does the wrong hairstyle turn you off?

[west3man]

Honest? No.

She has gorgeous eyes.

More than makes up for it.

She has gorgeous contacts, you mean?

[warspite1805]

I reall enjoy long hair. Does not matter if it stright or not. I know a really sweet girl right now, but it is a huge downner because she saves her head. That makes me sound like I am all into looks but hey Bald is bad.

Yep the Jean Luc Picard look does not suit women

[howyadoin]

You're so sweet, but I wonder if you've ever talked with someone with absolutely ludicrous hairstyle on that wasn't at all intended to be a joke.

Anybody who was alive in the 80s talked to someone like that.

[Winslow]

She has gorgeous contacts, you mean?

Eyes are more than color - check out the shape!

[Violently Apathetic]

Yep the Jean Luc Picard look does not suit women

I'd argue it doesn't suit anyone BUT Jean Luc Picard. I don't like shaved heads on guys very much, especially as a lot go guys (and girls!) can have really funny shaped heads that you only notice when there's no hair to distract you. If your shaved head looks like a reject lumpy melon from the grocery store, I have to admit, that is a bit of a turn off.

I like long hair on guys when they know how to take care of it, sometimes it seems like some guys think having long hair for some reason means you only have to wash it once a week or something.

[Winslow]

Anybody who was alive in the 80s talked to someone like that.

Heh

I dated someone in the 80's that spiked her hair with purple mousse (sp?0).

[west3man]

Eyes are more than color - check out the shape!

They're shaped nicely.

[Aelo]

Sol, I'm telling you, people go to frickin' PROMS done-up like that.

Stupid proms... they always attract the worst hairstyles...

[Solaris]

She's not dressed like she's going to a con and that sure doesn't look like much of a party.

Although, in either case, I'd have to wonder about the choice of themes.
You're so sweet, but I wonder if you've ever talked with someone with absolutely ludicrous hairstyle on that wasn't at all intended to be a joke.

Sol, I'm telling you, people go to frickin' PROMS done-up like that.

Well, for the latter, that's just bad taste, IMO, but they still have a right to exhibit all the bad taste they want.

If they didn't, no guy would ever be able to wear a powder blue frilly tux, or a powder blue tux with tophat, tails, and a cane to a prom ever again. :D (Yes, I've seen both, and my retinas are STILL burning.) Well, okay, the first was a prom, the latter was a wedding (the groom wore it), but you get what I mean.

Personal expression? Great. Fine.

Weird? Depends on the event, for most things.

Done in fun or in seriousness? Well, if it's in fun, I'd rather see something like that than someone dressed as a clown. I don't care much for clowns. If it's done as an "I'm seriously cool with this hair," well, whatever. I may not like it, but I guess someone out there does.

;)


BTW---you ever see on tv or in a fancy hair salon, one of the "hair show" videos? Sometimes they're pretty neat, but more often than not they look hideous. They've run out of normal things to do with hair, and decided to go all Picasso with it. :D

[Callie]

Picture a bang that's not content to curl in one direction, but that works the full 360°. The rest of the hair pretty much hangs.

Bubble bangs!

Oh my god, I remember every girl in my class with those bangs back in the early 90s. I fortunately never succumbed to that trend due in part to sheer laziness, unwillingness to wake up early before school, and lack of curling iron talent. I do recall that many girls tried to one-up each other on height and curl.

I'm not so picky on the hair (unless it's a mohawk or mullet--yikes). If the cut suits the face, then I won't be turned off by it. My cubemate at work is an adorable guy with almost girly looking skater hair...long on top, short and wavy underneath. It completely suits him because he A) plays guitar in an alt rock band and B) has the attitude to match it.

I dated a guy with long hair that I later convinced to cut short (and he kept it that way long after I broke up with him). He looked like a dated 80s metal freak geek...like something out of Wayne's World. It made all the difference when he went short.

[west3man]

For the sake of balance, Nikki (and others, I assume) believes that some of the colorful clothing and hairstyles worn by Blacks are cultural derivatives from the MotherLand and ought to be evaluated from this perspective.

I apologize, in advance, if I've accidentally misrepresented Nikki's point-of-view. As you might guess, I disagree with it.

[warspite1805]

I'd argue it doesn't suit anyone BUT Jean Luc Picard. I don't like shaved heads on guys very much, especially as a lot go guys (and girls!) can have really funny shaped heads that you only notice when there's no hair to distract you. If your shaved head looks like a reject lumpy melon from the grocery store, I have to admit, that is a bit of a turn off.

I like long hair on guys when they know how to take care of it, sometimes it seems like some guys think having long hair for some reason means you only have to wash it once a week or something.

Avery Brooks seems to suit having no hair. Long hair is a major pain, mine just over a hands length past my shoulders and I now have to wash (and condition) it daily or it just becomes all greasy. I know very few women who seems to like blokes with long hair, they seem to go for blokes who favour te neonazi style hair cut.

[Gilda Dent]

Long hair is a major pain, mine just over a hands length past my shoulders and I now have to wash (and condition) it daily or it just becomes all greasy.

Maybe we have different types of hair, but I have long, thick hair, just past my shoulders with a bit of an inner flip to frame my face. I actively avoid getting my hair wet at all except when I'm washing it once a week. Other nights I brush it throughly to evenly distribute the oils, which are removed with daily washing and only produced at the base.

But that's what works for me, and is how I was taught to care for my hair when I started growing it out long.

Gilda

[Gilda Dent]

She has gorgeous contacts, you mean?

Heh. I love colored contacts. They enable you to change your eye color to match your outfit, kinda like having two or three different pairs of glasses. I'll go with my clear ones most days, but amber looks really good on me when I'm wearing reds or oranges, and dark grey makes a nice compliment for a predominantly blue outfit. It's about coordinating properly to get the right effect.

Oh, and I have no problem with the helicopter 'do, or with dressing for fun at the prom. It wouldn't be my choice, but it's cool with me for others doing it for an event of some sort.

Then again, maybe I'm just talking out my ass, given that I've never been to a formal dance.

Gilda

[warspite1805]

Maybe we have different types of hair, but I have long, thick hair, just past my shoulders with a bit of an inner flip to frame my face. I actively avoid getting my hair wet at all except when I'm washing it once a week. Other nights I brush it throughly to evenly distribute the oils, which are removed with daily washing and only produced at the base.

But that's what works for me, and is how I was taught to care for my hair when I started growing it out long.

Gilda

Probably I rarely need to brush mine, it is only in the past couple of weeks I have started brushing mine regulary, but my hair is not that thick but gets greasy quickly. I would love to be able to go without washing it for a week.