SmilingElephant's Hip-Tailbone Challenge 2026

[SmilingElephant]

You are not alone.... Mine is just as crazy, I can't wait to grow a APL/MBL WAG

I think I'd have to be Classic Length for that!

 

[SmilingElephant]

So, I bought the Ampro Olive Oil Gel. I remember using it years ago, but they changed the formula (WHY IS EVERYBODY CHANGING THE FORMULA!!! STOP IT!!! )

Like Eco Styler... it's lacking hold -____-

I also ordered some dry shampoo...I know Batiste changed their formula (I'm okay with this one, it was necessary) a few years ago for the days I don't wash my hair. I bought the "fresh" scent one...I like that scent, I've bought it before.

I just need something to get me through the Summer and is depression/Bipolar friendly.

 

[Angel of the North]

I think I'd have to be Classic Length for that!

Me too..... My shrinkage is so crazy that I didn't realise I'd hit WL until I'd trimmed back to MBL and did a length check

We will get there, probably a lot sooner than we think and all

 

[SmilingElephant]

Me too..... My shrinkage is so crazy that I didn't realise I'd hit WL until I'd trimmed back to MBL and did a length check

We will get there, probably a lot sooner than we think and all

It's about to be July. My last pic was in May...I feel like I might be at WL by now...hmmm

I hadn't been paying much attention to my growth in June.

 

[keranikki]

It's about to be July. My last pic was in May...I feel like I might be at WL by now...hmmm

I hadn't been paying much attention to my growth in June.

Waiting on the reveal with bated breath….

 

[faithVA]

Waiting on the reveal with bated breath….

I look forward to having so much hair I don't pay attention :

 

[keranikki]

I look forward to having so much hair I don't pay attention :

I support this, I second this, may this happen for us

 

[SmilingElephant]

Y'all don't do me, nie!

Not bated breath!

I really hadn't paid attention to it...I was sick and went to the hospital and the doctor's office. It took me WEEKS to bounce back.

I'm like 80% better. I still keep having anxiety attacks and I'm still battling a depressive episode.

Maybe this weekend I'll do a length check. I'm probably not even waist length but when I was washing my hair in the shower a few days ago it felt very close.

 

[keranikki]

Y'all don't do me, nie!

Not bated breath!

I really hadn't paid attention to it...I was sick and went to the hospital and the doctor's office. It took me WEEKS to bounce back.

I'm like 80% better. I still keep having anxiety attacks and I'm still battling a depressive episode.

Maybe this weekend I'll do a length check. I'm probably not even waist length but when I was washing my hair in the shower a few days ago it felt very close.

On another note, I’m happy you’re feeling better

 

[SmilingElephant]

alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright ALRIGHT!

So I did a length check today (weren't we supposed to be doing June length checks? I dunno I was completely out of it last month)

Still not fully WL but closer than I was back in May.

Please excuse all of those boxes... they're going out today

I suck at taking length pics

 

[Angel of the North]

@SmilingElephant You are very close! I think you will get there comfortably by the end of the year, including any trims. You could potentially surpass WL by a little.

 

[SmilingElephant]

I'm trying to think of a good hair gift to give myself for being back in WL territory

I already got every THANG

I was thinking about getting the hair perfume from LUS Brands (Love Urself/ Love You Curls). I actually like their products.

 

[SmilingElephant]

So this is my hair today! Not a lot of definition, but I got carefree curls!

I love my penguin pj's Sitting in my favorite spot

ETA: I forgot to mention I used LUS Brands products. The shampoo, conditioner, curly all-in-one, and their sea moss gel

 

[Angel of the North]

So this is my hair today! Not a lot of definition, but I got carefree curls!

I love my penguin pj's Sitting in my favorite spot

ETA: I forgot to mention I used LUS Brands products. The shampoo, conditioner, curly all-in-one, and their sea moss gel

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You look really cute I'm looking at your shrinkage, that's roughly the length of my WAG sits at when the humidity starts acting out, it sits at my shoulders otherwise. I'm desperate to find some anti humidity products and heat protectants. I really want to do a rollerset but, there's not much point while it's so hot *sigh* I may try and get some Sabino, that came up repeatedly in the old threads......

 

[SmilingElephant]

You look really cute I'm looking at your shrinkage, that's roughly the length of my WAG sits at when the humidity starts acting out, it sits at my shoulders otherwise. I'm desperate to find some anti humidity products and heat protectants. I really want to do a rollerset but, there's not much point while it's so hot *sigh* I may try and get some Sabino, that came up repeatedly in the old threads......

The humidity here is so stupid I don't even fight it anymore

 

[SmilingElephant]

So, I'm not religious...but I talk to God a LOT.

Today I talked to him about my hair and how I REALLY want to have tailbone length hair. I felt so crazy talking to God about hair...but I reasoned that I can talk to him about anything...he already knows.

I asked him to let me be hip length by the end of the year.



I talked to him about a lot of things today...not just hair.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

So, I'm not religious...but I talk to God a LOT.

Today I talked to him about my hair and how I REALLY want to have tailbone length hair. I felt so crazy talking to God about hair...but I reasoned that I can talk to him about anything...he already knows.

I asked him to let me be hip length by the end of the year.



I talked to him about a lot of things today...not just hair.

I love that you talked to God. Which God did you talk to?

 

[SmilingElephant]

I love that you talked to God. Which God did you talk to?

I don't call him by a specific name anymore. I call on the God of everything dead and alive, the God of light and darkness, the God of EVERYTHING. THEE God. The Source. The Great Spirit.

That's who I call on.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

I don't call him by a specific name anymore. I call on the God of everything dead and alive, the God of light and darkness, the God of EVERYTHING. THEE God. The Source. The Great Spirit.

That's who I call on.

That's interesting, what made you stop calling God by a specific name?

 

[SmilingElephant]

That's interesting, what made you stop calling God by a specific name?

Because God can't be contained. God is everything. A name gives a specific meaning for one thing, God is beyond that.

At least that's how I believe.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

Because God can't be contained. God is everything. A name gives a specific meaning for one thing, God is beyond that.

At least that's how I believe.

Oh I seee. We worship two different Gods lol

 

[SmilingElephant]

I did a cowash today. Like, completely consumed my hair in conditioner. She needed the moisture!

Styled with leave in and gel as usual...and I used some hairspray for extra hold.

I tried just wearing it as a wash n go, but with all this heat and humidity, I ended up pulling it up in a curly puff

I don't know why my hair seems so thin to me. Like it looks thin, but when I feel it, it feels lush.

 

[SmilingElephant]

I am so tempted to just shave my hair off...again!

It's a good thing I don't own any clippers!

I'm OVER IT!!

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

Oh I seee. We worship two different Gods lol

The God I serve says "The name of the LORD is a strong tower. The righteous run to it and are saved". He says a lot of cool things about His name lol

 

[Angel of the North]

I am so tempted to just shave my hair off...again!

It's a good thing I don't own any clippers!

I'm OVER IT!!

I'm glad you don't have any clippers to hand. I’m also hoping you're over your temptation and not over your hair. I know it can be frustrating when things don't go the way you want it to with your hair.

 

[SmilingElephant]

The God I serve says "The name of the LORD is a strong tower. The righteous run to it and are saved". He says a lot of cool things about His name lol

I used to be a Jehovah's Witness. I grew up and learned to realize we all experience God in our own personal ways.

If I wanted to talk about religion, I'd be in that forum...but I'm not

 

[SmilingElephant]

I'm glad you don't have any clippers to hand. I’m also hoping you're over your temptation and not over your hair. I know it can be frustrating when things don't go the way you want it to with your hair.

Yeeeeahhh...I decided to eat instead

 

[Angel of the North]

Yeeeeahhh...I decided to eat instead

Good call

 

[yamilee21]

I know I’m just barging into this thread without joining (I just can’t do challenges) but I saw the word shrinkage, and then the hair pictures of @SmilingElephant and had to jump in to relate. My hair has not been cooperating for a good few years now, and I finally had to cut off all the longer pieces (my hair was lopsided, with breakage and/or shedding in areas, and getting super-thin). I had lengths from BSB to TBL. I don’t remember exactly when I finally decided to cut it, but I basically kept it covered from November through April, and in buns since. I had to rush out over the weekend, and I don’t know what possessed me to do a wash & go instead of a bun, but I did. My w&g shrank up above my shoulders. I was so shocked, I didn’t think I had cut it *that* much. My hair mats up too much with a w&g, and I don’t want to damage it even more, so I was putting it into twists yesterday. Almost all the twists were MBL when I pulled on them. Now if only I could get some density back.

 

[Angel of the North]

I know I’m just barging into this thread without joining (I just can’t do challenges) but I saw the word shrinkage, and then the hair pictures of @SmilingElephant and had to jump in to relate. My hair has not been cooperating for a good few years now, and I finally had to cut off all the longer pieces (my hair was lopsided, with breakage and/or shedding in areas, and getting super-thin). I had lengths from BSB to TBL. I don’t remember exactly when I finally decided to cut it, but I basically kept it covered from November through April, and in buns since. I had to rush out over the weekend, and I don’t know what possessed me to do a wash & go instead of a bun, but I did. My w&g shrank up above my shoulders. I was so shocked, I didn’t think I had cut it *that* much. My hair mats up too much with a w&g, and I don’t want to damage it even more, so I was putting it into twists yesterday. Almost all the twists were MBL when I pulled on them. Now if only I could get some density back.

The shrinkage is real! I found that The Doux Mousse Def really elongated my curl pattern when I tried it last week.This week, I used The Doux Crazy Sexy Curl, my curls are not as stretched as they were with Mousse Def, but definitely more stretched than when I use Miche gel to foam mousse. I'm MBL, and my WAG sits at SL when I use Miche foam, and around CBL/APL with The Doux crazy sexy curl mousse.