Midback | Waist

**ETJ CURLS** · September 15th, 2024, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Miss_Conduct

Can I join this thread? I've been getting close to waist (only another inch or two!), but it still feels infuriatingly far away lol.

Welcome aboard! There's something about those last few inches that just take forever!

**sarana** · September 16th, 2024, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by ETJ CURLS

Welcome aboard! There's something about those last few inches that just take forever!

Indeed, I felt like I was juuust 2 inches from waist for YEARS. But with care and intensive protection from breakage you can push through it!

**Miss_Conduct** · September 16th, 2024, 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by ETJ CURLS

Welcome aboard! There's something about those last few inches that just take forever!

Thank you!! I'm glad to be here <3
Yeah the anticipation for the milestone but not being quite there yet seems to make it take so much longer

**Bat** · September 16th, 2024, 02:46 PM

Can I call it, is the worst cause it's soooo close but not close enough

**persephones_sun** · September 16th, 2024, 07:18 PM

A few days late, but I passed waist this month and made it to 33 inches. The first pic is from mid July, second mid August, and last two mid September. I have one more month to go for my no trim challenge and then will decide to trim back to waist or to keep heading to hip

If I trim, I will post an update here again and hopefully have a thicker hemline to show for it. I really want to be able to wear my hair down naturally, but right now am still only confident with it curled. If I’m not on this thread next month, it’s been a pleasure and happy growing to everyone!

**ETJ CURLS** · September 16th, 2024, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by persephones_sun

A few days late, but I passed waist this month and made it to 33 inches. The first pic is from mid July, second mid August, and last two mid September. I have one more month to go for my no trim challenge and then will decide to trim back to waist or to keep heading to hip

If I trim, I will post an update here again and hopefully have a thicker hemline to show for it. I really want to be able to wear my hair down naturally, but right now am still only confident with it curled. If I’m not on this thread next month, it’s been a pleasure and happy growing to everyone!

Your hemline looks great to me!

**Rainbouu** · September 17th, 2024, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by persephones_sun

A few days late, but I passed waist this month and made it to 33 inches. The first pic is from mid July, second mid August, and last two mid September. I have one more month to go for my no trim challenge and then will decide to trim back to waist or to keep heading to hip

If I trim, I will post an update here again and hopefully have a thicker hemline to show for it. I really want to be able to wear my hair down naturally, but right now am still only confident with it curled. If I’m not on this thread next month, it’s been a pleasure and happy growing to everyone!

Your hemline is beautiful; I have a very similar texture, and I used to feel like my hair needed to be curled too. Not anymore! Your hair is my current goal.

**persephones_sun** · September 19th, 2024, 01:05 AM

Originally Posted by ETJ CURLS

Your hemline looks great to me!

Thanks, ETJ CURLS!

Originally Posted by Rainbouu

Your hemline is beautiful; I have a very similar texture, and I used to feel like my hair needed to be curled too. Not anymore! Your hair is my current goal.

Rainbouu, that's such a compliment, I love when I see other fine/thin haired folk at my goal as well. And isn't it silly? I think you're wise, it's better to love what you have!

**Rainbouu** · September 30th, 2024, 03:51 PM

I've been wearing my hair in braids and buns every single day for a few weeks, and I feel like on my wash days I can see the growth! Normally I don't notice growth if my hairs always down, so maybe this helps with perspective. I definitely have gained a few centimeters. And I'm having to redye my hair so often , my roots are coming in so fast! It's annoying honestly, but I'm grateful my hair seems to be growing fast. I'm going to start tracking my dye days and how much new growth is coming in...I can't resist, I want to know if my hair is really growing at an above average rate or if it's just my imagination.

**cookies** · Today, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by cookies

Woohooo, I'm officially joining the MBL to WL gang

I took a photo showing all the rest of the milestones (that I'm going for) for the occasion:

MBL to waist is the abyss for me, so I'll probably be hanging out here until the end of the year, but that's ok because I'm in great company

Luckily, hip is just about 5cm below waist (right under the belt area), then BCL is somewhere in the middle of the pockets, TBL at the bottom of them. I believe that's my end goal, unless I decide I want a braid that long and I go for classic (bottom of pants)

“Until the end of the year” lol, sounds hilarious a year and a half later but I MADE IT Y’ALL!

My hair is a bit wet here still but I couldn’t wait because the sun goes down pretty quickly these days and it also happens to be my two year LHC anniversary so double yay!
I’m also going to throw in my hair typing photo from when I first joined because it’s such a great way to illustrate that LHC magic

So thank you everyone for your wisdoms and on to hip I go!