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Brambling

caronc wrote: »

My hair is shaved at the back and it is fab saves the frizz - I get mine cut in a graduated asymetrical bob. It suits me and works well to tame with my thick and rather unruly hair:D

I have to keep my hair short too as my hair dresser says it grows out not down :rotfl: it always had a wave but when I hit 40 it started to go mad, I spent a visit to the family denying I had a bad perm :eek:

PasturesNew

I'd like a haircut... they're far too pricey these days. I just grab bits every 1-2 months or so and cut chunks out

I will get round to it. The lot over the rod want £70+ for what I want doing (that was the trainee price too!) ... but I've found a College 30 miles away that does it for about £30 ... trouble is, it's one of those annoying things where the first time you have to go for a "colour test".... so it becomes even more of a faff. I've been meaning to go there for 4 years .... not got round to it yet.

Today I've also scoffed 3 chocolate digestives (that's the pack gone) .... and I just had the last of the oven bottom muffins with a lick of marg on it.

caronc

Brambling wrote: »

I have to keep my hair short too as my hair dresser says it grows out not down :rotfl: it always had a wave but when I hit 40 it started to go mad, I spent a visit to the family denying I had a bad perm :eek:

Definitely common genes in there somewhere.;) I do "wide" rather than down (as does my younger son) and definitely "pom pom"/poodle perm in damp weather.:eek::eek:

caronc

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'd like a haircut... they're far too pricey these days. I just grab bits every 1-2 months or so and cut chunks out

I will get round to it. The lot over the rod want £70+ for what I want doing (that was the trainee price too!) ... but I've found a College 30 miles away that does it for about £30 ... trouble is, it's one of those annoying things where the first time you have to go for a "colour test".... so it becomes even more of a faff. I've been meaning to go there for 4 years .... not got round to it yet.

Today I've also scoffed 3 chocolate digestives (that's the pack gone) .... and I just had the last of the oven bottom muffins with a lick of marg on it.

I get a "dry cut" ( though she spray wets it and drys/straightens afterwards) these days as can't manage the bending for hair washing and I no longer dye my hair. I'm £16 + tip (well earned) every 3-4 months and it's worth every penny. :DI think "colour tests" are mandatory these days so the hairdresser doesn't invalidate their insurance.

PasturesNew

caronc wrote: »

I get a "dry cut" ( though she spray wets it and drys/straightens afterwards) these days as can't manage the bending for hair washing and I no longer dye my hair. I'm £16 + tip (well earned) every 3-4 months and it's worth every penny. :DI think "colour tests" are mandatory these days so the hairdresser doesn't invalidate their insurance.

I used to go for dry cuts, but fewer will do them these days - and even they were more than £20! I used to go in with it wet ... and not have it dried either.

I started having mine streaked when I got to about 40 and liked it - but it's an ongoing cost/commitment to start as it does need topping up every couple of months...

If I could find a reasonably priced dry cut I'd be in that chair quicker than they could ask to take my coat!

I've just googled for a dry cut ... I can see prices within 4-5 miles of £18, £25, "from £23"....

Brambling

caronc wrote: »

Definitely common genes in there somewhere.;) I do "wide" rather than down (as does my younger son) and definitely "pom pom"/poodle perm in damp weather.:eek::eek:

My mum used to say that having such thick hair would mean I won't be a balding old lady with my pink scalp showing through :rotfl: she always knew how to give back handed compliments :cool:

caronc

PasturesNew wrote: »

I used to go for dry cuts, but fewer will do them these days - and even they were more than £20! I used to go in with it wet ... and not have it dried either.

I started having mine streaked when I got to about 40 and liked it - but it's an ongoing cost/commitment to start as it does need topping up every couple of months...

If I could find a reasonably priced dry cut I'd be in that chair quicker than they could ask to take my coat!

I've just googled for a dry cut ... I can see prices within 4-5 miles of £18, £25, "from £23"....

Could be worth trying the £18 one and seeing if you like it:). I used to dye my hair and get copper streaks but stopped when I couldn't dye my hair before/after a neck operation for a number of months and decided I quite like the "fading redhead" look.

Brambling wrote: »

My mum used to say that having such thick hair would mean I won't be a balding old lady with my pink scalp showing through :rotfl: she always knew how to give back handed compliments :cool:

Neither of my Grans nor my Mum lost hair as they aged, I think I have their genes if anything it's getting thicker as white hairs seem to be coarser and thicker:eek:;)

moneyistooshorttomention

caronc wrote: »

Definitely common genes in there somewhere.;) I do "wide" rather than down (as does my younger son) and definitely "pom pom"/poodle perm in damp weather.:eek::eek:

Or maybe some rather unexpected results for one or both of you if you ever do one of those Ancestry DNA test thingies - as to how far-flung some of your ancestors might be and you never knew it:) Looks can be a clue sometimes - I do know I shouldn't be surprised that my mother has Scottish there a few generations ago. The clue to that is that I used to have freckles and green eyes (which I gather is a Celtic thing). My mother, on the other hand, wouldn't be very happy if I told her what I think of her nose (which is actually quite a nice nose imo and I wouldn't have minded having it passed onto me, though I know she hates it). But I guess I got the looks I "needed" to have for maximum safety in all respects - my mother grew up slap bang in the middle of World War 2 in al possible respects and so I can understand her wish for a different one (ie to blend in).

Sitting here currently thinking "Got a hairdresser appointment today - and I do hope the floods have receded enough for me to actually be able to get to them" (as they're a bus ride away - having gone through several hairdressers just a walk away and decided they weren't good enough).

They're in the "Don't ask....:eek:" category as to how much they charge - but I do only ever have my hair cut (no colouring or anything - everyone except me seems to like my hair colour - as it went white naturally). Don't feel quite so bothered at not having my dark blonde/light brown hair colour any longer - now that my hair colour is such a fashionable one that some younger people are having it dyed that colour.

I guess I should see the funny side of that - as I had basically decided I'd better "Go Elegant" as I got older and currently in the process of doing so - and white hair does suit that style. Yep...that means I'm still on the diet - nearly getting in to 2010's size 12 (well I can get some of them on now - but they're not "comfortable" yet). Hence nowt much to report food-wise still at the moment...diet....diet...diet....sighs...

EDIT; PN - surprised a simple drycut costs so much - I was paying around £14 back in my home city and similar again here (until I swopped to the expensive one I'm now one...).

wort

My cut costs £20. He comes to the house now as he gave up his salon ,due to rising costs.
I've coloured my own for years, going through every colour imaginable, though now the grey is started , I've gone ash blonde. My mum was a beautiful silver though it was still dark at the short bit at the back, everyone thought she had it coloured like that! !
2 of my sisters are that colour now and my few bits seem to be the same. My nan had iron grey, and grandad had the silver, which started as a thick streak he's half Irish. My other nanna had white hair. My dad stayed black ! Just a tiny touch of grey at the temples when in his 80 s. I reckon it was the brylcreem! !
I'm working today and have no clue to what to have for tea!! It's quiz night so need to be easy.
I've not had fish fingers for a while.:think:

moneyistooshorttomention

Wort - I do know enough about my "lineage" to know there's a bit of Irish in there too on my mothers side (though she never told me that either LOL) - so a double Celtic gene in me. I had that thick white streak to start with - and I really liked that and would have been quite happy for it to stay that way (rather than the rest of my hair joining it).