Chin | Shoulder | Collarbone

[perpetualpixie]

Your hair is so thick and shiny. It's going to look beautiful longer.

Thank you! <3 It's not always this shiny, but it was that day.

[perpetualpixie]

ready to try again cuz why not

Right here with you, trying again. Good luck to us both!

[Bat]

Thank you! I think I just have a lot of fine hair, but volume at this length hasn't been too much of a problem. Trying very hard to make it to APL for the first time in over 20 years.

Good luck! It's been like 25 years for me z I've been stuck in a buzz it off every 3 months loop since 2021 due to excessive bleaching

[wo]

I just committed to the 2025 no trim challenge. My hair is a layered chin length bob right now. The past couple years I just keep cutting it even though I want long hair lol. I want blunt hair then I want layers so then I cut it to undo the last decision...... and I just need to stop and leave it alone for a long time.

I had tailbone length hair for a few years and I was active on here. My downfall was an obsession with having no split ends, which isn't realistic on curly hair that long. It looked totally fine but I always wanted a fresh haircut to feel like it was perfect. So I just kept going shorter lol.

[inkbluesky]

Wo, I think I get what you're saying about obsessing over split ends. At one point, I had stick straight hair, but that has changed over the years which didn't help my perception that something was "wrong."

I think somewhere along the way I started feeling like my hair was unkempt and had to be tamed. (It wasn't.) I don't apply this same bizarre standard to anyone else, and in fact I'm always surprised when someone else tells me they feel that way about their hair. Recently someone whose hair I've always thought was quite lovely expressed a similar sentiment.

I think layers grow in really beautifully from that length, especially if your hair has some texture to it. I bet it will look lovely as it grows out. It sounds like you're starting from a great place.

[TheMandaRose]

Hey folks, I’m a little late to the party but I’m here now 😁
I came here for encouragement and advice from the group. I’m not in particular crisis, just reading everyone’s posts about their own hair adventures is therapeutic enough for me lol.
My last hair cut was last October and it was a “boy” cut pixie, my longest pieces 3-4 inches and the shortest was the buzz at the back of my neck. Maintenance became a problem when I took a paycut at work and couldn’t afford to get the frequent cuts. Most important, I missed my long hair (it was at the bottom of my rib cage when I cut it off due to severe migraines) and all the pretty hairstyles I could do with it.
So here I am, 13 months since my last cut and the pieces of my hair at the base of my head are down past the collar of my T-shirt (if I stretch my curls out).
The hardest part is that I’m WO (every shampoo I’ve tried breaks my scalp out into sores, other alternatives leave a smell that I’m not fond of) and trying to keep all the wild hair contained is a bit of an adventure.
I hope everyone is doing well!

[inkbluesky]

@TheMandaRose - I'm not a dermatologist, but I have a sensitive scalp. I've had my best luck with baby shampoo and the gentlest conditioner I can find. Neither is very expensive. I have spent good money on shampoos that irritated my scalp in the past. Do you know what it is that causes the reaction?

[TheMandaRose]

Ink, I’m not sure what it is exactly that does it. Pretty much anything it seems like. My skin is apparently very sensitive and getting more so all the time. I haven’t tried baby shampoo yet though. I’ll have to see about that, it might be worth it. I just hesitate because I don’t have any sores right now, and I don’t really want to.

[wo]

This is my first monthly growth photo for this haircut.

[Bat]

It looks beautiful