I cut my hair. A whole bunch.

[constanz22]

Jan 2, 2014 9:08:23 GMT -5 taz157 said:

I have thought of going red, but I'm too chicken. Plus I've never colored my hair as it us. My hair color is a medium-light brown.

I was chicken too, which is strange for me, cuz I pretty much have always been really laid back about my hair.  I, too, feel, eh, if I don't like it, it'll grow back, I can recolor it, etc.  there was this poster up at my salon, right by where I always got my hair done and every time I go in, I would say, I really want to try that, but I'm chicken.  This was over the course of about a year.  Lol, I finally just said, let's do it!  I will see if I can post a pic of the poster that shows the shade I was going for...

[constanz22]

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See if this works...this is the poster and shade I was going for.  Mine came out just a tad darker, but, I hear red fades pretty fast so it's probably good it's a little darker.  I have a really fair complexion so it is definitely a striking difference!

[constanz22]

media3.onsugar.com/files/2012/08/34/6/806/8060515/81bf8f7f21d29464_1.xxxlarge_1.JPG

Oops, take two, this is it!

[Deleted]

LOVE IT!!! Good choice! 

[wvugurl26]

Aveda has a Madder Root line that helps keep the red in your hair. It really works.

[Formerly SK]

I donated 11" to Locks of Love this past summer.  It was so nice to get all that hair cut off!  OTOH, now that my hair is short I have to get it cut a lot more often which is a PITA.  I haven't colored my hair in 15+ years and I'm tempted to do it, but I hate the thought of dealing with the growout and maintenance.  I'm too busy/lazy/cheap to keep going to the salon.

DH never has an opinion on my hair (even when I ask).  I think as long as I'm not bald he's happy - although maybe he wouldn't notice that either.  LOL

[violagirl]

I think in  my husband's mind I have long thick blond hair halfway down my back. In reality, I have poker straight, fine dirty blond hair that looks all scraggly when it gets long, unless I spend an hour every morning putting some curl in it, which will disappear before noon. So I generally keep my hair about chin length. I recently cut it shorter. I understand men like long hair, but the reality is it looks crappy if you don't have the right type of hair. And what looks good when you are 18 is not the same when you are 35 in a professional environment. 

I also constantly change the colour, blonde, red, brown and all the shade variations in between. All these exciting variations of colours and he just wants long dirty blonde hair. 

I would love to have long hair if my hair looked good long. It doesn't. So I don't. I should just get some wigs. 

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

How do you feel about now that you've had a few days with it?

[Sam_2.0]

Jan 1, 2014 21:18:32 GMT -5 swamp said:

Jan 1, 2014 21:14:57 GMT -5 GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl said:

Hmmmm.  Did you maybe bang your head harder in the accident than you or the ER docs realized?  I mean, a trim is one thing, a spontaneous chop is an entirely different matter.  

Lol, no. I'm losing a lot of hair because of my thyroid issues. I thought it was getting too thin to keep it long. 

I just got my hair chopped due to post-partum hair loss. I also got some Nioxin to help stop further hair loss. Good stuff!

[sarcasticgirl]

Jan 2, 2014 10:13:30 GMT -5 wvugurl26 said:

Aveda has a Madder Root line that helps keep the red in your hair. It really works.

Good news is... after 10 years of going red, your hair might actually hold on to the red permanently and not fade. That's what mine has done. I only ever have to color my roots... my hair miraculously holds red now! 

[swamp]

Jan 2, 2014 10:57:00 GMT -5 Knee Deep in Water Chloe said:

How do you feel about now that you've had a few days with it?

meh.

[The Home 6]

Oh, yay, a hair thread! I have my hair professionally dyed red and trimmed every six weeks. (It is my one splurge). I was THISCLOSE to getting 10 inches hacked off though last Saturday. I have very long, thick hair, most of the way down my back. Big Sarge likes my long hair. However, I don't know how to 'do' my hair. It takes me 2 hours and all of the swear words I know to put it into a regular braid. A French braid?!?!? Fuggedabouddit. Hot rollers? Nope. I don't even own a blow dryer. Most of the time my hair is in a high ponytail or in a bun.

Anyway. A day or two before my hair appointment, Big Sarge picks a fight with me about how I need to be doing something with my hair (like leaving it loose). It's MY hair. I've only been pulling it back from my face for the past 15 years, and for a lot of those years it was a requirement of a job. I shed enough hair during the day to make 3 Barbie wigs. It's kind of gross to me to have my hair in my face.

So who is right here, YM?

[wvugurl26]

I vote it's your hair, keep it how you want unless BS wants to do it for you.

[sesfw]

A 15 yr old girl at church recently had her very curly long hair cut off and she donated it to 'Locks of Love'.  Her hair is now chin length and she loves her new look.

It will always grow back if you don't like it.

When I worked for Pepsi (1975) as QA I would get soaked with syrup and product so I had my hair cut short for shampooing every day.  Being short is so convenient and I've kept it that way ever since.  Rinse every day, shampoo every other day, comb it out and let it dry as it will.

[chiver78]

Jan 2, 2014 12:54:20 GMT -5 The Home 6 said:

Oh, yay, a hair thread! I have my hair professionally dyed red and trimmed every six weeks. (It is my one splurge). I was THISCLOSE to getting 10 inches hacked off though last Saturday. I have very long, thick hair, most of the way down my back. Big Sarge likes my long hair. However, I don't know how to 'do' my hair. It takes me 2 hours and all of the swear words I know to put it into a regular braid. A French braid?!?!? Fuggedabouddit. Hot rollers? Nope. I don't even own a blow dryer. Most of the time my hair is in a high ponytail or in a bun.

Anyway. A day or two before my hair appointment, Big Sarge picks a fight with me about how I need to be doing something with my hair (like leaving it loose). It's MY hair. I've only been pulling it back from my face for the past 15 years, and for a lot of those years it was a requirement of a job. I shed enough hair during the day to make 3 Barbie wigs. It's kind of gross to me to have my hair in my face.

So who is right here, YM?

you are. it is your hair.

I said I left mine down yesterday to see what it would do. I still had it back from my face in a barrette, b/c I just can't get used to having it in my face either. when it finally air-dried, I totally had an Andrea Zuckerman look going on lol...

[milee]

Jan 2, 2014 12:54:20 GMT -5 The Home 6 said:

Oh, yay, a hair thread! I have my hair professionally dyed red and trimmed every six weeks. (It is my one splurge). I was THISCLOSE to getting 10 inches hacked off though last Saturday. I have very long, thick hair, most of the way down my back. Big Sarge likes my long hair. However, I don't know how to 'do' my hair. It takes me 2 hours and all of the swear words I know to put it into a regular braid. A French braid?!?!? Fuggedabouddit. Hot rollers? Nope. I don't even own a blow dryer. Most of the time my hair is in a high ponytail or in a bun.

Anyway. A day or two before my hair appointment, Big Sarge picks a fight with me about how I need to be doing something with my hair (like leaving it loose). It's MY hair. I've only been pulling it back from my face for the past 15 years, and for a lot of those years it was a requirement of a job. I shed enough hair during the day to make 3 Barbie wigs. It's kind of gross to me to have my hair in my face.

So who is right here, YM?

No way I'm getting in the middle of that debate.

But if you do want to learn to French braid, you can. Truly.  You sound like you have similar hair skills as I do - none. Not saying that to be mean, just explaining how little I know about hair.  If I let my hairdresser blow it out, it looks incredibly stunning, but there is no way in hell I know how to do that (and if I'm honest, no way I'm going to spend 45 minutes doing it each morning), so it's either in an unruly mane or a ponytail. But a couple of years ago when I went to hike Kilimanjaro, I knew there would be 10 days without a shower and the thought of all that greasy gross hair made me nauseous, so I decided to learn to French braid. Go to YouTube and look up how to French braid. There are some great tutorials on there. It does take some practice.  I decided to try it once every single day until I got it and for the first couple of weeks, it looked awful. Like did-you-have-your-four-year-old-do-that awful. But it got better and in less than a month I could do it so that it looked good enough to wear out. The only hint I'd give you - and it will sound counterintuitive - is don't do it in front of a mirror. Do it where you can't see your head. It's much easier to do if you can learn how the hair feels in your hand, versus trying to look at it and try to do it backwards in the mirror. Seriously, though, go to YouTube and you can learn at least to braid it so you have one more look you can do. Good luck.

[swamp]

Jan 2, 2014 12:54:20 GMT -5 The Home 6 said:

Oh, yay, a hair thread! I have my hair professionally dyed red and trimmed every six weeks. (It is my one splurge). I was THISCLOSE to getting 10 inches hacked off though last Saturday. I have very long, thick hair, most of the way down my back. Big Sarge likes my long hair. However, I don't know how to 'do' my hair. It takes me 2 hours and all of the swear words I know to put it into a regular braid. A French braid?!?!? Fuggedabouddit. Hot rollers? Nope. I don't even own a blow dryer. Most of the time my hair is in a high ponytail or in a bun.

Anyway. A day or two before my hair appointment, Big Sarge picks a fight with me about how I need to be doing something with my hair (like leaving it loose). It's MY hair. I've only been pulling it back from my face for the past 15 years, and for a lot of those years it was a requirement of a job. I shed enough hair during the day to make 3 Barbie wigs. It's kind of gross to me to have my hair in my face.

So who is right here, YM?

YOu need to cut your hair into a pixie cut and strangle big sarge with the clippings. 

[vonna]

I only like my hair really short, or really long.  The in--between is just too hard for me to style.  I think I have gone short for the last time, but maybe I'll grow it out again someday.

When DH and I first met, it was really short, then I went long for years.  When I announced I was cutting it short again, he said he really liked it long.

Then I came home with short hair and he went wild!  (kinda like Karaboo mentioned her DH reacts)

. . .and . . . I've kept it short ever since . . . .

[mollyanna58]

I think we have established on other threads that Big Sarge is rarely right.  And it's your hair; it's your choice. 

[The Home 6]

My hair migrates into my mouth. Seriously, how can I shed so much and still have so much HAIR!!!!

milee, I told BS that I would try to learn something. (Also, I didn't think you were being mean). I won't try to do a French braid in front of a mirror-guess these tiny bathrooms are coming in handy for something.

[Spellbound454]

Mine has always been long.

I could sit on it during my pregnancies.....must have been all those growth hormones but it was kind of annoying because I couldn't move my head.

It just does its own thing and if it gets a bit shaggy I'll have it trimmed.

I can French plait just by the feel or sometimes put it in big rollers if I want to be glamorous.

[swamp]

Jan 2, 2014 13:31:52 GMT -5 The Home 6 said:

My hair migrates into my mouth. Seriously, how can I shed so much and still have so much HAIR!!!!

milee, I told BS that I would try to learn something. (Also, I didn't think you were being mean). I won't try to do a French braid in front of a mirror-guess these tiny bathrooms are coming in handy for something.

Maybe Big Sarge should learn how to French Braid.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

I have a chin length asymmetrical bob (learned that at the beauty school!).  DH hates it, he wants me to have hair down to my waist like when we were married.

Thing is I was growing out a horrible pixie cut and my bangs.  Since the wedding was coming up I figured it'd be nice to have longer hair to style.  I never intended to keep it long, it was a fluke.

I like it shorter because it's so thick.  It gets really heavy and easily tangled when it's long.

DH still hates short hair but he stopped begging me to grow it out after I caught lice from Gwen.  The idea of picking my hair at waist length makes him want to shoot himself.  

[8 Bit WWBG]

...:::"The only hint I'd give you - and it will sound counterintuitive - is don't do it in front of a mirror. Do it where you can't see your head. It's much easier to do if you can learn how the hair feels in your hand, versus trying to look at it and try to do it backwards in the mirror.":::...

Not counter-intuitive at all; this makes perfect sense.  I've done the same thing with learning how to tie different tie knots.  Trying to figure out what my hands are doing in a mirror muddles me up.  As you said, learning how it feels makes much more sense.

I think DW's hair is beautiful, it is naturally wavy.  But I wish she would do something with the color.  She is too young to go grey!

[swamp]

Jan 2, 2014 14:24:38 GMT -5 8 Bit WWBG said:

...:::"The only hint I'd give you - and it will sound counterintuitive - is don't do it in front of a mirror. Do it where you can't see your head. It's much easier to do if you can learn how the hair feels in your hand, versus trying to look at it and try to do it backwards in the mirror.":::...

Not counter-intuitive at all; this makes perfect sense.  I've done the same thing with learning how to tie different tie knots.  Trying to figure out what my hands are doing in a mirror muddles me up.  As you said, learning how it feels makes much more sense.

I think DW's hair is beautiful, it is naturally wavy.  But I wish she would do something with the color.  She is too young to go grey!

Miss Clairol is her friend. I would be completely gray if it weren't for her.

[8 Bit WWBG]

...:::"Miss Clairol is her friend. I would be completely gray if it weren't for her.":::...

I've been pretty good about keeping my mouth shut.  I don't think there is any way I can ask that won't be heard as "you look awful".

I'm not sure whether the "home" stuff is going to work.  We once tried to do henna.  Messes were made...

[wvugurl26]

Jan 2, 2014 14:38:40 GMT -5 8 Bit WWBG said:

...:::"Miss Clairol is her friend. I would be completely gray if it weren't for her.":::...

I've been pretty good about keeping my mouth shut.  I don't think there is any way I can ask that won't be heard as "you look awful".

I'm not sure whether the "home" stuff is going to work.  We once tried to do henna.  Messes were made...

Hair salons are a fabulous thing. Yes, it costs more but they clean up the mess. I've also heard the home dyes have some sort of mineral/metal salts in them which will damage your hair over time.

Sometimes there just isn't a good way to say it. And in this case no matter how you dress it up, the fact is it doesn't look good! That's the truth.

Surely somewhere in this area you could find a hair salon specializing in organic foo foo for the crunchy granola hippie types.

[swamp]

Jan 2, 2014 14:38:40 GMT -5 8 Bit WWBG said:

...:::"Miss Clairol is her friend. I would be completely gray if it weren't for her.":::...

I've been pretty good about keeping my mouth shut.  I don't think there is any way I can ask that won't be heard as "you look awful".

I'm not sure whether the "home" stuff is going to work.  We once tried to do henna.  Messes were made...

I went too long between coloring. I pulled my hair into a ponytail. My husband didn't have to say anything. It was just "the look" and a giggle.

[8 Bit WWBG]

...:::"Hair salons are a fabulous thing. Yes, it costs more but they clean up the mess. I've also heard the home dyes have some sort of mineral/metal salts in them which will damage your hair over time.  Sometimes there just isn't a good way to say it. And in this case no matter how you dress it up, the fact is it doesn't look good! That's the truth.":::...

I'm sure she'd pay for a proper treatment.  The last time she did it, that is where she went and it worked out well.  Perhaps I'll give it another try shortly.

Makes me wish I had a friend like Kramer, who would just blurt it out.  

[mmhmm]

Jan 2, 2014 12:54:20 GMT -5 The Home 6 said:

Oh, yay, a hair thread! I have my hair professionally dyed red and trimmed every six weeks. (It is my one splurge). I was THISCLOSE to getting 10 inches hacked off though last Saturday. I have very long, thick hair, most of the way down my back. Big Sarge likes my long hair. However, I don't know how to 'do' my hair. It takes me 2 hours and all of the swear words I know to put it into a regular braid. A French braid?!?!? Fuggedabouddit. Hot rollers? Nope. I don't even own a blow dryer. Most of the time my hair is in a high ponytail or in a bun.

Anyway. A day or two before my hair appointment, Big Sarge picks a fight with me about how I need to be doing something with my hair (like leaving it loose). It's MY hair. I've only been pulling it back from my face for the past 15 years, and for a lot of those years it was a requirement of a job. I shed enough hair during the day to make 3 Barbie wigs. It's kind of gross to me to have my hair in my face.

So who is right here, YM?

Buy BS a thick, long wig.  Tell him it's his to wear and care for.  Then, do what you want to do with YOUR hair.