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**Neecola** · February 18th, 2013, 11:46 AM

browneyedsusan - love the new siggy pic! Your hair looks great! Sounds like you've found a good hairdresser.

Joflakes - have you seen this thread? I've been trying out some of these styles lately.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...d.php?t=110593

**Mugili** · February 18th, 2013, 12:04 PM

Neecola, thanks for the link! It's great!

**oktobergoud** · February 18th, 2013, 12:19 PM

Ah up-do's I do a lot:

1. pony tail lol! (Either with an elastic or with one of those big clips!)
2. a ballerina bun (sock bun is also an option!)
3. fake dutch crown braid (as in my avatar!)
4. fake english crown braid :P
5. fishtail/herringbone pigtails
6. smaller herringbone braids, like dutch braiding my bangs and work them into a small herringbone braid. Or a half up-do with a herringbone braid
7. gibson tuck!
8. ehm.. that's it I think?

**Neneka** · February 18th, 2013, 12:36 PM

Peacock-french twist hybrid is something I do a lot. That might work too. I can do it with a french twist comb.

**Neecola** · February 19th, 2013, 10:56 AM

Mugili - you're welcome!

Oktobergoud - I like the sound of herringbone pigtails... think I might give that a try, thanks!

**SerinaDaith** · February 19th, 2013, 11:25 PM

Oktobergoud how did you fake the crown braid? It looks great!

**oktobergoud** · February 20th, 2013, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by SerinaDaith

Oktobergoud how did you fake the crown braid? It looks great!

Thanks! I basically make a part (a little to the right) and just start Dutch braiding and end up making Dutch braided pigtails? Like this: http://myboringhair.tumblr.com/post/...y-nasty-greasy and then pin the braids up! That's it

http://myboringhair.tumblr.com/tagged/braid here are more pictures of the braids I do, might give you a few ideas

**browneyedsusan** · February 20th, 2013, 05:30 AM

Oktobergoud: I LOVE that you shared your nasty/greasy fake crown braid! We all have nasty/greasy days, and you shared a great solution. I might be able to do that, with some product to stick the layers together. FWIW: your hair looks fabulous. We both have longish hair places --your front, and my back! I haven't had my hair this long since... high school? (Before the pixie, was a chin-length bob...) I hennaed my roots yesterday and today have the itchy scalp. (I love henna, but it's so dry on my middle-aged head!) It's a stay-home day, so I might break out the EVOO and Q-tips and give my head a once over. Then Oktobergoud's cutsie fake crown braid? hmm....

**oktobergoud** · February 20th, 2013, 06:11 AM

Originally Posted by browneyedsusan

Oktobergoud: I LOVE that you shared your nasty/greasy fake crown braid! We all have nasty/greasy days, and you shared a great solution. I might be able to do that, with some product to stick the layers together. FWIW: your hair looks fabulous. We both have longish hair places --your front, and my back! I haven't had my hair this long since... high school? (Before the pixie, was a chin-length bob...) I hennaed my roots yesterday and today have the itchy scalp. (I love henna, but it's so dry on my middle-aged head!) It's a stay-home day, so I might break out the EVOO and Q-tips and give my head a once over. Then Oktobergoud's cutsie fake crown braid? hmm....

Thanks! Yeah I have a very oily skin (lots of acne as well ugh

) so my scalp gets greasy fast! Sometimes I think at night 'ah I don't have to wash my hair, it's fine for another 2 days!' and then I wake up and it looks like that nasty oily mess like in the crown braid picture

I do try to stretch my washes but every 3 days is as long as I can go now. My scalp is a lot happier/healthier when I wash it regularly

Anyway, that was kinda off-topic lol! My hair hasn't been this long for about 6 years either! I think it was about an inch longer back then, but exactly 6 years ago I started to bleach my-almost-APL-jetblack hair (I had been growing it out for 2 years or so and was dreaming of BSL/waist!) to platinum white. I've had a pixie (or sometimes a short bob) ever since!

Can't believe it's already so long (even though it took me 2 years haha). I can't believe your hair grew so fast! I don't even want to think about how long my hair would have been if I didn't cut it so much :P

I'm going to henna it next week, after I have been to the orthodontist (LOL that is my 1 henna rule: don't henna it right before going the orthodontist because you will smell like a hay farm or something and you will feel embarrassed/self-conscious since those people will be so close to your head), which is every 6 weeks or so.. so perfect timing!

Anyway, I'm curious to see you with the fake crown braid

If you do it, please show pics

**browneyedsusan** · February 20th, 2013, 11:24 AM

Here you go! It's slipping.... (Please ignore the dutch/french/lace braid. My "default" is Frenchlace braiding, so I reverted to that when I had to switch hands.) I'm going to have to take it down and re-do.

fake crownbraid by Mom and wife, on Flickr