End of year check in! I retained about 3.5 inches this year. It’s a good amount of growth but I still feel like i should have retained more. I was trimming pretty much every 8 weeks so I think that’s part of the reason, as well as just overall being neglectful to my hair at times through out the year. Did I make my goal? Ehhh, kinda. I did make it to MBL in the pull test, but I dont walk around pulling my hair all day so I dont want to claim it. Ill wait until April of next year to (hopefully) claim MBL.
I’m hesitant to set out any specific length goals for next year. Instead I will set a retention goal of 5 inches, and put my focus on caring for my ends. I’ll be using Olaplex every wash day as my prepoo, and Ill try and come up with a mid week ends care routine (inspired by the lovely
@Chicoro). I’m going to drop the trims down to once per quarter. I hope that should be enough, as I’ll primarily be wearing my hair in a stretched or protected state anyway. We’ll see how it goes
photos… I started the year at 7 on this shirt and now im at 12. If i can retain 5 Inches next year that would be line 19. And of course my bra photo, my hair is pulling past my bra strap which was the original goal, now I want it to rest naturally past the bra without needing to pull.