Two Interesting Things...

As well as two posts in the same day. Clearly, I'm going into a hair mania phase.

Okay.

So. Thing 1

I think - hrm, well. My hair is always growing, one would hope. It's just that normally, it grows so slowly that you don't - notice it, quickly.

I just put my DC in my hair, and I swear my hair looks longer than it did on Saturday.

Mind, I'm 99% certain I'm just witnessing the magic of shrinkage, since I've been wearing my hair stretched & secured since then - but it's delightful and warming, all the same.

Ooo. Thing 1.5
I've realized how I best want to wear my hair. Stretched & Secured.

I've realized that as long as my hair is stretched - whether stuck in two strand twists, or air-drying in braids and taken down - as long as it doesn't get WET - while LOOSE - I'm okay - I don't have to worry about detangling.

Okay - this has always been my 'intentions', I guess you could say - but I've finally been able to fully put it into words.

So. The idea, that I realized, is that once my hair gets long enough, I can hold it stretched in buns/updo's - and I can wear it fully loose! Just - hair. Hair, that if I wanted to (and can find the perfect detangler/leave-in) take down, part, fiddle with, and then re-stretch and put back up. *faint*

It - it would be wonderful. That's how I want my hair to be. And then, when I wash it - it shouldn't be that hard to detangle, since it's been stretched the whole time. And of course, even if I do, my wet hair is even easier to detangle! And then, comes the danger point - loose, unstretched, wet hair. The faster that I can get it into a stretched position, the better it will be.

And! And! Once my hair is long enough that I can pull, twist, and secure it (using my fabulous GHD Pins, and further along, hair toys) in a couple of seconds/two or three movements - voila. Maintaining my hair should become insanely easy. I'm quivering with excitement, here.

Now, of course, it I wanted to wear my hair stretched, unsecured, and 'dry', I would have to protect it against humidity. I've realized, that I can use the same products that people use to protect heat-stretched hair from humidity. Haha! Stretched hair is stretched hair, no matter what the process (and extent) of stretching is.

I've already got a couple of samples of Sabino Moisture Block hanging around - it'll be perfect to try this out with that. Though, I don't know, because if I recall right, it 'takes' heat to set. Hrm. I'll have to check the reviews again. Maybe some of the Aveda stuff would be better.

And I have no problem with having kinkywavy hair. I don't want it to be straight. I don't want it to be shiny/silky/smooth. I want it to be a great, red-glowing, glistening, mass of flyaway, gravity defying, beautiful crinkly wild black hair.

Quivering.

So. Thing 2

I have a hemline. I mean, I've always had a hemline, but today, I actually saw it for the first time. It is, as I knew it was, a lovely V. One of the fabulous things about nappy hair - my hemline will ALWAYS be full and thick. *hehe* Anyhow.

I'm now about 50% shoulder. I'd be 0% shoulder when the bottom point of the V was still above my shoulder, and I'll be 100% shoulder when the broad side of the V is past my shoulder - and by that time, I'll most likely more than 1% APL.
Hrmm. Maybe not 50%. I'm so going to take a pic and calculate it - based on a T scale. Yes, yes, I think I might have finally found a way to 'measure my hair' Hah.

I know, in my heart, it's really pointless. Because, with shrinkage, I won't see a change until - well, the change is obvious. Any less than being obvious, and - it could be shrinkage. And once it's there - it's there, ya know?

But! Also, once it hits APL, I can hold the hair stretched down behind me.

Things are going to get SO much easier as my hair gets longer - I'm so excited!