I found an amazing style that I absolutely loved and had been working with my stylist to figure out if it was a possibility with my hair (super super thick). She figured out a way and basically just said start growing your hair out. I've been growing it out for about 9 months now (which is a daily fight to keep the scissors from hacking it off!) but I stopped in today to schedule my hair trial and she said she doesn't think it's going to be long enough to do. So I've got to go back to the drawing board and figure out another style. Definitely bummed but I know my hair will look awesome the day of!