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Bah! I'm having a really bad hair week and its taking almost everything I've got to stop me from just hacking it all off. My hair is 4inches long now and it is becoming more and more disobedient. It wont sit flat anymore and the gum i use to style it is not holding so well anymore. Its not curly, just very slightly wavy so therefore I get a few random areas where it seems to lump out compared to the rest. I know it'll look good and be exactly what I want if I stick with it, but as you all know it can be really hard at times. Also being in the UK I cannot get your fabled MELTing gel so I think I'm gonna perhaps have to wear a beanie everyday (coz baseball caps make the hair below the rim curl up round it and puff out!
Bah sorry I'm ranting... but at least i'm not reaching for the clippers
Yes, we all get those days.... but you will probably regret it a lot if you do cut it
ehhh...wearing a baseball hat with hair sticking out the sides is currently quite cool on the west coast here. Its a grungy look kinda thing, that is really quite cool. I dunno, i wear a hat and it poofs out the sides, it looks dumb but people dig it. What about where you live?? Give it a try.
I come from IL and that is also the look I'm going for, I want to have it in my eyes and have it curl up on the side edges and in back.
it kind of looks like an updated version of a haircut from the 70's but anyway i think that is cool
Yes, the awkward stage sucks (but as a woman who's had long hair all her life, it's been a very long time since I've had to deal with it). Just slap on a hat, and if anyone makes fun of you for having a bad hair day, remember that they will probably be the same people who will be begging to touch it later (cosmic revenge ^_^)
~Jenn
everything I've got to stop me from just hacking it all off.
My hair is 4inches long now and it is becoming more and more disobedient."
O...the awkward phase...
How will you make it? 4 inches is bad...but it can get worse...much worse...
I moan just thinking of my awkward phases...and you can never get it just right...
because you hair keeps changing week by week...and month by month...
Melting Gel is good...but during the worst parts of the awkward phases...
it was no 'miracle worker'...believe me...
But if you would like to try something similar, just look for something
that has: Water and DIMETHICONE as the main ingredients.
O, the Awkward Phase® ... it would be better to get stuck on an island far away from man...
and then be rescued only when the worst of it is over!
Patience, Pease & Good Luck...
You have the right idea to stick it out. In 16 months your hair should be about 12 inches long and the pull of gravity on it should solve most of your problems. Also try to be sure those random lumpy areas are not becoming matted. To de-tangle lumpy areas try using a pick or a comb with widely spaced teeth.
Cheers for the advice I have used my wide toothed comb, but the whole problem hasnt been so bad today!
I also use a paddle brush with widely spaced metal pins (each pin has a plastic ball on the end so no sharp edges) are these brushes any good?
Ah 16 months seems like such a long time... oh well :)
They're actually pretty damaging, and pointless unless you use them for styling. I always thought the purpose of a hair brush was to distribute sebum to the hair shaft; those brushes don't really do that. Better get a boar bristle brush instead.
~Jenn
...and at least you're not popping on this board saying something
like, "I'm cutting my hair tomorrow, bye!" Never to be heard from
again.
I got to hand it to you guys with long curly hair - to me that says
patience and determination.
Hang in there, rant whenever you like! :-)