Holiday Time Woes

Well, clearly Vavoom and I have been on a little break since the holidays are here, too much is going on, and frankly, while I have had a lot to talk about, I haven't found the time until tonight. Which means great news for y'all!

Anywho, lately I have made the mistake in sharing my inner deep thoughts about how my do is not doing justice to my face. Is this true? I am not sure, but its starting to feel that way. During a conversation, I stated how there is not much I can really do considering I have a pretty short haircut already as far as style goes. Then I knew what was coming next....the suggestion of the infamous stacked bob. The conversation went a little something like this:

Me: "ugh my hair is boring me, I feel like it doesn't go well with the shape of my face..."

Other: "you know what hairdo I love that my coworker got..." (hand starts to raise towards the back of the hair)

Me: cutting off other "oh no, not that do"

Other: "where its all chopped up in the back really high and then swoops down towards the front"

Me: "I hate that do so much I cannot deal"

Other: "really? I love it"

This do I feel represents when bad hairstylists want to give the bob a "Modern Edge" as they might call it.

"Let's do something crazy, lets cut insane layers so it looks like a big butt sticking out from the back of your head"

Ahhh the quintessential hairdo for a suburban stylist.

For those of you that still have no clue of what I am talking about, feast your eyes on this:



Enough said...

XO XO

It is no secret that I love Gossip Girl. My teen years weren't even close to what their's is, and if maybe I took some pride in my appearance and dressed like a female instead of Kurt Cobain's younger sister, maybe my life would have been slightly different. But let's be honest. The men in my class were not very attractive and I just added to the plain old bunch nicely. Plus smoking weed and drinking alcohol really helped me get through it and eventually blossom into the 29 year old dream I am now.

But enough about me. Let's get back to the matter at hand. Gossip Girl.

My two favorite characters are Blair Waldorf and Chuck Bass.

First up Blair. Blair is perfect from her head down to her toes. Her hair always looks amazing AND she wears a lot of headbands just like I like (and try to do, but not nearly as good as her). Here she is looking like her fine ass self.



Next up Chuck Bass. I was not sold on Chuck Bass at first because I felt like when he first appeared on the show, his hair was just a tad too styled and well frankly his nose bothered me. But since then, his attitude on the show has sucked me in, and his hair is a little more relaxed, but still looking good. I found this photo that he looks pretty darn good. He also gets extra points for being British AND singing in a band that actually doesn't suck like I thought it would. So feast your eyes on this.



Is it any wonder that these two want each other on the show? Obviously not. Here's one last tribute to these beauty queens...if only I was Blair....now where the funk is my Chuck Bass damnit!

Oh Hi AOL, try to not steal our ideas

So this morning, I went to check my email - and what do I find, AOL has a little news posting about craziest do's in sports. Um, they actually used the term "Do", and now I see it has been changed to "Hair". Which is a smart move on their part considering, that not many people refer to hair as "do". I tried to do a print screen on my mac, but alas it wasn't working, so I will just have to paste the link.

http://sports.aol.com/photos/crazy-hair

Fine I guess we aren't the only people in the world to report on crazy hair, or good hair, or bad hair, but AOL use the term do again, and there will be trouble! (ok probably not because I really don't have the energy for that).

PS-Nick Reid's do made me LOL

Happy Thanksgiving!

If I had a wig, that looked like a turkey, would I wear it? The answer is below:



HELL YEA!

Curly Q's

I have a new favorite show called Summer Heights High. Basically this one dude plays 3 characters. While my favorite character is Ja'mie (the female), her hair isn't really worth discussing. It is a boring one lengther.

It is Jonah's character's hair. I totally didn't realize that Chris Lilley played Jonah until my friend told me. I was always wondering why he had the weirdest spiral perm do. Now it all makes sense cause it is a wig. It is a funny freakin look. Here it is:



Here are all 3 characters and you will understand why I chose Jonah.



Actually, Mr. G has a wispy bang and that is never a good look....

Sunday music jam

I am feeling lazy, so here is another youtube video regarding hair. It is Pavement's Cut Your Hair starring the genius Stephen Malkmus. Enjoy.

Old People

I love the ability to google anything and you usually find what you are looking for. I googled "Old People Hair" and while there were some old people coming up, I decided who better to discuss than the Golden Girls.

I f'n love the Golden Girls. When I picture my future, it is never with a man, but with my bff's living in a house, pretending we are still hot enough to date and still making fun of each other as much as we do now.

Another thing I think about when I get old, is what will I look like. Will I automatically chop off all my hair and put curlers in, will I try to keep it long in hopes that people will still think I am 50 instead of 60+? I do not really know. I would like silver hair or pure white hair, I think. I saw this old woman once in a salon. She had a side swoop bob and it was pure grey and it was awesome. Along with these huge black rimmed glasses.

I am just hoping that I will look that awesome as a senior citizen, if not I would be more than honored to resemble one of these fine ladies....

Do Talkin' is into Britpop'n

I know you English hate when people use the term Britpop - sorry I am using it. I would refer to it as something else, but this is what I was brought up on calling it...so britpop britpop britpop.

Anyway, I can't believe that its been a few months of this blog and I have left out some very important songs/bands that helped me in my transition from grungy high schooler - to whatever the hell I turned into in college into what I am now.

Here they are:

Pulp - Jarvis Cocker is a god amongst all gods. He is like 40 or something now but he is perfect in every way. Here is the Common People video which made many nights dancing at Sorted worthwhile. Check out his perfection from head to toe:



Another song that was popular back in the Sorted days is:

Blur - Boys & Girls - I saw Damon Albarn once in the flesh after his show in the city when I was 20 and literally gasped at the sight of him - he was so tall and lanky and had this awesome do. Here is this video:



Lastly good ol' Primal Scream - Bobby G. was a big favorite for one of my friends who told me a story about how she stalked in him in NYC and he turned around and said something to her and she freaked and ran away. Oh well. (She also stalked Jarvis at an afterparty when she was underage and she got to hang out with him. JEALOUS!)

Here is the video for Rocks:



Enjoy! Music is just as important if not more important than hair (yea maybe I said that and maybe I am lying! Flip your hair bitch!)

YouTube, I finally know what love is....

So Vavoom and I are home on a Saturday evening because we just had too gosh darn fun the night before. In anycase, we are IM'ing youtube's back and forth, and you might recall a certain popular youtube guy with the "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE" video. Well we started watching these and I clicked on this one and not only is the do out of control, so is this video. I am pretty much dead.



and also this one

Animal Haircuts

I decided that I needed some uplifting after a long day, and figured what would be cuter than googling animal haircuts. I expected to just ooze with joy by looking at pictures of animals with mohawks or big poofy heads with skinny bodies or something.

Instead, I found these:







Those are pretty much amazingly awesome. I have no clue of the origin, and maybe I should have done more research before posting or maybe these do's are common knowledge and I am just now learning about them, whatever whoever however, I am in love.

But what I really was looking for tonight was a little bit of this:

Real Housewives of Atlanta

This is the latest edition of the Real Housewives series and so far I like it. It is most entertaining to watch, and I find it more appealing than the NY one (However, I hope that the NJ one will top them all).

All these ladies have their own makeup artists and hair stylists. Lets go from left to right shall we:

Lisa - Definitely the prettiest one - I pretty much hate her outfit, but her hair looks good on her - she looks young and pretty.

Sheree - Sheree has got a weird mouse face - but her do is pretty ok - suitable for her age - but shes a little hard to take on the show - definitely annoying

Nene - She is definitely the most entertaining to watch and pretty sassy - her do looks good here - its usually straightened on the show, but I actually like these curls with the hair to the side on her.

Deshawn - I am not into this do at all -I don't like the weird part and where the curl starts on her head just looks weird to me

Kim - first off - her stylist made her a dress for this party on the first episode that was so horrid - I was almost embarrassed for her (not that the one she's got on now is really great) - Kim is dating a celeb known as 'big papa'. Apparently not even his friends know who he is. Anyway, I really hate this blonde barbie do. I always hate that do. I don't like the the body on top. Just reminds me of southern belles or something - and it looks dated to me

Other than their do's, I suggest watching the show - As I try to limit my reality television, Bravo continues to reel me back in. Ahh sweet sweet Bravo.

Topsy Tail

Last night while out and about, I saw some of the greatest and worst hairdos ever. This one girl had this hairdo that was actually cute, but all it made me think of was that she did it with Topsy tail. Now mind you it was more of a 40s kind of twist curl up do if you know what I mean, but just the way everything was perfectly done, I couldn't help think that she did it with the Topsy Tail product. Here is a photo of what Topsy Tail can do for your do:


I wonder if Topsy Tail is as easy as it looks. And if it is, maybe I can go out for Halloween with my Topsy Tail do, and with a shirt that says "as seen on tv" - would people get it? I sure as hell hope so.

Tabitha's Salon Takeover

http://video.bravotv.com/player/?id=603166

This video is so crazy and while I would probably most lean towards talking about Tabitha's side swoop - I can't get over the woman who works in the salon for 22 year's do.

I don't think I need to say much more than that.

The Caesar

I have to say that when I googled "Caesar Haircuts", I expected to see many images pop up from what I recall in the 90s as the "caesar". However, everything that came up was so not what I remember. The closest I found to this do was this image:



And I have to say that isn't completely it either. How is it possible that not one person uploaded their image from when they had this do in the 90s? I mean they had Ashton Kutcher as an example and his hair is sooo not like that in anyway.

Well, I hope to find a better image someday. But what I really wanted to discuss was did men go into the barber and ask him for a caesar cut? And did this barber know what this was?

Is it like asking for the "Rachel"? Which brings me to another question...why do people still have the Rachel? Jennifer Aniston and Friends have long died and so should that do...if you forgot what this was, please see below:



The world is baffling indeed.

Stop the stink!

Thanks Vavoom for cheering me up with this one:

Project Runway

I actually was trying to google images for this season when I found this image of last season's contestants so I figure, what the hey, let's comment on each photo.



First up Carmen - I actually like Carmens do - I feel like it suits her - and while I would never have my hair look like that, shes pretty so she get's away with it.

Chris - its hard for me not to factor in personality when I have watched the show since it began. I like Chris - hes a gay happy ol' chap and while I hate goatees, i don't necessarily hate it on him.

Christian - he really was a great designer which is why he won - but I cannot deal with his do - I hate it to the max - Its like fine, I get it, you are gay and fabulous, but that do? Seriously? Come on.

Elisa - she was an annoying hippie - and frankly this picture is probably the best her hair has ever looked in her life - but I do not recall it looking like this on the show

Jack - I liked Jack - it was sad when he had to leave the show early because he got sick - but his do is fine. Its regular - it doesn't really bother me - and it suits his personality

Jillian - I always liked curly hair - and definitely these curls are nice - theres not a whole lot you can do with really curly hair as far as a cut - and I like this cut on her - its cute and the curls are nice and big

Kit - I like Kit's bleached blonde do - mostly because I always wish I could dye my hair like that and not want to crawl under a desk because of how horrible the coloring would be with my skintone - plus she reminds me of Spike from Degrassi

Kevin - Kevin has the worst facial hair ever - I hated looking at it on the show, and I am being reminded again of how much I hate it. I can't even get passed it to comment on the spikes coming up everywhere

Marion - hes got a hat on - and frankly I do not recall what his hair looked like on the show.

Rami - Hes going bald and I think its a smart move to just shave it short - thats what I would do if it was balding

Ricky - Ricky cried alot on the show - and he always wore hats - so theres not much to say about him

Simone - I do not remember Simone at all - did she get kicked off first?? Her hair doesnt look that bad, but I hate her pose here.

Steven - I liked Steven - he has the same look as Rami - and yes good call Steven

Sweet P - She was cute and nice - and my only suggestion to sweet p was to cut her hair a bit - its not bad, but I think she would look better with a shorter do - the bangs are cute on her though

Victorya - Shes got that nice perfect asian hair - but you know what? She was super annoying and therefore I am over your perfect shiny hair.

I guess I am in a hating mood tonight - oh well - sorry season 4

Nick & Norah

Today I decided to go see a movie, because I didn't feel like sitting in my apartment, and didn't want to spend more money on shopping, so I figured this was the safest bet on having a few hours to spare. Besides, I like Michael Cera. He represents all the boys that you wish would treat you so cute and nice, but eventually you'd probably just give him up for some asshole. Anyway, my point is Kat Dennings in the movie has really great hair. Its really shiny and thick and long. I guess I would have kept my hair long if it was a tad thicker. Alas I chopped it all off up to my chin, because my hair just looks better that way...at least thats what I have convinced myself of.

A weekend of drinking has left little to my imagination as to what to write about Ms. Dennings except shes really cute and has great hair to be jealous of.

Men in ponytails

Here are my thoughts:

Why? and Please don't.

Thanks a million

You wanna what? again?

So I have found a new celebrity love with a great head of hair to discuss. His name is Ryan Eggold, and hes on 90210. Yea fine I am 28 going on 29 and enjoy teen dramas. I mainly started watching the show because I was a huge Beverly Hills 90210 fan. And one of the reasons I am still watching the show is because of this man. Also, back in April, he was rumored to be hooking up with Rumer Willis. Say it ain't so Ryan, say it ain't so. PS - I wouldn't say no if the rumor is true.

Scrunchie Spottin'

Well I am not trying to promote scrunchies in anyway shape or form, however, my bff kim pointed out this website to me which is www.scrunchies.com

As you can see, these are still popular nationwide, maybe even worldwide (but I doubt it).

So in honor of the first day of fall or the last day of summer, here's a scrunchie from their autumn line called "Horsin-A-Round". God these scrunchie followers have a sense of humor.

Texas Big Hair

Hey there. A boring Saturday after the gym, what do I do? Youtube search "big hair". This is what came up. It's not a terribly interesting video, but there is something I like about the girl. Her hair isn't that great, but for texas and her age, I think its pretty good. She seems to really know what she's talking about. Mommytobe1115, I know you are a fan of big hair, and so am I. Good job and good tutorial. You killed 7 minutes of my boring life with an equally boring but relaxing video.

Lay - Z - Bloggin'

It's been a while since Queen DT (Delirum Tremors) and I have posted... it's because it's September, that busy time of year when summa is ovah and the work starts floodin in again. I've had a long day at work, and I'm too tired to think of witty comments and stories relvolving around Dos, so I'm going to borrow a post from one of my fave blogs DLISTED. This was posted a few days ago and its the hair makeover episode of Americas Next Top Stupid Mass Market Mediocre Model. Don't get me wrong, I love this show, and most of the losers have gone on to actually model for real agencies, but the winners usually suck and never go anywhere. Anywho, below is the youtube for said episode, and here are a few comments about it:

1. The whole prince valiant scene is retarted with a capital R. ps, its gross when tyra splooges apple juice out of her mouth.

2. Tyra a crack headed drag queen and shes extremely entertaining.

3. I love this show.

4. I hate my coworker and I hate her curly scraggle do, not to mention her face, personality, personal style, and first and last name. OOPS! thats not about the youtube! Oh wellzies!

Here are the do's, watch and discuss:

Do Talkin' Book Club

I recently purchased Michael Ian Black's first book called My Custom Van - which I believe is a compilation of stories that he put on his blog and might be additional things not on there.

As Vavoom! and I drive home from a day in the city, I read him a section of his book called "An Open Letter to the Hairstylist Who Somehow Convinced Me to Get a Perm When I Was in the Sixth Grade". Here is a little excerpt to show you just why you should be this book:

"Perhaps the fault is ot entirely yours. Perhaps some of the blame rests with my mother, who, upon entering your salon, asked, "What do you suggest?" Perhaps she shouldn't have heeded your advice, even though my mother is a lesbian with about as much fashion sense as the handyman character Al from Home Improvement.

Looking back on it now, it seems like everybody got a perm at Geoffrey's Hair Creations. The "creations" were in fact perms. Maybe that was the only thing you knew how to do, Geoffrey. Maybe you only attended the beauty academy on the day they were teaching the class about how to make smelly, curly hair."

You get the idea of why you should buy this book. I have been a fan of Michael Ian Black for quite some time now - and this book is just the cherry on the cake for me. It's got do talkin' amongst other things. And if anyone knows what a bad perm can do to you, its me, only my stylist wasn't named Geoffrey, his name was Dale. Enough said.

Subway Scrunchi Spottin' (And Pukin')

Ok, it's time for another installment of Scrunchi Spottin. You'll have to exuse the blurry photos, but i couldn't take with flash as this woman would have probably turned around while I was following her on the 60th St subway platform.




For those of you who don't know, 60th Street and Madison Ave is tourist hell. Everyday I go out for my work break, and I see shit fashion euro-style left and right. The tourist factor is so high because 60th street is an annex of hell with the combo of the 24/7 365 Apple Store, FAO Swartz, and central park all within a 100 ft radius.

The gem above is most likely a mid-western tourist. In case you can't tell, she is wearing a straw hat over her mousy hair. Said hat has the top exposed for prime cabesa exposure. Below the brim, which you can't see in the photo, is scrunchi number one. About one foot below is scrunchi number two. Double the pleasure, double the fun.

Don't even get me started on the ankle length de-sexualizing skirt, the wig wam socks, and the sensible white mom walking shoes. There's so much to say. I want to say that by no means am I a fashion snob. I understand many people can't afford high fashion, or don't have a sense of style, but there is no exuse for looking like this with a double scruchi and half hat other than this: You have neither vagina nor penis, and you are from the planet mars.

Hair Thoughts...by QDT

Today I had to work in my Manhattan office. I thought I was dressed pretty well, that my hair looked really good, but my confidence was quickly shattered when I stepped outside and the humidity took over my do and my face. Sweat on the forehead when you have bangs, only leads to having sweaty bangs, and once that happens, it doesn't go back to the way it did when you first left the house.

But whatever, I have dealt with it before, and while it wasn't great, it wasn't that bad. I then meet the new staff and they are all pretty much supermodels. I wore a flat shoe and all black and was horrified but the extremely well dressed, pantene'd hair, tall slender ladies with huge pumps on.

I was also really excited because I had bought a new shirt that I thought was really cute to wear, and then I was just blown out of the water. Not to mention, not one hair on their head was out of place. How is that possible? Why are some women's hair not affected at all by the weather, and mine its like a wavy curly mess with flipped up bangs the moment a stroke of moisture hits the air. I guess some are blessed and some aren't. I am the unblessed one.

You wanna what?

So yea its 2:30am on a Sunday night, and I just got home from Sway and Mr. Brian Degraw was djing as per usual. I know my friends may not put him in the hot man category, but at least Vavoom! gets it. He says he's very 90s and thats usually the kind of men I am attracted to. Even his do reminds me of a grunge type look...in any case, I wish I could have ultimate insertion with this man...but alas I will just stare at his from afar

Do Talkin' Remembers: Studio Line

I just wanted to post this youtube because I love this song. So much in fact, that I actually used to sing it all the time in 4th grade (1989, and yes I actually did always sing it to my classmates). SCULPT YOUR HAIR, ANYWAY YOU LIKE IT! I'm glad that my classmates of '89 were nice enough to not ridicule me for being obsessed with this song, and actually thought it was funny when I sang it... thanks Jamie Carsillo. (Of course a 10 year old Italian guidette from Jersey would love this song). Anyway, enjoy the do's the tunes, and the moves... what? A poet I am not, but a lover of this video I am.

I Want My Mommy... and here's why:

Something really weird is going on. There must be something in the air, because twice in one week I saw the worlds worst hybrid haircut on two different men, at two different times. Picture the two worst looks for white men, and combine the two.

That's right, its a dread locked mullet. As I've said before dreads on anyone other than Jamaicans / rastas are horrible. The ultimate hair don't. Now picture a short spikey do, but dreaded only in the back, starting from the top crown of the head and cascading gross turd dreads going down to the shoulders.

I'm not sure exactly who these men are or why they chose this horrid do. Unfortunately I did not have my camera to capture the look, and I was in such shock in seeing these barf inducing do's that I couldn't even focus enough to snap a picture. I do know that one man was sort of an acid burn out in front of port authority, but he was definitely not a bum. He seemed like an ex-neu-hippie from Wisconsin who was inbetween states, waiting for his next bus to wherever-the-hell. Suspect two was a teenage European boy outside of the mac store on 60th street. (Tourist heaven, fashion hell).

You may think this quasi-boring story has come to a close, but it's not done yet my friend. In euro dread mullet of teenage boy, were silver ring dread jewels. So not only do you have the worlds most obviously disgusting do, you highlight it with tribal dread jewels.

You'll have to exuse me but I have to cut this entry short. I just barfed all over my ibook from 2004.

Dreads... don't do it.

Sidenote: Jane Child is a disgusting bitch.

Mousse? Yes mousse

My closest friends know that I use mousse and embrace it because I have limp, fine, thin hair and frankly I want some volume. There's definitely people who still use mousse and they use it for the same reason I do. Sounds 80s or 90s or whatever, but it gets the job done.

I got this great mousse from my hairdresser from a line called Enjoy. But one day after I used it at the gym, I came home and the container was completely empty. I have no clue how it happened, but I was at a loss, as I knew I was not going to my hair dresser's anytime soon.

So I did what most people do, and go to my local CVS to find a substitute. It was about 7am and I saw a sale (I can't pass up a sale). It was buy one get one free of Christophe hair products. The bottle looked nice and about as fancy as you can get with CVS products. I had not heard anything about this product, but figure I would try the thickening spray and since I had another option, I would try the volumizing mousse.

So I bring it up the register and the woman at the counter was arguing with me that it wasn't buy one get one free so I showed her thats what the sign said. She left the register and started ripping off every sticker one by one and making a big stink about it and frankly it was too early in the morning for me to give a shit, so I stood there as me and the man behind me laughed about how ridiculous it was. In the end I got my discount. Why am I telling you all this useless knowledge? Well I just want you to get the feel of the struggle I had getting the product and now here is my review.

The thickening spray is good not great. The rusk thick is way better. The mousse is awful. I only use a small amount, and it makes my hair look like a greasy mess. I don't understand how it is supposed to do anything great for hair. Is it possible I am not using it correctly? I guess anything is possible, but I have been investing in mousse since my first perm, and I think I know the proper way my hair should look. In anyway, here's a visual of the bottle to show how looks can be deceiving.

You Old Thing You

So I do not have a visual yet, but today, as I was driving to work, there was this old lady who I have seen before several times, stylin' to the max.

She looks about 102, and everytime I see her, she is decked out. Today, she had on this argyle sweater with a thin gold belt around the waist, black pants (not sure what kind of shoes), and the craziest hair piece I have seen in quite some time.

Her hair was pulled back into a bun of some sort, and there was a clip holding everything together. The clip looked like a giant blue plastic loofah. It was like this crazy bright poof sticking out from the back of her head. As she walked passed me going about -0.2 miles per hour, I struggled to find my phone to capture the moment.

Now that I have been reminded of her, I am definitely taking that route to work from now on until I can hopefully capture what I saw today. Stay tuned...

Degrassi High (Original)

I had to post about Degrassi because it was just a show I loved growing up. The above picture as you all know is Spike. Spike was pretty much awesome and ended up getting pregnant on the show and having the baby. Looking back on her do, it is sooo wack to the max. I guess it suited her character, plus she had an awesome nickname, but her hair only got better when she got into high school and started bleaching her hair and grew it out a bit. This was her middle school look, and clearly it took them a few years to get it right.

The below video is The Zit Remedy, which was Joey Jeremiah's band. I will let the video, the hairdos, and the fashion speak for itself. (and yea I still love this song).

Scrunchie Spottin'

Oddly enough there was recently a scrunchie spottin' at the Lord & Taylor in good old New Jersey. Thanks to Miss Kristie for sending this one in.

Blissin' On This Ultra-Vibe

You know what? Don't even try it. Don't even try to tell me about your sisters hair in the 80's or your moms hair in the 80's, or your own hair in the 80's, because all that flies out the window when you see Ms. Champagne Kings poodle poof pyramid do in this fine fine jazzy jam:

Don't even try it!

Brenda, my hero

This is one of my favorite Beverly Hills 90210 episodes, and it fully relates to the dotalkin' site. I think one of my favorite parts of this is when Brenda goes jogging in this awesome 90s sports bra, short shorts, and whig whams. Brenda realizes she looked better as a brunette and stopped trying to look like Kelly Taylor to impress Dylan. Because as we all know Brenda got him anyway. There's nothing wrong with being natural ladies, nothing at all.  PS - there is no better fantasy hairdo than in this clip

International Male

Seeing the video that Vavoom! posted reminded me that there was a link that I wanted to post from one of my favorite websites - jezebel.com

http://jezebel.com/5038553/the-best--worst-of-international-male-summer-1986

Thanks jezebel for finding this and putting online for my enjoyment.

Hair Raising

This video makes me glad I'm dead:

I call her Red, yea yea yea

The first time I saw Lauren Ambrose, it was in the movie Can't Hardly Wait.  I couldn't understand why she had this awful hair and couldn't see her as being attractive in anyway.  You will see in this photo, this is her in the movie.  It is a semi-mullet and actually in this photo, it doesn't look as bad as during some other scenes in the movie.  Particularly with this long black leather coat she was required to wear.

 

Now looking at this photo, I see that her hair color was actually very pretty and when I finally saw her again in Six Feet Under, I started longing to dye my hair back to red, grow it long, and have pretty natural waves.  

As you can see in this next photo, her hair is so nice and pretty, and the fear of going back to red, and not having it look this good, has prevented me from just going for it. 

Crimpin' looks Pimpin'

One of our only comments asked for a section on crimping. You will notice Fergie on the left with a mild version of crimping. Yea it looks like shit, of course, but when I think of this do, I do not think of Fergie.

I think more along the lines of me in the 80s and thinking I should get a crimper. In fact, I did a ghetto version of the crimper (there is one??) which is braiding your hair in several spots to achieve such look. And I have to say, I loved my hair when it looked like that. But that was all too early in my childhood, and as I explained before, I had a mullet.

And you know, I know crimping looks bad, but after a while, when you run out of things to do, you try to get a new look, and it 9 times out of 10 doesn't look hot. So maybe go out with your crimped hair, not to look hot per se, but just to see the reaction on people's faces.

Personal Hair Trauma

When I turned 8 years old, I was in 3rd grade, and had a mullet.  Maybe it was because I was in love with Joe Elliott from Def Leppard...maybe because I thought I had awesome style, who knows.  In either case, the situation only got worse when I entered 4th grade and decided to perm that mullet.  I do not know what I was thinking.  I looked at pictures later in life and asked my mother how she let me go out like that.  She said its because it was what I wanted.  "Sometimes you say no, mom" is what I told her. Fine it was the late 80s and for some reason my confidence level as a child was higher than anyone I know.

I was chunky, had a huge head, stomach, and this mullet.  There's something to say for confidence though, not one person questioned my hairdo, and I would even start giving tips to my friend, because I thought her naturally perfect long blonde hair with bangs needed some 'Umph'. 

So I am unsure of what my advice to mothers would be.  Tell your daughter no with her choices, or let her make her own mistakes so she can learn from it.  I say that she probably will not get a mullet, but if she wants to rebel with some wacky hair, let her, because sooner or later she will grow out of it and wonder what she was thinking. 

White Rain: A Thrifty Mistake

I'm sure many of you readers will see this post and say to yourselves: Duh! But I thought I would post anyway for all those moms, dads, or even twenty-somethings who were reared on White Rain hair care products. DO NOT USE THESE PRODUCTS! White Rain may seem like the cheap smart choice, readily available at any convinience store, harmons, or rite aid across the grand o'l U.S.A. But heed my warning folks, use this product for more than a week and your hair will surely look like absolute shit. It makes most hair look a strange combo of dry, and greasy at the same time. I suggest upgrading to Pantine Pro V. It's only a few more dollars, it comes in bulk quantities, and is a true value for your dollar that won't leave you gasping in the mirror when you view your wack locks. If you must be cheap with any product, let it be hairspray. This old styling spritz is basically spray on glue (duh) so use sparingly. I often use White Rain hairspray to keep annoying baby hairs out of my face. I suggest that you use it for only this purpose, or maybe even taming a small flyaway, but nothing more. Next time you go to the drug store and are thinking about purchasing White Rain Shampoo or Conditioner, remind yourself that even though it seems like a cheap deal, you are using a poduct thats named after CUM. And we all know how cum looks in hair. Thinkaboutit.

Scrunchie Spottin'

Hi Patriotic Scrunchie - I felt the need to honor you today and officially start the Scrunchie Spottin' section where we will be finding our favorite Americans in their favorite scrunchies. Those of you Sex in the City fans will recall a particular episode where the scrunchie was written about in Berger's new book and Carrie Bradshaw made fun of him saying "no one wears a scrunchie in NYC". Then they spotted a woman out with a scrunchie and indeed she was from some southern land in the USA, proving Carrie's point.

A girl I work with told me she would never give up her scrunchie, and I feel like she's not the only one. So let the search begin...

Birthday celebration

Quick post saying Happy Birthday to Vavoom! A man who's come a long way with his do choices as well as mine. Congrats on looking super fly all the time.

Just Sayin'

Dear Suze Orman,

I hope you are "DO"ing well. I love your show, your sassy persona, and your great financial advice. What I don't love however, is, you guessed it, your do. Why do you choose this as your quaf of choice? It does nothing for you and if you'll note the previous post on Ms. Sally Jessie, you'll clearly realize what a typical mom do it is. I understand you are a lesbian, and you want a no-nonsense easy to maintain, possibly cheap and economic do... but hair is nothing to be thrifty about. It's a frame for your face and this particular do is a bad frame for yours. I suggest growing it out chin length and into a blunt bob with bang. If you must have a shorter do try emulating the modernized version of this do a-la Jenny McCarthy or even Vickie Becks. I personally hate Vicki's do but it would be a great improvement to your current parted mall mom sensible look. We love you Suze. Help us love you more by getting a new do.

Love,

Do Talkin'

Sally Jesse

I am not going to lie.  I have always been a fan of Sally Jesse Raphael.  She maybe didn't have the craziest shows ever.  But I always found them entertaining.  Plus her signature red hair and matching red rimmed glasses really did suit her.  Many of you may look at this photo and just think "typical mom do" - but I feel if anyone could sport this, and still look decent, it was Sally Jesse.  However, this do should not be on any other woman.  It isn't a good do.  Its a curling iron catastrophe mixed with Aqua Net hairspray and maybe an Aussie 3 minute mud mask.   What I ask you women who are aging, is to find a short do that suits you, but doesn't age you as this surely will.

I am not saying I am against short hair.  I am all for short hair.  But I find that after many mom's reach a certain age, they just cut it all off and add a big poof.  I don't understand this concept and I do not want to understand it.  Question your stylist when you want a new look, and if she/he suggests this, please find a new one.

Jim Sturgess

Ever since I saw Jim Sturgess in Across the Universe, I can't help but miss how every man I found attractive, looked like he did in that movie, only what seems like a few years ago. 

Now most men have the unwashed, bearded look that has become the staple for men these days.  Not saying I am against it totally, but he woke a feeling in me that has long seemed to pass.

Now I guess my point is to only comment on his hair, but every aspect of this man is perfect, that he really deserves a mention on the entire look.

I don't really have any other words for him, other than job well done, Mr. Sturgess.

Welcome to Do Talkin'

Over the years, I have noticed my obsession with talking about people's hairdos.  Maybe its the fact that my hair was so horrible as a child, and even though I have overcome that era in my life, I feel the need to constantly talk about good hair, bad hair, and extreme hairdo makeovers. 

Enjoy!