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livetohike

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14. A shag when I was a freshman in college. I worked as

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 04:33 PM

Nov 19

a short order cook in the college cafeteria and would end my shift needing to wash the grease out of my hair. So I went from shoulder length hair to a shag. My hair is thick and curly. It was such a mistake.

Growing it out was horrendous and I vowed never to cut it short again. So my hair length in the past 50 years has alternated from below the shoulders to waist length. It’s in between that now.

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What hairstyle did you have that thinking back was hideous. Mine was frosted hair that I did myself from a kit. [View all] debm55 Nov 19 OP

'Shag' haircut. I cried! nt Tadpole Raisin Nov 19 #1

I had a shag in high school Sequoia Nov 19 #7

Youwere lucky, My family didn't believe in paying someone to cut hair. debm55 Nov 19 #12

Ah, yes! My 4pm soap! I liked Angelique's eyes but she also scared me, lol. Tadpole Raisin Nov 19 #19

My friend wanted me to give her a 'shag' haircut. woodsprite Nov 19 #8

Thank you woodsprite. That is how I did mine. I brushed all my hair forward, I stood up to do it. I put a rubber band debm55 Nov 19 #13

lol, good thing she went first! Tadpole Raisin Nov 19 #16

Thank you Tadpole Raisin. I frosted my hair myself and then gave myself a shag. I never did that again. debm55 Nov 19 #11

My mother let my friends in and they hid behind the bathroom door waiting for Tadpole Raisin Nov 19 #17

We did that too. debm55 Nov 19 #24

David Bowie in Labyrinth exmodee Nov 19 #2

I think it was. But it didn't last long. debm55 Nov 20 #72

My mother had me in bangs and Patty McCormack braids til age 12. no_hypocrisy Nov 19 #3

Is that you on the right? debm55 Nov 19 #25

Ha, no! Patty McCormack in both no_hypocrisy Nov 19 #27

I really disliked her in The Bad Seed. debm55 Nov 19 #45

As did I. You can't imagine my dismay/horror when I made the connection. no_hypocrisy Nov 19 #51

I just saw the movie in TCM again recently and it was still disturbing and scary seeing that evil trait in a child kimbutgar Nov 19 #59

Mine was always too short because my mom made me get it cut that way. House of Roberts Nov 19 #4

In college my boyfriend and myself would braid each others hair. It was mid back. debm55 Nov 19 #31

Really long hair that I had from about 7th-10th grade (before I joined Jr. ROTC) exboyfil Nov 19 #5

That's funny thank you exboyfil. debm55 Nov 19 #32

A permed mullet Marigold Nov 19 #6

I had a permed mullet too. It was easy to take of. debm55 Nov 19 #33

My mother always had my bangs cut way too short - more than halfway... 3catwoman3 Nov 19 #9

Oh yes those high bangs. I word it that way in early grade school. TY debm55 Nov 19 #34

The pixie cut. I looked like a boy. woodsprite Nov 19 #10

Same here. It was hideous on me but my mom thought it would be Ocelot II Nov 19 #30

Thank you woodsprite. I had a twiggy cut in my 6th grade class shot. debm55 Nov 19 #35

A shag when I was a freshman in college. I worked as livetohike Nov 19 #14

Thank you livetohike. It was a pain to let it grow out.You had to wait for each layer to grow out. Took forever. debm55 Nov 19 #36

Exactly! Of course my curls stuck out at weird livetohike Nov 19 #57

My Mom got her hair frosted at a salon. pandr32 Nov 19 #15

Oooh!! Foot meet mouth! Tadpole Raisin Nov 19 #20

Mine was a blond. It came by using one of those kits. The one I had done at the salon gave me orange streaks in it. debm55 Nov 19 #38

Mom's were fine streaks of platinum. pandr32 Nov 19 #50

I had hair back in the day. Basso8vb Nov 19 #18

HAHAHAHHAHAH.Thank you Basso8vb. debm55 Nov 19 #39

The poodle perm, for sure! GPV Nov 19 #21

I has a poodle and latter a spiral. The spiral perm, I loved. But it didn't last long. Especially for the money I paid debm55 Nov 19 #40

Same. Both fell out of my hair too, but the poodle GPV Nov 20 #65

Yes, It left my hair a mess. Thank you GPV debm55 Nov 20 #66

Extra curly, permed hair for 8th. grade graduation. sinkingfeeling Nov 19 #22

Thank you sinkingfeeling. They last a good while debm55 Nov 19 #41

The one I have now KT2000 Nov 19 #23

Oh my I am sorry. thank you KT2000. I hope it grows out fine. debm55 Nov 20 #68

NONE! elleng Nov 19 #26

HAHAHAHHAHAH Thank you . I know what that is. debm55 Nov 20 #69

Brylcreem calguy Nov 19 #28

Thank ypu calguy. Haven't heard that for a long time. debm55 Nov 20 #70

My natural color was bright red. WestMichRad Nov 19 #29

Sorry WestMichRad, My son is a strawberry blond. and he was called "Red" also. debm55 Nov 20 #71

A Jheri Curl? ProfessorGAC Nov 19 #37

Thank you ProfessorGAC, Wasn't it Michael Jackson who started it. I had one. When we met Rich looked like Grizzly Adams debm55 Nov 19 #43

Probably Rick James ProfessorGAC Nov 19 #46

Thank you ProfessorGAC Are you still in a band? debm55 Nov 19 #48

Not For A While ProfessorGAC Nov 19 #54

My hair is poker straight. Demobrat Nov 19 #42

I liked it while it was new. But as the Perm started to go, it looked crappy. Decided to go straight and then got into debm55 Nov 19 #44

Mine straightened out in sections. Demobrat Nov 19 #49

Rattail sakabatou Nov 19 #47

I remember those. It didn't last long. debm55 Nov 19 #52

I was a brunette. I died my hair blue black. It came out really blue. applegrove Nov 19 #53

Yes I had to call them a couple of times myself, Thank you debm55 Nov 19 #55

Imagine being a teenage girl doing the following to your hair: Niagara Nov 19 #56

OMG. Thank you Niagara. Didn't your hair break from all the teasing? debm55 Nov 20 #67

You're welcome, Debbie. Fortunately I didn't have that problem as a teenager Niagara Nov 20 #79

The Flatop with a little crew wax to make the front stand up. surfered Nov 19 #58

I remember seeing a lot of those. Thank you surfered. debm55 Nov 20 #73

Beehive if..fish..had..wings Nov 19 #60

Thankfully I missed that. Thank you if..fish..had..wings debm55 Nov 20 #74

I don't think it was hideous. My Dad did. Aristus Nov 19 #61

Thank you Aristus. times have changed. debm55 Nov 20 #75

Probably humorous more than hideous sorcrow Nov 20 #62

Thank you socrow. He was easy on the eyes. debm55 Nov 20 #76

a "perm" it was called CountAllVotes Nov 20 #63

Thank you CountAll Votes. I had a perm like that. Sticky like I had jelly on my head. I refused to pay. and walked out. debm55 Nov 20 #77

I shaved my head on a dare when I was 16. Luciferous Nov 20 #64

Oh wow. Thank you Luciferous. Now it is style. debm55 Nov 20 #78

bangs. the heavily teased helmet hair of the 1960s and the yellowdogintexas Nov 21 #80

Agree with the big hair.. After my spiral perm just kept it as a bob.Easier to take care of. debm55 Nov 21 #82

My hairdresser tried coloring it navy blue once jmowreader Nov 21 #81

Thank you jmowreader. Gee that really does sound unique. I'm glad whe could fix it for you.and it looking good at the debm55 Nov 21 #83

I had a fairly conservative mullet in the mid-80s,... LudwigPastorius Nov 22 #84

HAHAHHAHAHHA. Thank you LudwigPastorius. I can hear the Miami Vice theme in the background. debm55 Nov 22 #86

Poodle perm in the 1980s nt Wicked Blue Nov 22 #85

Thank you Wicked Blue. I had a poodle perm also debm55 Nov 22 #87