Grow It Long 2020 Challenge

Length update is a little over 18". I already started tiny trimming the front, then got tired and forgot that I was doing it, so I don't remember where I left off. But I will do, like, the back 2/3 of my head soon. Definitely no more than 1/2". Just hitting WL.

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Curls&Caramel said:
Your curls are to die for. No need for a braid out for you. I'm trying to get into bunning, but it requires that I air dry my hair straight. Which always leaves my damaged hair a crispy mess. Braid outs mean I can braid it up damp and for some reason my ends don't turn into sandpaper. It's FAR from perfect though. With all that moisture, my new growth brings cotton fields to mind lol.
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My curl pattern seems to have loosened as my hair has gotten longer. Pretty sure it has to do with the weight of the hair on top of the fact that I have pretty thick strands. It’s more S-shaped than corkscrewed now. I do want to get good at braid outs as a way to keep my hair clumped when I want to wear it out. Have you ever tried damp or wet buns? You don’t necessarily have to let it dry completely before bunning it.
 
NaturalShe94 said:
My curl pattern seems to have loosened as my hair has gotten longer. Pretty sure it has to do with the weight of the hair on top of the fact that I have pretty thick strands. It’s more S-shaped than corkscrewed now. I do want to get good at braid outs as a way to keep my hair clumped when I want to wear it out. Have you ever tried damp or wet buns? You don’t necessarily have to let it dry completely before bunning it.
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No I haven't but it sounds like exactly what I need. As long as my new growth and ends cooperate. I love my braid outs because I can hop right out of the shower and finish in 20 minutes or so and go about my evening while it dries. Do you know of any good how to videos on damp bunning? I ran a quick search through the forums but it just has ladies describing if it works for them.
 
apple_natural said:
GORGEOUS!!! OMG I was just looking at your previous post because it is my goal for next year and this you posted this one!!! i love it. your hair is my hair's big sister. We wear the same style and it looks the same as my own. Hopefully I have your hair next year December 2021.
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Thanks. Always on the lookout or hair twins, or siblings. Let me go look again at your posts.
 
Curls&Caramel said:
Your curls are to die for. No need for a braid out for you. I'm trying to get into bunning, but it requires that I air dry my hair straight. Which always leaves my damaged hair a crispy mess. Braid outs mean I can braid it up damp and for some reason my ends don't turn into sandpaper. It's FAR from perfect though. With all that moisture, my new growth brings cotton fields to mind lol.
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You can always burn your braid out
 
nyeredzi said:
Will your arm reach? :giggle: Measuring is the only way I know what's happening before it's too late. Otherwise, I can only discern big changes
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I tried measuring, I’ve gotta wait till wash day when I detangle and my hair is freshly moisturised and elastic. I took my plaited bun down and ended up getting some tangles trying to take a small section to measure, plus my hair is so dry sheesh. I measured one piece anyway just because and it was 24 inches. Going to wash this weekend and try again. I need accuracy lol.
 
So does anyone measure their hair like this? I was doing some research (googling) on hair measuring & the long hair community forum came up.... I started lurking.... I was seeing BSL hair being measured at 27 inches. And TBL at like nearly 40 inches. I was like wth? How? Im near TBL but definitely not near 40 inches. Then I saw this method... I feel like Ive been measuring wrong for years now :confused:

https://sites.google.com/site/habioku/about-hair/hair-measurement
 
NaturalShe94 said:
So does anyone measure their hair like this? I was doing some research (googling) on hair measuring & the long hair community forum came up.... I started lurking.... I was seeing BSL hair being measured at 27 inches. And TBL at like nearly 40 inches. I was like wth? How? Im near TBL but definitely not near 40 inches. Then I saw this method... I feel like Ive been measuring wrong for years now :confused:
https://sites.google.com/site/habioku/about-hair/hair-measurement
https://sites.google.com/site/habioku/about-hair/hair-measurement
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I measure like this
 
NaturalShe94 said:
So does anyone measure their hair like this? I was doing some research (googling) on hair measuring & the long hair community forum came up.... I started lurking.... I was seeing BSL hair being measured at 27 inches. And TBL at like nearly 40 inches. I was like wth? How? Im near TBL but definitely not near 40 inches. Then I saw this method... I feel like Ive been measuring wrong for years now :confused:
https://sites.google.com/site/habioku/about-hair/hair-measurement
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I used to be on that forum (LHC), though never posted that much. I think @PlanetCybertron measures like this. Since I know this is how some people measure, I usually try to be explicit by saying "18 inches root to tip" so it's clear how I'm doing the measurement. I don't really like measuring the other way, it's not as informative for me because like 8-9" is just the length of your head. So your hair can literally be 1" root to tip and you'd say your hair is 9". But it may make more sense for people's hair that has been given a blunt cut across the bottom, because the hair all over their head will be different lengths. Like, the hair at the front of my head would have to be 8" longer than the hair at the back of my head to fall to the same part of my body, on the back, but some people's hair is like this. Especially the straight haired people on that site, they're more likely to have hair like that. For me, though, the hair all over my head is roughly the same length, so I don't have to really give a bunch of different measurements to say what it is root to tip. It's all pretty much between 17 and 18.5 inches, root to tip.
 
NaturalShe94 said:
So does anyone measure their hair like this? I was doing some research (googling) on hair measuring & the long hair community forum came up.... I started lurking.... I was seeing BSL hair being measured at 27 inches. And TBL at like nearly 40 inches. I was like wth? How? Im near TBL but definitely not near 40 inches. Then I saw this method... I feel like Ive been measuring wrong for years now :confused:
https://sites.google.com/site/habioku/about-hair/hair-measurement
https://sites.google.com/site/habioku/about-hair/hair-measurement
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I just tried this now & mine comes up to 23 inches. I think it depends on how you wear your hair really if I was still frequently straightening my hair or using protective styles that stretched my hair I would definitely use this method of measuring. However with shrinkage I think it’s easier to do root to tip. I think I might record both ways as it’s a interesting way of doing it.
 
So I measured both ways in the shower on soaking wet hair, sectioning from root to tip and from hairline all the way back. The back, front & sides measure at 25 inches, crown at 28 inches. From hairline all the way back measure at 35 inches. Makes sense, my crown does grow faster than the rest of my hair.
 
MzSwift said:
Maybe you can find a shirt that you will use for your length checks? Even if it isn't a true length check shirt with the lines, etc. I found that once I did that, it became easier to see my progress.

IA, I can see the growth!
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I was thinking that. I’ll have to see if I have any shirts that could serve that purpose.
 
NaturalShe94 said:
So does anyone measure their hair like this? I was doing some research (googling) on hair measuring & the long hair community forum came up.... I started lurking.... I was seeing BSL hair being measured at 27 inches. And TBL at like nearly 40 inches. I was like wth? How? Im near TBL but definitely not near 40 inches. Then I saw this method... I feel like Ive been measuring wrong for years now :confused:
https://sites.google.com/site/habioku/about-hair/hair-measurement
https://sites.google.com/site/habioku/about-hair/hair-measurement
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Maybe I would measure my hair this way if the length of the front of my hair actually met the end of the back... or at least came close. I fear that this would make me think that it is longer than it actually is. It wouldn't represent any one single strand on my head at the moment.
 
nyeredzi said:
Thanks. Always on the lookout or hair twins, or siblings. Let me go look again at your posts.
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I have only been photographing my hair straight. I think our natural hair texture matches. I'll try to get a photo of that at the end of the year. Maybe next year I'll photograph it just natural like this :D thanks for the idea!!
 
apple_natural said:
Good news is that your ends look thick!

As for me, I took out my mini twists a few days ago (like literally 3 days ago). .. I mean I tore out my mini twists.

It felt like hay, i've been baggying with conditioner. Its getting better. i will do an acv rinse when i shower

I wasn't sure why i was getting so much shedding until I remembered that I have not been taking my iron supplements since it is in a multi and I was not sure if I can take them at the same time as the hairfinity . I'm going to alternate the iron multi and the hairfinity. im afraid of getting too much of a synthetic vitamin in a day

well.. i hope i'm growing some hair. if i happen to make my bsl goal, the next year or two, I am going to just cut it as it passes bsl
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In reference to taking synthetic vitamins, have you thought about herbal vitamins, such as Alkaline Herbs or Gherbs? I currently use Alkaline Herbs Iron supplement.
 
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