Shoulder | Armpit

**Dommydomdom** · April 20th, 2016, 02:54 AM

Originally Posted by Lizzie.torp

I'm getting pretty frustrated with my hair. It doesn't seem to be getting longer. I feel like I've been collarbone length for many months and my hair is just getting thicker and poofier.

I feel the same! I'm just going to keep running/braiding it and hope that one day I will take it down and it will be APL

just keep going Lizzie.torp!!!

**Lizzie.torp** · April 20th, 2016, 03:19 AM

Originally Posted by Dommydomdom

I feel the same! I'm just going to keep running/braiding it and hope that one day I will take it down and it will be APL

just keep going Lizzie.torp!!!

Thanks for the motivation! I just flop mine in a bun and pretend it's long. My hair rarely stays in braids, though. I have no idea why.

**Dommydomdom** · April 20th, 2016, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by Lizzie.torp

Thanks for the motivation! I just flop mine in a bun and pretend it's long. My hair rarely stays in braids, though. I have no idea why.

Oops, meant to say bunning...not running, stupid autocorrect! Yeah, french/dutch braids are all I can do. Usually around my head in an almost crown braid-like fashion. Otherwise all the little bits fall out. Also, Arctic has some awesome styles for us shorter-haired people

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/entry.php?b=120776 I tried the upside-down dutch braid into top knot kind of style (from her Bun and Updo post) and love it! Keeps everything up and out of the way

**RSunny** · April 20th, 2016, 05:57 AM

I feel like I've been trying to grow to APL forever! I'm probably almost APL when my hair is straight, but my hair is somewhat curly and I've been waiting for it to reach APL while curly...It just doesn't seem to be growing in curly length!

**pili** · April 26th, 2016, 10:36 AM

I just cut my hair from two inches below BSL to shoulder. ��

This is such a huge setback, but necessary since I fried it with ombre bleaching. At least now my hair will be 100% LHC hair from now on.

**Amenahh** · April 26th, 2016, 10:40 AM

Pili, your curls look awesome!

I feel like I've been here forever. I think shoulder to APL is the worst stage ever. After APL it gets better, I can't wait to get there, I'm well past collarbone length now, but I still have a few cm to go.

**pili** · April 26th, 2016, 10:48 AM

Thanks Amenahh!
The only good thing about the cut is that my curls are behaving better.

**LongCurlyTress** · April 26th, 2016, 10:58 AM

I grew my hair from a 3b curly chin length bob when I did a big chop to get rid of the dyed length. I think the hardest time was shoulder to apl since curly hair grows out until it has some weight from longer lengths to hold it down. My best hairstyle was a peacock french twist with straightened side chin length bangs.... This kept my sanity until my hair grew to bsl and beyond. I still bun everyday, but now that my hair is TBL, I do wear it down and curly for special occasions since it knots up pretty easily and the detangling is horrible at the longer lengths... but don't worry about that now... just put your hair up and foregetabout it and go hide those scissors!!

Oh, and did I say oil the ends?? This helps to coat the tips and avoid splits...

Also, remember that small groupings of hairstrands grow unevenly, in an arrow shape. Those are not split ends... that is just how healthy hair grows..... no need to cut that off unless an individual strand is split. evoo works magically on the tips before bunning/french twisting...

**Nellon** · April 26th, 2016, 04:33 PM

I'm at collarbone length. Waiting for it to grow a bit so I can trim it all to one length when laying on my back (if that makes sense?) and have a straight hemline.