I'm pretty much armpit length now and it was about shoulder length last august... it just sort of grew without me paying too much attention to it.
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I'm pretty much armpit length now and it was about shoulder length last august... it just sort of grew without me paying too much attention to it.
My guess is by July I should get to armpit length. IF i can stop this breakage im getting.
Ummm, not to be argumentative but your profile pic looks BSL to me. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Holly9192
I think I am now entering the SL to APL journey. I had reached shoulder but still had a ton of layers. I trimmed about an inch off of the damage last week, but right now it still seems to be touching the tops of my shoulders. I think that with a good growth rate, I could reach APL in 8 months, but that would entail no trimming, no heat styling and no bleach.
I'm at shoulder length too, just started growing at my previous rate after a winter stall. I had this crazy dream last night that I had split ends on the front section of my hair from heat iron use... and I've never ever used an iron! I don't really have those splits either...
I can't wait for it to get longer though! I like tilting my head back to feel more hair on my back, lol.
RocketDog- French twists are so the way to go! My (cheating) variation is to stuff all the hair underneath the same way and weave a pencil through it. It doesn't look so polished and pretty but it stays well and impresses people. Guess not a lot of girls know how to only use sticks!
do you have a you tube of this???
or pictures ??
Wowsies! I checked with a towel last night. I am about 1" past APL :) Yay!
Wowie is right!! Woohoo for you (I'm so envious!). :cheese:Quote:
Originally Posted by *Aoife*
I think I'm pretty close to being APL soon maybe a month and a half and I'll be there. Then on to BSL and then Waist which is my goal right now. Who knows might go for a longer goal when i get closer to waist. But for right now APL is killing me.
Made it to APL!!! YAY!
Probably going to be another year yet for me to reach APL. Slow and steady...
I'm in!!
This is me the other day. Crappy pic, but at least you can see how long my hair is.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...ictureid=64528
Your color is fabulous. Is it natural?Quote:
Originally Posted by FallenAngel
There's something i realized...I think hair flipping on the ends due to resting on shoulders make shoulder-APL take awfully long time :) when hair no longer sit on shoulder, it immediately starts growing fast again :D
maybe i'm too optimistic?:cheese:
Too much optimism is always welcomed!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreams_in_Pink
That's exactly what I'm finding at the moment Dreams in Pink. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreams_in_Pink
Even though I've measured another 1/2 inch of growth in the last month my hair started flipping in all directions as soon as it touched my shoulders. All I want now is to get to that stage where my hair "hangs" rather than "flips" so I share your optimism.
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Originally Posted by curlylocks85
There must be a "flip-length" between shoulder and APL, to make life seem better :DQuote:
Originally Posted by clairenewcastle
I'm flipping up too - it is NOT a flattering look on me. The sides flipping up are okay, but it looks like it flips back up one or two inches in back, which makes me look dorky.
Hopefully I'll be at APL in 6 months or so. I'm growing out with tons of layers, but I have no interest in evening it out yet.
This is the thread for me.
I'm currently shoulder length, my eventual goal is to reach MBL but my first milestone is APL.
I don't think autumn/winter is an unreasonable timeframe for APL, knowing my hair.
I follow a super healthy protein rich diet, take vitamins, wear my hair up (apart from special occasions), i never use heat .. I'm doing all I can do really, but I sometimes get a little impatient.
Happy growing everyone and I look forward to sharing this journey with you all.
curlylocks85 - it is definitly not my original color, but it's natural... (henna ;) )
I have a dumb question. I think I get where APL is, (midway between shoulder and brastrap) but what does it stand for?
not in this range yet, but I've never gotten past it before, hope to do now.
I have recently done a big chop because of a huge shed that continued on for three years, and I was battling fairy tale ends right about at shoulder. That was depressing, so I cut to something between a pixie and a bob because those kind of ends at that length is just Wrong.
Not a dumb question at all!Quote:
Originally Posted by maira
Armpit Length :)
Even though my last 3 inches are fizzled and damaged, I have vowed to baby them along and not trim again until I have more length (I am just touching shoulder again after a 1 inch trim last month). I have been following people's suggestions of a tiny bit of coconut oil just kind of squeezed/pressed onto the damaged ends and it certainly is helping, appearance-wise. My estimation, if I have 1/2 inch of growth per month, is 8 months to APL.
My front layers are longer than my back layers (thanks to that bob I had!), but I think I'm going to leave it that way, at least for a looooong time.
I like to trick myself into thinking that my hair is as long as I see it in the mirror from the front :)
From the back, I probably have a good 3 inches to APL...
I think I'm at solid APL again, 21 inches for me. I got there last year, then chopped almost 3 inches off in January. Now to BSL, hopefully just with dustings and S&D until then!
So can anyone else do buns that you're not "supposed" to be able to yet?
I was just lurking a thread on orchid buns and decided, worth a shot right? It fell apart from the left the first time but I wrapped it a smidge differently the second time and it's stayed in since, and hairstick buns never stay in when my hair is clean! I am pleased :D
But I think this is a BSL+ bun? So I was ultra surprised that I could do it with relative ease!
I am at shoulder length right now. I am impatient for my hair to grow longer but I guess I should just be thankful that I can finally put my hair in a wearable ponytail. I have cut and grown my hair several times and it always gets easier once I can get it out of my face.
I've concluded that i must have a giraffe neck and THAT is what's making it take so long to get to APL :D
I can't do many buns, but I've been entertaining myself with braids. Yesterday I did my first 5 strand braid! I did it like a french braid, half up. So I'm just going to occupy myself in the meantime with braids and twists until -one day- my hair magically grows!
Kaileida, I've got a bunch of bun threads going. Please take a look at them. You are certain to find ones you can do!!
Haha Pixna you're my hero! I love that pencil bun, it's probably the most comfortable bun I've found yet!
Yay!!! :happydance: Isn't the Pencl Bun the BEST?! I've been wearing it almost every day. It's comfortable, it's easy, and it's fun. It took me a bazillion tries to "get" it, but once I did, I never looked back (well, I must admit that I DO look at the back of my head with the bun in it, but you know what I mean). Try the Magic Knot bun, too. It's a good one to switch off with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaileida
Well, I measured my hair from its shortest back layers. It's a little over 18.5 (still not yet APL!), and then for the fun of it I measured to BSL.
25 inches.
So, I've got another 6 and a half inches to just the top of BSL, and I've thought about more and more of changing my goal to waist...
So I figure, my hair grows at about half an inch a month (during the winter), but hopefully it will grow faster now that the warmer weather is coming. So I probably have about another 6 months to APL.
AACCCKKKK!!! I'm so impatient!! GROW, GROW, GROW!!!!!!!!
I guess I just barely CAN sign in here. I must say I never knew growing hair wll be so annoying. I have had either past APL or short hair sofar. This is the first (self aware) time with shoulder lenght hair in my life. It is very inpractical and I don't like the look of it on me. I don't know, maybe I will feel better after two more inches. I'd cut it but I feel I have come too far with all the waiting.
well, I have just about reached APL (curly) and BSL (straight)...a couple more months and I may straighten it for a day to find out for sure
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Originally Posted by redneckprincess
Let us know when we can pull out the :cheese: and celebrate!
Picture progress anyone? :D
(Sorry about the low quality but my webcam does badly at night!)
http://imgur.com/K8rON.jpg
Orchid bun! It's a little messy because my hair is too clean to stay put.
http://imgur.com/NEkid.jpg
The very longest strands touch the top of my bra strap! I'm uber excited haha :D
Kaileida, congratulations!!! Way to GROW!!! :cheer:
Hi there
thats very nice growth! I've heavily layered hair from ears down, at the moment the longest layers are about inch or so from APL.planning on no trims until summer, maybe, we'll see.
Happy hair growth :D
YAY!! I finally found somewhere that I belong :D:D:D I know there are chin length threads on here, as well as APL/BSL and I knew I was not considered short/short, and I know I am not to APL yet, because that is one of my milestone goals. So, I am so glad I have found a happy medium!! I got an angled bob cut in December... (from BSL... DUH! ME!!!) Anyway, my hairdresser used a razor and chopped layers into it, since my hair is very thick and this type of bob is difficult to wear with thick hair, so she thinned it out some, but not too much. I would say there is only about 3 different length layers, but oh how annoying!!! My longest in front is approx. 18.5 my shortest in back is approx. 16.5, so I have a 2 inch difference. I am in the process of deciding when I want to go in for the trim to even out the layers, because I would like ALL one length right now at about APL. My hair grows approx. 0.75 inches a month, so I was thinking either the end of July or the end of October. I don't know which, because I really want to be able to see and feel some growth progress... Any thoughts or suggestions are greatly appreciated. TIA! At least I have found this thread to accompany me on my exciting yet FRUSTRATING journey!!!
*HAPPY GROWING*