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pandr32

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50. Mom's were fine streaks of platinum.

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 07:54 PM

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Against her brunette hair it did look like gray throughout.
She never did it again.
Sounds like you just managed to lighten your locks to the orange stage. It needed serious toning. Most home streaks looked similar.

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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 Tuesday OP

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

I had a shag in high school Sequoia Tuesday #7

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

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

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

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

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

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

We did that too. debm55 Tuesday #24

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I think it was. But it didn't last long. debm55 22 hrs ago #72

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

Is that you on the right? debm55 Tuesday #25

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

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

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

That's funny thank you exboyfil. debm55 Tuesday #32

A permed mullet Marigold Tuesday #6

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

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

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

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

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

A shag when I was a freshman in college. I worked as livetohike Tuesday #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 Tuesday #36

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

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

Oooh!! Foot meet mouth! Tadpole Raisin Tuesday #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 Tuesday #38

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

I had hair back in the day. Basso8vb Tuesday #18

HAHAHAHHAHAH.Thank you Basso8vb. debm55 Tuesday #39

The poodle perm, for sure! GPV Tuesday #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 Tuesday #40

Same. Both fell out of my hair too, but the poodle GPV 23 hrs ago #65

Yes, It left my hair a mess. Thank you GPV debm55 22 hrs ago #66

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

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

The one I have now KT2000 Tuesday #23

Oh my I am sorry. thank you KT2000. I hope it grows out fine. debm55 22 hrs ago #68

NONE! elleng Tuesday #26

HAHAHAHHAHAH Thank you . I know what that is. debm55 22 hrs ago #69

Brylcreem calguy Tuesday #28

Thank ypu calguy. Haven't heard that for a long time. debm55 22 hrs ago #70

My natural color was bright red. WestMichRad Tuesday #29

Sorry WestMichRad, My son is a strawberry blond. and he was called "Red" also. debm55 22 hrs ago #71

A Jheri Curl? ProfessorGAC Tuesday #37

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

Probably Rick James ProfessorGAC Tuesday #46

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

Not For A While ProfessorGAC Tuesday #54

My hair is poker straight. Demobrat Tuesday #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 Tuesday #44

Mine straightened out in sections. Demobrat Tuesday #49

Rattail sakabatou Tuesday #47

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

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

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

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

OMG. Thank you Niagara. Didn't your hair break from all the teasing? debm55 22 hrs ago #67

You're welcome, Debbie. Fortunately I didn't have that problem as a teenager Niagara 16 hrs ago #79

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

I remember seeing a lot of those. Thank you surfered. debm55 22 hrs ago #73

Beehive if..fish..had..wings Tuesday #60

Thankfully I missed that. Thank you if..fish..had..wings debm55 22 hrs ago #74

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

Thank you Aristus. times have changed. debm55 22 hrs ago #75

Probably humorous more than hideous sorcrow Yesterday #62

Thank you socrow. He was easy on the eyes. debm55 22 hrs ago #76

a "perm" it was called CountAllVotes Yesterday #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 22 hrs ago #77

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

Oh wow. Thank you Luciferous. Now it is style. debm55 22 hrs ago #78