How do you wear your hair?

Storminateacup

Sheer boredom of a long commute has got me thinking...
What's your hair routine?

Presently my hair is dyed mad red. But I LOVE volume. If I have time I'll do a curly blowdry on the sides of my hair, and will ghd curl the back of it, I'll backcomb the top of it super high, and then sweep most of my hair to one side of my head, using clips to keep it there.

I'm most definately the girl with the most ridiculous hair - but I feel so naked without my backcomvs.

I used to be purely a straighten and go girl - dunno what happened

Da Shins Kelly

I have very, very long hair, so I usually just wear it down. Sometimes I put it into a massive bun.

daenerysstormborn3

My hair is down past my shoulder blades, to around my mid back but it's poker straight so not too high maintenance.

Everyday in work I have to wear it up. This is a stupid rule from my boss who says anyone with hair longer than shoulder length has to tie it up for health and safety reasons :rolleyes: in case you get pulled into the photocopier or something :rolleyes: Yes, I work in an office!

But outside of work I curl my hair or wear it straight. It's always down though, to make up for being tied up in work. I used to ghd curl my hair but it's too long now and the curls won't stay so my boyfriend bought me babyliss heated curlers (they come in a rectangular box that you plug in that heats them up and away you go) and my hair keeps the curls really well now.

I'm fairly boring, it's either straight or curly. I don't even know what backcombing is!

rainbow kirby

The thought of a long and complicated hair routine doesn't appeal to me at all. I have very short hair (#5 blade length when it's just cut), it gets washed up to 12 times a week, so there's really not much to do there.

x Purple Pawprints x

Currently mine is about between shoulder length and I have it dyed this colour:



I've been watching videos on YouTube of a girl that does really cool make up looks and I really like the hairstyle she has:



I'd love to get my hair cut that way but the pink colour wouldn't suit me.

At the moment I straighten it almost everyday. Sometimes I tie it up (I have a tiny pony-tail..) when I'm too lazy.

EverEvolving

My hair is straight as a poker so it gets a quick once over with the straightener to keep it in place all day. If it's at that stage of not bad enough to wash but not good enough to leave down (usually day 3) I twist it and stick a hair clip in and let the hair fall over the clip. I wouldn't have the first clue how to curl my hair, I'm so lazy when it comes to stuff like that, minimum effort and fuss thank you please

boomkatalog

I'm a wash and go kinda gal lately! Don't even bother drying it. Or if I'm going somewhere, scrunch it with mousse to make it wavy. Its about shoulder length and highlighted so I don't want to use too many heated things on it. I probably should break out the aul straightner for a change this weekend. No harm in making a little effort!

Cherry Blossom Girl

My hair goes to around the middle of my shoulder blades, with some shorter bits around my face. It used to be poker straight when I was younger but as I've gotten older and since it's longer it's gotten a bit wavy-er so it's somewhere in between now, it varies day by day strangely. I used to always tie it up but for the last 3 years or so I usually just leave it down. I have never dyed it (its kinda mid to dark brown but has natural lighter brown 'highlights'). I usually straighten it if im going out and I often plait it when wet so it's extra wavy the next day

I have really thick hair which I love, but sometimes it's a pain. It's also quite fine, so without loads of clips and hairspray it never stays long in any kind of style except a ponytail or bun. That said, I do love my hair, and if I had to choose between doing hair or make up I'd choose hair!

Dudess

Mine is longish - past my shoulders. It's dead straight and black. I just wear it down or in a ponytail/bun. It's so straight that a straightener makes it look too flat.
It used to be really long, and before that, it was dyed pinky-red. Both too much hassle. Well manageable now. Although I get a few greys so I need to dye those black every so often.

psycho-hope

normally just pull it back into a pony tail unless im going out and then i just dry it and leave it down, my hair has a bit of a wave in it so i can never be bothered to dry it straight

Busi_Girl08

I've had my hair the same way for the last 4 years.

Wash, half dry with a towel, shtick in some mousse and away I go. The parting has gradually moved to the left over the years though.

After years of blow-drying, straighteners, serums, etc, I finally learned to embrace my curls

Kinda want to make a change though, maybe something with the colour

Mars Bar

My hair is frizzy and uncontrollable.

My hair is tied up in a pony tail approximately 90% of the year. It annoys me. I'd love to shave it off but my ears would look weird coz one is a bit different to the other!

flossie

Hair is to around the shoulder blades, used to be very curly, now just a weird puffy 'thing'. Normally tie it back if i am on site working (hair getting caught in an engine shaft is one of my biggest feasr ) and at home i will either loosely tie back or straighten to go out. I do occasionally throw some mousse and scrunch it up.

Would love to learn to do different styles. Think it would be OK to go and ask a haridresser to show me how to do different things? Maybe as a charity event if there any hairdressers on here they could do hair lessons? People pay say €10 to get shown how to style and practice on their own hair?

Love the colour of my hair. It's a natural dark blond that looks like i have highlights throughout it. Fairly unusual I am told.....afraid to dye it in case i lose the colour....

Blush_01

Currently my hair is in DIRE need of a trim and shape, although it still looks ok to other people, even if I think it needs to be seriously looked after.

I get a sleep out of my hair. It's very fine, but there's lots of it. If I wash it in the morning, I have to wash it by the next evening, if I wash it at night I have to wash it the next night.

The back of my hair is tapered, and the end of it reaches the base of my neck. Left hand parting, slightly asymmetric, reaches my chin at the front - shorter on the left than the right. I have a splodge of blonde on the right which comes down to my chin, under the top layer, and even though I need to get my roots done, because the blonde is under the over-layer of brown it still looks fine. There are so many layers in my hair it's insane, and it's an overall coppery brown colour - more brown than copper, but it looks like it has a lot of natural looking highlights in it.

How do I wear my hair? Whatever way it falls. Not a whole lot you can do with it to be honest, except keep it clean, tuck it behind one (or both) ears or wear a slide, grip or hair-band. Exciting stuff. I'm sure you're all riveted.

mojesius

Growing my hair at the moment - down past my shoulders by now. When it was shorter (which is how I wore it for years), I HAD to always blowdry/ straighten it cos I thought it had a 'natural kink'. Actually, now that it's long, it goes wavy when dried naturally, which is so much easier when you're rushing.

Or if it's drying oddly or goes frizzy due to our damp climate, I'll throw it in a low, lazy plait. Wow, I think I'm becoming a hippy. I wouldn't dream of going outdoors without immaculately straightened hair a year ago!

Lia_lia

My hair has been pretty much the same all my life Very boring.

It's long and blonde. Naturally it's a kinda medium blonde but I put highlights in it 2-3 times a year to lighten it up. At the moment I'm trying to grow it very long! I was getting it cut a good few times at the beginning of the year because I was modelling for a hair magazine so I can grow it long without having to get it cut..yays.

I almost always leave it down with some kinda braids in it. Love braids! I usually blowdry my hair because I wash it every morning. Used to use a GHD a lot but since it broke a few weeks ago I haven't bothered getting a new one! Naturally it's quite wavy. Up until about the age of 8 I had great curls! There. Wish I still had them. Love curls.

OakeyDokey

Mine is just below the waist, very long and a purplish/reddish colour. I want it more vibrant but going to leave it for a couple of weeks before I put some dye into it. I usually wear it down or with a scrunchy bun tied up with a pencil/pen (yes very productive!)

I've been watching a lot of hair styling Youtube videos for easy hairstyles. I would suggest checking out some of those girls, they do fabulous stuff.

Kiva.D

Just got my hair cut and coloured a few months ago... It's now brown, blunt-cut, shoulder length with heavy bangs - haven't quite figured out what to do with it. I do like the touch of color, since my natural is nordic-white. Always had long, straight hair (without bangs) that I flipped into a loose chignon for casual everyday or french braids for formal. Think a short, cropped do would be a fun change, before growing it back out.

beks101

My hair is ridiculously high maintenance, very long, very thick, naturally curly and grows INSANELY fast. I kept it mid-length and GhD'd the life out of it until I came to Toronto - here about 90% of the female population has the classic Hollywood look, really long and wavy, and somewhere along the way I seemed to follow suit.

I either wear it straight or do a wavy blow-dry and then run a straightener over the frizzy bits, both of which take more than an hour to achieve. If I don't have the time I'll just do a rush job and come out with a slightly-straight-slightly-wavy look, but I'll never leave the house without giving it some time. I spent most of my teenage years just throwing it back into a ponytail because I didn't know how to handle it, so I actually take pleasure in investing a mad amount of time into it. It makes a real difference to my appearance.

I'm also transitioning from brunette to blonde through highlights at the moment so have to take extra care with conditioning, serums, styling products etc, otherwise I'd look like a scarecrow. So yeah. Lots of work!:rolleyes:

Storminateacup

pixiebean22 wrote: »

. I don't even know what backcombing is!

http://www.hairstyles4women.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Backcombing-Hairstyles.gif

something like that only not as curly, a little higher on top and bring it all over one shoulder, using clips to secure it

Lady Chuckles

I don't know what to do with my hair. It's straight and flat. It used to be very long but got half of it cut off last summer. I'm thinking of putting in some highlights but I wouldn't know if I should go for a darker or lighter shade... I feel very plain.

jenizzle

My hair is in a state right now. I'm growing it a little, which includes growing out a sidecut that I'm still tempted to shave back in. Roots are too long, and the ends are in BITS!

Currently fringe-less too, but might cut that back in. Anytime I do though, I always miss being able to pin it back and rock the pomp!

So, it's a twist at the front and a ponytail till I get to a hairdressers

fuzzy fuzzy fuzzy

ponytail or just leave it down and glue it down

Das Kitty

My hair is red, just past my shoulder and dead straight.

I used to hate that I can do nothing with it (even a perm fell out). But now I really appreciate being able to wash it and do nothing else to it. I get it cut about twice a year and I normally get it cut into a nice bob, but I'm thinking I'll grow it for a while now.

LenaClaire

My hair is very fine and curly/frizzy. When I wear it short, like chin length it will happily go into ringlets with just a little gel. Right now it is about to my shoulder blades and some days I try to straighten it but with the humidity here I usually just end up with a frizzy halo.

If I put a touch of gel in and manage not to touch it all day the ends will go into ringlets and the rest stays straight but most days I just wear a pony tail, french braid or bun.

The colour is a very light brown with natural coppery highlights around my face. I keep thinking of dying it auburn but am afraid it will come out looking funny.

Little Acorn

pixiebean22 wrote: »

My hair is down past my shoulder blades, to around my mid back but it's poker straight so not too high maintenance.

Everyday in work I have to wear it up. This is a stupid rule from my boss who says anyone with hair longer than shoulder length has to tie it up for health and safety reasons :rolleyes: in case you get pulled into the photocopier or something :rolleyes: Yes, I work in an office!

But outside of work I curl my hair or wear it straight. It's always down though, to make up for being tied up in work. I used to ghd curl my hair but it's too long now and the curls won't stay so my boyfriend bought me babyliss heated curlers (they come in a rectangular box that you plug in that heats them up and away you go) and my hair keeps the curls really well now.

I'm fairly boring, it's either straight or curly. I don't even know what backcombing is!

Hi Pixiebean, would you by any chance be able to post a link to which type of babyliss curlers they are? I can't for the life of me manage to do ghd curls, and am looking for some really good curling device that holds curls well.

I have really long blonde hair (golden/honey blonde) that comes to a tiny bit past the small of my back, I'm considering getting it cut to my elbows.
It's very thick and naturally kinda wavy. Not straight but not with definite curls either.

If I scrunch it with moose after washing, it goes much curlier and stays that way if I use some hairspray. Something kinda messy looking like this: http://d1535dk28ea235.cloudfront.net/preset_64/hj_8.jpg
(dunno who girl is, found it in google images after searching scrunched hair)
I love the look of really defined large ringlets though, hence why I'm looking for a good ringlet curler.

I have a ghd but very rarely use it.
I never blowdry my hair unless I was in a mad rush on a night out. Can't remember last time I blowdried it.
I usually just keep brushing it and let it dry naturally after my shower in the evening, and it ends up looking something like this: https://s3.amazonaws.com/luuux-original-files/bookmarklet_uploaded/scrunched.jpg
- although perhaps a little messier!

I usually just wear it in a ponytail, bun, plait, or fishclip when I'm out and about, because it really annoys me if it keeps blowing in my face with the wind. I usually have some kind of little accessory though like little sparkly clips, bows, or a hairband of some type.
When I'm in the house I usually just leave it down.
I will straighten it or scrunch it and leave it down if I was getting dressed up and going out for the night.

I get bored of just scrunching or straightening it though if leaving it down when going to a club or whatever, and would love to get that really lovely ringlet style. Maybe something like this: http://www.curlyhairstyle-s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/long-curly-hair-styles1.jpg
or also even those looser bigger ringlets styles.

LeeHoffmann

I've had my hair the same way for the last 4 years. Wash, half dry with a towel, shtick in some mousse and away I go. The parting has gradually moved to the left over the years though. After years of blow-drying, straighteners, serums, etc, I finally learned to embrace my curls. Kinda want to make a change though, maybe something with the colour

hair twin!

Malari

Mine is blonde, fine, just below the shoulder. I wash it every morning and blow-drying takes about a minute. That's about it. It starts out quite straight but I go outside at all it naturally goes into this curly wave at the ends. Kind of like Evan Rachel Wood in Ides of March: http://www.moviefanatic.com/2011/10/the-ides-of-marchs-evan-rachel-wood-dishes-at-the-center-of-film/



It doesn't backcomb, unfortunately! I'd love to get a bit of volume in it

do you curly people just put mousse in it when wet and leave it to dry itself?

Honey-ec

I am *the* world's laziest hair person. Blonde, down to about an inch below my bra strap. I literally wear it in a pony-tail or bun 90% of the time. Get highlights 4 or 5 times a year to brighten it up. I've absolutely loads of hair so blow-drying takes the guts of an hour, which I just couldn't be bothered with most of the time! I only wash it twice a week, long hair generally doesn't take kindly to being washed too often. Plus, over-washing your hair can actually make it greasier.

Got a curly blow-dry for the first time on Wednesday and it was AWESOME. Only problem is, I want my hair to look like that all the time now!

rain on

I wear mine up in a ponytail 99% of the time, I only really leave it down if I've just had a blowdry or if I'm playing a gig so I can wave it around I'm very very low maintenance when it comes to hair - it only gets greasy about 5-6 days after washing it, so it gets washed fairly infrequently, and I don't own a hairdryer or straighteners or any of that. Until recently I hadn't set foot inside a hairdresser for 8 years.

LeeHoffmann

do you curly people just put mousse in it when wet and leave it to dry itself?

Ideally, I either put mousse or smoothing cream in, 'dress the curls' as hairdressers say, and blow-dry gently. If I'm in a hurry, I don't have time to blow dry and just let it dry naturally, but doing this with mousse can damage your hair particularly in cold weather

Xqzciara

I have short short hair so luckily I can usually just get out of bed and scruff it up a bit and Im ready to go. If Im going out or anything I might spike it up of use a mini straightener to give it some shape, and I use V05 clay in it and sometimes hairspray if its feeling a bit long

Honey-ec

rain on wrote: »

Until recently I hadn't set foot inside a hairdresser for 8 years.

Not even for a trim?

rain on

Honey-ec wrote: »

Not even for a trim?

Nope, grew my hair from a crop to past my shoulders which took a few years, and got my friends to cut it after that. My mother holds the record in our family though for not having been to a hairdresser since 1973. She met Vidal Sassoon at a party a few years ago, I like to imagine that the conversation did not flow (apparently his wife has lovely hair though).

Dolbert

I'm incredibly low-maintenance. Wash & go every other day and that's it!

I also cut my own hair, have done for the last few years. It's long and curly so there's a bit of room for error, if I was restyling I'd go to a salon though.

Honey-ec

rain on wrote: »

Nope, grew my hair from a crop to past my shoulders which took a few years, and got my friends to cut it after that. My mother holds the record in our family though for not having been to a hairdresser since 1973. She met Vidal Sassoon at a party a few years ago, I like to imagine that the conversation did not flow (apparently his wife has lovely hair though).

Ah, but you did have it trimmed in those 8 years, phew! I have such a thing about split ends. I used to see a girl walking down South Circular road every morning and I'd say she had literally never had a scissors near her hair in her life. It was down past her bum and in BITS. I used to be so tempted to jump out of the car and lop the whole lot off her head.

cdaly_

rainbow kirby wrote: »

it gets washed up to 12 times a week.

That's an awful lot of washing (and stripping of oils). Would you not just rinse out the sweat after a run rather than the shampoo?

rainbow kirby

cdaly_ wrote: »

That's an awful lot of washing (and stripping of oils). Would you not just rinse out the sweat after a run rather than the shampoo?

It's just force of habit at this stage that if I'm washing my hair in the shower then it gets shampooed - I'd feel weird if I only rinsed it and didn't shampoo it. I use Aussie Mega shampoo, which isn't particularly harsh. I'm lucky in that my hair would normally be on the normal-oily side of things anyway, and is naturally poker-straight, so it can take a bit of a battering.

Ophiopogon

I spent years dying my hair different colours and even as a teen ironing it to get the curls out. I developed an allergy to hair dye and got lazy with the straightening.

I've since realised that I actually have naturally great hair. It is a lush brown with natural blond highlight at the front and curls mostly without frizz.

I had it very long for a long time but have recently had it cut up to my chin.

I use cider vinegar as conditioner and am trying a no shampoo experiment. I don't blow dry it ever just give it a bit of a scrunch while it is drying.

I love my hair now as it is the only part of me that I have complete confidence in.

LeeHoffmann

I love my hair now as it is the only part of me that I have complete confidence in.

wish I felt that way. I'm not a fan of my hair atm. Have to find a new hairdresser. @ curly girls out there, do you know of any good hairdressers for curly hair in the Dublin area? I''m sure they exist - just looking for recommendations

Ophiopogon

My hairdresser has curly hair and so I think she really understands how to cut it. I only started going to her last year but she is amazing.

It is in Bray though, I dunno if you would go out there for a haircut?

LeeHoffmann

hm it's a bit far for me Ophiopgon (I'm on the north side/north county). Thanks though

Rubberlegs

My hair is fine, wavy, layered, below shoulder length, and Garnier Nutrisse Fiery Red since September. It's the only DIY colour I have tried that makes my hair actually look red, as opposed to my natural mid brown with red going through it. It has always grown very slowly, so I don't often get it trimmed, as I find then I'm just getting cut off what has grown in the last while. I'd love long, thick, ringlety hair. My hair was curlier a few years back:(. I mostly wash and go, don't even bother to blow dry. Or if I've no time to wash, I'll pull back the front, twist it to create a bit of volume, and pin it at the back with grips. That or just tie it all back in a little pony tail.

Ophiopogon

Yeah it always to far out for everyone

My advice is to find a hairdresser who has natural curly hair and who actually wears it curly too. I think they better understand how it sits.

LenaClaire

Ophiopogon wrote: »

I use cider vinegar as conditioner and am trying a no shampoo experiment. I don't blow dry it ever just give it a bit of a scrunch while it is drying.

How do you do the cider vinegar thing? Like, how much do you use and how long do you leave it in?

Ophiopogon

jujibee wrote: »

How do you do the cider vinegar thing? Like, how much do you use and how long do you leave it in?

I just use about a 1/4 cup cider vinegar to 1 cup water and just use it as a rinse. Don't need to leave it in.

It leaves the hair really soft and shiney but be carefull not to get in your eyes as it stings like motherfvcker.

I use olive oil about once a month, where I put it on dry hair, leave it on for a few and hours and wash out.

starlit

I wear it down most of the time. Might have it up the odd time other wise wear a hair band or a clip. My hair is normally short to medium length. Rarely have it beyond my shoulders. It never be too long. I haven't a major routine. Just wash it might put the odd spray in it if I roll it or use a curler. That be only for special occasions. Don't do anything major with my hair on a daily basis. My hair is very straight so don't need to put much effort to maintain.

Often use to colour or put highlights in but have gone back to my natural colour, use to be quiet light coloured but it has got darker since as I got older. I prefer it to be honest. Was once blonde now a brunette!

Oh thing is that I have dandruff and greasy hair so have to use special shampoo.

My hair is quiet thick and strong, but it gets knotted a fair bit but its easy to manage otherwise.

borderlinemeath

I have medium/dark brown hair about halfway down my back to my bra strap. It's been curly/wavy all my life and for most of that time I've blow dried it straight. It doesn't get greasy for about 3/4 days so I only wash my hair about twice a week. On holidays I leave it curly to give it a break from the hairdryer as it usually gets washed a lot more often due to pool/sun cream/sand.

I'll stick a semi permanent dye in maybe every 4/5 months to hide the greys that are coming through but they're not to obvious yet. I rarely use product except for if I'm heading out then I'll use a heat defence spray when I'm using tongs to put some waves in.

I wear it a few ways day to day, down, pony tail, half up with a clip and I put it up in a high ponytail when I go to bed, can't stand sleeping with it down around my neck.

Honey-ec

borderlinemeath wrote: »

I put it up in a high ponytail when I go to bed, can't stand sleeping with it down around my neck.

Ooh, me too! If I sleep with it down I wake up with this massive Bob Marley-esque dreadlock at the nape of my neck that takes about ten minutes to brush out :mad:

Scarinae

My hair is quite fine, but I have absolutely LOADS of it (I seem to be constantly moulting – anytime I vacuum, most of what comes up is blonde hair!) The only real time (and money!) I spend on my hair is getting highlights, because I like being blonde; I put minimal effort into actually styling it. I don’t own straighteners, because they make my hair look really flat. When I dry my hair, I usually do it upside down in an attempt to give it volume; I’ll often just leave it to dry naturally though if I’m in a rush. It sits better with blow drying, but it looks fine without. It's reasonably long at the moment, with some basic layers cut in.

As for styling – I have no idea! There’s been a few times when the hairdressers have curled my hair after cutting it, so it looks nice for a night out, but I can’t do it myself. I can’t even put my hair into a tidy plait, it always ends up going wonky. Generally, I either wear my hair down, half tied up, or completely tied up. Lazy or what!