Why are you growing your hair long?

[Lucia]

I love long hair, on others and on myself.
I love the way long hair looks on me better than short hair.
It's more versatile than short hair, and the longer it gets the less I have to wear weaves to do beautiful updo's. I like that I don't have to wear weaves for length/thickness just for protection or style change, wanting long natural hair and wanting to have longer hair than I ever had before was what made me want to grow my own long hair.

 

[WantNatural]

I never really wanted to grow my hair long. I had no problem cutting it because it's hair - it will grow back. So at APL this is the longest my hair has been. It's only this length because after my son was born two years ago I stopped going to the salon (I've never been a consistent salon goer anyway) and didn't cut my hair. Of course I suffered from breakage and didn't retain the length I should have. Anyway, I found LHCF and decided to transition. My husband does not like short hair, so I want to grow my hair to a length that will allow my natural hair and straightened hair to be a length that he and I can both enjoy.

 

[delray712000]

because i know that i look really pretty with long hair. one day i just took the weave out and decided that i was tired of buying my long hair and decided to grow it.

 

[cherryhair123]

I admired Tasha's hair also. It looked so healthy and that jet black color was pretty. I loved the layers. I guess I wasn't the only one critiquing hair during the movie. Why couldn't they do more to Pat's hair (Janet Jackson)

Tasha's hair looked like a really cute wig. Yall know you could rock one of those any day and keep your long hair.

 

[JMH1908]

I like the challenge!! Because my hair has always been long except for all the times I got bored and tired of it, I would cut it off . Especially when I would see a cute short hairstyle and get the urge..but I've been good for the past two years since my twa and now its shoulder length so we shall see what the future holds...I'm tryin

 

[Twix]

Because I want to have long hair at my wedding - naturally long hair that's actually mine. I don't want to feel like I'm someone that I'm not with a weave, extensions, what have you on "my special day". Granted, I love my wigs )!) but I just don't want it on that day... If this all makes sense.

 

[Daughter]

for me it's because I find longer hair easier to manage. I'd grown tired of having to maintain short hair by going to get it cut every so often. When it's beyond a certain length, I can just throw my hair into a puff/ponytail and call it a day.

 

[Summer79]

I love long hair. It's so much easier to take care of. The longer it gets the less you have to do.

 

[SouthernStunner]

I have never had hair past my collar bone before so I just wanna see how long I could grow! Plus I want to dispell the myth that black women cant grow hair unless they are mixed (which I am not).

 

[my-my]

I'm just letting it grow out to see how long it will get. I was happy with my hair when it was short and I'm happy with it at its current length. I'm eventually going to set another length goal and see if I can reach it, and continue on.

 

[Truth]

I think for me it's a combination of the first 3.. more so I look better with long hair then shorter hair IMO..( I dont really have the head for short hair!)..black women with long hair that is actually THEIRS....I just find THAT sooo sexy...

 

[yaya24]

I love long hair, and I am on a personal quest to prove to my friends/ family that AA hair can grow to great lengths even if you don't have that "good hair" as the outsiders call it.. lol

 

[mariofmagdal]

For me, I am just letting my hair do it's thing, and it is, growing, growing, and growing, where it stops, no one knows. ;0)

 

[aprilbiz]

I love short cuts, but my head is too big for them. I only look good in longer hairstyles.

 

[Stacy TheLady]

i luvvvvvvvvvvv long hair..and the hubby too. **blush**

 

[Stacy TheLady]

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i like this post

 

[Janet']

Because I love long hair and I think that I look best with long hair as well!

 

[libertysince05]

the challenge of it. will a be patient and consistent enough to allow my hair to grow WL?

 

[Miss AJ]

Because I love long hair, I had long hair as a child and it looked great on me then, and I want to wear those lovely bun styles I find on the internet.

 

[Melaninme]

I too think I look best with it long. I now realize that for me it's easier to do my "me" time on shampoo days (fewer sections to put my hair in). It's easier for me to come up with a quick style when short on time and on the run. I can get a gorgeous twistout with fewer twists and speaking of twists, with longer hair I only put in a few, which makes my style time considerably less than when creating twists on my shorter do.

 

[Missjae09]

Short hair is my first love. I've been cutting my hair since my early teens.. I've had every short style possible. I've never let my hair grow past a chin length bob. I still LOVE short hair but now that I'm natural and getting a bit older I want a different look. Short hair looks great on me but I'm sure that longer hair will look just as good. I'm interested in seeing what my hair will look like once it gets shoulder length and beyond.

 

[Melaninme]

Let's face it, men LOVE long hair and even though I'm married, I like the attention I get from men staring at it , knowing they cant touch it or me.

Okay, how about I wanted to say this, but didn't know if it would be okay to say. My DH loves my hair long. Whenever I would wear my hair out/down he would keep his eyes out for "others" when we go out. Thanks for being brave enough to post this.

 

[e.lauren]

I personally love big hair and the longer the bigger !! I just have a dream of walking down the street with the wind slapping everyone with my curls lol. I love big hair

 

[westNDNbeauty]

I know someone may read this and think "This girl is crazy :crazy:"...

But I'm growing my hair for my wedding...but I'm not even in a relationship


I'm a random fool...I know

 

[NikkiQ]

I know someone may read this and think "This girl is crazy :crazy:"...

But I'm growing my hair for my wedding...but I'm not even in a relationship


I'm a random fool...I know

That's not crazy. There's a whole thread on growing hair for a wedding lol.

 

[Shananyganz]

I know someone may read this and think "This girl is crazy :crazy:"...

But I'm growing my hair for my wedding...but I'm not even in a relationship


I'm a random fool...I know

Not crazy at all..I know women who have bought the dress and they don't even have a BF...get into that...LOL

But I am growing my hair long cause I can and it has never been past shoulder length (outside of a weave). I want to know what that looks like on me.

~S~

 

[Uniquely Blessed]

because waist length unstretched natural hair would be hotness

My thought EXACTLY!!!!
I wanna do the Diana Ross 'natural bush to the waist thingy' before I die

 

[dafnie]

I love the challenge. I barely know anyone in my hometown with hair past APL. Most people have chewed up SL length hair. I want to be that one who doesn't fit in with that normal population and of course, help the rest of my friends & family achieve their long hair dreams too. Right now they're looking at me like I'm crazy because of my techniques but one day they'll be begging for tips, mwahahaha!!!!

 

[LoveLongLocks]

Initially my Husband asked me to let my hair grow. I have always set &/or follow trends with my hair. The more I grew it, the more I loved take care of my hair.

 

[AlwaysSearching]

honestly, initially it was for my husband. but now I want to see if I can grow a healthy head of hair below my shoulders. i have never had long hair. it always seems to break once it reaches my shoulders.

maybe i just get too excited once it reaches my shoulders and comb it all out

help me ladies! LOL