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Posted By: letmecount123
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Date Posted: Nov 27, 2005 at 4:44pm
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Posted By: letmecount123
Date Posted: Nov 27, 2005 at 4:44pm
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: Nov 27, 2005 at 5:30pm
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Fabulous hair!  You've grown soooo long since 2000!
I think this should be a progress pictures thread. Let's all post progress pictures.. I'll make a collage tomorrow hopefully and edit this post.
Anais
Edited 11/28: Here are some photos:
   
March 2003 (2004?)(I'd swear I started growing in 2003)
June 2004 in Los Angeles
Early September of 2004
Late September of 2004
   
Early December 2004
March 2005 at around mid-back-waist-ish
Beltaine 2005 when it felt like waist length
Late June at hair meet, with LisaJaney and Teacherbear
   
Cherry picking in mid-July 2005
August 6 2005 at almost-hip
???unknown date, possibly October
October 2 2005 at covering-hipbone length
 
Looks almost tailbone when straight
Frozen hair day, November 18 2005
Whew, I'm glad I have a "progress" folder. AnaisSatin38684.5459953704 $$ )'```ara $).,`` %*,`r !,,!-- ,,)-% ! " $4
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: Nov 27, 2005 at 5:39pm
GREAT progress, Holly! Thank you for sharing these photos.
Personally I think your hair looks better the longer it gets. But I'm probably biased. 
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Posted By: missrini
Date Posted: Nov 27, 2005 at 9:04pm
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Holly...so the bottom pic is the most recent one? I agree that your hair looks MUCH better longer! Did you have regular trims in that 5 year period?
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Posted By: letmecount123
Date Posted: Nov 27, 2005 at 10:32pm
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Define "regular" trim... haha. They weren't regular by any means. It was more like "Okay, the ends of my hair feel/look fried..." Followed by a trip to the hairdresser and saying, "Please take off as little as you can!"
I got in "trouble" for going 6-8 months between trims. I actually did some major cuts in those few years, especially between 2000-2002. I had more or less been maintaining a shoulder length style until the end of 2002 (I was about 17) when I decided to grow it out.
And since then everyone (family, friends) has just been very supportive. Every time I would say, "Oh...should I cut my hair?" it would be "NO!" from them. And I've had a few boyfriends that said they'd be mad if the hair went missing, so it stayed...
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Posted By: baker46
Date Posted: Nov 27, 2005 at 11:03pm
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Gorgeous hair!! You're an inspiration to all of us "wannabe's". I think the key to letting it grow is patience.....which can be very difficult when you're at the ugly "in-between" stage. I've had short hair so long that when I look at pics of myself with longer hair I don't remember what it was like to have it that long!! My husband is glad I'm letting it grow...I think he's tired of looking at my short hair also!
Thanks again for the great pics!
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Posted By: Tyranna
Date Posted: Nov 27, 2005 at 11:39pm
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Wow, what wonderful progress.
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Posted By: juri
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2005 at 1:21am
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Your hair looks great!! Long hair really suits you.
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Posted By: Vicky
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2005 at 3:57am
Wow, your so pretty! And I agree your hair has grown alot in 5 years, it looks great 
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Posted By: Katarina
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2005 at 5:08am
Your hair looks so healthy.Give us some product-tips,please .
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Posted By: SpecialKitty
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2005 at 8:46am
Thank you for the inspirational photos!
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Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2005 at 8:51am
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Great hair! Thanks for sharing!
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Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2005 at 4:38pm
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wow, amazing growth! I agree with Anais-it should be a progress thread.
Unfortunately I have no picture since my hair has never really been
shorter than it is now. Ah well. (Can't remember it being shorter than
elbows)
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Posted By: Vicky
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2005 at 4:46pm
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Wow Anais, you've come such a long way. Keep up the good work, your hair looks amasing
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Posted By: letmecount123
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2005 at 4:46pm
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Awww, thanks everyone. You're all so sweet.
I don't think I was ever consciously taking progress pictures... I just had the occasional day where I was fascinated by how long my hair looked and took a few pictures.
And I really wouldn't say I have healthy hair. Or any great product tips.
I've been using satin pillowcases for probably two years though. Sometimes if my hair is looking relatively nice or I have it braided, I tie a silk pajama top on my head when I sleep. It keeps my hair in semi-decent shape when I put pseudo-micros in every summer.
My hair isn't exactly straight either. Most of those pics are following a blow dry straight. Air-drying produces a poofy fuzzy mess that I haven't learned to deal with.
LadyFrog, how long have you had your hair that long if you can't remember it short? Do you keep it a similar length consistantly? I personally couldn't see myself being able to manage with hair any longer than your own.
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Posted By: missrini
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2005 at 5:40pm
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Anais.....FABULOUS!!! I love your hair (have always had a "thing" for black hair). I wonder what your terminal length will be? |
Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2005 at 5:47pm
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Thank you Vicky and Missrini $$ )'```ara $).,`` %*,`r !,,!-- ,,)-% ! " $4
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Posted By: juri
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2005 at 6:14pm
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Great progress photos, Anais! I don't think I've seen some of them before.
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Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: Nov 29, 2005 at 9:46am
letmecount123, I have had long hair my entire life. In the past, I did
not consciously grow it or maintain one length, I just chopped off 4 or
5 inches every year and it always stayed around elbow length. It's only
the past year maybe I realised my hair was long and decided to
grow it. I hope this has answered your question
I agree Anais, lovely pics
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Posted By: tdouty
Date Posted: Dec 1, 2005 at 8:42am
Anais, I don't know if I've ever seen anyone's hair grow faster than
your's does. That is sure some incredible progress indeed!
Fabulous hair! We decided to include some progress pictures of
Jennifer in this thread as well.
This picture was taken in January of 2004, shortly after Jennifer and I first met: 
June of the same year ... 5 months had past: 
September of the same year:
This picture was taken almost exactly one year ago. At this
point, I was considering Jennifer's hair to be "long", but she didn't.
Then in March of 2005, we took this picture. Her hair looks
uneven at the bottom, but I think it's just the way she had it pulled
back this particular day:
I took this picture of her while on vacation at Assateaque Island this past summer:
Then, in September I took this picture and Jennifer made the remark to
me around this time that she thought her hair was beginning to look
"long".
Because of split ends from not having a trim for a very long time, we
decided to trim the longest growth from the middle of her hair. I
hated to do it, but we agreed it was best for her hair. Now, her
hair looks much neater and it's ready for a year of growth in
2006. I can't wait to see her hair at her waist.
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Posted By: Sugaree
Date Posted: Dec 1, 2005 at 2:59pm
Anais,
I think you have the most lovely hair I've ever seen. It's gorgeous! Your
pics are definatly inspirational. By the look of your hair progress photos it
seems to grow very fast! Is your hair all one length? I just cut my hair to
my shoulders in October and I'm aiming for waist length (for now). I cut it
to get rid of the layers because I think it will look better long at one
length. Do you have any fringe?!,% hed t`` !, $`p ).4 ` '. , -%
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: Dec 1, 2005 at 4:05pm
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Awwwww thank you Ladyfrog, Tdouty, and Sugaree
Sugaree, you made my day! My hair can be described as extremely tapered. I had fringe, but because I've cut a total of 2 cm maximum since mid-2003, the rest of it has "fuzzed": everything grew in and shedded at different rates, so I just have a big gradient of random hair. The shortest natural layers are about eyeball length, ranging all the way down to hip length. It almost looks like I've never cut it. I still search and snip for individual split ends though.
Hugs and faery blessings
Anais AnaisSatin38687.6706944444 $$ )'```ara $).,`` %*,`r !,,!-- ,,)-% ! " $4
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Posted By: missrini
Date Posted: Dec 1, 2005 at 5:02pm
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tdouty...thanks for all those pics!! Doesn't Jennifer have a lovely smile? I really like the look of her ends right now, nice and neat/blunt. I am aiming for a blunt ended look when my hair is long too.
Anais, I think it's great that you have not had to do any drastic cuts in all that time. Well done! I hope I can go for a couple of years without trimming (well, at least for the next 12 months). How much does your hair grow in one month? Based on your answer, I could visualise my hair in 12 months I think (it grows 3/4 inch per month). |
Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: Dec 1, 2005 at 11:42pm
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Ohhhh I totally forgot to comment on Jennifer's hair. That was insensitive of me. I went to page 2 and got carried away. Jennifer's hair is getting more and more gorgeous. And she looks so young too!
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Posted By: tdouty
Date Posted: Dec 2, 2005 at 6:50am
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I'll be sure to show her all your wonderful comments today at
lunch. We did cut a few inches off there a month or two ago, but
we like the look now. Also, without intending to do so, we
removed the rest of her layers from a cut she had done 2 years
ago. Her hair should look terrific when it's waist-length.
Thanks for the compliments.
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Posted By: Sugaree
Date Posted: Dec 2, 2005 at 8:07am
tdouty, are you Jennifer's boyfriend/husband? ( I know I've seen a
wedding pic on here somewhere...) I find it really sweet that you take a
genuine interest in you wife's hair!
Anais, you definatly my longhair idol! (I use the word "idol" in a loose and
non-obsessive kind of way - I just couldn't think of a better term) I
believe we have similar hairtype and color ( I just went to Fia's Hair
Classifing and determined that I am 1c M iii - about 4" 3/8 around) so in
the future if my hair looks half as good as your's does, I'll be sastisfied.!,% hed t`` !, $`p ).4 ` '. , -%
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Posted By: tdouty
Date Posted: Dec 2, 2005 at 9:28am
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Sugaree: Yes I am her boyfriend .. well slightly more than
boyfriend. The picture of her in a wedding gown was from a day we
were playing around with a couple wedding gowns she had laying in the
attic. I thought she looked great in them so we took some
photos. I'm not sure how a guy could not take an interest in his
lady's long hair ... it's very sensual, romantic and sexy at the same
time. We get a lot of enjoyment out of the time we spend together
while I brush or wash her hair. I know it's each to his/her own,
but I do enjoy long hair on a woman and am quite open about it. I
post here since I have more computer time at my disposal and then show
her all the interesting things that are posted. We've learned a
lot from this forum.
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Posted By: Sugaree
Date Posted: Dec 2, 2005 at 1:36pm
tdouty, that - is ; - awsome. My boyfriend prefers long hair, but
sometimes I wonder if recognizes all the hard work it takes to mantain it,
it sounds like you do! Good for you, seriously, you're awsome. !,% hed t`` !, $`p ).4 ` '. , -%
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Posted By: tdouty
Date Posted: Dec 2, 2005 at 1:49pm
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Well, I didn't realize how hard it was to keep long hair looking healthy. I always thought you just washed it every-other day or so and that was that. It does take more attention than that, but I love it and I'm up for the challenge ;-). Now, I just hope my head will fit through the door tonight when I want to leave. Thanks for your kind words.
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Posted By: Sugaree
Date Posted: Dec 2, 2005 at 2:05pm
Here are a couple of pictures I found of myself to show my hair, not
enough to make a good progressive log, but just to get myself out there.
this is me last year around this time...I did a little curl on the bottom
which looked nice I thought...
this is not too long after that... maybe like january 2004 with the straight
look...
this is in June of 2004, it doesn't seem like it was ever much longer than
this, but it must have been because I didn't do the BIG CHOP until October
This is the most recent pic I have of my latest hair do, which was taken
about 2 weeks ago. it's not a very good picture as far as seeing my hair
but if you could use your imagination, the length is a little above the
shoulder
I'll have better pictures up soon, as soon as I get that digital camera I
asked for for Xmas....he he heSugaree38688.5885300926!,% hed t`` !, $`p ).4 ` '. , -%
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: Dec 2, 2005 at 7:57pm
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WOW! Look at that shine! Thank you for sharing your photos, Sugaree.
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Posted By: juri
Date Posted: Dec 5, 2005 at 10:34pm
Tdouty--Jennifer's hair looks really great!
Sugaree--Shiny! I really like the color.
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Posted By: Sugaree
Date Posted: Dec 6, 2005 at 7:38am
Thanx Juri! I used to dye it every color of the rainbow! ( I mean like,
green, blue, purple ect.) From 7th grade until the end of highschool I had
hair that wasn't my natural color...I don't know why, I always thought my
color was boring. Then a couple years ago I let it all grow out and now I'm
back to my real color and I love it! Go figure. !,% hed t`` !, $`p ).4 ` '. , -%
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Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: Dec 6, 2005 at 9:27am
wow, you're like me...kind of. I'm desperate to dye my hair really
unnatural colours and I spent most of last year trying to dye my hair
purple with non permanent dyes. Unfortunately, it would damage myb hair
really badly so I won't dye it. Be an 80 year old granny with pink
hair...
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Posted By: tdouty
Date Posted: Dec 6, 2005 at 9:31am
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Thanks for the compliments, Juri. I'll be sure to tell Jennifer.
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Posted By: Katja
Date Posted: Dec 11, 2005 at 10:24pm
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Holly, Anais, tdouty, LadyFrog, missrini, and sugaree: Your hair is collectively beautiful!!!! Long, short, transitioning... every pic looks so healthy and shiny!
You've all inspired me to make a hair portfolio of my own:
...I know some of those are bad quality, but you get the idea. The white horizontal lines on some of the pictures are to show the "body markers" my hair fell to at the time of the picture when I was standing/sitting up straight (since I'm leaning in a lot of them). Hope you can all see them!
Keep up the great growth, everyone!
-Katja $ Ca'ba dbd $!(,`b $4`r .-% !,$ !%!),, `p #
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Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: Dec 12, 2005 at 9:33am
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wow, your hair grows REALLY quickly Katja! Looks gorgeous too!
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Posted By: tdouty
Date Posted: Dec 12, 2005 at 10:00am
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Very pretty Katja! Thanks for sharing your great hair with us. We both enjoy seeing these progress pictures...great thread!
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: Dec 12, 2005 at 12:06pm
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WoW Katja! Your hair is GORGEOUS and in great condition I look forward to seeing more of your hair pictures as it gets longer.
Anais $$ )'```ara $).,`` %*,`r !,,!-- ,,)-% ! " $4
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: Dec 12, 2005 at 10:04pm
Anais! I hadn't seen your pictures when I first posted in this
thread (for some reason, the pics didn't show). Wow! Your
hair has grown so fast and it's so pretty! 
Tdouty/Jennifer, Sugareee, and Katja, thank you all for sharing your
pictures as well! I'd say the passage of time (and application of
gentle care) has all done your hair good!
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Posted By: letmecount123
Date Posted: Dec 12, 2005 at 10:28pm
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I can't believe how fast everyone's hair grows... wow.
And it's so shiny.
tdouty - Careful, the hair companies might come after Jennifer to do their commercials and snatch her away...
Katja - that's really weird to see your hair all different lengths and colours...
Everybody here's so supportive and seeing all these pictures is kind of inspirational for someone who has the worst problem with split ends...they're getting taken care of next week and then I can start with not so dry nasty hair...
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Posted By: juri
Date Posted: Dec 13, 2005 at 9:36pm
Sugaree--You're welcome! Your
hair must have looked quite neat back then. I tried Punky Color on my
hair in the 8th grade, but I didn't know about bleaching hair, so it
didn't take.
Tdouty--You're welcome! Jennifer's hair is super! She must take really good care of it.
Katja--It looks like you've made a lot of progress since you started growing out your hair!
Um, as for my own hair, my sig pic shows some of the stages my hair has
been in since I started to grow it. The second picture is from the
short period of time when I had fuchsia colored hair. Since I had gone
to the trouble of getting it bleached, I had intended to keep my hair
anime colored for a while, but I got tired of the dye rubbing off on
everything, so that look only lasted three months.
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: Dec 13, 2005 at 11:16pm
Thanks Dave!  $$ )'```ara $).,`` %*,`r !,,!-- ,,)-% ! " $4
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Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: Dec 14, 2005 at 8:39am
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letmecount123-I challenge you for the split queen title! I've got millions
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Posted By: tdouty
Date Posted: Dec 14, 2005 at 9:22am
Jennifer has a ton of split ends too. They don't show up in pictures unless the macro setting would be used to really zoom in. Her hair gets tangled all the time at the ends. We did cut a bunch of the damage off, but there's still lots more there. We figure she'll let it grow to the length she wants with as little damage as possible and then start whacking off the damage with trims as she keeps the length. What you're experiencing, letmecount123, may be the same many of us experience (and nobody sees I might add) as hair is growing and trims are kept to a minimum. Your hair really looks great, so I hope you aren't going to let somebody go crazy with scissors.
BTW, the hair companies are just pounding the door off the hinges all the time, but I scare them away by squirting them with my squeeze bottle of conditioner ... hahaha.
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Posted By: Sugaree
Date Posted: Dec 14, 2005 at 11:38am
juri - I love your avatar by the way...my boyfriend got me hooked on Tare
Panda when he gave me a sticker back in high school. So cute! !,% hed t`` !, $`p ).4 ` '. , -%
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Posted By: Katja
Date Posted: Dec 16, 2005 at 7:34pm
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What everyone is saying about split ends is true. You may not see them in the pictures, but we've all got 'em, myself included. Don't feel bad, Holly!! $ Ca'ba dbd $!(,`b $4`r .-% !,$ !%!),, `p #
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Posted By: Sunsailing
Date Posted: Dec 17, 2005 at 9:09am
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Thought I'd post a "growing out" picture too. I began growing back in the Fall of 2000, but I don't have any pictures from then. I compiled the pictures below a few of years ago, thus it doesn't include the past few years (If I ever have some spare time, I could include more recent pictures.)
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: Dec 17, 2005 at 9:27am
That's an amazing collection of pics, Sunsailing! Your hair appears to be so thick!
And thank you too, Juri, for your progress pics. You've come a long way in just 2 years!
You are so right, Katja. Split ends galore, here too.
S&D sessions are like a field day. Everywhere I look, there
are split ends. My S&D process is complicated due to the
extent of my hair's natural taper; I have to search 3+ feet of hair for
splits.
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Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: Dec 18, 2005 at 8:44am
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Wow Sunsailing, nice collection of shiny pics! It looks very wavy sometimes and very straight others, is that your natural wave and you straighten it? Looks great both ways!
Its nice to see everyone's photos, everyone's hair looks great!
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: Dec 18, 2005 at 11:24am
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Whoa, the thickness and shine and slickness.... oooooooh
Anais $$ )'```ara $).,`` %*,`r !,,!-- ,,)-% ! " $4
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Posted By: Hellfrozeover
Date Posted: Dec 18, 2005 at 12:34pm
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Wow,Sunsailing! Your hair is the most beautiful colour! Do you alter your wave formation or does it just depend on time between washes? It looks great both straight and wavy!
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Posted By: Sunsailing
Date Posted: Dec 18, 2005 at 2:31pm
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Thanks for the positive comments. My hair does have a natural wave/curl. I just don't have time to let it completely dry every time I wash it, so I usually use a dryer after it air dries for about 45 minutes...that makes it straight. Every once in a while I help the curls. |
Posted By: juri
Date Posted: Dec 31, 2005 at 2:19am
Sugaree--Thanks! Yeah, Tare
Panda is super cute. It's kind of embarrassing, but a couple of years
ago I bought a bunch of Tare Panda address labels from an eBay seller.
Sunsailing--Whoa, it looks like you've made a lot of progress since you started growing! Your hair looks really good!
Dave--Thank you! I guess it has grown a lot in two years, but it sure doesn't feel like it sometimes. hahaha
Sorry for not replying/commenting
sooner, but I was out of town for a week and have been easing back into
posting on all the forums I belong to.
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