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Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
shadoe, i love your hair! if i wouldn't get fired i would do something similar but it is against our dress code. another reason for me to retire! if i were the big boss i'd hire folks for what they can do not for what they look like. i can't hire anyone with a visible tattoo either. and that really sucks.

if i were to do my hair like yours i still wouldn't pay that much because no one around here charges that kind of money. it's not that i am cheap, it's that i have never heard of anyone charging those kind of fees.

and i would let a SCAD student do it as their project for school. a lot of them have wonderful colors in their hair and beautiful tattoos.

Shadoe
Member

11-04-2004

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 6:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
Thanks Rupert and Cnd.

Rupert, I am a wee bit past young if we are talking age here. If you meant mentally, then yes, I am young at heart - just ask Eeyore! I am not really creative either - I show up at the stylist with hair, money and alot of guts.

Cnd, I never meant that you or anyone was cheap, but there is no way I could find a stylist in Toronto that would take care of my hair for $50. Money has never been the important issue though. I am more concerned with the health of the hair and also the creative imagination of the stylist and his/her ability to match my hair to my personality. Let me tell you, that matching is a feat in itself!
There is no reason that you can't play around with different styles and just forget about colors. Some subtle highlights are always nice too! You could get something like 4 shades of blonde and it would look fabulous!

As for the tattoos, we have plenty of skin that does not show when we are working. If you think about it, you could get a full back piece tattoo and nobody would be the wiser at work, unless you wear some kind of skimpy outfit for work!

I am pretty lucky at work; while we have a pseudo dress code, my hair and tattoos aren't really an issue because I work in a crummy cubbyhole of a work space in an office and don't deal with the public. I had one manager in the past ask me to please don't get any tattoos on my face LOL. I promised I would not do that.

The hair is a bit on the edge, but my bosses admire my passion in my work and have become accepting of my oddities.

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 6:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rupertbear a private message Print Post    
Well...turning the big 5-0 a few weeks ago...I understand 'young at heart' because same as you, I don't feel my age either.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 6:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i took no offense, shadoe. i guess i live such a sheltered life when it comes to what stuff costs away from my little world here in the deep south USA.

i may try some different highlights as you suggest. i could get away with that. the main thing i go for nowadays is to cover the grey. but, with a blend of colors the grey would blend better i think.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 7:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
One of the best frizz free creams I've found is Avon's new "Curl" cream (from their Mark catalog). I've also found I like the John Frieda (I think that's it) frizz lotion (red container, I get it at Target. Both the Frizz Ease and Pantene frizz control creams are pretty heavy. And I have CURLS and they are too heavy for me.

Hehehe... I've been seeing my stylist since she got outta beauty college (some 20 years ago). I pay $45 every three weeks for a color touchup (roots) and trim (bangs). Every six months I get a full color and she charges me $225. Considering the length of my hair (waist) and how many curls I have, I figure I get a bargain.

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 1:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
okay, guys i'm going to wait until tomorrow to tell you about my new hair color. (because last time i posted about my hair....right before Thanksgiving...i posted about how much i LOVED it..that was just a few hours after i had it done..and wet and at night...then, i saw it the next day in the light...different story).

okay, so because of above...i'm going to wait to tell you about my experience today. i'm going to wait until tomorrow, when i'm 100% sure i love it.

but for now......I LOVE MY NEW COLOR...I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW GREAT IT LOOKS.

however, i'm not going to get too excited...i might wake up tomorrow and not like it...NO, I DON'T THINK SO!)



anyway, after i had my hair done...around 7pm, i went down to Barneys Beanery in West Hollywood. while in the ladies room, there were 3 girls in there. one girl was that blonde, cutsie (sp?) girl from one of the Road Rules/MTV shows. i recognized her but didn't know her name.

but then....i listened in on "their" conversation. Road Rules girl is talking about some guy...i think his name was Jason. then RR girl say's "okay, let's practice". that had something to do with "hitting on him", i guess.

so, RR girl's friend says..."Katie(i think that's what she said...or some name that started w/a K) says she will beat your ass if you don't....(i forget the rest).

so anyway...when she said the name, that i "think" was Katie...i immediately placed her cute little face with that girl on one of those challenges. she was a hook-up i guess w/that guy mike.

anyway, enough of the 'OH MY GOSH!...I JUST SAW...!
(anyway...that would be the post of my 8 year old daughter, if i had a daughter...:>)

so, i'll post tomorrow about my hair. remember how i posted how "cheap" it was (or less than i expected?). well, even though i was SURE to ask the price before-hand this time (i didn't last time)....it was more than i posted above.

however, i'm so happy with the results...it's okay and i didn't mention the difference in price to her since it was the receptionist (when i called) who told me her price..

i'll tell you about posting "photos" tomorrow. (meaning i HATE when people post about their new hair cut/color....and don't post a photo).

well, unfortunately....even though dh and i just bought some new set-up (laptop w/photo printer)....we haven't figured out ANYTHING about posting photos.

also, i want you to see my hair RIGHT NOW. it looks so great. but i have long hair and it grows fast...so it won't look good in 3 weeks. well not from the front.

more tomorrow...btw, can you tell i'm excited and rambling :>)

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darn sorry about that HUGE sentence. i'm tired and don't want to re-post to make it smaller...sorry.

Abby7
Member

07-17-2002

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 2:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
shadoe! i love your hair cut and the colors. from the photo it looks so shiny! is that a gloss your colorist put over the color?

also, do you have gray hair yet? just wondering (i know you are younger than i am)...but since my hair starting getting gray at around 50 it lost some of its shine. (well, compared to my hair that used to be very,very shiny naturally). however, when the colorist adds the "gloss" it looks shiny (not as shiny as when i was younger though).

i had my hair cut in your style once. everyone loved it...but to make it look "good"...it took me hours to look like yours. (i had fine, straight, thick hair at the time).(no longer thick/full). i would have to style my hair twice a day to make it look like yours. way too much trouble for me.

anyway, i don't know you...so can't give my opinion about you, as a person.

your sense of "style"...however, i love that about you!

eta: i know there are hair products to make my hair look like yours....however, i've always had this "strange" thing about adding products to my hair that make it feel "different". hard to explain.

Shadoe
Member

11-04-2004

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 3:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
Rupert, only 50? Why you're just a baby! I have a couple years on you for sure but my problem is I have never been able to feel a number.

Cnd, I just realized that my money is Canadian, so I guess you can double your number when comparing to mine. While I have never shopped around on hair prices, I did manage to find my new tattooist whose prices are almost half what I have paid and his work is much better. So long as you are happy with the end result, cost has no meaning.

Abby, my stylist has strict instruction to watch for a certain percentage of grey. My natural color is a reddish blonde and I think I have about 5% grey or thereabouts. He is to watch for my reaching about 30 or 40% and then I want to see a mix of natural/grey/whatever else he wants to toss in the mix.

About time for styling - I told him that I don't have time for that crap. If he does something that requires more than wash/dry/slap-in-gel, I will be pissed. Weirdly, my latest styles don't look very different when I wake up! Honest, I do next to nothing to my hair because even if I try, it looks the same LOL.
As far as the condition of your hair goes, I think much comes from diet and the products you use on your hair and scalp. I would look into that approach to getting your shine back because health, medications and the environment have a big hand in your hair and skin. Those shine products just sit on the surface of your hair and attract dust and stuff. Believe me, my hair was deader than a door knob when he first started working on it.

My hair is very very fine and has a mind of its own as to how it fights to lie and grow. My stylist knows he has to work around its stubbornness. The style should be something that suits how you look and what suits your lifestyle, not anything to do with short or long. I really hate very short hair but it seems that what I get suits me perfectly.

I'll see what I can find out about health and hair products and get back to you.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 8:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Yay Abby! Is it ok to yay? Do you still like it today?

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Abby7, for heavens sake e-mail a picture to somebody who knows how to post them. You can mail to me, and I will post later in the day when I return.

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
Shadoe, you are a woman after my youngest son heart. He is 15 and loves those hair colors and styles.

This past summer his hair was long, very long. When he went to FL during the hurricane he had my sis-in-law cut it. I was shocked he did that but he has it spikey now in the back. The front is chin length long sort of.

He has been trying colors. So far all we mastered is black. We tried blue on the back but it didn't take as he already had it black. His natural color is blonde.

He is forever trying to get me to do things like that with my hair. So far highlighting is as far as I go. I can't wait to show him your hair picture when he gets home.

Shadoe
Member

11-04-2004

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 3:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
Biloxibelle, you should ask around about getting rid of the black first. I think that's a pretty hard thing to change, and he may have to let it grow out.
Maybe you can get his hair stripped down to nothing - I think it comes out bright orange or something, at least it does on mine. Then you can put a color on that.

For sure you don't want to wreck the hair with harsh chemicals. I pay the extra to get my stylist do my hair because he is pretty picky about the products. When we first started repairing my hair to good health, he had to apply some kind of gooky glue type stuff before he applied the color because my hair was so dead that nothing would stick to it.

I have a problem with some red colors; for some reason, I have lots of red pigment and reds just don't 'stick'. Also, some colors I have need the stylist to change the ph of my hair before it's applied and something else is put on top to make sure the colors hold. It ain't easy being multicolored!

Bottom line; if it goes wrong, you can shave it off and it all grows back again! I hope he has lots of fun with his hair experiments because it is great fun.

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 4:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
hi. yep, still loving it.

juju, a friend gave dh his old digital camera a few years ago because the camera didn't work with his computer set-up (something about windows xp???). anyway, when i tried to use it dh realized it wouldn't work on our computer either.

shadoe, the products i use do make it very shiny. my hair is very healthy. the colorist also used a gloss on my hair yesterday. it does look shiny now. (it's just not naturally shiny like it used to be because i started going gray a few years ago).

i've been using this product for the last several months and love it:
http://www.ojonhaircare.com/

i've also just purchased this Jonathan Hair Products Kit, but haven't used it yet:
http://tinyurl.com/8t8hd

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 5:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Ahh good Abby.

Eris
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01-06-2006

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 5:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eris a private message Print Post    
Please please forgive me if this has already been discussed, but I see alot of long posts and I don't have time right now to read them all.

I dyed my hair black awhile back (permanent...yep, Im a genius) and now I am feeling like I want it back to brown again. Is this going to be impossible or cost a million bucks? Is there any way to do it myself? I googled some things and there was a product by Loreal called Fix up I think, it was around $20, but has anyone ever used it?

D'oh. Maybe I'll just go blue again

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 5:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Yes you can strip your hair and then color it the shade of brown you want. Personally I'd have a professional do this though because they are a better judge of how much and how long for the stripping.

Eris
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01-06-2006

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 5:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eris a private message Print Post    
I've never stripped....my hair. Lol
I guess I should go to a pro... Damn, and as soon as I do it I will want it back to black again!

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
why not go for both, eris? i'm sure you can get a professional to use brown for your 'highlights' or something like that. stripes, maybe?

Eris
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01-06-2006

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 5:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eris a private message Print Post    
theres a thought. You know I have always wanted black hair with burgundy highlights.

Maybe I will do that....im halfway there already

Shadoe
Member

11-04-2004

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 9:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
For the stripping part, I would for sure get a pro to do that. I know mine always checks often to see how it's lifting or something. Everyone's hair reacts differently so you don't want to muck up that part and wreck your hair.

I am really hesitant of black; maybe a nice mix of some metallic blue and burgundy would be nice. At least the navy would not be as hard to change as black.
Can you put colors on top of black? If you can, I wonder how you would know what the end result color would be?

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the anti-frizz recommendations. I guess I would need a less heavy one too or my hair would go limp. Does anyone know any of the lighter ones?

Thanks for the offer to send it Abby! That's very sweet of you but it'd probably cost more to send than for me to buy. But thank you for the thought!

Abby7
Member

07-17-2002

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
juju, i forgot to tell you. i told dh tonight that i got a "scolding" from you ("for heavens sake" LOL).

i blamed him completely and told him HE needed to answer to you from now on....since it wasn't my fault i can't post photos...

IT IS ALL HIS FAULT!

lol, i loved your "scolding"

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 9:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
LOL, Abby7, that was not a scolding. That was high anxiety to see your new hair color.

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Abby, have your dh take the picture and just send the whole camera to Zuzu. :-)

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
Dang I'm liking this thread, I'm reading about stripping and doing it and than wanting to go to a Pro. And taking pictures of it, I sure hope they plan on sharing those pictures. Along with a little scolding, just waiting for the whips and hand cuffs now.