Knee and Beyond

**xsampa** · January 25th, 2015, 10:17 AM

@Gossamer:
For some strange reason I can't see your photos when they're supposed to appear.

**lazuliblue** · January 25th, 2015, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by chen bao jun

I'd love to see a knee length person with afro curly hair, too. There was a young girl whose mother had her on a website years ago but she shut it down before I ever got interested in super long hair. I don't know if it was straightened or not, I think it was.

To tell the truth, although Quixii in no way has an African hairtype, I enjoy looking at her hair not just because it's gorgeous but because it's so much curlier than you usually see with super long hair. People start out looking super curly and by classic length, it appears to be barely wavy. Even my type 3c hair (definitely afro curly ) is looking much looser than it did at mid back (when stretched ).hard to say if curly hair doesn't usually get long or if when it gets long it usually doesn't look cu r ly anymore. It's amazing to see Quixi s ringlets still going so strong l love it.

Chen Bao Jun if you google 'alyssaredenti' and go on her Instagram, you will see her awesome hair! She has very curly hair and is at least hip length I think.

**Achlys** · January 25th, 2015, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by xsampa

@Gossamer:
For some strange reason I can't see your photos when they're supposed to appear.

That's because you don't have enough posts yet to see album pictures, I think.

**gossamer** · January 26th, 2015, 07:39 AM

Thank you, meteor, madora, SWR, ashke50, skeletonous, squirrrel, hanne jensen, Panth, lapushka, & Beatnik Guy!

@neko: The tallest heels I can functionally walk in are ~4". The last time I wore my almost 6" heels out, I tripped over myself and fell. Clumsy gossamer!

@DreamSheep: At home, it's only down when it's drying on my weekly wash day and when it's in transition from sleep bun/braid to an updo for the day. Sometimes that means I'm wandering around in the morning with it down for a few minutes while I'm getting dressed, and it definitely gets in the way. I only step on it when I take a step backwards onto it, it's not long enough to actually be underfoot with each step.

@Islandgrrl: Yours is so beautiful!! Mine may be longer, but I'm none too pleased about how thin it gets after knee.

@Bluemuse: Past floor when wet, maybe about an inch short of floor when dry because of shrinkage due to waves.

@AniTa: My SO makes fun of me because I keep talking about cutting but keep putting it off. My hair's been behaving a lot better in the past month or so since I stopped doing LWB and nautilus buns, so it's a lot easier to tolerate at this length. I do want to cut it back to something I can wear down more regularly, but before that I want to take a bunch of pictures at this length (and maybe finish my degree and wear it down at graduation, if I'm able to graduate in June.)

**diggem** · January 26th, 2015, 08:51 AM

Gossamer and Islandgrrl wow. As far as thinning below your knees, Gossamer, I honestly didn't even notice. Your hair is absolutely stunning. Islandgrrl, all I can say is that if I saw you and Gossamer walking down the street with your hair down, I'd first end up walking into something, and second my eye would be switching between the two of you so fast, I'd get myself dizzy.

diggem

**Ani Ta** · January 26th, 2015, 09:19 AM

Gossamer, what's the problem with the LWB? This is my alltime favourite and I hope being able to wear it forever...

wearing your hair down for graduation sounds wonderful!

lol, we have the same plans. Getting an unmanagable length doing a nice shooting and then cut it!

**Shepherdess** · January 26th, 2015, 02:48 PM

Quixii, Islandgrrl and Gossamer, you all have such lovely lovely hair!

I'm jelly!

**gossamer** · January 26th, 2015, 08:37 PM

@diggem: well, that's quite the fantasy.

@Ani Ta:It might just be my hair texture, but I was getting a lot of knotting (and sometimes big matted sections) where the stick/fork was inserted into the bun, probably from having to do it loosely enough that I wasn't having pain at my hairline from the weight of the bun pulling on it, which happened when I did a tighter bun. One day, after a huge matted section that took 30+ mins to detangle, I decided no more nautilus/LWB and have been doing a mostly cinnabuns ever since. Haven't had any of the huge tangles after that.

@Shepherdess: Thank you!

**MasCat** · January 28th, 2015, 08:44 AM

Gossamer is my hair-o

(couldn't resist the pun sorry

)

Islandgrrl Stunning hair!

**Ani Ta** · January 28th, 2015, 09:04 AM

@Gossamer, could be! I'd never be able to do a cinnamon with mine as it gets supertangled then. I love these differences as the make the journey so interesting.