Chronicles of Hairnia

[Scheherazade]

Guessing that no one else is having a worse hair day than myself today (lost about 12 inches), I am in desperate need of hearing your stories!

To make things worse, I decided to go for a colour change, which was a big, big, BIG mistake... Now I am stuck with short hair in a shade I don't even like! I cannot wait to go back my usual colour (chestnut/auburnish).

How long do I need to wait before I can dye again, by the way?

[jgweed]

Cowards dye many times.........

(I apologise, but I could not resist the pun.) Do you like your hair shorter?
Cheers,
John

[Virgil]

Well, I can't answer your questions but I had a bad hair day on Monday. I got up at my normal 4:30 AM and went into the shower. For some reason I remember having soap on my mind and I went and soaped my body up as I normally do. I got out I dried off and combed my hair as I normally do, but then noticed for some reason my hair was flat. I didn't think anything of it. But every time during the day I stopped in the bathroom at work I noticed in the mirror how flat my hair was. And then it dawned on me in the afternoon. I forgot to shampoo my hair that morning. Normally I shampoo my hair first and then soap up my body. But for some strange reason I by passed shampooing and went straight to saoping. :lol: I never really washed my hair. Now that was a bad hair day. :lol::lol:

[Shalot]

If you got it done at a salon, can they do some sort of corrective color thing? Last Christmas, I tried to go red and the result was atrocious. And I told her immediately that I didn't like it and she did several more color treatments in the salon that day so that when I left I had something that I could live with. i also got a demi permanent shade that washed out in about a month and a half or so. I am not sure what color you have though so I wouldn't know what to suggest.

I've always been happy with foils though - you get two or sometimes three shades woven into what you have to give your hair some dimension. When I was trying to go from blonde to my natural light brown I had something similar done - I had them try to match my natural shade with an allover base color, and then she foiled in a few blonde strands so that i could sort of ease into the darker shade.

And, the worse hair cut I ever had was when I went from shoulder length to short, and the hair dresser got it uneven. So the only thing to do was to even it up which meant that I had a short boy haircut. And I do not look good with boy hair cuts. Some ladies can pull that off but I am not one of them. I cried. to this day, I won't let anyone take off more than 2 inches and that's really pushing it.

Just think "locks of love, locks of love locks of love...." You did a good thing.

[Scheherazade]

Cowards dye many times.........:D
Do you like your hair shorter?
Cheers,
JohnNot sure yet... Hoping it will grow on me (pun intended! :p)

It was more than just a desire to have my hair shorter. Needed to get it cut so I am glad I have done that. The rest I will deal with, I guess :)

Virgil> Thanks for sharing! :p

Shalot> I dyed it myself... and mine is kind of boyish cut too... one and half inch at the longest places.

[papayahed]

http://www.aussieprom.com/images/Bad_hair_day.jpg

[papayahed]

http://www.everyoneloves.me.uk/mullet.jpg

[Scheherazade]

http://www.aussieprom.com/images/Bad_hair_day.jpgYou know, the resemblance is uncanny... the colour too! Though my eyes are not half as beautiful!

[papayahed]

http://www.bloggpix.no/photos/deilig_album/scanpix_dog_wigs_5_wenn1532517.jpg

[papayahed]

I'm betting it's cute, doesn't it feel light now?

Think of all the money you'll be saving on shampoo, conditioner, and product.

[Janine]

Well, I can't answer your questions but I had a bad hair day on Monday. I got up at my normal 4:30 AM and went into the shower. For some reason I remember having soap on my mind and I went and soaped my body up as I normally do. I got out I dried off and combed my hair as I normally do, but then noticed for some reason my hair was flat. I didn't think anything of it. But every time during the day I stopped in the bathroom at work I noticed in the mirror how flat my hair was. And then it dawned on me in the afternoon. I forgot to shampoo my hair that morning. Normally I shampoo my hair first and then soap up my body. But for some strange reason I by passed shampooing and went straight to saoping. :lol: I never really washed my hair. Now that was a bad hair day. :lol::lol:

Virgil, did you have Lit Net on the brain, while showering? ;):lol:

Scher, I sympathise with you.:( I hate bad hairdays and especially when one has come from a salon and spend hard earned money and you feel very unhappy with the results...this kind of thing has actually make me cry real tears. I once decided to try my luck at a local beauty school in my town - afterall, they have to learn on real heads, right and they have been practicing for a good while....well, what a mistake that was.:( I just wanted a cut and new perm; when the young lady was done with me the perm was nearly non-existent and the girl was poofing my hair out in all directions and spraying it like crazy. It wasn't very expensive, but it was a disaster and I had to wait a bit before getting another one. That became a whole 'bad hair month'!
Scher, I think you can have color adjusted right away - go back and complain. They should be able to tone it down or do something else to it, so you will be happy. My friend in Michigan has gone through the same thing and she had hers corrected; then she liked it much better. Good luck.

I have short hair now and like it, although this last perm is not holding up like I hoped:( and I have such thin limp hair so lately everyday has been a fair to bad hair day.


I'm betting it's cute, doesn't it feel light now?

Think of all the money you'll be saving on shampoo, conditioner, and product.

papaya, this new avy is a total scream! I am laughing so hard.:lol: Is that a toupee I see on top that dog's head???:lol: That is not our Scher is it, with her new hair????? :lol:

[Scheherazade]

doesn't it feel light now? Truth be told, I do kinda feel a little light headed... :p
Think of all the money you'll be saving on shampoo, conditioner, and product.Truer words were never spoken! Though I have already invested on a big jar of hair gel...

Janine> I dyed my hair myself.

[Janine]

http://www.bloggpix.no/photos/deilig_album/scanpix_dog_wigs_5_wenn1532517.jpg

OMG! I had not even seen this one yet...leave it to you to come up with this photo.:lol::lol::lol:


You know, the resemblance is uncanny... the colour too! Though my eyes are not half as beautiful!

So you kind of look like this???:lol: This thread is very entertaining!!!!


Oh you dyed it yourself....so you can't go back and raise cain. Well, what did you do - go blond?

[Scheherazade]

Oh you dyed it yourself....so you can't go back and raise cain. Well, what did you do - go blond?On the box it said "Caramel Brown".

[papayahed]

papaya, this new avy is a total scream! I am laughing so hard.:lol: Is that a toupee I see on top that dog's head???:lol: That is not our Scher is it, with her new hair????? :lol:

I'm bringing sexy back.:lol::lol: I think the toupee is rather dapper, no?


Truer words were never spoken! Though I have already invested on a big jar of hair gel...


ohh think of all the fun and all the new products you can try!!!:thumbs_up

I had a bad hair day myself... It all started yesterday. Yesterday I decided to go curly, which really means put some product in and go, well it was rainy and humid so my hair got a little frizzy and rather large throughout the day. Today I decided to blow it out, which takes a little longer so i walked out of the house with semu straight hair. As ya'll know the plant i work at is outside and of course I had to go out to the plant several times today and of course it was raining so by mid morning my blown out straight hair looked like a big nappy headed mess.:(

[pussnboots]

Guessing that no one else is having a worse hair day than myself today (lost about 12 inches), I am in desperate need of hearing your stories!

To make things worse, I decided to go for a colour change, which was a big, big, BIG mistake... Now I am stuck with short hair in a shade I don't even like! I cannot wait to go back my usual colour (chestnut/auburnish).

How long do I need to wait before I can dye again, by the way?

I know what its like to lose a lot of hair. When I was around my mid teens, my hair used to fall down to the middle of my back. I decided to get my hair cut short (remember the dorothy hamill bob ?) well that is what I got. I remember sitting in the chair and they put my hair in a ponytail. Next thing I know they took out a big pair of cutting shears ( looked like the kind of shears you use to cut bushes) and went snip, snip. At that point I just sat there in utter shock and my mom kept asking am I ok.
As far as the hair color: I usually do mine every 6 - 8 weeks.

Papaya, those pictures had me rolling with laughter.

[Shalot]

well, what you should do is take up jogging. Get up everyday before work and go jogging for about 30 minutes to an hour. If you haven't worked out for a while, you could just sort of ease into it with walking.

After your workout, take a shower before you go to work. You will be so happy because all you have to do is get out of the shower and do some kind of hair gel thing. Also, the exercise will put you in a good mood after a while.

Try some retail therapy. buy some really cool running shoes and some salon shampoo that smells really good (you can justify the expense because you won't have to use so much when you wash your hair).

In 2 years, you will be in super shape and you will have your hair back. :) (this is how I coped with my disastrous uneven hairdo. Some of my suggestions may not appeal to you though. early morning workouts aren't for everyone!!)

You should probably go get some huge fun, dangly earrings that everyone can see with your short hair. Maybe go get someone to do your make-up. You don't have to buy EVERYTHING they put on your face.

And if you really don't like the color, you could look into getting someone at a salon do it for you. Just don't get roped in or it will become another monthly bill :rolleyes: Once you start, you can't ever stop. But if you're dyeing it yourself, I would NOT put anything else on it. You can do real damage and then you'll be completely bald. This happened to my cousin. She fried her hair with so many chemicals. The combination of whatever she used had the effect of Nair. And then she just had to walk around bald for a while.

[papayahed]

I think I told this before but back in college my friend and I went to a bar and they had these hairdressers and make up artists there for some reason. We decided to get our hair done (styled - not cut). My friend went first. the hairdresser twisted her hair kind of like cornrows from the front to about halfway back and pinned it to hell, then he teased the rest of it to high heaven - it was huge even for the eighties. We almost peed our pants laughing so hard. There must have been about 100 pins in her hair.


As for the dye, I might try going to a salon to see what they can do.

[Scheherazade]

I remember sitting in the chair and they put my hair in a ponytail. Next thing I know they took out a big pair of cutting shears ( looked like the kind of shears you use to cut bushes) and went snip, snip. That is exactly what they did with mine too... though I was very calm at the time (a little excited, to be honest). Then, put it into a bag and gave it to me.

I think I will feel better once I post the hair to Locks of Love tomorrow.


As far as the hair color: I usually do mine every 6 - 8 weeks.Ack, don't want to wait that long!

Shalot> Those are great suggestions! :) I don't usually dye my hair very often so I am hoping that it won't be ruined so quickly!

[Virgil]

So is this the new you Scher? :p


http://www.aolcdn.com/aolr/ellen-pompeo-bald-400.jpg

[Scheherazade]

So is this the new you Scher? :p:eek2:

I demand to know how my photo appeared on the internet!!! And so quickly too!!!

These paparazzi!!!!

:flare:

[motherhubbard]

well, what you should do is take up jogging. Get up everyday before work and go jogging for about 30 minutes to an hour. If you haven't worked out for a while, you could just sort of ease into it with walking.

After your workout, take a shower before you go to work. You will be so happy because all you have to do is get out of the shower and do some kind of hair gel thing. Also, the exercise will put you in a good mood after a while.

Try some retail therapy. buy some really cool running shoes and some salon shampoo that smells really good (you can justify the expense because you won't have to use so much when you wash your hair).

In 2 years, you will be in super shape and you will have your hair back. :) (this is how I coped with my disastrous uneven hairdo. Some of my suggestions may not appeal to you though. early morning workouts aren't for everyone!!)

You should probably go get some huge fun, dangly earrings that everyone can see with your short hair. Maybe go get someone to do your make-up. You don't have to buy EVERYTHING they put on your face.

And if you really don't like the color, you could look into getting someone at a salon do it for you. Just don't get roped in or it will become another monthly bill :rolleyes: Once you start, you can't ever stop. But if you're dyeing it yourself, I would NOT put anything else on it. You can do real damage and then you'll be completely bald. This happened to my cousin. She fried her hair with so many chemicals. The combination of whatever she used had the effect of Nair. And then she just had to walk around bald for a while.


Shalot, I think you could make a living giving advice! These are all great ideas! :thumbs_up

Maybe you are just having color shock. I color my own hair when the mood strikes me. You can color your hair again right now, you don’t have to wait. I’ve made a quick trip to the drugstore on more than one occasion when I found a color I didn’t like. Some people always color their hair the exact same color, but I’m always so intrigued by all of those boxes. I figure the possibilities are endless and I really want to just start at one end and try every color in the store:p.

I had really long hair that came down to my rear end. My husband gave me a gift card for a hair cut one day with a lady I didn’t really know, but that had done his hair. This isn’t me!! But this is the hair cut I got-

http://www.hill-liles.com/uploaded_images/66-745335.jpg

I cried until I puked! Then I bought a wig, two actually. The wigs were blond. I’m always afraid to try to color my hair blond because I have auburn hair and I think it will turn bright orange.

[Janine]

:eek2:

I demand to know how my photo appeared on the internet!!! And so quickly too!!!

These paparazzi!!!!

:flare:

:lol: Yeah how did Virgil get your photo anyway? :lol:


So is this the new you Scher? :p


http://www.aolcdn.com/aolr/ellen-pompeo-bald-400.jpg

Nice earrings! I have been wondering for sometime what Scher looked like. :lol: You know, this is the funniest thread on here tonight. Thanks for getting your hair cut, Scher and for dying it the wrong color.

[Shalot]

Shalot, I think you could make a living giving advice! These are all great ideas! :thumbs_up

Maybe you are just having color shock. I color my own hair when the mood strikes me. You can color your hair again right now, you don’t have to wait. I’ve made a quick trip to the drugstore on more than one occasion when I found a color I didn’t like. Some people always color their hair the exact same color, but I’m always so intrigued by all of those boxes. I figure the possibilities are endless and I really want to just start at one end and try every color in the store:p.

I had really long hair that came down to my rear end. My husband gave me a gift card for a hair cut one day with a lady I didn’t really know, but that had done his hair. This isn’t me!! But this is the hair cut I got-

http://www.hill-liles.com/uploaded_images/66-745335.jpg

I cried until I puked! Then I bought a wig, two actually. The wigs were blond. I’m always afraid to try to color my hair blond because I have auburn hair and I think it will turn bright orange.


this is funny on so many levels.

That haircut is something else. I got something similar once, but I was about eight, so it wasn't as tramatic as it could have been. Also, that mullet do was fairly new when I was nine. That was years ago, yet I will see this hairdo from time to time on actual people and I wonder why they keep getting their hair cut like that in 2008. That hairdo is so old!!! :lol: And it's ridiculous!!

[Scheherazade]

Maybe you are just having color shock. I color my own hair when the mood strikes me. You can color your hair again right now, you don’t have to wait.Thank you! That makes me feel so much better! :D

Next week, I will go back to being auburnish, I think.

And that hair cut... That is something!


Thanks for getting your hair cut, Scher and for dying it the wrong color.No problem, Janine! We aim to please! :D


As for today...

I think I should change the title of this thread to "Bad Hair Chronicles"!

I jumped back with a scream when I saw myself in the mirror first thing in the morning. I was barely awake then and gave myself a nice. little scare. Some part of hair was pressed, some other parts were sticking up as if someone had electrocuted me while I was asleep during the night. I guess the fact that I had indulged in a hand ful of gel just before going to bed did not help either.

The good thing is I posted my hair earlier this morning; so it is all over (not that I was gonna try to attach it back on but...)

I am getting used to the idea and beginning to feel good about not only getting it cut but also for having short hair. It is fun.

Papaya> Imagine how it is having long hair in the UK with constant rain and damp weather. I gave up long ago trying to keep it nice and smooth; so what they call me crazy old lady with even crazier hair? :D

[aBIGsheep]

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k143/abigsheep/animal_styled_hair_1.jpg

[sprinks]

This reminded me of one of my times in primary school :D. See, I used to have really long hair, and I loved having it in tiny braids and when you take them out your hair goes FRIZZY. So I'd had in the plaits for a while right, then I took them out and had the massive frizzball thing going on, and decided to have my hair in piggytails, so like I had massive fluff balls on either side of my head. Now, the horrible bit is that we had an assembly thing with prizes given out and I had to get up in front of the entire school with my crazy hair!! :lol:

Also I got my hair cut on impulse not long ago. A friend told me he liked it short so I went, okay, I'll get it cut! So I went out, told mum I wanted a hair cut, we got in the car and found a hairdressers. I got 7 - 8 inches cut off.

[Bakiryu]

My worst hair day. Well, when I was about 11 in the 6th grade I moved to the US. I had extremely long, curly hair and no knowledge of hair produxts at all. The kids in my class teased me about it for months, until I got mad and got my mother to cut all my hair off, like this: http://planetsave.com/files/2007/08/britney-spears-bald-400a030207.jpg

and then as it grew: http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/Andreeea1986/afro-peruecke_big.jpg (except it was chestnut)

It was a bad hair year (and for 3 years after that!)

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Guessing that no one else is having a worse hair day than myself today (lost about 12 inches), I am in desperate need of hearing your stories!Happy to oblige: Bad hair day, you say? How about a bad hair life? I'm getting very thin on top these days. ;)

/Claes

[Scheherazade]

aBIGsheep> Now that is some hair do!

Claes> "Future is bright!" :p

[motherhubbard]

Poor Baki! that's rough.

[Janine]

aBIGsheep> Now that is some hair do!

Claes> "Future is bright!" :p

Scher :lol:Is it bright and shiny, too?...

....poor Claes...don't do the toupee thing though; you look good with thin hair!

Papayahed, yes, I do indeed think that look in your new avy is 'dapper'! :lol:

...and I loved your bad hair day at the job story...it was so funny...of course, not to you at the time!

[Bakiryu]

Poor Baki! that's rough.

Thanks Mh. :D

Yeah, my hair is less lucky than I am, just the other day my stepdad used my hairbrush and gave me dandruff! :bawling:

[Scheherazade]

Scher :lol:Is it bright and shiny, too?...How would I know? Let's ask Claes! :D

Claeeeesss! Oh, Claaaaeeeessss!!!
....poor Claes...don't do the toupee thing though; you look good with thin hair!Maybe Papaya would let him try her toupee! :D


I didn't know one could "catch" dandruff from others... Thought it had to do with your own scalp (dryness etc).

[Janine]

How would I know? Let's ask Claes! :D

Claeeeesss! Oh, Claaaaeeeessss!!!Maybe Papaya would let him try her toupee! :D

Claes is out shopping for hats! :lol: Yes, Papaya, do share that lovely thing with Claes.


I didn't know one could "catch" dandruff from others... Thought it had to do with your own scalp (dryness etc).

I don't think that is possible either. It is from dry scalp.

[Poetess]

I like long black hair.
Mine now is long, I never had it this long before.
Whenever I cut my hair, I cry myself out. I do it literally all the way back home.
I never recall cutting my hair once but the last time. Every time I went to cut it, came home crying and ended up calling a hairdresser to come over and cut it again. So yeah, I always cut it twice to punish myself for cutting it in the first place, under the excuse of " it didn`t look good".

I usually pick my haircuts, but the hairdressers here don`t understand my style - i`m serious about it- and i`m not the type of people to tell them what I am, I just ask them for the cut.

Last time I cut it, this happened:
My friends (they were 4 with me) talked to me at the barber shop "are you sure you want to do it? Will you cry and nag to your mom when you go home?"
I simply replied, "No, it`s too long and I only want to the fix the top phase".
A friend of mine went secretly to the barber telling him to do EXACTLY like I will be telling him.
And this time I didn`t cry, because it actually looked longer.

About dying the hair, mine is pretty hard to be dyed. It`s naturally dark black with a silver light-reflection.

[papayahed]

Claes is out shopping for hats! :lol: Yes, Papaya, do share that lovely thing with Claes.



OK...

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1945/pbf55822e9a81b7c808d90cwa3.jpg

I think he looks better au natural...

[Bakiryu]

I don't think that is possible either. It is from dry scalp.

No seriously, you can. I've never had it before and when someone with dandruff used my brush I do and so does my mother!

At least it's not lice (again) thank the hair gods *bows*

[Taliesin]

I think that the mullet is slowly returning.
I haven't seen it anywhere except in MacGyver, but you know, it will be retro (which means absolutely fashionable) quite soon.
So, when you are having a bad hair day you can comfort yourself with the fact that at least mullets are not in fashion - if it was, then your had would be considered inferior to a mullet (since it would be fashionable) and that would be seriously creepy.

[Scheherazade]

I think that the mullet is slowly returning.
I haven't seen it anywhere except in MacGyver, but you know, it will be retro (which means absolutely fashionable) quite soon.
So, when you are having a bad hair day you can comfort yourself with the fact that at least mullets are not in fashion - if it was, then your had would be considered inferior to a mullet (since it would be fashionable) and that would be seriously creepy.You know I have been holding onto this thought since your post, Tal... but I am also a little worried that my hair might turn into a mullet as it gets longer.

[papayahed]

You know I have been holding onto this thought since your post, Tal... but I am also a little worried that my hair might turn into a mullet as it gets longer.

Mullets just don't happen, they are planned, carefully thought out, and purposely executed...:lol::lol:

[Scheherazade]

Mullets just don't happen, they are planned, carefully thought out, and purposely executed...:lol::lol:OK, you got me.

I have been planning, carefully thinking out and hoping to purposely execute a mullet.

Thinking it perfectly matches my image... Mullet Scher!

[wilbur lim]

So is this the new you Scher? :p


http://www.aolcdn.com/aolr/ellen-pompeo-bald-400.jpg

Oh my,why did that lady intended to be bald?Is she a monk?

[Scheherazade]

If she is a monk, I am sure there will be an increase in the number of her religion's followers!

:p

[rachel_bookworm]

I'm bringing sexy back.:lol::lol:

I hope you have kept the receipt :p

I'm sure your hair looks lovely, it will grow back if you hate it that much don't worry :thumbs_up


I was daydreaming in the shower and accidentally put facial scrub in my hair, thinking it was shampoo. Didn't really think much of it because I was in such a daze (I think it was early - I'm not a morning person haha) Kept pulling little sand grainy / stone things out of my hair all day - very confusedly!! My hair was lank and dank too, what an idiot! I eventually realised and tied it in a big ball on my head haha, yuk!! :sick:

[Nossa]

I've been having a REALLY bad hair day today. See, my hair is so too wavy, not in a good way though. Today, as I was taking the shower, I discovered that my shampoo is out. And since I don't use the same shampoo as the rest of the family (cuz I'm the only one with greasy hair), I didn't know what to do. Anyways, I couldn't just leave my hair without washing it, so I just washed it with my mom's shampoo. Lets just say that was a VERY bad idea. My hair isn't just wavy now, it's pointing at every direction there is. Although I used my conditioner, it didn't help. Now I can't really cover it with anything, cuz it's too hot right now, so I'm just sitting here, trying not to move around much so as not to scare anyone :lol:

[Scheherazade]

Nossa and Rachel> :D

Reminded me of the time, I forgot to shampoo my hair and went for the conditioner directly. By the time I realised, it was too late to wash again and my hair was all over the place all day long (not that it is any better when it is shampooed!).

OK, I am finally back to my reddish roots (pun intended). Just washed it so not sure what to make of it yet. Worried that it might turn a little brighter than usual because of the earlier brown shade.

Fingers crossed!

On a different note, today someone from the College could not recognise me! And said, "What happened???" I am thinking she meant "What happened? How did you manage to make yourself look so youthful and charming in a period of a few weeks?"

Yes?

[Idril]

On a different note, today someone from the College could not recognise me! And said, "What happened???" I am thinking she meant "What happened? How did you manage to make yourself look so youthful and charming in a period of a few weeks?"

Yes?

I would totally go with that, Scher because I have no doubt that's what she meant. :lol: ;) :p

Change is difficult to accept. I got bangs for the first time in 20 years or something ridiculous like that and I've had them now for several months and I still haven't decided whether I like them or loathe them. It's a bit of a love/hate relationship. There are times when I'm really glad they're there and I think they look so cute and then there are times when I curse them. They look pretty cute as long as my hair is down...but I actually wear my hair up most of the time for work and such and they look hideous when my hair is up so I'm at a bit of a loss. :sick:

[Nossa]

I would totally go with that, Scher because I have no doubt that's what she meant. :lol: ;) :p


Yup, I second that! I'm sure that exactly what she meant Scher :lol: :p

[Nightshade]

you know what? I recon we should all just shave our heads and wear wigs... that way we can change our hair as the mood hits and nothing is permanent. then I could have hair like that girl from the kids tv program lazytown one day and red hair the next and green and blue...hmmmm

Speaking of hair I saw a man on wed with the most fantastic dreads all the way down to his knees. Fantastic becasues they were so neat and clean and natural looking.. I just resisted the urge to ask him how long it took to grow them! :D

[Shalot]

I hope you have kept the receipt :p

I'm sure your hair looks lovely, it will grow back if you hate it that much don't worry :thumbs_up


I was daydreaming in the shower and accidentally put facial scrub in my hair, thinking it was shampoo. Didn't really think much of it because I was in such a daze (I think it was early - I'm not a morning person haha) Kept pulling little sand grainy / stone things out of my hair all day - very confusedly!! My hair was lank and dank too, what an idiot! I eventually realised and tied it in a big ball on my head haha, yuk!! :sick:


Oh, that is so funny. I once put body wash in my hair - I was barely awake at the time. I realized what I had done though and just went ahead and put conditioner in it...no real harm done. It could have been worse - I have some skin so soft body oil in my shower...I hope I never pick that up by mistake.

[Virgil]

you know what? I recon we should all just shave our heads and wear wigs... that way we can change our hair as the mood hits and nothing is permanent. then I could have hair like that girl from the kids tv program lazytown one day and red hair the next and green and blue...hmmmm


What a fantastic idea!! Just like clothing. :D

[pussnboots]

I would totally go with that, Scher because I have no doubt that's what she meant. :lol: ;) :p

Change is difficult to accept. I got bangs for the first time in 20 years or something ridiculous like that and I've had them now for several months and I still haven't decided whether I like them or loathe them. It's a bit of a love/hate relationship. There are times when I'm really glad they're there and I think they look so cute and then there are times when I curse them. They look pretty cute as long as my hair is down...but I actually wear my hair up most of the time for work and such and they look hideous when my hair is up so I'm at a bit of a loss. :sick:

I also have bangs which I like when it isn't humid out. When it is humid forget abt it. By the time I step outside my bangs become so limp I hate it. That's when the hair goes up in a ponytail and the baseball hat goes on.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Claes> "Future is bright!" :p....and shiny.

Claes...don't do the toupee thing though; you look good with thin hair!Thank you :D I will most definitely not do the toupee thing: When I was a kid I once saw one of our neighbours dash out of the house to give his son a good old dressing down. He failed to achieve the desired effect though: Everyone in sight started laughing instead. That is when it dawned on him that he had forgotten to put his toupee on (does this belong in the absent-minded (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37156&highlight=%2FClaes) thread?) :D I decided there and then that I should mature with some resemblance of dignity. Ergo: No toupee thing.


Claeeeesss! Oh, Claaaaeeeessss!!!Maybe Papaya would let him try her toupee! :D


http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1945/pbf55822e9a81b7c808d90cwa3.jpg

I think he looks better au natural...So do I. Wow... :lol::lol::lol: Ouch... :eek::sick: Don't do that! I laughed so hard I nearly hurt myself: My daughter came in here to ask what I was on about :D

/Claes

[Saphira]

And Claes's daughter (me) has only one thing to say: HAHAHAHA!!!:lol::lol::lol:

/Saphira

[ClaesGefvenberg]

And Claes's daughter (me) has only one thing to say: HAHAHAHA!!!:lol::lol::lol:

/SaphiraNo popcorn for you tonight, young lady. :brow:

/Dad

[Scheherazade]

I would totally go with that, Scher because I have no doubt that's what she meant. :lol: ;) :p
Yup, I second that! I'm sure that exactly what she meant Scher :lol: :pThank you, guys! With your assurance, I can now walk around more confidently! :thumbs_up :p

[Saphira]

No popcorn for you tonight, young lady. :brow:

/Dad

I've already eaten the popcorns and you helped me. But you don't need to do this: :crash: just because your hair is leaving.

[Scheherazade]

Just now I looked into the mirror; lo and behold my hair did NOT look bad for the first time in weeks (even before the cut it was a mess because it was getting too long and out of shape)... but it is 1 am and there is no one around to show it off!

[papayahed]

Just now I looked into the mirror; lo and behold my hair did NOT look bad for the first time in weeks (even before the cut it was a mess because it was getting too long and out of shape)... but it is 1 am and there is no one around to show it off!

what are we chopped liver???? Picture please!!!

[Idril]

Just now I looked into the mirror; lo and behold my hair did NOT look bad for the first time in weeks (even before the cut it was a mess because it was getting too long and out of shape)... but it is 1 am and there is no one around to show it off!


Don't you just hate it when that happens?! When you look fabulous and you have no where to go?! I hate it when that happens. :p

[Riesa]

Don't you just hate it when that happens?! When you look fabulous and you have no where to go?! I hate it when that happens. :p

you live in North Dakota! :lol: what do you expect? :p

and btw I know that feeling, and I hate it too!


what we all need is some jazz, vodka and an out-to-dinner!

[Scheherazade]

what we all need is some jazz, vodka and an out-to-dinner!Just say when!

Glad to see you posting, Riesa! Hope you are doing well. :)

[Idril]

you live in North Dakota! :lol: what do you expect? :p

and btw I know that feeling, and I hate it too!


what we all need is some jazz, vodka and an out-to-dinner!

I know, I know, ND isn't exactly a hotbed of action. :( No live Jazz...but we have buffalos! That has to count for something. :p

Jazz, vodka and dinner sounds like a perfect night out even if it is just virtual. :thumbs_up

[Riesa]

Scher: Two years too long to wait? I think Idril and I might make Vegas happen eventually. Maybe it can be a ladies of litnet go wild in Vegas extravaganza! and thanks, it's nice to be posting. :)

Idril: you could make a very warm and fuzzy (not to mention stinky) winter jacket from a buffalo! :D always look on the bright side.

[Scheherazade]

Scher: Two years too long to wait? I think Idril and I might make Vegas happen eventually. Maybe it can be a ladies of litnet go wild in Vegas extravaganza! and thanks, it's nice to be posting. :) Sounds like a plan! And two years sounds perfect to me... By that time, hopefully, I will have my hair back too! :D

Maybe we should have a Ladies' Club on LitNet! :D

[papayahed]

Did someone say Vegas??:p

[Idril]

Yes! Vegas! I've never been there and never really had much of an interest to go but once Riesa and I started talking about it, it seemed like such a natural thing to do. We can have a big litnet meet there...girls only. :p ;)

[Riesa]

I've been there once.

I met my brother halfway so we could go watch a motocross race. (Jeremy McGrath was there!) :p I can just see the bookish eyebrows raising in perplexity.

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i121/RiesaRiesa/Jeremy_McGrath.jpg

I went to see my brother, the motocross was a big bonus. ;) 6 hours of muddy motorcyclists going in bumpy circles. :goof: I was also seven or eight months pregnant. It was a big, clangy, crowded nightmare!

can't wait to go again! :lol:

and of course, girls only. :thumbs_up :p

[Scheherazade]

After "growing" my hair for two months, I had another haircut to shorten the front and top (at the back it is covering my neck now - sort of). Now I have a mullet... a mullet!

*tries not to hyperventilate*

It's good... It is good! Soon it will be all good...

[qspeechc]

Every day is a bad hair day for me. I've dealt with it and now I'm over it. Just be grateful you don't have my hair.

[Scheherazade]

Just be grateful you don't have my hair.I don't have your hair... or anyone else's (including my own)! I have very little hair left compared to what I used to have...

But it is OK. Got a letter from Locks of Love, saying that they have received my hair and that it will be used. I can live with it (despite the mullet) :p.

[Nightshade]

Now scher all you have to do is wake up with it accidentally dyed a putrid green to complete the chronicles! :p ;)

[Shalot]

After "growing" my hair for two months, I had another haircut to shorten the front and top (at the back it is covering my neck now - sort of). Now I have a mullet... a mullet!

*tries not to hyperventilate*

It's good... It is good! Soon it will be all good...

Oh nooooooo!!! :eek:

that's funny!!!! I wish I could find my mullet hair pic. I would put it up here. Of course, I was 8 or 9. I can't believe they sent you home with a mullet!

Got any hats? I'd just put a hat on. all the time.

:lol::lol:

[papayahed]

I think this would be a good time for a picture..

[Themis]

I've had 'bad hair days' ever since I got it into my head that I wanted fringes, back in October. Don't get me wrong it doesn't exactly look too bad or anything like that. But it does seem like what I've got on my head isn't hair but Medusa's snakes.

[Scheherazade]

I think this would be a good time for a picture..That's interesting.

Probably for the first time someone is asking to see my picture again after they got over the initial shock, panic and fear attack!

Just because you have not turned into stone after the first time does not mean you won't after the second or third, y'know... :p



Just to let you the beautiful haired people of the Forum that yesterday I had a pony tail!

OK, it was more of a bunny tail than a pony but it is still a tail and my hair is growing again!

Also, I am now considering donating my hair regularly; say every 3 or 4 years. Have I lost it?

[motherhubbard]

You did a good thing and should be proud. I think it's a good idea to do it every few years. I'm glad you got it pulled back. That didn't take TOO long.

[*Classic*Charm*]

You're a brave woman, Scher! I could never let go of my hair like that! I have two girl friends who shaved their heads this year to donate their hair to cancer. I have a lot of respect for those of you that so it!

Congrats on the pony tail:)

[Niamh]

its for a good cause and if you can live with it go for it! :D

[Scheherazade]

Gee, if all you guys think it is such a grand idea, why aren't you joining me next time I go for a chop?

:D

[Niamh]

Eh.....

[1n50mn14]

I always used to donate my hair to the Cancer Society's wig fund- it grows so quickly I could always afford to lop off a foot and mail it away.

As it is, I don't think I'll be going short again for quite some time. It's taken a year to get to where I am now, and the sides are still shaved down, because I need to hack at something!

[K.M Roberston]

When I was younger I gave about two and a half feet to locks of love, but because it is so thick i am sure for normal hair it would be more like 5 feet!

[Scheherazade]

When I was younger I gave about two and a half feet to locks of love, but because it is so thick i am sure for normal hair it would be more like 5 feet!The hairdresser said the same thing to me! :)

Now my hair is touching my shoulders again and can be forced into a pony tail.

And I am already wondering when I can donate again next :eek:

[TurquoiseSunset]

Years ago, the week before I started highschool my mom cut my hair very short and we had the terrible idea of cutting a fringe. I have fine curly hair, but I keep it straight. Even so it tends to get 'poofy'. Anyway, my hair was in a short 'poofed-out' bob that reached my ears and she cut my fringe wrong so that it started just higher than the middle of my forehead. So basically I ended up looking like button mushroom. It was terrible starting a new school that way! I actually cried, hehe.

I have hardly any pictures of myself for those two years. I still have nightmares about it and refuse to cut my any shorter than shoulder length now :D

The good thing is my parents always let me decide what I wanted to wear or do with my hair, etc. The bad thing is that my parents always let me decide what I wanted to wear or do with my hair, etc. :lol: :p

[Scheherazade]

The good thing is my parents always let me decide what I wanted to wear or do with my hair, etc. The bad thing is that my parents always let me decide what I wanted to wear or do with my hair, etc. :lol: :p:D

I have not always made the best "hair" choice either... When I turned 17, I cut my hair so short that I could barely hold it.. with a fringe long enough to cover my eyes and sideburns to cover my cheeks.

The day before my university graduation ceremony, I had another very short haircut but this time it was more "normal" - though still shocking for people who knew me with very long hair for 3-4 years.

It is good to experiment while young :D

[TurquoiseSunset]

It is good to experiment while young :D

Definitely! Now, I'll never be tempted to cut my hair short again because I know I look terrible with it...and everybody has mostly forgotten the whole thing as well :)

[Scheherazade]

Definitely! Now, I'll never be tempted to cut my hair short again Oh, I don't know about that... 20 years on, I am still doing the same thing! :D

[TurquoiseSunset]

No I had so much trouble with my short hair and it took so looooong to grow back, that I will NEVER do it again :D EVER :D

[papayahed]

90 F and high humidity =

http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/afm-style-files/wp-content/uploads/frizzyhair.jpg
(Not my picture)

Except in my case I wear a hard hat so it's flatter on top and bigger on the sides, kinda bozo-ish.

[TurquoiseSunset]

Yes, exactly... That might as well have been a picture of me.
I have to blowdry my hair with round ceramic brushes and then I go over the bits you can see with a ceramic iron... And then, hopefully, it stays in place...

[Scheherazade]

Don't you just miss the 80s?

I know I do because my hair always looks like that ^ too.

I can never straighten my own hair even though I love straight hair. Even at the hairdresser's it takes two people about 45 minutes to get it done.

[TurquoiseSunset]

My hair is fine (I would add 'luckily' but it's not always a blessing), so it's easier to torture it into being straight. However, I can never wear it curly without a truck load of mousse otherwise I'll end up looking like an Bichon Frisé with really long hair. :sick:

So I'm doomed to spend half an hour on drying my hair...

[sprinks]

It is good to experiment while young :D

heh :D. Right now I have long dark brown (once black) hair, tomorrow I'm going back to short blonde hair!!

[qimissung]

You guys with long thick hair are SO lucky! My hair is "baby fine." :D And short. It doesn't really grow past my shoulders, nor is it flattering when it's long. Sigh. I have to wash and blow dry it every day because it doesn't have body either. I still remember finding that out. I was in the seventh grade, and a friend told me. It was worse than finding out about the birds and the bees. :lol: So every day is a potentially bad hair day for me.

[Niamh]

90 F and high humidity =

http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/afm-style-files/wp-content/uploads/frizzyhair.jpg
(Not my picture)

Except in my case I wear a hard hat so it's flatter on top and bigger on the sides, kinda bozo-ish.

that looks like my hair if i blow dry it...

[prendrelemick]

I'm having a no hair day! (again)

[motherhubbard]

90 F and high humidity =

http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/afm-style-files/wp-content/uploads/frizzyhair.jpg
(Not my picture)



Hehehe... This is what Bailey looks like!

[Scheherazade]

You guys with long thick hair are SO lucky! Not sure if it is lucky as such. A very good friend often tells me that I have got thick hair to match my thick head! But he is follically challenged so we know that it is his jealousy getting the better of him! :rolleyes:
I'm having a no hair day! (again) Well, look on the bright side... One worry less... And you must be saving a lot of money on hair products and such! ;)

[1n50mn14]

Ugh. My hair is currently down to the bottom of my shoulder blades, and still shaved in a mohawk strip. *I doubt I'll ever be able to let it grow out, now...* but when I wear it down, not in a ponytail or anything, I still have people telling me, 'Wow! Your hair is so thick! Blahblahblah...'. When I pull it up and show the shaved sides, I tend to get a look like this: =O

If I still had a full head, I'd weight about 30 more pounds :lol:

Anybody else use John Freida? I get the frizzies big time, and also style/straighten/blow dry frequently, so I use John Freida Frizzease... it is expensive, but it works MIRACLES! Shampoo, conditioner, leave in conditioner, and serum. *thumbs up*

(P.s. big hair for the win. I often spend hours with a blow dryer, round brush and hairspray TRYING to make my hair look like the above photo!)

[Niamh]

Ugh. My hair is currently down to the bottom of my shoulder blades, and still shaved in a mohawk strip. *I doubt I'll ever be able to let it grow out, now...* but when I wear it down, not in a ponytail or anything, I still have people telling me, 'Wow! Your hair is so thick! Blahblahblah...'. When I pull it up and show the shaved sides, I tend to get a look like this: =O

If I still had a full head, I'd weight about 30 more pounds :lol:

Anybody else use John Freida? I get the frizzies big time, and also style/straighten/blow dry frequently, so I use John Freida Frizzease... it is expensive, but it works MIRACLES! Shampoo, conditioner, leave in conditioner, and serum. *thumbs up*

John freida has stopped working on my hair... I use a pantane brunnette serum now instead and a hena based conditioner... and an elvive shampoo. the combo actually works.


(P.s. big hair for the win. I often spend hours with a blow dryer, round brush and hairspray TRYING to make my hair look like the above photo!)
Jeez all i have to do is turn a blow dryer on. Have you tried by drying your hair upside down?

[papayahed]

(P.s. big hair for the win. I often spend hours with a blow dryer, round brush and hairspray TRYING to make my hair look like the above photo!)

All you need is a little mousse and a lot of hairspray and blamo you have to scooch down while driving so your hair doesn't hit the roof.

I wonder if I can still make big hair? Maybe I'll try this weekend since I can't watch TV.:lol:

[TurquoiseSunset]

Anybody else use John Freida? I get the frizzies big time, and also style/straighten/blow dry frequently, so I use John Freida Frizzease... it is expensive, but it works MIRACLES! Shampoo, conditioner, leave in conditioner, and serum. *thumbs up*

John Frieda also doesn't work for me, like for Niamh, because my hair is so fine - I have a lot of it though. I can't use all the serums and creams because it causes build-up on my hair. So I have to use Gill for dry scalp (I have seriously sensitive skin and other shampoos give me eczema, and Gill makes your hair REALLY soft too!) and I have to use a salon conditioner. Then every other week I also have to use a deep cleaning shampoo. My hair is a lot of trouble... :sick:


(P.s. big hair for the win. I often spend hours with a blow dryer, round brush and hairspray TRYING to make my hair look like the above photo!)

Heh, I can just leave my hair to dry naturally for that :p

[Scheherazade]

Heh, I can just leave my hair to dry naturally for that :pDitto. When it is like that, I can audition for Cathy from Wuthering Heights! :D

Maybe I should go back to having my fringe like this:

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/5097/hairr.png (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/hairr.png/)

[TurquoiseSunset]

Oh no, I hope you're not serious! You'll get lung cancer from using all that hairspray! :p

[kasie]

Friends and fellow-sufferers - if I may call you that - that Big Hair look is caused by aiming the hot air from the dryer underneath the hair. It's called 'root lift' - if you lift the hair on a brush and aim underneath, it lifts the hair away from the scalp: if you roll the hair on a brush and aim the heat on the top of the hair, the hair lies closer to the head. How do I know? Well, it's surprising what you learn watching make-overs on day-time tv...... No, no, I've given all that up nowadays, honest, Guv, but they filled the time when I was convalescent a few years ago.

Would you believe I didn't know until I was twenty-five that I had naturally curly hair? I was apparently a little toe-rag about having my hair washed/brushed/combed/touched even, so my mother took me, all of two and a half years old, dumped me in the hairdresser's chair and muttered through clenched teeth, 'Cut it all off, she's driving me mad!' And insisted thereafter that I kept it cut short - and as she and my father were keeping me in my studies, I felt I ought to keep to their requirements....until the day I sat behind instead of beside my friend, Pauline, and felt a surge of envy at the sight of her smooth golden tresses and conceived the desire to have hair just like hers. The fact that her honey blond silken locks cost her dearly, not just in time but in hard cash too escaped me, as did the fact that I had blue-black hair that behaved like wire and it was never, ever, going to flow and gleam like hers. Nevertheless, I set to and let my hair grow - the most difficult part was ignoring my mother's pointed comments about 'looking like a poet/ a besom in a fit/as if I'd come through a hedge backwards' etc, etc. But as time went on, my hair, which normally grew at a rate of knots when I tried keeping it short, seemed not to grow at all when I wanted it long. One day in exasperation I pulled at the ends to see just how near my shoulders it had grown - and discovered it was nearly touching my shoulders, but when I let it go, it sprang back in tight, though unruly, curls. My hairdresser prescribed a perm to straighten it but warned me it would ruin my hair which would never be the same again. I persevered for a few months more, had a special hair-do for graduation which involved hours having it dried on big rollers then redried by hand and I loved it, though my mother declared the centre parting made me look 'like Jane Eyre' (very literary hair I have....). The mortar board sat neatly and safely on top next morning - until it rained... No amount of pins would keep the wretched thing securely on the mop of tight curls that resulted from the damp air! I sidled off to the hair dresser and had it 'shaped' before I started my new job. And my mother loved me again. But I've never had my head as severely shorn since - a little natural curl, aided by 'root lift' has been my style ever since. I know it needs cutting when it takes more than a couple of passes with the dryer to set it in place.

[Scheherazade]

Friends and fellow-sufferers - if I may call you that - that Big Hair look is caused by aiming the hot air from the dryer underneath the hair. It's called 'root lift' - That is what I used to do!!! :D

Kasie> I loved reading the story of your hair; you should post it in your blog as well so that it does not get lost in here.

:)

[kasie]

Glad it raised a smile, Scher - it was a disaster (to me) at the time! My mother never said, 'I told you so' - she didn't need to, it was written all over her face.

Ummm - I don't have a blog....

[Scheherazade]

Ummm - I don't have a blog....We can change that right now:

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog_post.php?do=newblog

:D

[higley]

I can't settle on a color.... I was dark brown for a while, then a medium red, then a purplish red... and now blonde-ish. I already know I'll be going back to a wild red once I tire of the blonde! I have a visual timeline of these through photos, they're like stages of my life.. :D

[Buh4Bee]

I have to laugh, because I love big hair. I just don't have the patience to do it. I have all the equipment and shocked my younger sister when I tried to indoctrinate her into the backyard hair secrets that we all swear were done at the salon by the dam hair dresser. I also didn't learn to "do" my hair until I was in my late twenties.

Well, I guess here I can claim my hairitage roots, because I grew up in Jersey in the 80s in the midst of the BIG hair phenomenon. Thank God, I moved away. However, I still get a body wave once a year to be sure I am maintaining some kind of volume in my pin straight hair.

[TurquoiseSunset]

I can't settle on a color.... I was dark brown for a while, then a medium red, then a purplish red... and now blonde-ish. I already know I'll be going back to a wild red once I tire of the blonde! I have a visual timeline of these through photos, they're like stages of my life.. :D I once saw a picture you posted of yourself and I think you'll nice with any red...


I also didn't learn to "do" my hair until I was in my late twenties.

I only got the hang of my hair in my early twenties. So all through highschool I hated my hair because I could never get it to do what I wanted.

[Niamh]

I only got the hang of my hair in my early twenties. So all through highschool I hated my hair because I could never get it to do what I wanted.

Same here.

[Scheherazade]

So, yesterday I did go to the hairdresser's and had a haircut. Now I have a wavy bob (they cut off about 5 inches), leaving me looking somewhat like this:

http://modern-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/curly_bob_haircut.jpg

I am liking it so far! :)

[papayahed]

Very cute.

[Scheherazade]

I am enjoying it so far! :)

[*Classic*Charm*]

Pretty Scher! So where are the actual photos? Unless you really are Halle Berry in disguise ;)

[DanielBenoit]

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/5097/hairr.png (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/hairr.png/)

Wow Schez, I never imagined you looked like this! :lol::p

[Scheherazade]

Well, if you ignore her blond hair, blue eyes, striking cheekbones, perfect nose and, most importantly, "come hither" looks, we look pretty much the same!

[The Comedian]

Well, if you ignore her blond hair, blue eyes, striking cheekbones, perfect nose and, most importantly, "come hither" looks, we look pretty much the same!

Ever thought of postin' a "real" picture of yourself sometime? Just wonderin'. . ..

[Scheherazade]

Ever thought of postin' a "real" picture of yourself sometime? Just wonderin'. . ..Oh, so many times!

:D

[kasie]

Is the New Look easy to maintain, Scher? That's the important question. How difficult is it to keep that carefree, windblown look?

[Scheherazade]

Is the New Look easy to maintain, Scher? That's the important question. How difficult is it to keep that carefree, windblown look?Well, it was pretty easy until it started to rain non-stop. I keep getting wet regularly on daily basis.

Now I mostly look like I am carrying a huge bird's nest on my head.

[JuniperWoolf]

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/5097/hairr.png (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/hairr.png/)

My boyfriend was looking over my shoulder when he saw this picture and now he's going nuts to try to remember her name. What is it?

Edit: Nevermind, we just found out that it's Morgan Fairchild.

[kasie]

Perhaps the time has come for a close crop? Wet weather plays havoc with the bouncy look. I got caught in a colossal downpour on a day-trip to the Blue Mountains outside Sydney - I'd had a really short cut before I left for the trip, designed to minimise fussing over hair while travelling, so as soon as I got to a Ladies' Room (or should that be Sheilas' Room?), I stuck my head under the hand dryer, ruffled my drenched locks with my fingers in the hot air stream, shook my head and emerged more or less dried and 'styled'. I was a bit red in the cheeks and I'd no doubt confirmed a few Oz suspicions about the loony Poms - certainly got a few startled looks- but it worked!

[Scheherazade]

I stuck my head under the hand dryer, ruffled my drenched locks with my fingers in the hot air stream, shook my head and emerged more or less dried and 'styled'. Hey, great idea! Will remember it next time I am wet and have access to a hand dryer!

:D

[Niamh]

i've done that before... not a good idea when you have hair thats not sure if it wants to be an afro, a ball of fuzz, curly, wavy or straight. :p

[Scheherazade]

Just to remind anyone who happen to live in humid climates and have wavy hair:

Do not forget to use conditioner in the shower!

I am perfect for Frizz-Ease commercials at the moment. :-/

[L.M. The Third]

Well, since Scher seems to be resurrecting all the old threads I'll mention my horrendous hair day. I've been sick, and with super-thick hair one night's sleep gets it pretty tangled, but a day and two nights in bed equals rats nest! I really should have braided it. It's going to take _forever_ to brush out. I think I might just have to shave it all off, like I'm always threatening to do.

[Scheherazade]

We have a very bored Scher in our hands tonight :D

Combing before rinsing off the conditioner in the bath doesn't help?

[L.M. The Third]

Putting in a whole bottle of conditioner is going to be the only way to it keep from coming out with the brushing or from getting shaved!

[papayahed]

Ack!!

We have a bangs crisis!!!!

[papayahed]

Yeah!

I dyed my hair at home and it didn't stick to the gray very well. It's weird all my gray are sprouting from one specific area, kinda like Bonnie Riatt. Then two hair cuts ago I went to a different stylist and she did something wanky to my bangs now when the get to a certain point I have a giant cowlick.

[Niamh]

i need to dye my hair. I had bad hair morning when i got up. whitney huston a la bodyguard had nothing on my hair this morning! :p

[Scheherazade]

I think I will let my hair grow again.

At the moment it is barely touching my shoulders.

[L.M. The Third]

I guess I'll mention this here. The other day (oddly enough through an image search of Dorothea Brooke) I came across a forum called The Long Hair Community. It was a very active forum, with women obsessive about growing long hair. They talk and talk and talk about how to grow their hair, and what to do with it, and how long it is, etc.

I have relatively long hair, and I'm not completely immune to female interests. But seriously, I don't know whether to laugh or cry about women so obsessed with hair.

[papayahed]

I guess I'll mention this here. The other day (oddly enough through an image search of Dorothea Brooke) I came across a forum called The Long Hair Community. It was a very active forum, with women obsessive about growing long hair. They talk and talk and talk about how to grow their hair, and what to do with it, and how long it is, etc.

I have relatively long hair, and I'm not completely immune to female interests. But seriously, I don't know whether to laugh or cry about women so obsessed with hair.

ehem (http://www.naturallycurly.com/curltalk/index.php?sid=fb2634e3260cde55f928cd953c4a7a9d)

I belong to a very active website for curly hair, just because we talk about it and share tips and products doesn't an obsession make.

[L.M. The Third]

ehem (http://www.naturallycurly.com/curltalk/index.php?sid=fb2634e3260cde55f928cd953c4a7a9d)

I belong to a very active website for curly hair, just because we talk about it and share tips and products doesn't an obsession make.

Well, um... I'm not saying that membership on such a board has no uses. It would probably benefit me, since I should learn to do more with my hair, rather than always threatening to shave it. But it just seemed like those women spent an inordinate amount of time and money, growing their hair to great lengths.

[Scheherazade]

I think growing hair for sake of it (as an obsession) is different from having naturally curly hair and having to deal with it.

If my hair were that curly, I would look for ways of dealing with it as well. Even now, I have to use some product to tame mine although it is only wavy.

What is the craziest permanent hair colour have you ever had?

[Niamh]

I'm having a bad hair month. Its in need of a cut and a dye. I've spotted more greys in the last two months than in the last year... I think its all because of college. :p

[Scheherazade]

I think its all because of college. :pI know... Which is why I keep studying. There is always a ready excuse to blame the bad hair days on!

:D

[soundofmusic]

It's tough to go with a new cut and color at once; you and your hair need to adjust. I've been dying my hair since I was 16, that is when I got a gray lock in my almost black hair.
Last month, I used the same dye I use all the time, Loreal cream, and it turned my hair a fake cheap wig shade of blue black. Fortunately, I wash my hair daily and either put conditioner or mousse in it. I could probably dye again in 4 weeks; but I wait 6.

Oh, a few years ago, during a thin hair period, I tried that Feria, a black with maroone highlights...my head looked like it was bleeding; so I wore a wig until I got rid of the color.

[L.M. The Third]

I think growing hair for sake of it (as an obsession) is different from having naturally curly hair and having to deal with it.

If my hair were that curly, I would look for ways of dealing with it as well. Even now, I have to use some product to tame mine although it is only wavy.



Right. Those of us who wish we had curly hair, probably just don't know the trials attending it.

[papayahed]

I'm trying to decide if I want to dye my hair. I have a small patch of gray in the front kinda like the lady from What Not to Wear:

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/cm/goodhousekeeping/images/stacy-london-lg-16345031.jpg

only not as much gray. I saw this lady at the pool the other day and she had purplish highlights and she said she got the highligts to cover the gray. I would love purple highlights!!! But I don't necessarily want to keep dying the gray.

[Scheherazade]

I think the grey in the picture is rather cute... And so are the purple highlights.

All my hair was dyed plum a few years ago.

So, I say give the purple highlights a try... You live once! :D

[soundofmusic]

I'm trying to decide if I want to dye my hair. I have a small patch of gray in the front kinda like the lady from What Not to Wear:
only not as much gray. I saw this lady at the pool the other day and she had purplish highlights and she said she got the highligts to cover the gray. I would love purple highlights!!! But I don't necessarily want to keep dying the gray.

I think this woman probably needed the eye to move to her hair because her facial features are very sharp...
Purple might look cute on you and the highlights eventually grow out just like any color does; so you can go back to your gray look if you like.

[Scheherazade]

During the past couple of weeks, when the weather was dry and warm, my hair was rather good but now that the rain is back, I am back to being a dandelion!

:-/

[Taliesin]

So when people blow your hair flies away, and each hair grows into another wig that is impossible to get rid of next year?

[Scheherazade]

So when people blow your hair flies away, and each hair grows into another wig that is impossible to get rid of next year?Wishful thinking!

If that were the case, my hair would be enough to cure the baldness of half the men in the Northern hemisphere!

[papayahed]

Due to humidity I've been going curly for a couple moths now. Yesterday I decided to straighten and it looked like crap. Is it the hair cut, have I lost my round brush wielding ability?? ack!

[Scheherazade]

Is it the hair cut, have I lost my round brush wielding ability?? ack!Of course it is the hair cut!

[Scheherazade]

Yesterday, I burnt my hair.

Because it is very long now (mid-back), I almost always put it in a messy bun but last couple of days I had such severe headaches that I could not stand having my hair tied like that... So, on Sunday when I leant in to check on the food over the cooker, a small portion burnt!

This made me realise maybe my hair is now long enough to donate again... I cannot believe it's been more than 3 years since last time.

I am just wondering if I want to do that before Christmas and look like an urchin during the holiday season... On the other hand, it is good to get it over and done with.

[TurquoiseSunset]

Will it not be a little chilly if you cut it all off over the winter? But then again, getting headaches is no good either.

I'm bored with my hair. I have been wearing it in the same style and colour for yeeeeeeeeeears now and I want something different, but I don't really think anything else will suite me as well as this look does. *sigh*

[Scheherazade]

Will it not be a little chilly if you cut it all off over the winter? But then again, getting headaches is no good either.I was getting the headaches because of the cold I had (though I suffer from sinus infections regularly too) but chill factor is something to consider, no doubt. Because of my hair type, I cannot wear hats either.
I'm bored with my hair. I have been wearing it in the same style and colour for yeeeeeeeeeears now and I want something different, but I don't really think anything else will suite me as well as this look does. *sigh*Donate yours too and dye it red? :goof:

[TurquoiseSunset]

Donate yours too and dye it red? :goof:

Um, maybe not. :D Donating is a nice idea, but anything shorter than shoulder length doesn't really work with my type of hair or face shape. I end up looking like a mushroom most of the time.

[Scheherazade]

First six months after I cut my hair, I looked like a dandelion. I was actually envious of Einstein's hair!

I realise it is a hard decision, though. I was just joking :)

[TurquoiseSunset]

First six months after I cut my hair, I looked like a dandelion. I was actually envious of Einstein's hair!

I realise it is a hard decision, though. I was just joking :)

No, I know you were joking...I didn't mean to sound so serious. :)

Hehehe, a dandelion. I hate to say it, but I think I'm just too vain to cope with looking like a dandelion for six months, especially having looked like a mushroom for so many years :D

Edit: Oh, and kudos to you for donating your hair. I think it's a really great thing to do.

[papayahed]

First six months after I cut my hair, I looked like a dandelion. I was actually envious of Einstein's hair!


I think I can speak for everyone when I say pictures please.

[Scheherazade]

Edit: Oh, and kudos to you for donating your hair. I think it's a really great thing to do.Had I not witnessed my father's battle with cancer, I am not sure if I would have done it either but, after losing him, I just wanted to do something that would really matter... More than just donating money.

:)
I think I can speak for everyone when I say pictures please.I will post "before and after" photos when I'm having it cut... But last time you saw me with short hair anyway!

[TurquoiseSunset]

Had I not witnessed my father's battle with cancer, I am not sure if I would have done it either but, after losing him, I just wanted to do something that would really matter... More than just donating money. :)

Ah, I understand. :)


I will post "before and after" photos when I'm having it cut...

Ooooh, I'm going to hold you to it!

[Scheherazade]

Oops, I did it again!


Guessing that no one else is having a worse hair day than myself today (lost about 12 inches), I am in desperate need of hearing your stories!

It's day three of turning into a hairless wonder yet once again and I still scream and jump back everytime I see myself in the mirror.

It will take only four years to grow it again. It's okay... Right?

:svengo:

[papayahed]

It will take only four years to grow it again. It's okay... Right?

:svengo:


Absolutely!! I'm sure it looks adorable however to be sure you'll have to post some thumnails please.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

I sure wish my biggest ****ing problem was my hair.

[qimissung]

I sure wish my biggest ****ing problem was my hair.

Are you not having a good day, Mutatis? I'm sorry.

I would love to see a picture, Scher! I bet you are cute with short hair. But so lucky to be able to grow it long/1

I got a body perm in May, best thing I've done for my hair in years, seeing as it has no body what. so. ever.

And I've been putting coconut oil on it before I wash it. Wow! That stuff is awesome!

[iamnobody]

I haven't heard of using coconut oil. Does it make your hair oily?
I work in a "dry" room, so my hair gets very dry and brittle but it is also very fine, so there are many products that just make my hair look oily.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

No, not particularly. Just catharticizing (neologism).

Actually, I do have a pesky cowlick. It can be quite irksome.

[qimissung]

I can't help with the cowlick, Mutatis, sorry. I have one, too! It makes one whole side of my hair look different from the other side. So annlying.

As to the coconut oil, Iamnobody, try it on a day when you're not going anywhere. I do have the body perm which seems to have made my hair very dry. Otherwise, like you, my normal hair is fine, and I don't think something like this would have worked. Maybe once or twice a month.

[Scheherazade]

Does it moisturise your hair, Qimi?

I shall opt for an attachment as opposed to thumbnails, which seem to be all the rage on the Forum.

[Lokasenna]

I worked out the other day that my hairline is receeding significantly faster than continental drift.

I do wish my hair would make up its mind: either I go bald or I do not. It's this shilly-shallying that's so undignified. I'm far too pragmatic to be greatly distressed by the loss of my hair, but I'm not particularly ready to shave is all off yet...

[Scheherazade]

I keep getting "hair restoration" treatment adverts since this thread has become active again.

:D

[JuniperWoolf]

I bleached all my hair to dye it hot pink a year and a half ago, my uncle dyed it back to brown (he cares more about my stupid hair than I do) so now I'm growing my hair out and trimming it little by little until the part that was bleached is gone. I can clearly tell where it begins, because it's hard to get a brush through the bleached part when my hair's wet.

[Scheherazade]

Doesn't pink show on your natural colour?

I used to dye my hair plum when I was younger but had no problems with it.

[Lokasenna]

I dyed my hair white once, for a bet. It didn't look anywhere near as cool as I'd imagined, and fortunately was not permanent!

[JuniperWoolf]

^I once tried to dye my hair with pink and blue stripes, and the colors combined and made grey somehow. I was the only fifteen year old with grey hair that I've seen yet, and with the brown underneath I thought it looked cool, but I changed it when the guy I walked home from school with called me an old lady.


Doesn't pink show on your natural colour?

It would, but I bleached my hair first so it turned almost clear it was so white. The pink was really vibrant at first, more like fuschia, then it faded to sort of a cherry-blossom pink. I thought it was beautiful, but apparently according to my uncle, pink is more of a "highlight color." :-/

[TurquoiseSunset]

I shall opt for an attachment as opposed to thumbnails, which seem to be all the rage on the Forum.

So Miss Dandelion? How are you feeling about the crop ;)

Also, what is this thumbnail business everyone's going on about??

[Sancho]

It is hair like mine that inspired the inventors of hats. It usually looks like it has been trimmed by a chimpanzee, and it doesn’t help that a cow has licked me on both sides of my head (front and back).

[Scheherazade]

So Miss Dandelion? How are you feeling about the crop ;)Still trying to get used to... Mornings are fun with hair sticking out in all directions while seeming pressed in all the wrong places.

Because I had let my hair grow a little more this time round, my chop is not as short as it was last time, which makes it a little easier. Just a little! ;)

On a positive note, I have stopped jumping and screaming every time I looked in the mirror.

Re. Thumbnails. We are trying to discouraging the use of too many large images because they make viewing difficult unless you have very fast connection.

[Sancho]

I've got to say, Scher, that's about the finest head of hair I've seen. And what were you thinking when you cut it? That said, around here, we all get high-speed low-drag haircuts for the summer. It's so much less trouble - and less wear-n-tear on the pool filter.

[qimissung]

Here are a few links as to why coconut oil is good for hair, and how to use it:


http://www.organicfacts.net/organic-oils/organic-coconut-oil/coconut-oil-for-hair.html


http://www.coconut-oil-central.com/coconut-oil-for-hair.html



Even Lokasenna might want to take a look! :)

Scher, is that your hair in the picture? If it is, it's quite beautiful.

[TurquoiseSunset]

Still trying to get used to... Mornings are fun with hair sticking out in all directions while seeming pressed in all the wrong places.

Because I had let my hair grow a little more this time round, my chop is not as short as it was last time, which makes it a little easier. Just a little! ;)

On a positive note, I have stopped jumping and screaming every time I looked in the mirror.

Re. Thumbnails. We are trying to discouraging the use of too many large images because they make viewing difficult unless you have very fast connection.

Smart growing it out for a little longer.

My cousin's daughter wants to grow her hair as long as yours was; she wants me to to it as well. My hair grows so slowly though, but why not? I'll just have to grow it out even longer. Then when I have it cut I can donate my hair without having to suffer very short hair!

Anyway, I'll post a picture before I have it cut...in five years time. :lol:

Good call re the thumbnails!

[Scheherazade]

I've got to say, Scher, that's about the finest head of hair I've seen. And what were you thinking when you cut it? That said, around here, we all get high-speed low-drag haircuts for the summer. It's so much less trouble - and less wear-n-tear on the pool filter.Thank you, Sancho. Lucky catch in the gene pool ;)

Cut it because of this (http://www.locksoflove.org/). The thread was started four years ago when I had it cut for the first time.
Scher, is that your hair in the picture? If it is, it's quite beautiful.Yes, that's my hair, Qimi... While it was still attached to my head.
Thanks for all the information on coconut oil, by the way. I had no idea. Might give it a try. Think it might make it grow quickly?



Anyway, I'll post a picture before I have it cut...in five years time. :lol:
See you in 2016? ;)

Hey, I will probably doing it again by then! We can arrange to have them cut on the same day maybe.

I am hoping that I will have a decent bob by Christmas. :goof:

[Sancho]

Thank you, Sancho. Lucky catch in the gene pool ;)

Cut it because of this (http://www.locksoflove.org/).

Ah-hah.

I don't use this word lightly, and I don't use it often, but that is AWESOME!

[qimissung]

Scher's a nice lady, no matter what anybody says. :D (kidding!)

It might help it grow faster, Scher. I don't know if that's one of the claims. It will make it shiny and soft. It's really good to ingest a bit, too. Coconut oil has lots of good properties. Just get a good one, you want to get Virgin Coconut Oil (no jokes, please).

It's also really good for your skin. I've been using it for about a week, and let's just say that it has made a difference. It takes a bit of getting used to, because it is an oil. Here's more about it here; same web site, just expanded:


http://www.organicfacts.net/organic-oils/organic-coconut-oil/health-benefits-of-coconut-oil.html

[Scheherazade]

Ah-hah.

I don't use this word lightly, and I don't use it often, but that is AWESOME!Thank you, Sancho.


Scher's a nice ladyPlease don't spread rumours, Qimi... However far fetched they might be, some might start to believe them. ;)

I will see if I can find some coconut oil at the supermarket next time I am there and get back to you!

[papayahed]

Coconut oil you say? I think I'll give it a whirl. I used to use jojoba oil for my hair but it got diffcult to find so I stopped.

[qimissung]

Yeah, jojoba good for a lot of things, too. I think you can still find it online, papaya. But coconut oil has lots of good properties, too. You might like it also.

[TurquoiseSunset]

Hey, I will probably doing it again by then! We can arrange to have them cut on the same day maybe.

I am hoping that I will have a decent bob by Christmas. :goof:

Hey, that's an idea, hehe. I swear, growing my hair that long will probably take as long as that. I don't even want to think about the time I'll have to spend in the mornings drying and styling it :out: It's for a good cause I guess.

[qimissung]

Welcome to my world, hehe.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrPMuqH11fc

[qimissung]

Cousin It was always my favorite Addams.

[Snowqueen]

My friend Janine once asked me not to cut my hair but I had a haircut today by my unprofessional sister. Though she believes it looks fine but I have a feeling I look ridiculous! I had a bad hair day. I guess I also need some coconut oil now.