Does your hair swing? I'm so envious!

[Botticelli Gold]

If there is just one thing that I envy about long straight or wavy hair, it's its "swingability".
My hair seems to move as a mass if that makes sense lol! The only way I can get some of this swingability in my severely fairytaling lengths is to twirl it into ringlets. If it is natural, like in my siggy pic, its not so swingy.
I so envy this phenomenon in my swingable sisters. :cheese:

[Aisha25]

What does this swing mean?:confused:

[Botticelli Gold]

Like when it's hanging free of your body, it will kind of swing or move backwards and forwards. Does that make sense? Heavier hair probably swings a lot more than feathery light hair. Oh gee, :( im not sure im making sense lol.

[Rohele]

If there is just one thing that I envy about long straight or wavy hair, it's its "swingability".
My hair seems to move as a mass if that makes sense lol! The only way I can get some of this swingability in my severely fairytaling lengths is to twirl it into ringlets. If it is natural, like in my siggy pic, its not so swingy.
I so envy this phenomenon in my swingable sisters. :cheese:

I hear you. I'm wavy, but my hair moves like yours, kind of as a big chunk. I sometimes miss the feeling of flat ironed hair - its feels loose and free in comparison.

[freznow]

My hair either clings or floats. It may be straight, but the fineness makes it not want to swing, I suppose.

[girlcat36]

I envy 'swingibility', too!

[Botticelli Gold]

I guess what I mean is hair that is kind of floppy. if I hold a hunk of my hair up, it doesnt start flopping down for quit a few inches. having all that air in my curls seems to hinder the swingability factor. Honestly it looks like I have sooo much more hair than I actually do.

[Botticelli Gold]

My hair either clings or floats. It may be straight, but the fineness makes it not want to swing, I suppose.

Yes! :D "floats" is a good way of putting it. My hair floats rather than swings.

[Redheaded Raven]

My hair does swing but I would trade my swing hair for your curls:deal: want to trade hair :D I think curls are so lovely

[Teazel]

I know what you mean. Like the product commercials where that glassy hair gets swung about like some sort of waterfall.... Here on LHC, LadyLongLocks has swingable hair. It's amazing.

I suppose I could swing my hair a bit, but it doesn't really have that heavy, liquid thing going on.

[coppercurls]

I always wanted hair that swings!:eyebrows:

[Coriander]

I know what you mean. Like the product commercials where that glassy hair gets swung about like some sort of waterfall....

I watch those commercials like this - :bigeyes:

My hair kind of moves around individually - I'll have chunks over a shoulder or wherever. I haven't figured out how to swing it yet :p

[EdG]

My hair is so swingy that at times I feel like I'm wearing a pendulum. :D
Ed

[Botticelli Gold]

My hair does swing but I would trade my swing hair for your curls:deal: want to trade hair :D I think curls are so lovely

Lol! I guess thats where the difference between envy and jealousy come in. :D Ive spent too long learning to love my curls. But...hair that swings would be awesome!


I know what you mean. Like the product commercials where that glassy hair gets swung about like some sort of waterfall.... Here on LHC, LadyLongLocks has swingable hair. It's amazing.

I suppose I could swing my hair a bit, but it doesn't really have that heavy, liquid thing going on.

Exactly! Lol! Bloody hair commercials, grrr lol. And yes, ladylonglocks has WICKEDLY swingable hair! :cool:

[Botticelli Gold]

My hair is so swingy that at times I feel like I'm wearing a pendulum. :D
Ed

LMAO! hilarious.

[rags]

Another fine hair here - my hair doesn't swing, it kind of floats on the air, lol. It's too lightweight to swing.

[HairColoredHair]

My hair doesn't swing much, but I can get into the proper rhythm for some grand swing. :lol:

[Redheaded Raven]

My hair is so swingy that at times I feel like I'm wearing a pendulum. :D
Ed I know exactly what you mean my hair is that way in a ponytail lol

[Botticelli Gold]

I know exactly what you mean my hair is that way in a ponytail lol

Thats true. I definitely get more swing in a ponytail too.

[Gingevere]

Lol, I know exactly what you mean. My hair swings like crazy, especially when it's in a high ponytail. I suppose my bouncy walk doesn't help much... sometimes it swings a full circle! I actually get teased about it a little bit.

[Xi]

Hmm... I have straight-ish hair, and am having trouble picturing this "swing" phenomenon. I guess it's because I don't watch t.v.:shrug:

[AutumnSky]

I'm a swinger!

Wait....that's not what I meant.

It swings best after a flatiorning, but even without, it swings when it's down.
(When I was little, I woud intentionally bounce when I walked, JUST to make it swing. Vain creature.)

[Jules diamond]

I have swingy hair, and it's fun but....I would love to have floaty hair. O_O that just sounds so cool.

[Botticelli Gold]

I'm a swinger!

Wait....that's not what I meant.

It swings best after a flatiorning, but even without, it swings when it's down.
(When I was little, I woud intentionally bounce when I walked, JUST to make it swing. Vain creature.)

Lol! :D Awesome!

[SimplyLonghair]

I'm a swinger!

Wait....that's not what I meant.

It swings best after a flatironing, but even without, it swings when it's down.
(When I was little, I would intentionally bounce when I walked, JUST to make it swing. Vain creature.)
LOL I can have swingy hair, if I comb when wet, to straighten my hair. With curls it goes as a whole and acts more like a spring!!! :confused::D
Bouncy, but not swing, like what the OP means.:rolleyes: Both have their pluses and negatives. :shrug: I like my wavy curls though!;)

[MsBubbles]

Well, Boticelli, I saw a woman walking outside my office the other day with hair that looked similar to yours (curls, ringlets, etc.) and was somewhere around hip length. Her ends were swinging back and forth away and back towards her tailbone in the gap between BSL and Butt. Incredible hair! I bet yours does swing - it's just you never see it!!

I too long for hair that swings, specifically between BSL and butt, but I've never had even waist length hair, and am currently stuck getting rid of crappy ends at BSL.

The kind of hair swinging I love is when it flip flops backwards and forwards in the small of their back between BSL and tailbone, when the hair-owner walks. Ooh I love that and I long for it. Still, that's just one of those dreams I only dare let out of my brain but once in a while.

[atlantaz3]

I sometimes do the Marsha Brady walk down my hall (mirror at the end) to make mine swing.
(yes vanity thy name is mine)
Hey I envy curls that are curls not ratty waves that I straighten after almost every wash.

[Botticelli Gold]

Well, Boticelli, I saw a woman walking outside my office the other day with hair that looked similar to yours (curls, ringlets, etc.) and was somewhere around hip length. Her ends were swinging back and forth away and back towards her tailbone in the gap between BSL and Butt. Incredible hair! I bet yours does swing - it's just you never see it!!

Hmmm. That's true. :D Oh joy, do you really think its possible? Well im clinging to that little bit of hope anyway!

[MsBubbles]

LOL! atlantaz3. That reminds me I saw an episode of the other medium show, Ghost Whisperer (whoever does the casting for that show must love long hair!), and there was a girl playing a bit part with amazingly swingy, TB straight blonde hair! I flipped out and went to go search for her name obsessively on imdb, found her name and looked up her myspace page...only to find she must have flat ironed her hair for the part because she has Shakira like hair normally - way curly. Gorgeous. So now I have noticed often that people with really swingy hair have actually flattened it.

By the same token back when I used to blow-fry my hair, it was way swingy as long as the atmosphere remained dry.

[RocketDog]

I love the glassy, 'slippery' hair in hair commercials, but my hair NEVER behaves that way, even when it's been flatironed to within an inch of its life. My hair is VERY clingy, and even when it's doused with smoothing products it tends to clump up.

I do look forward to having long floaty hair, though! I remember walking around in a cloud of my own curls back when I had long hair, and I cannot wait for that...

[Moiraine]

to me this is "swingable" hair
If I had this kind I'd keep my hair short:)http://s182.photobucket.com/albums/x244/Moiraine2012/?action=view&current=hairstyle-gallery-0508-Stephanie-01.jpghttp://s182.photobucket.com/albums/x244/Moiraine2012/?action=view&current=hairstyle-gallery-0508-Stephanie-01.jpg

[Moiraine]

awwww can't get the pic to upload *going back to photobucket for other code*

[Bene]

my hair only swings when it's behaving.



it's not behaving today :mad:

[MountainGypsy]

Hmm interesting, next time my hair is down I have to see if it swings....

[SimplyLonghair]

I think that most Long hair does swing, it cannot help it. I see it when I am out and see others with long hair and it swings! We simply never see it, because it is Behind US! :rollin:

[Alu]

My hair only swings if I straighten it or I'm on the west coast where it's dry. Otherwise it's kind of "fluffy". I envy it too. ;-;

[MAO]

BG your hair is gorgeous! I would kill to have those curls!!!

[Deborah]

Yup. Mine swings and swoops and flies. I think it is an attribute of fine, straight, long hair. The swing can be fun or a nuisance, depending on whether my hair is in the mood to play nice or more in the mood to tangle. When it wants to tangle, it is much better off safely enclosed in a bun. Buns don't swing.

[Botticelli Gold]

BG your hair is gorgeous! I would kill to have those curls!!!

Thanks Mao! :)


Buns don't swing.

That is sooo funny! :D

[kwaniesiam]

Mine is too thin and fine to swing, but it sure does look cool when I see it on others.

[kwaniesiam]

Buns don't swing.

WELL....sometimes they do but :tmi:

:lol:

[davidvs]

My hair does more of a Balboa, sometimes a Charleston.

[LadyLongLocks]

I know what you mean. Like the product commercials where that glassy hair gets swung about like some sort of waterfall.... Here on LHC, LadyLongLocks has swingable hair. It's amazing.

I suppose I could swing my hair a bit, but it doesn't really have that heavy, liquid thing going on.

Thank you Teasel :)
I just posted a video of me walking and I guess my hair swings and floats.
It is not super thick at the ends so I was happy to see it move like it does.
I made it slow motion too.

Here is the new video on youtube, made 2-9-09 my hair is 54"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGgqPMD8XQY

[winter_star]

LadyLongLocks your hair never ceases to amaze me! That is the best swinging, floaty hair I have ever seen!:thudpile:

Sometimes I let my hair out and swing back and forth in fornt of the mirror to try and create floaty hair, but it never works and I always end up looking like a freak. :hmm:

[Katze]

My sister's hair (shoulder length, blunt, thick hemline, straight, thick, and fine) swings. Mine has no weight whatsoever. It either clings, clumps into strings, or floats.

I always thought it was a fine hair thing, but it might be straight vs wavy. BF has wavier, thicker hair than me, but also F, and his doesn't really swing either.

[Kimberly]

I just posted a video of me walking and I guess my hair swings and floats.

Wow, you have beautiful hair!

[scalawaggirl]

Miss Botticelli, your hair is so pretty, I think you don't have to worry about swing! :) My hair is wavy and occasionally swings but everyday walking won't cause it. I have to do something major action-wise, to get it to go. Otherwise, it seems to move as a whole like yours does.

Hmm, must figure out how to get more swingability...

[Hypnotica]

My hair is doing the cha-cha rather often. If I wear it down in bed, it does a finnish tango.

[lora410]

My hair bounces if that makes sense..LOL

[MemSahib]

Beautiful hair, LadyLongLocks! And... lovely swing. Mine would do that except at classic it's, uhm, rather caught against my body. My ponytails do swing amazingly — swish, swish, swish. My former hairdresser told me more than once while working on my hair that she just always wanted her hair to swing like mine. The first time she mentioned it I was a little stunned. You mean, some hair doesn't swing? But I learned that some doesn't. What did I know?

[Anje]

I think mine strings more than it swings.

[rhubarbarin]

I guess what I mean is hair that is kind of floppy. if I hold a hunk of my hair up, it doesnt start flopping down for quit a few inches. having all that air in my curls seems to hinder the swingability factor. Honestly it looks like I have sooo much more hair than I actually do.

Me too! People are always talking about my thick hair which makes me LOL. My hair is quite thin.

I wouldn't trade my hair's amazing ability to look larger than life for swingability.
I used to straighten it sometimes and it STILL wouldn't swing or flop about the way I wanted.

[MemSahib]

Me too! People are always talking about my thick hair which makes me LOL. My hair is quite thin.

I wouldn't trade my hair's amazing ability to look larger than life for swingability.
I used to straighten it sometimes and it STILL wouldn't swing or flop about the way I wanted.My sister-in-law's hair is not nearly as thick as mine and it doesn't swing, but it looks much thicker due to her curls and waves. Hers never looks flat or wimpy. Definitely, there are trade-offs in any type.

[heidihug]

Mine has no weight whatsoever. It either clings, clumps into strings, or floats.


Yes, I'm like Katze, Deborah and others here. Unless I:

Load up very clean and just-dry (but not bone dry) hair just right with leave-ins, including oils and shine-inducers
Then curl it using heat
Then wear a shirt or dress made of very slippery material
And stand very straight
And don't move my head to the left or the right muchIf I do that, I can get my hair to swing a little bit, for a little while. But, shortly, it will start to tangle and cling and fly here there and everywhere. Which is why I don't wear my hair down more than once or twice a year.

[jel]

My braid swings :D Dangerously so, I've been told! ;) It's been named Dragon-Tail...

I don't think I've got swingable hair, though, as it's not heavy and straight. However, when I wear it loose, I hardly move my head for fear of tangling ;), so I don't really know!

BTW, Botticelli Gold, as others have mentioned, you have nothing to be envious about, with such beautiful hair!

[Deborah]

I don't think anyone should worry about this. My hair has a lot of swing, but not because I do anything. It is just a matter of hair type. I don't deliberately swing it or make it move. When I move my body, my hair just does it's own thing. If your hair does not swing, it is because you have a different type of hair. Some curlies like that their hair 'clumps', as they put it. I don't want my hair to 'clump'. It's fine as it is. Vive la difference!

Love YOUR hair, clumpy, swingy, heavy, light, fine, coarse, whatever. They are all good. :)

[Dreamernz]

My hair is swingy :D, But on the down side, I have swing but no bounce-which you have!!!!

[Chromis]

I don't think I want my hair to "swing". Sounds like a horrid recipe for tangles!

[spidermom]

It swings at the most inopportune times, like when I open the oven door and lean toward it. YIKES!

[Oskimosa]

Hm. I thought there was an article I read here on LHC once, and it talked about how the "hair moving as one body" was "more pleasing to the eye." I don't remember what article it was, though. I wonder how I can do a search on that....

[suicides_eve]

OP:
i know what you mean about swingablity. My hair only dose it when straighten, curls though beautiful gots no swing

[catfish]

I love the glassy, 'slippery' hair in hair commercials, but my hair NEVER behaves that way, even when it's been flatironed to within an inch of its life. My hair is VERY clingy, and even when it's doused with smoothing products it tends to clump up.

I do look forward to having long floaty hair, though! I remember walking around in a cloud of my own curls back when I had long hair, and I cannot wait for that...


I totally relate to this.:D I also long for slippery, silky hair, but even at below waist, my hair is happy to just float around me. I admit though that I like the floating, especially when I run, I love the feel of running surrounded by a light soft waves.

[Angellen]

My hair swings beautifully. Sometimes. Than I come home, pleased with how pretty it looked, and how well it behaved...and find out I have a giant snarl the size of my fist grinning demonically at me.

It does well for short periods of time, but after awhile, the silky straight glossy hair turns into a mess.

[JamieLeigh]

Mine is pretty darn long, but it's thin, so it kind of just flies everywhere when the breeze catches it. LOL. I don't think I have swing-able hair either. :p

[Botticelli Gold]

Thanks for all the replies, and kind comments folks. :)
Just for the record though, I LOVE my hair! Full stop. And that is why I I used the word envious rather than jealous. I spent a good long many years learning to love my locks and im not about to stop now :D Yes, I admit, I would rather have my curls than swingability, IF it came down to it. But both...? Oh a girl can dream cant she? Rockin', swingin' curls! :cheese:

[aprilmay]

My hair swings into things like food, dirty dishes, etc. I have to keep it back often or else it gets stuff stuck in the ends like toothpaste.

[GlassEyes]

I don't get swing. I get bounce. XD;

[JamieLeigh]

I don't get swing. I get bounce. XD;

I get bounce too...although it's not my hair, unfortunately! :o

[ChloeDharma]

I'm a floaty.....i'd love heavier hair that swishes as i move but past BSL my hair just doesn't really look good down and just kind of floats and/or clumps into stringy bits.

[Kayleena]

Hi, everyone! I changed my avatar just for this post! :lol: It needed to be updated, anyway, since my hair had gained a little length and it was also showing more of the blond in my hair. I don’t have enough posts for attachments yet.

I hope everyone can see my avatar {as of Feb., 2009} okay. I know it’s not all together like a rippling curtain or waterfall, but I was pleasantly surprised by the movement of my hair in this picture. :cool: I didn’t think it moved that much, even when I’m dancing.

I think I’m fairly animated when I move my head as well as the rest of me, which causes my hair to swing sometimes. Also, a while back, I do remember Tyra Banks saying something to her "Top Model" contestants about having "an invisible wind machine." I think she was saying that you can make your hair look like it has life by the way you move your head and body. Have a good hair day! :coolblue:

[Su]

My hair does not swing either.

The only time it was "heavy" enough to be kind of "swinging" was, when I washed it with selfmade egg-shampoo...:rolleyes:

I loved that feeling.

[LittleOrca]

I don't know about my hair swinging, but when I shake my head it's gorgeous!:crush:

Course, now I feel a little conceded declaring that about myself. :o

[GlassEyes]

I get bounce too...although it's not my hair, unfortunately! :o
XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

My hair's the only thing around ehre that gets any bouncing done.:(:p

[myrrhmaiden]

I have heavy straight hair, but I would love to have a wild mane of lush curls...

[vamq]

My hair can swing..but that mostly creates a lot of tangles, so it's no fun at all..

And for the curly people here; I think the way long curls move as you walk, looks very beautiful too. I work in a supermarket, so I see it all the time :)

[MountainGypsy]

My hair is doing the cha-cha rather often. If I wear it down in bed, it does a finnish tango.
:waltz:
:spitting:I have the funniest mental image of this!

[Sissy]

My hair can swing.... but it's not nearly as lovely as LadyLongLocks.

[blondecat]

Fine hair here too.

Mine does NOT swing, it slings and scrapes along the clothing and goes all static.

[darkwaves]

I knew! this was posted by a curly haired person!

Mine doesn't swing. It flies off, hair by hair, or falls in clumps.

[NebraskaChick84]

my hair is straight and it does not swing. (unless it's in a pony)

[maria_asa]

I think mine strings more than it swings.

I second this. My hair is far to thin and light to do any swinging at all.

[Starr]

My hair doesn't swing, it just kind of shifts as a whole. And bounces. That's it.

[Kimberly]

Mine swings if I put it in a ponytail or something where it's gathered together, but otherwise it floats and swirls.

[curls2grow]

When my hair was longer, it didn't swing. I was truly heartbroken about that. And most of the time, mine doesn't even move much when I am walking outside (with a light breeze blowing). My hair seems to just hover in a curly clump most days. :(

[Tangles]

This is how I know my hair is healthy. When it was damaged, it sort of just hung there and just got wispy and frizzy in the wind. Now, it swings--not as much as some people here probably, but the movement is totally different now that I care for my hair properly.