I just trimmed about 1cm off, and oh my ends feel great again! It was the first time I let any scissors come near my hair since october/november 2016. I'm still at collarbone length, so I don't feel like it was a drastic loss, lol! :)
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I just trimmed about 1cm off, and oh my ends feel great again! It was the first time I let any scissors come near my hair since october/november 2016. I'm still at collarbone length, so I don't feel like it was a drastic loss, lol! :)
I haaaate how my hair looks shorter in the front, it makes me feel like i haven't made any progress but in the back when wet, it's about half an inch away. I hope I'm a bit less impatient next milestone, as this is the first one I've set for myself.
My one year anniversary on LHC is the 28th of Sept. I will be thrilled if i can make it by then!
You're so close, WillOTree! :cheer: Growing to APL is definitely my least favorite stage. I don't hate it and I'm being patient, but I'm looking forward to the next thread :p
I have to keep reminding myself if I don't trim, 3 more inches growth in about 6 more months! :) :p
I hope you can!! That's a little over a month, I think. A month and a half? I hate how mine looks shorter in front, too. Drives me batty! Just hanging out on my shoulders looking shoulder length, while the back is creeping ever downwards.
I think it might be mine, as well, and I might actually hate it. But I think part of it is just being on LHC and seeing so many gorgeous buns that I really really want to try but can't :laugh:
You can do it!! And it's still ok if you do trim. Are you doing the no-trim challenge for the second half of 2017? I am, but I don't really need to worry about it too much, I don't feel like trimming it at all :laugh: I feel like I'm cheating.
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Tomorrow is measuring daaaaaay! I'm very excited. I need to wash my hair again, it needs clarifying. I washed it last night, and while my ends feel incredible my roots feel bleh. I think I'm gonna stick with my diluted "strong" shampoo (pantene something... it has SLS and SLES, and both in full strength shampoo is too much unless I want to clarify), and use the last bits of tresemme as body wash. But all the better, really. Diluted shampoo at the concentration I'm doing (like a quarter sized dollop in 16oz of water) will last foreeeeeeeever, and I don't have to feel badly about using it a bit more liberally! Plus the water really helps it spread all over my scalp so no more missed patches!
I tried ROO (rinse out oil), and I'm like 90% sure it's not the cause of the clarifying need. My hair has been getting greasy faster since I deep conditioned it, and I'm thinking next time I need to make sure I do a clarifying wash before I deep condition, so that I'm not adding more gunk to gunk lol. Gotta test stuff out to find what works! And I'm prepared for the possibility of needing to wash twice a week again. But if I don't have to, I don't want to!
Anyway, I don't feel like my hair grew too much this month! But I'm excited to have more data to add to my spreadsheet :laugh:
Now that I can get all my hair up into a pony I usually wear it up especially at work, and when I get home I brush it out and it looks like I stalled in the front, but I've gained in the back! I have been putting it up right after and ignoring it with some success. Lol!
:sad Well this month's growth was disappointing! Just a single cm. Well, except for the tiny shorties left at my temples. Those grew 3cm! :justy:
I know to not expect super growth, and I was already suspecting that my several inches this summer were more of a growth spurt than anything else. But stiiiiiiill! I wanted to be APL by my birthday :sad
And I've measured over a dozen times, and made my husband do it, too! No dice :laugh: I really did only gain a cm, and my lil shorties really did gain 3cm!
It's fine it's fine. And for all I know this is just a stall or something. I've been super stressed all month! I still can't figure out why my lil shorties grew so much though :laugh: I think they're anxious to catch up, and the rest are waiting patiently for them.
Agree Joyful Mystery! Hopefully there in a couple of months.
Ha! It's a real problem! I see a bun and think to myself, hm, maybe I can do this! *does step one* awesome! *does step two* It's happening?! *hair falls out step three*
No. No its not.
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I'm currently in the weird zone between SL and CBL...on the quest for APL!