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5 Tips to Get Past the Awkward Stage

The “Awkward Stage”. This comes at around the 3 to the 4-month mark of the hair growth journey. It is the phase where everyone around you is starting to ask you,  “So, when are you going to cut it?” Your hair is too short to tie it up, too long to do anything else with it and you are having the realisation that this is going to take much longer than you thought. So, in this blog post, I am going to give you 5 Tips to Help you get Past the Awkward Stage. Have a vision in mind The first thing is to have a final goal in mind. It could be a length, a style or a celebrity’s hair. Whenever you feel like cutting your hair, just imagine why you started in the first place. When I started my hair growth journey last year, I really loved the half up half down man down, that Jon snow look from Game of thrones. So that’s number one. Stop calling it the “Awkward Stage” The second tip is to JUST OWN IT. Just accept that you are not going to look your best for some time and it’s okay. Cause when t...

5 Reasons Why Long Hair SUCKS (But Not Enough To Cut it)

In the last blog, I gave you 5 Reasons why you should grow your hair out. In this one, I am going to give you 5 struggles of long hair. It takes a long time to grow. Growing your hair out is a commitment. Growing your hair out can take upwards of a year to 18 months. So, it takes patience and dedication to grow your hair out. Related to this reason, the next reason is. Awkward Stages The growing out process has a lot of “awkward” stages, in which your hair is too short to tie up and too long to style it any other way. This can last from 6 months to upwards of a year of not having a go-to hairstyle. Moving on to the next one. In the summer, it gets freaking hot. In the summer, it gets hot. Long hair makes you feel hot, literally. Although, you will get used to it quite quickly. Just think about women, how do they handle it? Also, on the other side, long hair in winter keeps you warm and you always have a natural hat on.  The next one is a big one. Long hair is polarising. When you ...

5 Reasons You Should Grow Your Hair Out.

2020 was the year in which many guys grew their hair out.  Some did it out of necessity, some out of choice, I included. So, in this blog post, I will give you five reasons why you should grow your hair out.  It makes you stand out. More than 99 per cent of men around the world have short hair. So, when you are a guy with long hair, it makes you stand out. People will notice you, and you will become more memorable and long hair can also be a great conversation starter. The next one is mental. Your mental toughness increases tenfold. Growing your hair takes a lot of patience and persistence going through the awkward stages, listening to people constantly telling you to cut it, asking when you will cut it. When you go through this long hair journey, you become mentally tough and confident and learn to ignore other people’s opinion. When you eventually grow it out, people will appreciate your persistence and the patience it takes to grow your hair out. It breaks the societal norm...