Shoulder | Armpit

**irodaryne** · December 24th, 2015, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by Mammasaurusrex

^^^ Curly swoops at the end that cause you to lose a little visual length! I have that same issue. My hair does this weird flip up thing and it looks so ridiculous and I swear cuts inches off of my length when you're actually looking at my hair. I don't have the balls enough to straighten it with a flat iron though to see how long it really looks though so I guess I will just have to deal. I am hoping to reach apl by at least this time next year but I don't want to get my hopes up either and be disappointed.

I suspect that my curly swoops are from waves that I would have if I could figure out how to care for my hair in a way to get them to thrive. Because I comb through my hair after I wash it, the waves don't really clump together as they should so I end up with the ends being extra scrunchy wavy to compensate.

Unfortunately, it means that what would be shoulder length hair looks more like chin length, depending on how the swoopies want to behave.

**vpatt** · December 25th, 2015, 03:50 AM

Originally Posted by irodaryne

I suspect that my curly swoops are from waves that I would have if I could figure out how to care for my hair in a way to get them to thrive. Because I comb through my hair after I wash it, the waves don't really clump together as they should so I end up with the ends being extra scrunchy wavy to compensate.

Unfortunately, it means that what would be shoulder length hair looks more like chin length, depending on how the swoopies want to behave.

My layers cause my hair to look shorter.

**beefox** · December 26th, 2015, 12:37 PM

I'm so close to APL, I feel like it's taking forever since I reached SL. My goal is to be there by February.

**vpatt** · December 26th, 2015, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by beefox

I'm so close to APL, I feel like it's taking forever since I reached SL. My goal is to be there by February.

I can stretch mine to APL, but I hope by February or March I can call it without stretching. And I have joined the challenge of BSL by next Christmas. If I don't make it I should be very close by then.

**Aingeal** · December 26th, 2015, 05:23 PM

After my last wash, I measured with a towel around my armpits and I think I have about four more inches to make it to APL stretched. I'm hoping by the end of summer I'll be there!

**RavenRose** · December 27th, 2015, 12:06 PM

Hello all! I guess I am rejoining you! I was about 2 inches past APL, and halfway to BSL, but was having horrible issues with breakage and tangles due to the old perm and bleaching out the henna. So I ended up getting it cut today, after debating about it for a month. I am loving it! The hair dresser cut it a bit shorter than I was hoping for, but it is still okay.

I am now about an inch from APL. Because I had so much breakage in the canopy where the perm was, I asked for a few layers. My shortest layer is at my collar. But my hair is so much better! no more rough tangles! I believe I have all of the perm cut out now, woo hoo! Although still experiencing fuzzies and some weak curling... I think one of these days I will have to do a typing poo and pic- suspecting I might be a wavy now.

**Aingeal** · December 27th, 2015, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by RavenRose

Hello all! I guess I am rejoining you! I was about 2 inches past APL, and halfway to BSL, but was having horrible issues with breakage and tangles due to the old perm and bleaching out the henna. So I ended up getting it cut today, after debating about it for a month. I am loving it! The hair dresser cut it a bit shorter than I was hoping for, but it is still okay.

I am now about an inch from APL. Because I had so much breakage in the canopy where the perm was, I asked for a few layers. My shortest layer is at my collar. But my hair is so much better! no more rough tangles! I believe I have all of the perm cut out now, woo hoo! Although still experiencing fuzzies and some weak curling... I think one of these days I will have to do a typing poo and pic- suspecting I might be a wavy now.

It looks great! Those ends look fresh and happy! There's nothing like growing out henna, huh? UGH It was the longest year of my life and I finally just chopped it all off!

**curlylocks85** · December 31st, 2015, 10:09 PM

This is my end of the year picture and it appears to me that I have reached APL!

It was great being here. Everyone has been wonderful with optimism and motivation to keep growing. It took me 1 year and 4 months to reach APL from SL and now I am going onto the APL to BSL thread. See you all there! Happy New Year!

**irodaryne** · January 1st, 2016, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by curlylocks85

This is my end of the year picture and it appears to me that I have reached APL!

It was great being here. Everyone has been wonderful with optimism and motivation to keep growing. It took me 1 year and 4 months to reach APL from SL and now I am going onto the APL to BSL thread. See you all there! Happy New Year!

Congrats!