What is the most extreme effort you have ever made to have your hair pretty for a special occasion?

By special occasion I mean something really special like a prom or wedding (your own or someone elses). Extreme efforts could possibly include getting your hair done in a salon (specify what style), braiding your hair, setting your hair in rollers, putting your hair into an updo, or ????.

I got my hair 'did' before my junior and senior prom. They had a very hard time doing it for my, I think junior prom. That was when I was active on LHC and I believe I was somewhere between BSL and waist. The girl who was doing it had to recruit the senior stylist (who was the one I had TRIED to get an appointment with anyway) to come do most of it because my hair was too long. But it looked great!

I did a dutch crown braid for my sister when we were in high school for some event, I don't remember what. She had just started growing hers out then, it was barely long enough. I was so proud. That was a style I picked up off here. Also I did a rope braid from one side of my head halfway around. Like I started at my part on the right, then ended up with it off to the side on the left..? Kind of like a side ponytail? It started on one side and came out around the shoulder on the other side. My hair was between shoulder and bsl then.

What is the most extreme effort you have ever made to have your hair pretty for a special occasion?

By special occasion I mean something really special like a prom or wedding (your own or someone elses). Extreme efforts could possibly include getting your hair done in a salon (specify what style), braiding your hair, setting your hair in rollers, putting your hair into an updo, or ????.

That is a very interesting question luvitlong. Is there a special occasion that you are prepping for that you need help with ? There are lots of pretty styles for hair at your length.

The first play I did in high school was The Importance of Being Ernest. I played Lady Bracknell, and an upperclassman put my hair up in a rather elaborate hair style. I refused to let them do it again after the first time, though, because between the style itself and the product they put to hold it, my hair got really tangled and unpleasant. We must've done a gentler variation thereafter.

Mine was for my wedding. I had a braid put in right behind my bangs, that moved from one side of my head to the other.

I dont think I've made extreme efforts. I just tend to use outlandish clips and hairsticks :) but I generally just use the same bun.

I did find I had more problems when it was shorter though, so I used to fall back on using fancy clips, like those to hold my bangs to the side. I also used stuff like shine serum (when I was still using silicones.)

I see you are at 12 inches now luvitlong, are you after some ideas for shorter hair? Lots of us started out at shorter lengths, I personally started from pixie cut/crop so I know what a pain it can be to grow to all one length.

Oh and is that 12 inches measured from the front of your head or measured from the roots? I know I was measuring from the roots when I started here, I actually gained length when I learned to measure from the hairline.

HTH

The fanciest hairdo that I've done in recent years (this was almost four years ago) was for my sister's wedding (I was the maid of honor). I did a style that was similar to my avatar picture (two braids wrapped around each other), only it was a smaller version with the top half of my hair, leaving the rest of my hair loose.

Oh, my. Between all the theatre productions I've been in and my wedding I've had some pretty elaborate hairdos over the years.

For my wedding it took about 4 hours, between hot rollers, Marcel wave iron, braiding and individually pinning the curls.

When I went to my senior prom, my hair was only at the bottom of my neck. The stylist pulled half of it up into a ponytail, then curled the ends and pinned them around the ponytail in a circle. It was really cute, but hard to get out after with the pound of hairspray she put in my hair :(

I had my hair done for my son's wedding. My stylist couldn't take me; she had overbooked herself. So I got handed off to someone else, and he teased my hair while I was saying "No; don't tease it," then he added a cluster of hot-iron curls off to the side-top of my head. It was the weirdest style! Then he sprayed until we had achieved the helmet-head effect. The whole time I was saying "No curls. No hair spray," and he kept right on doing what he was doing as if he were deaf. I would have gotten up and defended myself, but we were running late. Every time I see those pictures, I'm disgusted! No wonder that marriage failed.

Spidermom that's funny now but I am sure it wasn't THEN! Good grief!

BTW, I love your new siggy! Pretty curls! It looks a bit darker too but that is the light probably right?

I have never really done anything major for any event. For my wedding I had shoulder length hair and put it in a high pony and curled it all around like a curly bun. Used a curling iron then because I was used to it and it made it look more "polished" and elegant. Then I just put a hair comb in it with baby's breath.

spidermom, that's awful!

When I was in high school, I got to play saxophone at a gig with my teacher's professional jazz band, and my mum took me to a salon to get my hair specially put up. They did some kind of braid, I don't remember exactly. It was fun though, it made it more special to go out and get it done.

For my wedding, I just put it up in a simple bun with two hairsticks, as due to circumstances, it was a very simple courthouse wedding with only 2 guests (but still great!). However, we're having another one with DH's family and yet another in Europe with my family, so I'll definitely do something special with it then. I hope by then it will be a bit longer and I'll have more choice of styles too.

my wedding was pre LHC, hair was somewhere about APL then... I had it done, basically a very high pony with the hair done in big open curls that were pinned into place.. around the lower half was a spray of dendronium orchids, and my veil was on a comb that we carefully slid in (and later out so I wasn't wearing it at the reception) above the curls.

for cassi's wedding my hair was just pre donation cut, so it was up in braids- the bride did it, her hair was in curls.. took me an hour to put the foam curlers in the night before, but ti looked great on her wedding day..

Amie

My wedding hair was very pretty. Almost a basket-weavy sort of deal. The stylist was very talented. Too bad the marriage didn't last! ;)