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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 03:06 AM
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Since when did naturally curly hair become a bad thing?
Watching Nightline on the west coast.

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benny05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 03:13 AM
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1. It was a good thing until the 1980's; now it a somewhat a good thing
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sweetheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 04:05 AM
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2. when it came out from beneath the bathing suit
Then that curly hair must be shorn off to hide the original hair colour.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-16-06 06:54 PM
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4. No, there are more practical reasons that hiding original hair color.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 09:50 AM
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10. What? What do you mean?
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 11:52 AM
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14. You know exactly what I mean. Don't play dumb.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 12:06 PM
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15. hehehehehhehehe
But, is NYC really worth my time and investment?
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 12:10 PM
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16. It will certainly be worth your time and investment.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-16-06 06:52 PM
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3. I've got it and I like it!!!
And I use Noodle Head products on mine to keep it gorgeous.

Both my parents had wavy hair.

I lost a girlfriend. She quit speaking to me (I'm female) because I had wavy hair that would fall in ringlets when I wash it and sleep on it wet. I wake up with curly bedhead.

Her hair was long, straight and down to her ass and baby fine.

I did not know that thick wavy hair was a deal-breaker in a friendship.

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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-16-06 06:54 PM
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5. Yours does that too? *beams*
I have the same kind of hair. It always looks best when I wash it, sleep on it damp, and wake up with a headful of shiny ringlet curls. And mine is looooong, and naturally auburn. My hair and my eyes (very green) are my only vanities. :)
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 04:33 AM
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6. i bleach it though...
My hair was platinum blond when I was little and when I grew up it turned into that "ash blonde" or "dirty Blonde" or "Dishwater blonde" as we say in the South, that makes everyone look blah and dead. It has gray in it too, now. Aaack!!

Besides, because I am very fair, my eyebrows are pale (like a dark beige) and my eyes are green-brown-gold (that's called hazel) I have always thought of myself as a blonde, not a brunette.

So I bleach it to a fairly light blonde (level 8) and try not to dry it out too much with too much bleaching. Those thick gloppy conditioners that you leave on for a few minutes are good to use.
The blonde color makes me look alive instead of mousy. I like strawberry blonde too but my BF doesn't like the red.

Gee, I'm glad somebody else wakes up with curly bedhead. It's really strange when it looks like a giant tidal wave on your head!!!

When I was little my mom gave me gawdawful ammonia laced perms because she wanted me to look like Shirley Temple. When I was in college I got a decent haircut for the first time and found out what my real hair was like.




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Rosemary2205 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 06:26 AM
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7. Please
where does one purchase noodle head? I have a dear friend who struggles with her curly hair and might like a decent product.
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 10:03 AM
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11. Sally Beauty Supply.
Here's the store locator: http://www.sallybeauty.com/mapquest/locator.asp

And here are the Beyond The Zone Noodle Head products for curly hair:
Shampoo: http://www.sallybeauty.com/shop/1120/140726
Conditioner: http://www.sallybeauty.com/shop/1205/140728
Curling creme: http://www.sallybeauty.com/shop/6100/140722
Curl-boosting spray: http://www.sallybeauty.com/shop/1350/140730

:hi:
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 12:47 PM
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22. Thanks for the info. My daughter has hair like that.
It's gorgeous, and she always gets comments. :loveya: I'm going to get these products for her.
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 01:54 PM
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24. I have hair like that, too. Unfortunately, I didn't know it until I stopped getting permanents.
How embarrassing it was to discover that I have really nice hair after having spent thousands of bucks getting salon perms for 20 years. :blush: Now, if I want straight hair, I just blow dry it with a big round brush. And if I want curly hair, I just wash it and let it go. :D
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 07:27 AM
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8. I was a teenager in the 70's...
Everybody was wearing their hair long and straight, parted down the middle. That was THE hairstyle and the longer and straighter, the better. I grew my hair long, but it didn't show because it just kept curling under at the ends. I got it straightened, I ironed it and I set it with tin cans; by noon every day, it was curly again. Finally, I got so frustrated (and tired), I just cut it short. I found myself with loose, frizz-free curls all over my head. It was cute. All I had to do all those years was be myself. My advice to anyone with curly hair is--don't fight it.
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 12:28 PM
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17. you just told my life story
:bounce: :yourock:

I was *SO* glad when Black Power hit and an Afro was cool

even though mine was soft and ringlets, it fit the look fine
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 12:30 PM
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19. Oh, yeah? Read post #18...
It wasn't cool for me.
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 12:36 PM
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21. yikes! lucky for me, I lived and played in Northern California
Edited on Sun Dec-17-06 12:37 PM by AZDemDist6
yup, danced on the stage of the Fillmore west, got gassed in Bezerkly, marched with Chavez

so I was cool....

sorry you were a target of biased assholes :hug:
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 08:40 AM
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9. I wish I had it.
nobody's hair is straighter than mine, and it's really fine too.
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 02:02 PM
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25. Mine probably is worse
Straight and thin.
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 11:16 AM
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12. When Mike Brady got a perm and ruined it for everyone. nt
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 11:50 AM
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13. I didn't know it was.
I have pin-straight hair and always wanted curly hair.
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 12:28 PM
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18. It was bad thing when I was a kid.
I have curly hair and was mocked for it on a daily basis throughout.

"Here come the fuzz" "what did you do? Stick your finger in a light socket?" Then it got racial.... "white nigger" "jungle bunny" "spearchucker", etc....

Every-fucking-day.

:nuke:
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 12:34 PM
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20. yup, racial
it got to be a bad thing about the time the afro became popular.
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carlydenise Donating Member (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-17-06 01:19 PM
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23. I have curly hair and have struggled with it for years
Edited on Sun Dec-17-06 01:24 PM by carlydenise
in the 70's I had to have Farrah hair...so at 5 a.m. I would get up, wash hair, roll hair in big rollers, sit under hood dryer for 1 hour, take out rollers, use curling iron to straighten and put hair into farrah do, I would be done in about 2 1/2 hours.

I just cut my long curly ringlet hair into a short shoulder 70's style again. Once again, I get up, wash hair, roll hair, use a flat iron and curling iron, but it only takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes to do it.

I wore my hair in loose ringlets for years when it was long. It's a pain, I don't DARE wash and go to bed with wet hair, I would look like Don King when I woke up....or like this guy:

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/>

Carly
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