Okay, I've decided to start a hair journal. I don't know if this is a good thing or not, because  I'm pretty sure it'll just start feeding an obsession for long hair. Well, I don't know if you could really call it an obsession, but i just really want to have long hair. Ever since i chopped off my hair to bob length in around June, (to make it all one length) I've really wanted to grow it out. I don't know, but with me, it's like i always want what i don't have.       Right now, my hair is about 11'' long and whats really wierd about it is  that it's longer in the back than in the front. It's on the borderline of hovering above my shoulders and actually touching them. The reason I chopped it off in June was because i was growing out these bangs that I absolutely *hated*. I wanted my hair to be all one length (or at least close to it), but right now my bags are about an inch shorter than the rest of my hair. YAY. I was reading some of the forums yesterday and one was about bangs evening out with the rest of your hair naturally once you start growing them. I am SO praying for that to happen.      Okay so anyway, if anyone even reads this, i'll fill you in on the details. The shampoo and conditioner I'm using right now is Herbal Essences Long Term Relationships. My short term hair goal is BSL, and my long term hair goal is waist length. I have no idea how long it will take for me to reach this. Luckily, my hair growspretty fast (almost an inch a month) I'll keep you posted on any new happenings with my hair!

Thanks, Sakina

Thanks alot for the advice and encouragement, Angel Spun. I'm really happy that there are great people like you and Sakina here on the forums, because sometimes I'm tempted to just quit trying to grow out my hair long and do something else with it. Right now I am SO glad I haven't.
     By the way, It's great to hear about your succsessful time with growing your hair! I'm sure it looks beautiful.What colour is it? My hair is dirty blonde, with natural light blond highlights.

Hi everyone, thanks for the encouraging comments LivingandLovingx3! You gave some great advice. I hope you reach your hair goals very soon!
I know hasn't even been a day yet since my last post, but i need to write something that i just discovered-I CAN PUT MY HAIR INTO BRAIDS!!- O my gosh am I ever happy. Right now I have them in two english braids that are (admittedly) not that long (barely touching my shoulders) but at least they are braids!
     Just about a half  an hour ago i  conditioned my hair, wrapped it in a towel and left it in for 10 minutes. My hair was wet from when I went swimming in the lake earlier, and so I bet that the natural water, not that shower tap water was good for it too.

-Thanks for the comments everyone!

Okay...I'm on the verge of finally biting the bullet and chopping my hair off almost an inch or more to be equal with the bangs that I'm currently growing out. I'm not sure wether or not this is a good idea, but frankly I'm just sick and tired of looking at them every day. i just want my hair to be all one length. If anybody reads this, please tell me what you think of it. I'll likely be going to the hair dressers today.  But in a way, I'm kind of happy that i'm doing it because now it will finally be all one length. its kind of a melancholy type thing. Right now my hair is almost to my shoulders so it will likely be just a little past my chin when I'm done with it. Oh, and by the way, I figure that after my haircut I won't be able to put my hair in braids to sleep with anymore, so does anyone have and suggestions on how to sleep with my hair when it is too short to put in braids? Maybe a high ponytail?

Anyways.. i'lll keep you posted

Thanks alot for the comment! i decided to cut it after all, and so now it is 8 inches long and ALL the same length.  It's kind of a bittersweet moment.

Okay so I finally bought real deep conditioner. It's called Pantene Pro-V nourishing hair mask.(I don't know if that names completly right but I'm too lazy to go check) Anyways, I tried it today and my hair is noticably shinier and softer. Thats all I had to say really because nothing else eventful happend. But I gotta go because I forgot to take my gummy bear vitamins haha. How do they get those things to taste so exactly like gummy bears when they really are full of vitamins?? I guess I'll never know 

I'll keep posting  but somebody please reply!! It's getting lonely over here!!

Gummy bear vitamins really taste like gummy bears and not like vitamins, well that's really good to know. Maybe I can get my boys to take them. Thanks for that bit of info.

Hi guys!

Thanks for the replies! Right now, Angel Spun, I've been using the pantene nourishing moisture replenishing mask. It's really good. I almost bought that one that you were talking about but then decided to get this one. I don't know how to make  the name clickable like you did though, so you guys will have to search it on google or something.

yup, thats it.  It works really well. I couldn't stop feeling my hair yesterday after i used it By the way, how do you make little clickable links like that?!

Thanks AngelSpun. I am a bit technically challenged though, so i don't know if I really understand it. I think I get the idea, but what is a tag?? How do they work?    http://www.longlocks.com       Okay, I just tried it, but I don't know if it's clickable. So anyways, heres my entry for today. Not much has happend since I last posted, exept for in my last post i forgot to add that as well as buying the deep conditioner, I also bought herbal essences degunkify clarifying shampoo. I haven't used it yet. And by the way, something wierd is going on with my measuring system here.  When I first measured my hair, after i cut it on August......18th?....16th? One of those two dates. When I first measured it, I got 8 and a quarter inches. Now I get 9!!!!! I mean, this is really wierd because when I first measured, I used a piece of string (sometimes I use string and sometimes I use a ruler) and now the string is too short for the rest of my hair, when it used to be the same length. Do you think there are problems with how i measure? How do you guys measure your hair? I think maybe I measured wrong the first time, but I was pretty sure I didn't.... anyways, i'll keep you posted

I use a measuring tape that I found in the sewing isle. It's made of a vinyl like material, and it is not stiff. I have to roll it up and keep something on it so it doesn't unroll on me.

From what I understand most of the measurements that are used here start measuring at the front hairline, in the middle of your forehead, go back over your head and down the length of your hair to the longest point.  Doing it that way, BSL is about 25 inches for me. 

You're welcome.  Glad to help. 

Yeah, the measuring is a little confusing.  My dad sees me doing it and thinks I'm nuts because there's no way any strands of my hair are actually that long.  But I tell him that the more I measure this was the longer I feel like my hair is and the less I'll bother him about helping me measure and taking photos of it. 

Woohoo! we are back on track!! Today I wanted to see what would happen if i tried out curls/intense waves  so I  got my mom to try and do 2 french braids with my hair that is now about an inch past my chin (when dry) and it actually worked!! i did it when wet so they it would be easier to braid, the curls would be more intense, and they would stay longer.  All of my hair can fit into it, though I have to admit that I am a little put to shame by the little teeny stubs sticking out the back of my head. She had to stop the braids at the nape of my neck because unfortunately, my hair isn't long enough. So anyways, I'll tell you guys how the curls turn out! Since my hair is all one length, hopefully I dont turn out looking like triangle head tomorrow. Oh well, thats what ponytails are for, right?

P.S.- I forgot to ask, do you think that braiding my hair when wet will damage it? I'm not really sure of that one myself so I'd like to know your opinion!

   -Jilayne

Thanks for your input, Sakina. I dont know if my hair is long enough yet, but I'll see if I can learn how to do the dutch braids....I'm pretty sure the instuctions are on this site somewhere... Oh, and by the way, the curls turned out great!

                       -Jilayne

WOOO! Officially, I am able to do a french braid ON MYSELF!  And they actually dont look that bad! I just need a tad bit more practice and it will be perfect. 

Oh, I was talking about my parents. I'm only 13 so I dont think I would be allowed to post things about my life like I would in a normal diary, even though I know most of you  guys are probably really nice people and everything. But my parents dont know that. 
  BTW, my name is pronounced Jill-ay-ne. You almost had it. The "e" isn't prounounced as if it was a double "e" though, or a "ie". Sometimes people call me that as a nickname, though.  .