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Hello everyone!
Oct 6^th, 2007 at 8:32am

Just wanted to introduce myself! I had super long hair (down to my waist) all though childhood and high school (everyone would always want to braid it in school). Then I cut it to a bob in college, then pixie cut (very very short) after that. In the last few years, I have let it grow out again. Friends who had only seen me with short hair thought I looked so much younger with the longer hair!

Right now my hair goes down to mid-back, and is very healthy. I am turning 36 soon and am pretty salt & pepper with grays at my temples, so I have recently (last few months) started to dye my hair with henna. I'm into herbs, so at first I tried sage & rosemary to dye the grays, but that didn't work very well. Then I tried another recipe that I found, which uses Darjeeling tea and tobacco, which worked pretty well, but it worried me to use tobacco on my scalp. So then I tried Rainbow henna, which worked very nicely. Then I tried Catherine's henna at www.hennaforhair.com, that worked nicely too but made my husband and I sneeze every time, so now I'm back to Rainbow brand. I'd still like to use something herbal if it would work. It would be cool to be able to grow the herbs myself!

I found this forum when I was looking for fun hairstyles. I'm petite, and I like doing cute little anime-type buns and cute little braids, and I'm always looking for more ideas. My hair is very thick and rather straight, so it is very hard to use hairsticks, my hair slips right out of them.

Looking forward to meeting you all!
Mellie

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Jerry Diamond Offline LongLocks Rocks! Posts: 662 Montana Gender:	Re: Hello everyone! Reply #1 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 9:07am Hello and welcome to the forum Jerry
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Sakina Stardust Offline August 2O1O @ the Louvre Posts: 3399 Arizona Gender:	Re: Hello everyone! Reply #2 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 12:18pm Welcome, Mellie! Your avatar looks great!! Do you have any new length goals? I hope you'll post some pics of your anime styles, I love anime!! Have you tried Amish hairpins? I can't get my hair to hold with hairsticks only, so I use typically 5 hairpins in a pentacle shape and then add my sticks to decorate.
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Angel Spun Ex Member	Re: Hello everyone! Reply #3 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 8:00pm Welcome aboard, Mellie. It's nice to have you with us.
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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Hello everyone! Reply #4 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 8:08pm Howdy! Glad to met ya and hope to get to know ya better!
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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: Hello everyone! Reply #5 - Oct 7^th, 2007 at 6:42am Welcome to Longlocks!
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mellie Ruby Offline Posts: 71 Gender:	"anime" style! Reply #6 - Oct 7^th, 2007 at 8:26am Thanks everyone for the nice intros! Since Sakina asked for some pics of some of my fun "anime" styles, I'd love to post some of my favorite styles. But how do I post pics? Thanks everyone! Melllie
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mellie Ruby Offline Posts: 71 Gender:	OK- let's try pics! Reply #7 - Oct 7^th, 2007 at 9:25am OK, I read through the help files, and I think I can try posting some pics of my favorite hairstyles! Let's see if it works! Double High Ponytails Double High Spiky Buns Anime Buns Double Braided Buns Front Back
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Jerry Diamond Offline LongLocks Rocks! Posts: 662 Montana Gender:	Re: Hello everyone! Reply #8 - Oct 7^th, 2007 at 11:54am You did a perfect job with the pictures Those are neat and creative styles Jerry
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Kiraela Diamond Offline Posts: 825 Southern Louisiana Gender:	Re: Hello everyone! Reply #9 - Oct 7^th, 2007 at 1:55pm Hi Mellie, and welcome to LL! Those are some seriously cute, creative hairstyles!
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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Hello everyone! Reply #10 - Oct 7^th, 2007 at 8:59pm Great pics - darling styles. Thanks for sharing your pictures - I'm sure they will inspire others!
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juri Stardust Offline Posts: 1341 USA Gender:	Re: Hello everyone! Reply #11 - Oct 9^th, 2007 at 7:45am Welcome, Mellie! Thanks for sharing those pictures! I think the anime buns is my favorite. They're quite cute!
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mellie Ruby Offline Posts: 71 Gender:	Re: Hello everyone! Reply #12 - Oct 9^th, 2007 at 9:34am Thanks everyone! Yes, the anime buns are pretty fun - I always get lots of nice comments when I wear them! They make me look fun and youthful. In fact, they made me get carded the other day (and I'm turning 36!!) Mellie
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Tara Sapphire Offline Tail-Bone Length, Straight Hair. Posts: 200 Fort Myers, FL Gender:	Re: Hello everyone! Reply #13 - Oct 9^th, 2007 at 9:59am i know im coming in late on thsi thread, but welcome!
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VictoriaLynn Sapphire Offline www.amothersjournal. com Posts: 199 Gender:	Re: Hello everyone! Reply #14 - Oct 9^th, 2007 at 2:26pm Welcome! Your hair is beautiful and I love the pictures! Lynn
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