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Every-time I wear my hair down and go into public I am bombarded with lots of questions, comments and second glances because my hair is so long.
It is unusual to have real long hair these days. People are too busy and just don't want to mess with it ; along with all the short hair fads and styles it's just becoming a thing of the past.
As a little girl I had frizzy, short, stunted hair. I was like every other little girl with dreamy visions of myself with hair like Barbie or Rapunzel. I would get a towel or sheet and drape it over my head and act like it was my long hair.
My mother had a time fixing my little mop. To make matters worse, at three years I hid behind a dresser and chopped it in every wrong direction (This happened a few years before my long hair dreams obviously). My poor devastated mother did her best to cut it evenly then finally put in a tight curly perm.
Mom would trim the ends and my bangs until the age of five, then begin my journey to growing long hair. She actually prayed over my hair that it would grow so she could do something with it and because I wanted it long so bad.
Her prayers were answered at first slowly then progressed further. At around twelve years my hair was to the middle of my back. Of course I begin the fluffing and curling allot.
In my teens it had reached my waist, I begin taking hair vitamins. I still did allot hot curler styling, hair spraying ect. Those were the finding boyfriends days when frills were the thing.
At age sixteen ( almost seventeen) I graduated early from high school and married a few weeks later. My hair was now at the top of my hips.
By this time I had realized the importance of ditching the cheap shampoos and conditioners and using the more intensive moisturizing name brands. I also would do hot oil treatments and time soaking in conditioner. "Using hot curlers less contributed to more growth as well."
Before long I was expecting my first baby and begin taking prenatal vitamins. By the time she was born my hair had grew six more inches (to my upper thighs).
Then came baby number two ( three and a half years later). My hair grew three or four more inches.
In a ten year span I've had four children, my last one was born October 13, 2008. My hair is now around 5ft or a little over. I am 5ft 7in in height.
I am not sure it is the having babies or the way that I take care of it, but I have enjoyed my little girl dream of long hair.
It is a little difficult with kids sometimes so I just put it up in curls or some other updo style. Sometimes I just take half of it and twist it halfway up in a clip where it still looks long, but stays out of my way. I still wear it down allot with various styles or just hanging loose straight with nothing in it ( my husbands favorite way). I usually tie it up or braid it when I sleep.
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Make-A-Stylish-Updo-With-Long-Hair
I wash my hair in the shower with a big handful of shampoo and conditioner. It takes around two hours to dry natural, that is how I usually dry it.
Sometimes I still even frill up and curl it all (that takes a while). I use Conair hot sticks and TRESemme hairspray extra hold as well as shampoo and conditioner in that brand. Though it is very important to change around on at least your conditioner or your hair becomes immune and your hair don't respond as well. I also like Pantene, aussies three minute miracle, St. Ives Intensive mint treatment and for a beautiful glossy shine I use LOREAL Paris VIVE PRO moisturising conditioner. " All these can be found at Wal-Mart or drugstore."
I am 27 now, very busy mommy of four and never plan to cut my hair. I get a kick out of kids I see that say, " Mommy, look at that lady with big hair!" or " Mommy, she looks like Wepunzel!" Lots of women say, " I could never mess with that long of hair!" To be honest I poured over myself more style frustrations when my hair was short and medium long than I do now, plus I save money on haircuts, coloring, perms ect. It's really not as bad as you think!http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-grow-long-hair
Sometimes Kids Can Pull Your Hair Out!!!!!!!
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I LOVE IT!!! Everything about this hub is pefect, Sis. Great job and I love the pics! You're such a beautiful lady in every way.
Thanks William! Yes, you could make a few wigs out of it:.) Your comments were appreciated.
Blessedmommy your hair is at least to your knees and like satin.......very very beautiful, you need to share pics too. Thanks for you comments sis......way too partial.
Interesting hub and great illustrative pictures.
Amazing, but is it real hair or just a wig
IT'S REAL HAIR PROMISE!!!!! tHANKS FOR THE COMMENTS!
I've always prefered the long hair girls.
Where I go to church non of the ladies there cut their hair. Some have hair about as long as yours.
To me it makes a woman look more attractive (not seductive) and lady like with long hair.
hi singingmommy, that is a great hub, and a beautiful head of hair, in the bible it says a womans crown of glory is her hair, and that is the truth. there is nothing like a beautiful woman with long flowing hair, the sun light adding a glow to it as she walks with her soul in plain sight for everyone to see.
Roger, thanks for the beautiful comment, I believe and live by that scripture.
Reading your hub, I was transported back to fairy tale days and I immediately envisioned Rapunzel. (I guess that is most people's reaction) LOL Wow, taking care of such a long hair must be an extensive job. But you look good with it singing mommy. :-) I enjoyed your hub.
Thank you ripplemaker, you are the sweetest as usual!!!!!
Yes is very pretty...do you get headaches though...it must weigh a bunch? my daughter has long hair also...but not that long...and she has it cut every once in a while (it grows back quickly) and they make wigs for women with breast cancer...It has to be at least 18 inches after they cut it, I think. MY MY you have 4 children? busy young mom I see...but I also grew up with mine and that is why I became a grandma early in life...yet it still goes by way too fast...Nicely done sweetie...G-Ma :o) hugs & Peace
Thank's G-ma. Actually the only headaches I get are due to high blood-pressure problems, not many of them with meds. The Womens World did a research and said that headaches and long hair are not connected, that your neck muscles adjust to the weight naturally, not sure. Thats neat about your daughter.
Yes, I have four kids two boys and two girls ages 9, 6, 4, and 3months. I love every minute of it. I would have allot more if I didn't have to have C-sections, had a big house and lots of money:.)
That last picture was great. I still remember rapunzel fairy tale (Btw did someone say this to you "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair"). I wish I had such a beautiful long hair. Does your Mom also have long hair? You look great with such lovely tresses.
Thanks Countrywoman! The Rupunzel comment cute cute. My mother has shoulder length hair, she loves long hair though, she would faint if I cut it.My sister actually has hair a little above her knees.
You are very beautiful and it looks like you have beautiful hair too.
I just asked that question since long hair is also said to be a genetic trait. Nice to know that long hair runs in your family and never cut such beautiful long hair. Btw to answer your question I would request you to read this(I apologize for soliciting your visit): http://hubpages.com/hub/What-I-want-you-to-know-ab
Very cool.
I like long hair - yours looks lovely!
Mine isn't nearly as long - it's waist-length. Because I have very fine, slippery, fair hair, this is the longest that looks good without splits, etc.
I had very long hair up until the age of twenty where I could almost sit on it. I trimmed it a few times, but unfortunately I was talked into cutting it. For a few years I always had short hairstyles, but finally I grew it to about the middle of my back. Right now I am growing it out again and whereas it may not be as long as it was in the past, I always find it odd when people tell other people how to grow their hair. For instance, people used to tell me I looked better once I cut my hair, but I just do not agree with that. To me it is more important to be true to what I like than to conform to what others expect of me.
Mine grows like a weed, it is very strong and naturally more straight than curly,I suppose its like Asian hair, although I am not Asian, so I guess it must be Spanish. pparently hair and DNA origin are factors.
I hate straight hair bigtime so I curl it. I have always had it long as I can't be bothered with having to go to the hairdressers every 5 minutes, for a trim.
But one thing I detest is the paddle flat look people are having at the moment it looks soo fake.
And the styles always look o.k. on someone else, but don't ever suit me.
I have had it so I can sit on it, I have shaved it off one long hot summer. ( Bad mistake ) My head wasn't the same shape as the person I was eminating.
Didn't matter back to long 1 1/2 years later.
But alot of our native people have this frizzy hair, and it takes forever to grow.
Wow! Thanks for all the very interesting comments with your own experinces ect.
Keep them coming! I enjoy reading them! Everyone has their hair story:.)
I use to want long hair, like yours. I was named after Crystal Gayle, so she was my inspiration. However, in my teens the headaches from my waist length hair became unbearable. I finally caved in and cut it. It has been almost waist length again, with the same results. I love it long and healthy, healthy being they key to keeping it manageable.
I plan to grow it to my hip bones and keep it there, as my husband loves it long.
great hub.... when i was a kid, i'd always had my hair cut so short that i'd fit in with the boys....but after grade 6, and realizing that i had nice hair, mom convinced me to grow it... Just as an inspiration, mom would rub my hair with warm coconut milk and give me a massage every two weeks or so.... i mean this really helps. It keeps the hair's luster and makes it shine... it is not true that if u have long hair then u have split ends.. the key is to know what your hair needs and to give it to it. Nice hair... my dream (recently) is to grow my hair like Herman Li the lead guitarist in dragonforce ... http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hermanli.com/images/hermanli_by_rudy.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hermanli.com/&usg=__lFOrbc_loxkxZo8QIDb
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://home.att.net/~kelz/hmf/dragonheart/dragonheart-herman-zp.jpg&imgrefurl=http://home.att.net/~kelz/hmf/dragonheart/hmf-drag
seeing ur long hair a small will peeping in my mind to write a poem. i am not any poet but if our greatest poet Rabi Thakur saw ur dark cloudy long hair he must write a poem about ur mind blowing hair. so take care about it
Beautiful, artistic pictures of a lovely mom, baby, life!
I love ramya
You are lucky to have such thick gorgeous hair. I would grow mine out, but it just gets stringy. Shorter bobs are for me. :)
btw i had to come back and tell u how much i loved the picture with ur baby sleeping on ur hair :D really nice!
Love all the advice ,, thanks,,, Iam also on my way to long growth
My hair was once about an inch away from my back.I loved it!But due to heat
damage my hair is now sholder length,it's growing well though.Do most of
the men you meet think that long hair is attractive?Has your hair growth
ever been set back?
oh my God.u have a blessingi.e long hairs.me happy 4 u.lets see wether ur child has long or short hairs:)
Wow! Very impressive!! I think the world record is something like 18 ft!
:)
Hello Singingmommy,
I love your hair and the hub. It's interesting. When I was a child I used to pray a lot too for a long hair. Sometimes, I dreamed that my hair was cut ridiculously short and I am awaken by my sobs because I looked so ugly with the short hair. I've tried the long and the short but I often find myself uncomfortable with the hair in my avatar. L.O.L
I cannot grow it as long as yours because I hardly reached five feet tall and I would look smaller. But it fits you beautifully.
Wow! Thanks for all the nice comments. I enjoy reading about your hair experiences too.
dark&lovely, I do get lots of compliments from men for my long hair, many have said they wished their wives would grow their hair long. I have had some hair damage, but nothing that hair treatments didn't cure, I never had to cut it.
compu-smart I very much doubt I'll ever see 18ft....whooooo
I do wear my hair in many styles up and down, curly or straight. This plain style just shows the length better.
I had long hair for many years. Mine would only grow to just past my hips. What I remember most was shutting it in the car window, sitting on it and giving myself whip-lash and burning up two vacuum cleaner motors because just a few hairs would tangle the whole brush mechanism!! One of my best friends has hair as long as yours and she once drove 50 miles with her hair stuck in the car door. A truck driver flagged her down finally! I still miss it : )
Thanks for the memories.
verry nice
WOW ITS AMAZING AND WONDERFULL....
Gillsie....thanks for your sweet comment and cute story
Thanks christy and ashlee ........
I had long hair as a kid gt it cut short in high school and a couple of years ago it was shorter than my man's short back and sides. He'd always wanted me to grow it and we were going on a camping trip for a few months so I thought why not.In my mid 40s I figured it was last chance - long hair on old women really doesnt look good
It was a nightmare growing it out - took a year just to get to a bob because it had to cut to take that layers out. Its now shoulder length and still a nightmare - it is hot in the summer and Im not sure how much longer Id keep it - he of course loves - it but I like long hair too and he's not prepared to grow his!
I notice it costs a fortune too in hair colouring - need 2 boxes now -and conditioner, which I didn't need before and also shampoo. I find it incredibly hearvy too - I guess mine is thicker than normal and I thinkif I let go much longer it would start hurting my neck!
"When we have loved "
"Why should we fear? :
We have "loved theft"
"We have only loved"
"We have loved ..not commiltted a theft
Why should we be afraid? ""
When we have loved""
Why should we fear?"
I,ll reveal today the secrets "
"That lie in my heart ..:
"death is what the world witnesses .."
What good is dying a death of sufferance like this ? ""
" When we have loved "
"Why should we fear?
"in desire of him .. "
"I shall burn "
" For love, I shall live "
"For love, I shall die "
"Nothing more is my will "
"When we have loved "
"Why should we fear? :
"Now that I im in love ,
Why must I fear ?
" Our love will not remain hidden "
"Every Where around us are tales of our love"
There is nothing that separates us form God "
Why should we creat barriers between humans ?
When we have loved
Why should we fear? :
very pretty!!
Thank you zmar!
hey hi ,
u r hair is prety good how u take care hairs every day maybe its hard .....a
anyways u r good
thank u
Hi, what a nice hub,I think that picture onsite can talk much than word"picture express thousand word" is it right?Have nice day
Hi, so how long do you want your hair to get?
Scott, I would like my hair to reach my ankles, don't really want it longer than that I guess.
Singingmommy you are a beauty and im a great grandma and i now have longer hair as its easier for me as now i just wear braids. people stare at you and probally think im too old but oh well its my choice, but you are just beautiful so keep om growing it as thats what the lord want. God bless you and your family.
realy beautifull ,,,,,,,,,, more long hair women ,,,,,,,,,thankssssss
SingingMommy, I am a songwriter/poet as well! It's always good to meet another. I take it you are an Apostolic? Beautiful hair as can be expected from a "blessed" individual. Feel free to check out my hubs- I've got some articles and a few poems there but haven't posted any songs yet. Feel free to join my fan club as well. I'll be sure to check out your songs as well! Take care!
I was recently struggling with the thought of cutting my hair. It is down to my waist now. My biggest problem is dealing with tangles and knots. How do you keep your hair from turning into a giant hairball??? I'd really like to know so I can try a new technique.
Beautiful! The longest I had my hair was down the middle of my back, though I have shaved my head twice and I am not quite 25.
I am trying to grow my hair now... it is only just past my ears! Since I am pregnant with number three, it is seeming to grow a little faster. I think my partner would prefer I had long hair too... most of my family and friends at church have longer hair, but say I look okay with short. I can't wait to get some length. Just dealing with bleaching and dryness, split ends etc.
Will keep an eye out for more from you... :-)
Be blessed
love the hair, keep it at that length, it makes a woman feel like a goddess with long hair
very beautiful hair. in cm how long is it now. please dont cut it
Thanks so much for the nice comments! I will try to write more hubs on long hair to answer some of your questons:.)
a woman's hair is her crowning glory and her femininity...its beautiful. I remember the first time i saw long hair. I was a ballerina and this girl who was 18 took her hair down from a bun and it reached below her calves. It was so long and straight and beautiful red. I knew i wanted my hair that long one day.
Your hair is beautiful!
Just read your story. Truly inspirational!
That's amazing!
I always wanted long hair like that but my hair doesn't look good after it's longer then shoulder length.. I usually wear it shorter. I really enjoyed reading you hub... very cool that you can do that!
How are you
hi i wonder how grow long hair.. my hair havent been growing since 4 years my hair are same so i need help how can let my hair grow long as fast? i bought cocount oil shampoo but not work .. email me myangelajm@tmail.com
You remind me of Crystal Gayle. Remember her? Obviously, you have taken great care of your hair over the years. Just beautiful hair!
I just cut all of mine off into a short style that I could manage everyday!! Wow, you are awesom to be able to even find time to brush it with 4 children. It is beautiful!
dori
Thanks for all the great comments! For those of you with questions about keeping your hair long and healthy I wrote a new hub http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-grow-long-hair
My girlfriend has long hair (not so long as yours) and it is just enchanting to see. I love gals who have the courage to let it grow that way because men really do love it, but get to see it very rarely.
Great Hub!
owwwwwwww...................can't beleivable..............really extra ordinary.................i'll more thankfull 2 u if u add more photos of ur different hairstyles with this long hair......................do u?
Wow! You will never cut? I hope!
hi singingmommy. First of all, LOVE THE HAIR! its so long n beautiful, im sure u must be used to people saying so but WOW! how do you take care of your hair, likle what is your routine?How often do you shampoo&condition. and what products do you use? im trying to grow my hair and i pray to the good Lord that it will. right now my hair is at my shoulders but all my sisters have long hair and it really does something to your self confidence to have all your family members have lllooong hair.i dont know if my hair is taking a while to "kick in", but i do know i want to do as much as i can to enhance/stimulate the growth.BTW beautiful baby (:
Very Beautiful
your absolutely stunning, and your hair is incredible. (=
WOW!
that long hair so doesn't suit me BUT it suits you and you have lovely hair Wow
DOES UR HAIR FALL OUT ALOT?
Thanks everyone for all the very nice comments:.)
Yas my hair does not fall out no more than normal, good thing huh:.)
Your hair is beautiful. It is a gift from the Lord! It is evident that the same care you take for your hair you take even more time to care for your family. Blessings
Hi! I used to have really long hair when I was a kid. I have been trying to grow my hair out since 2004. It is now about hip length. It is alot thinner now than what it used to be. So what kind of leave ins do you use? What about detangler? You say it is important to switch conditioners - do you mean every time you wash your hair or you use a bottle and then buy a different kind the next time? any vitamin recommendations? thanks for any info! your hair is beautiful.
Beautiful, artistic pictures of a lovely mom, baby, life!
Thank you so much for the kind words:.)
William F. Torpey says:
10 months ago
Amazing, singingmommy! I've never known anyone with hair anywhere near that long! They tell me that long, uncut hair is worth a lot of money (I guess they could make quit a few wigs out of it.) Interesting hub.