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[Chrissie]

Listen to us gripe about our hair......... I want thick hair and more of it.

You guys with curly hair, just let it me free; it is pretty that way. Who says strands of hair have to be in place?

[Marina]

I have curly hair, too, and I agree that they grow in a triangle. That's why I started keeping them quite short (though not overly so). I'm very satisfied with my hairdresser, she did a great job as usual - and she's rather inexpensive. I went to a hairdresser once, where I paid tons of money, only to go home and cry for the bad job he did. I know it's silly, but you have to live with your haircut, that's what gives you your appearance, so if it's bad, it can be embarrassing, especially if it's short and you can't solve the mess with a ponytail...

[dely]

Chrissie wrote: "You guys with curly hair, just let it me free; it is pretty that way. Who says strands of hair have to be in place?
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Lol, trust me, my hair is free and does what it wants. I never use a comb. But if you don't do something for them, they become frizzy, the curl isn't anymore "closed" and it looks like you have a nest on your head. Or sometimes they lose volume and on the top of the head they are flat, and down you have a bush. And curly hair can be very different from person to person. My son has such curly hair, that often I think he has some African blood in his veins. He has that typical African curl.

Marina, glad you are satisfied and I totally relate to what happened to you. It happened also to me several years ago. A hairdresser didn't know what to do with curly hair and she cut away everything. I wanted to kill her.

[Chrissie]

Marina wrote: "I have curly hair, too, and I agree that they grow in a triangle. That's why I started keeping them quite short (though not overly so). I'm very satisfied with my hairdresser, she did a great job a..."

Happy to hear that YOU are satisfied with your current hairdresser. Yeah, there is nothing you can do if they wreck short hair. I remember once going home and sitting myself in a closet. I had tried a permanent and it was unbelievably bad.

[Chrissie]

dely, no matter what you say I think your hair sounds lovely! I wouldn't mind some frizz.

Boy do I envy those who have thick hair and and tons of it. Those people that if they cut it they end up with a thick edge at the bottom.

[[deleted user]]

Yeah curly hair when not freshly cut is a bit of a frizzy nightmare but I do love my curls. I sometimes wish for easy to make neat her but I’m lucky that I can just wash, put some serum in and maybe 50% of the time I have neat hair!

I’m going to a new hairdresser Thursday and getting a colour which I am a bit nervous about just before my holiday

[Joan]

Curly haired people have you heard of cowashing?
My daughter-in-law has beautiful thick curly hair and she swears that giving up using shampoo and washing her hair less often has made her hair much more manageable. She uses some sort of conditioner that cleans as it conditions. She says her hair was on the oily side when she shampooed daily and frizzy in humidity.
Personally I’ve never seen any flaws in her or her appearance, but she swears cowashing has improved her hair.

[Joan]

Chrissie wrote: "Marina wrote: "I have curly hair, too, and I agree that they grow in a triangle. That's why I started keeping them quite short (though not overly so). I'm very satisfied with my hairdresser, she di..."

TRUE STORY
I went for my first and last perm when I was a college freshman. While I was under the dryer my hairdresser quit and walked out. I sat under the dryer for 45 minutes because I didn’t know. When I finally spoke up & they took the rollers out my hair broke off with the rollers!
Luckily, I’d never describe myself as a beauty so I could treat it as a big joke.

[Marina]

Oh my God, Joan, I would have felt so bad! I'm not exactly a beauty either, but I'm easily embarrassed and even ashamed... Glad you managed to treat it as a joke!

I know that some people gave up shampoo and use different natural methods of washing their hair... Personally, I tried washing my hair with a mixture of water, honey and vinegar for some time, years ago, and it was in fact quite a winner - my hair was softer and more shiny. However, I gave up doing that because I'm horribly lazy and couldn't bother warming the water at the right temperature and preparing the mixture... yes, I'm THAT lazy, it's desperate I know ;)

[Chrissie]

Joan wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Marina wrote: "I have curly hair, too, and I agree that they grow in a triangle. That's why I started keeping them quite short (though not overly so). I'm very satisfied with my ha..."

OMG, talk about a bad experience!

[Joan]

I had decided try to be different person when I went away to college. I’d thought a perm would make me cute and perky, instead it exposed my inner, edgy punk
:-0
I know I met people I would not have if I’d had my standard hairdo.

My hair grew back and I reverted to conventional but kept my more colorful friends.

[Chrissie]

Joan wrote: "but kept my more colorful friends."

That turned out good!

[B the BookAddict]

Yes, curly hair can really give you a 'really bad hair day' if you don't know how to manage it. My hairdressers always say I have the hair of three people on my head, thick, thick, thick. I've never used a brush or comb and simply 'style' it with my fingers. Swapping to a vegan shampoo and conditioner and an expensive Argan Oil, keeps it under control, (in as much as you can keep curly hair under control). However I have found since about the age of fifty, my hair is less curly.

[B the BookAddict]

Problems with the water pump which draws the water up from our 90,000 litre underground water tank, since Friday. Yesterday morning, I had to nearly run around under the shower to get wet (which was not a pretty sight, let me tell you). My b-i-l will look for the problem today (he likes to fix everything himself and is usually pretty good at it) but I think this one might have him beat. We might be dipping into the maintenance fund for a new pump. I don't care, I just want a decent shower again.

[Nancy from NJ]

We just finished watching From Here to Eternity while I checked messages and read some of my current book. A very appropriate movie to be shown on Memorial Day week end.

[Chrissie]

B the BookAddict wrote: "Problems with the water pump which draws the water up from our 90,000 litre underground water tank, since Friday. Yesterday morning, I had to nearly run around under the shower to get wet (which wa..."

I hope you get your pump figured out. I am crossing my fingers that your BIL can fix it.

B the BookAddict wrote: "Yes, curly hair can really give you a 'really bad hair day' if you don't know how to manage it. My hairdressers always say I have the hair of three people on my head, thick, thick, thick. I've neve..."

Bette, you have me drooling. YOU are one of those people with lots and thick hair. I envy you. I am so jealous.

[Esther]

Joan wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Marina wrote: "I have curly hair, too, and I agree that they grow in a triangle. That's why I started keeping them quite short (though not overly so). I'm very satisfied with my ha..."

That is terrible!

[Esther]

Joan wrote: "Curly haired people have you heard of cowashing?
My daughter-in-law has beautiful thick curly hair and she swears that giving up using shampoo and washing her hair less often has made her hair much..."

I have heard of the no-(sham)poo method. It does cut frizz for curly hair.

[Esther]

dely wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "You guys with curly hair, just let it me free; it is pretty that way. Who says strands of hair have to be in place? "
Lol, trust me, my hair is free and does what it wants. I nev..."

I had a jewfro until hormones caused 2/3 of my hair to fall out in my 30s. In England nobody new what to do with it and many people seemed to take my wild hair as a moral affront.
Short didn't work for me and I had so much hair that before scrunchies hit the shelves I had the choice of two bunches or a pontail using a heavy-duty rubber band!
In the 1970s England didn't really have conditioner and anyway my mum thought it a waste spending a lot of money on 'cosmestic products'.
When I reached my teens most hairdressers would tell me I needed to visit the Jamaicans because 'they will know what to do with it'!

Now my daughter has the same hair but she uses a range of products to keep it frizz-free. The best is moroccan oil (argan). The brand named product is excellent but pricey however in Israel half the population have curly hair so there are plenty of cheaper immitations which are almost as good.

[Ruth]

I usually let my hair grow in the winter (keep my ears warm lol) and then I will get it cut really short for the summer. Haven't cut it yet but I will probably go this week.

[dely]

Joan wrote: "Curly haired people have you heard of cowashing?
My daughter-in-law has beautiful thick curly hair and she swears that giving up using shampoo and washing her hair less often has made her hair much..."

I looked for it but the article I've read wasn't very encouraging. Well, if it doesn't work we can still start using again shampoo. I knew about the no-poo method but gave up after 10 days.

[dely]

Esther wrote: "When I reached my teens most hairdressers would tell me I needed to visit the Jamaicans because 'they will know what to do with it'!"

Lol

Yes, speding some money for good products is a solution. As said, I would never start again to use supermarkets shampoos and conditioners. I really see the difference with those sold by the hairdresser.

[dely]

B the BookAddict wrote: "Problems with the water pump which draws the water up from our 90,000 litre underground water tank, since Friday. Yesterday morning, I had to nearly run around under the shower to get wet (which wa..."

Oh my, let's hope your b-i-l will solve it. I hate it when things don't work or there are problems.

[Marina]

Bette, I hope things get solved out soon. I can't imagine not being able to have a decent shower.

[[deleted user]]

Hope things get sorted soon, Bette. That sounds awful

[Nancy from NJ]

Bette - hope your water problems have been fixed by now.

Like be the hair discussion since I have straight hair and used to perm it for a Jewfro. I gave that up and two years ago I decided I was tired of dying my hair- sitting in the beauty parlor for hours and the high cost of doing this. My hair grew in salt and pepper which I never expected. My husband loves it and I don't cut it often and sometimes don't even blow it out.

[Esther]

Nancy from NJ wrote: "Bette - hope your water problems have been fixed by now.
Like be the hair discussion since I have straight hair and used to perm it for a Jewfro. I gave that up and two years ago I decided I was t..."

I decided to go really short and my hair-dresser (who knows me very well) gave me a gamine cut because 'it actually looks better when it is messy' She was absolutely right and I love it.

[Nancy from NJ]

Messy is good. Even at the royal wedding Meghan's bun was slipping and there was one piece of hair out of place. It is always my luck to see something not right, even at a royal wedding.

[Chrissie]

Esther wrote: "Nancy from NJ wrote: "Bette - hope your water problems have been fixed by now.
Like be the hair discussion since I have straight hair and used to perm it for a Jewfro. I gave that up and two years ..."

I am with you on the value of gamine-short and messy--and easier than long hair. I used to have long hair below my waist.

[Nancy from NJ]

While I am catching up on group messages, I am also watching doe episodes of The Americans which I taped. I will miss this show when it finishes in 2?weeks.

[Karin]

Hair--yes, I'm into griping. I have very thick hair (by both definitions of thick as in lots of it, enough for 2-3 people) and coarse. NOT curly, but NOT straight and Very, Very Stubborn. It doesn't hold perms well at all, so I have given up on those.

I have grown it below my waist, but it's so heavy it strains my neck, plus it now makes me look older to have it long. I keep it quite short, but don't cut it often. When I got married I had one of the brightest and best hair dressers who knew that there was no way to put it all up in one bun and have it last for my entire wedding and reception. She cut it (still long) and put it up in sections--it was fabulous and my favourite hair style ever.

I just got it coloured for the very first time a few weeks ago so that no one can tell that I have more grey hair than my 80 year old mother who was coming back east with my dad for a week (she has very little, mostly at the temples and doesn't colour her hair). Otherwise it's salt and pepper (still more pepper).

re: NO SHAMPOO - the last time I had very long hair I washed it only with baking soda for a couple of years. I didn't need any conditioner that way, and it looked good (not much grey back then). I mainly put the baking soda in the first 6 inches or so where it actually got dirty, but it varied. Now I use J.R. LIGGETT'S Natural Bar Shampoo and love it; I've been buying it for some years now.

[Joan]

Just finished watching The Princess Bride. I think I’ll watch Time Bandits tomorrow since I have the house all to myself.

[[deleted user]]

I’m typing this sitting on my balcony in overlooking the Caribbean sea. It’s the 2nd day of our holiday to Barbados and again I have woken up very early due to the change in time zones. It’s only 5.30am here! We are having an amazing time so far even if my boyfriends bag got lost- it was delivered a day late! We had a last minute hotel move due to emergency repair works but now have an upgraded oceanfront suite with 2 rooms and 2 bathrooms!

Yesterday we went snorkelling and sailing, more of the same today! Now I’m going to have a coffee and read until Chris wakes up

[Angela M]

Heather, sounds fabulous - drinking coffee overlooking the ocean ! We went to Barbados a number of years ago and loved it . Enjoy!

[Marina]

Heather, sounds like the beginning of a wonderful holiday! Enjoy yourselves!

[Nancy from NJ]

I am subbing today at the local high school for an English teacher. The students are working on independent visual computers so I am looking at the teacher's library. Although I have done this for many years, I only worked one other day this year. I was busy with the twins, volunteering at our Temple and lunching with my friends. But I was a bit bored and thought I'll get back for a bit.

[Ruth]

Enjoy yourself Heather. It sounds wonderful.

[Joan]

Heather, sounds like bliss.

Nancy, I imagine a day at a high school can be invigorating, or do I mean enervating- :-)

Metro NY members, Did you see that Audible has established a partnership with a theater in New York City?
https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/...

Maybe we can schedule a meet-up there.

[Esther]

Heather wrote: "I’m typing this sitting on my balcony in overlooking the Caribbean sea. It’s the 2nd day of our holiday to Barbados and again I have woken up very early due to the change in time zones. It’s only 5..."

Sounds wonderfully relaxing.

[[deleted user]]

It is very relaxing and yesterday we went snorkelling and saw turtles, stingray and loads of beautiful tropical fish. However, I have sunburn on my back now (from the snorkelling despite using sunblock) so today will be spent keeping out of the sun!

I also have not reset my internal body clock, today I woke up at 4.30am!

[Alannah]

Heather wrote: "I’m typing this sitting on my balcony in overlooking the Caribbean sea. It’s the 2nd day of our holiday to Barbados and again I have woken up very early due to the change in time zones. It’s only 5..."

Sounds fabulous.

[B the BookAddict]

Good morning, Heather. That's the time I wake every morning, a habit of over twenty years. Instead of staying in bed, I'm always up and starting the day with a good trawl around GR. It's a nice way to start the day.

[Diane S ☔]

Sounds gorgeous Heather. Glad you are having such a great time Heather.

Watched little Rue yesterday, she is already six months. There is nothing as wonderful, for me anyway, as having a baby fall asleep in your arms. She is such a happy baby.

[B the BookAddict]

7.15am Victoria, Australia. Currently 4C/39F and expecting a top of 7C/44F. I will not be venturing outside much today; two things to do, bring in wood for the fire and feed the goats. After that, it's on the couch for me.

[Diane S ☔]

5:10 pm. In Illinois

On the couch too, watching the Cubs lose their third straight game. Will have to get off my keister soon and do some laundry, which is over due since I've been ill again.

[Pam]

Going to watch a movie (Wonder Woman) at dusk at the park near my house, with my brother and his girlfriend and maybe my husband. A good reason to get out of the house! Kind of like the old days of going to the drive-in but without the car and no cost!

[Karin]

B the BookAddict wrote: "7.15am Victoria, Australia. Currently 4C/39F and expecting a top of 7C/44F. I will not be venturing outside much today; two things to do, bring in wood for the fire and feed the goats. After that, ..."

Is that one of the coldest temperatures you get in Victoria, Australia?

[[deleted user]]

Back at work! I had to work the weekend as well so since starting back after my lovely holiday I have worked 8 days straight! I have Friday off though...

[B the BookAddict]

Karin, no, we have had it as low as -2.8C/27F but thankfully that was in 1869.

The lowest temperatures where I live (only 49kms from Melbourne CBD) can get to 0 but I am at 700m in a mountain range. We have lots of yummy frosts which remind me of schooldays when we skated on people's lawns on the way to school. Not fun though when I'm heading down the property to feed Bert and Irma, the goats.

[B the BookAddict]

6.35am Victoria AU: I'm off to a Patchwork class this morning with my good friend and neighbour, Susan. It will be the first class I have attended in 9 years and also the first time I've done patchwork in 7 years. Feeling a bit apprehensive but have brushed up the old brain on the some major points of patchwork/quilting. Class starts at 9am and I'm hoping my brain is in gear by then.