Let's all take a moment to point and laugh
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Forum Description: Growing it long takes commitment and support.
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Printed Date: May 02 2025 at 5:13am
Topic: Let's all take a moment to point and laugh
Posted By: SuperGrover
Subject: Let's all take a moment to point and laugh
Date Posted: July 16 2003 at 9:48pm
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at this: http://www.hsn.com/cnt/prod/default.aspx?webp_id=1182125&web_id=1182125&sz=0&sf=&dept=&cat= - http://www.hsn.com/cnt/prod/default.aspx?webp_id=1182125&web_id=1182125&sz=0&sf=&dept=&cat= I just saw this on Home Shopping Network! Believe me, they looked much worse on TV than they do in these pictures. And if your hair is so short? How is it supposed to hold this heavy clip anyway?? I can only imagine how bad these things look in real life. ------------- "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" |
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Posted By: 3katz
Date Posted: July 17 2003 at 8:30am
Oh, I saw these demonstrated, too, a few nights ago! I thought they looked like something my cats would like to wrestle with! I know, don't those ponytails look like they're just hanging on for dear life? And as if you couldn't tell these things are attached with a claw, especially when they show the chick in the baseball cap! It doesn't look like you can do much with them, either; *flip it this way for a casual look, flip it that way for a polished look!* Don't you guys just love the way the shopping networks hype the dumbest things? Thanks, Grover, I really needed something like this this morning! Jean ------------- 3katz |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: July 17 2003 at 10:30am
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I actually have a clip-on ponytail that works beautifully; however, I had to perform a slight modification to get it just right. Mine (I posted pix a long time ago then promptly lost it) is long and straight (falls to BSL) and originally had a clip-on attachment. This, however, looked anything but natural so I removed the claw from the hairpiece. Underneath was a drawstring pouch. I pulled my hair into a tight bun, positioned the hairpiece over it and cinched the drawstring tight around the bun. This way, it doesn't stick out and my real hair is completely and compactly hidden. You would NEVER know it's not the real thing, and it's a perfect color match too! Personally I love these kind of hairpieces (I own four, ranging from updos to buns) but you have to experiment heavily to get it just right! ------------- 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: reggia
Date Posted: July 17 2003 at 10:42am
Brown comes in two shades, blonde in six?! Thank goodness I have my own ponytail.  ------------- |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: July 17 2003 at 11:04am
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Oh it's not quite that bad. According to the site. there are four browns (one has gold highlights) and four blondes. Much more balanced, but I still wouldn't give up my ridiculously TressAllure for the world :-) ------------- 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: uzma
Date Posted: July 17 2003 at 2:50pm
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Bwahahahahahaha Lyris....2 questions: Is it stable? The last time I wore my hair in a pony-tail to work, it got yanked...and yanked...and yanked. Would that squirrel's tail stand up to the yanks  ?Does it hurt your scalp or pull your hair? With a normal croc clip you're just bearing the weight of your real hair which your scalp has got used to gradually. So adding this stuff on...just wondered if the extra weight, or the mechanism, would hurt you? Are the things that secure it to your hair smooth i.e.without seams? This is fascinating stuff  .Cheers ------------- Uzi |
Posted By: 3katz
Date Posted: July 19 2003 at 3:42pm
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They might be fun for a special occasion when you want to do something different with your hair. You know, like wearing a hairclip that you wouldn't wear on a daily basis because it's damaging or too much of a PITA to deal with in *real life.* To be fair, it didn't look too bad on the model with the very long dark hair, who clipped it on under her own ponytail. Jean ------------- 3katz |
Posted By: GadgetMouse
Date Posted: July 19 2003 at 5:12pm
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I had the greatest scrunchie type deal with curly fake hair wrapped around the elastic. It matched my hair color and looked insanely real when I wrapped it around a bun. It looked like a perfect curly bun...till it fell out one day. ------------- |
Posted By: SuperGrover
Date Posted: July 19 2003 at 8:32pm
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Mmm. That's true, Jean. It is fun to have BIG hair once in awhile. Yeah, when you can put these things under your own hair, they don't look so bad. The problem for me is that everyone you see that knows you is going to know you don't have that much hair and that it's fake. It's kind of like padding up your bra for a special occasion, and everyone can see you have done so, because they know you are not so well-endowed. I would just feel self-concious wearing a hair extension like that. I did once pull up to the drive-in at McDonald's and the gal at the window had long beautiful hair in a ponytail out of the back of her McD's hat. I complimented her on her beautiful hair and was surprised when she told me it was fake! ------------- "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: 3katz
Date Posted: July 20 2003 at 11:08am
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Yeah, it's sort of like one of those gift baskets that has one of those display inserts. It's disappointing to think you don't have as much there as you'd like or as someone else expected. Jean ------------- 3katz |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: July 20 2003 at 12:23pm
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Hi Uzi, The kind I've got looks and feels completely natural and yes, it does resist inquisitive yanks and pulls. I didn't feel fatigued wearing it either. Again, the key was removing the claw attachment and using the drawstring pull around my bun. The next time I wear it I'll post a pic. :-) btw, it was a Revlon TresAllure hairpiece. I believe the style was "Seduce," and I got it at Trade Secret. I've seen it online as well. |
Posted By: psycobitch
Date Posted: July 21 2003 at 6:59am
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No thanks, I donīt take pride in pointing and laughing at anybody/anything. Actually I own few hairpieces myself and use them underneath my buns or create hairdos of them. Mine look natural and you canīt tell the difference. But I do have some goth- friends who occasionally use bright red and blue extentions and hairpieces. They do not look natural and thatīs just as fine too. ------------- Wings |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: August 08 2003 at 8:56am
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I finally found a photo of me and my fake hair: http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/210233/ponytail.jpg - http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/210233/ponytail.jpg ------------- 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: Gollan
Date Posted: August 08 2003 at 10:13am
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Lyris, I have to say the fake ponytail looks very good in that photo though from your expression it must be a painful to wear. ------------- |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: August 08 2003 at 10:18am
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Haha! No actually I was caught in the middle of one of those devilish muh-wa-ha-ha laughs. It's very comfortable and very light for something that's 17 inches long. The key is anchoring it with enough bobby pins. (Which of course means that I'll never be able to wear it in the airport...can you imagine having to remove your hair in front of everyone?!?) ------------- 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: SuperGrover
Date Posted: August 08 2003 at 11:38am
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You're right! It does look good. Much better than those ladies on HSN. Wow, your teeth are white! ------------- "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: Benji the Sausage
Date Posted: August 08 2003 at 11:56am
i used to wear purple clip on extensions but then i just got bored putting them on in the mornings and gave up. when i got my hair cut WAY to short by some idiot, I used to ear a clip on pony but it was heavy and sorta fake looking. because my hair was healthy and shiney but the pony was synthetic and SUPER fake looking shiney and yeah. as of now i just wear my own hair. ------------- BSL/Blonde/Chemically Treated (abused) 1b/cMii I swear by Redken Extreme and Shea Butter. |
psyco***** wrote:Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: August 08 2003 at 12:57pm
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SG...my secret is Crest Whitestrips. They're great...as long as you don't mind drooling for several hours a day! Benji...my college roommate had a blue ponytail that was so shiny it was very nearly a mirror. She loved it though. ------------- 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: uzma
Date Posted: August 10 2003 at 5:41pm
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Hey Lyris You're looking lovely in your sig pic. Your hair looks so long and beautiful. ------------- Uzi |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: August 10 2003 at 5:49pm
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Aww thanks Uzma. I get bored easily and have to change things frequently. I wish I could say my hair is that long already, but alas, that is an old picture. However I estimate my hair should be about that length by the end of 2003. A happy new year it will be! :-) ------------- 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: SuperGrover
Date Posted: August 10 2003 at 9:41pm
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Yeah I agree. You look GAW-ge-US sistah! Dare I say you almost look like one of the Olsen twins?? That's a compliment. They're pretty! They can't act... but they're pretty! ------------- "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: August 11 2003 at 7:24am
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The Olsen twins?!?!?!?!?!? Good grief I'm not blonde!! But thanks sweetie. However I sure wouldn't mind having their hair. Or looks. Or money. ------------- 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: enfys
Date Posted: August 12 2003 at 5:37pm
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I don't see a problem with people wearing the hairpieces if they want to. A girl in my class has shoulder length hair, and sometimes wears a waist length hairpiece that, to an outsider, would look 100% real. It must be uncomfortable, though, because she has never worn it for a full day. Her ponytail rarely lasts past breaktime, let alone lunch. I'm just glad I have no need to fake it! ------------- http://www.myspace.com/waltzin_with_the_open_sea - http://www.myspace.com/waltzin_with_the_open_sea Ah-ha, a place I can soon add hair pics...once I do some |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: August 13 2003 at 7:30pm
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Hi enfys, welcome to the board! How long is your hair? Mine is kinda long... ------------- |
Posted By: enfys
Date Posted: August 14 2003 at 12:29pm
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Thank you for the welcome Dave. My hair is currently 32" long, but I want to grow it as long as I can handle once I leave school and it's more practical than it is now. I think also think it's great that you have such long hair for a guy as you probably had to put with a lot of flak for it. Keep up the good work, all. I love reading your messages.  Right, that's enough sucking up (joke!).------------- http://www.myspace.com/waltzin_with_the_open_sea - http://www.myspace.com/waltzin_with_the_open_sea Ah-ha, a place I can soon add hair pics...once I do some |
Posted By: princessmonica
Date Posted: August 14 2003 at 4:01pm
actally i think you look like the youngest sister on ''party of five'' she got really pretty all grown up! lyris do you any hair spray to keep the top of your hair smooth when you put the ponytail on? ------------- http://www.msnusers.com/monicasanders - http://www.msnusers.com/monicasanders |
Posted By: LiliBeach
Date Posted: August 14 2003 at 10:02pm
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I have alot of hair pieces I wear on occasion. No one ever guesses that they are not real but of course, I am a hairdresser, they are not suprised to find out they are not real. I have ponytails, clip-on hair, scrunchies, you name it I have it, and I LOVE wearing them!!! Funny Story; I was out shopping on day with my largest pony tail on and it was getting alittle heavy. (its one that has a claw clamp) While I was driving, I took it off and layed it on the passenger seat next to me. Little did I know my son left a half eaten sucker-pop on the seat and you guessed it, it stuck to my ponytail. I put it back on to go into the store, Sucker intact and all. In Fact, I went to about 3 stores before I spotted a friend and she pointed it out.......Talk about a RED face!!! ------------- I am a professional Hairstylist/Haircolorist with 19 years experience. I have traveled all over the country for my advanced education. I am also a salon owner.:)........and I LOVE Redken!!! |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: August 27 2003 at 7:25pm
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That's hilarious, Lili Beach! Enfys, I have put up with some flak, but not so much lately. I think people have given up trying to bring me back to the flock. One woman did try to tell me recently that I'd look more fashionable with short hair. More fashionable? Like I care about being fashionable? LOL! ------------- |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: August 28 2003 at 7:13am
Oh yeah, I use a LOT of hairspray and a little Aussie Hair Insurance to keep it smooth. LiliBeach, glad to see you're posting again! I hope you get your PC fixed soon ------------- 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 |