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How is your hair doing?

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craftyone Fri 08-May-20 17:27:02

Mine was fine for weeks but is starting to look unkempt. Short hair and now too long but not long enough to do anything with. The side bits are sticking out and so is the bottom of the back and the top is heavy. Too much for me to do anything with now, so it will have to be a 50s cloth hairband very soon.

My hairdresser is re-thinking her life and is enjoying the certainty of working in a supermarket, I hope she comes back but may never, Argh

Millie22 Fri 08-May-20 22:13:05

My OH has helped me to do my colour today but we do that every six weeks anyway. I've cut my fringe but I missed my hairdressers appointment 4 weeks ago so its getting long. I'm convinced many presenters on tv are still having their hair done as they look so good.

phoenix Fri 08-May-20 22:26:33

So glad that I "embraced the grey" quite some time ago, so don't have to worry about the "groots" but otherwise...?

SpringyChicken Fri 08-May-20 22:27:06

I've chopped mine twice now, even the back! It's short and it looks ok (but no close inspection, please). I grabbed strands in a clenched fist and cut off what was sticking out at the end. Some refinements to the fringe and around the ears and OH levelled up the neckline afterwards.

Shirleyw Sat 09-May-20 05:15:41

Oh it's getting thicker , longer, grey streak down the parting, layers have gone, it's getting on my nerves .....oh the joys ?.......

ninathenana Sat 09-May-20 06:54:29

Mine is thin and grey. I usually have it in a pixie cut as that seems the best disguise for how thin and fine it is.
It needs cutting !!
I haven't used products other than shampoo on it for a few weeks either as not venturing out which dosen't help

Oopsminty Sat 09-May-20 06:56:47

Much longer

My roots need doing but it's not that bad

I shall cope until I get the phone call from my fabulous hairdresser

Chewbacca Sat 09-May-20 06:59:09

Boris Johnson's hair is more styled and tamed than mine now. It's 10 weeks since it was last cut/coloured and has long since lost its colour or any semblance of a style. Another fortnight and I'll resemble the wild man of Borneo.

Bellasnana Sat 09-May-20 07:59:29

Another badger here! Getting very white in front but still dark at the back, and too long. I’m not bothered though, stick it up in a clip if it’s looking too messy. Worst part is having to wash it myself as I usually go to the hairdresser once a week for that.

Oh well, there are far worse things to worry about.

Alima Sat 09-May-20 08:08:07

Grey I can cope with it is anything but short hair I find is unbearable. It has been attacked with the hair clippers (wielded by DH) twice now and isn’t too bad. At least I cannot go out at the moment so nobody else can pass judgement.

TerriBull Sat 09-May-20 08:28:21

Mine's doing okay, I have hairdressing scissors, so regularly trim the fringe, I did that anyway between visits to the hairdresser, similarly have also been used to doing my own roots every month or so in between hairdresser appointments and managed to get my hair colour on line from Boots. I wash it every three days, blow it dry and have a heated hairbrush to finish it off, so looks it's best on the days when it's been washed, not that we go anywhere now except for the daily walk sad I've also trimmed the ends. I don't know when I'll feel it's okay to go back to the salon. I do know a hairdresser who does home visits, might ask her to do my highlights and cut it, but not until socialising is considered a bit safer.

annodomini Sat 09-May-20 10:08:16

Unruly is the only way to describe my hair. It's curly on top and wavy at the back, but at the sides it's wispy and won't do what it's told. Especially the right side which is more sparse because I sleep on the right. I used to have a side fringe but now it just curls up. At least I don't have to worry about colouring as it's largely silver nowadays. Luckily not many people have to see it.

nanaK54 Sat 09-May-20 10:27:25

My hair is a complete mess, not worried about colour as I 'embraced the grey' a while back.I usually have it cut every three weeks, very short style, but this experience is sort of liberating, nobody to see my hair apart from DH, so I will just put up with it and not worry too much at all

Oldwoman70 Sat 09-May-20 10:29:34

Still manageable (just) but soon may have to resort to scissors on my fringe (I also seem to have a lot more grey hair than I remember)

GrannyGravy13 Sat 09-May-20 10:59:36

The secret to long fabulous hair is not to put your glasses on when looking in the mirror/styling it ???

lovebeigecardigans1955 Sat 09-May-20 10:59:50

This morning it is a style free shapeless mess. A grown out pixie cut is probably an apt description. I'm contemplating cutting it very short indeed and getting my 'chemo wigs' out of the box and wearing them instead of faffing about. That's a bit drastic though isn't it? Hang back with those scissors.

Susie42 Tue 12-May-20 11:20:19

I've been thinking about shaving my hair off back to the level it was when I lost it after chemo. I really liked it when it was about an inch or so long but I found the only problem was that I needed a lot of slap to look good so I spent a lot on make up.

Grandma70s Tue 12-May-20 11:37:35

I don’t dye mine, so that’s not a problem, but the fringe was getting on my nerves so I finally attacked it with the kitchen scissors. It’s not good, but at least I can see now. The rest of it is just growing longer, and looks all right so far.

Tabbycat Tue 12-May-20 11:53:03

Another badger here! I used to have it cut quite short every 6 weeks and last went to the hairdressers on 5th February. So, now all the layers have grown out at different rates and the badger stripes are really prominent. I thought I'd cracked it when I sent off for a selectiom of headbands - no - I wear a hearing aid on one side and glasses and most of the headbands won't stay on or hurt after a short time. I wear a hat or a hood when I go for my daily exercise walk! smile

timetogo2016 Tue 12-May-20 11:55:58

I feel like Mrs Catweasle but saving money at the same time.
Could be worse though eh.

Chewbacca Tue 12-May-20 12:24:24

I've just washed and dried my hair. On looking in the mirror, I can see that I seem to have fashioned BoJo's hairstyle. It's wild, untameable and has long since lost any of the style my hairdresser cut it into all those weeks ago. No idea what to do with it.

seacliff Wed 13-May-20 15:22:16

Mine seems to be improving a bit. It is longer and the weight is making it less bushy, and I am trying to wash it only every 3 days or so. I have trimmed my fringe twice now with the twist method.

I have not topped up the colour since lockdown. The back at bottom is a mix of soft brown and grey, quite visible. Also round sides of my face. I think I am just getting used to the grey.

I have been in the sun a lot and have some lighter bits, which look OK. Also I added a few DIY highlights, so breaking up the darker brown.

I will be 70 later this year so being brown is not fooling anyone. I am working part time but now from home, so no one there sees it. I am probably going to embrace the grey now. I will have to rethink the colours I wear.

FarNorth Wed 13-May-20 15:36:05

I usually have my hair very short and was due a trim at the start of lockdown, so was expecting a mess very quickly.
Luckily, it's not too bad.
I'm going to let it get longer and I may even like it that way.
I still have my natural colour, just a bit more subdued than it used to be.

Charleygirl5 Wed 13-May-20 15:37:58

My bob used to finish at the tip of my ear- now it is halfway down my neck. It is very fine, usually straight but I have lots of it and it is now starting to "do its own thing" sticking out at right angles or whatever.

At this rate I will have two mini pigtails but I must give it the chop.

EllanVannin Wed 13-May-20 15:43:16

I could plait mine.

Puzzler61 Wed 13-May-20 15:48:31

Hmmmm how is my hair....?
In 4 words : Wild - Shapeless - but Clean.
I wash it every day so it feels nice at least.