The Random Hair Thoughts Megathread

[KokoroDragon]

I've been using a new shampoo for the last couple months that has dimethicone. My hair hasn't liked cones in the past but I thought it would be ok in shampoo. Well, I was wrong. Whenever I use that shampoo I always end up with a dry scalp and lots of flakes. I have another shampoo without cones and I never have flakes when I use it.

[shelomit]

Last night I had the munchies and accidentally burned some of my hair on the stove

Oh no! The same thing happened to me. I cut out the wiry ends and gave it a lottt of moisture.

[Bri-Chan]

In the last weeks I've often washed just once a week. I don't know if I like it or not.

[gghh]

I’m thinking about how I want my hair to be long right now. I’ve got a slight estimate on how long it’ll be until I reach certain length milestones, but even those are just best case scenario dreamings and so far away. I’m a lot closer now than I was even 1 month ago and I definitely do feel the progress. I’m trying to enjoy whatever point in my hair journey I am in; the weight of my hair is nice and my ends are healthy, and everyday is a step closer to another milestone. I may very well never be at this length ever again and I wont be at this age, at this point of being, this person that I am again. So i want to cherish it, I want to cherish this time that I have.

It’s just this yearning that I have for a length that I’m not at yet. It’s probably more than just the length that I want (tho I’ve wanted long hair for most of my life), I think what I want is the future that comes with that length. I feel like it’ll be a better time than now, it’s what I’m working for - a time that is happier, more stable, where I like myself more. So yeah, the present feels like such a long stretch of time, but I’ve felt that way through much shorter lengths/more hard times before and I got through it. So I’m hopeful but also a bit sad - I want to get to that future but this precious present is passing by in such a prolonged and sad and beautiful and important way all at once.

I’m wishing us all the best in our journeys. I hope that I can reach my dream lengths and with it I hope I can reach that future, become a kind and warm person, and be full of love and goodness. I wish happiness and joy for all of us

[mermaid lullaby]

I, don't know how to use a wave iron

Instead of beautiful mermaid waves. It looks like the colonial white wigs

[Bat]

My hair isn't pink now it's now black and a pinky redy orange as it fades though I'll add more pink to use up my stash, after that I really should go cold turkey

[lapis_lazuli]

I like acrylic sticks but they squeak so loud when rubbing up against certain things. I'm lying here on my pillow just trying not to move too much because it's so annoying, if not a bit amusing

[vampyyri]

My Arctic Fox Ritual dye has pretty much faded to being a really subtle rose gold on my hair, which looks really nice. As the initial fade happened, people were commenting on how my "pink" dye looked, which was definitely not the color I was going for.

Next time I might do something totally different like Lunar Tides' Juniper Green, that's a super gorgeous Sailor Pluto type of color I've always went for burgundy for when I use deposit only dyes, so maybe I should experiment with other colors.

[baanoo]

it occurred to me this morning that I have a meter of hair and that is quite the thought. Next up: a meter from the nape of my neck! <does mental math on how far the distance from my hairline to my nape is>

[spirals]

"Is your hair wavy or curly?"
Yes