Another hairy post
Sep. 30th, 2007 12:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
voxwomanI'm ok with this radical change. It's been feeling like I've had it up in a braid all day, though, and I keep expecting to toss an 18-inch braid of hair off my shoulders constantly - almost like phantom limb syndrome.
It looks good with gel stuff in it (which I don't own, so I'll have to go get some) so I can spike it up a bit. But I don't look gray at all at the moment, which is really weird. All the black isn't cut out, but apparently my head is kind of badger-striped ... If I didn't have to appear in the "normal workday world" I'd actually shave it really close so I'd have badger hair and maybe add 'badger' as a nickname or something. But I've got 2 WHITE stripes starting at the temples and petering out somewhere in the back of the head, and some salt scattered in with the pepper.
Once I washed the gel out, my hair started acting a bit weird, like the hairdresser warned me about - it's "in shock" - in other words, the hair isn't used to the lack of weight dragging it in different directions so it's kind of sticking out wherever it wants to and shaping itself a bit pointier than I'd like. It's also giving my scalp that feeling that you get if you've had your hair up in a tight ponytail all day long and finally let it loose - all tingly.
It's very very strange not to have anything to toss around - it feels like I've got a hat on constantly.
And here I am:
It looks good with gel stuff in it (which I don't own, so I'll have to go get some) so I can spike it up a bit. But I don't look gray at all at the moment, which is really weird. All the black isn't cut out, but apparently my head is kind of badger-striped ... If I didn't have to appear in the "normal workday world" I'd actually shave it really close so I'd have badger hair and maybe add 'badger' as a nickname or something. But I've got 2 WHITE stripes starting at the temples and petering out somewhere in the back of the head, and some salt scattered in with the pepper.
Once I washed the gel out, my hair started acting a bit weird, like the hairdresser warned me about - it's "in shock" - in other words, the hair isn't used to the lack of weight dragging it in different directions so it's kind of sticking out wherever it wants to and shaping itself a bit pointier than I'd like. It's also giving my scalp that feeling that you get if you've had your hair up in a tight ponytail all day long and finally let it loose - all tingly.
It's very very strange not to have anything to toss around - it feels like I've got a hat on constantly.
And here I am:
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Date: 2007-09-30 05:08 am (UTC)If the hair continues to not behave, try hair putty -- it's what people have been recommending to me for my misbehaving hair (though I haven't tried it yet) -- apparently the best points are that you can put it in on dry hair, it showers out easily, and it doesn't look like you're using any sort of spray or gel.
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Date: 2007-09-30 06:47 am (UTC)(however, I'm biased, having not had truly long hair since I was 7, and not ponytail length in the past decade)
Cool!
Date: 2007-09-30 08:25 am (UTC)And you can now wear these sensational dangly earrings without having to disentangle them all the time, right ;-)?
I have a hunch people will think you're bleaching the grey in, now :-P.
Re: Cool!
Date: 2007-09-30 08:36 am (UTC)Re: Cool!
Date: 2007-09-30 02:02 pm (UTC)It looks really good and it's hair so it can grow back if necessary.
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Date: 2007-09-30 02:03 pm (UTC)You'll be surprised how quickly you get used to not having all that weight pulling on your head.
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Date: 2007-09-30 05:17 pm (UTC)Also... my hair is now longer than yours. Not that that will remain the case for long, but for now...
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Date: 2007-09-30 06:41 pm (UTC)