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Title: Better late than never, 2004 February
Post by bikerbraid on Feb 25^th, 2004 at 4:53pm

My oh my, we never started a measure thread for February! OK everyone, get out your tape measures and measure in!

I'm going to wait until April to measure mine, but it seems to be growing again - it is clearly to my hips!

Title: Re: Better late than never, 2004 February
Post by Anne-Marie on Feb 26^th, 2004 at 10:07am

Hair to your hips.. :) that´s great! Congratulations! :D
I´m at 43,5 '' at the moment,but I might do a micro-trim,I have just discovered some splits :P

Title: Re: Better late than never, 2004 February
Post by bikerbraid on Feb 26^th, 2004 at 3:44pm

43.5" is fantastic. A micro trim will only make it more beautiful. Gotta take care of those splits before they take over :P

Title: Re: Better late than never, 2004 February
Post by drummergirl08 on Feb 26^th, 2004 at 3:54pm

20.75 i told my stylist I needed a trim and she took about 2.5 inches off-i didnt even have 1 split end! :-[

Title: Re: Better late than never, 2004 February
Post by bikerbraid on Feb 26^th, 2004 at 4:25pm

OH MY! 2.5"?? Unfortunately, many stylists consider that a reasonable trim. To those of us growing out hair, that is a huge chunk of hair.

Are you growing out layers? Did this possibly help even out any layers you had? (Just trying to find the silver lining here :D )

Title: Re: Better late than never, 2004 February
Post by Anne-Marie on Feb 27^th, 2004 at 11:16am

2.5'' :o That´s why I have not set a foot into a salon for about 2 years now!!!
But 20.75'' is still great! :)

Title: Re: Better late than never, 2004 February
Post by bikerbraid on Feb 27^th, 2004 at 2:59pm

I know THAT feeling! I had a bad trim/cut about 7 years ago and have not been back to a salon since.

Title: Re: Better late than never, 2004 February
Post by drummergirl08 on Feb 27^th, 2004 at 3:00pm

i'm not growing out layers but i try to visualize that a big trim=big growth later. even though i know it's not true. how can you trim your hair without a stylist?

Title: Re: Better late than never, 2004 February
Post by bikerbraid on Feb 27^th, 2004 at 3:04pm

I only trim my hair twice a year, and my husband does the trimming ;D

There is a method for trimming your own hair that works once your hair is about BSL.

Title: Re: Better late than never, 2004 February
Post by Anne-Marie on Feb 27^th, 2004 at 3:49pm

Is this the method you had in mind? (I admit,it only worked for me since my hair was about waistlength)
I let all of my hair hang down my back,having brushed all the tangles out before.Then I grab all the hair tightly in one hand,(reaching behind my waist)and bring it in front of me.(Make sure the hair doesn´t move)Now I just cut off a few mms straight across.
I read about this method a few years back,and it enables me to keep my ends very even,without sacrificing lots of length.
Although I think my explanation is not too clear :-[

Title: Re: Better late than never, 2004 February
Post by bikerbraid on Feb 27^th, 2004 at 3:54pm

YEP! That is basically how you can trim it yourself! And of course, don't forget to "dust" any split ends that might be higher up on the hair as well.

Title: Re: Better late than never, 2004 February
Post by drummergirl08 on Feb 27^th, 2004 at 8:23pm

my hair is about 3 inches below BSL, but i dont think my mom will let me trim my own hair :-/