i love style needs to get their hair did

If I let my hair air dry it would still be damp the next day.

I bought this one - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000R80ZTQ/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. It has all of the pseudo-scientific garbage that is popular in hair driers these days, and it came with a diffuser, and it was $25. Oh and it has a retractable cord, which is a nice feature.

Now I have to figure out how to use it. I mean, turn it on and point it at my wet head, yes, but techniques.

Ohhhh boy. Well, what do you want the results to be?

http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.L_5kkOwbS88e.gxV2crMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTE5MA--/http://listings.zenfs.com/en_US/cms/shopping/Forbes/0223_warning-labels-hairdryer.jpg

Good tip! Thank you.

Re: results ... dry hair that retains its waviness but looks more intentional and less I don't know, messy? I mean messy is good but neater messy.

I think I've just figured out that I've been parting my bangs on the wrong side

What a revelation

gamechanger

carl: I have straight-ish fine hair, bit of a bend to it but no wave, and lots of . To get wavy hair with some texture and body, so it looks styled but also like ” oh this old hair? it just looks like this!” I do the following-

At night: Wash and then spray in a beach spray dry like 80%-ish, blow out bangs completely, twist the rest of the hair into thick coils and pin down (I do about 5 coils).cover with satin hair net thingy. Wake up, remove pins and shake out hair, don't worry if its still a bit damp, you're going for a wave not a curl, blow out for a few minutes until dry, maybe use a bit of hair spray.

Notes: the coils don't have to be anywhere near perfect - you should only be spending like 2 mins doing your whole head, and don't worry about twisting the last inch or so of the ends.

Xp it is! I read this thing that was like: if your bangs are annoying and hardd to style and you have a cow lick, maybe stop fighting the cow lick

My bangs always try to split down the middle (big no-no on my long face) but I've been parting them on the right forever. Today they are parted on the othersi de, and while they're still splitting a little, this side somehow looks better on my face I think??? Ytth says it looks the same but I think he's wrong.

tomorrow is Round 4 of my quest for the short haircut that exists in my brain as a pure concept but cannot be described in words or even in flailing hand gestures. FFM has appraised the situation and advised shorter bangs.

good luck!

Bon voyage!!! I believe in you and short hair.

Have you been going to the same stylist all this time, ljub?

BECAUSE I WILL REP FOR STEPH AGAIN IF YOU EVER COME BACK HERE YOU MUST GO TO HER.

Another stylist stopped me at a party the other weekend to tell me I had a banging haircut--that is not me, that is not my doing. Steph Caldwell is just amazing. The smartest thing I ever did for my appearance was take Ally up on that recommendation.

I think R's haircut is beautiful but know that in my place the bangs in my eyes would kill me and that wasn't meant to be a criticism! I always have Miranda cut them about an inch and a half long (even if, maybe, I shouldn't) so that I have many weeks before they creep past my eyebrows.

With going back to school it's going to be really hard to justify professional upkeep on my bright hair and today I found myself daydreaming about cutting it all off and dyeing it black. I probably won't, but it's fun to dream..

Yes, same stylist the whole time - she was recommended by FFM and I like her a lot. FFM, I didn't take bangs-in-eyes as a criticism of the 'look' but I do think it's a valid criticism of the haircut. The front has grown out such that it now looks out of balance with the back, and the wispy bits on the side are out of control! I am glad of any and all haircut input, because I have limited visual processing skillz - that is why I come on here. And yes, they do drive me crazy by getting in my eyes, as well.

Steph sounds miraculous, though. Will have to try her if I do get down there, which I hope I will this summer.

I always have Miranda cut them about an inch and a half long (even if, maybe, I shouldn't) so that I have many weeks before they creep past my eyebrows.

I do this, too, even if I shouldn't either.

Yeah, I should ask her to do this today. It'll work better with this cut than it did when I had my hair longer. With that other cut, very short bangs made me look like a prematurely aged 10-year-old sulk.

Too short :/ but of course that is a temporary problem...

GUYS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJYYeoT5gaM

weird

I feel like I'm in high school

i am in a bad place, hair-wise

co-sign

I emailed my hair dresser regretfully informing her my student loans cannot go to fancy hair dye and I must return to the boxed dye world. Harder than breaking up with some past boyfriends! But really, I can get orange with boxed dye, it was my bright red years when I really needed her touch.

That bend-a-bun thing would work with my hair (which is similar to length/wavy texture of the model), but I already have a bumpit and a different sort of chignon/bun-type implement that I never use.

It would be nice to do something with my hair other than just a messy topnot using just a pony tail band, but I am lazy (and also in and out of the pool/ocean all day so what would be the point, really).

FFM -- i had that exact same experience wrt dyeing red & school! in fact, i remember mentioning it before (maybe on itt?) -- you will live, it's not that big of a deal. when your life settles, you will have the wonderful luxury of going back and it will be a triumph.

in other news, my hair situation is dire, cannot wait to make an appt

he he heeee BumPit

Did anyone have a Topsy Tail? http://www.beautyriot.com/hairstyles/9-weirdest-hair-tools-g9111-page2

I haven't had long hair for ... 15 years? I am kind of curious to know what it'd be like now.

I think my sister had a topsy tail?

Aw quince, I would do your hair! Salt-thickened beach hair is the easiest to put up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c0GTNjd9ls&list=PLDCFAEDEB621E602A

they also had a "beachwaver" styling tool but tbh i cant see how its any diff from a curling iron

oooh oooh beeeeaaaach weaverrr

Yes LL - in my email I told her I'd be counting down the days 'til I could come back! I dyed my hair for years though, I can do it no problem.

I had a topsytail as a teen, man I loved that dumb thing.

me too -- there was a point where i couldn't even handle the upkeep of dyeing it at all, and i took a several year break with natural color. it was a dull couple of years!

I was thinking about that too but I don't think I could handle my brown hair! The red shades have become such an integral part of my appearance imo.

i went back to box-dye about 6 months ago...i miss getting it dyed in the salon because it honestly looked 10 times better (and I make such a goddamn mess whenever I do it)...but it'll do for now

LL for some reason I thought you were a natural brunette?

For ten seconds, while tipsy, I contemplated ombre. Then I watched some Bravo and realized that it would be nagl for me.

I like it in unusual colors but a lot of the time it just looks like lazy highlights or something. must be a lot of bad ombre in my area, lol

oooooh IO that is a good video! But I do not have those MONSTER bobby pins, just standard size ones!

Will give it a go anyway.

Me? I am natural brunette, but dyeing on and off since I was 16 or so! I get so sick of looking at my head/face, something has to change or I get kinda fussy.

I went back to my natural color during law school because I could only afford hair cuts every five to six months and I had no time to dye it myself. Then I tried dying it myself when things calmed down only to discover that box dye does not touch my gray hair*. So it's either salon job or au naturel for me.

I was actually thinking about not dying it for awhile to see what my natural color is these days.

*apparently, my hair is very stubborn about taking dye. The color that the stylist dies it is nearly black and it comes out as darkish brown on my head.

I'm doing the not-dying thing now - surprisingly happy with the natural color. I had no idea what it would actually be, since I'd been dying it myself for years and years. There's a lot of gray, but it's fairly sparkly vs. dull so that's okay. Between that and this lovely short cut, I'm in a hair happy place right now.

where is ljublana? I want to see her new short do!!

No pics from this one - maybe the one after if it's more successful! Apart from being too short and achieving the feared 'pinhead' effect, something odd has happened on one side. I have a small patch on my left temple where hair doesn't grow properly, and it's been cut short enough now that you can see it - so it goes up and then down again on that side in ways it shouldn't. I'll go back in a month or so and see if there's enough growth to allow her to adjust it.

:/

bummer, ljub! I hope you have some hair success soon!!

I do have those fleeting moments between cuts where you think 'stay right THERE! I like it today' and then a week later it's moved on....

well that's the good thing at least, you're never stuck with anything for very long

Brb, doing this http://www.likecool.com/Japan_s_Tomato_Hairstyle--Other--Gear.html