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Better Late than never
Aug 28^th, 2005 at 10:17pm

I've been here for a while, and just haven't gotten around to introducing myself, what bad manners lol.

Anyway, I'm a junior in high school with (In my opinion) horrible mouse/dishwater brown hair. It's almost BSL length but in a year and a half I'd like to get it to waist. Shocked

Big plans I know, but I'm only 5 ft tall so waist is only a little over 30 inches. I use hairsticks from claire's because I'm too cheap to buy the beautiful hairsticks I see here (homecoming, now there's an event I'd splurge for). I've got a pretty longhair-friendly enviornment, my mother cried when I chopped off a foot of badly damaged hair when I was ten, three of my closest friends have midback length or longer, and my cheerleading coach has beautiful wavy hip length black hair. (Granted she doesn't know what to do with it, but I digress) I am completely hair style illiterate, french braiding eludes me, and I can only use one hairstick at a time; But I'm hoping hanging out with all you longhairs will help me.

So yeah, that's me in a nutshell. Like I said, better late than never!

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Re: Better Late than never
Reply #1 - Aug 28^th, 2005 at 11:20pm

Welcome Rapunzel_wannabe! Saw you around earlier, glad to have your introduction. Hope you enjoy hanging around.

I'm somewhat hair style challenged too, but I've been getting better! It is so 8) 8) 8) when an updo is presentable, and especially when you can repeat it Grin

The secret, of course, is like your cheerleading -- practice, practice, practice.

Here are some sites to give you how-tos:

http://www.dreamweaverbraiding.com/index.htm

http://longhairloom.com/index.html

http://www.haarkram.e-something.de/start.html

http://www.braidedimage.com/

The last one sells a DVD and booklet on basic braiding techniques that I've found to be helpful. (Did a review of it under the "hair care products review" thread above.)

Hope these help. Welcome, again!

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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Better Late than never Reply #2 - Aug 28^th, 2005 at 11:48pm Welcome! Hang around here and I'm sure you will pick up some good hints for handling your hair. And don't worry about the color (as one mouse-y/dishwater brown haired to another), the longer you hair gets, the more beautiful the color becomes.
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juri Stardust Offline Posts: 1341 USA Gender:	Re: Better Late than never Reply #3 - Aug 28^th, 2005 at 11:53pm Welcome, R_W! I'm bad at braiding too so you're in good company.
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ChiliPepper Emerald Offline Posts: 327 san antonio, tx Gender:	Re: Better Late than never Reply #4 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 12:59am Yes, welcome!! I love your avatar and the quote underneath it--so true!!
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SittyKitty Ruby Offline Posts: 59 Kentucky, USA Gender:	Re: Better Late than never Reply #5 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 12:59am Welcome, join the band wagon (just some country talk for ya'll). People who can french braid (no less all that other funky beautiful braiding) AMAZE me. Talent that I do not posess.
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Maroula Emerald Offline Coffee first, then we'll talk. :D Posts: 285 NY Gender:	Re: Better Late than never Reply #6 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 1:42am Hi and welcome!!! I've been braiding my hair for a long time and they are still crooked.
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khrome Stardust Offline 1bM/Ciii Posts: 1035 santa barbara, ca Gender:	Re: Better Late than never Reply #7 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 4:56am Welcome! Good to have you here. Cynde
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gabi Ex Member	Re: Better Late than never Reply #8 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 8:14am Hi and Welcome! Aha - you are well into long long hair. I happen to love so called mouse brown - it is soft and elegant and like BB said it gets more beautiful as it grows...g
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greek_lady Diamond Offline Carpe Diem Noctemque Posts: 698 Greece Gender:	Re: Better Late than never Reply #9 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 3:51pm Yeap, better late than never! (that's for my belated welcome, lol) Welcome aboard Rapunzel_wannabe I love mouse brown hair!
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Beesan16 Diamond Offline Posts: 677 st. louis, MO Gender:	Re: Better Late than never Reply #10 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 9:18pm Welcome R_W! the first time i tried french braiding it looked sooo deformed , but then i practiced on my little brothres friend and now it looks a lot better your lucky you found this site now, before you started growing your hair longer, so you can have the healthy, pretty, hair and lentgth you want. ; hope to see you
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NaturalRogue Emerald Offline Dancing at night playing the music of human soul Posts: 427 Dallas, TX Gender:	Re: Better Late than never Reply #11 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 10:07pm Welcome and Hello! Love your avatar! Quote: Hi and welcome!!! I've been braiding my hair for a long time and they are still crooked. Maroula and I have thingy-eyed braids all the time. La-la-la, I beat the profanity filter.
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Anais Satin Stardust Offline Tailbone in March 2006, classic in March 2007 Posts: 1265 Bill Gates' backyard, WA Gender:	Re: Better Late than never Reply #12 - Sep 2^nd, 2005 at 2:40am A belated WELCOME!
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panpeus Diamond Offline Posts: 604 Gender:	Re: Better Late than never Reply #13 - Sep 5^th, 2005 at 1:28am Welcome! Your hair is NOT dishwater or mousey. If you want to try henna to add more color to your hair, you can...but I like the natural color!
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Lisabelle Stardust Offline Kami wa onna no inochi - A womens hair is her life Posts: 2797 Southern Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: Better Late than never Reply #14 - Sep 5^th, 2005 at 2:22am Welcome!
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