Neapolitan Hair

By locks2013
August 8, 2013 //
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Liz here,

Catching up on July, when we added a big swath of purple to the magenta-platinum combination.

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I think it looked a little bit like a vanilla-raspberry-blackberry version of Neapolitan Ice Cream.

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It actually looked the best from the back:

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I got a lot more comments with the tri-color hair in July than I did with the two-tone hair in June.

-6 year old in line at aiport security to his mom: “Hey, wacky hair!”

-clerk at car rental place: “It’s patriotic: red white and blue”

-guy at the rental car exit: “I like your hair.”

-clerk at the new grocery store: “I’m trying to get my girlfriend to move here from Georgia, and she says she’ll only do it she can have pink hair here, so I’m going to tell her that I saw you.”

-clerk at the return desk at Walmart: “I like your hair”, and a few minutes later my mother said: “I think you get better customer service because of your hair.”

-my friend Laura: “You look like My Pretty Pony…no Poochie!” (I had to look up Poochie.)

 

-also lots of random comments of “hey beautiful” from men on the street, from panhandlers at 12th and Broadway, to delivery guys when I was in New York City. Which was mostly entertaining.

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Comb of the month pic

By BK
August 8, 2013 //
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And what a crappy month it’s been.

Helped a friend clear out part of her folks’ living room for hospice. Happened upon this in the bathroom:

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Not as good as a printed Wynkoop sticky note, but still. Thank you Lew for sharing with me that you thought the name of this blog was inspired. I’m one of many with an aching heart.

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Your mother should know

By BK
August 1, 2013 //
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This is Beth. And it’s August already.

1. The do—Straight Bob.

Inspired by the slick, modern dos of many celebrities:

Straight Bob 1 Straight Bob 2 Straight Bob 3 Straight Bob 12 Straight Bob 5Straight Bob 7 Straight Bob 9 Straight Bob 8 Straight Bob 4 Straight Bob 10

My bob is a coppery-gold.

2. Music (what was playing at the salon during the doing of the do)—Note: music plays all the time at Bang, I don’t get to pick do-appropriate songs. This time I only remember what was playing at he pizza place when Liz and I went next door to order dinner – Karma Chameleon (gotta love Culture Club, Boy George).

3. Drink (what I sipped at the salon during the doing of the do)—Note: I do get to choose the do-appropriate drink. Had many ideas for this month’s drink but fell apart at the execution. Running out of the house in an attempt not to be late to see Monica, I made a quick lemonade and raspberry juice mixture (in stock thanks to my babes) and grabbed vodka, lime and ice.

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4. The Theory—The bob. A classic hairdo with many variations that have evolved over decades. Currently celebrities sport sleek  sophisticated bobs (above), it’s also a default haircut for moms who don’t have much time to do much with their dos. According to Glamour, “there’s a fine line between trendy bob and soccer-mom helmet.” I’m going for chic but might fall into frumpy.

5. Reactions—TBD.

Aug 1 Aug 2

P.S. Title song – in honor of an old but timeless style, sometimes a mom do: The Beatles Your Mother Should Know

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Curly bob travel pants

By BK
July 31, 2013 //
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This is Beth. Reporting. The curly bob held up fairly well through July’s journeys.

At home:

Curly Bob home

In Australia:

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In Alabama:

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P.S. Did see some sites, learn some stuff:

July sunset

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Photo essay: traveling comb

By BK
July 28, 2013 //
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It’s summertime, time for vacation. Like Michelle, many of us traveled in July. Bill (of the facial hair series) provided colorful documentation of his Hawaiian adventures, with comb:

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Aloha! (Thanks Bill)

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Michelle: Month 7 – Colorado Hair?

By mjeske
July 21, 2013 //
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We went to California this month, drove – through Utah and Nevada.  After a month or two of feeling OK, my hair suddenly became unbearable.  For 2 weeks.  I want to say it was the humidity but it was bone dry.  I ended up wearing a headband pretty much the whole time.

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I’m back in dry Colorado.  My hair is fine. I think it’s telling me something.

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In case of emergency, use this picture.

By locks2013
July 7, 2013 //
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Liz here,

One of the risks of putting your photos online, whether it’s on a blog, facebook, or another public site, is that if something bad-or even something good–happens to you, one of those photos will probably end up all over the local news, or CNN, or printed on signs carried by angry protesters.

With that in mind, I’m going to be proactive and suggest this photo from June to use in emergency situations:

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It’s a song about curly hair

By BK
June 27, 2013 //
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This is Beth. Getting a jump start on July.

1. The do—Curly Bob.

Inspired by carefree-looking, fun-having, slightly-smirky free spirits:

Curly Bob 2 Curly Bob 4 Glamour Magazine 2009 Women Of The Year Honors - Arrivals Curly Bob 1 Curly Bob 3

Not sure why they’re all blond; mine will stay the same medium-to-getting-lighter brown for now.

2. Music (what was playing at the salon during the doing of the do)—Note: music plays all the time at Bang, I don’t get to pick do-appropriate songs. The solon bustled this week; I only noticed one song (playing when Monica switched off the blow dryer): Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror. All about more-then-hair change. Nice, relevant. “Make that change.”

3. Drink (what I sipped at the salon during the doing of the do)—Note: I do get to choose the do-appropriate drink. This time, gin and tonic. Classic, refreshing summer drink.

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4. The Theory—The Curly Bob: it’s a little bit shorter, a little bit less labor intensive. A little bit boring in our anything-goes hair culture?

According to Wikipedia, a bob is “a short haircut…in which the hair is typically cut straight around the head at about jaw-level, often with a fringe (or ‘bangs’) at the front.” From dailymakeover.com: “This classic short hairstyle is low maintenance, high style and flattering to every face shape. Many versions can go from straight and smooth to curly and tousled.”

Fun, easy, happy, perfect for summer, perfect for vacation. We’ll see if I can keep the mood light and relaxed to go with the hair.

5. Reactions—This month they’ll be international. We’ll see.

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P.S. Music Links:

Title song Curli Hair by Hawkeye and Hoe from He’s Got the Whole World in his Slacks. Careful, it’s a catchy one. From their website: “Hawkeye and Hoe are an English duo playing good time country, bluegrass, rockabilly, farmer folk, skiffle, rock n roll, pub polka, irish, cajun, folk roots and what they like to call ‘BEER DRINKING MUSIC.'”

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Michael.

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Why is your hair so freakishly long?

By BK
June 26, 2013 //
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This is Beth. With reactions to the “mullet.” It didn’t come across as a mullet. I couldn’t tell if folks were more disappointed that I tried to do a mullet or that I failed.

The first pic I posted on facebook met with “pretty!” responses.

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May have confirmed the stereotype: long hair = pretty.

These pics were deemed slightly more mullet-like:

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The jean jacket (with changingthelocks.com comb in the pocket) helped.

The best reaction was the friend at work who busted out in a full belly laugh when she saw me, more then once. Comments included, “You going to play hockey after work?” A coworker asked, “Did Beth get extensions?” Huh… No, clinical study. At book group I got, “It looks normal from the front.” Well, it is business in the front… I turned around to reveal the party in the back, everyone laughed, we toasted, and proceeded to party like only book group can.

Many people wanted to touch the extra-long hair.

But the lack of reaction is what surprised me the most. Really, the hair looked ridiculous, no blending from the shorter layers and freakishly long. No one who didn’t already know about the little hair/blog project asked about it.

Alas, I continued wearing the (clip-in) extensions meant to approximate a mullet. Just as Liz couldn’t undo her duo-chrome do (even in the face of portrait taking for work), I had to see the month through. Okay, okay, I took weekends off. And luckily it’s a short month for me as I must get the new do done before leaving town.

P.S. Comb of the month pic, a new shipment:

June combs

P.S.S. The post headline comes from the movie Wreck it Ralph: Sarah Silverman as Vanellope von Schweetz asks John C. Reilly’s Wreck-It, “Why are your hands so freakishly big?“

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Hairoines and Hairoes #1

By locks2013 | Video
June 25, 2013 //
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cCkIYkaLBGs#at=54

Liz here, bringing you the first in a series of short posts on my heroines and heroes of hair.

“Hairoine #1” is M.I.A. In her new video for “Bring the Noize”, she wears netted extensions and fantastic, long pink hair. Enjoy, and send me your suggestions for hairoines and hairoes.

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