grow my hair long

Before I moved to California I never really thought about hair.
Our local health food store had one dusty little shelf that had products for growing the hair. I think it was even combined with the weight loss products.
When I moved to LA I noticed that everyone was trying to improve everything. It had never occurred to me that I could have nicer, longer & prettier hair. I thought I just had whatever I was born with.
I have recently taken my love for hair to a whole new place. It started with this goal, ‘grow my hair long’.
After that I joined the Long Hair Community online. I learned so much about improving my hair through that site.
Most recently I started reading a hair blog called Hair on The brain. I absolutely love it! I think I’ve become obsessed!
Here it is:
Hair on The Brain http://www.haironthebrain.com/

*It’s getting much longer
*I haven’t highlighted it in at least 5 months
*I’m trying not to highlight or cut for a while. I might do it before an event I have next month though.

Hair on the brain

Hello! It’s been a long time. Thanks Nic for reminding me of this goal. Well, my hair is pretty long but not yet to my waist—it’s mid back somewhere!

I have been taking biotin (5mg daily) and joint vibrance which contains collagen. It’s been helping my joints a lot and I think my hair is longer too.

I am doing my best to keep my hair healthy by adding coconut oil for at least an hour before I wash it. Yesterday when I washed it I did the CWC technique. Condition everything, wash from the ears up, then condition again.

I haven’t had it cut since May 1st. I had highlights added in April. It looks like it could use a little of both…well at least a trim.

This site is interesting and funny. I have visited it a few times over the past few years. People with long hair set hair goals, talk about styles, hair care and products. It’s actually a pretty well run and organized site. I decided to join it the other day and set my goal of growing my hair 4 inches longer.
The funniest thing about the site is the people post lots of pictures of themselves, but it’s from the back, of their hair… like this one…for example.

Anyone want to join?

I think my green smoothies are helping my hair grow faster. I am not sure yet. I remember talking to this woman who had really long hair and I asked her if she did anything special and she said that she eats a lot of vegetables. I didn’t see the connection since hair is made from protein. Anyway, I am guessing you can get a lot of biotin in greens which helps hair grow faster.
Anyway, I am going to keep drinking my green smoothies and see if I can get my hair 4 inches longer.

In a way this is a silly goal. First of all, my hair is already long. It’s just that I want to get it really really long. I need to commit to doing those extra things to make this happen.

1. Use a wide tooth comb when my hair is wet or try to avoid brushing it wet all together.

2. Take the vitamins I have in the fridge.
3. Consider taking an extra Biotin
4. Remember to take my Omega-3
5. Commit to taking the Silica (horsetail)
6. Try to minimize highlighting and the need for haircuts by taking better care or my ends.

I would like to see it 4 inches longer.

I don’t recommend the Shikai platinum shampoo. It always dries my hair out.

So, it takes my hair longer to look really really long. It’s not fair! I can’t wear high heels! My hair doesn’t look super long! Waah. I’m still trying though. A friend of mine who saw my hair told me it looked gorgeous, twice! That’s worth something.

I just started taking NAC and one of the beneficial effects is that it helps with hair growth. Lets see.

I have done this treatment 3x now. It’s amazing. I have left it on for at least 30 minutes and just rinsed it afterwards, and conditioned. My hair is already so much stronger it’s not tangling or breaking like it was before this.

My friend who told me about this says that this will add strength but I need to also do something for elasticity. I will chat with her more to see what she recommends.

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