Hair Care

[JonathonWally]

I sometimes miss having a ponytail. When my hair was long it was awesome, but I have really thick heavy hair, so after having shoulder length hair for so long, (and getting yelled at for dress code violations in school because of it) I chopped it off.

It took me years to get out of the habit of tucking my non-existent long hair behind my ears.

 

[Kestra]

You are all making me feel high-maintenance! I wash and blow-dry my hair every morning. Well, I usually dry it at least halfway. I think if I didn't, it would take the whole day to dry. Every now and then I chop a few feet off my hair, but I can't be bothered to go in for regular trims.

My hair can be stick straight or wavy depending on the day, so I've been known to run a straightener through it. I never curl it though. My sis once found a curling iron in my room and demanded to know why I had it, because she knows I have no clue how to use one!

 

[An Officer]

I use this and this. They seem to work very well with my hair.

Great. Thanks for the links. I like that they use botanical ingredients and aren't too expensive... I've been using Aveda products which also use plant essences, but are a rather big hit to my pocket. I've been on the market for something else similar for a while now. Seems a good place to start. Thanks!

My hair becomes dry and brittle quite easily and doesn't respond well to Pantene, and all that jazz - way too harsh. I merely wash condition and moisturise my hair (black hair needs far more moisturisation to remain in good condition). I don't shampoo it any more often then every four days, as they don't look as good otherwise. I only blow dry and flat iron for very special occasions, maybe once a year - it's always raining, so there's hardly any point trying to keep it straight regularly.

As to how often I trim, it used to be every 6 weeks, but that was when I liked to keep it short. Now, I'm trying to grow it to shoulder length so haven't trimmed in over a year. Some split ends beginning to appear, but I'm not ready for a cut yet. I had a falling out with my last hairdresser, and I'm quite scared of going to a new one! I'm quite precise about exactly how I want it, and it's not every hairdresser who can do that.

I think mine is in alright condition, considering it's low maintenance.

 

[teya]

Fairly low maintenance. It's baby-fine and straight, so I get it cut in a bob every 6 weeks. Wash & blow dry (using fingers to style) every morning. And that's it.

No color. I've only got about 6 gray hairs and I'm proud of 'em.

 

[Cali]

I use this and this. They seem to work very well with my hair.

Great. Thanks for the links. I like that they use botanical ingredients and aren't too expensive... I've been using Aveda products which also use plant essences, but are a rather big hit to my pocket. I've been on the market for something else similar for a while now. Seems a good place to start. Thanks!

My hair becomes dry and brittle quite easily and doesn't respond well to Pantene, and all that jazz - way too harsh.

Pantene is absolutely horrible on my hair too! A lot of stuff in that bracket - Pantene, L'Oreal type stuff - is horrible on my hair now, it's too used to that stuff/Original Source/Lush etc.

 

[An Officer]

^ It's a wonder anyone buys it! I've been told Dove is alright for it's price range - especially their conditioner, but I'm not willing to test that theory!

 

[WillsBabe]

My hair is short. It's cut into a pixie cut. I've had it cut this way for years well before the term "Pixie cut" was even invented. I like my hair short for lots of reasons, one of them being that it's low maintenance. After having said that, short hair still needs styling and I take time to do that, ususally with hair putty or spray gel. I can make it into several styles. It gets washed every other day and cut every 5 weeks. I colour it every 2 months. Blonde, usually. Sometimes pillar-box red. I use Dove shampoo. I find it works really well. My hair hates Timoti and Herbal Essences.

 

[Kira's Mom]

^ It's a wonder anyone buys it! I've been told Dove is alright for it's price range - especially their conditioner, but I'm not willing to test that theory!

Dove is pretty good. I actually like to use Suave from time to time. It's cheap, but does the job nicely.

 

[Holdfast]

I wish I had thicker hair so I actually could do something interesting with it.

As it is, I just keep it combed back, with a smidgen of Toni & Guys label m soft wax (a bit of a misnomer because it's more like the consistency of thick cream). It's fucking ridiculously expensive (£11 for a can) but it's the only product I can find that provides a little hold and doesn't leave my hair greasy or sticky or brittle/hard. And I only need a really small amount each day so it lasts a fairly long.

If anyone can recommend a cheaper supermarket alternative, I'm all ears.

Shampoo & conditioner-wise, I just use Pantene (their Ice Shine stuff I think). Never really had the inclination to explore further since with short hair I don't expect it really makes much of a difference anyway.

 

[teya]

My hair is short. It's cut into a pixie cut. I've had it cut this way for years well before the term "Pixie cut" was even invented.

Then I thought you were a lot younger than you are...

I had a pixie cut (and it was called that) back in 1960.

 

[teya]

As for products...

I use Pureology Pure Volume (pink bottle) shampoo, no conditioner, Redken Fabricate before blow drying, and a light spritz of Frederic Fekkai hairspray.

The most important part of the equation is Natasha, who is simply a goddess among stylists.

 

[teya]

Shampoo & conditioner-wise, I just use Pantene (their Ice Shine stuff I think). Never really had the inclination to explore further since with short hair I don't expect it really makes much of a difference anyway.

If your hair's not thick and you're looking for more volume, you might explore other options--and one could be ignoring conditioner altogether.

A lot of the "volume" products contain silicone, which actually weighs the hair down.

 

[WillsBabe]

My hair is short. It's cut into a pixie cut. I've had it cut this way for years well before the term "Pixie cut" was even invented.

Then I thought you were a lot younger than you are...

I had a pixie cut (and it was called that) back in 1960.

Maybe that's because I've only just heard it! I've had it cut like this since I was a child. I'm 43.

 

[teya]

My hair is short. It's cut into a pixie cut. I've had it cut this way for years well before the term "Pixie cut" was even invented.

Then I thought you were a lot younger than you are...

I had a pixie cut (and it was called that) back in 1960.

Maybe that's because I've only just heard it! I've had it cut like this since I was a child. I'm 43.

Okay, you're still older than I thought you were, but yeah, that name's been around for a long time.

 

[WillsBabe]

^ I think I might have been thinking of the "elfin cut" - the cut that Victoria Beckham had a little while ago.

 

[teya]

^ I think I might have been thinking of the "elfin cut" - the cut that Victoria Beckham had a little while ago.

Maybe. They've given different names to it over the years... It was "pixie" when I was a kid, then it was the "Mia Farrow" when she chopped her hair off in the mid-60s, then when I was in college they called it a "crop cut," then there's been "elfin" and I'm sure a few other iterations in there....

It's all the same cut.

 

[WillsBabe]

^ I guess so. I was watching an item on tv this morning that was telling me that big 80's hair is back ... guess there's nothing new under the sun!

 

[teya]

^ I guess so. I was watching an item on tv this morning that was telling me that big 80's hair is back ... guess there's nothing new under the sun!

All fashion is is recycling and updating.

I just finished a sweater I adapted from a pattern published in 1933.

 

[Goliath]

I was watching an item on tv this morning that was telling me that big 80's hair is back ...

 

[WillsBabe]

^ I think I need to go and lie down in a quiet, dark room.