"Hey! Nice job. Your hair looks a lot like mine (although mine has gotten a lot lighter over the years).

You must be taller than me, because I'm at about 30.75" right now and right about waist length already. But then again, I'm only 5' tall, haha.

My final goal is also around 35" which I should reach sometime next year. I have no desire to grow it any longer than that... wouldn't want to worry about accidentally dangling it into the toilet or something...no thanks!"

 

 

... to your thoughts today. Rather than go to some extreme change you may regret later, wouldn't it be better to go to a professional that could get rid of the rattiness and make it look more workable while retaining the length? I was impressed when you said you wanted to go to 35 inches, but confused when days later you said you might go short.

 

Naturally, I'm not seeing you in person, but your long hair looks gorgeous in your photos -- lots better than your shorter style.

 

A bit of advice though, I thought sideswept bangs would be great and I'd love them. I clipped them back about three hours after they were cut and grew them to a point where I could even them out, did so and then kept them growing. They were sooo annoying! They made me feel really dizzy because I could only see out of one eye!

 

Those people on the other forums are jealous or they are so caught up in what is "trendy" that they can't see true beauty when it is right in front of them. Please ignore them if you can. Every time I see a photo of your hair, it inspires me to keep growing mine. I think everyone goes through periods where they think their hair looks bad. Also, keep in mind that you are in the middle of summer, when your hair has been exposed to sun, salt, wind, water much more than in the winter time. Also, you had those mini-braids, which may alter your hair for a short period of time afterwards (due to being tied up for so long, lack of moisture, etc). Anyway, I just wanted to say your hair is so lovely and long. If blow drying it sometimes feels good to you - go for it.  Take care, and enjoy the rest of the summer.

Your idea of the longer bangs is a good one, the photo samples are rather nice.  But perhaps instead of an overall length chop - you could get your hair professionally shaped, maybe even try longer layers if you are really itching for a change?  (Just be sure you have a trusted stylist that knows explicitly how much length you wish to retain.) 

 

Also, I am sure you can compromise on some of the day-to-day styling rules.  If I never blow-dried my hair (I routinely blowdry my shorter, wedge-cut bangs and let the longer portions dry themselves) I would indeed look unkept and somewhat wooly.  But blow dryers do have cool, gentle settings.  Diffusers on a low temperature can be gentle too.   The trick is not to subject your hair to too much heat damage, and not to blowdry every day of the week.

 

And tdouty's mayo suggestion is a good one - I tried it myself and the results were pretty good.  I get the fuzzies during the drier, winter months sometimes.   

 

Finally do not listen to anyone who says things like 99% of people look terible with longer hair.  It is total BS.  Long hair is beautiful and exotic.  And if you do not believe me and think most people do not like longer hair - pop over to the hair extensions forum, where women are paying hundreds and hundreds of dollars for long hair extensions.  It is far better to have your own, naturally long, healthy hair.

 

I hate it when they do that.

 

 

 

Anyway, I changed shampoo and Conditioner, and it made all the difference in the world. Sometimes you just need to change it up. give it a different feel......and your hair becomes "fun" again.

 

Madalyne

We've all gone through the stage where chopping off a 2 years worth of effort suddenly seems reasonable!

Plus, once you cut it the people who told you to will be all smug and you probably won't be as happy as now.

But hey, you should do what's right for you.