Classic Length 2010 Challenge Part I

[Lucia]

Happy 4th of July to those of you that celebrate!

I can't believe this! I just took pictures this morning for a length check. It hasn't even been a full month yet and my hair already touches my pants pockets. I think I'm having a summer growth spurt. This is so exciting! My hair has never been this long in my life. I wonder how long is my hair going to grow? Thanks for the encouragement ladies. I'm happy that I didn't give up a few months ago.

Here are the pics:

^^^Shirt down.

Shirt raised up for better view:

Front view:

My shrinkage is still pretty bad:

^^^It's still waist to hip....

I plan on posting another length check next month. My goal is to be slightly below pants pocket length by next month.

WOW that's alot of progress, touching your pants pockets you and Candy need measuring pants instead of shirts now you did get a growth spurt. congratz and your shrinkage is not that bad looks like it's less as it gets longer.

 

[jupitermoon]

Thanks Lucia! I haven't seen you around lately. How have you been?

Lol, at measuring pants!!

 

[Lucia]

Thanks Lucia! I haven't seen you around lately. How have you been?

Lol, at measuring pants!!

I had a cold and was MIA, but I'm better now but now thanks for asking, I have to get back on track with my reggie cause I had my hair in 2 Pokahantas braids and did nothing with them amazingly my hair wasn't super tangled thank goodness.

 

[jupitermoon]

I had a cold and was MIA, but I'm better now but now thanks for asking, I have to get back on track with my reggie cause I had my hair in 2 Pokahantas braids and did nothing with them amazingly my hair wasn't super tangled thank goodness.

I'm happy that you're back and feeling better.

 

[Lita]

Happy 4th of July to those of you that celebrate!

I can't believe this! I just took pictures this morning for a length check. It hasn't even been a full month yet and my hair already touches my pants pockets. I think I'm having a summer growth spurt. This is so exciting! My hair has never been this long in my life. I wonder how long is my hair going to grow? Thanks for the encouragement ladies. I'm happy that I didn't give up a few months ago.

Here are the pics:

^^^Shirt down.

Shirt raised up for better view:

Front view:

My shrinkage is still pretty bad:

^^^It's still waist to hip....

I plan on posting another length check next month. My goal is to be slightly below pants pocket length by next month.

Congrats----Great progress.I can't wait to see you at CL....I just love how thick your hair is...Keep Growing!

Hi!How tall are you? Because at cl that's a lot of hair...Cant wait to see...


I'm almost 5/8 so i dont know how much longer my hair will grow...just let it do whatever

 

[jupitermoon]

Congrats----Great progress.I can't wait to see you at CL....I just love how thick your hair is...Keep Growing!

Hi!How tall are you? Because at cl that's a lot of hair...Cant wait to see...


I'm almost 5/8 so i dont know how much longer my hair will grow...just let it do whatever

I'm about 5'2".

I know some people aren't impressed with long hair on us shorter ladies though, but I still think CL is a lot of hair for those of us that are short too. I mean it may not be as much as someone that is taller but I still think it's alot. Plus, 5'2" isn't that short.

I frequent the Long Hair Community and I see lots of tall people with long hair. There's quite a few tall ladies here with long hair. So classic length is possible for you too.

 

[Candy828]

@Lita - I am 5/8 too! and yes it's a lot of freakin hair! I too envy CelinaStar's thick hair **heart**! My hair is getting fuller, but it sure is taking it's time.... slow like a turtle to me.... I don't know if it will ever be CelinaStar quality though **sigh**.. but I can dream!

 

[Candy828]

I had a cold and was MIA, but I'm better now but now thanks for asking, I have to get back on track with my reggie cause I had my hair in 2 Pokahantas braids and did nothing with them amazingly my hair wasn't super tangled thank goodness.

Lucia! I am glad you are doing better... you were missed!

 

[Lita]

I'm about 5'2".

I know some people aren't impressed with long hair on us shorter ladies though, but I still think CL is a lot of hair for those of us that are short too. I mean it may not be as much as someone that is taller but I still think it's alot. Plus, 5'2" isn't that short.

I frequent the Long Hair Community and I see lots of tall people with long hair. There's quite a few tall ladies here with long hair. So classic length is possible for you too.

5/2 isn't short...I'm also on Long Hair Community & i see all forms of hair & height and i think its great...

Just KEEP growing & don't cut it...



Happy Hair Growing!

 

[Lita]

@Lita - I am 5/8 too! and yes it's a lot of freakin hair! I too envy CelinaStar's thick hair **heart**! My hair is getting fuller, but it sure is taking it's time.... slow like a turtle to me.... I don't know if it will ever be CelinaStar quality though **sigh**.. but I can dream!

At 5/7 & 1/2..I know about hair taking its time to thicken up but it will.. But your hair is going to look fabbbbb at cl too!




Happy Hair Growing!

 

[Lita]

@ lucia glad your ok...







Happy Hair Growing!

 

[Lucia]

I'm about 5'2".

I know some people aren't impressed with long hair on us shorter ladies though, but I still think CL is a lot of hair for those of us that are short too. I mean it may not be as much as someone that is taller but I still think it's alot. Plus, 5'2" isn't that short.

I frequent the Long Hair Community and I see lots of tall people with long hair. There's quite a few tall ladies here with long hair. So classic length is possible for you too.

I totally believe this. I read that WL is possible for 90% of women and TL/CL is possible for like 85% of women regardless of race, it's all about healthy hair-care practices and patience.

Super long hair is a stunner whether short or tall, people always give thick healthy long hair a look, but when it's WL and beyond it always gets a double take form women and especially men

 

[Mz.MoMo5235]

i'm 5'5 and personally, from all of the "height" threads i've run into where people start breaking out the measuring tape, i've noticed that cl length is around the same amount of inches for everyone (give or take a few of course) because the tall chicks tend to be all legs where as the shorties are all torso lol... i remember i posted my measurement in one of those threads and my and this chick who was like 6'2 had the same exact measurements. so her wl in inches was the same as mine! now of we start talking knee length, that's another story lol

 

[Candy828]

i'm 5'5 and personally, from all of the "height" threads i've run into where people start breaking out the measuring tape, i've noticed that cl length is around the same amount of inches for everyone (give or take a few of course) because the tall chicks tend to be all legs where as the shorties are all torso lol... i remember i posted my measurement in one of those threads and my and this chick who was like 6'2 had the same exact measurements. so her wl in inches was the same as mine! now of we start talking knee length, that's another story lol

That is so true! I am all legs.... a 34 inch inseam! When I take a look at what it takes to go from Classic to Knee Length, I almost faint. It's like crossing the Atlantic Ocean!

 

[Candy828]

Just in case anyone is interested in reading their thoughts...... Here is the "Classic to Knee Length" Thread.. Cinnamonhair is on this site.... she said she is waiting at the finishline for everyone else..

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=34987

 

[Mz.MoMo5235]

lmfao i cant even imagine knee length!

 

[Lita]

lmfao i cant even imagine knee length!

Your hair at knee length with it tex & shine...I can't wait to see that..






Happy Hair Growing!

 

[goldielocs]

I didn't realize so many of you were on the LHC too!

That site kept me from cutting my hair earlier this year and I love the styling suggestions.

 

[Candy828]

Humidity! I am told that we are now in the most humid time of the year i.e. July, August, and September. It doesn't start to cool off hear until the end of October...so my strait hair pic's will have to wait even longer erplexed. If I sit still I only sweat a little. If I move around I am covered in sweat. Right now my tee-shirt is soaked around the top. The good news is my hair is enjoying every bit of it... I contribute this awesome growth spurt to the weather here. I am already past the top pockets, approaching mid-pocket range... wooo, now that is fast growing no matter how you look at it. No wonder people on the Asian Continent have the most heads of hair that are past floor length!

 

[Mz.MoMo5235]

man... that's why my hair thrives back east!!! our monsoon is late so the little bit of humidity i get a yr is not here yet i need it for my growth spurt! i wont have one with out it!

WHERE'S THE STUPID RAIN!!!

 

[Mz.MoMo5235]

so i'm thinking about changing my reggie a bit guys.

i know i know, we're not supposed to be experimenting at this length lol. but hear me out

the part of my reggie i want to change is the styling products (i guess that's the category they go into), so my wash and actual styles will remain the same

right now after i wash and towel dry, i spray my hair with my homemade juice, apply a leave in cond (HE LTR leave in or HE HH cond used as a leave in) then seal with my oils (evoo, castor, evco, tea tree mixed together), and let air dry.

the change i would like to make is removing the leave in. so spray with juice, seal with oil, then air dry. i expect to see maybe more frizz and not so defined curls... which is fine since i wear a bun 5-7days a wk. but do you think this change could have a negative effect on my hair?

what are your thoughts before i try this. if yall think its a bad idea i'll stick with what's been working. just wondering you know

 

[Candy828]

so i'm thinking about changing my reggie a bit guys.

i know i know, we're not supposed to be experimenting at this length lol. but hear me out

the part of my reggie i want to change is the styling products (i guess that's the category they go into), so my wash and actual styles will remain the same

right now after i wash and towel dry, i spray my hair with my homemade juice, apply a leave in cond (HE LTR leave in or HE HH cond used as a leave in) then seal with my oils (evoo, castor, evco, tea tree mixed together), and let air dry.

the change i would like to make is removing the leave in. so spray with juice, seal with oil, then air dry. i expect to see maybe more frizz and not so defined curls... which is fine since i wear a bun 5-7days a wk. but do you think this change could have a negative effect on my hair?

what are your thoughts before i try this. if yall think its a bad idea i'll stick with what's been working. just wondering you know

I guess it's ok... When I wash my hair and condition... I don't rinse all of the conditioner out. So I don't use a leave in.

 

[Candy828]

I did some S&D and Dusting today.... You can call it a tiny trim... I took off just under a 1/4 inch... this was a curly stretched snip of each section that is braided so I am sure I'll have to even up once I am able to straigthen... My hair feels good though, and healthy!

 

[Mz.MoMo5235]

i cant trim til '11.... but i think i can do it. of course if it gets bad i will have to drop out of my no trim challenge

 

[Lucia]

so i'm thinking about changing my reggie a bit guys.

i know i know, we're not supposed to be experimenting at this length lol. but hear me out

the part of my reggie i want to change is the styling products (i guess that's the category they go into), so my wash and actual styles will remain the same

right now after i wash and towel dry, i spray my hair with my homemade juice, apply a leave in cond (HE LTR leave in or HE HH cond used as a leave in) then seal with my oils (evoo, castor, evco, tea tree mixed together), and let air dry.

the change i would like to make is removing the leave in. so spray with juice, seal with oil, then air dry. i expect to see maybe more frizz and not so defined curls... which is fine since i wear a bun 5-7days a wk. but do you think this change could have a negative effect on my hair?

what are your thoughts before i try this. if yall think its a bad idea i'll stick with what's been working. just wondering you know

It's not a big change, just skipping the leave in, we both know bad things happen when you make drastic product or reggie changes, don't need a repeat of that no thanks.
Check the ends daily and see if this change is working that way if it's not you won't get too far with dryness or possible damage.

 

[orchidgirl]

Loving your hair ladies..such inspirations..heading my way to classic next year. (hoping) keep the photos come they are so inspiring.!

 

[Lucia]

Loving your hair ladies..such inspirations..heading my way to classic next year. (hoping) keep the photos come they are so inspiring.!

Your hair looks fab. So you're in CL challenge part 2 then?

 

[your hair is your glory]

maybe in 2 years?

 

[Candy828]

Flashback!

Christopher Williams - I'm Dreamin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0SZBFcuil4


Yea...I'm dreamin of how my hair will look with a braidout at Classic!

 

[Candy828]

Did You Know?
From: http://www.keratin.com/ay/hair-did-you-know.shtml

• You shed more hair in the fall and spring than in summer and late winter in response to the changes in seasons and daylight exposure.
• Asian men have little beard growth and a lower risk of developing androgenetic alopecia as, on average, they produce less testosterone than Caucasians.
• On average, each person has 20 million hair follicles of which 90,000 to 140,000 are scalp hair follicles.
• You can lose up to 25% of your scalp hair before it becomes noticeable.
• Typically, scalp hair fibers grow for two to seven years before being replaced by a new hair fiber.
• On average, healthy adult scalp hair fibers grow at 0.35mm per day.
• Eyelashes are the slowest growing hair fibers at less than 0.16mm per day.
• Chin hairs on young adult males are the fastest growing hair fibers at up to 0.42mm per day.
• Women have a faster rate of hair growth on their scalps compared to men by about 0.02mm more per day.
• The world's most expensive shampoo is arguably Alterna shampoo which contains caviar and costs $200 a bottle. Alterna is a favorite of the rich and famous and claims to have age-defying properties.
• Rate of hair growth declines with age. As a child, scalp hair grows at up to 0.41mm per day, but that drops to 0.32mm per day in old age.
• Over $1.6 billion is spent in the US each year on treating hair loss.
• Hair fiber is as strong as copper wire of the same diameter. It has a tensile strength of around 1.6 x10-9 N / m2 (one point 6 times ten to the power minus nine newtons per meter square of hair cross section diameter).
• Up to $180 million of minoxidil is sold each year.
• Over 70 million people in the US have some degree of androgenetic alopecia.
• Normally, dry hair can be stretched one-fifth of it's length before breaking. Wet hair can stretch between 40-50% of it's length.
• On the scalp there is an average of 1,000 hairs per square inch or about 250 hair fibers per square centimeter.
• People without alopecia may lose up to 100 scalp hairs a day as a result of normal hair cycling.
• The fine, downy hair that covers the cheeks and other parts of the face is called lanugo hair. The hair on your scalp and any other body hair that is pigmented is called terminal hair.
• The numbers of hairs on the head vary with the hair's natural color. Redheads have about 90,000. Black, 108,000, while brown and blonde haired people have up to 140,000. The number of scalp hairs changes with ethnicity too. Far east Asians have as few as 80,000 scalp hair follicles.
• In terms of raw elements, on average, hair is composed of 50.65% carbon, 20.85% oxygen, 17.14% nitrogen, 6.36% hydrogen, and 5.0% sulfur. Hair also contains trace amounts of magnesium, arsenic, iron, chromium and other metals and minerals.
• Darker hair contains higher levels of carbon than blonde hair.
• Between 65% and 95% of hair fiber is made of proteins called keratins. Keratins are made from amino acids and in hair keratins the predominant amino acid is cysteine.
• One keratin protein molecule measures 10 nanometers across. 10,000 keratin protein molecules lying side by side cover the width of one human hair. So the cross section of one human hair can contain up to 78,000,000 keratin proteins.
• The average anchoring strength for a chest hair is 70 grams. That is, you can add 70 grams of weight to one chest hair before it breaks.
• Beards of men contain between 7,000 and 15,000 hairs.
• Men remove 8.4 meters of face stubble in their lifetime. It takes them approximately 3,400 hours to do so.
• Because hair is so strong you could hang between 5,600kg and 8,400kg from one head of hair without it breaking (although your neck would not take it !).
• As a rough quide, 20% of men in their 20s have pattern baldness, 30% in their 30s, 40% in their 40s, and 50% have pattern baldness in their 50s. If you get to age 60 without developing pattern baldness you will probably avoid it alltogether.
• By age 50, 20% of women have thinning hair.
• Our eyebrows contain 550 hairs, give or take a few.