Classic Length 2010 Challenge Part I

CelinaStarr said:
Has anyone started getting gray hairs yet? I've been reading posts over at the Long Hair Community and I didn't realize that it was so common for people to start getting gray hairs in their 20s. Premature gray runs on my mom's side of the family. My mom was almost fully gray by the time she was about my age. My uncle and one of my cousins (on my mom's side) also started getting gray hairs in their late teens and early 20s.

Today, my brother was very upset. He told me to look at the side of his head and....He has about 3-4 gray hairs on the right side of his head above his ear. :lol: He said that he just noticed them 2 days ago. My brother is 27 years old with gray hair! Just when I was starting to wonder who inherited the premature gray gene! :grin: I had a good chuckle. I think that's awesome. :lol:

I'm in my mid 20s and my hair is still very black in color. I don't think I've inherited the premature gray gene from Mom. Looks like my brother got it instead. :lol: People on my dad's side of the family don't get gray hairs until their 50s. But many people on my mom's side have lots of gray hairs by the time they're in their 30s, lol.
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Yes. I started getting greys in my early 20s. I have lot more now. :)
I don't mind them.
 
Candy828 said:
CelinaStarr Thanks for the suggestion to switch browsers. I am using mozilla now and was able to log on. I feel like an infant with the new lhcf layout. I have had so many difficulties. I was feeling a little depressed that I could not communicate with my LCHF Sisters!:sad: Now I am feeling better!:grin:

On the hair update front. I have not taken any pictures yet. Me and the camera are not getting along. I may need a new one. But I can tell you that I have not progressed pass mid butt length. The weather has changed and my summer growth spurt is over.:sad: I straighten my hair and the result was that not all of my hair is at mid butt length.:nono: But my hair grows in this uneven pattern anyway... The good thing is that my hair is so much thicker!:yep: I can give the credit for that to low manipulation and finger combing...
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Glad you are back! My hair grows uneven too.

It is still kinda warm where I live so hopefully Ican get a little bit more growth before Fall really hits. *hopes*
 
Dragon_Of_Vaeros, I didn't realize it was so common up until reading about it a few days ago. I always thought that my mom's side of the family was just unusual. I don't think I will dye my grays once they start coming in.
 
Lucia said:
... Ladies which oil is better extra virgin coconut oil vs. extra virgin olive oil?
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I don't know which is better; I only use olive oil when I make caramel treatments or mix up deep conditioners. I use coconut oil regularly April-ish to October-ish, but not so much during the winter months. I use sweet almond or apricot oil sometimes in place of coconut oil during the winter. Honestly, I can't tell much difference between any of them in terms of results, :lol:.

CelinaStarr said:
... I'd like to try coconut oil. I bet it smells good.
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Depends on which oil you get... I usually get NSI from Vitacost, and it smells AND tastes great (can't stop myself from cooking and baking with it, :lick:). But my cousin gave me some Premier Coconut Oil ("virgin, raw, unprocessed"), and it STINKS!!! It smells burnt, and even though it is meant to be a dietary supplement, I would not describe it as edible. Even mixed with essential oils, the nasty odor does not go away.

CelinaStarr said:
Has anyone started getting gray hairs yet? ...
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I've been going gray for almost two decades, :lol:. When I part my hair down the middle, all the white hairs jump right out. Now my edges are starting to go white as well. If I comb my hair to the side, I have the Lilly Munster look, :lachen:. I tried to dye my hair about 10 years ago, but dye never took, so I gave up and accepted my grays. (I have since learned that it is probably because my hair is the opposite of porous - same reason why relaxers appeared to wash right out of my hair.)
 
CelinaStarr
I've just stared w evoo this summer and I like I too but cocnut oil smells yummy only of you get the evco that's well processed packaged from nature with love has good evco I use there's for a couple years straight. Tropcal traditions has good coconut products too that's all they make.
Greying early is genetic and sometimes stress related too many problems all at once can grey you early to so find a way not to internalize others crap it will age yo fast.

Vegetable Oils, Carrier Oils and Fixed Oils - FNWL


http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/virgin_coconut_oil.htm
 
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yamilee21
Apricot oil sounds yummy. But I remember almond oil didn't really impress me. Ive got my products and regimen down to the essentials KISS and cheap.
I only have 1 oil at a time and 2 Fav conditioners at a time it will soon be back down to 1 conditioner.
 
CelinaStarr said:
Candy828, it's great to see you back. I remember you mentioned you weren't feeling well a while ago and I was starting to worry. :bighug: I hope things are going better for you.
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Thanks, but things have not changed yet....:nono: the battle still continues but I think I am on the winning side. As soon as I see some light, yall will know because I will be shouting and dancing!:look:

I am going to do a long deep condition of my hair this weekend... helps me relax!
 
Candy828 said:
Thanks, but things have not changed yet....:nono: the battle still continues but I think I am on the winning side. As soon as I see some light, yall will know because I will be shouting and dancing!:look:

I am going to do a long deep condition of my hair this weekend... helps me relax!
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Yeah just float above all those haterz
DC weekend sounds great, hopefully you'll feel better after.
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Candy828 said:
Thanks, but things have not changed yet....:nono: the battle still continues but I think I am on the winning side. As soon as I see some light, yall will know because I will be shouting and dancing!:look:

I am going to do a long deep condition of my hair this weekend... helps me relax!
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A nice Dc will take your mind off things...Sending a hair hug your way...




Happy Hair Growing!
 
@hannan, thank you. :) It's another old picture taken back in March.

Lately, I've been trying to take my own pictures, but my brother finally agreed to take pictures for me today. :yay: I decided to do a length check too while I had someone else taking my pictures.

These were taken this evening (October 8, 2010):

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^^^^My hair still shrinks to about waist to hip. Some of my curls in the back shrinks a little more making my hair look uneven but it's not.

Length check:

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My hair has grown. Here's a picture from October 2009:

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versus today:
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Recap of my summer growth spurt:

May 2010:

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June 2010:

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July 2010:

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August 2010:

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October 2010:

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^^^^I'm wearing the same jeans on the July 2010-October 2010 pictures. See how my hair started at the tops of my pockets and it's now below? I have jeans with lower pockets and my hair still is a little past the top of my jeans with the low pockets.

My brother was also kind enough to take hair pictures with my "Victoria" hair comb I bought back in August. I tried to take them myself but they weren't coming out right, lol:

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There's more in my Fotki. I know a lot of you don't visit Fotki that's why I posted some here. :yep:

Happy hair growing everyone.
 
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Opps, I forgot the front views. Taken today October 8, 2010:

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Front view taken back in March 2010:

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^^^^Just a little longer. The back of my hair grows the fastest and the front grows the slowest creating the "u" shape.
 
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Lucia, nothing's changed with my regimen. I still co/water wash once a week and finger comb. Since I have so many hair sticks and due to my lifestyle I keep my hair up most of the time. I think the low manipulation helps. Giovanni conditioner is still my only product but I still plan on using Extra Virgin Olive oil when it gets really cold outside.

My detailed regimen is here on this page: QuietOne's Hair: My Hair Care Regimen <---This is a blog not a Fotki.
 
Lucia, thank you. I *heart* all of you ladies' hair and all of you have been very supportive, encouraging, and inspired me to grow my hair longer. All of you will reach this length and even longer. I can't wait to see the beautiful pictures from all of you.

I'm still going to call my hair waist to hip length for now, lol. I won't feel comfortable claiming hip length until it's all the same length, lol. :lol: The looser curls on the top are hip length but these little curls underneath keep shrinking to waist and even bra strap sometimes.
 
CelinaStarr said:
Lucia, thank you. I *heart* all of you ladies' hair and all of you have been very supportive, encouraging, and inspired me to grow my hair longer. All of you will reach this length and even longer. I can't wait to see the beautiful pictures from all of you.

I'm still going to call my hair waist to hip length for now, lol. I won't feel comfortable claiming hip length until it's all the same length, lol. :lol: The looser curls on the top are hip length but these little curls underneath keep shrinking to waist and even bra strap sometimes.
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:lachen: I hear ya! :lachen: I feel the same way... especially after straigthening my hair to see all the different lengths. My hair was already growing out from a layered cut. It is so obvious now. Some of the hair on the top of my hair is only just beyond BSL, then I have WSL, then Hip & tailbone, and the last layer at Mid Butt but not totally in an even line. So I feel like I am only WSL:sad: So I don't know if I am sufferring from hair anorexia or not!:look:
 
Candy828 said:
:lachen: I hear ya! :lachen: I feel the same way... especially after straigthening my hair to see all the different lengths. My hair was already growing out from a layered cut. It is so obvious now. Some of the hair on the top of my hair is only just beyond BSL, then I have WSL, then Hip & tailbone, and the last layer at Mid Butt but not totally in an even line. So I feel like I am only WSL:sad: So I don't know if I am sufferring from hair anorexia or not!:look:
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Yes that's hair anorexia alright, and you've got it ...BAD. :lol: Cause your hair IS long
I totally understand the wanting the full even blunt or U-shaped hemline. I do this all the time it's annoying sometimes to see people with technically shorter hair that's blunt/U-shaped and be thinking oh she has long hair, then I'm like wait a minute I have long hair too by that logic.
 
I have been very negligent with my hair lately, washing without thoroughly de-tangling, and I have had to sleep with it loose a few times due to severe migraines. I finally got around to properly de-tangling today and I lost so much hair; gathered up, it was the size of a baseball, maybe even larger. I think I have just officially joined the ranks of the thin-haired. Or maybe I am going bald. :ohwell:
 
CelinaStarr Love your hair its really growing nicely. I cant wait to see it straight CL I am sure...

I don't claim HL because my hair grows at different lengths (layers) & a natural v..May-be one day it will all catch up...lol










Happy Hair Growing!
 
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