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Okay, part 2! Again, bracketted comments and spelling errors by yours truly.
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Five-foot-2-inch Sherie Char's long, straight hair flows down past her knees. She says this is the longest she's ever had it.
"You could be in any supermarket, street or elevator, and it's a very good conversation starter--whether you want it or not," the Kaimuki High School grad reveals with a laugh. "Once, there was a couple who complimented me. Then the husband said, 'Can I have some?'--because he was bald."
Another common question asked of Char, an Ewa Beach resident who is the calendar and entertainment editor with the Downtown Planet, is if she dances hula.
"I don't know how, but it's on my to-do list," says the Korean-Japenese beauty. "People say growing your hair is the hardest thing to do. It's part of the look. I might as well learn since the hard part is over."
Char is also asked if she doesn't cut her hair for religious reasons, and others ask if it is hard to wash.
She sometimes twists her hair up. She adds that one of the perks of having long hair is that there are plenty of options for doing your hair: braids, buns and ponytails.
"It's almost every girl's dream; Barbie has long hair," she says. "Society has an influence on it too."
Char says one of the challenges of long hair is having your hair down when it's windy and you're wearing long earrings. They get entangled.
"Or your hair may get stuck on the hook in the bathroom stall," she complains. "Or if it's windy, it ends up on another person."
One more problem that most people with long hair have, Char says, is there's much more hair to clean up on the ground and in the bathroom drain.
Danielle Grace's curly hair was cut for the first time a month ago. It was past her okole [her butt], and now it's up to her waist. Grace, who is Samoan, Hawaiian, and Caucasian, says her siblings were not allowed to cut their hair unless their parents said it was OK.
"Sometimes they will cut your hair as a punishment," she smiles, noting that she hasn't been punished very much.
"Having long hair makes me feel really girly," the 5-foot-3-inch Mai Tai Bar cocktail waitress admits.
As a cocktail waitress, she's most irritated when her hair accidentally gets stuck on people walking by, or sometimes on her co-workers' pens or cash caddies.
Debra Rego of Rego Styling defines long hair for women as anything past the shoulders. For men, it's hair that's long enough to put into a ponytail.
"Long hair should be healthy," she explains. "If it looks like crap, what is it worth? Having long hair depends on who they are and what they do. Men and women identify with it; there's something in the stage of their life that is what makes them identify with long hair. No woman in a certain age group should have long hair." [what? I hope she means that any woman, regardless of age, can have long hair]
Rego's family encouraged the girls to have long hair when she was growing up. She rebelled by cutting her own hair at age 10, and by chopping her hair short after high school graduation for the ultimate feeling of empowerment. Rego notes that hair grows anywhere from half an inch to an inch each month.
"Men like women with long hair," she notes.
Rego started her career in the style industry in the 1970s when long hair for men was a big deal.
"I really encourage men to have long hair. It's a real personal thing except if they look foolish. I want them to look the best. The longer and the more hiar you have, the longer work it takes."
She reccommends using good hair products, and simply take care of your hair. "Keep it out of the sun, treat it like your skin," adds Rego. "Find out what keeps your hair healthy. Try to condition regularly."
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In Part 3: talking to Paul Brown, owner of 6 salons, and some men with long hair.
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