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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 12:52 pm
No, she wanted to do it for a while now, and if she got just an inch or two trimmed before the wedding then she wouldn't have had enough for donation. Someone very close to us is going through chemo-therapy and about to lose her hair (she's in week 2) so this was very important to us. My hair isn't long enough (yet) It is so cute on her and her stylist said she had some really great ideas for that length and texture.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 2:03 pm
Welllll ok and it is for a very worthy cause. We'll allow it this time lol.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 3:46 pm
Was her hair treated? (Looks like it was colored.) If so, I'm surprised she could donate... I thought hair hadda be "virgin." 
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 4:07 pm
Nope hair can be colored or permed per the Locks of Love website. GUIDELINES FOR ACCEPTABLE DONATIONS Hair that is colored or permed is acceptable. Hair cut years ago is usable if it has been stored in a ponytail or braid. Hair that has been bleached (usually this refers to highlighted hair) is not usable. If unsure, ask your stylist. We are not able to accept bleached hair due to a chemical reaction that occurs during the manufacturing process. Hair that is swept off of the floor is not usable because it is not bundled in a ponytail or braid. Hair that is shaved off and not in a ponytail or braid is not usable. If shaving your head, first divide hair into multiple ponytails to cut off. We cannot accept dreadlocks. Our manufacturer is not able to use them in our children’s hairpieces. We also cannot accept wigs, falls, hair extensions or synthetic hair. Layered hair is acceptable if the longest layer is 10 inches. Layered hair may be divided into multiple ponytails. Curly hair may be pulled straight to measure the minimum 10 inches. 10 inches measured tip to tip is the minimum length needed for a hairpiece. Printable Guidelines (PDF) Please Note: Shorter hair will be separated from the ponytails and sold to offset the manufacturing costs. Although the shorter hair cannot be used in the hairpieces, it still greatly helps to reduce costs. Gray hair will be accepted and sold to offset the manufacturing costs. Colored hair is not usable if it is colored over bleached hair.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 4:18 pm
Nope, not colored or permed at all.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 8:17 pm
<gentle nudge for mame>
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 8:35 pm
Aw thanks Mocha! Luv ya! (I can never find this danged thread when I need it. LOL) FYI - I had my hair coloured (again) today. It feels like I just had it done a few weeks ago... LOL. Anyhow, as many of you know, I had mostly blond and brunette chunky stripes last time round, for fun for the summer. Well this time, I wanted elegance, so my hair is 90% chocolate brown with 10% almost imperceptible, dainty gold highlights. (I'm trying out a new stylist and so far I'm thrilled with her. She's a little bit more expensive than my previous one. But the previous one was getting quite sloppy and taking me for granted, after 5 years, so I felt it was time to shop around.) Vin's who prefers me with darker hair, is pretty happy right now. :-) Our anniversary is in a couple of weeks or so, and I'll be getting my hair cut then.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 10:13 pm
<sneaks in like a silent fart in a retired librarian's convention> So, years back, I was having a problem finding a haircutter I liked up here in the Pacific Northwest. I finally found one, and was happy with him for maybe four years, during which time I also found a haircutter in South Texas who is truly talented, and I really love her, but you can't just fly off to Texas to get your hair cut. So, I was Brer Rabbit eating briars in the briar patch for quite a few years, and then my local guy got bladder cancer, and then his partner died, and he got depressed and quit working (poor fellow; although his cancer may be in remission). But I STILL, a couple years later have not found another haircutter I like here. And I have EASY hair to cut, most of them say. So I went back to a Vietnamese woman I had tried and rejected on my first go-round, maybe 7 years ago. She was okay, as long as she had the South Texas cut to go by, but as soon as that grew out, I started sprouting wings on the top of my head. Plus she drives me crazy asking personal questions she has no business asking. So then I tried a salon near my house, and I took in a picture from a good haircut. And she cut it exactly like the hair in the picture. Except it was a picture or dry hair, and she was cutting it wet, and I have curly hair. So when it dried and curled, it was about 3/4" long, instead of 3". So, I had not had my hair cut in 7 weeks, and it is getting shaggy in some spots, and almost growing out to where it should have been cut 7 weeks ago in other spots. I tried getting in with a guy who does another neighbor's hair, but he is not taking new customers. So, slink back to the Vietnamese woman who I don't really like, but she sort of knows how to cut my hair even if she doesn't always succeed? Ah, a dilemma. I finally said, screw it, it's just hair and went into Great Clips on my way home from the Farmer's Market today. I got a terrific cut from Danielle for $13, plus $3 tip. I paid $35 for the last bad cut. It just goes to show, you never know, do you, Tracy?* Now, on the down side, people come and go at Great Clips, and Danielle will most likely not be there next time I go to Great Clips. Sigh ... Maybe I better go in and leave her a card and tell her to e-mail me with her new salon when she moves on. Yes, that is a plan. *Yeah, I know, who is Tracy? Tracy was the housekeeper for the family next door when I was a child (although we did not live in a neighborhood where anyone could afford housekeepers, so how did they have one???) But anyway, Janet was a Downs Syndrome young adult child who lived next door, and she always very sagely said that to Tracy. And it has stuck with me as one of life's true adages - You just never know, do you, Tracy?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 11:55 pm

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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 12:02 am
You're looking a little bald there Sea!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 12:07 am
Actually I think Sea pulls bald off! Must be the big eyes that detract from the lack of hair!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 9:44 am
Lol. Next time Zuzu when you take the pic of the haircut you want you have to stress that your hair is curly an to take that into account when cutting it wet. Or have them cut it dry.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 10:05 am
Me at #1's game after my appt...

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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 10:16 am
Very cute, Mocha!
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 10:20 am
Love it!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 11:40 am
Luv the hair, luv the smile! 
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 12:44 pm
Mocha, you look great! Maybe you should do aubergine highlights for when winter arrives. Aubergine is "in"!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 12:51 pm
You always take the cutest hair pictures.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 1:20 pm
Nice, Mocha!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 2:24 pm
Thx yall!! Lol Gracie that's a great idea.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 4:47 pm
At what age should a female stop wearing her hair long: 1) I just turned 51 & my hair is mid-back with only some shorter hair around the front. 2) hair is lt. brown & has little grey (cover it every other month with "Preference By Loreal" cream Lt. brown color. Roots grow in pretty much the same to natural color. 3) not to be vain - but, my hair is perfect: it's thick, fine, naturally wavy, & very easy to either straighten or go with wavy. It's also very easy to put up. 4) In the past, when I tried shorter hair styles, I could not manage them & was not happy. I really don't want to change my hair but I don't want to not be cool either. HELP
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 4:53 pm
There really is no right or wrong age. Just depends on if it fits your face and does it look good. And it's all about preference.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 4:54 pm
Mocha Great hair, Texas...if it feels good, looks good, keep it. and BTW 51 is NOT old. if your hair is healthy looking, I think it will be fine no mater what. My grandma when she was 90 had straight long grey hair and wore it in a braid and a bun. So if she could wear it long, so can you.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 5:21 pm
Yeah, 51 is not old, and there is nothing that says older women have to have short hair anyway. But what I do not like to see on older women is someone who has quite obviously had the very same hairstyle since she was sixteen, and it just not working anymore. I have a relative by marriage who is around 70 and has hair to her mid-back that is probably snow white, but she dyes it flat coal black and wears it in an Alice in Wonderland style with bangs and the side and top hair rubber banded in back with the longer fall of the other hair underneath in the back. Lost in the 60's ... or maybe the 50's ... <uhhhhh ... nobody has told anybody I was in here, right?>
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 5:26 pm
My haircut is the same as when I was sixteen but I did not see anyone post about this, so nevermind.
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