Shoulder | Armpit

I'd love to join too! I'm currently at 21" and APL for me will be in about 3 inches. Just got 2.5" of damaged ends cut off so I'm starting healthy!

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Originally Posted by Kaileida

Hehe, good luck Timmy!

I trimmed about 1/4" with Feye's self trim method the other day- my ends feel a little better! My hair is so disappointing right now though... (warning, rant ahead!)

1. The color is coming off. Not in any sort of aesthetically pleasing way, either. There's random stripes of blond ON EACH HAIR. So it's like brown --> black --> blond --> black --> blond end. It looks gross. And stupid. But I can't throw more dye on top of it of course. Because I'm pretty sure the next time I dye my hair it's just going to crumble away.

2. My ends are downright ragged. And I can't fix it because of the srs layers. It's like every time I try it doesn't help, or even gets worse. The self trim helped the bottom, which was already starting to fairytale, but the shorter bits... I have no idea what to do. If I go to a salon they'll cut back to SL "because of all the damage". Because everyone thinks my hair is straight and it's actually pretty darn wavy, moving now to curly. Of course it looks super damaged when you jerk a comb through it :( but I don't actually have many split ends. The wavy ends just stick out at odd angles.

3. Some of my hairs are ultra coarse and wiry. Normally this wouldn't bother me- I know texture changes are normal- but judging by my roots, which are a very different color than the rest of my hair, these ones don't grow at all. So I've just been pulling them out. Which is probably not good but if they're stuck at SL I don't want them!

4. White dot splits near my roots?? My hair isn't the strongest but I've been so careful with the new growth! I have to use sulfates because otherwise my scalp drives me absolutely nuts. But I don't do anything damaging to my hair besides that, and especially nothing with that part of my hair.

Hopefully my hair lasts long enough that I can continue with my current plan- grow to waist, then either maintain or chop back to BSL to get rid of dye damage (depends on my patience:desire for length ratio).

I was gonna do another protein treatment but I don't think my hair loves protein really... So I'll get around to buying a deep moisturizing treatment at some point and see if that makes a difference.

Oh well, I suppose! My hair looks great... as long as you don't look too close ;)

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I have some of the same problems. I have bleached hair after about 3 inches. I have a dark permanent color over it, but it will fade. I give it 6 months before I need to dye again.

I just cut off a good two inches of my hair. It was not my original plan. I wanted to wait for APL before maintaining and trimming off the damage. But, seeing all the white dots and crunchy ends was not worth waiting to me. I do keep my hair oiled with coconut oil and up almost all the time. This at least makes my hair smoother (I have a very coarse underlayer) and keeps my mind off of it so I don't obsess so much!

Your hair does look really pretty, but I know that we see our hair a lot differently because we can sit and scrutinize it. :)

I reached APL when STRETCHED. Here's the crappy photo:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...ictureid=68355

I'm halfway when shrinked:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...ictureid=68354

This is me too! I'm glad to find a thread for shoulder to APL. APL will be my first baby step goal. I'm glad there are others with me!

My avatar pic was taken yesterday, after having it up all day so the ends are kind of flying away because they were up in barrettes. I haven't measured my length with someone else, but by the crappy use of a tape measure, bending my arm backwards and a mirror, I think my back length is about 19". I really should have my SO measure except I fear he'll think I'm crazier than he already thinks I am. :D I'm not sure how long I have to get to APL, but I'm guessing 6 months?

I'm growing out very short bangs and also black hair dye, both of which are new goals so I have a loooooong way to go with that.

I'd say my hair is pretty healthy, with almost no split ends that I can see. I will probably get a small trim at some point but I'm not sure if that's really necessary, I need to do more investigation on that.

I do want to chant to my hair grow... grow... grow! ;)

Congratulations to those who've reached their goal!

I want to join this thread. I am just at SL with my longest layers. My hair grows pretty fast I think, but I've never measured it.

Measurements coming up, going to measure tonight.

Helloooo,

Im at shoulder length....just! My hair is kinda damaged so the bits that frame my face are getting thinner and shorter!

Cant wait for APL, but gonna be a long wait for me! I recon at least a year at this rate!

My hair grows in spurts....like it stops and then all of a sudden its 3/4 of an inch longer in a few days! Then it stops for ages :( It took me since July 2009 to get it from a aline bob- all graduated and shaved at the back to now. But i have had reglar trims in between.

So if i start having my trims 9 or 10 weeks apart it will grow more hopefully!

p.s where can i find the self trim thread?

So I THOUGHT I was knocking on APL's door....

...nope.

I'm growing out an A-line bob. My front layers are APL. From looking at the back of my head in the mirror, the shortest layers look to be only an inch or less to APL. Then I folded a towel under my arms (the way you'd wrap yourself with a towel after a shower).

It looks like I've got at LEAST another 2 inches to go. AT LEAST.

I know it's growing from the measurements I take, but it sure doesn't look that way... :(

Was at APL with my longest layers, then I went and got a trim yesterday. However, what with everything I'm doing to my hair, hopefully I'll be back there next month!

My shorter layers are still at shoulder, not counting the bangs at chin length (which I may keep, as they're rather fun)

Shoulder definitely is the longest journey! I feel like I've been at shoulder for months. But I just realized my hair is SO close to APL! =D