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Long haired lovers what do you DO wiht your hair?

86 replies

cod · 20/04/2006 09:47

i have shoudler loneght hair and have it up today in pony tail as i am going swimming later

HOWever i always feel that i look like a sperm wiht it up. cnat do anythign wiht thefront really.

what do you ot do with your hair and what gear do i need?
fancy a flower thingy for summer

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desperateSCOUSEwife · 20/04/2006 09:49

straighteners are my bestest friend

cod · 20/04/2006 09:49

u i knwo all that but do you ever have you r hair UP or fancy schmancy

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mykidsmum · 20/04/2006 09:50

I have a heavy fringe, so escape the sperm thing. I saw someone the other day who had longish hair ina pony tail, with a section of the front, kind of quiffed up to one side with a big flower in it, looked very fifties

Tinker · 20/04/2006 09:51

Never put my hair up except for bath or shower.

desperateSCOUSEwife · 20/04/2006 09:52

yeh have it in a nice scrunchie, some flowery ones and always color co-ordinated to go with outfit
with hair gelled or waxed into place
the girls give me a french plait sometimes (when they can be arsed)

cod · 20/04/2006 09:52

nope dont liek gelled hair
it looks like it may crunch if you touch it

i want somthing to give me some hight at the front i think

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BettySpaghetti · 20/04/2006 09:53

Can't do fancy -end up with bits sticking out everywhere (the been-dragged-through-several-hedges-backwards-look Grin).
If I tie it up (usually only at home) it just tends to be a pony-tail

desperateSCOUSEwife · 20/04/2006 09:54

use a bit of wax instead
but only a tiny bit
otherwise it looks like ya dipped ya head in a chip pan

mykidsmum · 20/04/2006 09:55

Did you ever watch teachers, the blond woman's hair in that always looked good, again the quiffy type thing with pony tail

mythumbelinas · 20/04/2006 09:56

I have long hair and i would never tie it up, but that's because i age 10 years instantly. Would love to but i just don't have the face for it.
Ponytail with a slightly longer fringe swept to the side?
Some people look good with the front section quiffed up and the rest in a ponytail

cod · 20/04/2006 09:57

i rekcon id sweep the firngs intoa mess in abotu 5 mins

i wonder what oneof thsoe scarevy headband things woudl look like

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oliveoil · 20/04/2006 09:58

is it all one length? If so, you need to have a long 'fringe' cut into it, with the layer long enough to stick behind your ear iyswim.

Then it won't annoy you, but when you put it in a ponytail, you have swishy bits at the front to prevent sperm look.

This is what I had until I had it all chopped off

cod · 20/04/2006 09:59

no i have layers

also have a TINY forehead so fringesa are a NO NO

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mykidsmum · 20/04/2006 09:59

They have some nice ones in accessorize, I like them, particulalry on days when my fringe won't play ball. It would have to be a case of buying one and finding out, some people look nice in them, others look stupid, depends on what clothes you were wearing too!

cod · 20/04/2006 09:59

i might well look poncey

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puff · 20/04/2006 09:59

just a good blow drying product to create the height at the front?

Redken stuff is great, I've bought loads that made my hair feel gunky, but their stuff is good, plus a good, wide spiral blow dry brush.

I've given up un straighteners - they kill my hair.

What about 3 curlers in the front every night? Grin

desperateSCOUSEwife · 20/04/2006 09:59

I always straighten my fringe and keep the flyaways in place with wax

Bozza · 20/04/2006 10:00

I sometimes put mine in a pony tail, sometimes, just the side bits in a pony tail, sometimes I put it all up in a sort of rough french pleat with one of those big clip things.

mykidsmum · 20/04/2006 10:00

I have a little forehaead and fringes suit me, as long as they start from quite far back, which is cool with the heavy fringe look. Can't do graduated fringes though, as there is no room to graduate

cod · 20/04/2006 10:00

ok what abotu the hair thing in memebr profils ( mosoon site unlinkable)

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Bozza · 20/04/2006 10:02

But what olive is describing is not really a fringe. I used to have it like that but am currently experimenting with a proper fringe. You have a side parting and layers at the side that don't go into your pony tail but are still brushed to the side.

cod · 20/04/2006 10:03

oh yes have them but when they dont go into a pony tail they are attractively swep t up on the top of my head liek a mad woman

oh to be soigneee

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JoolsToo · 20/04/2006 10:05

geerit cut - less faff!

cod · 20/04/2006 10:05

no then i look like na unattravtive lesbian

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desperateSCOUSEwife · 20/04/2006 10:05

sweep them into a parting then
leave them long and waxed into place at side of ya head iykwim

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