Thoughts and feelings

It's almost the end of the year and I just turned 34 a couple of weeks ago. I must say so far it is the best year ever. I mentally got rid of some baggage, I turned on the positive vibes, and stuff has been happening. I've wasted enough of my years on man boys, bad thoughts, and just general blah-ness. A boy just recently sent me a Pee-Wee Herman video to express his feelings towards me. Need I say more? I don't. In any case, it's got me thinking about my own do and what to do next. My heart of hearts wants to go platinum blonde and chop it off. I just have not been able to do it. I did play dress up and wear a wig and it felt right, almost too right. I want to look like I just stepped out of another era and wish that was my job to just play dress up. How do I transfer my inner self to corporate life? I don't know. I do it, but kind of just want to be a little wilder, but I guess I am getting old, and I'd rather look hot than not. I spent many of my early years experimenting with my look…short hair, knee highs, ill-fitting vintage clothing (you get the drift and you may have been there)and I wasn't getting many dates from those years. Where am I going with this? Well below is an example of how I see my glamorous self. My rant and rave is all for showing myself in a wig with all items that I currently own and loving it.

Love and Rockets, Queen DT

Tuff Turf

So Vavoom introduced me to the one movie I have not seen in the 80s. A little known fun fact about me..I really thought I had seen every movie ever created in the 80s. Turns out I missed one and it is called Tuff Turf. Synopsis - James Spader moves from CT to the rough streets of LA. There he meets Frankie who is the girl in this bad ass gang. So basically he falls in love with the girl from the other side of the tracks AKA every plot of most 80s movies I have seen. Robert Downey jr., is also in it playing a drummer in the band/dance sequence that always follows in these movies. Anyway, it's so bad and so good, but more importantly Frankie's hair is out of control. It's past her rear and crimped with a bubble bang AND a forehead headband. If I could conjure up my 80s fantasy do, this might be it. Another fun fact, I only got my hair awesome in my mid-late 20s. It took a while. Anyway, feast your eyes on below and let it sink in.

xoxo Queenie

Hair chronicles....Where have I been?

There has been so much to say, so little time, so many questions, with no real answers. What brought me back? I am not sure. Maybe a need to discuss hair, feelings, and some more hair. But mostly I think it might have been this special lady I saw on the train. I normally don't try to take pictures of people, but I was so fascinated by this woman's hair piece. If you cannot tell from this photo, it is a yarn-knit headband followed by an abundance of feathers. Beautiful red/pink neon feathers. I didn't know what to make of it when I saw her. I just knew I had to capture this for the one day I was going to update this blog. Today is that day. If you do not know this already, I tend to think about what I am going to look like as a senior citizen. I think about it quite often. Sometimes I see things I want to put on, but I remind myself "no, it's too soon". I admire a woman that can go out with this much flash happening. I step out sometimes in the dullest of colors, sometimes pure drab, and I throw on some red lipstick and think I am spicing things up. Then I see this woman and know I am far from achieving amazingness. I am far from my true wanna be drag queen self. It's ok though, I have many years to start collecting and getting ready for something that is going to blow everyone's minds. Look me up in about 40 years...I am going to look magical. xoxo Queen Do Talk

Baby Bangs Not Bangin'

I remember in the early 2000s when I sported a baby bang. Not just me...but all of my friends. We were 'different' and non-regs (regular people). For the time, it was pretty common. You would be watching a band and most girls resembled a similar look. We all wore jeans and mostly black t-shirts. Maybe a few ringer t's here and there. Now when I see a baby bang on a woman that is my age, I start to question what happened. It's not so much she didn't change her hairstyle, but more like she just cut a baby bang when she had a semi-normal hairdo. Don't get me wrong...who hasn't looked at Audrey Tautou in Amelie and wanted to be her? Hell I might still want to be her. I might chop off my bangs just to fall in love with a man who works at a porn shop. It just takes a special woman to pull this off. It might not be you. That's all I am saying.

Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Happy Holidays!

It has been a while. I have no real excuse. Just lack of motivation I suppose. Anyway, last night during Christmas Eve, my sister in law told me a story about my nephew. The story goes like this. They were on line at a museum and he saw a girl with white hair with pink streaks in it and decided to comment (my nephew is 3 years old). He told her "your hair is different, it is beautiful, but different. You want to be wild." She told me this story after he commented to my niece that her hair was beautiful. I should have known hair obsession runs in the family as soon as my father wrote that letter to Ellen Degeneres commenting on how he did not like her new haircut.

Anyway with that, have a Merry Christmas. See you kids in the New Year. Thanks Kim for reminding me of this:

Times Square Beauties

The great thing about working in time square is that there are so many tourists and so many do's to talk about. I was walking back from Bryant Park the other day and spotted this gem of a hairdo. There is something about older ladies and spiked hair. They love it. I don't know why, but older women love height to their hair.

This is a special haircut.

It is very Spike from Degrassi. I wonder if that was her inspiration. I must have looked insane practically speed walking to get this awesome photo. But when I see something, I do something. Like take pictures to comment about later. Ahh sweet technology.

Now this hair is obviously insane, and when I get to be her age, I would never have this look. I already have my old person haircut picked out. But if I were this lady, I'd say she's confident, sassy, but just has some bad style. That is ok. I am just happy this lady doesn't have the tight short curler do that a lot of old ladies love.

Long story short, rock it lady rock it out.

PS - for anyone that has sent me photos, I apologize for not posting. I will have to go back and pull them and post about them later. Forgive me loyal readers. And by readers, I mean my friends and family.

Beach Waves

Hi all, long time no see. Lately I have been searching for hair products to allow my natural wave to come through without it looking like I just rolled out of bed. I decided that during the summer, when it gets too hot to blow dry my hair, it would be great if I could spray something in it and let it dry naturally and look good. This has been my goal for quite some time, but I usually just end up looking like a mess. I decided to buy Sally Hershberger's Wave Spray.

I tested it out today. Well first I realized, I should not put this on my bangs, because it basically just makes my bangs look really greasy. However, I can see how this is good for my ends that are possibly dryer, to make it hang a little better and definitely not look all frizzed out.

I think I want to let my hair get a little longer and some of my layers to grow out before I really start letting my wave come through.

For thinner hair like myself, I think I need to spray a little less than I did, but for thicker hair you probably can spray this crap on as much as possible.

It also has a nice smell to it. Very summery. So I suggest this product for anyone trying to accomplish what I am trying to.

Also, sidenote, I decided to start a new blog at some point basically about the look for less. But stay tuned for that as I am still working on a name since the look for less was a tv show.

Till next time..

TRESemme TRESemme Ooo La La

If you know me or don't know me, I guess it does not really matter, but I am what you call a bargain shopper in really all aspects of my life. I rather spend the little money I have on traveling and going out than buying really lavish things for myself. Hopefully one day this will change, but until then...

Anyway, a while ago while at Sephora, I found a dry shampoo bottle for $11. This was an extremely small bottle and frankly I do not really remember who it was by, but it sucked. The product worked, but it was gone after two uses and for $11, what a waste.

So I gave up the dry shampoo search as I can't really afford to keep buying this to have it run out quickly.

That was until I saw the the TRESemme commercial for their dry shampoo. I got very excited because they are usually fairly cheap, but was this product too good to be true? Well I had to find out. So the next day I was at Target searching for this product, and there it was for $5. And its a pretty big can too. So I bought it and let me tell you it is amazing. I feel like my bangs look better than when I normally wash and dry my hair.

It assisted me out the other night and I plan to buy this as long as it is around. Hopefully it will never go away. I suggest if you get oily looking hair by the end of the day, that you seriously consider spending the $5 for it!

Submission Time

This next one comes from Despina, a dedicated do talkin' reader. She obviously saw this commercial and thought of me. This is definitely an unfortunate haircut. It looks like a razor cut do, on already thin hair. It also looks like there might be some styling wax or something to give a wet look to this haircut. This woman could look so much better with a different haircut. This basically looks like a slicked butt part on top and fringe on the bottom. Now this woman is probably married, because anytime I see something unfortunate, someone is usually in love with them, but I am not going to bash this woman for her choices but rather give a suggestion.

Having thin hair myself, the worst thing you can do, is a razor cut. How do I know? I have been there - it was called my early 20s. When I look at pictures now, I realize why I was so unappealing to the opposite sex. So first things first, grow out those layers. Once she does this, which obviously will take a long time, you can then shape it into something that will give her body and also frame her face better. I do not suggest a straight across bang - I would probably leave most hair off her face except maybe something to the side.

The 2nd major issue is her eyebrows. Ladies, eyebrows are important. Her one eyebrow is starting way too far from her other eyebrow and its not symmetrical. She has to let whatever she plucked there grow back in. Because her face looks off, and this is definitely a big part of it.

I am just going to refer to this hairdo as, a non conventional way to give up. World, try not to give up.

Hair Yay or Nay

Today's commentary is about a discussion I had with a friend of mine a few days ago. She likes a guy, everything about him, except that he is very hairy. Men expect women to be smooth hairless creatures, so can we in turn want these same things?

I do not think this comes down to shallowness because everyone has their thing that turns you off. So if hair turns you off, and it makes you not want to have sex with that person, then I think it is a valid concern.

Luckily these days, hair can be removed. But how do you suggest this without being a jerk? I really have no idea. I do not think there is any good way to tell someone they need to do something different with their body. It will never come out right, and if you want that person to ever be with you, I suggest you keep it to yourself.

The only loophole would be if this person brought it up themselves and you offered to be supportive and go with them to remove said hair.

Personally, I usually care more about the hair on the head than anything else, but I have not been with a hairy man, so that could very well change if I ever so happen to find myself in the arms of one.

That being said, if any company wants to offer me laser hair removal treatment, I will be more than happy to blog about my awesome experience, granted it was awesome.
Thank you.

Non-hair related

My talented special friend designed these t-shirts. I suggest you go and buy one. And there is a tshirt with an afro on it - You know how I love afros! (Semi-do related)

http://es.qstoms.com/peor-es-nada



Later!

Wiggin' Out

So I just got back from Madrid, again, and the first night I was there, I passed by a wig shop. Looked like your typical wig shop, until I saw this gem.



Now granted, I do not live in Spain, but from what I saw and gather, I do not know any woman in Spain that would wear this. I am not even sure why this was in the window as an attention grabber. It should have been put in the back. This cannot possibly allure customers, unless you are like me and wished it was open so you could try it on.

Now I am pretty sure, I have never seen this style on any woman with hair or without hair.

I feel like I can start a social experiment with just wearing different wigs to see the different reactions and get it on video. If I did not have a day job, this is what I would do with my time.

If anyone wants to start this project, let me know. PS Everyone should go to Spain!

Feliz Ano Nuevo!

Happy New Year everyone. New Year's is always special because everyone is getting all done up, hair, makeup, sparkly dresses and such. Well I guess not everyone, but many people like to go all out to bring in the new year. As I am on the subway heading out to Brooklyn to celebrate with my crew, I noticed a girl on the train with.....are you ready.......a zig zag part. I have not seen a zig zag part since....I honestly have no idea when the last time I saw one was. It's been years. So long in fact, that I forgot that people did these and apparently are still doing this.

So while I am on the train, I of course cannot communicate with the people around me about this phenomena nor can I discuss with this woman, who looked fairly normal otherwise, about her choice for the night.

Alas, I texted Vavoom to share my discovery of the part, who was also very excited by this. I told him he would be the only one who understood, and it was true, he did.

I was so stunned by this hair part, it almost made me wish I could start an interviewing process to find out if this is her normal hairdo, or something special for New Year's. The sad part is, I will just never know.

For those of you that have no idea what this is, feast your eyes. And of course, may this year be merry and wonderful. Take care of your hair in 2011!

Merry Christmas Ya'll

So Christmas is over and I am finally at home and relaxing after some stressful weeks. My hair is growing to a nice length at the moment and I am pretty pleased with the outcome so far. I just want to make my hair big and have it stay big. Maybe this is something I can try for New Year's. I want volume to the maximum.

Anyway, I came home and Good Hair was on tv. If you haven't seen it, it is pretty interesting to watch. The amount of chemicals they use in their hair is very toxic. Now, as a child I did get perms and thought nothing of the chemical process involved as why would I as a child; all I knew was I just wanted curly hair.

The crazy part is, they have 3 year olds putting a relaxer in their hair, which I personally think is really young. As a big fan of afros, I would never probably do that to my child, but who knows. Maybe it is really difficult to maintain and having really fine thin hair, I will never fully understand the challenges.

Seeing how much work these women put into their hair is making me feel really lazy about my style. I never put my hair up or do anything really exciting to it. And since I spend half my time thinking about hair, you think I would.

This one woman flew from Colorado to NYC to get her hair done. Wow, this movie is totally fascinating. I remember wanting to see it when it first came out, but at least I am now.

We need more movies about hair. That is my final statement.

Give me strength

I have a haircut appointment tomorrow after a few months of not cutting it. A part of me wants to chop this crap right off, and the other part of me is willing to go the long run and grow this mother f'er out.

I think I will feel better about this growing out process once I get a decent haircut.

So while I am looking up haircuts, I have to mention Miss Michelle Williams. Now I am the first to admit that when Michelle first entered my world on Dawson's Creek, I was so not into her. I didn't understand the appeal, and frankly I was like ew. Granted, I was young and foolish and generic Joey Potter seemed way cuter to me during that time.

Years later I realize how wrong I was. First things first, Let's do a Michelle Williams and Katie Holmes comparison in dos. Both had long, both chopped it off, but who did it better? Who has better style and better taste in men? I think we all know the answer. Miss Williams.

Besides anyone else seen this poster for the upcoming movie Blue Valentine with my fave male celeb Ryan Gosling?



Yea I am jealous of this girl to the max (minus the whole Heath Ledger thing).

Sleepless evenings

There is nothing worse than not being able to sleep. So in order to correct this, I just downed the rest of the 2001 wine my landlord gave me for the washing machine which ruined my clothing. In addition, my weirdo downstair neighbors keep smoking outside in the backyard and the smoke gets into my bedroom. And let me tell you its f'n awesome to smell smoke while I am trying to get my slumber. And they cackle like hyenas. And they are seriously howling at another dog. Fucking nerds.

In other news, I have no money. But I spend like I have tons. So what has been lacking in my attempt to look decent, is that I have been cutting my own bangs for the past few months.

I actually think I have perfected the at home bang trim as I have been doing it for years, however, it can only get so good, before I cut too much and look stupid. Step one is to actually get normal hair cutting scissors. Do not use the scissors you would use to cut up some construction paper. It doesn't work. Also make sure your hair is dry when doing this as if you do it while it is wet, you will cut it too short. I basically just try to follow the line in which my hair dresser cut last.

I didn't want to spend 15 dollars to get a bang trim. I mean that's just ridiculous. My hair is getting long, and my social experiment isn't really going according to plan. Definitely don't cut your hair while drinking 2001 wine. Shit will f up your hair royally.

The girl downstairs also never changes out of her pajamas and her hair is in a pony tail all day everyday. Is this what happens when you live with your boyfriend? Just look like insane everyday with your weird pajama pants? If being single means I won't be leaving the house in monkey head pajama pants, then its sounding better to me everyday.

For my ladies out there, here is one head of hair I'd like to take home. Well really just the body attached. and the face.


I am moving to France. Someone please teach me French. Thanks.

V to the M to the As

Somehow I always start watching the VMAs but then get bored and stop watching. Probably the same thing will happen tonight.

In anycase, I figured I would do a quick update and I never really comment as something is currently happening.

Anyway I watched a couple of episodes of Jersey Shore today, because I do find it fairly entertaining.

Snooki is probably my favorite character, because I think she's pretty funny.

She got a new do for the VMAs - cut some bangs and flattened out her hair.



The hair looks good, but I can't get past the ridiculously nude lips. Put a color on there or something. It is really all I can focus on. Because when you have a bang, it frames your face, and all I can look at is her face now and specifically her lips.

However, its her style, and big hair or flat hair, she's entertaining.

Also, I can't find a picture yet, but will be posting as soon as I do of Jared Leto's hairdo. Look Jared, you are and always will be attractive so why do you insist of doing everything in your power to make you unattractive. Yes your bleached blonde rat tail do is not attractive to anyone. That being said, I'd probably still shit myself if I was alone with you in a room, mostly because of my Jordan Catalano fantasy from 15 years ago.

Also, totally weird, is the guy in his band Tino? From My-So Called Life?? Because it sure as hell looked like him just now, and I really never looked at anyone else in the band...mostly because they suck.

Sidenote, my favorite side swoop prince Justin Bieber can play the drums. Who the hell knew? I guess I wouldn't really know that.

Lastly, I wanted to comment on Kesha's weird Rapunzel do, but I am not going to waste my time, unless I find a good photo of it.

The In Between

So I am growing my hair out. I haven't done it since about 3 years ago, I kept cutting shorter and shorter in different ways. And frankly, I just really like short hair on me, however, growing my hair out is more of a social experiment than me really wanting to. What do I mean? Well I am doing the opposite of a Felicity. Will I be reviewed better with longer hair? Seems like the last time I had long hair, things were going fairly well for me.

Plus I just saw a picture of me with shorter hair on someone's facebook, and I looked like I played for the same team if you know what I mean. And I don't.

So by doing this, I am hoping for better photos, better social life, better everything. I am counting alot on this hairdo to change my life, however, I am fairly realistic and know it probably won't. But if it does, I think I might have a goldmine here with this blog.

So now I am in the in between stage. It's at my shoulders. I am really wanting to chop it off, and go back to what I like, but no I am in it to win it? or something. Lastly, if anyone wants to contribute funds to this site so I can afford to get my hair color done to achieve my goals, it would be greatly appreciated.

I get so Felicity-y-y-y-yyyy

So Vavoom and I were discussing that tv show Felicity because of the part, where she's like fuck you Ben I am so over you, I am going to chop all of my hair because it's a new me and I am in college, and that's how I prove my independence.

I loved Felicity, the show, the drama, the everything. I was sad when it was gone. And even though she chopped off all her hair, I still watched it, however many of you didn't. Why? Was she not pretty anymore because of her short hair? Well the do was bad, but her face was still pretty. No?

See what I mean about how hair can transform people? The story behind the do chop (why I know this I am not sure, I guess my obsession started way before I thought), was Felicity came to the studio that day to film and she had a wig on as a joke, and one of the producers was like no, we should totally write this into the script. So yea, she cut off all her hair for tv and the ratings dropped apparently right after. Coincidental or do do's control ratings? I guess no one can know for sure. Eventually her hair grew back out, badly, but once it was long again, it was not as curly and frizz like in the beginning. Check it out:

Original do:



Short do:



After math:



Lastly, I miss this show. Here's to you Felicity:

Wish I Hadda Flowbee

Its spring, and my do is unruly. I'm broke and need a haircut because I'm starting a new job, but im lazy and don't have money to blow on a nice do. My initial impulse is to say FUNK IT, and just shave it all off with a buzzer. Too bad when I shave it I look like i was just released from a psych ward. My head shape is funky so I need a little length... longer than what the buzzer can do.

It's times like these when i say: WISHIHADDAFLOWBEE



If I had a flow bee I could just put that shiz on 2 inches, suck-cut all around evenly and call it a day. Even if the do came out horrible I could still have 2 inches of hair for the stylist to work with in an emergency situation.

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