so I'm not going to wait that long :p
So come on hair! grow Grow, GROW! :patrol: