Tell Me About Your Hair

I love your new hair cut, you look wonderful! About my hair, it's brown with golden highlights from nature, sort of wavy, lots of body. I cut it myself because I can't afford a good stylist and because I have had bad experiences with someone else cutting my hair before. I like my hair a lot the way it is right now so I hope to keep it this way for a long time. I did prefer it when it was longer but with my health issues, I couldnt' take care of it but I'm ok with that for now.

Dahling, you are simply gorgeous. I would not change a thing. Love it all !

If my gray would come in as pretty as yours, I wouldn't color my hair. Mine was just going mousy, not black, not gray, just nothing. So the hairdresser colors it brown then streaks it. When it's mostly gray I'll stop coloring it, cause I think gray/silver hair is pretty. I like my hair much more now than when I was younger. I'd like to let my hair grow longer, but I can't stand those in-between months so I always end up getting it cut again. I'm really glad to have hair!

LOVE IT!

Hate it. Hairdressers love it. Weird. It's thick. When I was a child I set it on fire to get rid of it, and nearly got spanked. Never did THAT again. I could go to a hairdresser but I don't, because they never give ME what I want -- they want to CREATE their OWN styles with my hair; forget THAT, so I do it myself. I wear it longer right now because it's the one thing my male friends can agree on -- don't cut it! They can say THAT in unison. The barbershop 4, except they are 5.

I got one bit of advice I have alway held to: my girlfriend Lyd, a licensed hairdresser told me to never colour it. She says that would cause it to grey faster. Okay; enough said. I don't colour it. I don't have much grey -- maybe 4 or 5 strands, if that.

THAT is the one thing I like about my hair -- NO GREY! :=)

Your new cut looks fabulous! And it's not too short, which I can relate to.

My hair is to the middle of my back. Aside from bangs (I hate my forehead), it's a straight cut with the sides angled towards my face, similar to yours. You can see it in my Gather icon, lol.

I don't color treat or perm my hair. I too get a lot of natural highlights from spending time outdoors. My only complaint is that while I have a lot of hair, it's fine, and tends to frizz in the humid South. I had short hair beofre and hated it. So I don't plan on ever getting my hair cut shorter than shoulder length until I am too old to care.

Mariana, I love your hair, it's beautiful!

My hair is naturally red and very wavy. It is waist length and my husband adores it. I have always wanted to be daring and change my hair color but alas I have never had the nerve.

You are SO pretty!!!!

My hair is naturally VERY curly (I call it nappy) because I'm half Sicilian and it's dark brown with red highlights. It's turning silver very quickly and I'm to a point where I think I might just let it go!

I'm only 32 but I'd love to have silver hair, actually.

Mariana, you rook MAVELOUS! (think of how Billy Crystal used to say it) ;-D Really, you look fantastic with your hair like this! Are you sure you won't be able to fix it to look like this again? You really look fabulissimo, girlfriend! Wow!

OK, MY hair...I get my highlighted about every 6 weeks - tend to have it a shade lighter in the spring/summer. Medium thickness, although I've lost a bunch of that thickness over the past 3 years, and I'm not at all happy with that. I go between keeping it straight because it's easy, and I don't have to worry about the weather, and other times I'll set it or blow it dry and spray the living daylights out of it in order to produce: "HELMET HAIR". If I do not have HELMET HAIR when it is set, it goes right back to poker straight - and it's a major pain in the pitootie to get it to have any curl - and it's not a nice straight, either. I have frizzy ends (not split, just frizzy ugly), so in order to wear it even straight, I have to use a flattening iron on it.

Hair is a giant pain in the rear for me! I like to look nice, but I can't stand all the time it takes to do so! Ugh!

Our dear Mariana~

Those silvery streaks are HIS crown for you~You are gorgeous!

I see your own Mama in this portrait today~ :)

I like the way HE is adding silvery streaks to mine, too~Still trying to figure the cut out for me... :)

Always wonderful to stop in to visit~Come on down to Florida soon!

In HIS love, light, and blessings~Mama T

My hair is straight and red - I suppose it might be termed a blondish-red, not fiery bright some of my relatives!

But, the colour is fading to a silvery-red, so I hope it goes all at once, I hate that sort of salt-n-pepper reddish effect.

There's a term down here where we live women will be heard using. It is "good hair". You can hear it often enough being said, describing someone's hair. You have good hair. I definitely was cheated. And, by the way, your new do is nice. Hope you enjoy it.

Your hair is great! I wish mine would look so wonderful in the wash and wear way!

I go to the hairdresser every 8 weeks without fail. I have my appointments set up a year in advance. I try to do something drastically different with it every 6 months or so, but I'm running out of ideas as I age. Not everything is appropriate for a woman of my vintage.

I think I can probably go another 10 years before I have to start letting the real color take over. Even when that happens, I'll probably figure out a way to put a pink highlight in it. ;o)

Mariana - aren't you just beautiful! What a 2000-watt smile! Your hair is absolutely perfect... the cut is lovely and the color... WHAT a color! I hope you feel like a goddess because you sure look like you do in that photo.

I wore a perm and colored til sometime around 1998. I saw a hairdresser about every 6-8 weeks to have *something* done - and never left the salon for less than $120. One day I got up and said "to heck with this" and never permed again. I just let it grow and kept the ends trimmed. It is now down to my waist again (I cut off a Locks of Love donation last summer) and my natural highlights are coming back since I am able to get outside more now.

I am often asked if it is hard to take care of. Nope... shoot, I shampoo it, condition the heck out of it, comb it out carefully and rarely blow dry it. I love being able to braid it to get it out of the way, or coil it up and "claw-clip" it in place. It's MUCH eaier to take care of than it was when I was perming and coloring it.

Wow, what a gorgeous look that is for you, Mariana!! I'm impressed!

I love your hair it is very pretty on you. Mine is short but I like that look on me.

That is a great photo of you. You have the glow of being pampered and coming out looking "wow". I really like the stage you are in with the salt and pepper.

I am wash and wear as well. This is going to sound weird. I don't cut my hair very often and my Mom has done it whenever I happen to be there and she says, "You need a trim...how much?" So I have saved tons of money. Now however, her eyesight is a problem, so I had to find a place to have it evened out (she doesn't know I did this) It was very relaxing...I wanted to go back the next day. Yesterday as I was taking the pup out of the back seat of the car someone came to a stop behind me. When I turned he (a stranger) said, "Your hair looks beautiful in the sunlight."...so everyone is so glad to be out and about again...and it made my day.

"I am a wash and wear type of person and so once I wash it, it won't look this good."

This is exactly how I feel every time I leave the salon...which isn't nearly often enough! I love your hairstyle! It's beautiful.

My hair was worn very, very long for many years. Since I much prefer a wash and wear style, I've had it short for a few years now. It's thick...VERY thick, and hairdressers are always remarking on how they love working with my hair. The color, however, is getting bad...very, very bad. It's turning completely white on the edges framing my face, and the rest is becoming riddled with gray. I hate the maintenance of color, so don't know what to do. Right now while I'm in FL it's fine. Any sun exposure naturally lightens it all over so the white and gray sort of blend. But next month when I go home.......oh, my!

Your cut is gorgeous, by the way!!

Wow Mariana, - you look awesome.......I just love it! No, it is not too short, I think the length is perfect and looks great on you my friend!!! You are beautiful!!!

Well, mine basically looks like my icon.........it is blond (naturally) but with some gray! (My hairdresser is always telling me of the girls who call her wanting to know the shade of my color, - they want to color their hair that shade, - some of these girls happen to be my 'friends' who have never asked me). The sides are coming to one length (couple more trims and it will be one length) and the back is cut up short (kinda stacked)! I love my hairstyle for me, - my hair is very fine and this cut adds so much volume and body, it is really easy to take care, - wash, little mousse, blow dry and go!!! (It will get lighter with summer coming, being outside so much and in the pool it will be almost white by the end of summer)!

Greta cut, just liked it.

Yours looks great! It suits your face very well. :) Mine is brown and probably just a teeny bit longer than yours. I like it fine, though I don't spend much time on appearances these days. :)

Mine is actually pretty similar to yours, Mariana; perhaps a bit longer and it's blond. Normally it is very curly... ringlets all around, so it does not look like yours a bit... but when I get it trimmed I usually get it straightened as well, just for a change, which lasts a day or two. Funny how it makes me feel like a whole other person. I love my curls but that change every now and then is nice too!

Nice cut, Mariana. My hair is also wash 'n wear! I love it.

Looks great! My hair is about the same length as yours and carmel colored. My hair wants to be straight and when I was a child I was tortured with permanents.

Dear Folks: Wow, thanks for commenting. It's amazing to me all the various hair types around. I love the fact that some folks have naturally curly red hair - wow! Imagine, how many bucks are spent to get that look!
Madame Donna C. Well, you're a woman on the go as am I and I don't have time much less have a plug many of the time to blow dry these locks - usually, I look like a hag in a hairclip!
Julie, ringlets - girl, let that go natural - I bet it's beautiful - sometimes Mother Nature knows what's best when it comes to hair and the face...I dyed my hair for over 40 years because of that streak - it was red when I was young - the streak - but anyway, at 13, it was obvious and I hated to be teased - but amazingly I'd have streaks put in it after the dye job!!! Yes, Julie, it does make one feel like a whole new person. I felt great yesterday - it was a good day!

Thank you Sherry. Hans is from Austria. This DeCut is an International one and most of the folks are from different countries so you don't have to suffer the same cut as folks who went to the same beauty school. They do have to take courses at a California school but most of the older ones, like Hans, already know hair very well. A good hairdresser cuts according to hair texture.
Mine grows fast!

Monika -thank you!!
Phyllis: first, I've seen other photos of you and your hair is really perfect for you! You look together girl - very organized - nice hair - and yes, I do like the color - we must have been really blessed to actually like our hair now a little huh!

Kimberly - you may consider a different shampoo - something that really brings out the white - your color sounds pretty! If it bothers you though, there are all kinds of things to do - maybe a clear cellophane just to bring out the silver...I like that you went short though - it suits you very well!

Ann R. Wow - so you're attracting strangers with your hair, my dear - what a flirt! Wear it in a bun from now on! lol...awww it's sweet your mother cut your hair for a while. I can remember with great fondness mama braiding my hair so many years when I was a little girl. I wish I would have appreciated each moment now...thanks for the memory, Ann.

JW - well, it's how you feel about yourself that counts!! Thank you.

Julie - hello my friend - I think I have to catch up on your installments...I appreciate the compliment very much !!

Kellie - your hair sounds gorgeous either way - I know you don't perm or color it anymore but don't you sometimes miss those days of being in a hair salon - that was a royal treat for me - you know I'm half Latina - and that side of me loves the feminine pampering at La Pelukeria! Of course, I guess I could still go in for a blow dry once in a while!!! I miss the local beauty school, great place for a wash and a facial. Wonderful you gave to Locks of Love.

Ina - don't let era or age or any of that rot get in the way you dress or wear your hair - be you - I saw a little ole lady who must have been in her late 80's walking around with hair with green streaks in it - very very short cut - and she was dressed so stylish - reminded me of my own little mamacita whose white hair I streaked! Anyway, when you have a sense of elan, anything works!! Remember that...Tell yourself, I am a beautiful Goddess and you will be!

Lynn A. Oh "good Hair' I know that term!! thank you - but I do think it's all good hair if you go natural! Thanks!!

Ishbel your hair sounds brilliant and beautiful!! I want to see a picture. You can always do a non-peroxide rinse every now and then - something like Clairol Natural Instincts. Thank you!

Miz Teresa - Mama T. I do not know what the summer holds - of course, I have all the family crisis to deal with - along with the house, and my new book, and a historical thing in northern Wisconsin, plus a few other this and thats - I'm hoping to get on with the Welsh crew if they film something in the States - who know -summers is a year away for this ole gal!! Thanks for the invite - you are wonderful - I hope you leave your hair long but I know it will be beautiful any kind of way. Blessings Mama T. .

Nancy - you could do your own hair article with all that you go through - poor thing - I bet if you just let it grow and layer it, you can just let it dry on it's own!! Well, I'll read your comment again and have to comment- you know I love hair...thanks Nancy.
(more later) Thank Yall. Salud.

Invited by Loreal to become their star director, Hans emigrated to the United States in 1975. Hans opened an Advanced Color and Design Academy in Santa Barbara, California. In addition to teaching, he published a num-ber of books on hair styling and taught for almost every major color and hair product company in the world.

After opening his first salon, Hans watched his busi-ness expand into 32 locations. During this time, Hans developed "The Framing System" which synthesized all the principles of the hair industry. This system became so successful that it was patented internationally and used throughout Europe and Asia.

I did a google on Hans Wolf and wow - I'm impressed - I knew he was one of the best around here but he's certainly humble about his accomplishments! He seriously spent an hour styling my hair...that was after someone else washed it! I got in at 1:10 and left the salon at 2:30~ Salud.

Mariana I love your hair!! I have thick hair and shoulder length. I think a woman's hair shows her character. I would feel naked without my hair. Your hair looks natural and healthy. My daughter said he was glad she inherited my hair and not her dad's. My Son had his father's hair.

I'm wash 'n wear, too, wwhich is why I keep mine really short.

I have very thin hair, and it gets scraggly. It also doesn't grow....even when I cut it regularly, so I am stuck with shoulder length hair, and I don't do much with it. It has to be wash 'n wear because that's what works best for my backcountry lifestyle! I am born a blonde, but of course now it has grey. About twice a year I keep it blonde. Actually, in my old age it's more like 4 times a year to keep it blonde. I worry because my hair is very thin...and I'm afraid I'm going to have bald spots. My part is wider every year ;-)

I think it looks very nice Mariana, but what wouldn't on you.... ;-)
Funny, my wife got her hair cut yesterday too, only shorter than yours. Of course it looks gorgeous on her too...

I have always either wished I had a big head of kinky curly locks or a thick mane of sleek straight hair. I got neither, but I love my color (dark brown).

I like your long hair, Mariana. It looks wonderful on you!

I got mine cut short a year ago, and it's only now growing long. It was so short my hairdresser shaved the nape of my neck. I was too scared to look at the back of my head in the mirror.

i've got gloriously wild kinky curls that do whatever they want to do and nothing that i want them to.

Your article has been featured on the group, Mariana T. Fans. Thanks for the excellent input.

Article and comments made for fun reading. Walking the dog makes for fun hair.

Shelia - awww thanks!!!
Miz Vicky - bless your heart - I am going there soon!
CC - oh you are so lucky!!!

EM Actually there is something so free about very short hair - its very Euro for one - good for you - and easy to care for and always looks neat!!

More later - just got home - have to do some stuff. Salud.

It's almost midnight but Here I am. Had a VERY long day today and so though I looked at some of the articles earlier this evening did not have the energy to write even a word. Fell asleep from 8 till whenever...had a wonderful dream that woke me up...came downstairs and had a big bowl of granola and big, red, ripe juicy strawberries and came to this article. Just looked in the mirror and my hair CERTAINLY does not look like yours right now (by the way your new do looks wonderful)....mines a bit of a rat's nest right now. No wonder the guy in my dream was frightened and ran off!

I'm a wah and wear girl too....just hop out of the shower and off I go with wet hair...even in the winter when a blizzards's afoot!

Your hair is fab...I go for wash and wear...and my hair if so heavy it is flat and straight.

oh my gosh, you look even more beautiful than yesterday... i absolutely love your hair... you look ravishing and young... Bless you...

my hair is brown in a medium 'bob' cut... no pics, sorry... take care...
you are an angel just like this one here... love ya...

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Your hair looks great Mariana. I wear mine pulled back most of the time. I let it grow too long and it got quite stringy, At Christmastime I wore it down and my daughter said it looked like the lady from the Titanic. LOL! I trimmed it a bit since then. I need to get a professional doo soon.

Your hair looks great! Mine is shoulder length currently.

Mariana...where are you...I've posted some stories and seen no comments ;-)

Oh my goodness! I love you hair! And I love it even more that you've let it go gray and haven't done anything to try to hide it by coloring it! That is exactly what I'm going to do! I have never colored my hair and never plan on doing so. I figure I was born with the color that looks best on me and when it goes gray it was meant to do so and it will do so in such a way that will also look fine on me. Plus it will be interesting to see what it does - when it goes gray, how fast it goes gray, how much of it goes gray, etc. If I colored it I wouldn't be able to find all that out. My grandma has gray hair (well she "should") but she colors it all the time and it just looks...........well.............odd. I wish she'd just let it go. My mom has quite a bit of gray hair and she tries to keep hers colored as well. I wish she'd just let it go too but I can understand (sorta) why she doesn't. She's 47 and my dad is the same. He has nearly no gray hair (a bit in his beard). Mom started going gray long ago due to all her surgeries (many, many surgeries).

Okay, now that I've rambled about that, on to my hair. My hair is currently long and perfectly straight. It's very thick so I use all that sleek shampoo and conditioner so that it's pretty much flat. Otherwise it will look odd from where it's so thick. Color-wise it's brown with natural red highlights in it, which I get from both my dad (he has a red beard) and my mom (she has red in her hair too). I love my hair! When I go out in the sunlight the red shines and makes it look gold or auburn or something. I also use nothing on my hair (like hairspray and mousse and all that) - just shampoo and conditioner - so it's very, very healthy. No split ends, no drying, etc. I am a wash and go girl. I wash it and that's it. I don't dry it. I don't fix it. Honestly, sometimes I don't even brush it. LOLOL

I'm sure there are tons of typos in the above HUGE comment, but I'm not even going to bother going back through it and then say "oops this should be that". LOL

Okay, but first go back and answer my question about that Pregnant Onion club you mentioned in my gardening article. I'm too curious to do anything until I get an answer ;)
Well, I am eating but ONLY that...nothing else...till I hear from you.

Gorgeous new cut!

I have blond hair (yes, naturally blond), and have worn it from everything to spiked to as long as my butt, and everywhere in between. For the most part, I am happy with it.

Your hair looks great!!

I have naturally blond hair that has a natural wave to it. I am a wash and wear kind of girl too! I don't have the time with 5 kids to spend an hour on my hair!

Thank yall so much - first Miz Victoria - I've had this whitish streak forever - so it's just an extension - I'm just older and it looks natural but actually have had folks want to know if I dye my hair - now, to be honest, I've done everything anyone can do to their hair since I was barely 13...I think I've written an article about it in the long ago here on Gather...today I am going to wash it but I don't feel like it because to get this effect, he had to flat heat it and blow dry it and frankly, I wash my hair, and get out of the shower with a towel wrapped around it and let it go - if I can find my brush, I give it a quick sweep...lol...

Shannon, natural blonde hair? Are you Danish? It looks fabulous in that picture!!

Juley - five kids - bless your heart - no but let the kids brush it! I miss the little nieces and their wanting to play hair dresser on my hair...lol...Salud.

I love that look and the natural color of your hair, very attractive!

First of all, I love your new cut. It's very natural looking and svelte at the same time.

My hair is graying at about the same rate as yours. Brown and gray, getting grayer. I had it colored a few times... but as I always say, when I have the time to go sit and have it done, it's because we're slow, and I feel I shouldn't spend the money. When I'm busy, I have the cash, but I don't have the time.

Bottom line, I'm pleased with my natural look -- colorwise. I have always had thin hair, and straight and bodyless as a board. Sadly, it is getting more so with time.

Nice haircut! I started my world out as a strawberry blonde, it turned brown at age 4 and until 16, it was brown. Now it is gray. Almost totally. I dye it a brown with red highlights. I usually have it cut in a simple cut that takes no work for me at all. I am also a wash and wear type of person. No curling, no blowdrying. No patience with any of that. I DO put an anti-frizz mixture into my hair and sometimes I use a putty to control it, but otherwise I do nothing to it. I barely have to brush it.

Mariana - Wow! Gorgeous you!
My hair is cut about the same as yours.
I've always been a blonde - except when I decided to try red for a while.
I suspect I'm mousey brown/dishwater blonde now with a lot of gray. I started enhancing my haircolor just after high school.
I've always loved my hair. It is very thick. I've been all over the place with length and styles. I've usually been on the longish side. Until about 6 years ago, it was down to my waist.
Just lately, I've been having bad hair days for the first time in my life. Righ now I blow dry and apply a touch of manipulator. Sometimes I use a curling iron for touch ups.

PS - I'm not photogenic. This photo is from last summer - a halfway decent one.

Hi Mariana, Just came back over to say hello and read the thread, - I find hairstyles so very interesting. I have even considered getting my cosmetology license, - I have always loved hair and hairstyles. Great article my sweet friend, I really enjoyed this!

I LOVE THE NEW 'DO! Love ya Miz Mariana~

Bre

Checking out the comments again :)

Love the hairdo...mine is short, but very thick and sort of stacked in the back, over the ears. I have tried to let it grow out, but I have so much hair that I always look like the Dutch Boy on the paint can, and my style is very easy...no curling iron, just a little gel and a blow dryer and off I go! The color, dark brown...with a hint of gray that no one but my hairdresser gets to see.

Mariana...I finally found a place to buy the black strap molasses when I was at my sisters. I bought 2 bottles...but, remind me on how much of this I'm supposed to have each day?

Can you make a new video with your beautiful new do?

I love your hair! Oh my--how wonderful to be scalp-massaged and shampooed by someone named Hans Wolf! I know what you mean about length and femininity, but it can get troublesome, long. I really like the layers he gave you, very flattering to your healthy head of hair!

I didn't submit this to the Pregnant Onion Club because I wasn't sure if you stuck to plants or veered into other forms of life, like chickens:
Chicken Love

Actually, I may have submitted it there and if I did and it is off-topic, I am sorry. But I still think it is a good read and might encourage my sister to come here if enough people see it.

Your haircut looks great! I love it.
It's past time to cut mine....

You look awesome dear Mariana!!

My hair is straight as a board and black as night. I don't care to wear it straight so I hot roller it most of the time, time permitting. At other times, I french twist it, braid it and pin it up like Heidi, wear it in a chignon, tie it up and add a hair fall to it or just grab it and put a big barrette in it which is virtually hassle free. My hair is so long now that I really want to do something different with it. Cut it about 5 inches and it will still be below my shoulder blades.

Mariana, you have lovely hair! The cut is very becoming and I love the color of your hair. I have gray hay hair. LOL

That is one sexy haircut, Mariana!

I have always hated my hair ... it curls in about a hundred different directions, so no matter what I do with it, it looks like I just got out of bed. If I have it cut really short, I look like a convict, so it's better to leave it long enough to curl and just deal with the fact that I look unkempt all the time.

I'll tell you how I feel about your hair...It's truly lovely (but then it's on your head so it would be!)
My hair is there...in fact its everywhere, thick and spiraling out of control thanks to my European ancestors. It used to be Cher hair...long and straight, and now its a couple of inches below my chin and wavy...what happened? Who knows? At least it keeps my brain warm. I often tease my partner that what comes off my head daily on the brush would populate those who are follicley challenged (like him!) Love your new-do, girl!

It frames you nice. Great photo from the husband

Hans did a great wash cut and blow dry and then the husband, took a great picture. I had my hair done a couple of weeks ago - wow, it was wonderful. I had it trimmed and blowdried - made all the difference in the world. I usually don't go to those lengths. Nothing like a great hair man to make a woman's day.

I love it! I just recently had my hair styled. At first I didn't like it but now I like it much better. I find it is easier to fix it the way I want it each day. I kept the length because I plan on it growing out.

Love your hair Mariana, Hans did a fantastic job. You positively glow in that picture:)

My hair is easy - wash and wear. I love going to a great hair salon when I can, because a great cut makes all the difference. Over the years I've had every color and style in the book and loved it all.

Dear folks - I totally appreciate each one of these comments - wow - and you know it's not been that hard to keep looking decent!!! Salud.

I have a curly very frizzy hair. I am not saying I don't like them, but can imagine having nicer hair, smooth and shiny.

hi Dagmara - sorry just now writing back to you - if you get a chance to go to Hans Wolf please tell him Mariana Titus referred you - he's the best! Look him up. SAlud.

It looks great. You look MAAAAARVELOUS darling. My hair? I am very thankful for my hair. I lost it five years ago due to chemo and radiation. I am a breast cancer survivor. When my hair started coming out it was very painful. Once my hair started growing back, it was beautiful...pitch black and curly, like Shirley Temple's only dyed. It felt like silk. I kept it short and here I am glad not to be bald.

Jeni - it's taken me this long to see this comment - thanks so much and now it's Nov. how does your hair look now? Salud