ManeStreet
Well-Known Member
I always felt like bsl and below was long hair. I still feel the same.
Apl is medium length
Shoulder length & shorter is "short" to me.
Apl is medium length
Shoulder length & shorter is "short" to me.
Anything below apl is long to me
Shoulder length hair to me is short. APL is medium length. MBL is long. Waist length is really long. Hip length is stupid long. Anything below that is ridiculously long. That's always been my standard. I've never seen so many black women striving for stupid long hair before. That's new to me.
What is IRL?
APL did used to be the standard and BSL used to be hella long....NOT ANYMORE.
now apl gurus don't even get "paid no mind" LOL
i remember when apl was my holy grail....by the time i hit it i was all about mid back length and waist length.
now midback length seems to be the starting point for long. or at least FULL BSL.
but i agree it's only online...irl apl is still really long to most people.
i see way more long hair online than i do in real life. i have probably seen one person with waistlength hair IRL that was african american. i see indian ladies all the time with buttcrack length hair, but that's about it.
Yup, my standards have totally changed. Not even just length-wise but also what I consider "healthy" hair. Girls used to rock long, thin ponytails and I would consider them to have long, healthy hair. Not anymore.
When I started, APL was my goal length. That's why it's the only length ID'd on my makeshift length check t-shirt. But I caught up to it so fast and it still didn't "seem" long so I'm still growing until I'm satisfied.
Like someone else said, I still admire fly/healthy hair at any length. But WL and beyond is what I consider "long".
Shoulder length hair to me is short. APL is medium length. MBL is long. Waist length is really long. Hip length is stupid long. Anything below that is ridiculously long. That's always been my standard. I've never seen so many black women striving for stupid long hair before. That's new to me.
Perfexion said:Shoulder length hair to me is short. APL is medium length. MBL is long. Waist length is really long. Hip length is stupid long. Anything below that is ridiculously long. That's always been my standard. I've never seen so many black women striving for stupid long hair before. That's new to me.
It's different for us on here, but people irl have always made me feel like my thick, shoulder length hair was waist length. Funny story, maybe ot, I was just in Target and this girl was staring at my HEALTHY shoulder length hair, she smirked at me, walked past me and had the NERVE to flip her waist length, kanekalon fiber sew in. Trick please.
Sorry ya'll, I had to vent lol.
I think now that more people on the board have been on their journeys 3+ years, we're just seeing more ladies reaching the longer lengths (MBL+) than in the past. I don't know if I'd say the standard has actually changed.
I think healthy, full hair past APL has always been the zone where people's hair really starts to look long.
sheanu said:Yeah SL used to be my standard. I live in Miami and thick, SL hair is good but some full, shiny BSL hair = unicorn status depending on where you are in the city.
Once I saw WL hair on LHCF, I was hooked and knew that eventually, I wanted WL hair! I BC'd in April 2010 and now I am less than an inch from WL and had to trim yesterday. You'da thought someone shaved me bald. I agree...APL/BSL was my longest while relaxed and I was always described as "Shawnii with the really long hair" and weave checked! Now that I am scraping WL, my hair is commented on non-stop IRL, but on here, I just feel among the crowd with length still to attain. I will be happy to achieve WHIP or HL hair, but after I reach WL, I am done obsessing about it. If or when it happens, I will celebrate and maintain. Because longer than HL seems like it would be a nuisance. WL is already work! But I know that IRL, I am already the hair goddess to people, so they are going to flip out over HL!! Lol