Post # 1
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Helper bee
did anyone opt to go REALLY long on your wedding day? i mean, a good amount past your boobs? i love my hair really long. unfortunately almost 2 years ago a stylist mistakened my request for a STYLING to be a CUT…so next thing i knew most of my gorgeous hair was gone and cut into what she claimed were “long layers”. i disagreed and even though she had been cutting my hair for over 10 years, my colorist now cuts it. i have been trying desperately since may 2009 to grow it back but it is still only half way down my back. i’ve just started a bunch of vitamins and hope it will be closer to where i want it on the big day.
anyway, story aside, i am trying to find pictures of brides who decided to wear their really long hair down, natural or clip in extensions and i’m having a hard time finding some. i guess it’s just not as popular as the cute soft updos i see so often now. i plan to get some clip in extensions but my hair is already semi long and i’m afraid i will have a hard time finding the good ones (real hair that can be colored/styled) in such long lengths. can anyone shed some light? TIA 🙂
ps. for reference, here’s the kinda length i’m talking:
Post # 3
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Blushing bee
Here is my wedding hair trial. I think it is kind of the look you are going for. If you want more pics of the front I can send them to you. 
Post # 4
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Helper bee
very pretty! is that all your natural hair?
Post # 5
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Busy bee
My hair was super super long at my wedding, here is a pic where its in front of my shoulder so it looks a little less long. Also it was curly so when it was straight it was out of control long. I got it cut the day after my wedding 🙂
Post # 6
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Helper bee
yess! see i love these looks…and that’s my issue too, lovespearls. my hair obviously looks longer when it’s not curled, but it will be curled on the day of, so it is going to look shorter 🙁 i think the only option i have is clip in extensions. i was planning to use them for added fullness anyway, but i would like some of my natural hair to be really long.
thanks ladies, keep em coming!
Post # 7
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Busy bee
@GardenBride: Your curls are so pretty and healthy looking!
@Lovespearls: I love your hair color, it’s gorgeous.
My hair is short 🙁 I hate it. It’s about two inches past my shoulders, and I want it super long! I had super long hair most of my life, then a couple years ago cut it short and experimented with lots of colors, so I always had to keep it short.
Post # 8
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Helper bee
here is my hair when it was super long:
and here it is now. ugh, so sad 🙁
Post # 9
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Buzzing Beekeeper
@kittybean: I honestly can’t tell any difference whatsoever.
Post # 10
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Helper bee
lol trust me, it is much shorter. i want a good 8 inches or so by the day, and considering i have been trying to grow it for almost 2 years and it still looks the same to me, i don’t have much hope 🙁 they say hair grows about 1/2 inch a month, and if i have already been growing mine for almost 24 months and it looks the same…that’s not good news for me!
Post # 11
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Sugar bee
@kittybean:
It looks so healthy now! And pretty too.
But it would be pretty easy to add some length with clip in extensions. Then after your wedding you can continue to grow your natural hair.
Post # 12
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Sugar Beekeeper
I wore my hair down and super long/curly… i LOVED it. It was extensions, my real hair was maybe 4-5″ shorter than the extensions were. I don’t have any great pics of the back of my hair without a veil on though… sorry. Hopefully you can kind of see from these pics.
Post # 13
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Sugar bee
My hair is almost as long as yours was… and I’ve been DYING to cut it because it’s so freaking heavy. Every day I’ve been wearing it just pulled up in a clip and not drying it because I just can’t deal.
I’ll be wearing it up for the wedding so I don’t futz with it and really want to chop it back to shorter than chin length, but my mom is just starting to get some hair back from chemo treatments and she told me I’m not allowed to cut mine until she has enough to cut 🙂
Your hair now is what most people would consider very long – enjoy it and wear it down without missing what isn’t there!
Post # 14
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Helper bee
thanks for the compliments though 🙂 maybe my styling habits now make it feel shorter or prevent it from growing a whole lot. i think i am going to get a less harsh curling iron.
Post # 15
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Bee Keeper
I can see the difference. I’ve been growing out my hair for a long time now (it’s almost hip length, but I’m short lol!) In the first two pictures it looks like your hair is around waist length and in the last picture it’s not even bra-strap length… growing hair does take a lot of patience!
I plan on wearing my hair long and down for my wedding too, but I don’t have any photos to share of the style I plan on going for yet! I also plan on wearing extensions because while my hair is long, it’s not very thick and I’d like to add some volume. My sister who has shoulder length hair wears extensions almost everyday. She buys these strands of real hair and she glues them to little combes herself. They look completely natural and she styles them as if they were her own hair and everything!
Here is a photo of my hair, but this was taken almost 2 years ago so my hair has grown since.
Post # 16
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Busy bee
@SnowPeony: Thank you!!
@kittybean: I still think your hair looks gorgeous that length! I think the extensions will help for sure, I have seen people with them and had no idea it wasnt their real hair. Here is a pic of me from my rehersal dinner with my hair straight so you can get an idea of how long it was w/o the curls:
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