Shoulder | Armpit

[Iyashikei]

I haven’t updated my stats yet, but here’s my new hair:



I cut off all my heat damaged and processed hair to start fresh. It’s so healthy, shiny and bouncy again! Like it regained life. No regrets and I’m finally excited again to grow it out!

Such beautiful waves! They remind me of old Hollywood movies.

[Bat]

Secret Soup - looking good! Your ends (and hair overall) really reminds me of my own. I suspect my ends get stringy and thin from a combination of breakage and a short growth cycle (eg: most hairs fall before they actually grow past shoulder.) Every time I grow I give up and chop because of the stringy ends. Or, if I happen to have the resolve to ask for "just a trim" the hair dresser chops me major... This go-around I'm going to be as diligent as possible.

Bat - Looking good! There's some real progress going on.

I'm feeling a little wishy-washy about my progress. I've really leaned into the curly gurl method these last two months and while seeing myself with spirals is fun, it makes my hair seem so short. I might treat myself to wearing it straight one day soon just to check my actual progress.

Thank you!, and the 'joy' of shrinkage, it will be interest to see how long your hair is straight

Oh! The teal is gone! It still looks really good!

I used the same colour and it went blue, not sure why it went teal in the first place, I might try purple next

[GrowlingCupcake]

*sneaks in*

I think I'm a bit past collarbone right now but I'm maybe going shorter when I see a hair dresser (at least getting it neatened out).

[secret soup]

*sneaks in*

I think I'm a bit past collarbone right now but I'm maybe going shorter when I see a hair dresser (at least getting it neatened out).

More thick, shiny waves! You and pisinoe should start a hair-modelling business

I think your hemline and overall condition look good!

[oldrocker]

posted this in the braid thread...and don't know why it went 90 degrees right....sighh...

first braid since probably 2010 or so....a little puny...but am pouring grow food on it now...lol

[Iyashikei]

posted this in the braid thread...and don't know why it went 90 degrees right....sighh...

first braid since probably 2010 or so....a little puny...but am pouring grow food on it now...lol

Congrats O.R. At least you can put it in a braid now. Have you ever tried pigtail braids? You know, like Willie Nelson does? It might make it look less puny (and your hair won't escape the braid if it's short).

[InTheCity]

I'm feeling a little crummy about my hair today. I "wasted" a blow dry (first time in 6 months) to check my growth progress and per usual, my hemline is a joke. Whenever I get to this length all that's left is stringy, sparse strands and it looks terrible. Inevitably I go for a "trim" that hairdressers turn into a major chop because they see barely anything on the floor when they cut off an inch or two. I swear my growth cycle is like 2 years, and any hairs that happen to go past shoulder are few and far between. 2-6 is supposedly normal. Sigh.

October will be a full year since I've gotten a hair cut. I might have to brave a salon again for a hem-thickening trim in the soon. I'll do my best to ignore, ignore, ignore to hold it off as long as possible.

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[yassi]

If you mostly wear it curly, I feel like you can get away with a less than perfect hem, so maybe if you had a friend or family member you trusted to do the trim? I had my mom trim mine last time I visited, because I knew she wouldn't take off more than I wanted. I ended up having her take off three inches, putting me pretty solidly back to shoulder, because I had so many splits, but she checked with me for each inch.

[_Melly_]

GrowingCupcake (great name) and I love your hair!

[0xalis]

Wow so much beautiful hair since I've been gone

I think I'm getting into that final stretch, as it seems my hair does just barely reach APL when wet and stretched to the max.
I don't call it until dry but that should only be a few months longer... Wow!!