I already posted a more specific thread about this topic, and it turned into a discussion about how I was never able to actually partake in the topic at hand, so I figured I might as well make a full thread about it.
I've always known I've had a fetish for both women with long hair and women cutting their hair for a long time, even before I hit puberty. So, around the time I became a teenager, I discovered websites like hairwearesecrets and longhair.org (aka TILHC). Of course, being a kid I always had to limit my time on them to when I was home alone so my family wouldn't find out, and obviously I could never buy anything from them, so I had to settle for looking at the free pictures and watching the scant few preview clips they had. By the time I became an adult and had both privacy and my own money, both sites were long since defunct. But, I know many people on these forums were old enough to actually appreciate both websites in full, so I wanted to ask you all about them.
To be more specific, my favorite TILHC model was by far Emerald. I was always intrigued by the video Should I or Shouldn't I, which hinted that it might have ended with her cutting all her long hair off. I spent years wondering if she actually did cut her hair, and if so, how short she went. I only recently, thanks to someone on this site, found out that she didn't. I also liked Shelly and Joanna.
As for HWAS, I thankfully have more memories thanks to YouTube. There's a lot more HWAS videos floating around the internet than TILHC videos. I've loved all the Amie and Tiffany videos I've found, along with Jennifer's thick brushing video. There was also a channel that had a lot of their haircutting videos, but sadly those all got deleted a few years ago. My favorites, back when they were up, were Kristin's (model with long blonde hair cutting her braid off and getting a chin length bob) and the aforementioned Jennifer's shoulder length haircut. As for HWAS videos that sadly haven't seen the light of day, I was always intrigued by long hair models Shanelle and Jacklyn, as well as Serina's long-to-bob haircut video (which from the pictures looked like it took place in an actual salon, so I always wondered what her connection to HWAS really was).
Considering how long ago both websites were active, I've always wondered what happened to all the models. I wonder if any of them still keep their hair super long, or if they've done what most women do with age and cut it short. I remember seeing someone on here mention that Amie has grown out and cut her hair to donate it several times over the years, but I don't know about a source on that.
So, for those of you who were old enough to actually indulge in TILHC and HWAS content back in the day, what are your memories of both websites? Who were your favorite models, and what were your favorite pictures and videos? And does anyone know anything about what the models are up to today?