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I liked Matrix's "Dirty Trix" pomade, when my hairs were short. It might be a bit $$$ tho?

Abbott, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link

And I really liked the bed head spray wax, too...now I all want to buy the Sally's version even though it would do shit for my hair at its current length.

Abbott, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:02 (sixteen years ago) link

i got clairol natural instincts 'shine happy' at target yesterday. will report back on dullness improvement/lack thereof.

tehresa, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link

I bought some of those John Frieda shampoo, conditioner and anti-frizz serum for Redheads and it's made my hair VERY soft and nice, I like it. Unfortunately the need for a hair cut/colour is so great no one can tell that my hair is actually super soft and awesome :( Best part: shampoo/conditioner was $1 each at Dollarama because they are re-doing the packaging and selling old stock cheap.

Finefinemusic, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:39 (sixteen years ago) link

i can not rep enough for the sulfate-free shampoo! using giovanni atm bc devacurl is $$$$ and even though devacurl makes softer hair, i'm still sold on sulfate-free forever.

tehresa, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:40 (sixteen years ago) link

dollarama!

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:45 (sixteen years ago) link

tho i am happy with my aveda sap moss shampoo&cond right now
i just had to yell dollarama!!

so tired today

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link

I love Dollarama! I would estimate 18% of all my stuff is from there or made using things from there. It's the best place ever.

Finefinemusic, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:48 (sixteen years ago) link

DOLLARSTORE!!!!!!!!

tehresa, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:51 (sixteen years ago) link

:D

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link

Dollarama is so much more than a dollar store, Tehresa... those outside Canada will never understand :)

Finefinemusic, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:58 (sixteen years ago) link

perhaps, but DOLLARSTORE!!! is an attempted meme that ethan and i will not let die.

tehresa, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link

DOLLARSTORE!!!!

tehresa, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 16:00 (sixteen years ago) link

oh hahaha sorry dear. okay. DOLLARSTORE!!!!

Finefinemusic, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 16:03 (sixteen years ago) link

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

so my hair is not any shinier now but it is apparently a shade lighter?!~!?

fuck. now i'm gonna have to dye it.

tehresa, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 17:55 (sixteen years ago) link

uh oh.

lauren, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 17:56 (sixteen years ago) link

When Home Hair Treatments Go Bad

lauren, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 17:56 (sixteen years ago) link

was not expecting that at all! if anything, i expected it to do nothing.

tehresa, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 17:59 (sixteen years ago) link

oh no!
so it's not even a colour you're into, i'm guessing, right

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 18:00 (sixteen years ago) link

yeah it just looks like pukey

tehresa, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 18:01 (sixteen years ago) link

like, chemically lightened but not in a good way...

tehresa, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 18:02 (sixteen years ago) link

tza, john frieda has a line of glazes for different color hair types. i use the medium blonde on my light blonde hair and I can really see a diff. each time i use it. my hair color goes from flat and dry looking to shiny and multidimensional.

sunny successor, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 18:10 (sixteen years ago) link

oh!

sunny successor, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 18:10 (sixteen years ago) link

what did you use?

sunny successor, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 18:11 (sixteen years ago) link

I just saw Barbarella for the first time ever and, while the movie is barely watchable at all, I do crave and covet her hairstyle(s). I wd like that hair all the time.

Laurel, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link

seriously

sunny successor, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link

your hair could totally do all that, laurel!

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 21:50 (sixteen years ago) link

hand sex - no, big hair - yes

sunny successor, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 21:50 (sixteen years ago) link

i used natural instincts 'shine happy' clear gloss.

ugh.

the frieda stuff - you have to use that like, a few times a week, right? i feel like that would cancel my sulfate-free shampoo kick.

tehresa, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 21:52 (sixteen years ago) link

i've only seen barbarella with the sound off at mod nights but i feel like i've seen it that way about 50 times.

bell_labs, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 21:56 (sixteen years ago) link

yeah, every couple of days, T.

sunny successor, Thursday, 26 June 2008 02:35 (sixteen years ago) link

so my hair appt is for tues but i'm nervous cuz the guy doing it this gay japanese dude who apparently has an 'attitude' according to my friend. hairdressers with attitudes scare me, cuz they always say mean things about my hair (mostly because i wait like two years between haircuts, have uncoloured roots, flakey scalp etc.)

Rubyredd, Thursday, 26 June 2008 02:41 (sixteen years ago) link

i always feel so judged whenever i go

Rubyredd, Thursday, 26 June 2008 02:41 (sixteen years ago) link

just kiss their ass a lot and be like 'i'm sure you will do a fabulous job'

tehresa, Thursday, 26 June 2008 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link

and say things like 'i trust you.'

tehresa, Thursday, 26 June 2008 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link

i do that anyway, because i'm so scared they'll do something nasty to my hair!

Rubyredd, Thursday, 26 June 2008 02:49 (sixteen years ago) link

***warning, long rant ahead, please feel free to skip!****

i'm pretty darn tolerant of haircuts, haven't ever even been close to tears after a cut, and woke up this morning and was so pissed at the cut i got last night that i nearly cried in frustration (stress about moving has me at the edge, to be honest).

i went in, said i wanted edgy but not ugly, told her this was too long for me, that i wanted the back really short, and that i kind of liked having bangs. she said she would take the back up a ton and leave the front a little longer "for interest," and totally restructure the bangs.

well, after a full hour of her cutting, my hair looks pretty much exactly the same as when i left. except flatter, since she thinned it out. the back is a little shorter, but in 2 weeks it will be too long for me, and the front literally is exactly as long as it was when i went in. bangs are a little shorter, but no real difference.

so i'm pissed at myself for wasting 3 hours i should have used packing/cleaning and instead traveled to and from a not-great haircut, not to mention wasting $50. i don't think she's actually bad, she just didn't do what i wanted and i thought i'd asked for, at all. toby thinks i should call and try to go back to have them "fix" it, but that seems really weird to me, and i'm not able to think rationally about it.

any advice?

colette, Thursday, 26 June 2008 15:15 (sixteen years ago) link

er, it looked the same as when i arrived. and when it goes behind my ears (which i do without thinking about it), it actually looks MORE mom-ish than it did before.

colette, Thursday, 26 June 2008 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link

you should definitely call and ask for the cut to be fixed.

lauren, Thursday, 26 June 2008 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link

maybe say something like, "perhaps i wasn't clear when i spoke to the stylist, etc etc. this really isn't what i wanted at all, and i'd appreciate it if i could come in for a clean-up."

lauren, Thursday, 26 June 2008 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link

won't they just blame me for not expressing myself enough, and possibly mess it up more?

talking myself down here:
-- i don't care if they don't like me, i'm moving in a few days (i do care, but don't want to)
-- if it comes down to it, i'm actually prepared to take toby's clippers to my hair and just get rid of it all, and suspect it would be an improvement on this.

xpost-- that's a good way of putting it, when i say "clean up" are they going to schedule me 15 minutes? because this really needs starting from scratch.

colette, Thursday, 26 June 2008 15:27 (sixteen years ago) link

yes. people do it all the time!
xpost to collette

god i am so glad i have a non-crazy, non-egotistic, awesome hairdresser. srsly i understand the stress involved when this is not the case, aagh. i am even thinking about going back to short(ish) hair later this summer b/c i trust her to do something great that suits me.

rrrobyn, Thursday, 26 June 2008 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link

you are the client! they did nothing of note to your hair! if someone owns the place, talk to them, but if the woman who cut your hair is just renting a chair there, i guess things are different. but still, someone's gotta be in charge.

rrrobyn, Thursday, 26 June 2008 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link

yeah, she's one of the two owners, so there's not really anyone else i could go to. i'm drinking caffeine to steel myself to call her, thanks for the advice, guys!

colette, Thursday, 26 June 2008 16:31 (sixteen years ago) link

COLETTE
you can do this
you paid them $$ and they have to fix it
if all else fails, get a pixie!

La Lechera, Thursday, 26 June 2008 16:38 (sixteen years ago) link

yes, i will bring you along and say "make my hair look like amanda's!"

colette, Thursday, 26 June 2008 17:02 (sixteen years ago) link

Colette, it is very standard for stylists to fix their mistakes. A lot of them even give free bang trims between hair cuts.

What you are describing sounds like a cut I have been seeing a lot lately, which is a thinned out bob with shaggy bottom edge. Sometimes shorter in back like the famous bell labs' reverse mullet pic. I love the cut but my hair would be too wavy to do it.

Now that I got a professional to establish my bangs in the first place, I trim them myself. I kind of do this:

How to Trim Your Own Bangs

The important thing here is that you are making little snips up into the bang, not cutting across. Cutting across may result in "psycho bangs."

felicity, Thursday, 26 June 2008 18:07 (sixteen years ago) link

colette, i know how you feel! years ago, when i needed a haircut, i went to a salon where one of the girls needed a 'razor' model. she said she would do any style i wanted, it just needed to involve razoring. this was around the time meg ryan had the shaggy kind of cut, so i took in a bunch of magazine cutouts and told her i wanted it shorter (my hair was almost butt-length) but layered etc etc. so a few weeks later i turn up for the cut. she hacks awhile for what seems like hours, and my hair is quickly disappearing. in the end, i had one of those horrible styles that were popular at the time with stupid young redneck girls: a long fringe parted to the side and slicked down, with a fluffy kind of duck tail at the back. i was DEVASTATED. but what could i say? it was free!

Rubyredd, Thursday, 26 June 2008 20:33 (sixteen years ago) link

this is basically why going to the hairdressers terrifies me and i don't go very often.

Rubyredd, Thursday, 26 June 2008 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link

repost from rolling 2008 beauty thread:

hair serum! for dry hair! any reccomendations?

warmsherry, Thursday, 26 June 2008 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link


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