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December 15 2010 at 6:37 AM

Ohtawen  (Login ohtawen)


Response to Help with photo fab hair?

for doing something interesting with your hair. With your length, you are able to do lots of things.

There are channels on YouTube that are full of information and styles for us longhairs.

Torrin Paige:http://www.youtube.com/user/torrinpaige?blend=2&ob=1
Loepsie:http://www.youtube.com/user/loepsie?blend=1&ob=4
Habioku:http://www.youtube.com/user/Habioku?blend=2&ob=1
Die Sushi Bitch:http://www.youtube.com/user/DieSushiBitch
Isabelle au naturel:http://www.youtube.com/user/IsabelleNaturelle?blend=2&ob=1

There's a lot to browse there, so I'll suggest a couple of things.

Have you considered braids? Just a French or Dutch braid can make a difference. Or you can try something simple, but different like a fishtail braid.
(Most of those ladies on YouTube have tutorials for those three types of braids.)

If you'd like a completely different approach, you could curl your hair. I don't know does your hair hold curl, but it would be interesting if you'd like to have it down for the photo. There are many heat free methods for curling hair, but then you'd have to experiment to see which one will work for your hair.
What works for me is this fail-proof thing:

http://www.youtube.com/user/loepsie?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/36/3FV-YO46E8Y

If you want to make a fancy updo, you'll find lots of those here:

http://rapunzelsresource.wordpress.com/

Sorry for the long post! I hope you didn't fall asleep. I also hope you will fond something that will work for you!


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Hair type: 2b/M/C/iii
Current length: tailbone
Primary goal: thickening the ends
Secondary goal: classic

Hair journal:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/663765

Routine:
- NW/SO on the scalp, with periodical length
washes (Alverde birke-salbei shampoo for the length)
- brushing, scritching, preening and massaging daily
- occasional S&D trims
- trimming the ends whenever they start looking funny

 
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