From hip length to shoulder - starting over
Hi everyone!
I signed up here a few years ago but I kind of forgot about it so I have not been active on here since. I’d like to change that because I am sort of starting over in my hair growth journey. In December 2022 my hair was the longest it has ever been at hip length or a bit longer.
About my hair: it is pretty thick, mostly straight but with some very slight wave to it at times. Definitely wouldn’t classify it as stick straight at all. It has medium thick strands and it’s very heavy/smooth…I think it holds onto moister well when it’s wet and then dries. Because it takes forever to dry. It’s basically the opposite of more porous hair that dries quickly.
In December it was also very healthy with a thick blunt hemline. I ended up getting it cut very short (for me) at shoulder length for a few reasons.
One reason was because putting my hair in buns started to hurt my head. I tried it in different ways and different buns but the hair stick buns hurt the most. Plus I wasn’t even able to do many hair stick buns because my hair was so thick and slippery most styles couldn’t hold well because my hair still wasn’t long enough yet.
The main reason, besides loving the long length, I wanted long hair in the first place was because I wanted to be able to do fun long haired styles. But I was having so much trouble with that as well. Like I couldn’t even do those milkmaid/Heidi braids where they cross over your head because the ends are so thick and blunt it is super hard to hide them and secure the hairstyle especially with the slippery heavy hair I have.
So in January I decided to cut really short in hopes of doing more vintage styles instead with curlers and pin curls etc.That has not turned out well either….mostly because my hair is still thick (obviously) and I’d need to cut it into a vintage cut to even be able to really achieve the looks I want and even then because my hair gets oily after 3 days of not washing, it just takes too much time and effort to curl my hair every 2-3 days to achieve the vintage style.
Also I’m very low maintenance…that’s one of the things I liked about long hair. It takes a minute to put it in a protective bun.
So here I am again with a goal of having knee length hair. (That was my original goal).
Any advice for me for those with similar hair types?
Currently my hair is now about APL with a few layers.
I am honestly thinking of not trimming it for a long time…most people like a thick blunt ends but I’m thinking that if I let my hair more naturally fairytale it would make my updos actually work way better for me.
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Originally Posted by Kingsdaughter
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