i love style needs to get their hair did

omg, ENBB, you should get that hairstyle lauren linked! i bet it would look great on you! fuck a long-hair-fetishizing dude!

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that was a fun night :)

"I saw the ho. . . and assumed it was homo" -- !!

It was at Daddy's, that's all I remember. I didn't think it was a time when rrrob's brother was around but I must be forgetting something.

I have nothing else to contribute, what with not really having hair. But I will say that guy comments on hair can be ... somewhere between open-minded and fickle, which is to say that if you have long hair we may sincerely say "oh, that looks so beautiful, don't cut it, it's so nice!" and then if you cut it the next day we may look at that and sincerely say "oh hey, that looks great, you look so different and awesome." Like I think it has less to do with lack of sincerity or lack of judgment and more to do with just going with the flow and not thinking too critically and liking whatever happens to be going on.

Newsflash: straight guys like girls, not too fussed about the particulars.

my little sis was also there - she made fun of me for le bangs.
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Umm I don't think that's it at all, Laurel

It's possible that men just have a narrower range of hair options and so we're just not as practiced at conceptualizing big changes and different ways a single haircut can be worn and all that, so there's more likelihood of just seeing things and going "that looks great!" -- kind of like people who don't know what kinds of clothing cuts will suit who, but once it's on will find you magically looking better

they also are the number #1 offenders in curly hair hate crimes

-- bell_labs, Thursday, August 7, 2008 3:28 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

really?? every guy ive been out with has been all 'oh leave your hair curly!!" even though it looks like a freakin poodle perm.

i have also noticed they tend to be magnetically attracted to blondes. yuck. (sorry to offend any blondes, it just gets old sometimes).

-- tehresa, Thursday, August 7, 2008 3:30 PM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

TAKE THAT BACK TZA!!!

Actually, ever guy ive know has had a thing for brunettes or redheads. i dont know any blonde fans :(

Wow I really like that haircut Lauren!! I wonder if it would work. I think I'm going to serioulssy think about printing that out and ask my hair dresser next week. Thank you!!

you're welcome! i hope it works for you.

i really think you should go for it, e!

i am officially over my hair today. keep wearing it up bc it looks so crappy. down today but even after a brief blow dry it's looking idiotic again because of the heat/commute. how do all these people keep their hair so perfect while commuting in the summer? it boggles me. since i told myself i would grow it out and i never last this long, i may keep growing but dye it (which i haven't done since december). also i wish it would be less hot so i can have the cool fringe bangs again bc i combed them that way this morning and liked it but they completely cover my eyes right now and it's too hot to keep them looking good. ugh. i feel vain right now.

also i realized this am that i am in flat iron withdrawal but it is just too hot to deal with that + blow dryer right now.

Hey rrrobyn (or anyone else who remembers), iirc you got some kind of bitchin' hairdryer a while back. what kind was it again?

ooh yeah and bell what was that straightener-dryer thing you got and how is it working out?

this is the one i have, sunny - elchim pro - not that i have even turned it on in the last couple of months... lol summer hair

do you love it?

i hate the flat iron i got, i think it has ruined my hair. i have never had so many split ends. it's this one here:
http://www.overstock.com/Health-Wellness/Turbo-Ions-Croc-Wet-to-Dry-Flat-Iron/2387100/product.html?cid=123620&fp=F&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=10623869

i never really use it on wet hair because it makes a sizzling noise that scares me. it worked fine for a couple of weeks but since i have been using it the texture of my hair has actually become more coarse.

i miss the crappy old iron that i have, which i think worked well with my hair because it didn't get as hot. now even all of the cheap ones at the drugstores advertise that they get super, super hot. so i'm not really sure what i should use.

I think a lot of them have dials where you can turn the temp to where you like it.

mine has a digital heat setting - but the lowest heat it allows is 290 degrees, which is apparently still too hot for my hair.

yes i totally love the elchim! it's greatness - hot & v fast. i'm just into my 70s style curly summer hair these days, plus it's been too hot/humid for blowdrying, for me.
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i have been trying the past couple weeks to stop using a flat iron because it seems like it is just frying my poor hair. i have some heat protectant coming in the mail though, so maybe that will make a difference.

i'm still lusting after the solano platinum that my hairstylist uses. i've found for as low as $85, but i can't quite bring myself to purchase it.

yay, rrrobyn! ill check it out.

bell, i think my flat iron has a max temp of 200 degrees. Ill check later.

guys: i think i may have HYPERKARITOSIS like the neutrogena t-gel commercial says. actually, i've had persistent dry scalp for over a decade but it comes & goes depending on weather & the length of my hair. medicated shampoos make my hair as dry & manageable as straw so I refuse to use them on a regular basis, besides which they make one's head smell like a nursing home.

any help? i'm don't think i'm allergic to anything that would cause this and no dermatologist has ever given any diagnosis of what might be causing this. i'd prefer to solve this by taking supplements or adjusting my diet rather than medicating my head.

you know lauren, i've spent at least $50 on two dryers in the course of the last year, so if it is a good dryer that won't break maybe it's worth it?

use devacurl!
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or a less stripping sulfate-free shampoo? perhaps? might help?

OK. I bleached my hair and I think it's sort of too brassy but just a little. I want to fix it before Friday when I get a haircut so the stylist doesn't yell at me!

i don't think it has to do with my current shampoo use -- i only shampoo every 3 or 4 days so i don't think i'm stripping my hair

try a toner? you can find them at beauty supply stores.

Yeah that's what I think I need. I wonder if they come in diff colors or if toner is just toner.

they come in different shades so you can pick the right blonde you are aiming for - ashy, strawberry, etc. - iirc

persistent dry scalp for over a decade but it comes & goes

This is what I had until I recognized it was the SLS doing it. The coal tar in the T-gel (which I used daily for years even though you shouldn't) would numb the itching and keeps the flakes down, but since I quit that, went to SLS free shampoo and only shampoo once a week or so (but rinse every day), my scalp is so much happier.

hm!

i had never heard about the perils of shampooing with sulphur compounds! do a lot of shampoos include them? thanks tza & jaq, i will look into this

wait does this mean that shampooing with selsun blue (which is v. sulphated iirc) has actually exacerbated the problem rather than helping??

possibly - that's what was happening to me with the T-gel. Some people are sensitized to SLS, but it's in so many things. Toothpaste is another major one that can cause trouble for some.

SLS is sodium laurel sulphate, which is really a cheap detergent btw, not the same as the stuff that lets go of free sulphur ions. You'll also see SLES (sodium laureth sulphate) which is milder than SLS.

what kind of shampoo do you use again, jaq?

i've gotten down to washing hair once a week! it is better, hair hardly looks oily by the end of the week too but i do need to rinse a couple times in btwn b/c of biking and exercise. scalp still dry in places, however :/ and i don't use sls or anything. i think that taking salmon oil really helps! i just remembered that! and i haven't taken it in months - ahaa

well shit. if this continues i will have sourced my entire personal toilet from $$ whole foods $$

I've been using the Miss Treated from Kiss Your Face rrrobyn, smells like rosemary + mint. I had been doing the baking soda thing, which also really calms down irritation, but stopped that when I got some in my eye (OW!) - it worked well though and I'll probably go back to it. I think fish oil, or just eating more oily fish, can be good for skin/nails/hair.

many xposts here but I have a super solano (it's red) recommended by my hair dude--at first I was put off by how heavy it is, but now I'm used to it and like it a lot. It has been much more reliable than the many cheapie dryers I've gone through over the years.

i think i'll probably cave and get one when my current dryer breaks. that's the real issue - there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with the one i have now, which is about 2yrs old and going strong.

what is the benefit of more expensive hairdryers? do they just dry your hair faster? or is there less damage?

I doubt there is less damage--in fact stronger motor + killer heat levels probably are MORE damaging, but make for faster and more, er, professional-looking results due to SHEER POWER.

it takes about 15 seconds for the solano my hairstylist uses to dry my (short) hair, and it looks more polished.

and speaking of polished, i'm liking garnier's surf hair. i got it last week after finding out that kusco-murphy's beach hair has been discontinued (in the u.s., at least). it's quite cheap, and it seems to cover all the bases for me (gives slight hold, some texture, some smoothing, and an overall matte but not dull finish).

yeah i <3 surf hair.

i think the advantages of a more expensive hairdryer is that it drys hair faster(which, for me at least, = less frizz and less time with a flat iron) and, more importantly, the temperature is more likely to be even.
Cheap hairdryers tend to fluctate greatly in temperature which can equal a bad styling job and, even worse, a drastic temp spike which is a 2 second route to burnt hair.