People with Good Hair, what do you do with all your free time?

[Anonymous]

I just get a wash and wear pixie-ish haircut and call it a day. Now it resembles Jamie Lee Curtis’s haircut.

[Anonymous]

My life is so much better since I accepted that my hair is often/usually going to be a little frizzy. I do my best to balance reducing frizz and not damaging it but it’s just always (no matter how much money and time I put into it) going to trend toward big/wild and a bit frizzy and I’m better off accepting it’s never going yo to be sleek and perfect.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you conduct cancer research, hike the Appalachian Trail, write novels or have some other time-consuming hobby?

I have an event tonight, so my whole day is planned around how to best optimize good hair for the event. This includes a strategically timed shower, so hair looks clean but isn't too soft. Blow drying in sections. Curling iron so it has some movement, but not a "real housewives" look. Maybe a flt iron for frizz. Some hairspray, but not stiff. And allowing myself time to redo the whole thing before the event if it all goes sideways. So basically, my whole day is spent thinking about/dealing with my hair!

I just wonder what it's like to be one of those people whose natural hair is flattering with minimal intervention - maybe a quick blow-dry or whatever, and you're good for the day (or two, or three!). Do you have curly hair, or a great cut that falls into place? Do you say a gratitude prayer every morning when you wake up and look in the mirror?

And before anyone gives me advice, I have tried every haircut and style over 30 years - long, short, curly, flat. There is no "naturally" easy style for me. I am resigned to ponytail/bun most of the time, and then sacrificing days of my life when necessary for important occasions.

Get a nice wig.

[Anonymous]

I am 56 now which means I grew up smack dab in the eighties…..and anyone else who was a teenager during that era can agree w/me that back then, it was all about the HAIR!!
Lol!

I would spend hours (and hours) dying it, curling it, teasing it, applying Aquanet on it, etc.
I am surprised at my age I still have a full head of hair.
I wish I had not invested so much time, energy + worry on it looking back.

Thank goodness these days natural-looking hair is in.

OP, the baseline for good hair is a great haircut 💇🏻‍♀️ - - once you have a good cut then you can work around that as your foundation.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

I simply wash my hair and condition it. I never dry it. It is chin length, with some curl (as long as no heat is applied), healthy and a nice natural strawberry blond. I am an empty nester and spend my extra time on reading and hobbies.

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Anonymous wrote:A good friend of mine is a Hollywood movie hairstylist. Funny enough, despite it looking like actors have hair that takes hours, on set you actually have very little time to do hair (actors are only permitted to be on set 12 hours, including the time to get ready/hair/makeup/wardrobe).

So what they do is find a hair style that can be done very quickly that works for the actor’s hair. Often they’ll skip washing and have styles that can be done on 2-3 day hair as well so they don’t waste time washing and blow drying.

It’s be worth experimenting to see if you can find a similar style for your hair, perhaps even work with a stylist.

For me personally, curling is a pain because my hair is too straight and loses the curl quickly. I’ve found either using a wave curler or flat iron is faster and easier. Often I’ll blow dry the night before then use the styling tool in the AM. Dry shampoo and sea salt spray also work well to refresh it in the AM.

This must be Owen Wilson’s secret

[Anonymous]

Buy some beautiful earrings and wear your hair up. No one will notice your hair, just your earrings.

[Anonymous]

What kind of hair do you have, OP? Maybe I missed it.

Sounds like maybe it's thick and prone to frizziness? If so, keratin treatment?

[Anonymous]

Agree with those who suggested a wig. If you’ve really tried everything, then just get a wig and be done with it. Lots of celebrities wear wigs and you’d never know it just by looking at them.

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Anonymous wrote:My hair is the universe's attempt to even out for the horrible skin and asymmetric body it gave me.

We all have something.

Same

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Anonymous wrote:Just go get a blowout. Why all the stress.

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I am usually wash and go, but when I have an event I go to a salon and they do it for me. Takes all the stress away!

+1. I love getting blow outs. I get them at cheap salons and they still look way better than what I can do at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My life is so much better since I accepted that my hair is often/usually going to be a little frizzy. I do my best to balance reducing frizz and not damaging it but it’s just always (no matter how much money and time I put into it) going to trend toward big/wild and a bit frizzy and I’m better off accepting it’s never going yo to be sleek and perfect.

I wish my girls would do this. I have straight limpish hair that I have accepted will never hold a curl. I try to support my girls, buy them the right products and tools, but it still bothers me how much it bothers them that they don’t have straight easy hair.

[Anonymous]

I won’t bore you with how long I spent getting my shower drain unclogged or how massive the clog was. Don’t worry OP, we all lose time on our hair.

[Anonymous]

My hair is straight and fine. It won't hold any style. Even a professional blowout falls limp and stringy within a couple of hours.

+1 for just accepting it. Day to day, I wear it flat or in a braid / ponytail. Fancier events I go straight to an updo. Using hot rollers while my hair is still damp, and drying it in the rollers, at least give it a bit of body to hold the updo.