The Random Hair Thoughts Megathread

[MusicalSpoons]

I thought that too, not only now but also several years ago. But at that time was a lot less damaged then now at it stopped growing at the same length... I will wait until summer and if nothing change, I will think about cutting few inches

Were you wearing it up to protect it at the time?

[Bri-Chan]

No, I was not, I rarely wear it up. The maximum is a braid on an bad hair day. I am that kind of girl who wear the hair down on a daily basis... I'd prefer to cut then wearing it up all the time, it should give me the same amount of frustration

[MusicalSpoons]

No, I was not, I rarely wear it up. The maximum is a braid on an bad hair day. I am that kind of girl who wear the hair down on a daily basis... I'd prefer to cut then wearing it up all the time, it should give me the same amount of frustration

Ah, well that's definitely not your terminal then but a false terminal, possibly. You should be able to enjoy your hair as you want though, so if not growing further is an acceptable trade-off for you to be able to enjoy wearing it down, it's all good

[Ylva]

Huh.

It's been about 2.5 months since I last used a silicone serum on my ends and I remember them feeling so nice and smooth. However, revisiting the product hasn't produced the same results. My hair felt drier and definitely not as I remembered.

I wonder why.

[Bri-Chan]

My objective was "as long as I have not to wear it up" but waist length it's not so lovely to me... I mean, too short. I probably would cut about 3 inches if I was not bored to see my hair always at the same length

[chantecler]

I'm basically the opposite. I periodically think I'll enjoy short hair but then I can't put it up and it frustrates me to no end. I'm growing so I can get a long beautiful braid and nice buns

[AmaryllisRed]

Elodea, I almost always do milkmaid braids with Dutch braids, sometimes French. They stay better than english-- there's more to pin the lengths to. And they're more comfortable. It's one of my favorite styles when it's not hat weather.

[Hasse]

Huh.

It's been about 2.5 months since I last used a silicone serum on my ends and I remember them feeling so nice and smooth. However, revisiting the product hasn't produced the same results. My hair felt drier and definitely not as I remembered.

I wonder why.

I had the same when I used a hairmask yesterday that contained silicones (I thought there weren't any in it). My hair is super dry and tangly now, ugh. Guess I'll have to wear it up at night too until next washday to reduce the chance of tangles from tossing and turning. Normally that's not a problem because I sleep on a silk pillowcase. Ah well.

[blackgothicdoll]

I've been so busy I haven't been doing inversions, I deep condition for 5 minutes in the shower, I leave in my second conditioner so I don't have to use another leave-in, and this weekend I just covered my hair the entire weekend to let my braids dry. I took them out today and made a pull-through bun with a satin scrunchy. It doesn't look all that bad, either, but my standards have lowered with my lack of time. It looks like I'm entering benign neglect territory.

[Kat]

Another thing I recently came to regret about how I cared for my mom at the end of her life was her hair... that is, she'd always said for years that she wished she could dye her hair fun colors. There were many things that made her jealous because they weren't socially-acceptable when she was young but are now (piercings, fun hair colors, etc.; after all, she grew up in the age where girls weren't even allowed to wear pants/trousers to school). I tried to convince her to do it but she was sure she'd be ridiculed, that people would see her as "trying to look young."

Now I really, really wish I would've worked to convince her near the end. She could've had some fun, and I could've possibly convinced her that at that point, other people were unlikely to worry too much about her hair color.