grow my hair to hip length

Granted my hair grows in a deep U hemline (bordering on a V) so it’s only the longest part that’s almost there. But… that counts… right? :p

Up-dos are becoming my friend – if my hair is up I’m not really focusing on how long (or short :p) it is. I’m out of my cold weather stall and am so close to waist length I can hardly stand it. My wurls are more unpredictable every day and I’ve finally found just the right ratio of water to conditioner for my mister bottle. With a little misting and some scrunching I can keep my wurls pretty all day long. The above pic is after misting & scrunching to revive my wurls in the evening.

I’ve given up on the tape measure though, because of the wurls. Some days my hair is 1b straight, most days it’s 2c/3a wurls but because of the different wave/curl patterns I can get anything from 24 to 27 inches on the tape measure. So no more measuring… just taking good care of my hair and waiting till it hits my hips even on my wurliest days.

I’ve also decided I’m going to give the Morrocco Method a try for a couple months. I’ve heard some people swear it works, and others who are incredibly skeptical about it. I’m going in with the mindset that it’ll work. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see.

Either way, I will reach waist length + this year. Slowly but surely inching my way to hip. Patience is not one of my strengths but as I said, up-dos are becoming my friend. Having lots of pretty hair toys (especially Ketylos!) is helping me to stick with this though, because I know if my hair is shorter I can’t use them and I can’t do the pretty styles I can do now. Though I can’t do a lot of pretty styles I have seen at LHC because while my hair has the length for some of them, it’s just too thick and I need a lot more length before I can do them. So that gives me something to look forward to, as well.

I changed my goal from “waist length” to hip length. My hair still isn’t anywhere close to waist length yet but I’ve already decided that goal just isn’t long enough! It’s been waist length before but I never felt that was “long” so I’d like to go for something longer.

I started out at 16 inches, and am currently at 23 inches – just above BSL. I’ve changed up my routine a lot. My hair is doing much better with the new routine, and I’ve only been doing it for 2 weeks so I am still in the adjusting period. My hair has jumped from 1b to 2b/2c – I am hoping once my hair has completely adjusted I’ll be a 3a. I’ve ditched brushes in favor of a good quality wide-tooth comb, given up cones, traded in regular shampoo for good shampoo bars, and have taken up nightly oiling. I don’t shampoo daily anymore; I use the shampoo bars (followed by conditioner) every other day, and the days in between I CO wash.

My hair was in extremely good condition already because I only very rarely heat style (maybe four or five times per year, if that) and I don’t dye or otherwise chemically treat my hair in any way. But it has still improved significantly since changing my routine, and I’m very happy with it! Will be even happier once it’s nice and long!