Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!
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Originally Posted by
_fred_
Corvana, congrats on the bun! Once you've got a cinnabun with no escapees, it'd be interesting to see the progress shots all in a row. Looks like you're so close! Far fewer hairs striving for freedom than before.
I think it'd definitely make a cool profile pic. :D
Estrid, I've been buying hair toys in advance, waiting for my hair to get long enough to use them, and I'm thinking of buying pretty things to ornament my hair, even though I don't usually go in for that. The most ornamental I get is whatever's holding my hair in place! I think growing out is a good time to experiment with new styles though, and who knows, we might like them... :blossom:
Thanks! I probably will, yeah! And then eventually make one for like year 1, year 2, etc so I can see how my bun grows!
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Originally Posted by
Alibran
Corvana, your bun is lovely. It will be ages before I get to that point, and I'm feeling quite jealous. (But at least summer is nearly over, and I'll want to wear my hair down more over winter. By next summer, it will be ready for buns!)
If you'd like some greys, I'd gladly swap you a few of mine. When you look at our signature pics next to each other, yours is pretty much the colour I dye mine ... except my ends are very sun-bleached. I'm about 80-90% grey at the front, but still mostly natural colour at the back. Once I'm 100% grey all over, I think I'll do a 'colour fade' to gradually transition, so if it's long at the time, I'll end up with dark brown ends fading to white/silver at the roots.
Thanks!! It's honestly only holding with a scrunchie, which can catch and hold the ends enough. If I wanted a "proper" bun, I'd need maybe 2-3 inches more to get all of the ends all the way to my actual scalp again!
And I think my hair is lighter, still. It looks dark in a lot of indoor photos, but not all of them. It is a pretty deep brown, but it's less on the black side than it seems! If it were actually black I wouldn't miss my red so much, honestly. I dyed my hair black for almost a decade!
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...0&d=1503957408
That's my dutch braid pic, and it's closer to my actual color when I look at my hair with my eyeballs and not through a lense of some sort! A little lighter, due to the light, but overall the same!
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Originally Posted by
likelikepenny
It's been a long time since I've checked into this thread so I decided to pop in! Welcome to all those who have recently joined this thread.
I wore my hair down to dry in it's completely curly state today, it seems like it's gotten a lot longer since the last time. I'm about 2-3 inches from APL so I'm hoping by the new year.
Heeeyy!! So close!! :joy:
Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!
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Originally Posted by
Corvana
And I think my hair is lighter, still. It looks dark in a lot of indoor photos, but not all of them. It is a pretty deep brown, but it's less on the black side than it seems! If it were actually
black I wouldn't miss my red so much, honestly. I dyed my hair black for almost a decade!
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...0&d=1503957408
That's my dutch braid pic, and it's closer to my actual color when I look at my hair with my eyeballs and not through a lense of some sort! A little lighter, due to the light, but overall the same!
I can see some lovely red tones in your hair, especially near the temples.
PS don't mind me lurking in this thread :)
Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!
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Originally Posted by
Dendra
I can see some lovely red tones in your hair, especially near the temples.
PS don't mind me lurking in this thread :)
Don't mind at all!
And thanks! I'm still debating henna to get back the super red glow I used to have in my early 20s and my teens. But I promised myself I'd wait a year, to see if I appreciate my new natural color as it is.
Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!
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Originally Posted by
likelikepenny
It's been a long time since I've checked into this thread so I decided to pop in! Welcome to all those who have recently joined this thread.
I wore my hair down to dry in it's completely curly state today, it seems like it's gotten a lot longer since the last time. I'm about 2-3 inches from APL so I'm hoping by the new year.
Nice one! :cheer:
Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!
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Originally Posted by
_fred_
Welcome! :blossom: I've just had 6 months between trims, and I'm waiting another 6 months for my next trim. It's so good to see it grow! Even if I have just spent a month thinking it's stuck in a rut because it's been catch up that 1cm I had cut off!
Thanks! I can imagine that it seems to grow slowly when trimming! Sometimes it's just great to not trim and see a lot of growth and then trim the damage off, if necessary. :) I've used shikakai to wash my hair in the past and it did seem to grow a lot faster, however it makes my hair a tone darker or so, and really want to keep my own color. So sad cause it really did seem to help!
Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!
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Originally Posted by
likelikepenny
It's been a long time since I've checked into this thread so I decided to pop in! Welcome to all those who have recently joined this thread.
I wore my hair down to dry in it's completely curly state today, it seems like it's gotten a lot longer since the last time. I'm about 2-3 inches from APL so I'm hoping by the new year.
You can do it!!:cheer:
Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!
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Originally Posted by
Corvana
Heeeyy!! So close!! :joy:
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Originally Posted by
_fred_
Nice one! :cheer:
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Originally Posted by
Waveurly
You can do it!!:cheer:
Thanks for the encouragement everyone!
Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!
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Originally Posted by
Corvana
New month, new picture of my cinnabun :laugh: I've basically stopped with length shots, but here I am taking pictures of my cinnabun to see how it's coming along!
Wow Corvana that's great progress! :applause
Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!
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Originally Posted by
NimbleNut
I finally got around to taking a picture. This is fresh from a wash, air dried, with no brushing or manipulation. There are a few pieces touching the towel. I think I would definitely be there stretched. I'm not sure whether to call it or not.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4426/...7fb455b7_n.jpg
(Sorry for the poor quality!)
Your hair looks wonderful, and the color is very becoming. I favor un-stretched milestones :)
Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!
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Originally Posted by
likelikepenny
It's been a long time since I've checked into this thread so I decided to pop in! Welcome to all those who have recently joined this thread.
I wore my hair down to dry in it's completely curly state today, it seems like it's gotten a lot longer since the last time. I'm about 2-3 inches from APL so I'm hoping by the new year.
You're so close! :joy:
