i love style needs to get their hair did

Since I stopped dying my hair a year ago I was thinking I could stand a chemical process and maybe curls would make up for lame/dull color?

*shrug*

The problem I always found with perms is that I still had to mess with rollers/curling iron/etc. The curls "took" better, but if I just let it dry naturally, my post-perm hair would be a bundle of frizz.

I'm going to try out that Loreal 10 minute mousse semiperm color stuff tomorrow, btw.

Oh def lemme know how it works out! My mom's here and her color looks great - she said it was a clairol mousse.

I'll do before and after photos if I remember! I got a medium golden brown shade.

I actually asked my hair stylist about body waves recently because I was thinking of growing mine out and getting one. She said that she really doesn't recommend them for people who want to wear their hair wavy and that the only time she really does them is for people who have really thin hair and need the volume but that they'll then blow it straight.

got my hair cut, realized there's a lot more grey in there than i thought! ugh. i'll have to start dying it within a year if this keeps up

hate that! there's this really wiry one that always calls attention to itself after i blow dry :(

I tried the mousse and it was more of light caramel texture. sucked ass.

that said, tza, i cant see how look number could be wrong in anyway. its perfect

yeah tza i think jaq and enbb otm about getting a body wave - you would still have spend almost as much time on your hair every day.

well, i am having the best hair days of my entire life - this has been going on for a few months now, after a lifetime of pretty much bad hair days 90% of the time. oh and i have cut down to only washing my hair 3 times a week. i didn't think i could ever do this but with my job it makes it easy (i'm not dealing w/ppl). plus, after a couple of weeks of only washing every second day, it started looking a little less greasy on the unwashed days. and the days when i do wash it, it looks better than normal.

Thanks sunny - I decided against this stuff after reading the directions. Supposed to be left on for 30 minutes, not 10 (read the description online where it said just 10 min). And you're supposed to keep the gloves on the whole time to keep "lathering" it up occasionally. I don't think so. Also remembered the last time I used a Loreal color product (Feria), it fried my hair. I'll stick with Hydrience.

xp My hair becomes unmanageable if I don't wash it every day.

I know about hair dyes for men that allow you to keep some of your grey, are there any for women?

why dont you just use the mens?

try a rinse

and yeah pretty sure anything packaged for men is the same save maybe a different fragrance

If you're thinking about something like Grecian Formula, keep in mind it's a lead acetate solution and only makes hair various shades of black in the long run.

Is Grecian Formula even sold anymore? It's not what I was thinking about anyway. My husband suggested that I get a red rinse, but I'm worried that I'll either look trashy or like mutton dressed up as lamb.

And salon work is 100% out of the question for money reasons.

I think you can get DIY lowlight kits? - would that work?

I pull out my wiry grey hairs, which is a terrible, terrible habit as it means I have little fluffy hairs constant growing out on top of my head.

I've never heard of those, but I'll look into it. Also, I'm close to 75% grey, so the plucking hairs method won't work for me.

Both Grecian Formula and the Just for Men Touch of Gray are both still sold, fwiw.

Grecian Formula with the original leaded formulation?

Mine's dyed so I only pluck out the little wiry ones that grow anew. I'd be 50% grey were it left to its own devices.

I'd be bald if I tried that, and I had trichotillomania as a child (which is probably why my hair's so thin) so I really don't want to risk a relapse.

Lead acetate is allowed in hair coloring products at concentrations of 0.4% or less in the US. The Canadian reformulation uses bismuth citrate, which is also toxic.

Learn something every day.

christine, i think if you're mostly grey, a red rinse might come out pink? idk

yeah would not recommend a red rinse on 75% grey.

this conversation is making my want to dye! or... wave.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbEOgfq3CNc

that is one of the best songs ever

just saying

Wait A, did you cut off all your hair?

me?
i don't have that much hair to cut off, but no. i just thought about this song when i read "wave" so i posted it impulsively

honestly i kinda want extensions but they seem so expensive and high maintenance and just not like something i would do

oooh! I thought you were waving goodbye to your hair or something lol. n/m

no way man -- last time i got my hair cut super short (like pixie short) it was a terrible idea. just awful. will never do that by choice again.

Lech!!! Those feather things would be awesome on you!

Because unlike full-on hair extensions, you just get one or two! So dramatic and way less money.

xp What??!!! That was ultra cute! You have the elusive Face Appropriate for a Pixie Cut. And the right attitude, too.

god, no way, not ever again by choice

aw i thought that was a supercute look on you too! if it was the look i think it was. but having recently gone through my own v v short hair trauma, i understand.

Yeah, I can totally understand too even tho I think it would look really cute on you.

I loved having short hair but have come to realization that the Texas matrons were right: the bigger the hair, the smaller the hips.

i need new hair. should i dye it?

Yay, just got a surprise haircut because my hairdresser had a last-min cancellation so now I have a nice lightweight bob again instead of long heavy all-over-the-place hair! But boo, she's leaving town and she's the only one who underSTANDS me and gives me a nice head massage :(

Ladies, I'm going back to the blond. I have been repressed beneath this dark cloud long enough.

I just used the Touch Of Grey stuff on my hair, and the problem is that it took off too much grey--I wanted 50% grey and it left me with 15-25%. I'll try a lighter touch with the coloring comb next month.

welcome back to the sisterhood, sunny.

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i am getting my hair did today!
not sure what is going to happen yet.