Shoulder | Armpit

**geeorgie** · December 28th, 2012, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by theodora

geeorgie Your hair is so amazingly shiny! I feel you on growing it layers, it's a pain. I've got some really short one at the back (result of removing my dreads this summer and cutting out a few that had clumped irreversibly).
Also, I know it's not hair-related but your double nostrils look amazing. I'm incredibly jealous!

Thanks! I love my double nostrils, I have a septum too but I keep that flipped up a lot of the time for work. I enjoy the symmetry

I'm going to measure my hair when I wash it tomorrow, I keep forgetting but for some reason I don't feel like it's grown that much... :/

**heidi.maryke** · December 28th, 2012, 10:42 PM

So close! Probably 2 months of growth until it is solid APL and past the line. Sorry the proportions are a bit off. But you can see the growth.

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**Lucky_Lucy** · December 29th, 2012, 08:01 AM

Hey everyone, I was away for a while due to some personal problems.
I'm pretty sure I graduated from this thread in the meantime, but I just wanted to say I loved it here and that everyone was great

I will post some pictures of my progress though before I 'officially' graduate.

**geeorgie** · December 29th, 2012, 09:58 AM

^ Congrats!

I measured today and my hair is at 18" now, so it's grown 5 inches since March, meaning I actually get 1/2" growth a month! Pretty weird seeing as I thought my hair was growing way below average pace haha.

**maborosi** · December 29th, 2012, 11:36 AM

My hair's at 21". I think I'm almost at APL? I dunno. I'm getting close. I should probably be there by February-ish.

Length shot from about a week ago.
(Sorry for the hugeness and not very good quality.)

~maborosi~

**Neecola** · December 31st, 2012, 10:05 AM

Hello everyone! Mind if I join? Think I'm just at shoulder length now and I am so grateful to be past the awkward stages of the pixie -- especially with curly hair as I don't use heat!

I seem to either wear my hair down, half up or pinned all the way up in a random "birds nest". I'd like to try something new and was wondering if any of you have any suggestions of styles that will work well at this length?

Happy New Year!

**oktobergoud** · December 31st, 2012, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by Neecola

Hello everyone! Mind if I join? Think I'm just at shoulder length now and I am so grateful to be past the awkward stages of the pixie -- especially with curly hair as I don't use heat!

I seem to either wear my hair down, half up or pinned all the way up in a random "birds nest". I'd like to try something new and was wondering if any of you have any suggestions of styles that will work well at this length?

Happy New Year!

Welcome!

Ah Happy New Year everyone! Here it will still take another 6 hours.. I have no idea what to do with my hair for a NYE-party tonight haha! Probably just down..

**Joliebaby** · January 1st, 2013, 06:35 AM

Thanks Oktobergoud!

I have always found this length the absolutely most annoying. I had short hair for years and loved it, easy, cute, edgy.. did I mention easy? But of course lacking the special beauty and sensuality and mystery of long hair.

Whenever my hair gets past shoulder length it just feels like an in-between length. It's not short anymore but not long either. I like it either short or long. This definitely lasts until APL, if not to BSL. At least it will start to feel longish at APL, a bit more intentional as opposed to just being too lazy or indecisive to cut my hair.

And my hair's thickness makes it really hard to do any updo's either. (At 30" I was still only able to make a cinnabun so I'm not holding my breath..) Good thing I like to wear my hair down a lot, or just in a ponytail. Braids are good but also require more length. Having layers complicates things further, but I have decided I really like my hair better with layers, it's lighter and fluffier and the waves are more pronounced.

ETA: I just looked at my hair after a shower, and pulled on the ends when it was wet. I could hardly believe my eyes, it was SO close to APL, like 1/2". Of course my big waves take up a a lot of length. So I think it won't be until summer that my hair will actually look like APL when dry.

**Neecola** · January 1st, 2013, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by oktobergoud

Welcome!

Ah Happy New Year everyone! Here it will still take another 6 hours.. I have no idea what to do with my hair for a NYE-party tonight haha! Probably just down..

Thanks Oktobergoud -- your hair is looking very lovely! What did you end up doing with your hair for NYE? I ended up dividing my hair in sections and rolling the ends around two fingers, pinning the rolls in place low on the back of my head. It turned out pretty cute but I think it would look better with more hair. But at least I tried something new!

**Nique1202** · January 1st, 2013, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by Joliebaby

Whenever my hair gets past shoulder length it just feels like an in-between length. It's not short anymore but not long either. I like it either short or long. This definitely lasts until APL, if not to BSL. At least it will start to feel longish at APL, a bit more intentional as opposed to just being too lazy or indecisive to cut my hair.

I feel the same way, the space between shoulder and APL feels really awkward to me, and I don't like how my hair behaves when left down. My marker for hair starting to feel long-ish is when an English braid will hold all my hair in securely. I don't know exactly how much longer that is (I've never measured or really kept track of my hair length before joining LHC!) but I should hopefully have it by the time I hit APL. Just 4 inches to go!