Shoulder | Armpit

**frogs** · November 16th, 2012, 06:42 AM

Krissykitty: Welcome! i know exactly what you mean. In this stage, my hair never looks good unless i either style it or put it up in a bun.. But i think once the hair is only a couple of inches longer, like halfway between APL and shoulder that will change (at least for me). So hang in there!

**frogs** · November 16th, 2012, 09:08 AM

I tried to reply earlier but it didnt seem to work, so i´ll give it another go!
Krissykitty: I totally understand what you mean, i hate how my hair looks 99% of the time (except today, for some reason) when it is not styled or up in a bun. I think that with some extra length, maybe just a few inches, that problem will hopefully be gone! Hang in there!

**SerinaDaith** · November 16th, 2012, 01:40 PM

I am at collarbone now! I have so missed this thread, I started another at thebeautybottle.com which is the LHC's sister site in the cold dark times of LHC being down. I would say come play over there while LHC goes through it's growing pains but now I can't access it. Here's hoping that they both don't go down at the same time.

<.< >.>

**lunardaydreamer** · November 17th, 2012, 06:46 PM

Reading this thread is getting me all psyched up! I just "officially" hit shoulder length, so my journey to APL and beyond begins!

**sunshine-locks** · November 17th, 2012, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by KrissyKitty

Hey guys! I'm joining! My hair is a smidge past my collarbone. I can't wait to hit APL, but I know it'll be another year or so. This stage is extra hard because I just want to heat style all the time. Working with natural texture here is a pain in the butt, yet I'm tired of the same old updos. Plus, I'm excited to no longer have a pixie and I want to show off and play with my new length!

Welcome, KrissyKitty

I'm sure you won't be here too long considering how long your hair sounds already! I've been growing out a pixie too and we can both kinda relax knowing we're past the extra short lengths and we have hair to mess with :P Good luck with your growth!

**SerinaDaith** · November 18th, 2012, 07:47 AM

It is so odd to me that my collarbone length hair is considered medium length. I have always thought of medium length as being BSL or midback.

**chachagrace** · November 18th, 2012, 01:43 PM

I just measured today and it seems my growth has slowed down a little too. I'm at 19.25" now. The good news is that it has reached that point where I actually WANT to wear it up because it's getting in the way (caught under bag straps, etc). I'm not a fan of twists- they're too formal or something, they just don't work on me, I need messiness- so the only thing I really do is a kind of tails-up-and-then down and secure with a France Luxe long skinny barette.

For those of you who use those lovely wooden hair toys (forks and squiggle sticks), how long was your hair before you could do a nice messy bun and secure it well? That's all I really want to wear in my hair but I don't think it will work until about 22", which means another five months at least!!

**chachagrace** · November 18th, 2012, 01:45 PM

oop quadruple post

**thirstylocks** · November 18th, 2012, 03:18 PM

Hey, like a lot of you I am back in this thread....I've been lingering/maintaining around this length for almost 2 years now because I needed to cut out all the bleach damaged AND the crooked layers. I've finally managed to get virgin hair that is all one length but its only a bit past my collarbone. This is going to be a tedious few months - I'm hoping for APL in around 9 months (by the end of the summer! crossing my fingers).

**beautifulending** · November 18th, 2012, 10:42 PM

Um question.....my hair does this annoying flippy thing(it only does that if my hair is shorter then bsl then goes pin strait at Bsl+) but when I pull it strait its a little past APL. So am I APL or does it not count since I have to pull it?