i love style needs to get their hair did

A couple months ago I found Salon Selectives on sale in Walgreens (must have relaunched it) alongside some Finesse. Smelling those two brands put me back about 25 years. SO WEIRD.

They're not the same scents though!! Both Finesse and Salon Selectives changed their scents iirc. The one I miss most is original Pantene.

Huh. These were in the same old school bottles and they smelled exactly the same to me and I have a really good scent memory. Maybe they were special through back editions?

maybe -- remember my shampoo archive (RIP)? i did some tests about 11 years ago and they were different then, but who knows?! RIP orig Pantene and Pert Plus too.

i don't really have anything to add to this thread except it's ironic that after 30 years of hair trauma i'm currently getting the best haircuts i've ever gotten from juanita, latina grandmother, at supercuts for seventeen bucks

i think she groks my hair or something

Last-min appt for hair-did tonight after work. Major influences:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e66/LimitedLiabilityGirl/robyn_2_thumb.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e66/LimitedLiabilityGirl/Stylish-short-hairstyle-trends2.jpg

do it yes

i want that cut so bad but my hair goes FLAT and kind of needs a place to HANG (with me)

think it'd look awes on you btw

Can't see images but had quick look on phone. I think they're two quite diff cuts? Michelle's looks a lot softer and like just tucked behind her ear and not actually short on one side? It's not as harsh and shaved seeming? I like them both a lot but I think that Robyn's would be a lot tougher to wear.

I sort of want Frankie Salford's cut but growing out the the one side is sort of a bitch from what I can remember.

wait cut color or both?!

you gotta have a lot of hair in the front to properly pull this off without looking baldy, and you have that covered so clearly the cut will look great
i just want you to tell me that it's going to be blonde too!!

yes those cuts do best with hair that has natural volume, but i've seen them on people with flatter, straighter hair and they're good, just a dif look (more gothy...?). i basically have robyn's cut (lol i know right) + undercut/shaved parts but my hair is wavy/curly so it looks different (and black) and i haven't been blowdrying it into submission very often because summer!

Wasn't thinking of color but maybe now I am! What do you say, blonde for winter?

The shorter cut would be the "now" (possib with modified bangs) and the softer cut would be the growing-out look, 6 to 8 weeks from now. I love both but my hair is more Robyn-textured and very straight, not soft and fluffy with a slight wave.

Ahhhhhhhhhh, gotcha.

Blonde, yes!

um yeah i have thought you should dye it blonde forever!!

yeah do it blonde!!!

Okay all right, I'll ask Steph about my options. And, ulp--the cost.

Blonde, yes.

It is an investment. In you.

see if there are less expensive blonde-ish options, like maybe your hair is already light enough that you don't have to bleach? but what do i know about going blonde, almost nothing.

yeah maybe blonde highlights or something?

also zero knowledge re blonde

wait, i do know some things! my hairdresser friend taught me how to dye her blonde hair! there was bleach in the colour. and then she'd put a toner on later.

unless your hair is already blonde, going blonder is going to require stripping (bleach) and then applying whatever color you desire on top (unless everything i know about hair dyeing is wrong, that is)

but a few streaks or just doing the front would be agl on L too, definitely
i liked the streak from a few years back

I liked the streak too!

Yeah going blonde or getting highlights always includes bleach and toner. Some lady a few years back didn't tone mine once and the results were less than ideal. Too brash!

lol I mean brassy!

Whoah, I come back and there is so much advice! Thank you, all.

I don't mind brassy, I'm not going for a natural look here. And if you know what you're doing, you can get the dyes and toners at Ricky's and just go for it. I'll get the cut and then see if there's a bit I want to emphasize like I did with my old streak.

Yeah, it's not always bad. This was bad though - very bad.

i have naturally dark brown hair but it goes blonde with a $8 box of loreal preference. I never use bleach like the blue shite unless im trying to get another dyed color out.

Yeah, but I think there's bleach in all dyes that lighten even home kits like that, no?

yeah I guess but I dont think its mad lethal like the straight blue stuff

Ok don't laugh, but I've wanted to slick my hair back for years, but never have tried it. My grandfather slicked his hair back for years and when he was older it stayed that way, which is how I'd like to look when I'm older, like
http://www.journalpulp.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/andre-breton.jpg
What are good products that won't be too greasy? I think my grandfather had this bucket of hair grease he used. There has to be something better?

my rec would be sumotech:

http://www.bumbleandbumble.com/product/75/217/Products/Styling/Waxes/sumotech/index.tmpl

MONDAY and I think I have the itch to go short again. Like, short short.

I saw this and thought maybe this was a cute cut:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mab9hkMVzX1qzf33uo1_1280.jpg

but then realized I basically had that cut or v similar at one point:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/IMG000439-1.jpg

Hmmmmm

I am so tempeted? Any other ideas? Maybe for something not quite that short but not boring either.

I am a little nervous about how sad this haircut seems to have made me though.

i really like that first pic!

this is prolly shorter than you would like but imo you have such a striking face it would look p rad on u

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/53/d9/astridretro_0.jpg

I like that cut a lot, E! Especially if it were just a bit longer so you get that awesome volume. Too cool!

So I posted one on fb but this is better of the actual cut. I can't seem to take pictures anymore without making ridiculous faces so excuse that nonsense but yeah:

http://i.imgur.com/oYKYF.jpg

V tasteful! It suits you.

i envy that volume!!!!!!!!

Thanks guys. I am really happy w it.

my hair (and skin) has been super greasy lately. it looks like it needs washing every day - it seems to have started when i began using head n shoulders; before that, i was able to go almost a week without washing, but i would get a super flaky scalp which was nagl. i started using the HnS and the flakiness stopped but now it's so limp and oily and gross. and my face has gotten really oil and blemishy. ugh ugh ugh!

tea tree shampoos are supposed to be good for flakiness--might be worth a try to see if they're better for yr hair?

ENBB, haircut looks great!

T-gel is v good for my husband's short hair, might be worth a try?

MAN, it's like I get my hair did all the time now! Short hair is super.

Femme side, less femme side:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e66/LimitedLiabilityGirl/Othersidehares.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e66/LimitedLiabilityGirl/Sidehares.jpg

so awesome

That much closer to assuming the identity of my idol. No word yet on how I'm going to become Swedish.