long hair on girls: classic or dud

i had short hair for several years, variations on a fringe, and my god, was it a pain in the ass to have to blowdry it, style it, get it to not go curly, wash it all the time. succombing to becoming a hippie and growing my hair back out long was the best thing i ever did. i can wear it in ponytails and braids or leave it loose and hippy-ish, if i forget to wash it for a day or two, it's not really noticable, and... plus, it's just one of those things. i have better pulling power with long hair.

i have urges every now and then to just cut it all off, but it's too much bother. my hair is too curly and fine really to do any kind of cool fringe/garage rock/shag hair, which i'd really like. being long tames the curl and fights the frizz.

here is me with long hair:
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/8466/oldme.jpg

here is back when i short hair (blowdried and styled and beaten into straightness):
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/8466/kate1.jpg

which do you think is better?

Sorry, I'm not fancy and do not know how to do picture trick.

Only if your hair is naturally straight or you have the time, energy, and hair products to make it behave like "Asian" hair. But yes, bobs and other short cuts on hair like this are major classics.

As my hair's natural tendency is to be frizzy and contrarian, I wear it long (about 8 inches below shoulder length right now), blow it out straight, and pull it back in a braid or with a clip.

Best thing so far is being able to pull it back. It seems kind of dumb to grow your hair out just so you can pull it back, but it's fun.

white boy fros = DUD
black boy fros = PHWOAR!

(yes that's racist, so sue me.)

i'll do a patsy stone behive if you embrace the fro!

It's also essential in hot, humid climates.

Her new song is great btw - http://www.matadorrecords.com/mpeg/cat_power/he_war.mp3

http://www2.alwaysontherun.net/chan2.jpg

http://www2.alwaysontherun.net/cat1.jpg

http://www2.alwaysontherun.net/cat4.jpg

http://www.matadorrecords.com/images/cat_power/changreyb01.jpg

http://www.celebritywonder.com/mp/2001_Amelie/2001_amelie_003.jpg

Hair is dead stuff, like finger-nails, and the less dead stuff shrouding a person, the better.

And if you have long hair regardless of sex and we share a bathroom, how about buying your own supply of Drano for the tub so's I don't have to step out of an ankle-deep puddle every morning. Sharing bathrooms with shaggy people = SuXX0R

I mean, jaysus.

http://www.underexposed.org.uk/donnas/donnas5.jpg

ok so I've decided that I have a type now

there's also a nice NSFW one with her running her fingers through her hair too

too short is a boy, yes.

always classic.

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how can this ever be dud?

with ease

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/1802617028_f68e9f174c.jpg

looks great and also practically sound cos it's easier to drag them by their hair innit.

Depends on the girl. Cute short hair can look very nice as well.

long hair on girls has a certain appeal - it can be worn in pony tails or pigtails, for instance. it does get everywhere.

what does that even mean??

wait, is he talking about people or dogs?

I dunno but my hair really does get everywhere so he could be right.

long hair, short hair, no hair, as long as it's Good Hair.

i suspect shorter hair does the same thing unless its a buzz cut or something. xp

im pretty sure cutting my hair short might be pp's number one marriage dealbreaker.

The last time I had long hair was when I was 14 years old. Sometimes I consider growing it out just because I wonder what it would look like but I really think shorter hair suits my face and personality much better. That said, sometimes I'd kill just to be able to put it in a ponytail.

i think long hair looks awful on me b/c it gets so curly and puffy and makes my face look too long and thin. i said something about wanting to cut it the other night though and bf was all ;_;

I have always lived in a windy town and having long hair has always = hair in face blindness ack! Plus it is terrible in the summer to have long hair as it is one big heat-retaining tent. I look absultuely terrible with a ponytail and feel way earth mother/12-year-old putting my hair in braids.

I sometimes really do want long hair again but it takes forever to grow and there is a long intermediate phase, it gets tangled and requires lots of combing (= more split ends), and takes way forever to dry and style.

Split ends are fun to pick when bored, though.

lol my hair was in pigtails this morning b/c i washed it and it was wet when i left house, which is fine for taking bus, walking, radio stn, but then i forgot once at work and finally looked in mirror - not really a business look :/

also, lose the stuffed animal and lollipop

gross

i think that one thing a lot of guys and people who don't have long hair don't understand is the non-public or non-workplace hair maintenance procedures like braids and pigtails

duddish on halle berry

Do any other long-haired ladies sleep on silk pillowcases or wrap their hair to help hold style? I'm thinking I should start doing this. Morning routine sucks.

pre-bedtime fire worshiping ritual

long hair on girls has a certain appeal - it can be worn in pony tails or pigtails, for instance. it does get everywhere.

what does that even mean??

I understood this as it gets all over the shower and sink. Because man, that's annoying, especially when you have to declog the sink with a toothbrush and you know it's not YOUR hair.

silk pillowcases are lovely to have because they're soft and wonderful, but they don't seem to do anything whatsoever for your hair, regardless of length/style.

It gets in the drains, on my coats and sweaters, on my pillowcases and in my sheets, falls down my shirts during the day and tickles my back, covers the floor when I brush it, etc. I wear it up at home almost constantly to minimize shedding.

I think silk pillowcases were for when you had your hair set like once a week at the hairdresser and the silk disarranged it less at night? Otherwise not sure what good they do.

ridiculously high thread count cotton pillow cases all the way
i mean this is the plan

i have silk pillowcases, and i still wake up every morning looking like the pat tillman statue. there is only one solution:

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i saw this woman yesterday who had either really amazing hair or really amazing hair extensions - how do you even tell? it was past mid-back but didn't look stringy or anything and there was a lot of it, in several thick curls - and so shiny! i mean obv it was dyed and great effort had been put in, but it was like a thing in itself this hair, did it even matter if it was real or not?
i don't think i could have that hair, or that hair wld not deserve me

i have a friend who wears a fall for dance performances, and she looks amazing in it. the first time i saw her in it i just kept staring at her because it seemed like her hair had miraculously sprouted from shortish hair to midback length.

yeah it didn't occure to me that it was fake the first time I saw it, even, I just firgured, hey, ain't seen her in a while.

Bad and cheap fake hair, though, is not hard to spot.

Lay down on your carpet sometime and look at all the hair that never comes out of it. It is disgusting.

It is one of 800 reasons why I hate carpet.

http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/Drama/Drama/Manhattan2.jpg

My hair disgusts even me in its ability to multiply and overtake everything in the vicinity.

really amazing hair extensions - how do you even tell?

Feel for tracks.

i have long hair right now which is kind of unusual for me. the last time i had hair this long i was 13. the thing thats frustrating about long hair is that it can either look amazing or really shitty. Today I walked outside in the wind during lunch and voila, shit hair. I do feel like I can do more things with it.

But this past summer I just about lost my shit over how hot my head was. I cut 5 inches off in July and it's already long and curtainy again.