Hi everyone! Here's my latest picture.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/Leia9/june222005.jpg

It's really greasy and uncombed in that pic, but it does give a good idea of the length!  ;D

Oh my goodness! Your hair is absolutely breathtaking...Your length is incredible and the color is stunning. I think I have a new hair idol! What are your secrets.  :P

Hey Leia!  Glad to see you pop your head (and HAIR!!) in here again.  Your hair is looking fantastic!  Nice and thick to the very ends.  GOOD JOB!  Thanks for sharing your picture.

You have such lovely hair! I would love to know what you do it it too. :D

You've lovely, thick and long looking hair! Great work.

aw leia, drool drooln droolin' here. mid-butt is actually my new goal (that would be around 42 inches for me).  i've seen too many past-butt haired people at a NIN gig and just in the streets of paris and to be honest i find it just too weird to go that long. for some reason the only people i saw who fit really well with it is those indian child women with braids to their knees.  8)

Sooooo gorgeous!  Keep on growing! :)

WOW!!! Geeze. Your hair is so thick and beautiful. I'm green with envy. How long have you been growing it out and what length did you start at?
Meg

Leia, your hair is just lovely, and so thick all the way to the ends.  Yes, share your routine!

Beee-ooooo-teee-ful :o

Beautiful!!! Awesome, lovely hair Leia! ;D ;D I love it!
Thank God and appreciate His gift (whichever name you give to Him) for that hair-gene, every day! Your hair is truly a jewel  :o ;D ;D

Your hair is absolutely lovely,Leia! And it has grown so much! :o

I certainly can't see any greasiness or unkemptness from the picture.  The color and texture are wonderful as always.  

How tall are you?  I think we were at similar length until a few months ago.  I hope that my hair starts to grow a bit faster again soon.  These months of just millimeter growth are depressing.    

Hi again everyone!

I don't really have any "hair secrets!" My first introduction to how to grow long hair was here at this very board! What I do that might be out of the ordinary is I try to do as much as I can naturally. For example, I don't take any hair vitamins, and I am a vegetarian, plus I try not to eat food with preservatives or anything. I like to know exactly what is going in my food, and I try to be a healthy eater. Remember that overall health attributes to hair growth as well!

My routine: I wash once a week. Every other week I do a herbal wash (http://www.network54.com/Forum/message?forumid=278542&messageid=1079093499) with Indian herbal powders. Before the wash I sometimes use bhringraj oil on my length.

The weeks when I don't do a herbal wash, I do a deep conditioning. Recently I have been experimenting with doing this all-natural too. I use kitchen products, like eggs, honey, olive oil, yogurt, etc. Most of the time I add a tiny bit of shea butter too. My hair is prone to getting over-conditioned really easily, so I have to be careful about deep conditioning.

As a leave-in, I put shea butter on my ends about 3-4 nights a week. I put the tiniest amount on the bottom of my braid. I don't use brushes - I have a Sierra Legacy wooden comb. I don't blow dry or color my hair.

That's all I can think of as far as my routine! If you want to check out my journal, feel free: www.network54.com/forum/278542

I have been growing my hair out since January 2003. It was 18" then, and was 39" at my last measure-in. I am around 5'4" or 5'5".

I hope that answers all of your questions! And thank you so much for the compliments!  ;D

:o Your hair is really gorgeous! Wow! Thanks for sharing the picture :D

WOO!  You have really nice hair!  I wish mine looked like that.  Thanks for sharing!

WOW!!!!  You really do have gorgeous hair!!!  I wish that mine was like that.  Thanks for sharing!

Your hair is so beautiful!!  I love the texture and the color.

Lynn  :)

You look like a fairy-queen!!!  :o Your hair is soooo beautiful.  :D

Your hair is really wonderful!!  I love it.

Your hair is very pretty Leia.  I am a little jealous.  Thanks for the picture.

Debr

That is a really nice length 8-)

And it looks like your hair is thick also :)

Jerry