Weekend Assignment #62: Hairstyles from Hell
This is an easy one, anything I did to my hair in the 80's aka "Big Hair era" They say a picture is worth a thousand words.......... Normally I am 5 foot even but on this particular hair day I do believe I made it up to at least 5 foot 9 inches............I can hear the snickering all the way over here! lol lol lol
OK DISCLAIMER- For those few idiots that are commenting without reading the entry, that picture was taken in the 1980's THAT IS NOT HOW I WEAR MY HAIR NOW. You IDIOTS know who you are, but then again that mightbe debatable!
Can you say BIG HAIR? lol lol lol
49 comments:
oh how i remember those days.........lol
Wow...that's...impressive! How much hairspray did you go through in a month?? I'm glad I was too young to participate in the Aquanet Revolution!
Jamilyn
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God wasn't Final Net the best, lol. I too have increased my height with my hair alone, lol. Brandy
I just knew you would do this assignment....lol!
Big Hair..I always did love that style ( coming from an old hair stylist)
frankly dear I think ya look great!
My the styles do change!!!
Thanks for the smile...
Wishing you health, happiness and laughter.
TJ~
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well, you wore it well , girl!
marti
Yeah it looked good on you! :) Mel
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WOW!
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Whoa...this is BIG hair, but hey, it was the 80's. -=)
Lucky you .....My hair is so straight and fine, I never could get that "balloonified " look !! So.... all through the eighties, I looked hopelessly seventies. Maybe it was just as well ... this looks much better on you than it would have on me.....you look good in it !! Tina
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But that was the style then and you look beautiful in it. Be careful what you say that style may come back again. Paula
i remember those days with the hair.. we would use so much hair spray that if you sat a brick on your head & then removed it, your hair would look the same.. those were the days... thanx for the walk down memory lane :)
Your hair looks great. I also had big hair. The bigger the hair the better.I now have very long hair .Wear a very long braid. Have fun with your hair!
My hair was like yours ,Only I am 5'8" , Imagine my height, I was a little over 6",
I loved the style, and I stayed in a time warp for a few years afterwards,I wish it would come back,and I believe it is on the way. Fuclosia,
My hair was like yours ,Only I am 5'8" , Imagine my height, I was a little over 6",
I loved the style, and I stayed in a time warp for a few years afterwards,I wish it would come back,and I believe it is on the way. Fuclosia,
GIRL IF YOU ONLY NEW....MY FRIEND AND I WAS JUST THE OTHER DAY TALKING ABOUT THE HAIR OF THE 80'S... WHERE WE LIVE WE CALLED IT THE WAVE....THE FRONT WAS LIKE A WAVE BUT ONLY ONE SIDE AND THE BACK FOR SOME REASON WAS FLAT AS A PANCAKE, PROBABLY BECAUSE WE USED THE WHOLE BOTTLE OF AQUA NET ON THE WAVE ALONE. IM 5'9 AND MY WAVE WAS HUGE.....THIS IS FUNNY BUT IM NOT LAUGHING AT YOU BABE, IM LAUGHING AT THE MEMORIES THE THOUGHT AND THE TIME THAT WE PUT INTO THE HAIR...AND I KNOW YOU LADIES DID NOT FORGET ABOUT THE LOPSIDE BANG IN YOUR EYES......HOW COULD WE SEE......THANKS FOR THE TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE.....LOVE IT AND NEVER WANT TO GO BACK TO IT....TAKE CARE LADIES.....U KNOW HOW THEY SAY THAT THINGS COME BACK AROUND LET US PLEASE NEVER DO THIS AGAIN!!!!!
I never ever could get my hair that "high".... lol
My mom was a hairdresser.. so I was her guinea pig.... all the new hairstyles she tried out on me. I was the first kid in junior hs to have the Jane Fonda shag!
love the big hair!!! and how many cans of hairspray did that masterpiece take??!! lol
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It's funny when we look back at our older pictures with the hairstyles and clothes we wore, but honestly the styles seem to come back! The way the young women are dressing now with faded low cut bell bottom jeans, and and flowery tops bell sleeves looks like the seventies again. Only wish I could wear those clothes again! LOL By the way, I wanted to tell you that you look a lot like a friend of mine named Tammy who moved away to NJ from Chicago, IL long ago. You are a pretty woman no matter what style your hair is in and I can tell you have a great personality for being able to laugh at yourself. Thanks for making my day start with a smile!
And now your big hair is famous! Hehehehehe! By the way, when I was younger that was a style I would have loved to have sported, but didn't have the patience or know how to accomplish. It really did look good on you.
Are mikes wife??You look like someone I know
Your hair wasn't really that big. Just poofy.
I LOVE IT!!!! Sha na na na... dub dub dub dub... the reflex... flex flex flex flex flex.... I have this sudden urge to crank up the boys!!! the big hair days, tight leather pants, thick black eyeliners on my boyfriends.... My hair was so big!!!! i had a foot tall mohawk that took a box of knox gelatin and Avec (from Sallys'.... my hawks best friend!!) Thanks for the flashback!!! Love the hair, lets hope we dont see the teens running around in neon pink shirts that hang off the shoulder or parachute pants!!
If you can believe it I know someone who still has a big hair do . We call her big hair connie. Shes my husbands ex girl friend. cbedhead43
HaHa....i didn't grow up in that time, but that hair is just like the hair in my mom's pictures...it looks good on you!!:) It's true the clothes are coming back and the hair is on its way!! :)
Been there in a big way...Hair Bands and Aerosol Hair Spray!
The 80's were the best times of my life. The music, the clothes, the HAIR! God, I miss those days! I think I'll go out and get a PERM!!!!
I agree with most all other comments...you looked great during the 80's, it was the style of the times all over the country. I too had a 'do like yours but maybe not as high and I thought I was tres chic! Let's hear it for 1985 and the tribute to the music, the hair....rock on
I think you look great. I LOVE big hair. I had big hair in the 60's and when the hippies came in in the 70's alll my friends went long and straight and I stayed with big hair and I still have BIG Hair. I've changed styles but its still big. adsce51@aol.com
Two words, HELMET HEAD
I THINK YOU LOOK GREAT I HAVE CURLY HAIR AND SOME DAYS I LOVE IT OTHER I DON'T.
Your hair looked fine for that era. Actually pretty tame compared to some. I'm just wondering why no one has commented on that HORRIBLE top you were wearing!!! Whew! LOL...all bright red & silk...and those shoulder pads!! I can totally handle the big-hair thing coming back into style...but pleeeease....no shoulder pads!!!!!!! LOL
Guess I show my age,,I like your hair,, you look great in the pic!
People still say i have a " lions Mane" lol due to always having so much hair on my head. I figured if the hair was big,,,,it would take away looking at my body,,lol
That is the worst style i have ever seen. Try and so something a little more modern
its whatever you want remeber that. well your hair does look way out there but its sexy
A lady I worked with had hair like yours and one day she was standing below a balcony of a bldg. Someone accidently dropped a cigarette and it landed in her hair. It smoldered for almost 5 minutes before she could get it out of her bee-hive hairdo. finally had to pour a bucket of water on her head to put the fire out.
That hair style probably wasent that bad in the 80's to people but get a life this is 2005 not 1980!!!
how can we ever forget the big hair days. I myself had big hair in the 80's. if you did not have big hair in the 80's you just weren't cool.
nicki
Oh my God, I can remember, getting up early to wash, mouse and gel my hair to get it into place and as high as possible. Really don't wanna do that again! Today my hair is long and natural with no foreign objects in it other that the odd hair accessory to pin it up.
i think the big hair was cool todays hair styles are just lame its like every wants to be blonde and have straight hair atleast then your hair mattered
GIRL... I LOVE IT !!!! OH HOW I MISS MY BIG HAIR... THOSE WERE THE GOOD OL' DAYS, AND ITS GREAT TO HAVE A MEMORY TO REMIND US OF THE FUN WE HAD... YOU LOOK GREAT IN PHOTO.
MICHELLE, LADY OF THE 80'S HA!
Some things do come back! :) Remember the original Star Wars trilogy? Now we got the next (or previous) Star Wars trilogy. Duran Duran's back and as good as ever! U2's as big as they've ever been. Teen movies are back in like the Ringwold movies we grew up with. "Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?" (Breakfast Club) I see Ms. Pac-Man coming back at many of the arcades. And are you guys watching "Hit Me One More Time"? It was funny to watch a grown-up "mall queen" Tiffany singing "I Think We're Alone Now" and a hair-thinning Flock of Seagulls (famous FOR their hair) singing "I Ran". It's great to see younger kids enjoying the music we grew up with. Love the hair! ;>
Ahhhh... Class of "85... I loved the hair. Gawd it took so long to get ready everyday... An hour on my hair!! But it was fabulous, just like yours was. Great pic, btw.... You really have it flipped up there pretty good! Thanks for trek down memory lane... Loved the 80's! A decade of decadence, over indulgence, materialism, and just plain party till your pants disappear.... BRING BACK THE 80's !! LOLOLOLOLOL
Jillsnchaos
Wow! you really were a fan of hair products weren't you! I can only imagine all the stuff you used to get your hair like that- how do i know? MY HAIR WAS VERY SIMILAR!! hahahaa! Except mine looked much more like Peg Bundy's from Married With Children. I thought I looked excellent. Would go through one bottle a week, sometimes more, of cheap hairspray (cheaper kinds worked better than the expensive kinds, more sticky!) and also gel, mousse, holding the hair dryer at the roots and then spraying, to get it to stay there... and THEN when I got to SCHOOL, i'd go in the bathroom and spray it some MORE! And- I wasn't alone- there'd be 12 other girls in there doing the same damn thing!! LOL
And don't forget the makeup too. FULL FACE of makeup just to go to math class. Insane. :) Thanks for the memory! LOL
MINE WAS THE SAME!!! A little RAVE or AQUA NET (well a lot) and anyone who knew how to tease could have big hair. It did look great on you though, better than it did on myself thats for sure. I agree, it will come back and I can't wait! You are brave putting your picture up like this. Thanks for the flashback, I needed a laugh!
Mandy
Does anyone remember how much Salon Selective shampoo it'd take to wash the layer of product out of your hair before you could start it all over? I remember mastering the ability to hang my head upside down and hold the can so it could still spray and them quickly grab my pick and try to feather it up as much as possible. This allowed for a less ratted look, still just as big.
Hair to the Trailer Dusters!!!
Thanks for the great photo!! you knew how to do it right!
Shelley
I REMEMBER TRYING SO HARD TO HAVE THE "BIG HAIR" LOOK WHEN I WAS A TEEN IN THE 1980s. BUT NO MATTER WHAT I DID I COULD NOT DO IT RIGHT. SO I WASTED 5 OR 6 BOTTLES OF HAIRSPRAY AND NOT TO MENTION PUTTING MY OWN HEAD THROUGH TORTURE JUST TO LOOK COOL.
I AM SO GLAD THAT THE BIG HAIR IS OUT NOW WE CAN SAVE THE MONEY THAT WOULD BE SPENT ON HAIRSPRAY AND USE IT TO PAY FOR THE OUTRAGEOUS GAS PRICES AT THE PUMP!
I used to do the same thing to my hair. It was big and fluffy, but now I don't have any hair. I shave my head completely bald. The 80's were great! heheeh.
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