Evil Hair Day!

[purplerabbit]

So things are getting desperate on the hair front.

What is she talking about?, you ask. Hair is an issue for me.

Back story here: I was bald until I was two. When it did grow in, it was blond curls. Which made people really silly around me. Seriously. I did so not like being patted on the head. I had my hair short until I grew up. Then I grew it out in back in the 80s. Big big head of massive curls. In 1990, I chopped it all off except a set of long braided tails in back. Wore it that way until a couple years ago. Then shaved all my hair off. Wore a buzz cut for over a year. Then, after the last buzz cut in July 2004, I decided to grow my hair out again.

Problem? I have absolutely no *^$* idea what to do with it. It is now a mass of thick long brown hair that is always in my face. It isn't long enough to pull back easily and I am at a loss of what to have it styled like. I like having my hair long in back, but I also really feel more comfortable looking butch. Not to mention not having it in my face all the time.

A couple weeks ago I had it done into cornrows. Looked fantastic on me. Problem is that after a week, my scalp hurt and itched to much to keep them. So I am back to the mess again.

HELP! If I don't figure something out soon, I may resort to cutting it all off again. Sigh.

Comments

[punzel.livejournal.com]

Good with a cold snap: tie a bandanna on your head, the kind where you fold the diagonal to make a big right triangle. When you tie the two narrow corners behind at the nape of your neck, you can make it look butch/pirate instead of workin' maid by lifting up the loose center points and then let it fall back down. It tucks in the two side flaps. For extra pirateness, tie the loose flap into the two tied side corners.

Color matters. Something that flatters your eyes can look amazingly hip. I wear a dark green one, makes my eyes look almost the same shade of green.

[purplerabbit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, been doing the bandanna thing. So far it makes me look to mainstream and like a maid. Also, big problem is my hair is so thick and soft that everything slides off it -- scarves, hair ties, barrettes. The things that don't slide off, brake.

Also, it hasn't been cut at all since the buzz cut, so it is kind of wild. I do need to figure out a "style" for it. I was trying to let it grow long enough to braid it all back. Just running out of patience.

I will try the pirate look thing and see if it helps.