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As a child I would have my hair cut to chin length and let it grow to shoulder length and then have it cut again. Once I hit my later teens, I started keeping it slightly below my shoulders. So, it was only about 2 years ago when I decided to try having long hair. I haven’t had a “serious” haircut in about 3 years now and my hair is about halfway down my back. It’s taken a lot more patience than I usually have to wait on it to grow and to maintain it but it’s really worth it for me. I love how my hair looks now and am still letting it grow. Here are my 5 secrets for growing and maintaining long hair.
1. Use a lot of conditioner. I’ve noticed that as my hair gets longer, it’s more prone to being dry and breaking. My hair was quite long before I realized I was still using the same amount of conditioner as I did when I had above-the-shoulder length hair. I started using more conditioner and my hair felt more moisturized and seemed to break less. If you use a fair amount of conditioner and are still having dry, brittle hair try switching brands.
2. Experiment with several hairstyles. To distract myself from getting bored with my hair and wanting to cut it, I search the internet for hairstyles to try out. Wearing my hair in several ways makes it feel new and different so I don’t have the urge to cut it.
3. Dye or style your hair. If you get itching for a change, dye your hair a new color or get a style instead of a true cut. If you dye your hair, have Gray Away on-hand to use to “touch up” between dye jobs. Having miss-colored roots doesn’t look good on anybody.
4. Avoid excessive heat. If you blow dry, straighten or curl your hair try to use the lowest heat setting possible to get your desired look. Excessive heat can fry your hair. Be sure to use a heat-protection spray when you use heat. I used to straighten by hair but now that it’s longer, it naturally stays straight because of the added weight.
5. Get it thinned. If your hair starts feeling heavy or thick, you can have it thinned instead of cut. My individual strains aren’t thick but I have a ton of hair, so getting it thinned regularly is a life saver for me.
Do you have long hair? What is your best kept hair beauty secret?
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Emily
Wow almost knee length is super impressive. I had the ‘fly away’ problem from getting my hair thinned at first too so now I just make sure that they don’t thin it too high up on my head, I start having it thinned about 1/2 way between chin and shoulder length on down and then there aren’t any short random hairs. 🙂
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Deb E
I think air drying my hair is the best tip for me. I recently received a towel especially designed to use on your hair so the hair would not be damaged. I love it. I also use a lot of conditioner on my hair.
my wife actually has hair almost down to her knees now, she grows it for about 2-3 years then cuts it shoulder length and donates it. Her hair is ridiculously thick i dont know anyone who has hair like hers (for prom she got it curled and two hairdressers were working on it otherwise it would have taken way too long and even then it still took about an hour), she used to get it thinned out when she was younger but found that when it started growing back the little hairs are sticking out everywhere so she stopped getting that done. the more you dye your hair or use hair products the worst it will get especially when you get older as i can see with my mother who dyes her hair and used hair spray her whole life, it looks like straw now, and mother-in-law who like my wife always had long hair (like mother like daughter eh?) until she got in her early 30s and had to keep it shoulder length since it was so messed up from using dyes and hair products and she still dyes it because her grey hair comes in like straw from all the earlier damage (back in the 70s she said they used to straighten it with an iron on the ironing board). my wife uses no hair spray, no dye, no blow dryer (just the breeze when its nice out), no straighter, etc and her hair is soft and shiny (now where we live there’s hard water so we have a softener and her hair has become a little bit drier but not by much). she keeps it in a braid pretty much all the time unless its wet or we are in bed sleeping. What she does to cut down on knots is when she is washing it (which she only does twice a week, so it doesn’t get too dry or become greasy from washing off the natural oils) while the conditioner is in her hair (she does use a good bit) she brushes it thru then rinses it. also when brushing start at the bottom and work you way up so you dont break as many hairs. if you want a natural wavy look then when it is still a good bit wet put it in a braid, let it dry, then take it out and you’ll have bouncy wavy hair. we also go in the sun alot since we love gardening and building things so she has a few natural highlights. to manage dandruff about twice a year she uses neutrogena’s T/Gel and T/Sal (which is also good for cleaning up the build up of dead skin cells as well as hair product build up) We’ve been looking for a more natural choice to wash our hair. we heard that a couple of tablespoons of baking soda mixed with water in a water bottle can be used as the shampoo (if you have greasy hair this is great for getting it back to the point were you dont have to wash it every day) and apple cider vinegar (the same way as the baking soda) can be use as a conditioner we just haven’t tried it yet. I hope some of this helped. Good luck with the hair growing 🙂