Your Long Hair Journey!
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Topic: Your Long Hair Journey!
Posted By: Snuggles
Subject: Your Long Hair Journey!
Date Posted: September 01 2004 at 10:20pm
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Post Pictures of your long hair journey, thus far! My hair, at it's shortest length was 8 inches, and now at it's longest, 28 :) Here's mine:         sorry, I know that was a lot of pictures :) ------------- **Starving Actor** --Will Work For Peanuts! |
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: September 02 2004 at 8:50pm
Snuggles! Long hair becomes you.  Thanks for sharing your series of photos!------------- |
Posted By: Snuggles
Date Posted: September 02 2004 at 10:42pm
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Thank you for your kind words :D ------------- **Starving Actor** --Will Work For Peanuts! |
Posted By: Kateyez37
Date Posted: September 03 2004 at 3:07am
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Snuggles, your hair is REALLY pretty! It's really thick and healthy, and I agree that long hair does become you! Kris :) ------------- |
Posted By: Snuggles
Date Posted: September 03 2004 at 1:07pm
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Thank You :) ------------- **Starving Actor** --Will Work For Peanuts! |
Posted By: PurpleBubba
Date Posted: September 03 2004 at 10:25pm
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My signature picture shows mine. ------------- 
http://s7.invisionfree.com/The_Hair_Care_Family/index.php?showtopic=12 - My Journal |
Posted By: Snuggles
Date Posted: September 04 2004 at 12:28am
Awesome! thanks for contributing :) Stef ------------- **Starving Actor** --Will Work For Peanuts! |
PurpleBubba wrote:Posted By: Snuggles
Date Posted: September 07 2004 at 10:58pm
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:( come on, folks! share! :D pweese???? (bored). Stef ------------- **Starving Actor** --Will Work For Peanuts! |
Posted By: krzysztof
Date Posted: September 08 2004 at 3:41am
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mines here http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~longhair/longing/krzysztof/04/krzysztof.html - http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~longhair/longing/krzysztof/04/krzysztof.html ------------- |
Posted By: Layla
Date Posted: September 08 2004 at 11:04am
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Kris, I think Alexis's hair is beautiful. ------------- Type: 3c/4a Natural Current Length: 6" Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair. BC: 02/08/06 |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: September 12 2004 at 1:11pm
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In lieu of photographs, may I offer my hair growth timeline? 1992 - started with short (1-2") layered cut, began growing longer 1993 - about shoulder-length and shaggy 1994 - a few inches past shoulder length 1995 - mid-back 1997 - reached waist-length 1999 - reached "classic" length 2002 - reached knee length 2004 - tips are past knee-length ------------- |
Posted By: Snuggles
Date Posted: September 12 2004 at 8:42pm
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Quite Impressive, Dave! :) At one point, my hair was classic length. But I really couldin't take care of it, (I was only 13) and it was too much, so I cut it :( I miss it :( ------------- **Starving Actor** --Will Work For Peanuts! |
Posted By: Gollan
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 11:11pm
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My progress is documented on my website: http://gollan.pwaresearch.com/index.html - Gollan's Website p.s.: a September update is in the works. ------------- |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: September 19 2004 at 12:04pm
Aww... are you planning to regrow to that length, Stef? When do you think you'll be able to reach your goal? (In the meantime, hang in there!) ------------- |
Posted By: Snuggles
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 11:27pm
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I may or may not.... It just depends on how it's looking as it grows. one thing that really bothered me when I had it longer, was that my hair seemed to be all anyone noticed. (granted, I was pretty unattractive, so there wasn't really much else to look at ). I would rather have people look at my face than my hair - it's just a thing I have, so I try to make sure that my hair COMPLIMENTS me, instead of BEING me :) does that make any sense? Stef ------------- **Starving Actor** --Will Work For Peanuts! |
Posted By: llama_man666
Date Posted: September 22 2004 at 4:46pm
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looks good. ------------- |
Posted By: Snuggles
Date Posted: October 13 2004 at 6:09pm
Thanks for replying! sorry I haven't been around for a bit - school got pretty hectic for a while, there- but I thought I'd squeeze in some time before mid-terms come out tomorrow :) ------------- **Starving Actor** --Will Work For Peanuts! |
Posted By: LunarFlame
Date Posted: October 13 2004 at 6:44pm
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Ok, here's my journey. Previous to this, my hair waas always long, to my bum at least. 1. Gr.7 Medium legnth hair, only dyed once.  2. Grade 8. Chopped hair off very short. Started bleaching/dying weird colours.   3. Grade 9ish, started growing hair long again.   4. Grade 11, hair becomes longer, dyed many colours:   5. Grade 12 to now: Hair is just past shoulders, and recovering from all the dying..    ------------- |
Posted By: Layla
Date Posted: October 13 2004 at 9:01pm
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gollan and lunarflame I love your hair. It is so pretty. ------------- Type: 3c/4a Natural Current Length: 6" Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair. BC: 02/08/06 |
Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: October 16 2004 at 1:38am
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Fun idea. Everyone's hair looks great. Here's my journey thus far-- 1. Age 3 - off to a good start 2. Age 6 3. Age 10 4. Age 13 - cut my own hair (cried for days) 5. Age 16 - it grew back... 6. Age 18 - ... but I got a perm 7. Age 21 - the perm grew out; on the way to my goal 8. Age 27 - goal reached -- bangs finally grown out 9. & 10. today - accidentally died my hair brown; going blonde next. ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: October 17 2004 at 8:37am
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How do you put images in here? Oh well, my little hair journey is here: http://www.geocities.com/thespookstress/hair3.html - http://www.geocities.com/thespookstress/hair3.html It's geocities, so you'll get ads and you may have to try more than once if too many people go at one time. Snuggles, your hair is great on you longer! Everyone else who posted pictures, you all have beautiful hair! |
Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: October 17 2004 at 9:08am
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SusanW, your hair looks beautiful at its current length and colour! Is that your natural colour? It's lovely and looks very healthy. The super-long blonde was nice too, but I'm sure the upkeep was exhausting. If you want to post pictures in your message, go to http://www.tinypic.com. - http://www.tinypic.com. Browse your hard drive for your jpegs or gifs, click "host" and you will be given some links. Just cut and paste the "Img" code into your message. ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: Viktoria
Date Posted: October 17 2004 at 2:37pm
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OK, if this works, it´s a collection of pictures of my hair (and me), most of them from 2003 and 2004, however the two on the left are older. My driverslicencepicture shows you where I started. Horray! 
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Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: October 17 2004 at 9:44pm
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Wow. We finally get to see your hair down, Viktoria. It's beautiful. ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: Viktoria
Date Posted: October 18 2004 at 9:06am
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Thank you. I am an awkward poser for the camera. My favourite pictures of me are always taken unawares, as I´m interacting with someone I love. This has convinced me that my looks are not as great as my charms. Sweet comfort, huh? |
Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: October 18 2004 at 11:55am
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Korsakovhatt3, thanks for the compliments! The new ones are my natural color, though it actually only looks like that inside under a flash bulb! For some reason outside it looks more dark blonde and not so reddish. I like it much better under the flash bulb! Thanks for telling me how to post pics. Viktoria your hair is great too! I can't wait 'til mine is that long. ------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Snuggles
Date Posted: October 19 2004 at 2:56pm
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yes, viktoria, I love your hair - beautiful! And I can identify with you on that whole "awkward poser" thing...I take terribly bad pictures, unless I'm the one with the camera :) Stef ------------- **Starving Actor** --Will Work For Peanuts! |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: October 19 2004 at 5:57pm
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Wow! Korsakovhatt3, Susan W, Viktoria -- thank you so much for sharing your "hair journey" photos with us all! You all look great and have beautiful long hair (now, and sometimes "then," too). ------------- |
Posted By: Grace912
Date Posted: October 26 2004 at 9:24am
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My best pictures are unawares, as well; my school pictures were always terribly gawky, and my driver's license photo scares small children, I think that I might enlarge it and use it as Halloween decoration. Anyway, thanks for the great collage, Viktoria! You look lovely, and I have to say that you look so much younger with your long hair! ------------- Monica: Isn't there any way that you could look at this as flattering? I mean, she's doing this to be more like you. Rachel: Well, then, couldn't she have just copied my haircut? |
Posted By: Bob S
Date Posted: October 26 2004 at 11:45am
All you women have such spectacular hair! And Susan, your natural color is luscious! (lol) Victoria, you look pretty and 10 years younger with tresses. Korshovat, your locks must be the envy of women wherever you go! Lunar Flame, the colors are cool!Snuggles, I second Dave's motion. Congrats to you all, Bob 
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Posted By: farahsatana
Date Posted: October 26 2004 at 12:16pm
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korsakovhatt3, My apologies--I am culturally ignorant in this computer context, and I fear to trespass on etiqette grounds, but may I ask how you accidentally dyed your hair brown? I wish to know if there is a cautionary tale to be learned from here. |
Posted By: deltagirl12345
Date Posted: October 26 2004 at 1:02pm
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Hi Juliana: I read your post in "Teen Hair". What type of results do you get from mixing a small amount of oil in your conditioner ? I have never tried this. I am always intrested in trying somthing new. Susan. ------------- Susan |
Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: October 26 2004 at 5:26pm
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Hi Bob S - Thanks so much for the compliment. Hi deltagirl. Putting the eucalyptus oil in my conditioner made my hair even softer and silkier than usual -- extra shiny too. And I love the smell. Hi farahsatana. I don't mind you asking me about my hair colour disaster. It is a cautionary tale. I hope no one else would be fool-hardy enough to do what I did. In my defense, it was the first time I had ever coloured my hair and I did panic. The brown dye was the final step in the process. I was just willing to do anything at that point to cover my previous mistakes. Here's what I did. MY PERSONAL HAIR COLOUR RECIPE (or "How to Waste a Lot of $$ and Screw Up Your Hair in 6 Easy Steps"): 1. Start by colouring virgin auburn hair with foils of Feria 100 Pure Diamond and Herbal Essences XL10 Lightest Blonde, and lowlights of natural colour. 2. Destroy that pretty dimensional honey blonde colour with "just a few" highlights. I suggest Herbal Essences Cool Blonde Highlighting kit. Bleach highlights to pale lemon yellow. 3. Panic!! Bleach entire head to pale yellow with the same highlighting kit. 4. Panic again!! Apply Natural Instincts - dark champagne blonde to achieve a glowing apricot colouring. 5. Panic more!! Apply Natural Instincts - medium ash blonde for an all-over vibrant peach. 6. Lose all sense and dump some Nice ‘N Easy - light ash brown on your head for a rich walnut brown. IMPORTANT: Be sure not to pause and ask for advice or do ANY strand tests! P.S. My colour is fading rapidly every time I shampoo. It's always a surprise to see what colour it's going to be once it dries. It's a light golden brown now. Maybe I'll get the blonde I want without even having to bleach. :-) P.P.S. I actually studied colour theory in university. Hard to tell, isn't it? ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: farahsatana
Date Posted: October 26 2004 at 11:37pm
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korsakovhatt3, Your delivery killed me. I garnered a most uncharitable chuckle from it. But I do appreciate the object lesson! |
Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 12:46am
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Thanks farahsatana. I got a chuckle out of writing it. It wasn't funny while it was happening, but I can laugh about it now. :-) ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 12:50am
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Question for Viktoria -- You mentioned that you crochet. I'm just wondering if you made that lovely ecru sweater you're wearing in the photo where your hair is in 2 braids. I love it. I've been inspired by the neckline and ridge pattern. I've started knitting something similar for myself. P.S. I agree with Bob -- you look so much younger with long hair. ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: deltagirl12345
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 8:13am
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Hi Juliana: I loved the Hair Color Recipe. I laughed very hard. That was great. Susan ------------- Susan |
Posted By: Viktoria
Date Posted: October 28 2004 at 9:07am
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Grace, Bob, KorsakovHatt, thank you for your compliments. I´m all blushes... I´m in such superior company with all these beautiful women. About the clothes: yes, the white top is my own production, as well as the red and the green one. To get the structure of the white one I used a double double crochet (not sure I get the english right here). Basically, you make a double crochet with a stich inside it. And going back, you insert the hook in both loops. This picture might help you. Perhaps a bit off long hair topic, but I hope you all are indulgent. ------------- The more you complain, the longer God lets you live. |
Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: October 30 2004 at 11:38pm
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Thanks for posting the diagram and picture, Viktoria. I'm downloading it for my own reference. Very helpful. Juliana ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 4:30pm
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Update to my hair colour recipe: I went blonde 2 days ago and it actually worked out well this time. (I was out of town on business and got bored in my hotel room. I checked in as a brunette and checked out as a blonde.) I used L'Oreal Creme Lights highlighting kit (2 boxes) and highlighted about 85% of my hair. (I bought a denture brush for application because my hair is too long for a highlighting cap). My hair turned out a nice dimensional honey blonde with light golden brown low lights. It still looks shiny and healthy too. I feel like a brand new woman. ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: Grace912
Date Posted: November 01 2004 at 8:23am
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I'm so happy to hear that it turned out well this time! It sounds lovely. ------------- Monica: Isn't there any way that you could look at this as flattering? I mean, she's doing this to be more like you. Rachel: Well, then, couldn't she have just copied my haircut? |
Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: November 07 2004 at 10:47pm
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Some photos of my continuing long hair journey -- I really needed a change so I got about 6 inches of length cut off and had some layers added. Then, I went blonde. ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: hairalways
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 6:30am
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Your hair looks awesome. Did you go blonde after you did the highlighting kt? Or are we looking at the results of the work you did yourself. Reagrdless, it looks really nice and healthy. Enjoy! Jacqui ------------- |
Posted By: Eowyn
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 6:51am
Wow, your hair looks great!! You have absolutely beautiful hair, it looks very nice blonde, and those soft layers are good I think with it. Very nice!!!  ------------- My avatar pic is Eowyn, the White Lady of Rohan. I *wish* I had hair like her's lol!! Hair is: 1c (straight with body wave and one or two visible S-waves)/ MF(medium-fine)/ii (normal volume) |
Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 3:15pm
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Thanks for your kind words. I used the highlighting kit to go blonde. I used L'Oreal Creme Lights and highlighted about 90% of my hair. I applied the bleach mixture with a denture brush for wide highlights and a toothbrush for finer ones. It's the first do-it-yourself colour job I haven't screwed up and my hair still feels really healthy. ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: Viktoria
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 11:11am
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Wow, it looks amazing! |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: November 14 2004 at 4:16pm
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Wow, very nice Juliana! Your hair looks very good with any of the shades you've shown here. ------------- |
Posted By: alista
Date Posted: November 21 2004 at 2:10pm
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let's see if this works. If it does than here are the pic descriptions 1)grade 5 ; 2)grade 6 ; 3)grade 7 ; 4)letting my hair grow ; 5)halloween '98 ; 6)I got frustrated with my hair and chopped it off ; 7)letting it grow again ; 8)still growing ; 9)2002 at San Diego zoo ; 10)most recient pic of me ------------- I once saw a bumper sticker that said: "I slow down for brunettes, stop for blonds, and back up for redheads!" |
Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: November 21 2004 at 10:13pm
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Beautiful hair, alista. Your natural waves are absolutely gorgeous. I'm a natural redhead too (sort of a chestnut/auburn). I had that hair colour for 34 years, but I just went blonde. I love being a blonde (because it's a nice change), but I loved being a redhead too. Your hair is a particularly beautiful, rich and uncommon colour. P.S. I've noticed that lots of men love blondes and brunettes, but those men who love reheads, REALLY LOVE redheads. P.P.S. An update to my long hair journey. I've become a bit obsessed with tweaking my hair colour. I went a bit blonder last week (added more highlights) and toned with a purple-based toner to try to get my colour more blonde and less strawberry. I'm still not sure what colour it actually IS, though, because it looks so different depending on the lighting conditions. It still feels healthy though; that's the most important thing. ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: November 21 2004 at 10:37pm
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Korsakovhatt, if I haven't said so before.. you are eye-poppingly GORGEOUS!! :) :) :) Great photos Alista! I totally envy your waves.. they look so LOTR. Anais ETA a verb |
Posted By: alista
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 2:04am
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Korsakovhatt you have beautiful hair! I love the color! I used to want to dye my hair and get rid of the million different colors it seems to have but have since decided I like being a redhead. And I have found guys eaither love or hate redheads...there is no middle ground. Thank you both for the kind words. My hair isn't as healty as it could be but I'm getting it there with plenty of help and ideas from everyone here. ------------- I once saw a bumper sticker that said: "I slow down for brunettes, stop for blonds, and back up for redheads!" |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: November 28 2004 at 10:06pm
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Great photos, Alista! Long hair becomes you, very much. ------------- |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: November 29 2004 at 11:21am
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hey...snuggles i love your pics! i recently got my hair cut, and i dont like it shorter than what i had :( it was to the tip of my bra strap and is now right below my shoulders and LAYERED all around, which was stupid on my part. so now im desperatly trying to grow it back. how long do you think it will take to get it back to where it was? |
Posted By: Viktoria
Date Posted: November 30 2004 at 8:09am
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Hi Alista, I really like the way you and your hair looks. You look very sporty and active, yet laid back and accessible. I think long hair suits you perfectly. ------------- The more you complain, the longer God lets you live. |
Posted By: alista
Date Posted: November 30 2004 at 8:29pm
| Thankyou for your kind words. I love my hair and hope to grow it to hip length (is that classic?) It's my natural color cuz I've always been to chicken to color it! |
Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: December 01 2004 at 2:29am
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Alista, your natural colour is gorgeous! It's a good thing you're "too chicken" to colour it. I think that may be wisdom, not cowardice. :-) ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: CrazyGirl
Date Posted: December 03 2004 at 11:43am
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Hello everyone. You guys have an amazing hair, hairstyles, colors - it's been a while since I last posted so here I am... again... Click on the link to see a new pic.  ------------- http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=1016946 - http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=1016946 |
Posted By: Sunsailing
Date Posted: December 12 2004 at 10:47pm
I began growing mine back in November of 2000. Prior to that it had always been short. Here is a picture from July 2001... Here is a picture from February 2004...  I don't have a current picture. When I get around to it, I'll post one. By the way, everyone's pictures are very impressive. There is such a variety :-) |
Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: December 18 2004 at 7:06pm
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Hi Sunsailing. Thanks so much for sharing your photos. Your hair is absolutely gorgeous -- so shiny, silky & healthy-looking. Is that your natural colour? (It's similar to my natural colour.) I look forward to seeing your current photo. ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: Snuggles
Date Posted: December 23 2004 at 3:39pm
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Thanks for posting, sunsailing! your hair is absolutely beautiful... I wish I could get mine that shiny....but, alas...I can't seem to stop coloring it :D everytime I decide not to dye it anymore and color it back to my natural color, it fades, I get roots again and end up having to color it again anyway. ah the wicked word! Stef ------------- **Starving Actor** --Will Work For Peanuts! |
Posted By: The Asian Invasion
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 10:49pm
This is my hair 13 months ago:  and this is my hair today:  it's a blurry picture and really dark, but it has some deep red highlights, and it's pretty shiny. I'll try to get a better picture though! =) Also, I've gotten 3 haircuts between last year and this year and a few trims too, so I did loose a fair amount of length, but it's still really grown quite a lot. I'm proud of it! ------------- |
Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: December 31 2004 at 7:45am
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It's beautiful! ------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |
Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: December 31 2004 at 9:01pm
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AsianInvasion, your hair is gorgeous. That's a lot of growth in just 13 months. You must be very pleased. ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: January 01 2005 at 9:32am
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Hi rory0907 -- I'd guess it'll be a year before your hair reaches its pre-cut length. Assuming it grows at the average rate, and you trim miniscule amounts if anything. Hi Crazy Girl! Thanks for sharing your recent picture. Your hair is very pretty! Hey Sunsailing, it's good to see you here. You've had excellent hair growth the past 4 years. It took me about the same amount of time to go from your "before" length to your "after" length. I too love the variety of hair here. It's all long, but the way it looks, the color, length, texture, and styles, is great. Juliana -- your natural color is red? Do you think you'll ever go back? If & when you do, that will look terrific as well as your current (and prior) colors. Stef -- you're not alone in wanting the shine. Anymore my hair isn't terribly shiny, and I don't even color it. Asian Invasion -- I am amazed by how fast your hair has grown! What's your secret to fast growth? ------------- |
Posted By: The Asian Invasion
Date Posted: January 01 2005 at 12:22pm
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Thank you, everyone! Uhm.. I've always had fast-growing hair, and a lot of hair too, but I think the main thing to attribute to my hair recently is just that I follow the advice of people on this board. I use CWC, I started reading ingrediants on hair products, and I try my best to take care of my hair. I don't really notice my hair growth, unless I look at pictures from the past though. [edit] This is my hair after a night of web bunning. I love green shirts.  It's frizzy, but I guess that's the price you pay for curls without heat. =P ------------- |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 9:20am
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Wow! It looks lovely. And I agree with you, the green shirt provides a good contrast to your haircolor. ------------- |
Posted By: korsakovhatt3
Date Posted: January 07 2005 at 1:22am
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Hi Dave. My natural hair colour is dark auburn. It tends to look dark brown indoors but quite red in the sun. I had that colour all my life. I just dyed it for the first time 3 months ago. Going blonde was a major commitment, so I plan to stay with it for a while. I really wanted a new look but wasn't willing to cut my hair short. That's why I opted for a change in colour. I'm so glad I didn't cause any major damage to my hair in the process. AsianInvasion, your hair looks spectacular with the bun curls -- so shiny! I agree with Dave; the green shirts look good. (Green is my favourite colour; I have lots of green shirts too.) :-) ------------- My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-) |
Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: January 10 2005 at 7:55pm
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Asian Invasion, GREAT HAIR! :) I love how the wet bunning turned out. Hugs and blessings, Anais |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: January 13 2005 at 5:40pm
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Hey Juliana, I believe I've now (here) seen your hair being 3 different colors. They all look great on you. ------------- |
Posted By: PurpleBubba
Date Posted: January 15 2005 at 4:46am
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I recently trimmed 3 inches back to 31". Here's my current signature picture.  -------------
http://s7.invisionfree.com/The_Hair_Care_Family/index.php?showtopic=12 - My Journal |
Posted By: strawberryfine
Date Posted: January 15 2005 at 11:44pm
Here is a pic of my hair washed, conditioned, combed out in shower, gently towel blotted about twice and air dried without touching it. And here is the same hair just combed through once with a wide toothed comb. These are about as close to natural as I can get.  My hair was at neckline length last April 2004 and I had a 1" trim this January. That's not much of a journey, but it will get better. SF  ------------- strawberryfine 2aFii 12/25.5"/terminal length after reaching "small of my back length" |
Posted By: strawberryfine
Date Posted: January 15 2005 at 11:48pm
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PurpleBubba, I think your trim back to 31" looks great. Your hair looked good before, I probably would not have cut it, but the ends looks so thick and healthy!!! SF ------------- strawberryfine 2aFii 12/25.5"/terminal length after reaching "small of my back length" |
Posted By: PurpleBubba
Date Posted: January 16 2005 at 10:31am
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Thanks SF. I did the trim for a few reasons. 1. I wanted to even up my ends a bit because I was having trouble measuring. 2. I need to hold back before I start sitting on my hair and can't take care of it. 3. I'm coming off the first year in a while where my hair actually gained length. This is because for about a 2 year period my torturous methods of brushing and combing prevented it from growing longer. In other words I not only ripped through my hair with a vent brush but I did it when my hair was wet, not just damp. Therefore I have what I call "undesigned" layers. So I just wanted to go back a bit and try to catch some of those up and not bite off more than I'm ready to chew. I can tell that my hair did need at least a small trim. Maybe not 3 inches but it was due for some. The main thing is I'm back on track again and I'm still 1.5 inches past my starting point of last March's trim. Actually my hair is now nice and thick at the 31" mark and last March I only had a few strands that reached there pre-trim. Anyway, I'm happy. I even tried some more braiding this morning so it was worth it. :) -------------
http://s7.invisionfree.com/The_Hair_Care_Family/index.php?showtopic=12 - My Journal |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: January 17 2005 at 3:03pm
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Hey Robert! The ends of your hair look very thick after your recent trim. Strawberryfine, you have gorgeous hair. I am sure it will look even more beautiful, the longer it grows. I think you can get away with smaller trims, going forward. How long do you wish to grow it? ------------- |
Posted By: PurpleBubba
Date Posted: January 17 2005 at 3:41pm
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Thanks again Dave. "Bartender, another round of compliments on me" -------------
http://s7.invisionfree.com/The_Hair_Care_Family/index.php?showtopic=12 - My Journal |
Posted By: aznmitsugrl
Date Posted: January 17 2005 at 5:11pm
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asian invasion, your hair looks great!! mine was like that until i discovered flat irons. i could kill myself now. mine hair is maybe a couple inches longer than that, and it looks a little dry at the ends, but other than that holds a good shine. when i wet bun my hair, it doesn't look that good, how do you do it?? ------------- |
Posted By: strawberryfine
Date Posted: January 17 2005 at 11:46pm
Why, thank you, Dave! I want terminal length and I'm hoping that will be at least fingertip length. And more, I hope! My grandmother kept hers at that length and it was beautiful, so I'm hoping I got some long hair genes from her. My hair looks like hers. 'bout that trim; it was supposed to be 1/8", not 1". So I'll be S & D-ing and being mega careful how I handle my hair. Then I'm not trimming until it is long enough for me to pull the ends around and tip the ends myself! SF ------------- strawberryfine 2aFii 12/25.5"/terminal length after reaching "small of my back length" |
Posted By: krzysztof
Date Posted: January 18 2005 at 11:23pm
| great hair everyone |
Posted By: strawberryfine
Date Posted: January 19 2005 at 12:55pm
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This is my first updo/bun pic with Steelstix. I love putting it up because the shortness is not so obvious. Thanks for letting me post it here. SF  ------------- strawberryfine 2aFii 12/25.5"/terminal length after reaching "small of my back length" |
Posted By: The Asian Invasion
Date Posted: January 19 2005 at 4:40pm
Uhm, I usually do 3 buns--one at my crown, one at the middle of my head, and the other one at the nape of my neck. And then when I take my buns out in the morning, I lightly run some oil over the top of my style to tame some of the frizz and add more shine. =) Hope that helps in any way. And Strawberry Fine, that's a beautiful bun! I wish I could make my buns that well! ------------- |
Posted By: strawberryfine
Date Posted: January 19 2005 at 5:01pm
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Thank you, Asian Invasion. Your hair is amazing. I wish my hair grew as fast as yours, and it is soooo shiny, too! And the wet-bunning look is great; beautiful curls and waves. SF ------------- strawberryfine 2aFii 12/25.5"/terminal length after reaching "small of my back length" |
Posted By: The Asian Invasion
Date Posted: January 21 2005 at 11:51pm
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Oh, thank you. =D I'm due for a half inch trim soon though. I've got more split ends than I can count, and they're so hard to find with my thick hair. But I'm still looking for a stylist I'm willing to trust not to cut off more than half an inch. >=( ------------- |
Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 12:07am
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then you can trust yourself! :) click on my Medusa link and go to Reviews and Links, where you'll find Feye's self-trimming method. Hugs, Anais edited to add sig ------------- http://anaissatin.livejournal.com">  my LJ , 40 inches long
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 11:04am
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Awesome bun, Strawberryfine! Such a large bun already... you've certainly got healthy and thick hair! And thank you krzysztof for posting your pic -- you have beautiful hair! ------------- |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: February 04 2005 at 8:54am
| This one has been one of the best strands ever on the Hair Talk site. As a guy who adores long hair, I can't thank you all enough for sharing. |