No trimming club!

**Dani** · November 21st, 2009, 10:48 AM

I'm going for it! I feel like I'm really ready. I've always loved to cut my hair (for the healthy ends and the fun of it), but I really want my hair longer now, and methinks this is the right way to do it for me this year, or for how ever long until my hair really needs a trim. And hopefully it'll just need to be a dusting.

When my dd was 1 I chopped my MBL ALL virgin hair (took a long time to get there!) to shoulders (because baby kept yanking on it if I forgot to put it up and it was all driving me bonkers

), then a couple days later to chin, then even shorter, and I couldn't stand ANY of the hair that I had on my head, so I cut it into a pixie. Which is Very hard to do by yourself!

The 2 1/2 years or whatever it's been since then has really just been me trying hard to get used to having longer and longer hair (longer than pixie-length that is). It was a hard transition for me! I'd never had hair that short, and while I didn't feel right with short-short hair, it was just too easy for me to have fun cutting it and playing around with it, and not getting any longer. I could be past BSL right now if I was ready to grow and grow after the pixie, but every time since then that it's gotten longer than chin length or something, I would trim it up. I've just always had this 'thing' about blunt ends (so anyone's who's grown out a pixie can probably see where I'm coming from ;^p).

But now I'm finally just about shoulder-length! It is awesome. I can almost put it all up in a ponytail. It's usually down, in a half-ponytail (all hair up, but only half-looped through), or in pigtail half-loops. My hair is so soft and I'm getting my waves back, and I just want to grow it. The ends are fine, they don't need to be trimmed for a long time. And I'm SO excited to be able to braid it again! I do french and english braids on the front canopy area hair, but am only at the beginning stage of being able to do pigtail braids, which were always my favorite when it was long. Anyway, I can do this. I'm sure I can get the support I will probably need here! But my goals are small, so I should be fine with that... like my first goal is to get all my hair in a ponytail, then get pigtail braids... then my braids will just get longer and longer. ;^) I've been meaning to talk about all this on here for years now! lol ... finally discussed it.

**Francoise1606** · November 22nd, 2009, 02:06 AM

I think I'm going to join this too! I am really interested to see how long my hair would grow in a year if I don't cut it. I haven't had any trims since august 13th ( I think). But Now I'm going to be aware of the fact that I don't cut it

**Iron0Maiden** · November 25th, 2009, 09:33 AM

Hey, I've been wondering this for quite a while now: What exactly ARE fairytale ends? Can you show me some pictures so I can know?

**Belisarius** · November 25th, 2009, 10:05 AM

I don't have pictures, but it is what hair looks like if you only do S&D.
I want to join too, my last cut was in summer of '07.

**~~JenniferNoel~~** · November 25th, 2009, 10:30 AM

Count me in! I haven't done any trimming (except maybe the occasional S&D in extreme cases of boredom) since May (when I had damage and needed to cut 7 inches off

). No more trimming for me!

**jel** · November 25th, 2009, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by Iron0Maiden

Hey, I've been wondering this for quite a while now: What exactly ARE fairytale ends? Can you show me some pictures so I can know?

Fairytale ends are non-blunt ends, sometimes achieved by layers that have grown out, but mostly naturally grown without regular trimming. For pictures have a look at this thread. Also, my profile picture and most of my pics in the "Henna" album!

ETA: And a very warm welcome to all new non-trimmers!

**Lapin** · November 25th, 2009, 08:51 PM

hey - i want in! right now my hair is halfway between my chin and shoulders :/ it's hung out around there for a few years, and i am so tired of having it short! i always get my hair to my shoulders, get frustrated, and chop it off into a short pseudo-pixie bob thing.

hopefully, this club will help keep me focused - i'm going as long as i can get it!

**Kitten87** · November 25th, 2009, 09:59 PM

I just stopped trimming/cutting in September. I had cut off all my dyed/fried hair to start over fresh with healthy hair.

My hair is only 3-5 inches long (depending on where I'm measuring)

**Lapin** · November 26th, 2009, 05:40 AM

yay! another shorty-hair!

i get so jealous of people with long flowing hair growing it even longer and more beautiful - it's nice to see someone else just starting out