i would love to have long hair. as a kid, my grandmother always made me keep it short, and then i started messing around with haircolor, so even as an adult i cant seem to grow it. and i dont know how to give up my blow dryer, which i know kills your hair. i would love to have it down to my waist, or so. any idea how long it should take it i just trim the ends regularly?
I am currently at 21 inches.... My goal is to BSL. I don't plan on going any further than that because my hair is very thin and fine. It is so hard getting it to grow even now without looking stringy and so forth.
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you CAN have long hair...you just have to want it bad enough!!!! You have to be committed and set a goal which you already have of waist length hair. Be a little more reasonable on yourself and perhaps try for bra length hair at first. You also have to make sacrifices. Why is a blow dryer so important to you? Hair usually grows about 1/2 an inch a month...that is 6 inches a year. Remember...each year adds up and before you know it your hair should reach your desired length.
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thanks for the comments. i guess i am afraid of what i will look like if i stop blow drying. my hair is very disobedient, and likes to do different things all over. i wish it would just hang straighter. maybe its the layers, cuz they have to be blowdried.
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my hair is pretty short right now. its a layered cut, the tops about 5in, and the very bottom is around 3. i have reddish brown hair, slightly wavy, and very thick. i know the humidity makes it worse, but its dry from coloring. a few months ago i had it dyed to my natural color, so i wont have to maintain it. i just want it to grow long and healthy. i am just working on conditioning it alot until all the colored parts are trimmed off. BTW, your hair is GORGEOUS!
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now that I know what hair type you have I can relate. I also have very thick and dry hair with layers growing out. As DaveDecker suggested the jojoba oil is great!!!! I NEVER blow dry my hair...EVER! I simply use either jojoba oil or Weleda rosemary hair oil. I usually apply it to my damp hair after I get out of the shower and believe it or not my hair lays almost straight and the oils makes it feel so soft.
"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ~Kahlil Gibran~
You could try Mystify Your Senses or Emporium Naturals, or Mountain Rose Herbs . I've had good experiences with all of their customer service. Jojoba oil would be listed under "carrier oils", "base oils", or "fixed oils".
1) Have you reached your goal length?
HaHa, I wish! That would be some sort of miracle, wouldn't
it? LOL, I only started on my goal two days ago when I got my
hair butchered .
2)
If not, what is your goal length / are your goal lengths? (In other
words, do you have a short-term goal and a longer, long-term goal?)
My Short-term is Shoulder-Length while my Long-Term is BSL! CAN'T WAIT!
3) What is your present length?
Chin-Length . Haha, I'll make it...Thanks to all of you!
Present Length:
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I started off in the spring of 2002 with a short razored cut (thanks to the 3rd trimester pregnancy blahs - decided to chop off my 20" length hair in favour of a funky style that would be "easier" to manage with a baby... HAH!). Now it is about the same length, and I'm trying for 24". I have some layers to get rid of, and I'm growing out my bangs which now reach the end of my nose, so they drive me nuts. Not long enough to stay behind my ears, and always in my eyes. I need a trim badly though, so I'm thinking I may have to get about 1 or 1.5" cut off. It will help me with my goal of getting rid of the layers, at least
My problem right now is that I was colouring my hair, which of course, has made it dry. We also have hard water in the city we live in now (moved in Dec/04) so that isn't helping me any. I'm on the hunt for a really fabulous conditioner. I already use a shampoo with no sulfates, so what I really need is a conditioner. I do a homemade hot oil treatment which is a mixture of olive and macadamia oils and my hair is manageable for a couple of days after, but as soon as I wash it, it goes haywire again, since I haven't found a magic elixir yet.
Hi Kimberlily, as far as your hard water, try either doing a final
rinse with cool bottled water, or a very dilute vinegar rinse to help
remove the mineral buildup. (I say very dilute because even
though hair can take not-so-dilute, I don't know what it will do to
your dye...maybe someone else here has experience with vinegar on dyed
hair).
Edited to say: To give you an idea, I use 1Tbsp of vinegar in 1
cup of water, so even on undyed hair I dilute a lot. (some others
dilute less)
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