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One of the things I had on my nwe to-do list was "sort hair". The problem with my hair is that it tangles incredibly easily. This, combined with a scalp that gets sore very easily, means that if I get a knot in my hair it's very painful to get out. Which tends to lead to postponement of the disentanglement. Which means that it'll knot further, making it more painful, so I leave it for longer.
So I spent two hours getting most of it out on Saturday, before going out. This got it down to an invisible level. Then an hour yesterday. And today, it's taken about 3 hours of intermittent untangling, tugging and pulling to get the last of it out.
Ow. Ow. Ow.
Mustn't do that again.
So I spent two hours getting most of it out on Saturday, before going out. This got it down to an invisible level. Then an hour yesterday. And today, it's taken about 3 hours of intermittent untangling, tugging and pulling to get the last of it out.
Ow. Ow. Ow.
Mustn't do that again.
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Date: 2003-09-23 01:55 pm (UTC)CUT YOUR HAIR!
Date: 2003-09-23 01:56 pm (UTC)Or get it straightened - bet that would look good too!
Looks good when you wear it in a pony tail too.
Re: CUT YOUR HAIR!
Date: 2003-09-23 02:01 pm (UTC)But I'll be thrice-damned and living in hell before I have short hair again.
It does spend most of its time in a pony-tail tho. Unless Jesus Built My Hotrod is playing...
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Date: 2003-09-23 02:12 pm (UTC)Re: CUT YOUR HAIR!
Date: 2003-09-23 02:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-23 02:22 pm (UTC)Afro-Carribean hair will cope with being straightenned, but Caucasian hair can get brittle and break off if you're unlucky.
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Date: 2003-09-23 02:26 pm (UTC)Or get it layered, so that it keeps the length but sits 'flatter'
Anyay, tisme will know more hair stuff -ask her.
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Date: 2003-09-23 06:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-24 10:26 am (UTC)The terrorist look is soooo over.
Re: CUT YOUR HAIR!
Date: 2003-09-23 02:22 pm (UTC)Of course, I have the world's straightest, slipperiest hair, so you might not want to take any advice from me.
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Date: 2003-09-23 05:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-23 03:12 pm (UTC)Are you conditioning religiously?
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Date: 2003-09-23 11:07 pm (UTC)As it is I haven't used shampoo or conditioner in about 5 years and my hairs in better condition because of it.
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Date: 2003-09-23 11:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-23 11:22 pm (UTC)Shampoo strips all of the oils off of your hair, meaning that you then have to put fake oils back onto it (with conditioner). If you do this a lot, your scalp starts producing much more oil than it would do 'in the wild', meaning that your hair gets greasy and has to be washed even more often.
It takes 3-6 months for your scalp to adjust back, during which time short hair is suggested. After that the balance comes back again.
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Date: 2003-09-24 04:28 am (UTC)but my hair has been dyed to buggery (on one side of my head, anyway ;) so i need to slap conditioner on, which means i need to shampoo it too...)
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Date: 2003-09-24 04:54 am (UTC)hmmm ...
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Date: 2003-09-24 06:56 pm (UTC)in regards to not using shampoo, that's an interesting idea which i might try. i never use conditioner anyway, but whenever i don't wash my hair, after 3 days or so, it starts feeling greasy, plus my scalp starts itching badly. If using water instead of shampoo still keeps the itchiness away, that might work... otherwise I couldn't stand it.
I've often wondered how people in other parts of the world like nepal or tibet manage to have such unwashed-looking hair without it seeming to make them itch.
Or have I just got some weird skin condition?
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Date: 2003-09-24 11:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-24 01:33 am (UTC)My eventual solution was to cut it all off. Don't think that'd work for you - wrong shape of face.