Your hair has beautiful texture and colour and it has grown a lot! It looks very healthy too. Also,thank you for motivation! I am also growing from a short pixie cut.
WOW! So I finally get to post a hairiversary thread!
I had a pixie hair cut for a year and started to grow my hair out Feb. 2011, I joined LHC in July 2011. I've learned so, so , so much about hair care and I LOVE my hair now. It's much better than it has been in a very long time. I chopped all of my hair off in 2010 because I felt so sick of my hair and how it was behaving that I couldn't take it anymore. I think about it now and my hair was begging for better treatment, I just wasn't listening to it. My hair is now longer than it was before I chopped it all off and it is now longer than it has been in over 10 years.
I used to dye, cut, shave, bleach/dye (in one day), straighten daily, curling iron, tease and even "dread lock it" for a night and brush it the next morning. Ugh, my poor hair. It is fine, breaks easily and I shed a lot...when I think about all the damage I did to it, no wonder my hair NEVER looked nice.
I am now heat free, styling product free, and dye free. I use jojoba, almond and olive oils (they all have different effects on my hair, I use it as a leave in on my ends or mix them for deep oil treatments) I love my ACV rinses once or twice a month (depending on my scalps needs), I use Suave shampoo (every3-4 days, diluted) I CWC or CO (depending on my hairs needs), I use Shea Moisture products as a leave in and I comb my hair while wet with leave in only. I now braid my hair every night, and most days or put it in a top bun. I started S&D'ing last summer when my hair finally got long enough to actually see the ends up close LOL I have NOT trimmed or cut my hair in 2 years!!! crazy I know I will be trimming it soon, not sure if I want to get rid of my FTE or layers yet...still thinking.
When I first joined LHC I measured my hair constantly (like more than once a week!!! lol) I was also Over-oiling and just over obsessed with my hair, maybe doing too much at once...it took a while to figure out what my hair liked, but now I am more of a benign neglect kind of person and I just pay attention to what my hair and scalp need day by day. I don't even know my actual measurement anymore, I just use body markers (apl, bsl...). I learned to just let my hair be.
ok, sorry for the rambling...on to the pictures
Pixie in feb 2011
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8119309...in/photostream
When I joined LHC July 2011
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8119309...in/photostream
1 year on, no cuts or trims June 2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8119309...in/photostream
Finally able to put it up! June 2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8119309...in/photostream
APL seemed so far away in the beginning! Nov 2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8119309...in/photostream
Before and After - Feb 2011 Pixie to Feb 2013 BSL!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8119309...in/photostream
Up close & personal Feb 2013, air dryed with leave in
http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/81193092@N05/8438511423/in/photostream
hair color and hair type up close Feb 2013
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8119309...in/photostream
different angle and brighter flash feb 2013
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8119309...in/photostream
Thanks for looking! Thank you LongHairCommunity for teaching me so much about hair care! I want to give a shout out to the Super Shorties!! Keep going and don't give up! Your hair will be long before you know it!
Last edited by wishywashy; February 15th, 2013 at 10:59 AM. Reason: wanted to add a few more pics
pixie - ear - chin- neck - shoulder - APL - BSL - Mid Back - Waist - Hip (GOAL!)
Your hair has beautiful texture and colour and it has grown a lot! It looks very healthy too. Also,thank you for motivation! I am also growing from a short pixie cut.
1b/F/ii
Started from a very short pixie at April 2011
Woaahhh! Your hair looks amazing! Congratulations!
*Chin length* --> *Shoulder length* --> *Arm pit length* --> *Bra strap length* -->*Waist length* and beyond...
That is awesome progress! Your hair looks so great, love your curls and color!
Currently at: 34,5" ~ Forever trimming away thin ends ~ Next Goal: 35" BCL
Hennahead | SLS & 'Cone Free | Grainiac
Thank you so much Nebulae, Snow White and Neneka!
pixie - ear - chin- neck - shoulder - APL - BSL - Mid Back - Waist - Hip (GOAL!)
Wow that's amazing growth.
http://51303.photobucket.com/user/ja...ker101/profile
Some say I'm nearing hip and my fat ate the hair I'm jacqueline101 not a pronoun
jacquelinewalker101.blogspot.com
Looks great! Congrats on all your beautiful hair growth, and happy hairniversary!
MrsGuther
Congrats! It's beautiful!
The Wild Beast From The Land of Hair That Cannot Be Tamed
Pixie - Chin- Shoulder - APL - BSL - Waist - TBL
"happy hairniversary! " so that is how you spell it? I was having a hard time with spelling that in my post lol
Thanks MrsGuther, Jacqueline101, and HairFaerie!
pixie - ear - chin- neck - shoulder - APL - BSL - Mid Back - Waist - Hip (GOAL!)
That's a lot of hair for that period of time!
SL-APL-BSL-MBL-WAIST-HIP**Almost there!!!**
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