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How is your hair doing?

(62 Posts)
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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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 ?.......

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.

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...?

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.

oldgimmer1 Fri 08-May-20 21:42:12

I've cut mine (layered, choppy, short).

I was getting desperate for highlights so did some myself. It's mainly blobs and stripes going the wrong way (horizontal).

I've touched it up with a brown eyebrow pencil to evening up a bit. Not too bad now.

SirChenjin Fri 08-May-20 21:23:23

Not too bad which is surprising - I need to do the roots but the shape isn’t too bad as I had it cut quite short just before lockdown so it’s growing out quite nicely. Might be a completely different story in a month though!

Sparkling Fri 08-May-20 20:42:37

I just keep cutting my fringe, just wash it once a week now and tie it back, I would never have grown it so long had it not been for the lock down, but happy with it.

paddyanne Fri 08-May-20 20:33:51

mine reaches my bra strap at the back ,roots are under control thanks to a spply of root touch up from Gordons the Chemist online.it has rediscovered its natural wave too which is a bit odd as I was sure all the chemicals over the decades would have meant it was long gone.Now contemplating a light perm after lockdown finishes .Bonus ,my OH loves long hair ,even if its abit blonder than I would like

rosie1959 Fri 08-May-20 20:00:42

Definitely the long haired badger look. May start a new trend

Sark Fri 08-May-20 19:53:59

Terrible and I am beginning to look like a badger!hmm

Whitewavemark2 Fri 08-May-20 19:45:01

I’m trying to adopt curtains like we had in the 60/70s but it is too thin to be anything but a few of strands either side. The sides are just sort of sticking out and the back seems to be growing quicker than the sides.

grannyrebel7 Fri 08-May-20 19:14:12

I've started to look like an aging hippie!smile

pinkprincess Fri 08-May-20 19:05:42

Mine is terrible

seacliff Fri 08-May-20 18:48:42

Mine is very thick, wavy and bushy, and is a shortish bob, so it all sticks out like a scarecrow. Also colour is a rainbow mix of grey, silver, faded brown, bleached blond. It feels nice and soft though. I spray my roots before a zoom meeting. It is quite freeing in a way, to let it just do its thing.

Dollymc1 Fri 08-May-20 18:38:12

My bob has disappeared...
I sometimes put it up in a French roll to keep it off my face and decided to trim it last week, as the ends were looking raggy. I think I still need a bit more off...
I've bought a Nice and Easy to sort out the roots

TrendyNannie6 Fri 08-May-20 18:35:23

Was quite short and in what I concerned a nice style, but now much longer still in shape, more of a Bob style, quite like the longer me, except it could do with a trim, looking forward to it getting longer so I can put it up like I used to when much younger,

Chestnut Fri 08-May-20 18:32:00

Nortsat - you can always brush it into shape and spray it heavily before the meeting. At least it will hold it in place for that moment.

Nortsat Fri 08-May-20 18:28:55

Getting too long.
I can’t have my lovely mobile hairdresser visit until ‘shielding’ ends (hopefully the end of June) - by which time it will be looking ridiculous.

I have to have Zoom or Skype meetings regularly for work and I will eventually begin to feel slightly self conscious...