Hip–Tailbone Length (HL–TBL) 2014 Challenge!
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ckisland
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If I hadn't met a couple of my friends or subscribed to this one chick on youtube, I could totally agree
. There are a handful of unicorns out there how have HL and longer hair simply because they don't cut it. They have super growth rates, and they treat their hair the exact same way at any length. No DC's, special treatments, or protective styles. I hate them! I hate them!! 
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bebezazueta
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Hey ladies, coming at you with some comparison pics today
The older pics were taken in Decemer 2012 and recent ones were a few days ago (July 2013)
So there's a 7 months difference
WOW! Scrolls up to see mayoo reggie! Great job lady. Your hair is EVERYTHING!
Just checking in. After my touch-up last week, I am officially HL. I knew I was by stretching my hair a few weeks ago, but I had to see it after my TU to believe it, lol. Pics in JewellStar Fotki. Aiming for TBL by December 2013. My ends are already touching the crack, just grazing, ( 
) so I hope by December a larger bit will be there as my natural layers continue to grow.
) so I hope by December a larger bit will be there as my natural layers continue to grow.
mayoo
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bebezazueta aww thank-you x
Just checking in. After my touch-up last week, I am officially HL. I knew I was by stretching my hair a few weeks ago, but I had to see it after my TU to believe it, lol. Pics in JewellStar Fotki. Aiming for TBL by December 2013. My ends are already touching the crack, just grazing, (
CONGRATS Jewell!!!
ckisland
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I washed today after prepooing overnight with CO, and I lost so much hair. It feels like my shedding, on one side in particular, has almost doubled, but it had been 4 days since my last detangle. I can deal with that, but the breakage I had is totally out of hand 
. I pulled my hand from my hair and it was covered in broken hairs. I think my little homemade leave-in might be a big cause of this. Why can I make DC's, gel, and even body lotion, but can't make a decent leave-in to save my life?! I'm going back to my conditioner as a leave-in, but I'm also testing out the Aphogee Pro-Vitamin leave-in to see if that'll give me the protein my hair might need during the week.
Jewell Oh my goodness, your hair is beautiful!! Congrats on reaching HL
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. I pulled my hand from my hair and it was covered in broken hairs. I think my little homemade leave-in might be a big cause of this. Why can I make DC's, gel, and even body lotion, but can't make a decent leave-in to save my life?! I'm going back to my conditioner as a leave-in, but I'm also testing out the Aphogee Pro-Vitamin leave-in to see if that'll give me the protein my hair might need during the week.Jewell Oh my goodness, your hair is beautiful!! Congrats on reaching HL
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marta9227
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Just checking in. After my touch-up last week, I am officially HL. I knew I was by stretching my hair a few weeks ago, but I had to see it after my TU to believe it, lol. Pics in JewellStar Fotki. Aiming for TBL by December 2013. My ends are already touching the crack, just grazing, (
Your hair is so gorgeous it's ridiculous! Good job you grow girl!
Sent from my right hand- I mean my Note 2 lol
MileHighDiva
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MileHighDiva
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! Simply, beautiful! Keep up the great work.
Nix08
Relaxed, 4B
This hair journey and my emotions are like the weather....all of a sudden, I've decided that I am loving my hair. I'm 11 weeks post and I have a good amount of ng that I love playing in. And even if I don't make wl by the end of this year I'll be close enough for HL at the end of the following year (I think).
But really, my hair is getting long enough that I find myself having to pull out hair still attached to my head from my mouth as I'm eating I have to be mindful of my hair when putting on my bra or any top. I've also closed my hair in the car door and didn't realize until I went to turn my head...trust me that one had me giddy
So today, I truly LOVE my hair
But really, my hair is getting long enough that I find myself having to pull out hair still attached to my head from my mouth as I'm eating
I have to be mindful of my hair when putting on my bra or any top. I've also closed my hair in the car door and didn't realize until I went to turn my head...trust me that one had me giddy So today, I truly LOVE my hair
Aireen
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Jewell, congratulations on getting to HL! Now this thread has a success story! Going to look at your pics now!
Loving your progress, you always post inspiring pics, mayoo. You reminded me that I usually see most of my progress after 7 months, gonna try to be patient now.
Nix08, girl, you always say what I've BEEN thinking but didn't really want to type. I think after I get a touch-up, I'll feel like I'm in love with my hair.
Loving your progress, you always post inspiring pics, mayoo. You reminded me that I usually see most of my progress after 7 months, gonna try to be patient now.
Nix08, girl, you always say what I've BEEN thinking but didn't really want to type. I think after I get a touch-up, I'll feel like I'm in love with my hair.
mayoo
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MileHighDiva
thank-you x XD
thank-you x XD
pre_medicalrulz
It Always Been About Hair!
Yikes! I've been so busy but Id thought Id check-in. Still no length check since Dec. I will have an update next month. Hoping for the best.
ckisland
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It came to me last night to not cut my hair until my 10th nappiversary . That sounds like a freakishly long time even to me 
, but that's 4 years and 4 months from now. When I first BC'd, I planned to never cut my hair again, but the LHCF quest for perfect ends ended up getting to me. I like the idea of not cutting my hair. That's where everyone seems to keep their mojo lol, and the idea makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
. That sounds like a freakishly long time even to me , but that's 4 years and 4 months from now. When I first BC'd, I planned to never cut my hair again, but the LHCF quest for perfect ends ended up getting to me. I like the idea of not cutting my hair. That's where everyone seems to keep their mojo lol, and the idea makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.ckisland
Lucia
LaVgirl
marta9227
MileHighDiva
Thanks so much ladies! All this attention has me blushing and hiding behind a curtain...I ain't used to this!! Y'all had me like "whoa" when I saw all these mentions today. I am very happy and I can't wait until we are all hangin' and swangin' at HL-TBL. It really means a lot...I never thought I would have hair this long until in the last year I began to change my thinking and expect it as NJoy often encourages us to do. It's a small feat, growing hair, but it has inspired me to reach for higher goals in other areas of my life.
Lucia YASS HONEY you will see me there!
mayoo Your hair is sooo pretty, lush, thick and just plain ol delicious. I lurv me some thick, voluminous hair! I have that Diana Ross syndrome bad...
MileHighDiva Ya know, I have considered writing a book, or at least a blog, and I'm still entertaining that thought. I think the blog is more my speed right now, then maybe it will transition into enough material for a book of sorts. Maybe I should start compiling my info and stuff... I have thought of doing YT vids too, but right now I have too much going on. Maybe I will do one at my next length check in October and make a YT channel for all things hair, makeup, and beauty. Gotta get a new laptop first though. For some reason, my iPad makes my skin look orangey...
ckisland I have a similar goal...NO HAIR CUTTING UNTIL 2020 or 2025. That means no large trims or chops, just an S&D once or twice a year, MAYBE a slight 1/8-1/4" dusting if I have too much dryness on the ends as they age. I had the perfect blunt ends syndrome for years and that is why I never grew past MBL, always cutting. But as I looked at other persuasions, "natural," fairy tale, or ends that taper gradually due to not being cut have grown on me. Through much research, experimentation with my own hair, and visual observation, ends that are not blunt CAN be healthy and lush.
Some people have fragile ends or hair and must regularly trim, but personally, I figure there is no need for me to continually cut my hair if there is no damage present; it's going to grow how it wants regardless (in a "V" shape) or unevenly, and so I would just be cutting off healthy hair by maintaining a trim schedule during the active growing period (when you're trying to get to a new length and not just maintain where you are). It took me YEARS to wake up and realize I was cutting unnecessarily. But better late than never!!
My hair has not been trimmed in 13 months and when I did have a trim in June 2012 after my virgin relaxer (went from all natural, not heat-trained to texlaxed/mildly relaxed), it was only 1/2" to remove residual SSK's. I have S&D'd on two days since then: in Nov and March. I found 6 more knots in that time and only one single split. I figure that's pretty good for relaxed hair and I will keep protecting my ends religiously and k.i.m. You can do it too, if you like, and if your hair responds positively.
I really have a goal of terminal time, or as long as my hair will possibly grow...I don't really think it should be called "terminal length." I refuse to believe my hair can only grow to classic length or whatever length and that after that point it will either stop growing completely or fall out. all hairs on the head and body are in different and varying growth phases. One layer of your hair may enter resting period and another will start growing again. That's why I can't wrap my brain around this "terminal length" terminology. It is more accurately termed, "terminal time" since hairs grow for so long and then rest or shed.
Just my scientific and analytical 2 cents about it.
ETA: I decided I would not cut until at least 2020 a few months ago out of curiosity to see how long my hair will get in 7 years being uncut. It makes me feel good inside too...my grandma always told me to never cut my hair. Who knows how long it would be had I listened...hers is TBL, a flowing rainfall of silver 2a/2b strands, and she is 70. She uses regular commercial products and has psoriasis, but we are the only 2 in the family on both sides with hair this long. I hope my mom and sisters will grow theirs out. I LOVE to see my sisters with long hair. With our beautiful skin tones and myriad of lush textures, it is striking to see long hair on a Black woman. To me it is, anyway.
Lucia
LaVgirl
marta9227
MileHighDiva
Thanks so much ladies! All this attention has me blushing and hiding behind a curtain...I ain't used to this!!
Y'all had me like "whoa" when I saw all these mentions today. I am very happy and I can't wait until we are all hangin' and swangin' at HL-TBL. It really means a lot...I never thought I would have hair this long until in the last year I began to change my thinking and expect it as NJoy often encourages us to do. It's a small feat, growing hair, but it has inspired me to reach for higher goals in other areas of my life.Lucia YASS HONEY you will see me there!
mayoo Your hair is sooo pretty, lush, thick and just plain ol delicious. I lurv me some thick, voluminous hair! I have that Diana Ross syndrome bad...
MileHighDiva Ya know, I have considered writing a book, or at least a blog, and I'm still entertaining that thought. I think the blog is more my speed right now, then maybe it will transition into enough material for a book of sorts. Maybe I should start compiling my info and stuff...
I have thought of doing YT vids too, but right now I have too much going on. Maybe I will do one at my next length check in October and make a YT channel for all things hair, makeup, and beauty. Gotta get a new laptop first though. For some reason, my iPad makes my skin look orangey...ckisland I have a similar goal...NO HAIR CUTTING UNTIL 2020 or 2025. That means no large trims or chops, just an S&D once or twice a year, MAYBE a slight 1/8-1/4" dusting if I have too much dryness on the ends as they age. I had the perfect blunt ends syndrome for years and that is why I never grew past MBL, always cutting. But as I looked at other persuasions, "natural," fairy tale, or ends that taper gradually due to not being cut have grown on me. Through much research, experimentation with my own hair, and visual observation, ends that are not blunt CAN be healthy and lush.
Some people have fragile ends or hair and must regularly trim, but personally, I figure there is no need for me to continually cut my hair if there is no damage present; it's going to grow how it wants regardless (in a "V" shape) or unevenly, and so I would just be cutting off healthy hair by maintaining a trim schedule during the active growing period (when you're trying to get to a new length and not just maintain where you are). It took me YEARS to wake up and realize I was cutting unnecessarily. But better late than never!!
My hair has not been trimmed in 13 months and when I did have a trim in June 2012 after my virgin relaxer (went from all natural, not heat-trained to texlaxed/mildly relaxed), it was only 1/2" to remove residual SSK's. I have S&D'd on two days since then: in Nov and March. I found 6 more knots in that time and only one single split. I figure that's pretty good for relaxed hair and I will keep protecting my ends religiously and k.i.m. You can do it too, if you like, and if your hair responds positively.
I really have a goal of terminal time, or as long as my hair will possibly grow...I don't really think it should be called "terminal length." I refuse to believe my hair can only grow to classic length or whatever length and that after that point it will either stop growing completely or fall out.
all hairs on the head and body are in different and varying growth phases. One layer of your hair may enter resting period and another will start growing again. That's why I can't wrap my brain around this "terminal length" terminology. It is more accurately termed, "terminal time" since hairs grow for so long and then rest or shed. Just my scientific and analytical 2 cents about it.
ETA: I decided I would not cut until at least 2020 a few months ago out of curiosity to see how long my hair will get in 7 years being uncut. It makes me feel good inside too...my grandma always told me to never cut my hair. Who knows how long it would be had I listened...hers is TBL, a flowing rainfall of silver 2a/2b strands, and she is 70. She uses regular commercial products and has psoriasis, but we are the only 2 in the family on both sides with hair this long. I hope my mom and sisters will grow theirs out. I LOVE to see my sisters with long hair. With our beautiful skin tones and myriad of lush textures, it is striking to see long hair on a Black woman. To me it is, anyway.
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ckisland
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Jewell , After I posted, I was a little worried that I sounded like a crazy lady . I'm glad you feel where I'm coming from. For now, I've decided that no scissors are touching my head, so I'm going to have to be hyper vigilant with preserving my ends and avoiding mats or I'm going to be screwed . You mentioned that you couldn't get past MBL for the longest. That's the same problem I've had for the past 2+ years. I want to let my hair grow however long it can, and I can't do that if I keep cuttin' it off.
. I'm glad you feel where I'm coming from. For now, I've decided that no scissors are touching my head, so I'm going to have to be hyper vigilant with preserving my ends and avoiding mats or I'm going to be screwed . You mentioned that you couldn't get past MBL for the longest. That's the same problem I've had for the past 2+ years. I want to let my hair grow however long it can, and I can't do that if I keep cuttin' it off.Lol my dad said this to me. One day he made the mistake of asking me "how many conditioners do you need?!"
well dad, there's a protein conditioner, moisturizing conditioner, deep conditioner, leave-in conditioner, co-wash conditioner and on and on 
Aireen
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Same thing my mum and friend said to me. No way in hell my dad is gonna find out about my PJism.Lol my dad said this to me. One day he made the mistake of asking me "how many conditioners do you need?!"
Mz.MoMo5235
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