On distraction

June 24, 2013 //

This is Beth. Scary, sad things keep happening in the world. The ones closest to me are health related. It’s true a mullet isn’t much of a distraction, especially a bad mullet (interpret “bad” any way you’d like).

But 2013 marches on. The little hair/blog project endures, doing no harm really. And perhaps, just possibly, it succeeds in giving someone something else to think about for a minute or two or three. At least I hope it does.

So, I will share… Among the gems that arrived in my email inbox this month—

Classic mullet spotted at the outlet mall:

Avian mullet mimic:

And: http://www.mulletjunky.com/femullets.htm

P.S. Sometimes, also, there’s good news – time to celebrate (and be thankful for) things way more significant than hair.

Tags Blogging, distraction, Hair, health, Mullet

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Michelle: Month 6 – Silly Boys

By mjeske

June 22, 2013 //

My hair is still growing but there’s nothing much new, so this month I’m focusing on silly boys. First, my nephew. He didn’t know it was crazy color month, Liz!

As you know, Brad dropped out of the grow your hair for a year plan a few months ago. He loved going to his new hairdresser, though. He just didn’t like to plan ahead and make appointments. So last month he asked me to cut it again. He likes it a bit longer now (thanks to this experiment). I wasn’t quite sure how that would work with my handy Wahl clippers. Previously I used attachment 4 or 5 and this time I tried 7 and 8. People, it wasn’t pretty. It just doesn’t work for longer hair.

So, this month, again he didn’t make an appointment and came begging at the Michelle One-Style Salon. I said, “Fine, find me a video on how to do this with scissors.” He came back with How to Cut Your Guy’s Hair which is pretty frickin’ awesome. I love the way she says “cut your man’s hair.”

So out come the scissors and I’m ready to go. Brad asks if I’m nervous.

No.

What? You should be nervous.

I’m not.

Well, you should be. I am.

I would think you would be glad I’m not nervous.

Did you watch the video again?

No. I got it.

I would watch the video again.

Snip.

This picture doesn’t do it justice. Great tips for a nice cut. He was pleased. I was pleased. And then…

He had to surprise me with this nasty little thing he found on the road in the park. Silly boys.

Month six: a couple of silly girls growing their hair out with no real plan… See Resa’s post

Tags Brad, Michelle, Resa

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What I know about extensions I learned from Chris Rock

By BK

June 21, 2013 //

This is Beth. When we started the little hair/blog project I watched this documentary:

So full of amazing facts I can’t begin to describe it, I’ll only recommend it. And although far removed from my mullet month—it did prepare me a bit for the buying of hair. A crazy industry hair trafficking.

Yes, to achieve the faux mullet I used extensions. Mine came from China by way of Sally Beauty Supply on South Broadway.

I may have missed the mark on the mullet, but my hair did get incredibly long. Thanks to Liz for helping pick the right color and Monica for matching my hair so exactly—seen here with my sis:

The hair (yes, it’s real) clips in.

People feel compelled to touch. It’s okay, go ahead. Thanks for the braid JJ!

Tags Braid, Extensions, Good Hair, Hair, Mullet

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Lesbian locks

By BK

June 16, 2013 //

When Beth told us about her and Liz’s blog project, I was inspired to participate. Like Michelle, I have had short hair for a long time, so I decided to grow it out. This REALLY doesn’t feel natural to me, but I’m trying to hang with it for as long as possible.

When I first came out, I thought I had to choose one of the five lesbian haircuts. Unfortunately, it was the 80’s, so I chose a mullet:

Then in 1986, inspired by Aimee Mann, I added a tail:

Eventually I settled on lesbian haircut #3, the short pixie. It was easy to wash, looked good with or without product, and most importantly said “I’M A LESBIAN!” Especially when I was single and looking for women. I’ve had a variation of this cut for the past 20 years. In a recent attempt at looking like a younger dyke I tried the fauxhawk, dyke haircut #1 on this chart: http://memerial.net/2470-lesbian-haircuts It didn’t work for me, so I went back to my usual cut which is closest to “The Modern Woman” on the chart.

Now it’s 2013 and my hair is growing fast. I can’t remember the last time it was this long. My partner likes it longer, and says it makes me look younger. Of course, it’s possible she likes the fact that my hair isn’t screaming “I’m a lesbian” anymore. As my hair grows, it’s wavier than I remember it being. Here it was actually curly, but mostly because we were in humid Hawaii:

One of my co-workers, who is a lesbian, saw me in a meeting recently. She said “Wow, your hair is long! And it’s… feathered.” She did not sound like that was a good thing. Knowing nothing about longer hair, I don’t know what I want it to look like, so I looked to the web for inspiration. Unfortunately, this page was of no help because my hair is longer than all of these do’s: http://lesbianhair.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/heads-up/

So I just continue to let it grow and grow….

Tags aimee mann, fauxhawk, Growing hair out, Hair, Haircuts, Lesbian haircuts, longer hair, modern woman, Mullet, Pixie, Short hair

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Split Personality

By locks2013

June 12, 2013 //

Liz here, with the June do.

I wanted to go with a bolder color, but still keep some of the blonde, so for June we have the “half-and-half do.”

I also decided to go shorter, after discussing with Maggie (my hairdresser), and deciding that I would still have enough hair to finish out the year.

The prevailing consensus is that I look like “a more cheery version” of Cruella DeVil.

Beth’s June mullet is “business in the front; party in the back.” I like to think that my hairstyle is “2001 Pink on the right; 2013 Pink on the left.”

I also like this cut because it looks like my”hair inspiration” for this project, Korean pop star G-Dragon. These are the looks he sported for the big “end of the year” tv concerts in 2012:

(He’s had many hairstyles–check out this image search, and let me know which ones should inspire my next do…)

Tags blonde, Color, g-dragon, pink

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Pastel Chameleon

By locks2013

June 8, 2013 //

Liz here catching up for May (a bit late).

I decided to keep the platinum blonde, and then play around with lots of temporary hair colors.

If you haven’t tried “color bugs” or “hair chalks”, they are a ton of fun. (The cheaper ones do come off more on your clothes and hands, and tend to stay in your hair longer.) Despite color names like “midnight blue” and “crimson”, they always came out as pastel.

We were teaching a lot of classes for school groups at work this month, and I got lots of “I like your hair” compliments from the kids. Also, it was handy that the students could easily identify me. Instead of being one of the 5 ladies with short brown hair, I was the “pink and blue-haired” teacher.

Here’s a run down of the month:

May 3- a few tentative lime green and pink stripes

May 7- the attempt to do separate orange streaks just turned into crazy orange.

May 9- trying some blue on the top and bottom

May 10- much more success with the streaks. There’s still some orange left in there.

May 12- Purple for the Prince concert!

May 16- I tired to saturate one side with blue, but this is a few days later and a bit hard to see.

May 17- orange and green. I was compared to an Italian flag.

May 20- purple on top with lime green tips.

May 23- an attempt at multi-color streaks. I was told that someone who looked down at me from the balcony at work asked “what’s up with Liz’s hair?!”

May 30-pink saturation. Actually, the color said “crimson.”

June 3- I forgot to take a photo, but this is an approximation of the purple to blonde to bright green. The green always looked terrible after a day.

Tags chameleon, colors, Liz, May, pastel

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I’ve got achy breaky hair yes I do

By BK

June 6, 2013 //

This is Beth. And it’s finally here… June.

1. The Do—Mullet.

Inspired by, sigh, a few classics:

Mullet Billy Ray Cyrus Mullet Andre-Agassi Mullet David Bowie Mullet Florence Henderson Mullet John Stamos Mullet Scarlett Johansson

And Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett (with mullet, not shag):

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 week I didn’t even notice the music with all the hair going on.

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, PBR. Liz and Gretchen joined and I think at least one of the talented Bang hair doers had some. Cheers!

4. The Theory—You know what they say: business in the front, party in the back. From ratemymullet.com: “To say that the mullet is a hairstyle barely even scratches the surface of the issue. The mullet is a way of life, it is a state of mind, it is every person who wears it.” From urbandictionary.com: “It is the sign of the redneck.”

5. Reactions—Before I disappoint, I have to admit that my mullet is not that short at the top and sides. Monica did it under protest; with her artistry and the help of extensions, the front-to-back ratio is well proportioned. We’ll see if it reads as a mullet.