Mine desire for really long hair started when i was really really young. I remember when i was 5 years old in kindergarten and I always had the long haired friends....i wanted hair like their's SO bad. And then on top of that i have 3 older cousins whose hair was really long back in the day....i mean Mid-back waistlength hair. And my mom had pretty good length when i was little as well..i think it was around APL. Then i started getting into celebrities like Aaliyah and Ashley Banks from Fresh Prince and I always wanted hair like Ariel the Little Mermaid and Princess Jasmine.
But my mom would tell me i couldnt have hair that long. Needless to say i had my hair relaxed when i was like 6 or 7.
When i was 8 my hair was around BSL...and on top of that i had the curling iron used on my hair DAILY and Pink Lotion and hair grease while using heat at the same time ...i just thought it would really be impossible.
Long story short I found a good stylist who was from NJ when i was 19...and she told me to cut out the Pink Lotion and just use Oil Sheen everyday...my hair did start to grow...but then she moved back up north...had a run in with a scissor happy stylist who chopped my APL hair to SL...i had a worse experience b4 her though where my whole nape fell out
...and then i found another stylist. And then i went online looking for a good shampoo for black hair....and BAM!!! Hello LHCF!!
Now i'm almost at where i've ALWAYS wanted to be!