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August 16th, 2011, 08:59 PM
slo2gro

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

headtrip yur hair looks great n will look great as it grows you go girl you can have long reat looking hair.
August 17th, 2011, 01:09 AM
pink.sara

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

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Originally Posted by headtrip_honey

I'm soooo close to APL.

I would probably already be there, but I got a trim in June because my layers were growing out uneven. As always, I told the hairdresser to take off as little as possible, but she probably took off close to an inch.

It's funny; I've been a shortie for so long - I only started growing out my hair because the updo I want for my wedding in October wouldn't work with my short layers....but now I'm considering trying to grow for BSL. I'd always thought my thin, fine hair couldn't do it, but I've seen so much beautiful hair on this forum.

It seems possible. :)

Your hair doesn't look thin at all! In fact I would say from your siggy it looks really thick and healthy. And soo close to APL!
August 17th, 2011, 06:17 AM
CrisDee

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

Headtrip, a lot of people confuse very fine hair with thin hair. My hair is very fine, but there is a LOT of it, from the photo it looks like that may be the case with you as well. I think with the volume of hair you have, it would look lovely at BSL! :flower:
August 17th, 2011, 06:19 AM
headtrip_honey

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

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Originally Posted by pink.sara

Your hair doesn't look thin at all! In fact I would say from your siggy it looks really thick and healthy. And soo close to APL!

Thank you! It's deceptive; I have a fair amount of wave to my hair - my ponytail circumference varies from 2.75" to 3"...depending on how recently I've washed and whether I can wrangle my long bangs into the ponytail! So it's not TERRIBLY thin, but on the thinner side of normal.

Whenever people hear me comment on how I wish my hair was thicker, they always say, "Your hair isn't thin at ALL!"...til they feel it and realize how much of it is just fluff!

My best friend calls my hair "textured air"...pretty good descriptor of my hair, actually.
August 17th, 2011, 06:23 AM
headtrip_honey

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

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Originally Posted by CrisDee

Headtrip, a lot of people confuse very fine hair with thin hair. My hair is very fine, but there is a LOT of it, from the photo it looks like that may be the case with you as well. I think with the volume of hair you have, it would look lovely at BSL! :flower:

Thanks! As I said above, my hair is thinner than it appears. It's not THIN thin, but on the thin side of normal.

I think my opinion of my hair is skewed because a bunch of my friends and coworkers either have ridiculously thick or ridiculously curly hair. So comparing myself to them is always a little depressing!

One of the reasons I'm glad I found this website - I see so many people with GORGEOUS hair that's as thin or thinner than mine. Helps balance out all the gorgeous thick hair I'm subjected to IRL.
August 17th, 2011, 06:50 AM
theodora

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

Alright guys I think it might be time for me to graduate from this thread. I was sure I was stuck at APL and that my hair hadn't grown at all but I did some length shots and I think I have indeed moved past APL.
Length shot from 25 June:
http://www.longhaircommunity.com/for...ctureid=106187
Notice the hair on the left barely reaching my mole.

Length shot from today, 17 August:
http://www.longhaircommunity.com/for...ctureid=110494
Hair is now covering my mole.

I feel weird about doing these naked hair length shots but I figured considering the abundance of moles on my back, it gives me easy mini-milestones to reach.

So goodbye lovely ladies of the shoulder to APL thread! See you soon in the APL to BSL thread!
August 17th, 2011, 07:13 AM
pink.sara

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

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Originally Posted by headtrip_honey

Thank you! It's deceptive; I have a fair amount of wave to my hair - my ponytail circumference varies from 2.75" to 3"...depending on how recently I've washed and whether I can wrangle my long bangs into the ponytail! So it's not TERRIBLY thin, but on the thinner side of normal.

Whenever people hear me comment on how I wish my hair was thicker, they always say, "Your hair isn't thin at ALL!"...til they feel it and realize how much of it is just fluff!

My best friend calls my hair "textured air"...pretty good descriptor of my hair, actually.

I say 2.75 to 3 inches is on the healthier side of normal! ;) My best friend has the same thickness of waist length ash blonde hair that is superfine, like tiny threads of spider silk when there's a breeze but it's beautiful. She can do so many cool buns with it using just a stick and it always looks polished and neat.
Just because some people are 5 inches + doesn't mean we're normal! In fact thick hair is a real pain in the *** I can't do any buns until at least waist, the underlayer is constantly tangled as the weight of the hair resting on it knots it. I need a metric ton of shampoo and conditioner, need to rinse for aaages, and can't even get a BBB through it. Plus it's hot.

3 inches will be awesome at BSL because you'll be able to do so many of the styles on the boards. :)

And yay Theodora!!! That's totally past APL! Congratulations :)
Time to aim for a new mole ;)
August 17th, 2011, 07:29 AM
CrisDee

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

Congratulations, Theodora - hopefully many of us will follow you soon! :flowers:
August 17th, 2011, 07:31 AM
headtrip_honey

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

Ha, thanks!

I guess I've just always been so used to having "thinner" hair than everyone around me (and when I was younger my hair WAS babyfine...but once I hit 19 or so I started getting coarser hair growing in addition to my normal fine hair...hence the F/M designation).

One of my best friends is Pakistani with ENORMOUS amounts of BSL length thick black hair, so next to her anyone's hair looks wimpy!

I'm also a little self-conscious about my hair since it has thinned a little recently - not a ton, clearly, but enough that I can notice it. Medication related. I'm hoping it gets better, but if it stays where it is now I guess I can deal. :)
August 17th, 2011, 03:05 PM
pixiestar

Re: Calling all who are growing shoulder to APL!

Quote:

Originally Posted by theodora

Alright guys I think it might be time for me to graduate from this thread. I was sure I was stuck at APL and that my hair hadn't grown at all but I did some length shots and I think I have indeed moved past APL.
Length shot from 25 June:
http://www.longhaircommunity.com/for...ctureid=106187
Notice the hair on the left barely reaching my mole.

Length shot from today, 17 August:
http://www.longhaircommunity.com/for...ctureid=110494
Hair is now covering my mole.

I feel weird about doing these naked hair length shots but I figured considering the abundance of moles on my back, it gives me easy mini-milestones to reach.

So goodbye lovely ladies of the shoulder to APL thread! See you soon in the APL to BSL thread!

Congratulations :D
Definitely apl now:D Hope to see you soon in the apl to bsl.

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