QuoteReplyTopic: Putting hair up? Posted: October 30 2004 at 1:52pm
Storm Raven wrote:
My hair is just past classic length, and I am able to pull it up without pins or "scrunchies". It is rather thin though, compared to many people's hair, and a bit wavy.
I pull my hair back as though I am going to make a pony tail, then I twist the hair a little and turn it into a bun, then wrap the ends under the bun (does that make sense?) A lady from India showed me how to do it years ago and I am forever grateful to her.
and how does your hair stay like this? ..sounds like something i want to try.
It keeps it away from heat & environmental elements. It's good in general to tie your hair. IF YOU HAVE THICK HAIR beware. I used to have long hair & its thick, curly. I started losing hair in the front cause i would tie it. It was too heavy. If your hair is thinner, you should be fine.
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Viktoria, I know what you mean about making a torch of yourself. I once caught my hair on fire while walking past a lit candelabra. Do post a picture of your hair down though, if you can. I'm sure everyone would love to see it. Just stay away from open flame until you put your hair up again.
My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-)
There seem to be so much fabulous hair accessories in the US! Not in Luleå, though.
I hear you, Dave. For sure, my photo has been around too long. However, I don´t really have any pictures of my hair out - maybe because it seldom is. And it makes me nervous: last time I got caught in everything and almost made a torch of myself passing a lit candle. For a long haired person, I´m strangely unaccustomed to wearing it... But if I get a nice picture eventually, you´ll see it for sure.
Thanks for the hair compliments everybody! (This is the first few days of having a hair photo online and such good juju from board members... and it was funny when a member mistook the half-up pic for a cat, so I switched it to a full bun! I thought that was soo hilarious and cute.) And FINALLY something keeps my hair up! Wavy, crimped, or corkscrew hairsticks!!!!
Viktoria--from what I've seen of Amish pins, they're the kind that are bent in a U shape but have no crimping. They are 2-3 inches long and are supposed to be more durable than normal hair pins.
Well eKatherine, I went on the Bunheads site (I see direct links don't work on HB anymore. It confused me for awhile) and those hair pins are fantastic : ) They also have a store locator.. and [dunn dun dunnnnn] there's a Dance store 3 minutes from my apartment! Off to buy hair pins... Thanks eKatherine!
I agree with you, Dave, I'd like to see Viktoria's hair loose. I'm sure it would be beautiful.
I don't know what Amish hair pins are either. I keep my hair up securely with a wooden stick. I don't know if they have a proper name, but they're about 8 inches long, rounded and tapered to a pointed end. I have quite a few of them in different woods with bone and nacre inlays on the wide end. (I don't like hairpins; I like to be able to let my hair down quickly without having to pull out a bunch of pins.) I just put my hair in a bun (starting with a ponytail in a no-snag ponytail holder) and weave the stick in and out of the base of the ponytail to secure the bun. If I want a tighter bun I use the stick with a leather bun holder.
My user name is WAY too long. Just call me Juliana. :-)
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I'm with you, eKatherine. I once made the mistake of going without conditioner. Big mistake. My hair was unmanageable. Could not get a comb through it. (BTW, your hair is gorgeous!)
Anais Satin, is that your beautiful hair in your avatar photo? Wow, so glossy!
Feeling like showing a pic of your hair worn loose, Viktoria?
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What´s an Amish hairpin? Or a Bunhead, for that matter? I have ever only known the ordinary supermarket ones, that are bent in a deep u-shape and are a bit wavy. I did find longer ones at a special long hairdressers in Stockholm, but those pins are of poorer quality, alas.
Aren´t Amish those religious sectpeople you see in that Harrison Ford movie (name? can´t remember)?
Great picture, AnaisSatin! O god, you ALL have such fabulous hair!
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Oh, gosh, if I didn't use conditioner in my hair, it would be lots shorter and all broken at the bottom.
I don't use Amish hairpins, I use Bunheads, in both the medium and long lengths. You can get them at a dance supply shop. Lots of people have good luck with the Amish hairpins, but Bunheads are available to me locally.
I also use the short hairpins you can get at the supermarket, the strong ones, not the fine ones.
That makes sense... I wish I could have both good slip and updoability. I went coneless once and it did give good updo hold. But the weather here is just so extreme, that I don't dare go coneless very often (hair dries like the Charles D.ickens).
Your hair might not have conditioner on it, but it won;t have other stuff on it either like spray. Sometimes giving your hair a day or two of rest from all products is good for it. Give it a chance to breathe (not literally but let air touch it)
You know guys, here is what I have found about slippery hair: If you plan to wear it up anyways, skip the conditioner. That´s what gives the hair all that slip, and that´s nice for wearing it loose, but to wear it up, more friction is helpful. Thus the "second-day" preference by hairdressers doing ballgown hairstyles. I have even seen products that take slip away and dirty hair down, while the customer feels like she´s getting a hairwash. There seems to be a lot of psychology involved here...
Going without conditioner makes it a bit harder to comb, but once it´s done, it´s done, and it sits beautifully all day.
The more you complain, the longer God lets you live.
I wear my hair up every day. When I do a braided 'do, I put the hair in a high pony first, but when I do a bun, I don't put it in a band at all.
My hair is too heavy and slippery, so I couldn't possibly keep it up without any pins. I use lots of pins. The more pins, the more evenly distributed the weight and stress is across my scalp. Now it's gotten to the point that I can keep it up perfectly all day, with no urge to take it down.
Just looking for a few good hair slaves - is that too much to ask?
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