Bad hair days... Do you have em?

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@SimplyJo (1694)
India
December 8, 2006 12:29pm CST
A bad hair day can be a real bummer for any girl... guys too i'd say. For me personally, it gives me a bad day altogether. I get low on self esteem and confidence.. just like when you know that you are wearing something that'd need ironing or an old shirt you really don't like. So, friends... what do you do on a bad hair day? see either your hair are all frizzy (if recently washed) or oily even after one day of hair wash.. and both cases qualify for a bad hair day. i'd have worn a cap if allowed at work. i also try diff hair styles but it only makes me self consious if anything else. Tell me about your bad hair days and how you cope with them. I'd love to know.
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@anjuscor (1266)
• India
9 Dec 06
There are quite a lot ways to make your self comfortable and let others know you are good in style too. I really do not know how to explain to put that knots in hair. I hope you woul dbe able to find it out by looking at the pictures i have posted. Those hairstyles suits any dress you wear. When i use oil or my hair is oily even after taking bath, i use these styles showed in the picture. If it is good, i leave it free.
@anjuscor (1266)
• India
9 Dec 06
here is an other photo you can refer to.
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
9 Dec 06
hey thanks. great pics
• United States
8 Dec 06
Braids, pony-tails and hair clips can be a girl's best friend on bad hair days. I have long hair. So up it goes on those days. I also tend to have oily hair. It gets oily, it goes flat. Too many hair products, it goes flat. I have used hats, too. But not too often. Mostly, I use braids and pony-tails.
@lissaj (532)
• United States
9 Dec 06
Run a tiny bit of anti-frizz gel into your hair and throw it up in a loose bun or ponytail. No use messing with it on days like that, it will just frustrate you more lol. And for those little straggly pieces that won't stay back, a cute hair pin works wonders.
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
9 Dec 06
hey thanks for the tip girl
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
8 Dec 06
Yeah i tie em in pony too but the frizz/oil still remains. thx for responding.
@totolotto (711)
• Singapore
9 Dec 06
yeah i feel lousy too when i have a bad hair day... i try to do something with it, put gel on my hair or tie it up but nothing works really on a bad hair day. so i just get on with it and don't think about my hair.
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
9 Dec 06
yeah i guess u r right. thx
@riskey58 (248)
• United States
8 Dec 06
The doctor put me on some new medication and now I have a bad hair day everyday. My hair seems to do what ever it wants. I gwess my good hair days are over.
• United States
9 Dec 06
I work at home. You talking about a bad hair day; somedays, I don't do it.lol
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
8 Dec 06
Aw.. thats too bad.. maybe you can use some tips these awesome ladies gave in here :) hope it helps. thx for responding.
@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
9 Dec 06
First off, the guy that is copy and paste responding is going to get reported to admin. I have started doing that, often. Next, as for bad hair--when I kept mine long I was the pony tail and upstyle queen. I got tired of trying to keep up with my hair color recently and had it all cut off. As long as it is really short, it is easy, and all of my gray looks like I had it frosted. I am in a rut for a few days now, though because I am in a musical and I need to have long enough hair to style--new haircut next week! Performance is tomorrowl For now most of them feel like bad hair. I use a little shine serum if I am doing the frizzies, and I put a little facial toner(Like Sea Breeze) on cotton and rub it through my hair if it is having an oily day. Some people sprinkle baby powder or cornstarch in and brush it out, but I do not like how it feels. My neice uses "baby wipes" on her too oily hair--she has to shampoo twice daily. Hugs. ( and I hate that needs ironed, yucky shirt feeling, too)
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
9 Dec 06
hey thanks for the tips. and thx soo much for reporting that guy. there was one more who just copied a whole page story and wrote -- don't read it this is only to make money. What a scumbag !
@mfrancq (1806)
• United States
8 Dec 06
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Bad hair day? Is that it? What about bad clothes day, bad weight day, or my personal favorite that is becoming a daily thing: bad all together day, girl I better just stay in bed! hehe I know what you are talking about though. When I have bad hair I just throw it up in a messy bun and don't look at it for the rest of the day. Some advice, next time you go to get your hair cut ask them what types of cuts, styles, and products would be best for your hair type. They are experts at what they are doing. That's what I did a while back and I loved my cut. However, now that I have a baby it doesn't matter because I have no time to make it nice!
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
8 Dec 06
Hehee.. thanks girl!
• United States
9 Dec 06
I hear ya on the baby thing. I've had a bad everything day since I was 7 weeks pregnant.. The baby is 6 months old now! hhaha How old is your little one?
@norteh (615)
• Netherlands
8 Dec 06
A male response, hope it is not typical.. I don't watch my hair like that. I look in the mirror each morning for 2 seconds. And decides that i don't have to look at myself. That feels pretty good, although it sounds a little stupid. If my hair gets to long, a man with whom i work, cuts my hair. He is good at it and it doesn't cost any money. So i think i am lucky. I don't have bad hair days. Or else i don't realize it.
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
9 Dec 06
hey thanks bud. nice to have the male point of view on this :)
• United States
8 Dec 06
If I wear my hair up, then I don't think I can really have a bad hair day. But pretty much anytime I fix my hair and wear it down, it's messed up within a few hours. Then there are also times where I'll fix my hair and I don't really care if it looks good, but then it ends up staying how I want it to the whole day, but if I actually wanted it to look good, it goes to crap after an hour. My hair is so touchy. If I don't wash it a certain way, comb it, blow dry and straighten it a certain way.. I might as well not even do it cause it's going to get messed up right now.
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
8 Dec 06
yeah i know exactly what u mean.
@michele609 (1687)
• United States
8 Dec 06
I have bad hair days when ever it is raining outside for some reason when the rain comes my hair gets l frizzy!
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
9 Dec 06
yeah i know. rain ruins your hair !!!
@pagli84 (1850)
• Netherlands
8 Dec 06
ugh yes i do all the time, and i hate it. i used to have perfectly straight hair but its turned really curly over the past few years. and not only is it curly, but it can be very frizzy and annoying. i try everything, but sometimes nothing works. it usually looks good before i leave the house, but, as soon as i leave, it frizzes and gets all big and wild. im thinking of getting a new hairstyle this winter, but im not sure what to get. i have long, curly hair..and i want to keep it long.
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
9 Dec 06
i have straight hair and still suffer from bad hair days.. so i guess it really doesn't matter if it's straight or curly.
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• Philippines
9 Dec 06
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Wash your hair put some reconstructive conditoner and aloe vera in your hair, put on a plastic cap sit under the hooded dryer for 30 minutes. Dry naturally, then straighten with ceramic flat irons. Your hair will be soft and bouncy!! BUT the best thing you can do is don't look in the miror! and remember no one is as critical of yourself as you are
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
9 Dec 06
thanks so much. thats good advice
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
8 Dec 06
Yes of course we all do. Just say to yourself it is what it is. And pull it up on your head. If they dont like my hair thats to bad. I love the picture of the cat Ive always wanted a cat like that.
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
8 Dec 06
thx. i love cats
• United Arab Emirates
8 Dec 06
u got me on the right day :P its is mine :((
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
9 Dec 06
Yeah i know. i wonder why.. but then who can figure guys out ???
• United States
9 Dec 06
Does how your hair looks measure you as a person? Does it tell the world how kind smart funny or interesting you are? Bad hair days happen when they do thank god it's your hair and not your health
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
9 Dec 06
hey thats a positive way of looking at it. thx
@icequeen (2840)
• Canada
8 Dec 06
I have definitely had my share of bad hair days...I usually just get fed up with messing with it and leave it alone...
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
8 Dec 06
Me too. hehee. Thx
@katyzzz (2897)
• Australia
7 Jan 07
everybody does, just find yourself something to do
@annieroos (1845)
• United States
10 Dec 06
Yes i do have them, when i do i put my hair in a ponytail.. or bun just to get it out of the way.. And i know what you mean when you say the rest of your day is bad.. I am the same way..
@disvachic (10117)
• United States
27 Feb 07
ON bad hair days i will normally wear my hair slicked in a ponytail.I usually wear braids so i dont even have to bother with my hair.
@babyhar (1335)
• Canada
26 Feb 07
Bad hair days! - We all have bad hair days.. Even animals do! It's how you cope with them that matters at the end of the day! . .
Goodness! . . I seem to have bad hair days all to often. Not usually when I am around the house as I just end up putting my hair in to a pony tail half of the time anyways. But when I am having to go run some errands or even go visit a relative or whatever the case may be.. I tend to seem to have bad hair days to often.. It's quite frustrating. And like you I know that when I have a bad hair day.. I tend to get rather grumpy because I either feel self conscious or I just feel disgusting in general because my hair didn't turn out the way I had wanted it to. Usually I won't have a problem when it comes to hair sticking up.. Usually it's I ended up putting to much conditioner & my hair ended up turning out rather greasy. Especially on top. There have been times where I will try blow drying my hair & my bangs end up being to greasy or the top of my hair ends up being all greasy. There have been to many instances where this has happened & there is no way I am able to fix this. I end up trying to curl my hair a certain way with a curling brush. Or I end up thinking I can brush the greasy look out of my hair.. But I must be lying to myself because it never ends up helping. If anything it ends up making it worse! How I've dealt with is.. I will try washing that part of my hair all over again & then try blow drying it all over again.. But that just leads to my hair turning out to be even more of a disaster. And sometimes it makes me feel like I have a birds nest on top of my head. haha. There have also been times where I've just had to deal with it because I was running out of time & had to get where I was going because I would end up being to late. I disliked always having to go to work with greasy hair just on the top of my head. I always felt like people we're staring at the top of my head.. Or they we're just being shallow & judging me based upon how I may look. Sometimes you just have to deal with what your hair has turned out looking like. I always try to think that if people want to be that shallow by judging me based upon how my hair looks in the first place.. Then there not the type of person I want to associate with anyway. If I work with the person & they are my co-worker & begin to start criticizing my hair.. Or just staring in general. I will just ignore the looks they end up giving me.. Or will go about what I am doing & just do my job.. As in my opinion that is what I am there to do. It's not a fashion show even though I try to look presentable each time I leave my house.. I still do think as well as feel that it's sad when people are shallow like that & stare.. Sometimes your self-conscious enough about your hair & feeling like your having a bad hair day.. That you don't need someone else gawking or saying something about it. I've actually had people say something about my hair looks.. Ex co-workers that is & I ended up just telling them off & telling them how shallow they are.. And how I don't go around pointing out there flaws & I don't think they'd like the same thing done to them.. So why do they do it to others?! . . I know I have also tried wearing a cap like you.. But I find wearing a cap just ends up making my hair even worse.. So I try to refrain from wearing a cap & just try to deal with how my hair turns out.. I end up feeling rather self-conscious but I find sometimes wearing a cap ends up giving the message to others that your having a bad hair day.. I don't want to have more attention drawn to my hair I know that.. haha. I remember when I was in school how if my hair didn't turn out.. I wouldn't go to school because I'd be throwing a fit in the washroom.. haha. It didn't help that I wasn't a morning person in the first place so having to deal with bad hair when having to go to school.. Can ruin anyone's day.. I remember everyone keeping there distance from me when I was getting ready for school each morning because of them having to witness me blowing up if my hair didn't turn out.. haha.. But I remember how back then I felt I was more insecure about my appearance compared to how I am now. I find now that I am a lot older I try not to sweat the little things like a bad hair day.. But I still do throw those fits when my hair doesn't turn out surprisingly.. Especially when I can't do anything with my bangs because they are to long.. And I need to get them cut.. That has to be the one thing that sets me off when I am having a bad hair day.. It makes me just want to stay home instead of going out. haha. I know my other half runs & hides when I start getting mad because my bangs won't turn out because they are to long.. We always laugh about it later on though.. So at least I am able to laugh at myself a few weeks or months later. In conclusion.. I find just like you I end up feeling rather self-conscious about how I look when I have a bad hair day.. But at the same time I try to make the best of my bad hair day.. And I also try to keep in mind that.. If people are going to judge me just based upon how my hair may look.. Then I don't want to associate them anyways.. I also try to keep in mind that it's just a bad hair day & maybe tomorrow my hair will turn out a lot better than it had on that particular day.. It's extremely difficult to think this way.. But it helps me to keep my mind off of how self conscious I may feel about how I may look on that specific day.. Sometimes you just have to deal with the way some things turn out.. Like your hair for example! . . Thanks for allowing me to share! xx
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
2 Mar 07
Boy, do I!!!! MY hair is not only curly - which i like - but very frizzy specially if the weather is humid. To top it off I must be the only female in the world that isn't good with styling and doing all those nice things people do to their hair LOL How do I cope? I just cut my hair short - but not too short - and let it curl to its heart content. I don't even use the hairdryer unless I"m in a hurry. I might use a bit of gel or mouse and then let it curl in an organized disorganization :) SOmetimes it looks like i took a long time doing it too hehehe