Three years ago I FINALLY grew and cut out the last of my stupid shed. I love my color, I love my waves and I bounce around somewhere between fingertip and tailbone with no intent of really going longer.
I had so much fun with this a few years ago, and actually remembered my anniversary this year, so let's do it again!
THE AM(A)A Portion:
To make this more than another "oh, pretty!" thread, let's do an Ask Me (Almost) Anything ^_^ You don't have to stick to hair-related topics, but nothing about things that are against LHC rules to ask me about.
Onto the hair bit!
This was my hair back in 2005. I came to LHC from Henna4Hair and had just transitioned from chemical dyes to henna. My hair had been tailbone-length in my late teens, but it really went to hell in college because of me dying it so much. I had black streaks in it (which I miss to this day), but it had crumbled and snapped up to APL. It mended a bit on the henna forums and I'd grown out a fair bit of henna-only length, so by the time I came here, this was my first LHC photo:
A lot of my early LHC posts (for years) were about growing out the immense amounts of dye damage I had. It was a grueling, slow process. I was trimming 1/4 inch a month, so I gained 1/4 inch a month in length and steadily weeded out the damage.
Here's some of my early progress pictures. When I say the going was slow, I wasn't kidding:
I also had color issues. My new-penny copper red dye had sponged up into my hair so much it was dark burgundy, and when I first started henna it wasn't common knowledge that multiple applications darkened (which is part of why I say it so often on the fourms). My hair was healthier, but the color wasn't what I wanted, it was much too cool for my skin. I swapped out from 100% henna to a 35% henna 65% cassia and other herbs blend (a ratio I use to this day) and to roots-only applications. Which was great. For the roots. But I had a big color disparity.
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But I wasn't sure I wanted to bleach my hair to make the ends match more, so I just dealt with it. In 2007 I got to my goal length of tailbone, and in 2009 FINALLY trimmed out the last of my horrible, damaged ends.
And had pretty (if not not a little darker than I wanted) hair for my wedding:
I even fixed the color. By using Sun-In I lightened up the length so it matched my roots, and for the first time in years I LOVED my hair.
And then I switched from birth control pills to an IUD and had the most massive, horrible shed. I lost a third of my hair, easily:
Which mean I, having JUST finished growing out ALL OF MY HAIR from damage, I had to do it again. (Continued next post)
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Three years ago I FINALLY grew and cut out the last of my stupid shed. I love my color, I love my waves and I bounce around somewhere between fingertip and tailbone with no intent of really going longer.
Henna, Herbal Coloring,Damaged Hair Articles
I have a question, did you find after all the years of trimming that the thickness travelled down as I am considering microtrimming my own hair for a thicker hemline. P.s your colour looks fantastic .
Nightshade, congrats on 13 years! Such great progress throughout the years.
Whether or not thickness will travel down depends on the person. One can't "predict" that for another. I know people who have been "at it" for years and haven't had thickness travel down that much at all. OTOH there are plenty more that I know of who have thickness travel down with added length - so you'll have to wait it out!
Congrats ~ what interesting and pretty progress pics
I don't have a question, just here to admire your hair congrats for the 13 years of TLHC!
It did, but only to a certain degree. I have quite a bit of natural taper, so what you see there at the end pictures is about as good as it gets for me!
Aww thank you guys so much
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Your hair is so lovely and the progress pictures really show the patience it requires. You have my dream hair color!
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What a collection of photographs! Your hair is beautiful, congratulations on 13 years that’s amazing!
Your hair is beautiful! I love the fairytale vibe that you've maintained the entire journey
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Daily wash and go, monthly henndigo, annual trimmer
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