the hair thread

Heineken Helen

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

: eek:

Helen, YOUR HAIR!!!!! : eek:

It's gorgeous : o: D

wow...

Thanks! Now how the fuck do I hire my own personal hairdresser to blow dry it every day for me

decides2dream

libragirl wrote:

Im a very girly girl..I rarely spend under $100 in sephora.


Why can't you blow out your hair like in the salon..everytime I do it..it ends up poofy...

:eek:
yikes!
yes, that is soooo not me. trust me, i like my make-up, although fairly minimal......love polish, always wear perfume, etc. always wear jewelry, like skirts and dresses....but yea...just not 'girly' about it. i have my moments sure, but i am just too into being comfortable and i like low-maintanence too much to get too girlified.....:p haha.


and that, i have no idea. quite honestly, i was never too fond of how my hair got 'done' at salons. i have naturally curly hair, and i liked it be quite natural. in the past year i've enjoyed having it ironed after a cut, but not something i would even attempt to do at home, nor could i be bothered. also why i decided to go for the japanese straightening. wake up with sitck-straight hair, easy. even easier than my curly hair. less fighting with knots. i still pet my hair, haha, b/c it just feels soooo different! i do like to have fun with my hair, wearing it up in different ways, etc.....but yes not really about fussing.

Heineken Helen wrote:

wow, I really can't picture it... but I bet it really really suits you actually. When you've had your hair straight OR curly for a while, it makes a huge difference to change it... lol, I don't think either of us are the girliest... so we should definitely have a girly night next time and just enjoy the irony.

yes, it's a HUGE change. first couple times i had it done, i didn't like it really...freaked me out. altho i always liked how it felt. everyone else really liked it, but i just felt so odd. over time i enjoyed it. thus why i went for the straightening. i used to blowout my hair in high school...but not since. so yes, i've been walking around with my curly hair for 20+ years....although varying lengths/changes otherwise. i think the biggest thing is bangs! i haven't had bangs since i was a little girl .....so very odd! i like em though.


and, absolutely....!

Jennytree

libragirl wrote:

Im a very girly girl..I rarely spend under $100 in sephora.


Why can't you blow out your hair like in the salon..everytime I do it..it ends up poofy...

half my credit card bill was spent on all the sephora stuff I bought in NY... I don't even consider myself a girly girl!! I spent HOURS in those shops though!!

And I'm the opposite... I loooove poofy hair, I cannae get it poofy enough :D

Heineken Helen

decides2dream wrote:

yes, it's a HUGE change. first couple times i had it done, i didn't like it really...freaked me out. altho i always liked how it felt. everyone else really liked it, but i just felt so odd. over time i enjoyed it. thus why i went for the straightening. i used to blowout my hair in high school...but not since. so yes, i've been walking around with my curly hair for 20+ years....although varying lengths/changes otherwise. i think the biggest thing is bangs! i haven't had bangs since i was a little girl .....so very odd! i like em though.


and, absolutely....!

is it permanently straightened? I've always wondered about that. Oh and... what are bangs?

Ok, I'm about to prove my ungirliness... what the fuck is sephora?

Jennytree

Heineken Helen wrote:

is it permanently straightened? I've always wondered about that. Oh and... what are bangs?

Ok, I'm about to prove my ungirliness... what the fuck is sephora?

a fringe, Helen

And sephora is the best cosmetics shop in the world. Think Boots meets make up in Roches x1000.

Sian-of-the-dead

Heineken Helen wrote:

Thanks! Now how the fuck do I hire my own personal hairdresser to blow dry it every day for me

I could manage it in Devon for you... but you can fuck off if you think i'm being sponsored by Ryanair and flying over everyday so you can get a slick barnet! ;)

libragirl

Jennytree wrote:

half my credit card bill was spent on all the sephora stuff I bought in NY... I don't even consider myself a girly girl!! I spent HOURS in those shops though!!

And I'm the opposite... I loooove poofy hair, I cannae get it poofy enough :D

yeah that place is dangerous for me...I have a bob and poofy just looks wierd. I like the sleek but voluminous look i get at the salon .

helen...sephora is a beauty superstore

libragirl

Heineken Helen wrote:

so here's how the new hair looked on Saturday:

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v295/18/125/648930914/n648930914_1479276_450.jpg

Of course it no longer looks ANYTHING like that

ah..very chic...that's how i want my hair to look..when i blow it out..it gets too poofy :( I think i need a bigger brush.

Heineken Helen

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

I could manage it in Devon for you... but you can fuck off if you think i'm being sponsored by Ryanair and flying over everyday so you can get a slick barnet! : p;)

:eek: excellent. Thanks It's just the blowdrying I have issue with... although I managed it last night... bought the big round brush and all (libragirl it really DOES help)

Thanks Jenny was never sure if it was a fringe, layers... or... something else :eek:

comebackwoman

Heineken Helen wrote:

so here's how the new hair looked on Saturday:

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v295/18/125/648930914/n648930914_1479276_450.jpg

Of course it no longer looks ANYTHING like that

very chic! I love it! I'm not very good at blowing out my hair either - I do the best I can, but a straightening iron really helps me smooth it out.

reversedarwinism

Ya know, I always had mostly strait hair. Rediculous undercut hair as a teen in the nineties. Long hair down past my the middle of my back and showed some curl at the ends. Then really short hair for a couple years, grew it out a few inches last year and... wtf - curly hair. My family asking what I did... I don't know, but I like it. I just never had this hair before. I guess my dad said the same thing happened to him, but he was alot youndger and has a total afro.

decides2dream

reversedarwinism wrote:

Ya know, I always had mostly strait hair. Rediculous undercut hair as a teen in the nineties. Long hair down past my the middle of my back and showed some curl at the ends. Then really short hair for a couple years, grew it out a few inches last year and... wtf - curly hair. My family asking what I did... I don't know, but I like it. I just never had this hair before. I guess my dad said the same thing happened to him, but he was alot youndger and has a total afro.

as a young child, i had fairly straight hair...bit of wave, but not much. in the 5th grade my mother MADE me get a perm, fuck if i know why. i didn't want one, but she insisted. i was an afro head, it was NOT pretty. this is also back in the day if serious chemicals. i still believe it somehow permanently altered my hair, b/c from that point on it was VERY wavy afterwards, and got curlier and curlier. and even with my hair overall being CURLY...i had sections that were quite straight. i have odd hair. so who knows what'll happen now? it's amazing how much you can change over time/age. i had light brown, barely wavy hair and dark brown eyes as a child. as an adult i have very dark brown curly hair, and hazel eyes...almost green. bizarre.



helen - the japanese straightening is kind of the opposite of a perm. i do believe it lasts longer though. altho for me, perms really were pretty permanent. the stylist told me it should last 6-8 months, depending on my hair and regrowth. i am hoping for 8 months. we shall see. i think i want to do it again when it does start going back/growing...but i also don't want to damage my hair. right now my hair is uber healthy...and it looks it and feels it....and i'd like to keep it that way. however, it is just so fun being so different, and yes...it's sooooo EASY!

reversedarwinism

decides2dream wrote:

as a young child, i had fairly straight hair...bit of wave, but not much. in the 5th grade my mother MADE me get a perm, fuck if i know why. i didn't want one, but she insisted. i was an afro head, it was NOT pretty. this is also back in the day if serious chemicals. i still believe it somehow permanently altered my hair, b/c from that point on it was VERY wavy afterwards, and got curlier and curlier. and even with my hair overall being CURLY...i had sections that were quite straight. i have odd hair. so who knows what'll happen now? it's amazing how much you can change over time/age. i had light brown, barely wavy hair and dark brown eyes as a child. as an adult i have very dark brown curly hair, and hazel eyes...almost green. bizarre.



helen - the japanese straightening is kind of the opposite of a perm. i do believe it lasts longer though. altho for me, perms really were pretty permanent. the stylist told me it should last 6-8 months, depending on my hair and regrowth. i am hoping for 8 months. we shall see. i think i want to do it again when it does start going back/growing...but i also don't want to damage my hair. right now my hair is uber healthy...and it looks it and feels it....and i'd like to keep it that way. however, it is just so fun being so different, and yes...it's sooooo EASY!

Yeah, that eye thing is bizarre. Never heard of that.

So many women I know, that are 20+, aren't sure what their natural hair color is from all the dying.

decides2dream

chadwick wrote:

i just got a hair cut. (im all brand spankin new now)
i love when i get a new hair cut.
it feels nice for some reason.

one of these days i'll have to shave my facial hair.
it's been a few weeks.

moral of the story is this:
i have hair and i talked about it in this thread.
it's blonde-brown colored and short.

now who's proud of me??

very proud.

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

This thread inspired me to go all-over blonde tonight!

I've got the color on now, and I'm waiting to rinse.

If this looks bad, I'm going to hold each one of you personally responsible

so?
how'd it come out?

reversedarwinism wrote:

Yeah, that eye thing is bizarre. Never heard of that.

So many women I know, that are 20+, aren't sure what their natural hair color is from all the dying.

yes, it is rather odd.

and i KNOW! that was a big part of me holding out on dye for so long. i am the youngest in my family, and i was the only one with visible greys ...and yea, who knew for certain what her natural hair color was. once you start coloring, i think it's hard to let it grow out....b/c it probably looks like shite. thus why i wanted to go au naturale. i guess when the time comes i can chop it all and let it grow in. for now though, i am trying to have fun with it....and yes, it makes my husband happy. i had NO idea he disliked me going grey so much. c'est la vie!

comebackwoman

decides2dream wrote:

as a young child, i had fairly straight hair...bit of wave, but not much. in the 5th grade my mother MADE me get a perm, fuck if i know why. i didn't want one, but she insisted. i was an afro head, it was NOT pretty. this is also back in the day if serious chemicals. i still believe it somehow permanently altered my hair, b/c from that point on it was VERY wavy afterwards, and got curlier and curlier. and even with my hair overall being CURLY...i had sections that were quite straight. i have odd hair. so who knows what'll happen now? it's amazing how much you can change over time/age. i had light brown, barely wavy hair and dark brown eyes as a child. as an adult i have very dark brown curly hair, and hazel eyes...almost green. bizarre.



helen - the japanese straightening is kind of the opposite of a perm. i do believe it lasts longer though. altho for me, perms really were pretty permanent. the stylist told me it should last 6-8 months, depending on my hair and regrowth. i am hoping for 8 months. we shall see. i think i want to do it again when it does start going back/growing...but i also don't want to damage my hair. right now my hair is uber healthy...and it looks it and feels it....and i'd like to keep it that way. however, it is just so fun being so different, and yes...it's sooooo EASY!

Your hair looks great! Really shiny and smooth. How long does th japanese straightening take? Do you have to blow your hair out at all?

decides2dream

comebackgirl wrote:

Your hair looks great! Really shiny and smooth. How long does th japanese straightening take? Do you have to blow your hair out at all?

thanks.

5 hours. although i will say, it's not too bad really. and i personally think worth it. lasts for months and zero fuss on a daily basis.


and...nope, not at all! bout the only thing i *have* to do is wet my bangs down b/c when i sleep they get pushed to the sides so i have to get em back in place. otherwise, how you see me is what my hair looks like when i wake up. my curly hair NEVER did that. :eek: was usually a rat's nest that absolutely needed to be entirely picked through and air-dried....product added to keep it defrizzed and under control. right now, i really don't 'have' to use any product, b/c i usually put a wee bit of freida brilliant brunette smoothing creme, just to control any fly-aways, add a wee bit more sheen, and helps keep it straight-straight. it's funny now b/c if i wear a ponytail or a bun, my hair gets kinked. i've never had that with my curls...it's funny. only thing i miss is wearing my hair with a hairstick. i used to do that a lot, loved how it looked, but right now i don't like my hair with it. perhaps when i regain more of my length.

comebackwoman

decides2dream wrote:

thanks.

5 hours. although i will say, it's not too bad really. and i personally think worth it. lasts for months and zero fuss on a daily basis.


and...nope, not at all! bout the only thing i *have* to do is wet my bangs down b/c when i sleep they get pushed to the sides so i have to get em back in place. otherwise, how you see me is what my hair looks like when i wake up. my curly hair NEVER did that. :eek: was usually a rat's nest that absolutely needed to be entirely picked through and air-dried....product added to keep it defrizzed and under control. right now, i really don't 'have' to use any product, b/c i usually put a wee bit of freida brilliant brunette smoothing creme, just to control any fly-aways, add a wee bit more sheen, and helps keep it straight-straight. it's funny now b/c if i wear a ponytail or a bun, my hair gets kinked. i've never had that with my curls...it's funny. only thing i miss is wearing my hair with a hairstick. i used to do that a lot, loved how it looked, but right now i don't like my hair with it. perhaps when i regain more of my length.

5 hours is a loooong time...but to have no fuss on a daily basis it would be well worth it. I can never get my hair super straight - it always gets wavy no matter what I do to it or what I use...so I'm definitely considering doing this. Can they do it on color treated hair?

decides2dream

comebackgirl wrote:

5 hours is a loooong time...but to have no fuss on a daily basis it would be well worth it. I can never get my hair super straight - it always gets wavy no matter what I do to it or what I use...so I'm definitely considering doing this. Can they do it on color treated hair?

it is. however, i looked at it as this: i would have stick-straight hair for a minimum of 6 months with NO work on my behalf. granted, i would never be bothered straightening my hair on my own, haha, but still. i cannot believe how easy it is. so even with my 'no-fuss' curly hair....i still spend WAY less time on it. even in the shower! washing my curly hair, then combing thru the conditioner, etc.....difficult. now, comb glides right thru my hair..done...presto! so it's 5 hours in one day, at most 2x a year....and no work the rest of the year. for me, i like that math.


and yes, i do believe they can. i'd look into it if i were you. if you really like your hair straight i think it's worth it, probably keep your hair in better condition too rahter than struggle with it daily. people have mentioned it's very damaging, but my stylist disagreed with that assessment. i just know for my own hair, it was healthy/curly......now it's healthy/straight. dunno if i get it done over and over if that will still be the case, but i'll see as i go along. my hair wasn't colored when i had it done, but it will be next time. also, definitely ask around and shop around. it IS pricey, but again, i think worth it. i know i really looked into it and my stylist happened to have the best pricing, to the tune of $100-$150 less than anywhere else.

comebackwoman

decides2dream wrote:

it is. however, i looked at it as this: i would have stick-straight hair for a minimum of 6 months with NO work on my behalf. granted, i would never be bothered straightening my hair on my own, haha, but still. i cannot believe how easy it is. so even with my 'no-fuss' curly hair....i still spend WAY less time on it. even in the shower! washing my curly hair, then combing thru the conditioner, etc.....difficult. now, comb glides right thru my hair..done...presto! so it's 5 hours in one day, at most 2x a year....and no work the rest of the year. for me, i like that math.


and yes, i do believe they can. i'd look into it if i were you. if you really like your hair straight i think it's worth it, probably keep your hair in better condition too rahter than struggle with it daily. people have mentioned it's very damaging, but my stylist disagreed with that assessment. i just know for my own hair, it was healthy/curly......now it's healthy/straight. dunno if i get it done over and over if that will still be the case, but i'll see as i go along. my hair wasn't colored when i had it done, but it will be next time. also, definitely ask around and shop around. it IS pricey, but again, i think worth it. i know i really looked into it and my stylist happened to have the best pricing, to the tune of $100-$150 less than anywhere else.

I'm definitely gonna look into it. I think it's worth it - the amount of time that I spend "trying" to straighten my hair is ridiculous...and I'm sure the heat from my hair dryer and straightening iron is damaging for my hair - the process will probably make my hair healthier in the end! I'm pretty sure my salon does this - I'm going to ask my stylist about it the next time I go. Thanks!

reversedarwinism

decides2dream wrote:

yes, it is rather odd.

and i KNOW! that was a big part of me holding out on dye for so long. i am the youngest in my family, and i was the only one with visible greys ...and yea, who knew for certain what her natural hair color was. once you start coloring, i think it's hard to let it grow out....b/c it probably looks like shite. thus why i wanted to go au naturale. i guess when the time comes i can chop it all and let it grow in. for now though, i am trying to have fun with it....and yes, it makes my husband happy. i had NO idea he disliked me going grey so much. c'est la vie!

I guess you've got a pic in this thread somewhere from the complements. I'll have to go check that out. My fiance has quite a bit of gray. She dyes it black, which I love, but the grays start to show up fairly soon after. This woman at a health food store told her that she needed to take a vitamin b5 supplement, and its actually seems to be working. The grays never bothered me, but there are way less since her last dying and its been twice as long as usual between dyings. She's happy. Early graying does run in her family, though, and that was something the health food lady asked.