It’s no fairytale fluke.
Jasmine Larsen isn’t a princess locked away in a sky-high tower — but you couldn’t tell by looking at her nearly 5-foot-long locks.
Dubbed the “real life Rapunzel,” Larsen, from the UK, has spent the last seven year growing her tangles to a whopping 4-feet-7-inches with inexpensive foodstuffs found in most cupboards.
She mainly credits her coiffure to one not-so-secret ingredient: rosemary.
“Rosemary oil promotes hair growth by improving circulation to the scalp,” the Bristol-born bombshell told What’s The Jam, adding that another key to her tress success is also found in nature.
“Coconut oil reduces protein loss while you wash your hair,” she added.
And while the redhead’s happy to share her secret formula with wannabe glamor girls online, she warns that her stellar strands have garnered some hair-raising requests from fetish freaks — including men who’ve offered to pay thousands for slices of her massive mane.
“I was offered $300,000 to sell my hair, and I said ‘No.,’” revealed Larsen, who hasn’t cut her hair since 2017, in a recent Instagram interview with SeenTv. “Another weird results on social media was from a guy asking me to get my partner to lock my hair and film it.”
“The mind works in funny ways,” she added. “And men with a hair fetish have unique desires.”
The NSFW fantasies seem to align with a March 2024 study from South Korean scholars, which found that men are often more sexually attracted to women with long, silky hair. It apparently signifies “femininity.”
The male gaze aside, Larsen’s combined 171,000 cyber followers regularly flock to her social media profiles for haircare how-to’s.
Trending footage of her lengthening tips shows the siren preparing a rosemary oil scalp treatment and rosemary water spritz.
She first mixes coconut oil, 3 to 5 rosemary sprigs and fresh mint leaves into a saucepan of boiling water. After bringing the blend to a boil, the belle leaves her hair cocktail to simmer for 5-10 minutes before allowing it to sit for an hour.
Larsen then strains the cooled concoction of any remnants before funneling the thick liquid into a bottle.
To make a rosemary water spritz, the hairy honey mixed the plant’s leaves in boiling water, and applied it twice a day in between washes.
But she’s much more meticulous about massaging in the oil.
Before scrubba-dub-dubbing her rug, Larsen rubs the oil onto her scalp, thoughtfully coating the skin for optimal benefits. She allows her follicles to soak in the substance before shampooing.
The “Rapunzel” also applies the mixture to her lengths daily, calling it the “perfect pre-wash treatment.”
Perfect, perhaps. But fast? Absolutely not.
She weekly spends a staggering 15 hours performing mop maintenance.
“My pre-wash routine is one hour of oiling my scalp and lengths,” Larsen explained to WTJ. “Washing takes 40 minutes in the shower.”
“For drying, I spend 30 minutes with a microfibre towel, [then] brushing it for 30 minutes, then one hour with a hairdryer,” continued the head-turner.
“The rest dries in a loose hairstyle for the rest of the day — around six hours.”
And when she’s not busy cleansing her curls, Larsen is busy babying her buzzy bundles.
“In between wash days, I’m brushing, applying some oil, then wearing a basic braid,” she said. “This takes 40 minutes a day, so I do this six times a week.”
“[To sleep],” the primping pinup added, “occasionally I un-braid it, brush, apply oil and then braid again. This takes 30 minutes and I do it twice a week.”
But Larsen is far from the only influencer to share tips on achieving top-tier tresses.
Lauri Lee, a beauty expert from South Africa, recently revealed the secret to determining one’s ideal locks length.
“This viral hack has helped me decide to grow my hair again,” said Lee of a trick that requires two pens and a measuring tape. After a few funky maneuvers, the stunt shows each participant their perfect cut.
“If it’s less than 2½ inches, you look better with short hair,” said Lee. If it’s more than 2½ inches, you look better with long hair.”
