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September 13th, 2017, 09:19 AM
emptyque

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

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Originally Posted by cailinbee

Just out of curiosity, how long does the flip last / how long has it lasted for people? Mine was about a month, and now it's only flippy in extreme humidity. I was pretty relieved when it started acting like below-shoulder-length hair!

It depends on your thickness and texture as well as the direction the hair is coming out of the follicle. I have very flippy hair. It does the half-flipped in, half-flipped out thing all the way from jaw to collar bone. I found that blow-dry styling helped but only sometimes. This is a big reason why I am over having short hair, lol.
September 13th, 2017, 03:47 PM
Joyful Mystery

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

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Originally Posted by cailinbee

Just out of curiosity, how long does the flip last / how long has it lasted for people? Mine was about a month, and now it's only flippy in extreme humidity. I was pretty relieved when it started acting like below-shoulder-length hair!

:hmm: If I remember correctly, the last time I was at this stage of hair growth the flippy stage lasted until APL. I'm close to APL and it still does this to some degree. It's not annoying me like it was at shoulder/collarbone though!
September 14th, 2017, 02:24 AM
_fred_

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

Corvana, it's getting there! Another few months and hopefully the ends won't be exploding so much ;)

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Originally Posted by emptyque

I decided there is no reason not to call APL now. I microtrimmed a couple times over the summer when it was hovering around there, but now it is definitely long enough. I am still debating whether I want to get a professional trim later in the fall though because the ends are pretty uneven.

Congratulations! :cheer: A trim sounds worthwhile, provided you have a good stylist who does what you ask. Best of luck!

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Originally Posted by Mlarmour

I hit collar bone length about a month ago. I've got another 3 inches to go befor I hit APL. My ends have flipped, which I'm not happy about because they annoy me but at least they're all flipped out and not half flipped out and half curled inwards like they did last time I grew my hair out.
I've got a trim lined up in 2 weeks time which I'm looking forward to as my ends are pretty dry at the moment. It's been a while since my last trim and i haven't been keeping on top of my hair care routine.

Congrats and welcome!

Been feeling the extra length lately! It's so cool! It's just past collarbone, and it's getting far easier to tie it back now. It's beginning to look long in a shoulder-length-not-actually-long-but-regular-culture-long kind of way. If that makes sense. It's like, it's beginning to look like what most people think of as long, even though it's still mid length.

A few months ago I bought a wonderful set of pin/almost fork things on the Swap board. They're like two U-bent double ended knitting needles, and they're literally the best. OK, these aren't great photos, and I haven't mastered this at all yet, but I've got lovely compliments from my colleagues about the look, and I'm really liking it from front and back. It's basically an English braid flipped up with the ends tucked under, then pinned. These pins are amazing, as long as I've put them in right it holds until I take them out. I'm going to get hold of some more knitting needles to play with, as these are a tad long for the length I currently have, but I love them anyway.

Sorry if the pics are massive.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/su...o=w456-h607-no

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1Z...4=w727-h546-no
September 14th, 2017, 01:10 PM
Joyful Mystery

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

Your bun looks wonderful, _fred_! Congrats on the extra length! Isn't it nice to be able to do more than a ponytail? ;)
September 14th, 2017, 02:41 PM
_fred_

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

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Originally Posted by Joyful Mystery

Your bun looks wonderful, _fred_! Congrats on the extra length! Isn't it nice to be able to do more than a ponytail? ;)

Thank you! I hadn't even realised it looks like a bun, but it kinda does, that's really awesome! :happydance: And yes, it's so nice! Now I need to practice French and Dutch braids...
September 14th, 2017, 02:48 PM
Dendra

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

_fred_ they look cool!
September 14th, 2017, 03:30 PM
_fred_

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

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Originally Posted by Dendra

_fred_ they look cool!

Thank you! :blossom:
September 14th, 2017, 05:36 PM
cailinbee

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

_fred_, your hair looks beautiful! That's a really cool style!
September 14th, 2017, 05:51 PM
Eastbound&Down

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

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Originally Posted by _fred_

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/su...o=w456-h607-no

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1Z...4=w727-h546-no

That is a very cute style! I may have to try and steal it! It sounds like we have the same length.
September 16th, 2017, 02:00 AM
_fred_

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

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Originally Posted by cailinbee

_fred_, your hair looks beautiful! That's a really cool style!

Thank you! :D

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Originally Posted by Eastbound&Down

That is a very cute style! I may have to try and steal it! It sounds like we have the same length.

:blossom: Thanks! If you do it'd be great to see pics! Thinking of length, here's a mildly terrible length shot from this morning, please excuse the dressing down and general badness of the photo. It's at that stage where it seems to rest on my shoulders no matter what happens, although it's definitely creeping down, and is hollow-of-throat level right now.

Yesterday I bought some double-ended aluminium knitting needles so I can try to make more of these pins. Bending them turns out to be easy enough, making them fun colours is probably going to be the challenge.