I've had short hair for a very long time and I'm bored with it. I had a hair cut the first part of August and haven't had it touched since because I'd like to grow it out some. I don't think I want "long" hair....maybe shoulder length. I have straight, fine hair. My question is....what do you do with the "in between" stages?? Do I just grin and bear it....and not look in the mirror too much (LOL)? Do I get it "trimmed" every so often to even it out (it's been cut in layers) or do I just leave it alone? I don't understand how the stars, e.g. Marg Helgenberger, has short hair one season and the next she has much longer hair. Maybe they use extensions.  Anyway, it's been a long time since I grew my hair out because when it gets to a certain point I can't stand it and then I go get it cut again. My hair grows about 1/2" - 3/4" per month.

Any advice would be appreciated. :)

LadyFrog,

With your rather lengthy hair, you can try a number of different hair styles including:

ponytails and variations like the topsy tail style.

three-strand braids (both english and dutch - if memory serves, english is braiding the strands over one another while dutch is braiding under.)

buns

fancy buns like the Gibson Girl look for example.

french braiding

french braiding with a dutch style - you french braid your hair, but instead of going over with the strands, go under.

french twists

chignons

spiral twists (or spiral braiding - it is very easy to do).  Spiral rope twists and be achieved by using two or three strands.  For a two strand - you put your hair into a pony tail.  Split it into two strands.  Take the right one and cross it over the left then twist it (the original right) RIGHT two ir three times.  Now repeat the process with the other strand.  Basically you cross a strand over and twist it in the opposite direction, and repeat with the next.  If you do it correctly you will have a spiral rope of hair.  If incorrectly (a common error is to twist the strands in the same direction that they cross over) you will end up with merely one twisted length of hair.   

french braiding using a spiral twist instead (errr not that easy to do)

upside-down french braiding (this is where you hang your head down and french braid from the base of your neck upwards - then you tuck it in at the top for a nice up-do.

Herring bone weaves - well, I have tried this, but my hair never stays up in it.  This is where you corss strands over on another again and again.  This can be done to the entire head or to pony tails (I think the character Legolas from the LOTR films wore a herring bone weave in his pony tail.)

Note - get a book to teach youself how to french braid and it is best to find one that actually shows you how to do it yourself rather than having a second person do it.  Once you practice (not looking in a mirror btw) the hand positions are quite easy to learn and the process becomes easy to achieve.