What Are Your Length Goals?

Curvimami

For those of us growing out theri hair, what are your length goals? Where are you now? NL, SL, APL, BSL, MBL, WL, TBL etc.?? How do you plan to protect and retain length?

LadyBeryl

I once had a MBL (mid-back?) goal since I never could get my hair much below my shoulders. Blowdrying and combing put stress on my tresses. When I locked my hair, it grew pretty fast past my shoulders. Retaining length has been pretty simple since I only wash/go, twist/braid outs and style with my fingers.

Now that my hair is just below my waist, I plan to keep within an inch or two of my waist with trims. I may cut it to shoulder length after I've lost most of my excess weight though.

Curvimami

I once had a MBL (mid-back?) goal since I never could get my hair much below my shoulders. Blowdrying and combing put stress on my tresses. When I locked my hair, it grew pretty fast past my shoulders. Retaining length has been pretty simple since I only wash/go, twist/braid outs and style with my fingers.

Now that my hair is just below my waist, I plan to keep within an inch or two of my waist with trims. I may cut it to shoulder length after I've lost most of my excess weight though.

Why, why would you do that!? lol How did you get it to waist length after being stuck at shoulder length so long??

emirror

I'm currently at APL (OK, so I have less than an inch to get there), and my goal is TBL. I wear my hair up a lot to protect it, but I also try to wear it down a couple times a week so I can enjoy it. :-) I like braided updos, and fully rolled sock buns. Before I put it up, I coat it in either Shea Moisture curl and style milk, or curl enhancing smoothie, or deep treatment hair masque. I've been avoiding hair bands more and more, because of the stress they cause on the strands. I just trimmed my daughter's hair, and she has a line of damage from where we were putting her hair in ponytails, and that really drove it home on how much they hurt your hair.

datenshi

Mine was at WL but I cut it to MBL because of split ends that weren't so much at the end and now I want to get back to WL.

LovesGG

I just BC'ed a couple weeks ago after about 1 year of transitioning. My hair is around 4.5 inches long so it stretches about the length of my neck. My ultimate goal is to have a HUGE afro that bounces when I walk. So, I have no inch goal in particular.

SixCatFaerie

I think I'd like to see how long I can get it. Grow, hair, grow! :bigsmile:

MaraDiaz

I think I'd like to see how long I can get it. Grow, hair, grow! :bigsmile:

This.

I did have the urge to cut it yesterday, something that hasn't happened in years. I went to see The Avengers, and the assassin character's hair is about like mine when it's short and dyed red and tamed with product. A lot of product. But I know even if I love it at first, I'll be sick of it before it grows out again. Plus, that actress has gorgeous hair at any length, and no doubt someone to tame it for her when it misbehaves.

emirror

It's so easy to want it cut! I just try to remind myself that I really don't like to HAVE to style it every day.

So, last night after I showered, I parted my hair in two halves, with a slightly askew middle part (like you're going to do pigtails), and put two fully-rolled sock buns in the back, without using a ponytail holder. I took them out this morning, and my hair looked salon-fabulous all day! I've found my new styling method, that's for sure!!!

LindaLouLu

It's so easy to want it cut! I just try to remind myself that I really don't like to HAVE to style it every day.

So, last night after I showered, I parted my hair in two halves, with a slightly askew middle part (like you're going to do pigtails), and put two fully-rolled sock buns in the back, without using a ponytail holder. I took them out this morning, and my hair looked salon-fabulous all day! I've found my new styling method, that's for sure!!!

Could you take and share a picture of that process? I'd love to see it.

LindaLouLu

My current goal is to leave the poor thing alone and get it to waist length. It's currently hanging around shoulder length thanks to a super short haircut in spring of 2011. :sad:

emirror

This video will show you how to do the fully rolled sock bun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I13J7ArHTkM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I'll take some pics tonight when I roll it up, and then some more tomorrow when I take it out.

Curvimami

It's so easy to want it cut! I just try to remind myself that I really don't like to HAVE to style it every day.

So, last night after I showered, I parted my hair in two halves, with a slightly askew middle part (like you're going to do pigtails), and put two fully-rolled sock buns in the back, without using a ponytail holder. I took them out this morning, and my hair looked salon-fabulous all day! I've found my new styling method, that's for sure!!!

Thats sounds really nice. I would love to try it too!

emirror

Ok, here is what the buns look like when they are rolled up. I purposely made the sock show through to try to make it make more sense visually:



Something in my technique was off last night, because it doesn't look the same this morning. So, I'm going to pay more attention to how I'm rolling it up, and let y'all know when I figure out the best way to do it. Hopefully it won't take too many tries. In the meantime, it doesn't take long to put up, so can y'all try it too, and let me know what you think!

Curvimami

Ok, here is what the buns look like when they are rolled up. I purposely made the sock show through to try to make it make more sense visually:



Something in my technique was off last night, because it doesn't look the same this morning. So, I'm going to pay more attention to how I'm rolling it up, and let y'all know when I figure out the best way to do it. Hopefully it won't take too many tries. In the meantime, it doesn't take long to put up, so can y'all try it too, and let me know what you think!

Your hair is so shiny!!! so beautiful :-)

emirror

Thank you, curvimami!

Ok, here's a pic of the sock bun curls. I did it too late at night, and they were still damp when I took them out, so I dried it the rest of the way with a hair dryer and diffuser. It still hasn't turned out as pretty as it did this weekend, but today was an improvement over yesterday. I feel like if it had dried more in the bun, it would have looked very close to how it did this weekend. The main things I made sure to do was 1 - put on some moisturizer before rolling (I love Shea Moisture, and used the curl and style smoothie last night for this), and 2 - brush the hair as straight as possible before rolling up. I ended up with mostly big huge waves and some curls, but this weekend I had mostly huge curls and some wave.

MaraDiaz

I had no idea that a sock bun actually involved a sock! Going to have to try this, because the end result looks really good.

Curvimami

Thank you, curvimami!

Ok, here's a pic of the sock bun curls. I did it too late at night, and they were still damp when I took them out, so I dried it the rest of the way with a hair dryer and diffuser. It still hasn't turned out as pretty as it did this weekend, but today was an improvement over yesterday. I feel like if it had dried more in the bun, it would have looked very close to how it did this weekend. The main things I made sure to do was 1 - put on some moisturizer before rolling (I love Shea Moisture, and used the curl and style smoothie last night for this), and 2 - brush the hair as straight as possible before rolling up. I ended up with mostly big huge waves and some curls, but this weekend I had mostly huge curls and some wave.

I cant imagine how pretty it must've been on the weekend. This is just lovely. Someone officially has a Haircrush

emirror

It really is gorgeous when it turns out right!

Just remember, you have to make sure your hair is very very damp / barely towel dried when you roll it up, or it won't hold the curl all day.

I wanna see some pics of everyone else's hair! Come on ya'll! Most of the pics of me on my page are of my hair! :blushing:

BamaGirl813

Thank you, curvimami!

Ok, here's a pic of the sock bun curls. I did it too late at night, and they were still damp when I took them out, so I dried it the rest of the way with a hair dryer and diffuser. It still hasn't turned out as pretty as it did this weekend, but today was an improvement over yesterday. I feel like if it had dried more in the bun, it would have looked very close to how it did this weekend. The main things I made sure to do was 1 - put on some moisturizer before rolling (I love Shea Moisture, and used the curl and style smoothie last night for this), and 2 - brush the hair as straight as possible before rolling up. I ended up with mostly big huge waves and some curls, but this weekend I had mostly huge curls and some wave.

I cant imagine how pretty it must've been on the weekend. This is just lovely. Someone officially has a Haircrush

I'm hair crush #2!!! Lol

Curvimami

It really is gorgeous when it turns out right!

Just remember, you have to make sure your hair is very very damp / barely towel dried when you roll it up, or it won't hold the curl all day.

I wanna see some pics of everyone else's hair! Come on ya'll! Most of the pics of me on my page are of my hair! :blushing:

Lol. You should probably start a thread of Pics. But I agree. I would love to see more hair pics, styles and tutorials.

emirror

BamaGirl813 & Curvimami :smooched: :smooched: :smooched: :smooched:

Nothing's nicer before morning coffee than two hot chickadees crushin' on me! :bigsmile:

I think a hairstyle thread is a great idea!

InnerFatGirl

Hip length!

secretiive

No goal in mind, just want to retain as much as possible, but I've been known to hack it all off without a thought. I've always had long, thick hair, so at this point I don't have any attachments to my hair. BUT I'm just hoping I won't just up and cut it, I'm excited to see how long it will grow.

LadyBeryl

I once had a MBL (mid-back?) goal since I never could get my hair much below my shoulders. Blowdrying and combing put stress on my tresses. When I locked my hair, it grew pretty fast past my shoulders. Retaining length has been pretty simple since I only wash/go, twist/braid outs and style with my fingers.

Now that my hair is just below my waist, I plan to keep within an inch or two of my waist with trims. I may cut it to shoulder length after I've lost most of my excess weight though.

Why, why would you do that!? lol How did you get it to waist length after being stuck at shoulder length so long??

I stopped putting chemicals in my hair so it stopped breaking. My hair looks fuller at my shoulders so that is why I will probably cut it.

Curvimami

No goal in mind, just want to retain as much as possible, but I've been known to hack it all off without a thought. I've always had long, thick hair, so at this point I don't have any attachments to my hair. BUT I'm just hoping I won't just up and cut it, I'm excited to see how long it will grow.

It will be nice to see how long you can get it, since you cut it whenever you like. I would love to be able to cut mine just cuz. knowing it grows so fast and long. lol.

Curvimami

I once had a MBL (mid-back?) goal since I never could get my hair much below my shoulders. Blowdrying and combing put stress on my tresses. When I locked my hair, it grew pretty fast past my shoulders. Retaining length has been pretty simple since I only wash/go, twist/braid outs and style with my fingers.

Now that my hair is just below my waist, I plan to keep within an inch or two of my waist with trims. I may cut it to shoulder length after I've lost most of my excess weight though.

Why, why would you do that!? lol How did you get it to waist length after being stuck at shoulder length so long??

I stopped putting chemicals in my hair so it stopped breaking. My hair looks fuller at my shoulders so that is why I will probably cut it.

Oh well I can understand that. It has just taken me so long to figure out what I was doing wrong, that I couldnt imagine cutting it after all this time. Only dusting, minor trims, and search and destroys.

InnerFatGirl

As I posted earlier, my goal is hip length. I've just reached APL (was just past shoulder length in March!). I am considering going for classic, but let me just get to BSL first :laugh: :laugh:

emirror

I checked my length today, and I am officially APL! Next up, bra strap! Huzzah!

InnerFatGirl

I checked my length today, and I am officially APL! Next up, bra strap! Huzzah!

Congrats!

InnerFatGirl

Oh, meant to post these!



And my hair grew .5" in two weeks!





I made a picture showing my length goals;



And I made a D.I.Y length checker shirt yesterday!

(Ignore the APL thing - it's not accurate. I'm at APL now and my hair is 9")