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Loveletters
May 12th, 2020, 07:13 AM
Lately, it's started bothering me that TV shows, YouTubers, stylists and basically everyone else who has something to do with beauty tends to talk negatively about long hair. That short hair looks better, and long hair is useless and takes too much time to take care of. I get many of these shows are about shocking the audience with dramatic makeovers, and cutting the long hair of a crying girl off will get more people to watch it because they think this is entertaining for some twisted reason (those makeovers are almost always a glo down though...). But even on shows that aren't centred around such things short hair almost always seems to win (especially shoulder length bobs, etc.). Hair longer than mid back length is called old fashioned, boring, etc. But I know how many people out there actually like long hair a lot, so why does it always have to be framed as such a horrible thing on TV and on the internet? I don't know if I explained it well, but does anyone else feel this way? :confused:
Lucy McLucyFace
May 12th, 2020, 07:28 AM
I hate to be political specially around this wholesome environment but the fixation with short hair is a result of corporate society. Anything in a woman that makes her stereotypically closer to a man makes her more "professional" and so it is promoted in the media. That includes of course short hair. Some women even get voice coaching to make their voices deeper like a man's so they can advance their career in the corporate world
Ylva
May 12th, 2020, 07:28 AM
I think a lot of it comes down to money and therefore sponsors etc.
Long, healthy, natural hair is not profitable. It doesn't require any other maintenance except... letting it be, for the most part.
Don't let their business interests dictate how you feel about hair! :)
draysmir
May 12th, 2020, 08:21 AM
Lucy McLucyFace Indeed, part of the consequence of competing in a corporate world is the pressure to conformity and choreographed presentation of the self and business. Long hair is associated with being "unkept" in our society, so in a business setting long hair, especially down, is discouraged. I used to always see this one ad in the town I previously lived in that gave me quite the laugh. It was an ad for real estate agents... all five woman had bleach blonde shoulder-length hair, wearing all white shirts, smiling creepily onto me. The problem wasn't their individual appearances, but the multitude of identical silhouettes smiling back at me.
Interestingly, the media and our society pressures us into conformity, while simultaneously promoting "individuality"—code for "unattainability" in a lot of cases, especially the beauty industry. I feel like the only time long hair is in the media is to represent an "unattainable" beauty standard to the general population, in order to make the consumer feel inadequate, or to be manipulated into buying a hair product. I see a lot of hair ads now with woman with thick classic+ hair, claiming that the hair product(s) will somehow make your hair grow really fast and healthy... seldom do I see genuine advice on how to grow your hair that doesn't involve a bunch of expensive products.
It is upsetting to watch people on TV thrive off making people look just like them, while criticizing what the person used to look like. I sometimes wonder if some of the hosts on haircutting shows and whatnot do their job out of partly jealously... that could be a stretch, but some of them just seem so catty and negative.
I wish long hair was appreciated for what it was, rather than exploited and/or frowned upon for not following the beauty standard.
cjk
May 12th, 2020, 08:37 AM
At a fundamental level these TV shows are a product. A commercial product. Founded by businesses. Salons, haircutters, are also businesses.
It is in their best interest to make suggestions which increase their profitability.
And to make it even worse, women's fashion is even more fickle than men's!
I'm not saying it is a concerted effort, backroom collusion, or anything like that. But it would be unrealistic to realize that a weekly haircut touch-up at a barber would make him much more money in the long run than an annual trim of split ends.
Add to that the cycle of fashion. Long hair is in fashion. Suddenly short hair is in fashion. Since I'm a man, I've witnessed the rise of not only beards, but big beards. And an entire industry dedicated to supporting them, beard oils, combs, and all sorts of things. Just for men even came out with a beard dye, specific.
Liking yourself, as you are, is not as profitable as thinking you need to reinvent yourself every month.
Think about it. Once you cut your long hair into a pixie, then it's long hair for the summer, how do you achieve that? Hair extensions!
Laurab
May 12th, 2020, 09:28 AM
I feel like it's the same way with undyed hair! It's so often called dull and boring. I cringe when people say a woman "needs" highlights or a color change. No, she doesn't. If she wants it, that's a different story.
If a woman decides for herself that her long hair is too much work that's one thing, but I don't want anyone telling me what to do with my hair.
I know a large percentage of us on here have had a pixie or shaved head before. If you do that people will ask why you cut it, think you're going through something bad emotionally, tell you guys don't like it, blah blah blah. There's like a very small window for what length of hair is "approved" for women.
Oh and another thing, it also makes me sad to see women pressured to change their natural hair texture with perms. Again, wanting to is one thing, feeling pressured is another.
I do think some of it is just that it's fun watching people change their hair. Jennamarbles and Simply Nailogical on YouTube both have long, beautiful undyed hair, and they both get a lot of comments asking for a big change. People just want that content, it's not about them.
Anyway, I agree with the others. If you don't get frequent trims, dyes, and perms you're not spending money. On top of that you're not staying on trend, and if you don't care about trends you're not reading their articles or watching their videos about what's in (I've watched a few, often it's short cuts and buying expensive extensions for when you want it longer).
It's good to remember that your hair is yours. If you want to let it grow out natural for the rest of your life you can, and if you want to cut it an inch short and dye it bright purple you can. No one else's opinions should matter.
0xalis
May 12th, 2020, 07:37 PM
All sorts of industries are going to try to tell you what to do with your body. Shampoo and conditioner commercials market the opposite- promising long, healthy locks in exchanged for your dollars.
I avoid capitalist media as much as I can. I don't watch much youtube or TV anymore, and I use adblock on practically every site, and actively ignore ads when I have no choice but to encounter them.
I don't miss consuming that media anymore, most of it was entirely a waste of time and my attention is better used elsewhere.
Don't worry about what the media has to say about your body. It's all made to make us feel inferior so we will spend money on their products. It's all a scam.
Sweet_Decadence
May 12th, 2020, 08:17 PM
Online, I curate what content I watch. Theres a lot of things and people out there who will slowly work down your confidence and give bad advice. I make a point of blocking/hiding content creators who repeatedly do this and just follow the ones I like. Most these people are out there just to sell products, they are the QVC ladies of the modern day and rarely ever experts in there field. Skincare is the same, you have to wade through a lot crap to find the treasure.
Under the most conventional hair care, growing and having long hair is hard. It's only when you really start looking into it(I imagine that's how many found these forums) do you start finding better information. I remember being told to not condition and use an ionic straightener by a hairdresser when I had fried chin length hair. I was 14, what did I know?
You gotta just do you boo and filter out as much of the noise as possible.
Iyashikei
May 12th, 2020, 09:26 PM
Honestly I don't really care about what the media makes your hair look like unless people start making comments about mine, but then I only adress the comments anyway. You are right in that there's lots of crap being told though.
One thing I do get annoyed by is TV stylists who style people from a certain subculture while they looked fine to begin with. I remember seeing a lolita being styled to look like what was fashionable back when it aired and she looked worse than before. Better yet when they start framing looking different than the norm like you have some trauma that's dictating what you look like. Yes that can happen, but it can also dictate you to look exactly like everyone else because you're afraid of getting remarks from others. But then again sometimes people do indeed need a little help with their look because some people just don't know what looks good on them. For those I recommend stylists who do have sympathy for subcultures and counterculture. Example: Merriam style.
luzimerka
May 12th, 2020, 09:42 PM
I dunno, but I think often people equate long hair with the ultimate feminine, something that is expected of a woman. Or maybe if it's all in knots and unkempt as something almost unhygienic. Anyways cutting it off and changing it completely kind of almost signifies letting go of these expectations and/or taking your life in your hands. Although the trope is a little cliche now :-P
Longlegs
May 12th, 2020, 09:51 PM
Almost every 'makeover' I've seen cuts a womens hair shorter. If it's grey they will dye it and say "you look 10 years younger'"! I think that's the only dramatic way they can jazz-up a makeover
plonter
May 13th, 2020, 12:35 AM
A few theories:
1. Especially now everyone's bored and at home and hair chop videos are cathartic in a way.
2. Short hair is supposedly the mark of a "liberated woman" in some sense, even though conforming to someone's definition of "liberated" is not "liberated".
3. It's all the rage these days is to dye dark/black hair to white-blonde/pastel, and for people with fragile hair maintenance means chopping it regularly.
4. And as others have said, short blunt cuts require more styling and more maintenance cuts so they sell products better :)
Servana
May 13th, 2020, 02:23 AM
I agree with the PP who said it's all about money. I think that's the main reason.
They do that with everything.
They tell you your body isn't good enough, so you need a gym membership or these weight loss shakes or whatever. Your hair is too boring - you need to pay to have it cut and dyed, buy this curling iron, etc. Your skin colour isn't right - you need whitening products or fake tan.
They do it for absolutely everything. They try to make people feel insecure through marketing so they will buy stuff. It's just how our economic system works - everyone is trying to sell something.
You just have to be secure enough in yourself (and your financial decisions) to not become prey to their marketing campaigns. You do what makes you happy and only spend money on things you actually want and need, not what they tell you that you want or need.
Feral_
May 13th, 2020, 03:23 AM
Absolutely it’s all about money. And fakeness. Celebrities promoting their new hair styles, people want to look like them, and in order to do that they’ll need ALL the products... kerchiing! Same with clothes and accessories isn’t it. The makeover programmes always seem to do the opposite of what a woman’s hair is - they cut it and dye it which makes me sad, they could just re-style. Same with make up, they’re all heavily made up in the ‘after’ stage. Though how much is for the actual person versus the viewing masses of the show is unclear. Maybe some people need a complete overhaul to feel good about themselves, I don’t understand it really.
lilbee
May 13th, 2020, 07:47 AM
I don't know how having your hair cut short is so "liberating" : of the cumbersome length maybe ?... But certainly not of hairdressers, lol. All goes down to business.
*Wednesday*
May 13th, 2020, 09:17 AM
The media is a small area of public opinion. Whether it’s Youtube, Instagram, TV news etc. It does not represent the entire world’s population. It is manufactured where the general population’s views are more organic.
A lot of people like long hair. Honestly, I think your average every day person does not care how long or short anyone’s hair is according to the media. Achieving long-er hair long takes time. Time most people don’t want to wait on. Cutting and dying hair is instant and quick and is profitable as some said here.
Laurab
May 13th, 2020, 12:38 PM
A lot of people like long hair. Honestly, I think your average every day person does not care how long or short anyone’s hair is according to the media.
Very true!
Even just speaking for myself, I think most people can pull off most lengths. It's just about what they like on themselves.
I remember with a friend of mine, it'd been a while since I'd seen her and her hair got really long, like at least MBL. I was like "It's so pretty!"
Then she cut it to like shoulder length and I was like "It's so cute!"
Then she told me she decided she prefers her hair long so she's growing it out again and I was like "Sounds good, long hair suits you!"
She's a really pretty girl and I think she'd look good no matter what she did with her hair. It's best to just do what we're comfortable with.
SleepyTangles
May 13th, 2020, 01:31 PM
My media (movies, cartoons, anime...) told me that long hair is awesome, since I was just a little kid! ;)
But maybe I only pay attention to what I want to see!
SleepyTangles
May 13th, 2020, 01:46 PM
I don't know how having your hair cut short is so "liberating" : of the cumbersome length maybe ?... But certainly not of hairdressers, lol. All goes down to business.
There are many things that could be liberating in changing a part of yourself :)
I´ve met so many women that are not really sure how their face would look, without hair to soften the edges. Most secretly fear they´d look "like men" or "like little boys" (words I´ve heard, I´m not inventing). Would their nose look too big, their jawlines too sharp, their lips too thin? Could they go around without makeup and still be recognized as women - at first glance, not just after a scrupulous scrutiny - by a random passerby?
For some women, it´s "liberating" to realize that their beauty doesn´t depend on hair - aka, that their hair is not hiding an ugly face, it´s just a part of their body that can mold as they please, growing long or cutting short.
Not sure if I´m explaining myself right, but hope I gave the idea ;)
spidermom
May 13th, 2020, 02:48 PM
I love makeovers, and some people truly do look better with shorter hair in my opinion. But that's just my opinion, o.k., I'm not saying anybody should agree with me.
I used to watch America's Next Top Model,and sometimes the contestants got long extensions, so "short is better" is not 100%.
gossamer
May 13th, 2020, 03:34 PM
oops, my original comment was meant for a different thread. BUT I do actually want to comment on this thread too. Back in a bit to edit!
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Up-thread, I saw a lot of comments about the widespread opinion that long hair is really hard and time consuming (I agree, a lot of people have that impression and ask me questions about my hair based on the assumption it takes me hours a day). I'd love to connect that with another idea that came up earlier too about how professional women are "supposed to" have short hair (which can look more masculine too).
Putting those two things together, we can get a more insidious set of assumptions that end in how long hair, which is assumed to be SUPER time consuming, demonstrates how someone is less serious professionally because they clearly waste lots of time on the hair.
When I have the energy to field questions from ignorant men (and it's never women who ask me these questions) over on instagram, it's a lot about this kind of stuff. How amazing it is to see a woman who dedicates such time, pain, and effort to growing long hair, what I must have sacrificed in order to maintain it, how I need to be encouraged with compliments to keep it because clearly the world is against me, but I've persevered with my femininity against all odds...
(do we have a vomit emoji.... :puke: haha yes we do)
Anyway, as a professional adult human being, I have actually had to think a lot about balancing the aspects of my hair and fashion choices that read as "ultra-feminine" with the aspects of my professional demeanor and approach in public that contradict and complicate that impression.
No solid conclusions yet other than that I like looking kick-a** while also kicking a** :shrug:
Thanks for the thoughtful thread!
Khristopher
May 13th, 2020, 08:05 PM
oooh my I'm 100% loving your post gossamer!
As for the topic, what I think is: who cares what the media thinks of long hair? I mean, really. who. cares.
Apart from that, if you're anxious or troubled for what other people closer to you think because of said media, think that these people are lucky to have a longhair handy to educate them about what truly is being a longhair (which is... not that big of a deal... I mean this stuff -hair growing- happens naturaly to almost everyone!)
I try to be friendly with anyone that asks me about my hair and tell them about my experience and what I do, and for the people that might judge without asking, well I don't care for them. If they rather believe some tv or fashion article than speaking to a real life person that's ok. I'll keep doing what makes me happy.
lithostoic
May 13th, 2020, 09:35 PM
Long hair doesn't make hairdressers money ;) they're constantly bombarding us with new ideas of what's trendy and acceptable and what's "boring".
hennalonghair
May 13th, 2020, 09:40 PM
I’m in agreement with others here. Most of it has to do with money. Marketers want you to view your hair as a fashion accessory and change it as often as clothes styles change. That way everyone makes money off of you wanting to fit in. They want you feeling insecure so you’ll buy things to blend in with the others. Society seems to praise individual uniqueness yet at the same time herds you in to be part of the pack . We essentially are pack animals after all.
Five years ago, I decided to grow out my natural colour after having coloured it with henna for decades and the response was disappointing. My hair was a super bright and shiny cherry cola colour but I was 55 and the colour no longer suited my aging face. When I saw a woman with long silver grey hair in a braid down past her knees, I decided that’s what I wanted. The very top layer of my hair is silver but the under layers are auburn / light brown in colour so my natural hair is multi coloured. Admittedly it did look a hot mess but the natural hair suited me. Goodness ! Some of the comments I got about it were cruel but it didn’t stop me from growing it out. For many ‘growing out your natural hair colour’ or growing in your greys is considered letting yourself go. This isn’t something I ever considered before.
Like others here have mentioned, society likes others to conform. It makes others feel better about their choices. Some people are plain jealous. Seeing others with long hair when they can’t grow theirs makes them feel inferior. How many of us have had strangers come up to us , comment on how lovely our hair is only to tell us we should donate it or cut it to something more stylish. I think long hair represents ultimate femininity and our long hair makes them feel inferior to some.
Some hairdressers often love cutting long hair since they have a perfect canvas to work with . They look at our long hair like it’s a practising medium. We become their personal experiment and big changes command attention.
It’s a shame that we are all so conditioned by society to conform while at the same time show our uniqueness. It’s truly a mixed message.
Laurab
May 14th, 2020, 09:02 AM
Long hair doesn't make hairdressers money ;) they're constantly bombarding us with new ideas of what's trendy and acceptable and what's "boring".
I will say, in a hairdressers defense you're probably not going to start cutting a hair for a living if you're not interested in doing different things with it.
If I chose to do that, if course my job would be more interesting doing different bobs and layers than it would be giving little trims to long hair.
Back when I worked in retail I never pushed a customer to get one product or another, but if they asked for suggestions I'd give them the items I personally liked the most. I think hair can be a similar thing, and some salespeople will always be more pushy and sales focused, but many just want the customer to be happy.
I've said it before but my hair stylist told me her daughter keeps her hair simple and long. She said in high school she'd do a lot of fun short cuts, but now it's not her preference. I think that's a clear indicator it's just more fun for her to cut short hair, as I'm sure she wasn't charging her teenage daughter for haircuts. There's just some bias in the profession. But as long as they're still listening to their clients wishes, I don't think it's a big problem.
MusicalSpoons
May 14th, 2020, 10:42 AM
Long hair doesn't make hairdressers money ;) they're constantly bombarding us with new ideas of what's trendy and acceptable and what's "boring".
People also buy in to a concept that you need to have your hair colour changed for the seasons, or refreshed at least. If your hair isn't chopped off then it at least needs to be styled and coloured (which then needs maintaining otherwise you're letting yourself go, apparently) otherwise you're frumpy and dowdy ... but in reality, of course, it's just that you're not a potential customer for the industry - hairdressers, salon products, non-salon products marketed for damaged and coloured hair, etc.
If we're comfortable doing our own thing, comfortable with our own hair and only getting it trimmed occasionally, then the market cannot exploit insecurities that don't exist. The media are basically funded by advertising, so it's in their interests to perpetuate these ideas and insecurities to keep the industry very healthy with as many customers as possible.
plonter
May 14th, 2020, 06:40 PM
I don't know how having your hair cut short is so "liberating" : of the cumbersome length maybe ?... But certainly not of hairdressers, lol. All goes down to business.
There are many things that could be liberating in changing a part of yourself :)
I´ve met so many women that are not really sure how their face would look, without hair to soften the edges. Most secretly fear they´d look "like men" or "like little boys" (words I´ve heard, I´m not inventing). Would their nose look too big, their jawlines too sharp, their lips too thin? Could they go around without makeup and still be recognized as women - at first glance, not just after a scrupulous scrutiny - by a random passerby?
For some women, it´s "liberating" to realize that their beauty doesn´t depend on hair - aka, that their hair is not hiding an ugly face, it´s just a part of their body that can mold as they please, growing long or cutting short.
Not sure if I´m explaining myself right, but hope I gave the idea ;)
I agree. I get it, I mean I did chop my hair from mbl to pixie (gave my friend some scissors and told her to chop away), and it was liberating. I thought i was getting away from gendered norms (for example i once had a boyfriend who said hed break up with me if i cut my hair short... college boys are such charmers). But I realized liberation from others' expectations is not as easy as chopping hair, and it's a path I'm still on even as I grow my hair out. It can be liberating, and it can teach us a lot about ourselves, but only if it's our version of liberation rather than someone else's. Some friends who chopped their hair have never felt freer; and I did for a while as well, but once it started growing out I just felt relief. Back to how long hair is portrayed by the media: they sometimes make long hair seem old fashioned, short hair modern, and thus a chop becomes representational of that "liberation". But in reality, its not the case for everyone.
purple_omelette
May 14th, 2020, 10:14 PM
I think the current super-long hair trend among celebrities (e.g. Ariana Grande's ponytail) and the increasing popularity of weaves and extensions is actually unhelpful when it comes to growing long hair and appreciating your own hair type, because the kind of long hair shown in the media is often either partially or completely false hair, and as such it is often worn in styles that are not protective, or it changes colour often, and this may lead people to think that long hair can be frequently dyed or straightened/curled with no consequences.
Laurab
May 15th, 2020, 11:49 AM
I think the current super-long hair trend among celebrities (e.g. Ariana Grande's ponytail) and the increasing popularity of weaves and extensions is actually unhelpful when it comes to growing long hair and appreciating your own hair type, because the kind of long hair shown in the media is often either partially or completely false hair, and as such it is often worn in styles that are not protective, or it changes colour often, and this may lead people to think that long hair can be frequently dyed or straightened/curled with no consequences.
Yeah! I think a lot of people don't realize it's extensions/wigs. A hairdresser I watch on youtube has talked about people coming in to ask for the haircolor that character from game of thrones has, the super long white hair, and she has to explain to them it's a wig. Like realistically getting your hair WHITE without crazy damage and unmanagable upkeep isn't possible.
Ariana Grande is pretty open about wearing extensions, explaining that all of those years of having her hair dyed red really destroyed it, but not everyone reads interviews.
And then there's instagram models who don't disclose that they're wearing extensions, they might even pretend it's their own hair. If people are transparent about it I don't mind extensions, it's just another accessory, but people will act like it's their own hair just for the attention and praise.
ynne
May 16th, 2020, 02:11 AM
I think the current super-long hair trend among celebrities (e.g. Ariana Grande's ponytail) and the increasing popularity of weaves and extensions is actually unhelpful when it comes to growing long hair and appreciating your own hair type, because the kind of long hair shown in the media is often either partially or completely false hair, and as such it is often worn in styles that are not protective, or it changes colour often, and this may lead people to think that long hair can be frequently dyed or straightened/curled with no consequences.
This is a really good point; I think it goes hand in hand with the issue that natural, non-styled hair is basically never shown (in the context of celebrities, instagram models, that kind of stuff). I don't quite know how it works with straight hair and that dream of perfect sleekness and no flyaways, but I definitely feel it with textured hair. It's slowly getting better, but I still see a lot more of "fake" waves and curls (not that there's anything wrong with curling one's hair!), or heavily styled ones (which, again, isn't an issue on its own), than of just normal, wavy/curly/coily hair in its natural state. Unless it's intentionally shown as something that needs to be fixed (looking at you, Princess Diaries :/), of course. It's like with the whole beauty industry, it gives people wrong expectations, imho.
People also buy in to a concept that you need to have your hair colour changed for the seasons, or refreshed at least.
I often see article titles that mention top trendy hair colors of the season that you can't miss out on, ah. But it's kind of fun when regular hair colors get a new name – and suddenly it's a trend. "Chocolate Truffle"? It's just ashier base with (warm) highlights, come on! :D
lilbee
May 23rd, 2020, 04:40 PM
With this fashion of extensions, weaves and wigs, everybody now can get the lush, thick, flowing super sleek long hair of their dreams whenever they want, provided they can afford it. No patience and care involved. So who will understand you want to grow your own out, knowing how long it will take ? Consequence : no one knows anymore what natural long hair really looks like, and even to which extend it is achievable. So when you grow your own hair out, you have people coming up to tell you you should flat-iron your frizzy mess so it looks decent (but no problem if you pay to get a messy look on purpose). Or ask why you would grow out your graying hair (but no problem if you dye it white, blue or green on purpose). Or why you would grow out your pitiful thin hair (but no problem if wearing tons of someone else's hair on your head). Or explain you should trim every 6 weeks because there is NO WAY you can sport those dreadful splitful rat-tails and hope it looks good ! They know nothing about natural taper, except that if you have it it necessarily means your hair is damaged (but no problem if you ask a layered V-cut to achieve the same look on purpose).
So basically, if your hair is naturally doing its thing, it's negected and bad looking. But if you pay a huge pile of money to achieve whatever fake expensive ridiculous look, it's ok (= acceptable and stylish). :silly: Go figure !... :lol:
illicitlizard
May 23rd, 2020, 06:09 PM
lilbee that's a good point. I agree there is a double standard, things only being allowed to look intentional if people know you spent money and intent on them rather than intentionally letting your hair be(e).
I used to also never question celebs with long hair, just thought it was their's and it made me feel a bit annoyed that my hair didn't look that perfect. Knowing it's an illusion is massively comforting!
Natural colour is boring 'shapeless' cuts without 'movement' are boring, makes it pretty hard to have long hair... Gotta just ignore the general consensus in this case I reckon. Do what makes you happy.
Wish people wouldn't rag on long hair so much though.
TatsuOni
May 24th, 2020, 02:56 AM
With this fashion of extensions, weaves and wigs, everybody now can get the lush, thick, flowing super sleek long hair of their dreams whenever they want, provided they can afford it. No patience and care involved. So who will understand you want to grow your own out, knowing how long it will take ? Consequence : no one knows anymore what natural long hair really looks like, and even to which extend it is achievable. So when you grow your own hair out, you have people coming up to tell you you should flat-iron your frizzy mess so it looks decent (but no problem if you pay to get a messy look on purpose). Or ask why you would grow out your graying hair (but no problem if you dye it white, blue or green on purpose). Or why you would grow out your pitiful thin hair (but no problem if wearing tons of someone else's hair on your head). Or explain you should trim every 6 weeks because there is NO WAY you can sport those dreadful splitful rat-tails and hope it looks good ! They know nothing about natural taper, except that if you have it it necessarily means your hair is damaged (but no problem if you ask a layered V-cut to achieve the same look on purpose).
So basically, if your hair is naturally doing its thing, it's negected and bad looking. But if you pay a huge pile of money to achieve whatever fake expensive ridiculous look, it's ok (= acceptable and stylish). :silly: Go figure !... :lol:
Very well written!
Lucy McLucyFace
May 25th, 2020, 02:09 AM
lilbee Very well said and also I love bees.
The first time I realized this was when I was 15 and looked up hair tutorials on YouTube to give my straight hair some waves and all I found were girls with naturally wavy hair straightening it and then giving it waves again with a curling iron. I was so confused as to why someone would go through all that trouble to get what they already had
lilbee
May 25th, 2020, 05:13 AM
lilbee Very well said and also I love bees.
The first time I realized this was when I was 15 and looked up hair tutorials on YouTube to give my straight hair some waves and all I found were girls with naturally wavy hair straightening it and then giving it waves again with a curling iron. I was so confused as to why someone would go through all that trouble to get what they already had
Yessss ! There are people who DO straighten their wavy or curly hair to wave it or curl it again in order to get "sleek curls", lol. Or even straighten their already straight hair, in order to get the XXIth century fashionable "plastic look". :lol: Looking un-natural is always better !
I personally love my frizz : it adds some much appreciated volume to my hair, and I think it's kinda cute too (which was what people thought when I was young, so I guess I have not evolved). Maybe that's why I love lil bees too, haha
embee
May 25th, 2020, 05:37 AM
I personally love my frizz : it adds some much appreciated volume to my hair, and I think it's kinda cute too (which was what people thought when I was young, so I guess I have not evolved). Maybe that's why I love lil bees too, haha
:) Good to see this. I've always appreciated frizz for the volume it seems to give me and the softening near my face. Also it reminds me of cat's fur in sunlight... fluff, soft, appealing.
As for the flatironing fad, I don't get it. ;) "Plastic look" describes the result quite nicely.
Lucy McLucyFace
May 25th, 2020, 06:31 AM
That extra bit of volume is always nice. When I was younger I had almost 1a texture and I couldn't stand how flat my hair looked against my head. One advantage of ending up with more coarse and thick strands as I grow up is having the bit of volume I wanted.
But the people who straighten and then curl their hair again even put products on to lift their roots to create volume, it's absurd!
ArtOfNoot
September 2nd, 2020, 02:47 AM
I find it wild that something as natural and classic as long hair gets so much hate!
But hair extensions are common? It almost feels like long hair is being gate-kept by Big Salon...
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