Hair question
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ratherbdancing
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I guess they want it really really straight. The hair looks pretty gross too--resembles straw. The problem is hair gets used to straightners, so probably every 8 months i have to upgrade my straightner or else it just stops going striahgt. Defiently not good for you hair! I'm starting to do the more curly look now in an effort to help the health of my hair.
alemana
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before Monday's Hair Tragedy, i used a straightening iron with products from Alberto V05 (cheap, their new red drugstore line) and another cheap drugstore serum. i also use a lot of Fructis stuff because it's inexpensive and i like the smell.
I just read the ingredients on all hair products and then figure out which line is the cheapest. The main diff between expensive and cheap products is fragrance, not formulation.
I just read the ingredients on all hair products and then figure out which line is the cheapest. The main diff between expensive and cheap products is fragrance, not formulation.
ratherbdancing
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Michelle DiMascio said:ratherbdancing said:Just an interesting fact but I actually know a lot of girls (teengage) that use clothing irons to straighten their hair.........talk about damage!
My mother used to do this to her hair. She was kind of a beatnick, poetry hipchick. You need to put a towel between your hair and the iron. And NEVER stop moving the iron. If you let it rest on one spot you're screwed.
nope they dont use towels!
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alemana
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Monday's Hair Tragedy (MHT):
I have been growing out my very short hair for a year. About exactly a year. It's been... hard. I like myself in short hair but wanted it longer almost exclusively for Dancing Purposes.
It's been hard, painful and, in my opinion, fairly unattractive. But I'd gotten it down to just below my chin, with some associated growing-out bangs that I hadn't decided what to do with. Another 2 inches and I would be ready for the beautiful long shag I'd dreamed of.
Summer, humid, bad hair days over and over, first adventures with straightening iron, new bright red color several hundred dollars, usually unhappy and it's hot with all this hair and what should I do but competition coming up try and let it grow try try try.
Suddenly on Monday I made an impulsive appointment at a new salon (cheating on my haircutter of 6 years) and received the worst haircut of my life. 48 hours later I booked another appt at a very pricey salon in an attempt to get it "fixed." The only fix was back to my short cut, which I am now sporting, several hundred dollars later and less than three weeks before my very first competition.
Extremely upsetting. I don't think I've ever been this upset over my hair. Apparently I am now a dancing barbie doll and hair trauma is enough to cause me to cry, gnash my teeth, and to lose both sleep and my typically monstrous appetite.
That's my hair trauma story. It looks a little better today, thanks to a bunch of product. But still. Another year until I can swing it around on the dancefloor like I've been dreaming about. Another whole freaking YEAR. I was so close, people.
Let this be a lesson unto you.
I have been growing out my very short hair for a year. About exactly a year. It's been... hard. I like myself in short hair but wanted it longer almost exclusively for Dancing Purposes.
It's been hard, painful and, in my opinion, fairly unattractive. But I'd gotten it down to just below my chin, with some associated growing-out bangs that I hadn't decided what to do with. Another 2 inches and I would be ready for the beautiful long shag I'd dreamed of.
Summer, humid, bad hair days over and over, first adventures with straightening iron, new bright red color several hundred dollars, usually unhappy and it's hot with all this hair and what should I do but competition coming up try and let it grow try try try.
Suddenly on Monday I made an impulsive appointment at a new salon (cheating on my haircutter of 6 years) and received the worst haircut of my life. 48 hours later I booked another appt at a very pricey salon in an attempt to get it "fixed." The only fix was back to my short cut, which I am now sporting, several hundred dollars later and less than three weeks before my very first competition.
Extremely upsetting. I don't think I've ever been this upset over my hair. Apparently I am now a dancing barbie doll and hair trauma is enough to cause me to cry, gnash my teeth, and to lose both sleep and my typically monstrous appetite.
That's my hair trauma story. It looks a little better today, thanks to a bunch of product. But still. Another year until I can swing it around on the dancefloor like I've been dreaming about. Another whole freaking YEAR. I was so close, people.
Let this be a lesson unto you.
alemana said:
This is truly the most profoundly tragic hair tale I've heard to date. And I've heard some doozies. :cry: :cry: May your hair re-grow fast, furious and healthy. Maybe the road rise up to meet you, and your hair vitamins abound. 8) :friend:
(Seriously. I can relate to the pain. :? )
chachachacat
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Alemana, you have my sympathy! I know that's painful and aggravating!
I've done stuff like that! Good luck with the comp, and I hope you feel calmer and more beautiful before then!
I've done stuff like that! Good luck with the comp, and I hope you feel calmer and more beautiful before then!
ratherbdancing
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pygmalion said:
I use a lot of good conditioners. Putting moose on it also helps the appearance. I also haven't dyed it in a while ( i will probably again within a month)
My sympathies to alemana as well. Hair may seem silly to some people when you go thtough something like that it truly is distressing.
alemana,
1st Don't panic.
2nd Don't get upset. It grows back.
3rd As far as the comp goes, you can always pin, gel or otherwise manipulate your hair into styaing in place.
Recently, in an effort to save money at the hair salon, I decided to color my own hair. Can anyone tell me how brown hair can have roots after using brown dye? I'm totally pissed! Ha Ha, I started typing die instead of dye.
Are you going to be at Empire this weekend? I'll be there for Saturday night, maybe we can talk about it if you're there.
I'll be the one with the curly brown hair, maybe straight, maybe in a ponytail, maybe both! :friend:
1st Don't panic.
2nd Don't get upset. It grows back.
3rd As far as the comp goes, you can always pin, gel or otherwise manipulate your hair into styaing in place.
Recently, in an effort to save money at the hair salon, I decided to color my own hair. Can anyone tell me how brown hair can have roots after using brown dye? I'm totally pissed! Ha Ha, I started typing die instead of dye.
Are you going to be at Empire this weekend? I'll be there for Saturday night, maybe we can talk about it if you're there.
I'll be the one with the curly brown hair, maybe straight, maybe in a ponytail, maybe both! :friend:
There's a really cute style for short hair that looks like an updo, but isn't. Umm... what's her name wore it for the ball in the movie "An American President." Very short hair, with the illusion of low ballerina bun. Just a thought... 8) I'm sure copious amounts of gel were involved.
Another Elizabeth
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Maybe I'm just in a punchy mood, but this is one of the funniest typos I've see in a while. I'm imagining someone walking around with a moose balanced on their head.ratherbdancing said:
(The foamy stuff you put in your hair is "mousse".)
Hey. We're dancers. Not spellers. :tongue: :lol: :lol:
I actually thought about starting a spelling pet peeve thread, but I didn't want to cast stones, living in a glass house, as I do.
:lol: The ones that bother me the worst are the homonyms -- to, too, and two, its and it's, etc. No-dang-body knows how to use those words properly, it seems. :headwall:
And, while we're on the subject, what exactly is mousse good for, anyway? The only thing I know for sure is that the big-haired Texas ladies use it to create incredibly large hairdos, even now. What else do you use mousse for? 8)
I actually thought about starting a spelling pet peeve thread, but I didn't want to cast stones, living in a glass house, as I do.
:lol: The ones that bother me the worst are the homonyms -- to, too, and two, its and it's, etc. No-dang-body knows how to use those words properly, it seems. :headwall: And, while we're on the subject, what exactly is mousse good for, anyway? The only thing I know for sure is that the big-haired Texas ladies use it to create incredibly large hairdos, even now. What else do you use mousse for? 8)