Chronicles of Hairnia

[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 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?

[Scheherazade]

So is this the new you Scher?

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

These paparazzi!!!!

[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 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!

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.

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-



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]

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

These paparazzi!!!!

Yeah how did Virgil get your photo anyway?

So is this the new you Scher?

Nice earrings! I have been wondering for sometime what Scher looked like. 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!

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.

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-



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!!! 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!

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!


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?

[aBIGsheep]

[sprinks]

This reminded me of one of my times in primary school . 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!!

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:

and then as it grew: (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!"