If we knew the end was near....
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Topic: If we knew the end was near....
Posted By: Lyris
Subject: If we knew the end was near....
Date Posted: April 09 2003 at 2:20pm
....many of us would do things we might not do otherwise. We'd have deep, introspective thoughts. Spend time with loved ones. Contemplate life and death. But since this is a hair talk board in all its superficial glory  , consider this: If you knew this was your last day on earth, what would you do to your hair? ------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft |
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Posted By: SuperGrover
Date Posted: April 09 2003 at 2:58pm
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Honestly, I wouldn't have time to do a thing to it. I'd be too busy trying to see loved ones. So I would look my normal "Just got out of bed, haven't even combed it yet" look. But assuming I'm trying to impress St. Peter? I'd sleep in rollers the night before and take them out no more than hour before my trip to the pearly gates.  ------------- "Hair is a part of you. It is not a part of me, because I am a frog." - Kermit the Frog on Sesame Street1b/N/ii ~ ??"/27"/32" |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: April 09 2003 at 3:32pm
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Oh me too...I'd be with my parents and boyfriend as long as possible....but really what I'm trying to get people to share is what they would do to their hair if it really didn't matter how it looked or if the results were disastrous. Me: I'd cut it all off to about 1-inch just so I could experience having hair that short. And I might dye it blond. ------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: April 09 2003 at 8:42pm
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Lyris. This idea of yours to try a short crop style. I wear my hair in a close cropped afro, cut close to the scalp. I have been wearing my hair this short for years and I get many compliments from the men folk many of them dig it, and women mention to me they would like to try wearin their hair as short as mine. Why wait till you are nearly dead? Don't need to wait till judgement day girl to try a short style!!!!!You want a short crop you go for it Lyris!!!!! You would be amazed girl at the reaction you'll get,mostly favorable!!! I've seen your picture Lyris on another thread you are a lovely girl you could certainly pull off a short style pretty woman that you are!!!!! |
Posted By: _steve_
Date Posted: April 09 2003 at 11:56pm
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I'd shave it then I would be on the first airplane to Hawaii to go surfing. ------------- |
Posted By: hairalways
Date Posted: April 10 2003 at 6:12am
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Well Lyris - This is a tough oand GOOD question! Tough because that situation you pose is quite a real one. One day it could be and will be....BUT, what i want is not plausible in one day. If i were the last day I guess I would want it to be down to my waist and color it an almost black brown color. Melba makes a good point about the other possiblility of going super short - I feel I can do that any day! Just have to walk into a salon and say GO FOR IT. This topic is a good one Lyris becasue deep down inside, I think everyone here wishes their hair was a certain way, but can't do it because of society, boyfriend, insecurity, etc. Miaking it the last day of the world is like saying, "know what? I don't care about those things, it 's the last day of the wworld". In reality we should all be living like it is the last day NOW. Do the things we wish we could have done and ignored all of those societal pressures and BE OURSELVES!! OK off the soapbox... Thanks Lyris! Jacqui ------------- |
Posted By: Hal
Date Posted: April 10 2003 at 7:05am
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I would hunt down Lyris.. give her a great shaggy layerd do around her shoulders with long sexy bangs then beg fo rmore days for the world so she could show it off to everyone. Since she would have seen the light and loved her new look more than her one lenght on the grow look. ------------- |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: April 10 2003 at 8:34am
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This guy would go for something really wacko, really really different to my current style. I think I'd get my hair dyed pink or purple, permed into ringlets or spiral curls, and get my ears pierced. |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: April 10 2003 at 9:39am
LOL Hal...I better be watching my back....or at least my hair.... ------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft |
Hal wrote:Posted By: uzma
Date Posted: April 10 2003 at 1:02pm
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Brilliant question, Lyris......... - I would get it professionally braided in the most beautiful and intricate style. - I would get a satin pillow for my coffin. - I would get jasmin flowers threaded through my hair. I'm going out fragrant and graceful. Uzma ------------- Uzi |
Posted By: Tap Dancer
Date Posted: April 10 2003 at 3:01pm
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If I knew it was my last day on Earth, why would I care about my hair? I wouldn't even brush it. I would want to spend every last second talking to (and hugging) my mom and friends. ------------- [IMG]http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/yerdumm/tapdancer2.gif" /> |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: April 10 2003 at 3:26pm
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Uzma that would be lovely....do it while you're here on earth! :-) Tap dancer....of COURSE none of us would be spending time on our hair if the end was coming...I'm trying to get people to share what they would do to their hair if tomorrow didn't matter, that's all! Come on, have some fun with this! ------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft |
Posted By: Sophie
Date Posted: April 10 2003 at 8:51pm
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This is a Great question Lyris. I love Uzmas' braid Idea, accept I get little tiny cornrows, just to see what it would look like. Or I would try some really expensive extentions/weaves and have long thick georgous hair like some of you guy's.  ------------- Sophie http://salonwest.proboards34.com - http://salonwest.proboards34.com |
Posted By: Tap Dancer
Date Posted: April 11 2003 at 3:40pm
Ok, maybe I'm a nerd but I really wouldn't do anything special to it. LOL. I'd just wear it the same as I do everyday...down or in a ponytail.  ------------- [IMG]http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/yerdumm/tapdancer2.gif" /> |
Posted By: SuperGrover
Date Posted: April 11 2003 at 4:14pm
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Me too, Tap Dancer. I can't think of what I would do. That's why I've been reading this board and not posting a reply. I pretty much like it the way it is. BTW, I love your new Snoopy avatar! Nothing can make you feel all warm and furry inside like Snoopy and Woodstock can. OK, except maybe Grover! But if I have to choose something... Maybe I'd splurge on $5,000 extensions, since money wouldn't be good to me anymore. And everytime I watch a Drew Barrymore movie, especially Boys on the Side, I get the urge to cut it to a short bob and get a perm. Maybe I'd do that. And wear red lipstick.  ------------- "Hair is a part of you. It is not a part of me, because I am a frog." - Kermit the Frog on Sesame Street1b/N/ii ~ ??"/27"/32" |
Posted By: Lady Maria
Date Posted: April 11 2003 at 7:58pm
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I wear my hair in a short pixie/crop and I have never in my life colored my black hair, whether my hair was waist length, in a bob cut or a very short style. I have allways been a brunette. I just don't like the idea of changing my hair color. But I would like to try a very short crop in platinum blonde like Susan Powter used to wear her hair, just a cute platinum crewcut. I would like to see what I would look like as a tan-complected, dark eyed Mexican-American woman with a blonde crewcut! Susan Powter herself has dark eyes and I do think she looked great in that short platinum look! It would probably destroy my hair going from jet black to platinum blonde(that's one reason I don't try it) but if it was the last day on earth and anything goes, why not try it! ------------- Lady Maria |
Posted By: politicalgirl87
Date Posted: April 11 2003 at 9:34pm
| I think I would get a between chin and shoulder length bob, and slightly curl it under. I've always had long hair, and although I love it, I want to experience short hair at least once in my life. |
Posted By: BlueFreak
Date Posted: April 16 2003 at 7:49pm
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Sure,I'd see family,friends,go out and have fun(and lots of it!) But first...Hair!It go for something wild. ------------- |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: April 18 2003 at 2:38pm
| I would get thermal reconditioning, just to experience silky perfect smooth hair. I want this procedure so much but it is very costly and my hair is damaged enough by heat-styling and highlighting as it is. |