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Ah bless ya heart! (I do the same when I buy products for my dog's coat- I always test them on myself before I put them on him though
:yes: so true. I wash my hair once a week, always have and always will, if i wash it more then that then it will get greasy quicker next week. Its a vicious cycle! My hair IS relatively think so you probably wont we able to last a week, but try it every other day for now see how it goes.
And for bed head.....:yes: silk pillowcases. Buying a cheap silk scarf from a charity shop isa good idea, and then gt is sewn up roughly so it stay round the case, or if you have any idea about how to sew, then you can buy some material from a material shop (can be quite cheap) and make it yourself!
I also don't get why people spend so long in the morning styling their hair? All I do is shampoo it, towel dry it, and put my styling stuff in it (and even then, I only do that when it's really short like now). That takes me maybe 15 minutes. I do that every day, and I leave my house at 7:20am. And my hair looks fine, thanks. I really don't get this whole "OMG IT'S RAINING AND I'VE STRAIGHTENED MY HAIR!!!!" malarkey. The amount of people I know who refuse to go outside when they've straightened their hair is ridiculous. If you don't like how it looks when it's not been straightened, then get a different hairstyle.
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What a silly comment to make.
I, personally, have to straighten my hair otherwise it looks shit. I can't have different styles because nothing stays in. For example, if I curl it, the curls fall out, if I make my hair wavy, the waves fall out, etc. The only style I could do to hide what my hair looks like unstraightened is either chop it all off and have a short hair style (and I would never cut off my hair as I think I'd look like a boy) or tie it back (which I also hate because I think it makes me look like a boy). I have straighteners so why shouldn't I use them? Also, its called having an umbrella in regards to the rain.
I have to wash my hair everyday otherwise, on the second day, my hair is really greasy, manky and it bugs the hell out of me.
Why?
You shouldn't have to straighten your hair to make it look presentable. I'm not saying there's no point to straighteners, because I know that when my hair is longer it does look nicer when it's been straightened, but I know that I would never be able to go to all that effort every morning, so when I get my hair cut I make sure it looks good when it's not been straightened, as well.
I just don't see why people *need* straighteners to make their hair look good. I don't see why you can't just brush it and maybe put a bit of product in it and be able to leave the house like that, rather than having to straighten their hair every morning.
You have short hair, its hardly difficult to make it look good unstraightened with the right products. I'd NEVER EVER want short hair though so I'd prefer to use my straighteners rather than just having it all chopped off just because I don't like it unstraightened. My hair takes 5 minutes to straighten. Its hardly much of an effort :yeees:
Oh, and the difference between looking presentable and "shit" is a big one to me. My hair is presentable unstraightened but I much prefer it straightened because I think it looks a bit shit when its unstraightened.
I used products before I had straighteners and tbh, they don't even compare.
if i do that i find it gets greasy later on in the day
as for the "getting a new style if straighters are needed" comment..... i find the more your hair is "styled" the more the need for the straightners
for example, if ya hair is long and all one length, it may not look as bad if you miss the straightners out, where as if you have a "style" e.g choppy/bob/crop, you tend to need them even more to make your hair look presentable
changing the style of your hair wont change anything IMO
Obviously I'm just badly groomed. *shrug*.
You obviously have no idea what you're talking about :razz: When I get out of the shower, my hair looks like this.
EDIT: For my hair not to need straightened, I need to have it at ridiculously short chav-esque lengths.
You are an exception
No, I wouldn't but only because my shop is a 30 second walk away :razz: Then again, I go out everyday so straighten my hair everyday when I'm getting ready. I don't think about it.
Oh and I have rather thick hair myself but I have the extra wide GHD's. They are amazing
Because if I don't, I look like this:
I may be wrong, but I don't remember anyone all through secondary school straightening their hair. Now every single girl seems to own straighteners and be obsessed with straightening their hair every single day.
I'll straighten mine if I'm going out but natural is good too. A slight wave is nice, or scrunched up like when you're on holiday and let it dry naturally.
Aye, which is around the time I stopped being repulsive to males. Coincidence?
Yeah, my love life picked up in 1999, but I think that has more to do with being 17 than babyliss steam straighteners..they were rubbish!
Women still managed to pull pre-straighteners. A good blow dry can make straightening unnecessary for many.
I only needed them when I grew my hair.
...Oooook then.
I'm not one of those girls who won't go out in the rain in case my hair frizzes up. But I have thick, not straight, not curly hair (on account of it being short - when its longer its a bit wavy) which really does look shit without being attacked with straighteners. It just dries in a big poof and sticks out in weird directions. And it doesnt matter what hairstyle I have (apart from long, and I am trying to grow it) they all just make me look like a mad person/hobo unless I straighten them.
Haha, the first time I used straighteners, a male friend who was NOT gay actually noticed, AND said it looked nice. That's the awesome power of Babyliss :thumb:
most girls i know ironed theirs straight before straightners
Mine is just the same. I can have the best cut in the world, step out of the salon looking ace, but as soon as I wash it myself and don't use straighteners, I look like either Bob Dylan (short), Alsan (mid-long) or Medusa (long).
I (male) used to have short hair until straighteners came out. It was either that or look like that mad geek from the OC. Or, shudder, indie.
There's a remake of that film about to come out - I'm not impressed as the original was mint.
I had those babyliss steam straighteners Katchika
"hairspray....ma momma told me not to use it....hairspray....but if i dont im gona lose it hairspray...it gives me coooontrooool oh oh oh oooooohh!"
i straighten my hair whenever i go out but not for uni and stuff. cant be bothered.