Comments on: Women Over Fifty—Our Bad Hair Daze?! http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/06/05/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94our-bad-hair-daze/ Celebrating Women 50 and Better Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:13:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Potty training infants http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/06/05/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94our-bad-hair-daze/comment-page-1/#comment-3241 Potty training infants Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:24:00 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=716#comment-3241 haha good one! The 60s hairstyle and the padded shoulders still make me laugh. :-) haha good one! The 60s hairstyle and the padded shoulders still make me laugh. :-)

]]> By: Mary Ann Dore http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/06/05/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94our-bad-hair-daze/comment-page-1/#comment-2766 Mary Ann Dore Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:46:31 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=716#comment-2766 Memories, Memories - I can't imagine trying to sleep with my hair rolled on orange juice cans slathered with dippity doo these days - how on earth did we do it? And Toni Home Perms - it seemed that my mom had a special calendar that popped up Toni Home Perm Day a month before school began! No matter how hard I tried to get out of it she always won and I ended up looking like a brillo pad with "cute" bows stuck into it. Memories, Memories – I can’t imagine trying to sleep with my hair rolled on orange juice cans slathered with dippity doo these days – how on earth did we do it? And Toni Home Perms – it seemed that my mom had a special calendar that popped up Toni Home Perm Day a month before school began! No matter how hard I tried to get out of it she always won and I ended up looking like a brillo pad with “cute” bows stuck into it.

]]> By: cindy luck http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/06/05/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94our-bad-hair-daze/comment-page-1/#comment-2752 cindy luck Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:09:14 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=716#comment-2752 I remember trying to tame my curly locks -- while living in the humidity of Cape Cod. Straight hair in, curly hair out. No wonder I had hair issues. I looked like a chia pet. I remember trying to tame my curly locks — while living in the humidity of Cape Cod. Straight hair in, curly hair out. No wonder I had hair issues. I looked like a chia pet.

]]> By: Joyce Mason http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/06/05/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94our-bad-hair-daze/comment-page-1/#comment-2728 Joyce Mason Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:04:28 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=716#comment-2728 Even though my mom was a beautician and I had professional help right in our basement beauty shop, I still did my own "creations." I remember the time I went blonde without her help and literally broke my hair off, "double-processing" (strip then color) without knowing what I was doing. Of course, she 911-ed that mess! I actually looked surprisingly good as a blonde during its short shelf-life on my head. The few pics I took during that era are a fond memory of the fleeting thrill of what we sacrifice on the altar of beauty. My girlfriend and I, circa 1958, created an all-pincurl "do" that we dubbed The Bush for its unpruned shrubbery and frizzy perm-without-chemicals look. But in the end, I've come full-circle back to my teenage and early college girl bob, an opposite smooth look. Now I worry about how much hair I'm shedding and whether or not my historically thick hair will survive my current rendition of The Sixties, LOL! Even though my mom was a beautician and I had professional help right in our basement beauty shop, I still did my own “creations.” I remember the time I went blonde without her help and literally broke my hair off, “double-processing” (strip then color) without knowing what I was doing. Of course, she 911-ed that mess! I actually looked surprisingly good as a blonde during its short shelf-life on my head. The few pics I took during that era are a fond memory of the fleeting thrill of what we sacrifice on the altar of beauty.

My girlfriend and I, circa 1958, created an all-pincurl “do” that we dubbed The Bush for its unpruned shrubbery and frizzy perm-without-chemicals look. But in the end, I’ve come full-circle back to my teenage and early college girl bob, an opposite smooth look. Now I worry about how much hair I’m shedding and whether or not my historically thick hair will survive my current rendition of The Sixties, LOL!

]]> By: Heidi Richards Mooney http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/06/05/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94our-bad-hair-daze/comment-page-1/#comment-2726 Heidi Richards Mooney Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:49:04 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=716#comment-2726 Thanks Eileen! Took me back to the days when my first husband still had hair! Having a bad hair day still beats having a "no hair day" I have more than my share for everyone and feel very blessed. Don't talk about it much so I don't jinx myself. Lets just say that in 33 years I have only let 2 people cut my hair (one being my first husband and the other my current hair stylist). Timmy, my last husband (I'm still married to him so he's my last) would like me to cut it about a foot, so I don't let him near me with scissors! Love looking at the old photos of most of my friends. I have only changed my style once so its hard to gage the decade by me. Got bangs for the first time in my adulthood at 37. Still have them. *smile. Maybe its time for a change??? Have a great day... and then some, Heidi Richards Mooney, Publisher WE Magazine for Women Thanks Eileen! Took me back to the days when my first husband still had hair! Having a bad hair day still beats having a “no hair day”

I have more than my share for everyone and feel very blessed. Don’t talk about it much so I don’t jinx myself. Lets just say that in 33 years I have only let 2 people cut my hair (one being my first husband and the other my current hair stylist). Timmy, my last husband (I’m still married to him so he’s my last) would like me to cut it about a foot, so I don’t let him near me with scissors!

Love looking at the old photos of most of my friends. I have only changed my style once so its hard to gage the decade by me. Got bangs for the first time in my adulthood at 37. Still have them. *smile.

Maybe its time for a change???

Have a great day… and then some,

Heidi Richards Mooney, Publisher
WE Magazine for Women

]]> By: Diana Black http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/06/05/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94our-bad-hair-daze/comment-page-1/#comment-2724 Diana Black Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:08:48 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=716#comment-2724 Welcome back, Eileen!!! I have missed you!! Okay, my style was the Dorthy Hamill wedge. Remember her hair? In fact, a couple people thought I WAS the Olympic gold winner. (And, no, they didn't make those comments while watching me ice skate!) This has been a fun post, and I've enjoyed reading everyone's comments! Diana http://www.WoofersClub.blogspot.com http://www.WendelWordsworth.com Welcome back, Eileen!!! I have missed you!! Okay, my style was the Dorthy Hamill wedge. Remember her hair? In fact, a couple people thought I WAS the Olympic gold winner. (And, no, they didn’t make those comments while watching me ice skate!) This has been a fun post, and I’ve enjoyed reading everyone’s comments!
Diana
http://www.WoofersClub.blogspot.com
http://www.WendelWordsworth.com

]]> By: Brigit http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/06/05/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94our-bad-hair-daze/comment-page-1/#comment-2723 Brigit Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:45:00 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=716#comment-2723 Don't forget the red henna, or the peroxide blonde. In the 80's I remember going to a hair dresser for a long perm. He told me to lean forward. He put my hair in an elastic band at the top of my forehead and cut the resulting ponytail off. That was how he cut layers. Then he put in the perm. The end result - an amazing lions mane style perm. I loved it. Don’t forget the red henna, or the peroxide blonde. In the 80’s I remember going to a hair dresser for a long perm. He told me to lean forward. He put my hair in an elastic band at the top of my forehead and cut the resulting ponytail off. That was how he cut layers. Then he put in the perm. The end result – an amazing lions mane style perm. I loved it.

]]> By: Heidi Caswell http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/06/05/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94our-bad-hair-daze/comment-page-1/#comment-2719 Heidi Caswell Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:05:11 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=716#comment-2719 I had the old home perms, quite the smell! then while a senior in high school, got a real short cut instead. I had the old home perms, quite the smell! then while a senior in high school, got a real short cut instead.

]]> By: Pam Archer http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/06/05/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94our-bad-hair-daze/comment-page-1/#comment-2716 Pam Archer Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:59:23 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=716#comment-2716 Oh Eileen..first of all..WELCOME back! You were missed! I remember the spoolies. Do you remember Dippity Doo?We used to iron our hair to make it straight. Now we have flat irons that do the same thing. The good old Tonette home perms...frizz from the moment you took the curlers out. And...the teased hair. We would wrap ours in toilet paper at night to hold the style. When we got up in the morning, we looked like Marge Simpson!! LOL I remember the first blow-dry hair cut I got. I was thrilled..couldn't belive you could wash and dry, and wouldn't have to sleep in curlers, sit under a hairdryer, or use hot curlers. It was the best! Thanks for the look back into the really bad hair days! LOL Oh Eileen..first of all..WELCOME back! You were missed! I remember the spoolies. Do you remember Dippity Doo?We used to iron our hair to make it straight. Now we have flat irons that do the same thing. The good old Tonette home perms…frizz from the moment you took the curlers out. And…the teased hair. We would wrap ours in toilet paper at night to hold the style. When we got up in the morning, we looked like Marge Simpson!! LOL
I remember the first blow-dry hair cut I got. I was thrilled..couldn’t belive you could wash and dry, and wouldn’t have to sleep in curlers, sit under a hairdryer, or use hot curlers. It was the best!

Thanks for the look back into the really bad hair days! LOL

]]> By: Beverly Mahone http://feistysideoffifty.com/2009/06/05/women-over-fifty%e2%80%94our-bad-hair-daze/comment-page-1/#comment-2715 Beverly Mahone Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:49:18 +0000 http://feistysideoffifty.com/?p=716#comment-2715 The afro was huge when i was a teen--the bigger---the better. I also bought wig afro-puffs to have that kinky pig tail look :) The afro was huge when i was a teen–the bigger—the better. I also bought wig afro-puffs to have that kinky pig tail look :)

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