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Okay, posting my waves before I change my mind :rolleyes:
By the time I got home and survived a dash of rain, the backside looked a bit messier already... :(
http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-Z4HBVYZD.jpg
http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-NJPIS4OL.jpg
http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-EXVJML6V.jpg
I don't even want to think about how it will look tomorrow:magic:
Your waves and colour are lovely, Katleen. :)
Lovely waves, Katleen. You seem to be more than just 2a. :) :flower:
Your waves are gorgeous, Katleen!
I didn't really do anything for treatment tuesday :( I did give myself a facial in the shower though!
Ahhh Katleen, I want my waves to come out like that!!! Do you mind sharing what your "few more tricks" were? My underlayers look like that but on top my canopy is a lot straighter. This is also one reason why I like my layers because that way at least some of the more pronounced waves have a chance of "peeking out" :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Katleen
I KNOW!Quote:
Originally Posted by KittyLost
I don't know why this stage is so difficult. It seems like a lot of us seem to stall at right before APL!
Piratejenny, I've started co-washing again, and today I put a bit of my regular conditioner instead of my leave-in in dripping wet hair while scrunching most of the water out. Then I put a whole lot of gel (more than I used to) in my scrunched-dry hair. I really put gel in it until it started clumping. Then plopping for about half an hour while getting dressed/doing make up and so. And for me the biggest trick: absolutely no touching my hair as long as it's not completely dry...
It didn't really frizz until this afternoon :-)
Hopefully the warmer weather will help as well, because wearing a big fat coat (it's still awfully cold and wet here), ruins my waves...
Something else I realised: my hair likes olive oil better than coconut oil. Bummer, because I find it makes my hair smell like salad dressing instead of the much more exotic coconut...
Hello everybody:o Just introducing myself.
So, i guess i belong here. I'm currently growing my hair out from a bob, and really looking forward to having my long hair back.
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/...0/IMAG0143.jpg
So, this is the hair.
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/...0/IMAG0131.jpg
Maybe someone can help me out here. Which type would you say, my hair is? I'm a little confused about that:confused:
Well, i'm really happy to have found a place to discuss my (lack of) hair. It's getting a little frustrating waiting for the hair to grow back.
Katleen, your waves!! :thud:
And you guys know what? I've been so messed up with the long Easter weekend that I thought today was Tuesday (even though it's Wednesday :p ), so I am currently doing my conditioning treatment :D
Hi Maiken! :) Welcome to the APL thread, and LHC! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Maiken
It's hard to type hair if you've done anything to it (brushed, been wearing up, blow dried), and it's best to type hair that has been washed and air-dried with no products or anything..
But to hazard a guess, from the way it looks now, I'd say 1B. Is the under layer more wavy/wurly? :)
Thanks for giving up your secrets :flowers:...Quote:
Originally Posted by Katleen
...unfortunately this will not work for me at this point in my life :(. I'm on this trip trying to go as natural as possible and other than clay I really only use stuff on my hair that comes out of my fridge :D :D. I also need a routine that doesn't take more than 10 minutes max in the morning as I am a working mom and if there is one thing I don't have it's time in the mornings. I'm curious about the plopping, though. Might have to try this on a weekend... To work I don't really wear my hair down anyway. Much easier to hide slight greasies in a messy pinned up thing I like to think of as a "bun" :D
Hi Maiken, welcome to the LHC! Lack of hair ?? :confused:. Looks like you have quite a beautiful, shiney, healthy looking head of hair there!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Maiken
I'll try to get af pick one day, where i haven't done anything to it. In these pics i've been wearing it in a messy bun and brushed it,Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniVerde
There is no layers. The shorter hair in front is bangs growing out:)
I really have a hard time figuring out my hair - one day it's almost completely straight. Then i wash it and sometimes it gets kind of wavy, but always turns straight again. But i'm really not doing anything to straighten it..
Well, we'll see what it turns out to be ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Maiken
I didn't mean those kind of layers ;) I meant the underneath part of your hair..there's the part on top (the canopy), and then the underneath part...like by the nape of your neck. Is that straight too? Or wavier?
I got my hairsticks today! I'm so excited, I've been playing with them for hours.
Sadly, my hair is still too short to make them stay, so it'll be at least another month or two until I can actually use them :(
Thanks:DQuote:
Originally Posted by piratejenny
Well, two years ago i had almost waistlength hair. And then i decided chopping it all of in favor of a chinlength bob. I had never had hair any shorter than APL so i was curious about what that would be like. I maintaned that cut for about a year, and has been trying to grow my old hair back for a year or so. So rigth now i feel like im lacking hair. But thanks for the compliment!
Yay!!! :) And you'll be able to use them before you know it ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunnysaur
Pics of the hairsticks? :eyebrows:
Ah..Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniVerde
English isn't my first language, so i didn't know, it could mean that too. Learning new stuff every day;)
I think it's a bit wavier at my nape, where the front parts are completely straight.
A bit of a belated length-picture thursday :P i've been very busy, but here it is:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...ctureid=130631
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...ctureid=130629
I feel like it could use a trim, but i'm not sure if i want to go to the salon just yet, i already had a trim right before christmas... the point is that there are quite a few splits in my layers, which i'm unable to cut myself right now. Oh well, i guess i'll just keep putting it up (i've been wearing it down a lot though, i had a couple of VERY good hair days and i just wanted to enjoy them :D)
I second the request for pictures!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunnysaur
In general I'd love to see some more toys you guys are using at this point. As I stated a few days ago, I just discovered that a fork will stay in my hair but other than that I'm just mostly using a clip that looks like this http://www.fancypocket.sg/images/P/850277P.jpg
I'd love to get some inspiration!
English isn't my first language either ;) But you'll often see references to the canopy and underlayers here on LHC, so it's a good thing to know :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Maiken
Where are you from? :)
piratejenny, I'm using a ficcare for a peacock twist or a pair of acrylic hairsticks from Pacific Merchantile, mostly...Quote:
Originally Posted by piratejenny
these sticks:
http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.324159771.jpg
Quote:
Originally Posted by piratejenny
I can't get a pic of them that doesn't make them look ugly, but here is my Etsy transaction.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniVerde
Those are so cool!!! Purple is my favorite.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniVerde
New member here. :) I'll be joining in on this thread. I'm estimating that I'll be APL in about two months so I'll be here until then.
I started CO-washing last week and my hair has gotten soooo shiny and soft including my completely fried ends that used to be heat styled every day, bleached four times and dyed 10+ times. I hope it stays this way so I won't have to trim them off because I'm so desperate to reach APL, haha.
Hello and welcome!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by ebikko
OMG YOU GUYSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! I just managed to put my hair up, in a bun, with my new sticks, and it STAYED. It stayed. It was so awesome! I tried to get a picture, but I couldn't. ...and then I took it out to try to figure out what I'd done, and now I can't do it again :rolleyes:
CONGRATSSS!!! :cheese:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunnysaur
Keep trying, you'll figure it out :)
One thing to pay attention to is how high on your head you are starting from. I can do a lazy wrap or pencil bun from the middle of my head, but not quite if I try it lower down. My hair is just barely long enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunnysaur
Great Bunnysaur!!! I think it might also depend on your hairsticks, whether they're staying or not. I have a very old one, which used to be part of a "figure 8" but a rectangular one I had 20 years ago (:wacko: still found the stick lying around somewhere at my mom's house), and it's great!! Very long and very sturdy, just what I need for my mass of hair. Other sticks seem to be to short, or maybe it's just me who doesn't know how to use it properly :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bunnysaur
Piratejenny, I think the trick is more in the moisturizing and the plopping than anything else. Natural ingredients can be just as moisturizing. Only the gel-part, I wouldn't know what to subsitute that with... And I completely understand the morning-rush thing! I'm a working mom with 3 small children, I need to get up at 5 in the morning if I need to wash my hair :confused: It's actually less time-consuming now to co-wash, scrunch and plop, than before with the washing/conditioning/blowfrying/fighting frizz/starting all over again and straightening it :)
I've heard it gets better once the children get older, let's just believe that :bottomsup:
Bunnysaur, these sticks are gorgeous!! They look pretty thick and I wonder if that would make them stay better. I've been playing around with regular chopsticks (meant for eating) trying to see whether it's worth getting proper hair sticks and so far I have not managed to get anything to stay :(. They are rather thin, though...
Katleen, yeah, I keep telling myself that it will continuously be getting better in the mornings as the kids get older (mine are 5 and 3). It's so weird, on weekends, when we could all sleep, they are up and ready to go at 6am and on school/work days it's like pulling around bags of wet laundry....
No way I could get up at 5am for my hair!!! I've finally given up even trying to wash it in the morning (one big reason why I'm trying to stretch washes actually) and I generally just put it up and forget about it for the day. I found that using dry shampoo helps a lot in making it look presentable enough to venture out (yeah, I admit, not exactly natural, but I really only use it as last resort anyway :cool:)
I think I'll definitely try the plopping this weekend. I'll give it a shot without gel and just see what happens. My hair also does not like being touched while drying by the way. For some reason that makes it look stringy...
Ha! Good tip, ravenheather! Off to experiment now :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ravenheather
I've tried all sorts of different places on my head and I can't do it again :( Oh well, I'll just keep trying.
They are pretty thick, and they're not too slippy, so it's probably just my silly hair. Oh well.
Also, piratejenny, what is this "plopping" of which you speak?
So, after my shower I did a towel test, and determined that when my hair is soaking wet and pulled straight, it brushes my towel! I won't consider myself solidly APL for another 2"-3", due to springy hair and layers, but I'm finally in "can I call this APL?" territory. Woohoo! I guess that's been 6 or 7 months since I hit SL, with a trim in February that took off about an inch.
Bunnysaur, here's an example of "plopping": http://www.naturallycurly.com/curlre...or-not-to-plop
That's the best explanation of plopping I have seen anywhere. I'm by no means an expert on plopping by the way, in fact I have never done it. Actually I never considered myself "curly" by any means, it wasn't until I stopped with my almost daily S/C routine that I discovered all kinds of weird curl action going on on my underlayers (I have a photo in my album). My canopy is still pretty straight but it's also quite a bit shorter. Just curious what would happen... :cool:
I did it again, and I managed to get a picture this time! :cheese:
Sadly it's having a hard time getting from my phone to my computer :mad: so I'll be posting a pic later.
Do I consider myself shoulder-length if the mullety longest layer is shoulder but the rest is a mess of layers?
Do you have a picture, carolinaberry? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by carolinaberry
I certainly did :D. Only very few months ago I would have described my hair exactly that way: a mullet with a mop of layers on top. Then one day someone took a picture and magically both mop and mullet had dissolved into a layered "style" that I kind of like :).Quote:
Originally Posted by carolinaberry
Do post pictures! Pictures are always good :cool:
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...April82012.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by DaniVerde
Oh my goodness. I just looked at your pictures and your hair is gorgeous! Great shine waves and what an awesome color!Quote:
Originally Posted by piratejenny
Looks shoulder length to me, carolinaberry! :)