Every morning I wash my hair.. then comb it down.
thats about it
:)
john
At 02:18 PM 5/2/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Being a fan of big hair, and (attempting daily at) having it myself, I just
>had to post.
>
>Helen, keep in mind there are many Americans on this list as well. As far
>as I know, I've never run across anything called 'Nova' but I'm sure there
>are American equivalents. Not everyone's hair is the same TYPE of hair
>either, and due to my ethnic background I have extremely thick, straight,
>heavy hair that doesn't hold a curl, a style, a bouffant, what-have-you
>without TONS of good spray and a whole lot of WORK. Your technique, while
>being very ingeniuous, would never work on my hair. I have a chin-length
>bob a la' Sandie Shaw (or so I like to think) but more bouffanted out than
>hers was. My technique?
>
>1.Dry it halfway dry upside down with a blowdryer. While it's still damp,
>roll the top sections onto LARGE Velcro rollers. (In the 60's my mom used
>to use orange juice cans, which work well also). Use pink setting tape,
>which can be bought at any drugstore, to tape the side pieces to your cheeks
>in that perfect curl. SOAK it all in setting spray then BLOWDRY like crazy
>on HIGH heat.
>
>2.Take the rollers and tape out and comb out. Tease the undersides of the
>big curls to get height, shaping, smoothing and spraying with your fave
>hairspray the entire time (mine? Salon Selectives Number 20 Hold in aerosol.
> Nice and sticky and doesn't smell too chemical-y).
>
>3. Wet fingers with hairspray and shape little side-curls by cheeks. Then
>finish with a big, flourishing final spray! Ta-da! Ready to shake shake
>shake without a single hair falling out of place (well maybe a few!)
>
>Believe it or not, my current land speed record with this technique, from
>soaking wet to finished product, is about 15 minutes.
>I've also totally ruined my do by NOT thinking to put on my turtleneck
>BEFORE I styled it - duh! Dontcha hate that?
>
>I can almost hear the boys puking from here,
>
>Bek
>
> >I personally think that the best bouffant hairspray is 'Nova'. You can get
> >it in enormous cans that last for ages, and it only costs about �1. Ultra
> >Hold is the best - it's basically spray-on glue! Here's some bouffant tips -
> >Don't wash your hair every day or it becomes too slippery to 'mould'. Spray
> >each section of hair before you backcomb it, then spray it again once
> you've
> >backcombed it, then again when you've knotted all the sections together,
> >then again when you've smoothed it all out into an enormous crash-helmet
> >shape. you just can't limit the amount of hairspray you need for a good
> >bouffant. I do this routine every day, and my hair is fast becoming a
> >beehive (hoorah!), and hairdressers are really surprised that my hair isn't
> >shagged. Double hoorah!
> >PS: Chaps - tell me - do you have to by bloke's hairspray, or do you get
> the
> >girl spray? Do you ever get moronic sales people in Superdrug wondering?
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