About a year and a half of caring for my hair myself before I discovered the best care routine for my mane.
Under a year
1-2 years
2-3 years
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About a year and a half of caring for my hair myself before I discovered the best care routine for my mane.
I don't have one. I wash and condition once a week and use whatever product is handy.
I voted 2-3 years because I started by weekly washing for about 2 years then 2xweek then finally daily (which is what I was doing before LHC). Stretching washes was the absolute worst thing I could've done because it irritated my scalp and caused a ton of hair loss, I'm estimating up to half my thickness. I eventually wised up and got back to daily washing and my hair is way thicker. Lots of new hairs from that time. I also cut out scalp oiling by then which was also terrible for me.
No Trim 2019/20/21 . Use It Up 2019/20/21 . Daily wash w/Sulfates and Cones. Coconut oil . CL 2019-FTL 2020-KNEE 2021
Well, a year later and I have a HG routine, methods and productsSo that took 2-3yrs
My scalp would still need washing every other day if I needed to look presentable but thatt's easily solved with scalp washes. I tend to do a full wash roughly once a week, with oil pre-poo ideally overnight, then C-W-ROO-C and airdry overnight. I've even settled on the right combs/brushes for different purposes, so yay
oh, EDIT to answer the questions:
2-3 years
Several different products - I tried quite a few cheap conditioners (no problems, just to see which made my hair happier, and now I know cetrimonium chloride doesn't do very much for it) and more than 15 different shampoos, because my scalp thinks it's a spoiled brat. I also tried baking soda in baby shampoo for a couple of weeks until I learned that was a TERRIBLE idea for so many reasons, also clay which I have only very recently learned is too high a pH, but I didn't do that for more than a few weeks because it was messy and didn't work anyway. I tried honey and aloe vera and conditioner while my scalp was constantly dehydrated; I tried co-washing a couple of times based on the theory that it might reduce sebum production but I didn't have the energy to do it properly more than that. What else? Oh, cornflour shampoo didn't work, though it's good for dry shampoo on the exceptionally rare occasion I am totally desperate. Um, and essential oils, rosemary tea, chamomile rinses, oiling my scalp (utterly, completely, 100% useless), dry oiling my hair (lint magnet), BBB (otter in an oil slick), preening, ... anything else? Oh, yeah, wooden combs don't help distribute oil either. Several different sleep styles, and of course the mandatory experimental period with hairtoys and buns to see what works best - I'm not sure that completely counts but having go-tos that you know stay put all day and take a minute or less to do really helps with the 'putting it up and forgetting about it' aspect of longhairdom![]()
Last edited by MusicalSpoons; February 5th, 2020 at 04:14 PM.
Length goal well and truly met, now just seeing how it grows ...
Picky scalp but easygoing hair, thank goodness
Final Goal: Terminal lengthLady Randiriel, Shepherdess of Tithenmamiwen
I didn't vote because my answer is simply that I haven't found my HG routine yet. I'll keep looking forward to the day when I find my HG
It takes me about 5 years ... but now that I discovered there are some waves in my hair I am searching again for a routine that suits me![]()
Enjoying shorter hair for a while
I'm still looking for it.
Hurray! I've reached waist-land! Last trim 1-2-23.Lady Roxanne,Keeper of the Caprines 🐐in the order of the Long Haired Knights.
Under a year
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