no boys allowed in the room!!!!

Yeah well that'll teach me. Just when I feel I need the company of mine own sex as reassurance, putting on some fake display of "femininity" fools no one. Back to my lair.

it's been a while since i dyed my hair, but yeah, normalizing when you are in a position when you're supposed to look "normal" is prob. a good idea. good luck!

like i literally stopped dying my hair around the age when other women my age started going gray, and dying one's hair took on different connotations than doing so as a teen or in one's 20s.

you might want to chalk it up to end-of-workday work push instead of assuming we don't care!

i've recently become a fan of hair dye, namely this 'semi-permanent gloss' thing that my hair stylist uses for my hair - it fades out really slowly and doesn't leave roots - kind of amazing! i recommend! and possibly okay to put over multi-coloured hair because it's less of a chemical process? prob check with hair stylist on that one, as obv i'm no expert!
xps

my work day is just beginning!

despite being really very interested in reading what everyone has to say on the massively complex topic of discussion here recently on this thread and the new other threads in the past couple of days, i haven't been able to dive in, as i've been busy and would like to give the topic more of my attention/focus than i've been able.

xp - time zones oh yeah those! lol i was being time-zone exclusionary

nah, i just don't have a typical 9 to 5.

I'm unemployed and in a different timezone so I dunno when ppl are at!

Actually a non permanent gloss is a good idea for an interview but I should probably test it beforehand.

And yeah I get what you mean Sarahel, I grew my hair out in my mid 30s to see what my natural colour was just as I was getting some treys - but I just got bored of hair that was always the same.

EST rules PST drools! ;)
xp

Treys? Frets!

FFS iPhone GREYS.

ha, i was just thinking about that yesterday, too though - looking at Whole Foods' shelf of hair dyes, thinking i'm maybe bored of my hair color.

A friend of mine bleached her punk-rock spike job a messy whitish-grey blonde. Kind of jeal just for the DGAF-ness of it.

I have 2 whole boxes of super punky red which I was using to do occasional streaks but making my whole hair that colour, much as I'm tempted, would be a Very Bad Idea for interviewing.

I also have still not had a haircut either despite saying forever that I was gonna do something about the straggle. I have no right to laugh at Thom Yorke's poor hair choices really.

i dyed my hair a much brighter color recently and wouldn't go back unless someone ripped the hair dye from my dead desiccated hands. it's the little boost i need to make it through my otherwise dull days.

also recommended: wigs! don't knock it/dismiss it til you've tried it.

wigs are awesome! I got two in the past couple years: one this totally OTT bright red beehive that I bought for a musical project, and another chin-length black one.

I was really really into wigs in my early 30s, I had some great ones - but I find them too warm and sweaty for use any more.

you also have beautiful long hair, iirc? i don't have a lot of hair, so i can wear it short or wear it short. or wear a wig. i would like an expensive nice one someday, but for now the beverly johnson collection will have to do.

I have v v long hair but it's too ragged (I don't trim it often enough) to be "beautiful" hair. Its length is mainly due to laziness and fear of bad haircuts.

I used to have shorter hair, and had all kinds of exotic wigs for going onstage - it's nice to have the variety of short hair / long wigs. Wigs are so much fun to play with, especially when you're performing - as it sounds like you've been experiencing!

yeah
it was really fun!

I found it was almost like wearing a mask (without compromising yr ability to perform w yr face) so it gave me the freedom to be much bolder / act differently. Did you find it made it easier?

Hard to know since I don't really have any reference point tbh! It definitely felt different than standing up in front of a class.

my hair is really thick, and i realized that there are things that I can't get away with with a wig (because the hair is thinner/there is less of it) than w/my natural hair.

Are you gonna try to do anything like that again?

is that a question for me or LL?

the project i got the beehive wig for was kinda a commentary/reaction to the way some guys in electronic music/noise "rock out" with their laptops, which has always struck me as kinda funny, because I associate laptops with white collar labor, and a bit at odds with the classically working class/blue collar performance of "rocking out"

LL - sorry; iPhone doesn't warn you of x-posts!

I'm going to see what happens. I don't do well if I plan too much because I am contrary and hate being told what to do, even by myself.

Best to not make too many plans, lest I grow sick of them long before the time comes to execute the plan.

I've got a serious problem applying hair dye, I can't seem to get it even all over. Does it get easier with practice? Or is there a dye out there that I can apply in the same way as shampoo?

Another x-post but sarahel that sounds awesome and actually v funny - rocking out w laptop is always deeply strange

most of the permanent dyes can be applied like shampoo.

CGLDI there are, at least in London I've seen them, mousse hairdyes you apply like a shampoo. I haven't tried one yet cause I like streaky dyejobs.

I don't use permanent dye, though.

it's not really that hard if you approach methodically and in sections. divide the hair, use a comb with a pointy handle to create thin layers on which to apply dye, then massage in at the end. i guess it's harder if your hair is really thick, but i don't have any experience with that. i've been dyeing my hair myself on and off since i was 15.

I would love to try wigs but I think I have too much hair to fit under them. My only experience is cheapo Halloween wigs so maybe it would work better with higher quality wigs.

My hair is very, very thin, and I've only been dying my hair for about three months.

xp LL - with really thick hair, the process is the same, you just have more layers and you end up using more of the dye. I'd use this cheap-o beauty supply store brush to make sure i got a decent amount of dye on the lower layers.

I figured, I'm just saying that it might be a little more time consuming the more hair you have.
Anyway, the directions on the box are pretty easy to follow. A little practice and it'll be second nature although it will always be a pain in the ass.

Assuming that your ass is located on top of your head, like mine is.

iirc - the thickness of one's hair isn't the biggest challenge, but rather, the length. It's easier to miss a spot with long hair

did anyone else on here ever have a Manic Panic blue disaster?

I had a Manic Panic Deep Tulip disaster, does that count?

probably, if it involved the dye demonstrating how you physically inhabit your living space: there was a blue spot where I'd lean my head against the wall in bed while reading, a blue spot on the earpiece of the phone, a blue spot on the closet door where i'd lean to put on tights ...

i think i was in some class where we were reading a bunch of gothic/romantic fiction and the blue spots felt like the proverbial stain or scarlet letter, though they were blue.

Permanent dye is actually kind of good for thin hair because the ammonia and etc swell the hair shaft (at least for a while) so your hair looks thicker and glossier for a week or so.

surely if it's a temporary dye you can just mix it with conditioner and then apply as if it were conditioner? more volume of stuff to put in your hair = more chance of getting coverage all over.

admittedly in my years of dying i was never very methodical - i was v proud of one look, where as the pink faded out to reveal shonky blonde there became visible slightly greenish patches, the whole thing something akin to an unripe white peach, i thought.

I had a couple manic panic disasters but the most memorable was when I thought it would be a good idea if my best friend died mine for me while we were both stoned and I sat in the bath tub. The entire bathtub was stained fuchsia and my hair was horribly two-toned for about a week until I could find some more.

Oh and my parents were not pleased about either the state of the bathtub or my hair iirc.