Waist | Hip | BCL | Tailbone

[GoldLady]

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=3792&pictureid=91990

Final shot for this year - bun waves and clarified with ACV rinse, head tilted forward a bit, but it is BCL!!:cheese:


We could be hair sisters! Congrats on BCL! :)

[Avital88]

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=6798&pictureid=91970

My hair as of december 31, i hope to be at hip in february.

[Alvrodul]

Here is a shot taken on December 30th, on Gran Canaria. Hair is newly washed, detangled and almost dry. It looks darker than usual in this picture, but I suspect that has to do with the lighting.
My hair has passed hip length, and is creeping oh-so-slowly up on tailbone length. I expect to arrive there in early summer, depending on how much I have to trim :pray: - my Christmas Holiday in the sun has garnered me a crop of split ends :( (which fortunately are not visible in the picture.)
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5879&pictureid=92084

[Veer666]

I am at hip now too...very curious how long it will take us to tailbone!

Can't wait!

[Miasen]

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4369&pictureid=92189

First hair picture of the year, I'm starting to think I am ready to move on from this thread to the tailbone to classic one. What do you all think? I've always seen TB as the very tip, and I think I am mostly there? (Although it is a bit hard to see, what with pants and all. XD)

[Avital88]

Miasen

I think you have reached tailbone! congratulations, very lovely braid picture by the way

[UltraBella]

I think I am an inch away with my hair hanging naturally. If it was straight I think I would be just brushing tailbone. Getting soooo close :)

[Miasen]

Miasen

I think you have reached tailbone! congratulations, very lovely braid picture by the way
Aw, thank you so much! :D I think I might have to move on then. Good growing to all of you. (Although I might be back here though, the next time I get a trim. ;))

[freckles]

to me, Miasen, it definitely looks like tailbone or longer! Congratulations! :D

[Jenn of Pence]

Hey everyone! I think I can officially start 2011 in this thread!
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5730&pictureid=92125

[jlw9222]

Why does this length group seem to last FOREVER??? I know my hair is growing, but it seems to be taking its time. :)

[Cirafly24]

I know what you mean! I've been in this group since I joined in February! *and* I was already past waist and nearly to hip at that point. Still about 1-2" away from TBL

[rhosyn_du]

It's true, this length group is a long one. I reached waist last January, and I'm still a good inch away from TB. :silly:

On the bright side, the longer we're in this group, the longer we don't have to worry about accidentally sitting on our hair! (small comfort, yes, but it is something)

[PineappleJello]

Yes, it's all about finding the positive in the situation

/glass half full

[SR]

Joining in for the new year. I'm just past waist length and ready to keep going (growing).

[Alvrodul]

It's true, this length group is a long one. I reached waist last January, and I'm still a good inch away from TB. :silly:

On the bright side, the longer we're in this group, the longer we don't have to worry about accidentally sitting on our hair! (small comfort, yes, but it is something)
It is good to take our small blessings where we can find them! :D

[Cupofmilk]

I am past waist by around 2 + inches. I am hoping to get close to TB by end of 2011 - it is 5-6 inches away. No trimming and measure minimum 3 months apart.Daily updos as usual and more buns as braids leave vulnerable ends. New vitanmin and exercis regimes.

[Cupofmilk]

What length is TB on all you? On me I think 39.5 ish would be TB with true TB being 42 (bottom of the TB or coccyx) and then clasic is about 44. I am 5'9 and 3/4 !!!

[pepperminttea]

What length is TB on all you? On me I think 39.5 ish would be TB with true TB being 42 (bottom of the TB or coccyx) and then clasic is about 44. I am 5'9 and 3/4 !!!

I'm 5'10" - Waist 33", TB 40", Classic 47".

I'm at least a year from TB at the moment, at 34", but with trims and my intermittent growth rate, I think I'm going to be here closer to two years.

[Veer666]

Being short has it's advantages. Iam 5'4" or 165 cm. I measured from the top/back/crown of my head (not from the hairline)

Waist = 61 cm/ 24"
Hip = 68 cm/ 27"
Tailbone = 76 cm/ 30"
Classic = 82 cm/ 32"

[freckles]

What length is TB on all you? On me I think 39.5 ish would be TB with true TB being 42 (bottom of the TB or coccyx) and then clasic is about 44. I am 5'9 and 3/4 !!!

When I first joined with 'LHC TB'/BCL being my ultimate goal, I measured that it would be at around 36". I think that true tailbone, the end of the bone, is probably more like 38", but I'm not sure I'm growing as far as that. I am only 5'3" though and waist on me was only about 29", maybe a smide longer but not even 30".

[Avital88]

Being short has it's advantages. Iam 5'4" or 165 cm.

Waist = 61 cm/ 24"
Hip = 68 cm/ 27"
Tailbone = 76 cm/ 30"
Classic = 82 cm/ 32"

Woww, then i would be at classic now:) So you will probably be in this thread for a really short time..

[midnightwolf]

Being short has it's advantages. Iam 5'4" or 165 cm.

Waist = 61 cm/ 24"
Hip = 68 cm/ 27"
Tailbone = 76 cm/ 30"
Classic = 82 cm/ 32"

Im 5'3" but my hair is about an inch shy of tail bone and its 34inch measured from hair line, or 30inch from top of head. so lucky you! :)
But yeah, being short is good, theres people with my length hair who are only at waist!

[Alvrodul]

Oookay - now I am sitting here with henna mud on my hair, doing my roots. This weekend has been a real "pamper your hair" weekend - I have been doing treatments, and my hair felt soft and happy even before I put henna on it. :D But I suppose it needed it - I had a Christmas holiday in the sun, and my hair had to put up with frequent dips in salty or chlorinated water. But I did what I could - kept my hair in protective dos (it was an excellent reason for practicing Dutch braiding ;)) and did frequent oilings.
I did get a lot of split ends nonetheless, so I did a little trim earlier today - took off about 1 cm - which is something I had not intended to do for another month or two. But my hair needed it. Better a trim than having a head full of split ends!:p

[Veer666]

Woww, then i would be at classic now:) So you will probably be in this thread for a really short time..


I am at hip now and my hair grows about 1 to 1.5 inch a month. So maybe not that long if the growrate stays the same

[Veer666]

Im 5'3" but my hair is about an inch shy of tail bone and its 34inch measured from hair line, or 30inch from top of head. so lucky you! :)
But yeah, being short is good, theres people with my length hair who are only at waist!

I will specify in my other post that I measured from the top of my head and not the hairline. So I really just measured the lenght.

[janeytilllie]

What length is TB on all you? On me I think 39.5 ish would be TB with true TB being 42 (bottom of the TB or coccyx) and then clasic is about 44. I am 5'9 and 3/4 !!!

I'm 4'9 and bottom of TBL on me is 33" :)

[janeytilllie]

My hair has just reached the top of my hips however I will be trimming 2 inch off tomorrow.

I'm going through some major breakage. After the trim. I will be back at waist :( Never mind after my trim I'm off to town to treat myself to some conditioners and hair toys :gabigrin:

[princessp]

Im 5'3" but my hair is about an inch shy of tail bone and its 34inch measured from hair line, or 30inch from top of head. so lucky you! :)
But yeah, being short is good, theres people with my length hair who are only at waist!

Finally someone who has measurements closer to mine! I was starting to think I might be measuring wrong. There seem to be a lot of folks on here who have short TB measurements. BCL is like 34-35" for me so TB is longer than that (and I'm 5'4").

[Naphthylamine]

I am 5'5" and tailbone length would be around 34.5 inches if I manage it one day :D

[Veer666]

Being short has it's advantages. Iam 5'4" or 165 cm. I measured from the top/back/crown of my head (not from the hairline)

Waist = 61 cm/ 24"
Hip = 68 cm/ 27"
Tailbone = 76 cm/ 30"
Classic = 82 cm/ 32"


I am sorry I made a mistake!

I actually am 5'5" or 165 cm. I am not used to feet and inches yet.

Below measurements when I start measuring at hairline:

Waist = 76 cm/ 29.9"
Hip = 83 cm/ 32.7"
Tailbone = 91 cm/ 35.8"
Classic = 97 cm/ 38.2"

Which way is the standard way of measuring at LHC? Is from the hairline or from the crown of your head?

For me it would be starting from the crown, because it the most standardized way. It eliminates headsize. Ofcourse the body height is also an uncertainty.

[freckles]

I am sorry I made a mistake!

I actually am 5'5" or 165 cm. I am not used to feet and inches yet.

Below measurements when I start measuring at hairline:

Waist = 76 cm/ 29.9"
Hip = 83 cm/ 32.7"
Tailbone = 91 cm/ 35.8"
Classic = 97 cm/ 38.2"

Which way is the standard way of measuring at LHC? Is from the hairline or from the crown of your head?

For me it would be starting from the crown, because it the most standardized way. It eliminates headsize. Ofcourse the body height is also an uncertainty.

most of LHC starts at the hairline, and most measurements you see will be starting from the hairline. I believe the reasoning is that you will more easily be able to find the same starting point every time. :)

[Veer666]

I always have the same starting point too. I have my height marked on the wall and measure the lenght of my hair and put a new pencil line at that new lenght and put the date next to it.
When I measure the lenght on the wall it is actually the same as measuring from the crown/top of the head. So I prefer this way, but I will add the size of my head.

And what about thinning or disappearing hairline? Wouldn't that be a problem with this measurement from the hairline?

[Cupofmilk]

I'm 5'10" - Waist 33", TB 40", Classic 47".

I'm at least a year from TB at the moment, at 34", but with trims and my intermittent growth rate, I think I'm going to be here closer to two years.

I will be really interested to see how you get on. I am 1/4 inch shorter and my ahir is 1/2 inch shorter. I have a short body - normal length tops fit me but I take a 34 inch inside leg for normal trouser and 35 with a heel.
Perhaps I got my classic meaurement worng though - it might be up to 46 - on me taking into account curvarture

[Locksmith]

I will be really interested to see how you get on. I am 1/4 inch shorter and my ahir is 1/2 inch shorter. I have a short body - normal length tops fit me but I take a 34 inch inside leg for normal trouser and 35 with a heel.
Perhaps I got my classic meaurement worng though - it might be up to 46 - on me taking into account curvarture

Wow. My torso really is long for my height! (Five foot 8 here and also waist 35 and TB 40.) I mean, I knew that already given how much I have to lengthen basically any sewing pattern for my top half, but sometimes it's brought home to me. :p

[Cirafly24]

Can I call this TBL yet? *sigh*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/DragonflyWings/DSCF1743.jpg

Another inch or two maybe?

[Locksmith]

Cirafly, I'd call that tailbone, or at least BCL! :D

[Cupofmilk]

Wow. My torso really is long for my height! (Five foot 8 here and also waist 35 and TB 40.) I mean, I knew that already given how much I have to lengthen basically any sewing pattern for my top half, but sometimes it's brought home to me. :p

I was just wondering if you are going for waist as high waist - the true waist we use here.
My high waist is about 31-32 inches - what I think of as waist is about 34-35 inches (what we call hip on here). In my head hip is what we call BCL on here - on me about 39-40. AND tailbone to me would be true tailboine - ie coccyx length so about 42 inches on me.

[Cupofmilk]

Cirafly I think you must be BCL at least and stretched that looks tailbone.
I don't really understand where tailbone is meant to be beacuse somepeople on here think that BCL = Tailbone. I think tailbone is true tailbone/coccyx which is about 2 inches shy of classic - so that is probably too low.

[Locksmith]

I was just wondering if you are going for waist as high waist - the true waist we use here.
My high waist is about 31-32 inches - what I think of as waist is about 34-35 inches (what we call hip on here). In my head hip is what we call BCL on here - on me about 39-40. AND tailbone to me would be true tailboine - ie coccyx length so about 42 inches on me.

I'm measuring the waist where I'd measure it if I were measuring for clothes, at the narrowest point - the point where if you bend to the side, you get the crease. My waist and hips are pretty defined in relation to each other (go go pear shapes! :p), so I hadn't really thought that maybe I was measuring a different bit to everyone else. OTOH, "hip" coveres a whole load of measurements. I started calling mine "hip" when it covered the "gap" where my waist goes in and hit nearly the widest point of my hips, which is just below navel level on me. BCL is a few inches below that on me, and TB a couple more inches. I think I have a short coccyx perhaps, because the start of BCL is only an inch and a half or two inches above TB for me.

Hmm, maybe I should get my camera working, take a full length picture with measurements and see what people think. Body proportions are interesting (to me, anyway :p)

ETA: I think my bonus torso length is above the waist, based on the fact that I have to lengthen patterns to make them reach my waist, rather than having loads of length in the hip, as trousers fit fine. So I may just be comparatively low-waisted and gaining inches that way.

[Deimos]

Hello everyone! I reached waist :D Going for TB now!

[Locksmith]

Welcome to the thread, Deimos! :)

[princessp]

Hello everyone! I reached waist :D Going for TB now!

Congratulations on reaching your goal! Welcome to the land of TB hopefuls. :)

[princessp]

Can I call this TBL yet? *sigh*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/DragonflyWings/DSCF1743.jpg

Another inch or two maybe?

Your hair is pretty much where mine is and I don't call it TB, but maybe that is because my hair is wavy/curly and it changes lengths too much for me to feel comfortable labeling it so. Either way you are almost there!

[bluesnowflake]

Hello! I've been meaning to post here for a while, but didn't get to it until now. I'm at waist (yay!) and hoping to hit tailbone by the end of this summer ( my hair grows pretty fast).

[midnightwolf]

Am I at tail bone yet?
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/midnight_wolf_/113_0084.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/midnight_wolf_/1.jpg

[princessp]

midnightwolf Am I at tail bone yet?
I think you might be. But it is a little difficult to tell because (hope you don't mind me saying) those jeans you are wearing in the pics are a wee baggy in the butt! :p But it looks like you are at least BCL and a little into TB. Maybe post this pic over there (TB to classic) and see what those folks think? Congratulations, your hair is spectacular!

[midnightwolf]

I think you might be. But it is a little difficult to tell because (hope you don't mind me saying) those jeans you are wearing in the pics are a wee baggy in the butt! :p But it looks like you are at least BCL and a little into TB. Maybe post this pic over there (TB to classic) and see what those folks think? Congratulations, your hair is spectacular!

Thank you very much :) and they used to be my mums jeans, i go for comfort over style :P

[Cirafly24]

Thanks for the input, everyone :)


Cirafly I think you must be BCL at least and stretched that looks tailbone.
I don't really understand where tailbone is meant to be beacuse somepeople on here think that BCL = Tailbone. I think tailbone is true tailbone/coccyx which is about 2 inches shy of classic - so that is probably too low.

Yep- I'm about 2 inches past BCL...but after considering it, I don't really think it's TBL yet. I think I'll wait until it's as long unstretched as it is stretched right now, and then I'll be confident that I'm in TBL territory ;)

[Cleopatra18]

I'm so out of patience for my hair!! I have been wanting TB since forever =/!! I'm stuck at a inch past BCL,what's up with that??

[UP Lisa]

I was at Tailbone for quite a while, but have cut to Hip to make the ends look better. Waist is probably the best length for my hair, actually.

[pepperedmoth]

I have some fairly extreme body hatred, so I don't like posting pics . . . but everyone here is so kind, I think I feel OK about it. And I want opinions. I think hip-ish; my pants are well below my natural waist.

You can see fairly clearly where I my old layers end, around BSL. I'm not sure how they convinced me that layers are a good idea. My hair is generally a solid ii, but not from BSL down . . .

So, hip-ish? Waist-ish? I could pull out the waves for comparison but I don't care to.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=7042&pictureid=93117

[Locksmith]

I'd definitely call that hip, pepperedmoth :)

[pepperedmoth]

Yaaaaaaay!

[UP Lisa]

Hip for sure!

[rhosyn_du]

Yup, definitely hip. :D

[princessp]

pepperedmoth it looks like hip to me too maybe even a bit past.:)

[pepperedmoth]

You ladies are making my day.

My current plan is to grow to classic, annoying old layers be damned, and then trim trim trim at classic to even it all up.

For a while I thought I wanted to trim first, to let the layers catch up (I'm very un-fond of the wispiness), but then I thought about how long that would take and how much I wanted to be at classic and how nobody besides my husband ever sees my hair down anyway . . . so I'm just going for it.

Should I assume since everyone else here is also growing, they have a similar strategy . . . or did others cultivate the hemline first, then grow?

[princessp]

You ladies are making my day.

My current plan is to grow to classic, annoying old layers be damned, and then trim trim trim at classic to even it all up.

For a while I thought I wanted to trim first, to let the layers catch up (I'm very un-fond of the wispiness), but then I thought about how long that would take and how much I wanted to be at classic and how nobody besides my husband ever sees my hair down anyway . . . so I'm just going for it.

Should I assume since everyone else here is also growing, they have a similar strategy . . . or did others cultivate the hemline first, then grow?

My hemline is fairly crazy because of curls/waves and general unevenness. I'm trying to reach TB (maybe even classic) then I'll deal with thickening up my hemline. So yeah, sounds like we both have the same strategy. :)

[Cupofmilk]

I 'd go for a little past hip - I love you hair it's so pretty. I also don't see any reason for any body hatred!I hate my body. In makes me miserable and so does my face. I don't really like my hair either since I cut it - I keep trying to con my self into the idea I do like it and then I realise it's still disappointly short.
However on a positive note - I tried the coconut oil shampoo thing - and it is quite impressive. I need to manipulate the technique to get the ends more oiled somehow but my hair was vastly softer

[Kherome]

I am currently at waist heading towards tailbone! But that will be like 7 more inches...yikes!

[tinti]

Definetly below hip, pepperedmoth!
I just discoved that my shortest layers except the ones around my face is shoulder lenght! Yays!

[Quahatundightu]

pepperedmoth: Yes definitely hip! If you stretch out the waves it seems like it might even be colse to BCL. And very pretty I might add :)

I'm still here in this thread... 6cm still until TB. I trim when I can't stand the thinness of my ends anymore, but it definitely sets my progress back. (I was only 3cm from TB not so long ago)
It's always such a debate with me! I know once I reach TB I will be happy maintaining so long as I don't go shorter, but until I get there every bit lost feels like it's just really setting me back. I thought I would have reached TB 2 years ago but I hit major stalling between waist and TB and kept feeling the need to trim my thin ends. Anyone else in the same boat?

[pepperedmoth]

I thought I would have reached TB 2 years ago but I hit major stalling between waist and TB and kept feeling the need to trim my thin ends. Anyone else in the same boat?

Yup. I've only grown two inches between this summer and now, partly due to breakage and partly because I keep wanting to trim those ends!

Hugs.

[UP Lisa]

Since I don't like scraggly ends, I have mine at Hip again after having it at Tailbone for a long time. I think about keeping it at Waist, since it would probably look best at that length.

[Siava]

I'm ecstatic to finally be able to join this thread. :cheer:

[freckles]

I'm ecstatic to finally be able to join this thread. :cheer:

Welcome to the thread! :D

[Carolyn]

pepperedmoth: Yes definitely hip! If you stretch out the waves it seems like it might even be colse to BCL. And very pretty I might add :)

I'm still here in this thread... 6cm still until TB. I trim when I can't stand the thinness of my ends anymore, but it definitely sets my progress back. (I was only 3cm from TB not so long ago)
It's always such a debate with me! I know once I reach TB I will be happy maintaining so long as I don't go shorter, but until I get there every bit lost feels like it's just really setting me back. I thought I would have reached TB 2 years ago but I hit major stalling between waist and TB and kept feeling the need to trim my thin ends. Anyone else in the same boat?I've been to tailbone before but my ends weren't what I wanted them to be. This time I want to do it with a nice even. blunt hemline. I've been trimming every 3-4 months so it's taking forever. With trims, I usually gain about 3" per year, so waist to tailbone is a minimum of 2 years growing. I have a constant mental battle with myself over it. Do I want my dream length or do I want my dream ends?

[Quahatundightu]

Welcome Siava! :)


I've been to tailbone before but my ends weren't what I wanted them to be. This time I want to do it with a nice even. blunt hemline. I've been trimming every 3-4 months so it's taking forever. With trims, I usually gain about 3" per year, so waist to tailbone is a minimum of 2 years growing. I have a constant mental battle with myself over it. Do I want my dream length or do I want my dream ends?

You seem to have more patience than me :) I keep going backwards and forwards between trimming more often and letting it grow. I just can't decide what would be best. I think my compromise this year will be dusting! The tiniest amount ever each month to see if it will increase thickness without taking away growth.

[SpinDance]

Last evening I decided I needed some help figuring out how much more length I need to get to BCL, so I put my hand behind my back, flat across at that length and asked one of my kids how much longer my hair needed to get to be "this" long. He pulled down the few inches of take-up my waves give me and said "Feel that? It's your hair!" Pulled straight it was just long enough to brush my hand. I was so thrilled, and told him thank you, and how happy I was to be BCL. I'm sure some of you will understand the confused expression he got trying to figure out what I'd just said, so I told him "butt crack length!" He was speechless, but amused. The things we do to our kids. :D

So I've met another mile-stone. The amount of take-up I've got it still looks hip length, and by the time it looks BCL it will probably be TB.

[Siava]

Thanks for the welcome. :) And congratulations on reaching BCL, SpinDance. Yay!

[princessp]

Last evening I decided I needed some help figuring out how much more length I need to get to BCL, so I put my hand behind my back, flat across at that length and asked one of my kids how much longer my hair needed to get to be "this" long. He pulled down the few inches of take-up my waves give me and said "Feel that? It's your hair!" Pulled straight it was just long enough to brush my hand. I was so thrilled, and told him thank you, and how happy I was to be BCL. I'm sure some of you will understand the confused expression he got trying to figure out what I'd just said, so I told him "butt crack length!" He was speechless, but amused. The things we do to our kids. :D

So I've met another mile-stone. The amount of take-up I've got it still looks hip length, and by the time it looks BCL it will probably be TB.

My hair is there too! I agree it is so cool, but I hate that I have to stretch my hair to see it (or it needs to be wet).

Welcome to all the noobs!

[fairy_ends_girl]

pepperedmoth: Yes definitely hip! If you stretch out the waves it seems like it might even be colse to BCL. And very pretty I might add :)

I'm still here in this thread... 6cm still until TB. I trim when I can't stand the thinness of my ends anymore, but it definitely sets my progress back. (I was only 3cm from TB not so long ago)
It's always such a debate with me! I know once I reach TB I will be happy maintaining so long as I don't go shorter, but until I get there every bit lost feels like it's just really setting me back. I thought I would have reached TB 2 years ago but I hit major stalling between waist and TB and kept feeling the need to trim my thin ends. Anyone else in the same boat?

I have the same hair as you! My ends are very thin and fairy tailed and I hated mine until I just saw how beautiful yours look! It does not matter how thin they are, look how beautiful they fall! thanks for posting this pic in your signature. I am def not going to cut mine after seeing yours. :)

[Ravenwaves 88]

Just an update.

33.5" on my way to 39.5" (end of striped shirt)

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/Ravenwaves88/2%20years%20of%20hair%20growth/DSCF4461.jpg

[Kherome]

It's tough waiting, this seems like a really long "leg" of the journey!

[Cleopatra18]

your hair is awesome ravenwaves 88 :)
just wondering y'all how long is your braid? even though my hair is past BCL my braid is only brushing WL and the last 4-5 inches are extremly thin :S lol when i put it over my shoulders its just brushing BSL,really.

[tinti]

My braid is an inch past bsl and barely brushing bsl when I pull it over my shoulders. It's really thin in the end, mine too but that's because of the layers.

[Locksmith]

My braid is hip length now, though it's about half as thick at the end as it is at the beginning. :( Hoping that thickness will grow down...!

[xoxophelia]

Just an update.

33.5" on my way to 39.5" (end of striped shirt)

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/Ravenwaves88/2%20years%20of%20hair%20growth/DSCF4461.jpg

I keep looking at your picture and thinking you have barbie doll hair. Long, thick, and reeeeally shiny ^^

[moonlight]

pepperedmoth: Yes definitely hip! If you stretch out the waves it seems like it might even be colse to BCL. And very pretty I might add :)

I'm still here in this thread... 6cm still until TB. I trim when I can't stand the thinness of my ends anymore, but it definitely sets my progress back. (I was only 3cm from TB not so long ago)
It's always such a debate with me! I know once I reach TB I will be happy maintaining so long as I don't go shorter, but until I get there every bit lost feels like it's just really setting me back. I thought I would have reached TB 2 years ago but I hit major stalling between waist and TB and kept feeling the need to trim my thin ends. Anyone else in the same boat?

Ooh, I love how your ends look!! Fairytail, but not crispy/wispy! This is exactly how I hope my hemline will look when I reach BCL!!

[Avital88]

I'm not gonna look at my hair or make a picture of it until march!
I just decided that because i feel like my hair isnt growing so much anymore:( I dont know why this is ,or it might be beacuse i dont straight my hair anymore so its more wurly and it looks shorter or it just really slowed down,
Yesterday i bought castor oil,so i hope to get a growth boost of that soon..else i will get very depressed..

@ Ravenwaves I Love your hair! It looks really good.

[HoneyJubilee]

just wondering y'all how long is your braid? even though my hair is past BCL my braid is only brushing WL and the last 4-5 inches are extremly thin :S lol when i put it over my shoulders its just brushing BSL,really.
My hair is barely waist length and my braid is just past BSL.

[Cupofmilk]

My hair is nearing hip - I braid in a single english plait as I would call it and over one shoulder to the front - it falls to about BSL on the front - at the back it is above waist but nearing there.

This is me a month before I cut off my hair

http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz53/rachelba99/PU20100604103501151-011111.jpg

I think it is a 15/16 bump braid - currently I am on 9/10.

[Siava]

My hair is barely waist length and my braid is just past BSL.

Same here.

[Cirafly24]

My hair is 2" past BCL, and my braid is about hip length.

[pepperedmoth]

I have the same hair as you! My ends are very thin and fairy tailed and I hated mine until I just saw how beautiful yours look! It does not matter how thin they are, look how beautiful they fall! thanks for posting this pic in your signature. I am def not going to cut mine after seeing yours. :)

Well, I hated MINE until I saw how pretty YOURS were! Isn't it funny how we find lovely in others what we find difficult in ourselves?

[pepperedmoth]

your hair is awesome ravenwaves 88 :)
just wondering y'all how long is your braid? even though my hair is past BCL my braid is only brushing WL and the last 4-5 inches are extremly thin :S lol when i put it over my shoulders its just brushing BSL,really.

My hair is at hip and my braid is brushing waist.

[SheaLynne]

I think it is a 15/16 bump braid - currently I am on 9/10.

cupofmilk, you will be back to your length before you know it..you have such a thick braid..WOW!!!


Well, I hated MINE until I saw how pretty YOURS were! Isn't it funny how we find lovely in others what we find difficult in ourselves?

I do the same thing with my dd's fairytale ends. On me, I see it as thinning ends, on her I think it's beautiful...silly how hard we are on ourselves! Yours are both beautiful :)

[EroSparrow]

I'd love to make it to TB. I am new ( this is my second time posting on here- even though I have been reading the boards for a while), but I just figured out that BSL means bra strap line. Anyway, I am waist right now. Just hennaed my hair today. I found an Indian salon that will apply for you (no mess in the bathroom)... but it was a little too red so I followed up with Hana indigo and now I am raven locked for the first time in years. This is actually my first successful indigo dye-- each other time i didn't have a high enough quality indigo. I have attached a photo.

OMG -- by the way -- posting about my hair actually feels so indulgent. I'm so used to quietly accepting compliments as to not offend people and say--- yeah my hair is gorgeous! So this is quite therapeutic.

Anyway, I was using Aveda Scalp Benefits shampoo and conditioner to wash and condition, and every so often using an alma/henna/ground ginger mix to give it a little more body. My hair is fine and straight so a little volume helps. Occasionally I use eggwhite/avocado mix to condition too. It depends on how much time I have.

Any suggestions on taking my hair from waist to tb? http://lh6.ggpht.com/_jVnLxlPbG5s/TTe47bIp5DI/AAAAAAAAACA/SNgB00UcXr4/s512/ravenhaired.JPG

[tcheney91]

I realized in the shower yesterday that I'm less than an inch from BCL! That's a huge milestone for me. I'm making progress! Yay!

Just popping in to say I made it! My hair is now solidly at BCL when wet. I did a happy dance in the shower when I felt it. So it took about 3.5 months, but that was with two little trims, maybe 1/4 to 1/2 inch each time. Wahoo!! :cheese:

[MrsGuther]

Hopefully I will be able to join the waist to tbl thread sometime this year!!! :cheese:

[freckles]

I just started taking biotin the other day. I'm just taking 300mcg a day, and watching out in case any undesirable symptoms happen, I'm definitely not interested in (as Igor puts it) 'megadosing', but I'm interested to see whether it makes any difference. Of course, I haven't been regularly measuring for a while so I might not even know whether it helps :p I'm also trying to grow my nails out so hopefully it will help with that :)

And I can't S&D cause I left my scissors at my dad's :( boo :(

[princessp]

The thing that is currently frustrating me about my hair is this curl. It looks curlier in this picture I took the other day, but also almost the same length (or maybe even shorter) than the one I took prior (in my album). I might reach TB uncurled soon, but I'm going to be waiting forever to reach TB curled (sigh). Anyone want to lament with me?:p

http://i939.photobucket.com/albums/ad240/princesspandora1/12JAN-17-11.jpg

[Anywhere]

I'm pretty much at tailbone ... stretched.:rolleyes:
I've been in the waistlands forever it seems.

[cmnt831]

your hair is awesome ravenwaves 88 :)
just wondering y'all how long is your braid? even though my hair is past BCL my braid is only brushing WL and the last 4-5 inches are extremly thin :S lol when i put it over my shoulders its just brushing BSL,really.

My hair is at hip, I think (and it feels like it's been here forever because of the curl :rolleyes:), and my braid reaches waist down my back and just past bsl if I pull it over my shoulder to the front.

Anyway, maybe I'll reach tbl this year sometime. That would be so nice.

[SheaLynne]

My hair is within an inch of true tb (past bcl) and my braid comes past hip in the back and past my belly button in the front. It's feeling long!!!

[princessp]

My hair is within an inch of true tb (past bcl) and my braid comes past hip in the back and past my belly button in the front. It's feeling long!!!

From your siggy picture it looks like you'll be moving on to the TB thread very soon!

[ancilla]

Checking in at 33" (which I have been for a while, do to excessive trimming in 2010) only 4 more inches to goal!!

[SpinDance]

The thing that is currently frustrating me about my hair is this curl. It looks curlier in this picture I took the other day, but also almost the same length (or maybe even shorter) than the one I took prior (in my album). I might reach TB uncurled soon, but I'm going to be waiting forever to reach TB curled (sigh). Anyone want to lament with me?:p

http://i939.photobucket.com/albums/ad240/princesspandora1/12JAN-17-11.jpg

I'll lament with you! I don't have anywhere near the curls you do, but I've still got some take-up that I expect will keep me in the waistlands for a long time (love that term, Anywhere!).

[EroSparrow]

You're hair is just beautiful! I am envious of your amazing curls! They are stunning! STUNNING!

[SheaLynne]

I might reach TB uncurled soon, but I'm going to be waiting forever to reach TB curled (sigh). Anyone want to lament with me?:p

http://i939.photobucket.com/albums/ad240/princesspandora1/12JAN-17-11.jpg

Ooh, I'm not lamenting anything except jealousy for not having those gorgeous curls!! I can get a similar look with rag curlers, but they only last a day or two at best. And I permed and used hot rollers for years trying to have that same curl. Personally, I think any discouragement on reaching the length you want is *way* overshadowed by what it already looks like and what it is going to be when you get to goal!!!!:thudpile:



From your siggy picture it looks like you'll be moving on to the TB thread very soon!

[squeals] Thank you! Yes, I am sooo close! I've started lurking over there as I wait for the official solid true tb....:pray:

[pepperedmoth]

The thing that is currently frustrating me about my hair is this curl. It looks curlier in this picture I took the other day, but also almost the same length (or maybe even shorter) than the one I took prior (in my album). I might reach TB uncurled soon, but I'm going to be waiting forever to reach TB curled (sigh). Anyone want to lament with me?

If it makes you feel any better, you have my absolute dream hair!

[princessp]

Ah gee thanks guys :) My hair is not always that curly, I had it up after washing (plopping) and this was a day after taking it down. It is definitely always wavy just not always as tightly wurled. Seriously, you are all way too nice. You all have very beautiful hair. I shouldn't complain but the curl seriously is annoying some times. There is nothing you can do with it except let it be its crazy self. And on top of that ---it is a brat. It prefers to surf above your goal instead of diving in!

[SheaLynne]

Ah gee thanks guys :) My hair is not always that curly, I had it up after washing (plopping) and this was a day after taking it down. It is definitely always wavy just not always as tightly wurled. Seriously, you are all way too nice. You all have very beautiful hair. I shouldn't complain but the curl seriously is annoying some times. There is nothing you can do with it except let it be its crazy self. And on top of that ---it is a brat. It prefers to surf above your goal instead of diving in!

I do get your frustration, and, yes, you are allowed to complain about it...we all have something about our hair that frustrates us or we wish were different LOL

And my dd has probably 2c/3a hair, and I get to comb it out all the time, so I do feel that pain! I appreciate how well it has to be taken care of (braided at night, combed regularly, oiled, etc.) to not be broken and damaged! Beautiful, but a lot more high-maintenance than my own hair.

[chopandchange]

I have just had to trim YET AGAIN because I've been ill for a week now and all the tossing and turning and being in bed has been awful for my hair.

Oh when will I get to tailbone? I keep slowly approaching, and then having to trim. (I am one of these "health over length" people).

Booo.

[Teufelchen]

I just reached TBL now. :cheer: so I am graduating to TBL to Classic. :cheer:

[Rennire]

Congratulations Teufelchen!:cheer: I'm super envious!

[SheaLynne]

Congrats Teufelchen!! I'll see you over there soon!

[McFearless]

princessp your hair is just stunning! and that colour....PWOOAAAAAAR

[Teufelchen]

Thank you Rennire and SheaLynne. :flower:

[Medievalmaniac]

Congratulations, Teufelchen! Do we get a final length shot before you graduate???

I am still right at BCL, after a quarter-inch trim January 1 to even up a bit. I have been wearing it up a lot, but have also noticed it is dryer and more tangle-prone than usual these days, probably stress and not drinking enough water, so I'm going to do a SMT today and see if I can head the inevitable damage off at the pass (inevitable because I'm impatient and usually running late on work mornings, and don't take the time I ought to in de-tangling, resulting in some breakage). This is definitely a habit I need to change!!

[princessp]

Congratulations, Teufelchen! Do we get a final length shot before you graduate???


Yeah this! Congratulations teufelchen!

Thanks Mcfearless et al. you are all too kind with your compliments. :blossom:

[jojo]

I don't know how many inches I have to get to TB as I am not measuring until April, but I think I am a little past waist now? maybe nearly hip? I dunno but I am enjoying the journey all the same!

[Cleopatra18]

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=5139&pictureid=94452
length update,been there since forever.
I'm going through shedding and my ends are thin again.ARGH!

[luckyduck]

I have a few racers that are half way to BCL , but the rest is about an 1.5 inches past waist now. I do have some layers i am growing out though. It is all of a sudden feeling long to me. My favorite updo's are figure 8, English braid, Gibraltar bun and the cinnabun. I think I am ready to watch those YouTube videos again, for some new styles.

[swivelhop]

I just snipped myself from TB to hip, so I'm still a permanent resident here. I like my layers to TB but, I prefer blunt hem at classic looking at old photos.

And an other congratz to teufelchen! This is a difficult group to leave.

[SandraRebekka]

Hey everyone. I will be paying attenttion to this thread since I´m at waist and tailbone is my current goal. I just joined before christmas so I´m barely starting out but I am exited about this.

[Alvrodul]

Congratulations, Teufelchen! :flowers: I. too, hope that you will favor us with a graduation picture!

My hair is trundling along slowly but surely - like the tortoise. I think I am likely to hit TBL in May, but if I need to do a trim it is likely to take a bit longer. I let my measuring tape lie mostly undisturbed among my sewing things anyway - or if I use it, it is not my hair that I measure. ;)

[Siava]

Hey everyone. I will be paying attenttion to this thread since I´m at waist and tailbone is my current goal. I just joined before christmas so I´m barely starting out but I am exited about this.

Hiya, SandraRebekka. We're in the same boat. Good luck to you and happy growing! :D

[Avital88]

I feel like my hair isnt getting closer to hip, it feels thinner and shorter :( Maybe its just me who knows, im not gonna meaure it for a while and my last picture i made 3 wks ago and i will not make one untill march.
Need my supplements again i guess, wish me luck!

[SheaLynne]

Welcome, SandraRebekka! I started here at LHC just barely hitting waist, too. That was a year and a half ago, and I'm very close to leaving this thread now, but wanted to wish you well and happy growing!

[Shoga]

Hello! Once I get a trim I will be exactly at waist length (I really need it too, the ends are getting stringy). Woot! My goal is to get a full amount to tailbone and from there I'll see if I want to keep going longer. ^_^

[PineappleJello]

I measured 34 inches today. Not sure if I measure wrong or what :P Oh well it means I only have about 5.5 inches until tbl (so I think I'll be out of here in April or May?)

Edit: Had it in my head that it was beginning of December of something. So I'll probably hit tbl in June or July

[Becky Safari]

WHY does this period take soooo long?? Hahaha

I feel like I have been at waist forever, I stopped measuring my hair because the waves vary so much, so one day may be measured a couple of inches shorter than the day before, or vice versa.

My goal length is 36 inches, which I like because it's a good round number, 3 feet, and I would like to stay there to thicken up my hemline. Right now I am still hovering at about 31 inches...grr

[LoveMyLongHair]

Joining in the fun here! :flower: I am now at waist....at least the longest part of my u-line is.....and I can't wait for tailbone.

[Cirafly24]

Measured 39" today! Only three more inches to go until I reach goal!! I think I'll wait until 40" before I move on to the Tailbone to Classic thread. So you're stuck with me for another couple of months!! :)

[Cupofmilk]

cirafly - woohoo!!!!

I am not measuring or doing pics unitl March - I did them last in December - as otherwise I get a bit stressed atlack of growth - I am another wavy so my hair does vary from day to day.

[Siava]

Joining in the fun here! :flower: I am now at waist....at least the longest part of my u-line is.....and I can't wait for tailbone.

Woohoo! :D Congratulations!!

[freckles]

I was rereading an old thread, and I came across one of my posts, from July, where I was talking about being at waist. And now, it's January, and I am STILL exactly at waist -- a combination of trimming and stalling. That has just made me really frustrated :( I basically have made no progress in several months.

And today my hair is manky, I haven't washed since Monday I think, I've been to busy.

Today is not a happy hair day :( Hopefully I will feel better about it tomorrow.

[Nymphea]

Joining in the fun here! :flower: I am now at waist....at least the longest part of my u-line is.....and I can't wait for tailbone.

...And I'm just in this club! Next stop - TB! :joy:

Freckles, don't be sad or angry with your hair. Enjoy it! Tomorrow will be better. Besides, I'm sure that all those trimming made your hair looking great, and that's excellent start on the journey from waist to TB!

[Kherome]

Your hair grows an inch a month??? Jan to July, would be an "average" of 3.5 inches. (Assuming average growth rate is approx. 1/2 inch per month) I think I'm pretty average, and if you're pulling 1"+ per month I am super jealous:p



I measured 34 inches today. Not sure if I measure wrong or what :P Oh well it means I only have about 5.5 inches until tbl
Edit: Had it in my head that it was beginning of December of something. So I'll probably hit tbl in June or July

[Cupofmilk]

My hair appears to have shrunk on some days. Like today - I took it out of a tight braid and so the waves were very bouncy and I was just at waist. Its hard to tell when you look in the mirror as if you look sideways the longest bits are extra long and the furtherst away bits very short... (I hope you understand that).
I pulled my hair today and I think the short bits are hip when straight . I think the long bits are hip when wavey. I coudl be making that up beacuse I can't really see. I am guessing. Only 6 weeks unitl I will allow myself to photo and measure.

[Messyhair]

Hey everyone! I'm nowhere near waist yet, but I thought I'd take a look at this thread to see if you have any tidbits of knowledge for me. When my hair got past waist before, the length started getting really thin from waist on. I don't know if it was just because I was needing a maintenance trim or due to too much friction in that area. I hope I can figure it out this time around because I would love to get my hair even longer this time.

[MissManda]

Just thought I'd check in and say that I am ridiculously close to hip length, which excites me greatly. I suspect that I'm less than an inch away and only two or so inches away from BCL/TBL (they're the same length for me). I've measured the lengths, but I do not trust their accuracy because once my hair actually gets there, I wind up getting a smaller number.

When I did my first self-trim back in August 2010, my hair was halfway to hip length and I wound up cutting off the thin ends to waist length (26" on me). Since I started doing monthly microtrims, I was a bit concerned that I wouldn't gain that much length, but it turns out my hair has been doing pretty well because it is ~29" with trims of .25-75" a month. I'm skipping January, though, since my December trim was delayed by two weeks and my next trim will be on February 18th.

I am so happy that my layers are disappearing little by little and it feels great to observe my hemline thickening up. :cheese: My longest layers are somewhere between APL and BSL, so hopefully it won't take too long to get rid of them completely.

Now I'm starting to wonder if there is a slight possibility that I will get BCL/TBL length hair for my birthday in May... Hmmm....

[eamane]

I had DH help me meassure my hair last night and according to him my hair is att 30" even... This means my hair has grown 0.5" in 1,5 month! Talk about slow growing :(
Anyway, he also helped me taking som pics, none of them really to my liking but I could definitely see my hair was at least waistlenght...

[Avital88]

I need exactly 1.5 inch until hip. My goal was to be there at february but i'm not gonna make that one:( But march for sure if my hair keeps growing its normal fast rate.

[freckles]

...And I'm just in this club! Next stop - TB! :joy:

Freckles, don't be sad or angry with your hair. Enjoy it! Tomorrow will be better. Besides, I'm sure that all those trimming made your hair looking great, and that's excellent start on the journey from waist to TB!

thanks for your kind words. I have more hair irritations today, but yeah, I like it a little more than when I made that post! :)

congratulations on joining the thread :)

[Luminescence]

I was at tailbone-length before a cut a week ago...now I'm growing back out. It's the first time I'll be consciously growing my hair out, so I wonder how long it'll take...

[Nymphea]

I was at tailbone-length before a cut a week ago...now I'm growing back out. It's the first time I'll be consciously growing my hair out, so I wonder how long it'll take...

I'm at the same position. I was almost TB, but I've decided to cut 2 or 3 inches to get rid of damage, so I'm at waist again. I'm glad I've had a courage to start fresh from waist length. I'd like my TB length to be as much firm and healthy as it can, once when it comes. :)

[SandraRebekka]

Hiya, SandraRebekka. We're in the same boat. Good luck to you and happy growing! :D
Thank you so much, you too. It is so nice to get a feedback!

[SandraRebekka]

Welcome, SandraRebekka! I started here at LHC just barely hitting waist, too. That was a year and a half ago, and I'm very close to leaving this thread now, but wanted to wish you well and happy growing!
Thank you for your words of welcome. It is nice to know that it took you a year and a half just to have somebody elses experience with this community in mind. I have no idea where the journey will take me, there is so much advice out here. I am slowly working my way through reading and categorizing and have started my first experiment. Have fun in the next part of your journey.

[SpinDance]

I'm maintaining-ish doing small 5mm trims whenever it seems to need it trying to thicken the hemline. Measured in at 37 inches last night after my 5th, yes, 5, small dustings in January. Still getting a bit of length, as it was 36 7/8 at the beginning of the month. I sure hope that the thin ends that want to snag on things grow out soon. I know part of the reason the hem is thin is due to lots of S&D, but it clearly needs it.

[Cupofmilk]

My ends are hideous today - I over clasrified with BS before oil shampoo. I have made a horrible mess of my hair and have had a lot of breaks.... Hoever I am going to re-do them tonight with a 3;1 oil shampoo which shoudl sort them out. I have done a small dusting too. So much for no trims in 2011 and I have to say I looked at my hair this morning and it looks barely waist. I think I might need a 6 week break from the bored and stop looking at my hair!

[pepperminttea]

Hoever I am going to re-do them tonight with a 3;1 oil shampoo which shoudl sort them out.

Since we're nearly the same hair type and fairly similar water quality (I'm in Norfolk), I have to ask; is that 3:1, oil:shampoo or shampoo: oil? I've been using 1:1 but I was thinking of upping the oil.

[Isadora Lewie]

i'm finally admitting myself to this thread! I've been around waist length for about a year, trimming, trimming trimming, and I'm now about an inch from hip (stretched)

i've got about six-nine inches of damage in the ends from old highlights, so the plan is to grow to hip and then trim back to just beyond waist so that the ends are soft and thick in time for my wedding in May :-D

I was hoping to be hip length as it would suit the dress better, but i'm not sure that stringy splitty ends will be a good look for me.

Onwards and downwards!

[EroSparrow]

Question about products for you ladies. Now that I am at the length I am, and have decided to keep on growing -- not just maintaining -- do you have any advice for a "cone" addict? I love my cones-- and well I am actually debating getting off them. Also has anyone used the new TRESemme all natural line? Which shampoo/conditioner do you like best? How often do you wash your hair when you exercise? What type of leave ins do you think are best? How do you sleep in your hair? Just a braid or do you use a scarf? Anyone sleep in soft rollers? What do you do when your length becomes too long for the turbie twist for after shower? Does anyone have any recommendations?

[EroSparrow]

Question about products for you ladies. Now that I am at the length I am, and have decided to keep on growing -- not just maintaining -- do you have any advice for a "cone" addict? I love my cones-- and well I am actually debating getting off them. Also has anyone used the new TRESemme all natural line? Which shampoo/conditioner do you like best? How often do you wash your hair when you exercise? What type of leave ins do you think are best? How do you sleep in your hair? Just a braid or do you use a scarf? Anyone sleep in soft rollers? What do you do when your length becomes too long for the turbie twist for after shower? Does anyone have any recommendations?

Here is a picture of what I have now.
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[EroSparrow]

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[Cupofmilk]

Since we're nearly the same hair type and fairly similar water quality (I'm in Norfolk), I have to ask; is that 3:1, oil:shampoo or shampoo: oil? I've been using 1:1 but I was thinking of upping the oil.

I have just tried 3 oil to 1 shampoo. It certainly feels better on my ends. I don't think I would go that far further up my hair as that would make it too oily. The ends feel great on that 3:1 mixture. I will report back when I have tried it a few more times.
I am Beds/Cambs Border - awfully hard water!

[MsBubbles]

Question about products for you ladies. Now that I am at the length I am, and have decided to keep on growing -- not just maintaining -- do you have any advice for a "cone" addict?

Only advice I have from my own disasterous trial-and-error on giving up cones is: give it some time to work, and give it some time between trying new stuff to see what works. Otherwise if after a few months you are left with a rat's nest...it's really ok to keep using cones ;).

I'm not actually trying for tailbone yet, just hip. I am about 1" past waist and I guess about a year away from him with small dustings/trims.

[Miasen]

Question about products for you ladies. Now that I am at the length I am, and have decided to keep on growing -- not just maintaining -- do you have any advice for a "cone" addict? I love my cones-- and well I am actually debating getting off them. Also has anyone used the new TRESemme all natural line? Which shampoo/conditioner do you like best? How often do you wash your hair when you exercise? What type of leave ins do you think are best? How do you sleep in your hair? Just a braid or do you use a scarf? Anyone sleep in soft rollers? What do you do when your length becomes too long for the turbie twist for after shower? Does anyone have any recommendations?

I never missed cones after I stopped using them. My hair was pretty much loving the change. :) Right now I use a shampoo and conditioner from Avalon Organics I think.

Only wash my hair once a week, even if I exercise. Hope I don't smell too bad. XD When I sleep I have it in a high bun. I sleep on my side so it's never in the way. And even at 38 inches it's not too long for a turbie twist, I just need to fold up the ends into the towel before I make the turban. :)

[pepperminttea]

I have just tried 3 oil to 1 shampoo. It certainly feels better on my ends. I don't think I would go that far further up my hair as that would make it too oily. The ends feel great on that 3:1 mixture. I will report back when I have tried it a few more times.
I am Beds/Cambs Border - awfully hard water!

A different mixture for roots and ends - why didn't I think of that? Thank you! :D
I feel your pain; used to live on the Herts/Cambs border, the water often came out of the tap chalky. Good times. :p

[Brianna]

*sqeals*

I'm at tailbone! :D I've been there-when-wet for a while, but finally the rest of it's catched up! :cheese: Never really thought I'd get there.


...classic, prepare to be conquered next. :cool:

[chopandchange]

Congratulations! Now we're jealous.

[freckles]

congratulations Brianna! :)

[princessp]

*sqeals*

I'm at tailbone! :D I've been there-when-wet for a while, but finally the rest of it's catched up! :cheese: Never really thought I'd get there.


...classic, prepare to be conquered next. :cool:

Congratulations Brianna!

[Veviticus]

I have lurked for quite some time, and I would love to join this post. I not sure what my current hair length is, so maybe you ladies can help me by looking at my pic on the side, and let me know??

[princessp]

I have lurked for quite some time, and I would love to join this post. I not sure what my current hair length is, so maybe you ladies can help me by looking at my pic on the side, and let me know??

You look way past waist I am going to guess you are at TB now or very close! Lucky you!

[Veviticus]

You look way past waist I am going to guess you are at TB now or very close! Lucky you!

Thank you Princess! You can't tell from the pic, but I have dreadlocks, and I hope that it does not disqualify me from being on this forum. You all seem to be so nice, so I thought I would take a chance and post something.

[Veviticus]

And by the way, everyone's hair is breathtaking, and beautifully awesome!

[Cirafly24]

Thank you Princess! You can't tell from the pic, but I have dreadlocks, and I hope that it does not disqualify me from being on this forum. You all seem to be so nice, so I thought I would take a chance and post something.

It certainly doesn't disqualify you! There are many people here with awesome dreads. Welcome to LHC :D

[pepperedmoth]

Congrats Brianna! Do we get pictures? ;-)

[pepperedmoth]

Thank you Princess! You can't tell from the pic, but I have dreadlocks, and I hope that it does not disqualify me from being on this forum. You all seem to be so nice, so I thought I would take a chance and post something.

It doesn't disqualify you at all! It should almost qualify you more, since I imagine it takes so much more time to get length out of dreads. Welcome!

ETA: You look at least hip, maybe approaching TB already!

[Avital88]

Since i quit the supplements for 6 weeks i barely have any growth, maybe 0.8inch since NYE and that is a lot less than the 1 inch a month or more im used too.
I just bought 1 item of my supplements again but i need 2 more but financials are tight this month so guess i (and my hair) have to wait..
Hopefully the last inch i need to be at hip will grow out soon :D

Happy growing all!

[Veviticus]

Thanks for the welcome everyone.:)

[Cirafly24]

This wait is so hard! Just one more inch to go and I'm there :) I wonder if I can force myself not to measure until Feb 28th (also my 1 year LHC anniversary!)

Probably not :o

[Veviticus]

After admiring and drooling over everyones else's hair, think I want to put in my bid to try to get to classic length:!:

[SpinDance]

After admiring and drooling over everyones else's hair, think I want to put in my bid to try to get to classic length:!:
I know! I do, too. After being perfectly happy to be in the waistlands forever, never expecting to be happy with my hair when it was more than hip, well.... Now that I'm at BCL I want more length! So fickle.

[Quahatundightu]

Woohoo I just hit 85cm :) I'm so happy my hair is growing. I am doing regular dustings and almost always have coconut oil in my hair, and it really seems to be helping. Maybe I can make it to TB this year?? Hoping!! :)

[Hala]

I need to take a nice picture like you guys have, but I've basically been holding somewhere between hip and waist for a couple of years now. The ends have some bleach damage (I went insane and thought I could die my heavy, dark hair blonde in a single step) and I'm gradually trimming them away.

My goal is classic, so I'm spending a lot more time paying attention to how I care for my hair, now. Other than that, the only real difference for me is that anything past waist length is a point at which I feel more comfortable wearing it up for everyday.

[UltraBella]

I had a trim and now I am back in this group, I am at hip again. I was briefly at tailbone :)
Oh well, my freshly trimmed ends feel so nice.

[Medievalmaniac]

I'm still at BCL with my longest layer, but I am experiencing more breakage. I think it is due to stress, and also the play I am in requires me to put-it-up, take-it-down on the fly, which hasn't helped. I have also been experiencing more knots than usual. Anyone else having this problem? My next micro-trim for the year is April/May. I'm still hoping for a good, solid tailbone by December...!

[jane53]

I love freshly trimmed ends. Mine's back to hip after getting to tailbone and is thanking me for the trim. Swinging, lively hair!

[Cupofmilk]

Ultrabella - I would say your hair is way past hip still. Ok so it's not TB anymore - but it only looks to be 2 maybe 3 inches away max! And your hair looks even more fantastic than ever.

Jane - I love your hair as always. Are you still wearing it down to class?

[EroSparrow]

I had a trim and now I am back in this group, I am at hip again. I was briefly at tailbone :)
Oh well, my freshly trimmed ends feel so nice.


You have beautiful hair though! It looks like it is skimming your hip even still!

[always-remember]

Love the stories about everyones journey thus far.
I'm currently at TB length.
I took 2" off the other day and currently at 42"
Is there a thread for tailbone to next length.
sorry noob over here:o learning....
Kindest Regards,
Jennifer

[LadyMydnytMoon]

Hello!!! Just reached waist length recently! :) I'm now ready to tackle the next landmark. But where exactly is the tailbone? I know it's the end of the spine but I can't seem to find it... stupid question?

[SpinDance]

Hello!!! Just reached waist length recently! :) I'm now ready to tackle the next landmark. But where exactly is the tailbone? I know it's the end of the spine but I can't seem to find it... stupid question?

LadyMydnytMoon (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/member.php?u=28883), it is the very bottom of the spine. On me it is a few inches past BCL, a bit above a chair seat when I'm sitting down.

[LadyMydnytMoon]

I see, thanks!

[Vintagecoilylocks]

Question about layers,

Hi ladies , so many beautiful heads of hair. I have been growing my hair out and it was in layers. Not because of a hair cut . I would like to know if eventually the top crown layer will meet the longer underbottom layer. My crown has hairs verying from below mid back to waist and my lower under layer is between hip and tail bone. My hair line creeps along and is just at mid back length.

It seems I look at all the photo's and all of the ladies hair have a top crown meeting very close or even to the under layer. Is this because most of you cut to have layers catch up or have cut at some point a blunt cut.

I quess I just want to know if there is hope that my hair will even out naturally or if a cut will be the only answer. I feel funny claiming tailbone because half of it is still at waist .

[Cirafly24]

Love the stories about everyones journey thus far.
I'm currently at TB length.
I took 2" off the other day and currently at 42"
Is there a thread for tailbone to next length.
sorry noob over here:o learning....
Kindest Regards,
Jennifer


Yes, there is a thread titled "Tailbone to Classic" :)

[MerryKat]

I measured today and I am back to 84cm (33.1 in) which is where I was at the end of November 2010 before my large trim in early December 2010. This is 2cm (about 1/2 in) above hip on me.

These measurements are stretched - when left just as it falls, my hair appears to be waist.

I am hoping to hit TB (92cm - 36in) by the end September 2011 or at latest by December 2011.

[UP Lisa]

I kept trimming till it got even.

[growing2shine]

Back in january I trimmed back to waist. Now I'm growing on to hip and then tailbone. :D
I'm really looking forward to next length shot in march (I take a length shot every sencond month). :)

[Henrietta]

Knock, knock, knock... May I come in? With this?
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5552&pictureid=96826

Pretty please... The whole world around me looks brighter when I see my ends have reached waist. Just a few hairs are hanging down to the ribbon (and even under it!) but... I hope it counts:)

[SpinDance]

Welcome, Henrietta! Yes, it counts!

[Henrietta]

Welcome, Henrietta! Yes, it counts!

Thank you! :)
For he beginning of my journey from this point, :cookie: for everyone:)

[HuggyBear]

Welcome to the club Henrietta, your hair is looking awesome. I just love the color and congrats on hitting waist. I am just now getting to hip but will be here for quite awhile longer. I have approximately a good 5 or 6 inches until TBL.:)

[Luna12345]

I kept trimming till it got even.

such a cute bird!!, is it a lineolated parakeet or a parrotlet?

[Henrietta]

Welcome to the club Henrietta, your hair is looking awesome. I just love the color and congrats on hitting waist. I am just now getting to hip but will be here for quite awhile longer. I have approximately a good 5 or 6 inches until TBL.:)

I've got 24 centimetres (about 9,5 inches) between waist and TBL so I will live here for 2 years ;)

[chopandchange]

I'm at BCL now. I'm not sure whether to let myself "graduate" and start going for classic. When I first set my goal of tailbone, I told myself it meant BCL but most people say it doesn't. I can't see to find my actual tailbone. What to do? Am I there, or not? :confused:

[UP Lisa]

To me, it's about the same thing. The tailbone might be a tiny bit higher, I guess.

[princessp]

I'm at BCL now. I'm not sure whether to let myself "graduate" and start going for classic. When I first set my goal of tailbone, I told myself it meant BCL but most people say it doesn't. I can't see to find my actual tailbone. What to do? Am I there, or not? :confused:

I think we are in about the same place. I'm waiting at least another month until it grows a wee longer. But I have wurly hair that is ever-changing. Wet my hair is a little past BCL, but dry it varies. I'll try to post pics in this thread over the weekend and maybe we can compare. Anyway, congratulations and if you do move to the TB thread: tootles!:p

[Henrietta]

I let my hair down today... When I was walking through the city looking at my shadow from time to time I noticed that my hair has the "long hair movements" As I expected, they appeared at waist length :)

[Cirafly24]

I'm only 1/2" away from tailbone. Right now I'm about 2.5 inches past BCL. So close!

[Idun]

I&#180;m still uncertain where the tailbonelenght is. I think I am almost there, but I won&#180;t be graduating till I&#180;m absolutely sure. Also, I do need trim again, so that will set me back.

[PineappleJello]

I think I have three more inches until TLB. So 37 inches about.

[Silver Strands]

I think I have reached waist, so i'm coming over here.
My final goal is to have hip to tailbone.
Glad to back to waist. It's been awhile.
I'm happy to be on the last leg of the journey.
I usually don't contribute much to these threads (or ANY these days for that matter),
but I do check in occasionally.
Happy growing to all!

[Avital88]

I dont have a pic right now, i'm online on my phone.
Hip seemed so far away, but last night i straightend my hair after 3 months( i know bad)and i was shocked!
I'm way past hip and just 2 inches away from tailbone, with great thanks to LHC and myself for not damaging my hair anymore(forget the last night straightening session,just for lenghtcheck)
Hip, Hip,Hip.. Im so happy to pass that milestone,tailbone here i come!

[Rhea]

Since yesterday... I´m looking backwards in my mirror... I´ve reached tailbone!!! Yeah!!! :cheese:

It was a very long journey... from pixie to now tailbone... but now all is ok! :happydance:

[joiekimochi]

I'm an inch from BCL if I pull down on my longest strands. I haven't measured in ages though, hence my length isn't updated. Looks like I will reach TBL soon!

Benign neglect is really the best way to remain sane, methinks.

[freckles]

Since yesterday... I´m looking backwards in my mirror... I´ve reached tailbone!!! Yeah!!! :cheese:

It was a very long journey... from pixie to now tailbone... but now all is ok! :happydance:

oh CONGRATULATIONS! :cheese: I'm so jealous! :D

[Kherome]

I'm at BCL now. I'm not sure whether to let myself "graduate" and start going for classic. When I first set my goal of tailbone, I told myself it meant BCL but most people say it doesn't. I can't see to find my actual tailbone. What to do? Am I there, or not? :confused:


I´m still uncertain where the tailbonelenght is. I think I am almost there, but I won´t be graduating till I´m absolutely sure. Also, I do need trim again, so that will set me back.


TBL is the bottom of your tailbone. Slide your finger down your spine til there is no more spine LOL thats TBL. For the average person, I'd say it's about 2 inches past the top of your BC.

[Arianwen]

I'm *barely* at waist...onto tailbone I go!

[Cirafly24]

I've decided not to measure at all for a whole month...that may not seem like a long time, but lately I have been measuring a few times a week, and it's just driving me nuts!

I'll check back in a month to tell you if I've reached TBL! Since I only have 1/2" to go, I'm hoping I'll be checking back with good news!

[Idun]

TBL is the bottom of your tailbone. Slide your finger down your spine til there is no more spine LOL thats TBL. For the average person, I'd say it's about 2 inches past the top of your BC.

You´re right! I find the tip of the tailbone easily when I sit. So I am at TBL actually. But I still need the trim :(. Oh..where to go this time?

[Ravenwaves 88]

Just wanted to share some pics for an update. I'm very close. I want to reach the pockets on my burgandy pants. End of my shirt is my immediate goal.

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/Ravenwaves88/2%20years%20of%20hair%20growth/DSCF4588.jpg

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/Ravenwaves88/2%20years%20of%20hair%20growth/DSCF4586.jpg

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/Ravenwaves88/2%20years%20of%20hair%20growth/DSCF4584.jpg

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/Ravenwaves88/2%20years%20of%20hair%20growth/DSCF4583.jpg

I'm at 35" YAY!!!!

[freckles]

Ravenwaves, you've had SOOO much growth! congratulations! :D it feels like I haven't seen any new length in ages, so I'll live vicariously through you :)

[Avital88]

Ravenwaves! You really had a lot of growth since December, the last time i checked yourgrowth haha.
Really beautiful texture and color, we still grow the same i think. I have to upload a new lenght shot these days,i mad one saturday.
Happy growing all!

[Khiwanean]

My hair is finally back to where it was before I cut it back in August: just bushing the top of my jeans. :)

[Avital88]

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=6798&pictureid=98249

My hair as of saturday.. it looks quite thin at the ends, but if i had brushed it it would appear fuller :)
I love the lenght, its finally getting long..

[Siava]

:cheer: Looks great.

[luckyduck]

I measured yesterday, My longest ends are at 32 inches, which for me is BCL when wet. In the past 10 months since I joined I have averaged 1/2 inch a month. It finally is feeling long and I am beginnig to be able to do some more of the updo's I have found here.

[Hala]

It's funny--waist/hip is when I think of my hair as "finally getting long" too. I've had it a bit longer, and trimmed back to BSL more than once, but the spot between waist and hip is where I start feeling like a real longhair again.

[Vintagecoilylocks]

Since yesterday... I´m looking backwards in my mirror... I´ve reached tailbone!!! Yeah!!! :cheese:

It was a very long journey... from pixie to now tailbone... but now all is ok! :happydance:

Congrats Rhea. I am not full any thing right now. Went through a huge shedding time and I have layers. Hoping for full hip if my sloooow poky canopy makes it this year. Then full tailbone next. Hopefully on to Classic and mid thigh.
Your hair looks great!!

[Vintagecoilylocks]

TBL is the bottom of your tailbone. Slide your finger down your spine til there is no more spine LOL thats TBL. For the average person, I'd say it's about 2 inches past the top of your BC.

Thats the best clarification yet. Thanks.

[Vintagecoilylocks]

My hair recoils about 6 to 7 inches. It will be a long time before I feel it is long. My longest length is about one inch from tailbone an the next longest is hip with the really curly springy length just passing waist. The canopy being the slowest and the shortest. :(

I just don't feel like it is long yet. Maybe when my shortest gets to hip or near tailbone I will call hip.

[Hala]

Well, here's a mini milestone... officially, I am at BCL. Or, you know, the longest bit of hair I have just barely reaches there.

That's most of the way to tailbone, right?

[princessp]

Ravenwaves 88 and Avital88 nice photos! Congrats Hala & luckyduck and to everyone else on their accomplishments here (however small). I said I would post a pic, but I haven't had a chance to shoot a good one so that will have to wait. :)

[tcheney91]

It's official, I made it to tailbone! I have to stretch out the curl to see it, but it's there. A few more inches and I'll be there unstretched. I'll try and get a picture up soon.

[sycamoreboutiqu]

Looks like I have a few inches to go to BCL (stretched, wet), but the bottom layers are WAY longer than the top ones. Starting to look weird - I may have to have the layers cut back in.

[pepperminttea]

I measured yesterday; I'm at 36". :D That's a couple of inches past waist on me. My hair's beginning to brush hip when wet, but it'll be a while before it's there dry.


It's funny--waist/hip is when I think of my hair as "finally getting long" too. I've had it a bit longer, and trimmed back to BSL more than once, but the spot between waist and hip is where I start feeling like a real longhair again.

Me too. :) It's a really lovely feeling.

[Cupofmilk]

Wow everyone's hair is growing so fast. Mine grows at a pitiful 0,5 inches in a good month. I think more in the summer. In thwe winter it might be less than 0.5 inches.
I never know if I shoudl measure wet or dry, stretched or unstretched. I have been doing dry and nearly fully stretched and I get 35, fully stretched I get 36+.

[Monsterkitti]

I made it into this group before I trimmed and Im finally back at waist :D

I havent got many hairs at waist as I still have a layer to grow out but at least Im back here and on my way to TBL :)

[Medievalmaniac]

Wow, we must all be very busy growing out our hair, this thread was on page seveni this morning! lol

I have a new snap for you - I've made it past BCL FINALLY, and am slowly inching my way towards proper tailbone. I'm due for a microtrim in April. I thought I would NEVER budge from BLC! lol Here's the new length:

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x45/simonebeauvoir2/2010/Le4ngthshotearlyMarch2011.jpg

Yay! :cheese:

[constantki]

The ends of my hair reach the top of my belt now. Soo close!

[PineappleJello]

My ends have are *just* at the top of my my bum crack, no there really isn't a better way for me to word that.

[tigereye]

I reached waist about a month ago, and I'm heading on to tailbone. My final goal is classic, or possibly terminal, but I'm going for each step at a time. Now that its at waist I'm beginning to feel like I actually have long hair, and I love it so I'm going to keep going. I have about 5 1/2 inches to go till I reach BCL. I have made quite a few changes to my hair care routine in the last couple of months, and I'm seeing a huge difference in the health of my hair. Here's to reaching tailbone not too far in the future.

[Medievalmaniac]

Hurrah! Everyone's making such amazing progress! :)

[bettylibertine]

Finally reached waist! Hurrah! :cheese:
And well done on your progress everyone :D

[Locksmith]

Gahh, to trim or not to trim! Am definitely at solid TB these days, but my ends are quite thin. Thing is, they're thin for about five inches from the bottom - I've got quite a taper going on atm, my whole braid at the bottom is the thickness of a single strand of it at the top! :( So I'm not sure how much good trimming would do if I don't want to lose a ton of length. Maybe I'll just have to wait for the thickness to grow down.

[freckles]

Finally reached waist! Hurrah! :cheese:
And well done on your progress everyone :D

congratulations and welcome! :)

[SpinDance]

I understand the dilema, Locksmith, I've got thin ends, too. I'm between BCL and TB now, but I've been doing 5 mm trims on a random, but frequent basis for months now. Anywhere from once a week to once a month, depending on how I'm feeling and how my hair is acting. Did one today, in fact.

I'm still gaining length, slowly, and my hemline is slowly thickening up. When I joined I had just trimmed from nearly BCL to a bit above waist, due to thin ends. The thinning started about BSL. The changes in routine, care and protection that I've learned here are definitely making a difference. I've got new growth that is not breaking off, so the thinning now starts a few inches above my waist. I don't know if I'll ever have a really full, thick, hemline like some members here have, but from the progress so far it will at least be better.

[Kherome]

Thats the best clarification yet. Thanks.

Glad to help

[princessp]

Welcome to all the noobs. And congrats to all the grads.

I did a little trim and I am still at BCL, so I think I'll hang here with y'all for a couple more months. :)
http://i939.photobucket.com/albums/ad240/princesspandora1/16March-20-11.jpg

[Cirafly24]

I hit 40"!!! Officially at tailbone :crush: I am so excited!!

[jojo]

I'm *barely* at waist...onto tailbone I go!same here! I seem to be stalling at waist much to my annoyance, is it me but I never stall inbetween goals only when I reach the:confused: but 3 weeks into daktarin seems to be kick starting it again! 4" to hip

[Medievalmaniac]

Locksmith and Spindance - I'm so comforted to hear others are having the thin ends dilemma right now. I'm about an inch and a half away from proper TBL (currently at BCL) but those ends are definitely thin. I'm going to micro-trim in April and again in July, and then again in October, and hope this helps a bit. I did no trims at all last year, so this year I'm doing seasonal trims - maybe coinciding with moon phases? Has anyone heard of that?

[Idun]

I did no trims at all last year, so this year I'm doing seasonal trims - maybe coinciding with moon phases? Has anyone heard of that?


Have heard of that, but only here at LHC. At which part of the moon phase do you plan on trimming?

I have the thinning ends dilemma aswell. Since I´m sure a self trim would end in disaster, I do need to find a salon again. I´m so tired of looking for one I can trust. :(

[tinti]

Hey all! Still growing, or am i ... stalled for now :( but I'm still going strong, no trimming, but I'm itching to ... Nearing hip which is in between 78-80 cm on me, right now I'm 75,5.

[Quahatundightu]

I hit 40"!!! Officially at tailbone :crush: I am so excited!!

CONGRATS!!!! :cheese: Hoping for celebratory pics :eyebrows:

[Avital88]

I need 2,5 more inches to be at tailbone.. I'm back at taking silica,what gave me a good solid 1 inch growth a month last time i took it..
Planning on taking it at least untill summer and then be fully at tailbone..
I dont take less haha..I can make it!!
Yaay congrats to all who've reached their goals!

[Cirafly24]

CONGRATS!!!! :cheese: Hoping for celebratory pics :eyebrows:

Thank you! I will try to take some pics later this week :D The most recent length pic in my album was only a few weeks, and 1/2" ago, if you wanted to look there. :cool:

[Scarlet_Heart]

Just checking in! I'm just shy of waist at the moment with the ultimate goal of TBL. So I'll be keeping an eye on this thread, showing my support :cheer:

[myotislucifugus]

Just checking in after a long hiatus...I can feel my hair when it is down on the top of my butt, about an inch to go until confidently at tailbone. I'll be there by summer! Need to measure so I can update my profile...

[tinti]

Measuring day on Friday! So exited, hope I have'nt stalled this month as well!

[WaitingSoLong]

I seem to be stalling at waist much to my annoyance, is it me but I never stall inbetween goals only when I reach the:confused: but 3 weeks into daktarin seems to be kick starting it again! 4" to hip

I seemed to stall around waist. I think it is because there is so far to go between waist and TBL, it just SEEMS like it is not growing because there are no real markers to judge by. I would measure and always seemed to gain my 1/2 a month. You will be at hip before you know it I bet!

ETA: Also, I also seem to stall at goals because: I am just brushing hip. Ok, I am at hip. Ok, I am a solid hip. Ok, I am getting to the bottom of hip. But they are all still "hip". Same thing has happened at TBL. I still consider myself TBL but I hit it in December.

Hair really does grow slow. SIGH.

[Pantsless Amy]

I am no longer in denial, my hair is waist length

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=7533&pictureid=99273

hand is at my waist, hair has some bun waves going on, wish it always looked that way. Please ignore everything else about the bad self-portrait. This really was the best I could do. All the other attempts were pictures of my ear.

On to hip! and beyond :cheese:

[Balenciaga]

Still not at tailbone, it's crumbling from the ends just as fast as it's growing. I'm hoping for a growth spurt when all my damage is grown out. So many split ends :(

[Monsterkitti]

same here! I seem to be stalling at waist much to my annoyance, is it me but I never stall inbetween goals only when I reach the:confused: but 3 weeks into daktarin seems to be kick starting it again! 4" to hip

Im tempted to start Daktarin again too, Im seemingly very stalled at waist at the moment. Really want some growth so I can have blunt ends to grow to TBL :)