Finally… we have one for the boys. Here’s some cool hair around town, thanks a bunch for posing for me. So,where are the rest of you guys with the cool hair hiding out??
Losing Hair and Hairballs..
One of my colleagues.. Joni Shibata decided recently to start collecting her hair that has naturally fallen out, yeah, weird I know… but here it is:
Packed tight (Joni’s words)
I then thought this would be the ideal opportunity for me to talk about the subject of hair naturally falling out….
People tend to think that they are losing their hair when they see all the hair on the floor, in the sink, in the brush…. horrors! But unless you are sick, pregnant or have something going on with your health then its perfectly natural for your hair to fall out. The average amount of hair that you lose is about 60 a day, more in the spring and autumn (as in animals when they molt). Technically what happens is our hair goes through a growth cycle and each hair is growing at their own rate in the cycle. Each hair grows at an average of half and inch per month, (again varying depending upon how hot it is, hotter it is, faster it grows, due to stimulation of scalp).
Hair is actively growing for an average of 2 to 3 yrs, this is called the anagen stage, Once finished growing they reach a state called catagen which means the hair is dying and will last about 2weeks before they come away from the follicle. About 1% of a persons hair is in this stage. Then for the next 3 or 4months the follicle is in its resting stage, telogen. Then the whole cycle begins again and the anagen stage starts again.
Another note to remember is with short hair, you don’t notice the fall out so much becos the hair will end up on the floor or wherever, but if you have longer hair the fallout will cling in with the rest of the hair and therefore when you brush, wash, run your fingers through your hair it seems like there is much more loss, but not so. So please don’t panic so easily when you see that big clump of hair.
I brushed my hair recently (I don’t brush it much I must admit) and from one brushing this is what I produced:
Not packed tight at all
So the hairball contest is on……………
Hair Facts…
Q. Why is it, curly hair never looks quite as shiny as straight hair does?
A. Curly hair never appears to be as shiny as straight because when the light hits the waves/curls, the light is diffused from hitting all the different angles of the hair. In straight hair the light hits the hair and reflects the light evenly making the hair appear shinier.
The same can be said for hair that has been damaged or porous, when the hair is damaged, the cuticles lay open and not flat, therefore the light is again diffused with the angles of the cuticles, hair in good condition has flat cuticles so when the light hits, it reflects the light evenly.
Jolie Lips…..
This has absolutely NOTHING to do with hair but my only excuse is.. it was found in a hair magazine and i found it so amusing that I had to share it with you all……
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Trimming Your Own Fringe
As demonstrated by Joni Shibata….
Now that nearly everyone and their mothers have some type of fringe (bangs here in America) the upkeep is more frequent and it is important to keep them just so… mainly so you can see. So if you cant get yourself to your hairdresser (who will usually be nice enough to offer a freebie fringe trim in between haircuts) then you should know how to trim your own. You should know that the more frequent you trim it the easier it is, becos if you leave it until the hair has already lost the shape it is very difficult to follow the original lines.
In the following demo video the fringe shown is more on the heavier blunt side, I will continue to show you other videos of different types of fringes. Know that in order to show you all the steps we have kept it as short and sweet as possible.
1. Section the longer hair away and tuck it behind the ears
2. Keep the triangle that the fringe is forming as clean as possible
3. Section the hair into 3 parts – middle and 2 sides
4. Start with the middle section and hold in between the fingers
(note) do not hold and pull the hair tight as it will bounce too much
also it is best to do it on dry well positioned hair as wet hair it dry up too much
5. Cut up into the hair, (not straight across) into little ‘V’ shapes
(note) the more you hold the hair out away from face, the softer the line
The ‘V’ shapes will allow for slight movement in the edges
6. After cutting middle section to the desired length, join both side sections in the same way
7. the outer 2 sections can be either cut straight cross or curved down slightly (your choice)
8. Once desired length is achieved throughout, comb down and clean up the edges.
(note) at point 58 secs in the video, it looks like Jonis poking at her eyes but this is not the case
9. Check outside line to make sure it is clean
10. Good Luck!!
2. Keep the triangle that the fringe is forming as clean as possible
3. Section the hair into 3 parts – middle and 2 sides
4. Start with the middle section and hold in between the fingers
(note) do not hold and pull the hair tight as it will bounce too much
also it is best to do it on dry well positioned hair as wet hair it dry up too much
5. Cut up into the hair, (not straight across) into little ‘V’ shapes
(note) the more you hold the hair out away from face, the softer the line
The ‘V’ shapes will allow for slight movement in the edges
6. After cutting middle section to the desired length, join both side sections in the same way
7. the outer 2 sections can be either cut straight cross or curved down slightly (your choice)
8. Once desired length is achieved throughout, comb down and clean up the edges.
(note) at point 58 secs in the video, it looks like Jonis poking at her eyes but this is not the case
9. Check outside line to make sure it is clean
10. Good Luck!!
What else to do with cut hair…
Fascinating what people find to do with ‘cut ‘hair. Here’s an article featured in ‘Ananova’ newspaper…
Hairdresser builds model out of hair
A Chinese hairdresser has created an incredibly detailed model of a Beijing landmark out of hair collected in his shop.
Huang Xin, who lives and works in Beijing, took more than five months to make the model of the Tian’anmen Gate Tower in Tian’anmen Square.
He made the model, which is 2ft 10ins (86cm) long, 1ft (32cm) wide and 2ft (60cm) high, out of 24lbs (11kg) of hair, reports the Wuzhou Daily.
Huang, who has been a hairdresser for more than 10 years, said he used only women’s hair because it was softer.
After washing and dying the hair, he glued it on to paper and then rolled it into different shapes to make his model of the tower.
He has also made toys out of human hair and a model of the famous Bird’s Nest Olympic stadium in Beijing.
Direct link: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3294829.html?menu=news.quirkies
Hair Facts..
TRUE OR FALSE?
Q: Having regular trims make your hair grow faster?
FALSE!
A: Having regular trims will have no effect on how fast or slow your hair grows out of their follicles. It will make the ends of the hair appear thicker and healthier but once the hair has grown out of the scalp, the hair is dead and therefore nothing you do to it will affect the process within the scalp.
Chinese Old Wives Tale:
If a baby has very thin hair, it is said that if you shave the hair off completely it will make the hair come in thicker, TRUE OR FALSE?
I have no idea about this one, maybe someone should let me know! (Wai Yee??)
Dekko’s Daily Grind- Stephanie
Punky in Pink:
Stephanie has been a client of mine for over 10 years and she’s one of those dream clients that is up for anything and is willing to try anything once, so over the years I have managed to have a lot of fun with all different types of haircuts.
One thing that has been consistent with Stephanie is her now signature pink hair, again varying from full head pink to slices of pink, expertly done by Jodi Ninomiya from Dekko.
Always one to stand out in a crowd, her only problem being trying to hide it when going into meetings or going to China!!
Here’s Stephanie with her overgrown locks…
We decided this time to get rid of the length at the back, bring the layers up so that she could get a lot more height and messiness. The hair was razored throughout to give a lot of texture, we kept the hair slightly asymmetric as it already was from a previous haircut. This time we decided to give her a more definite fuller fringe. Stephanie likes to play around with her hair and do allsorts with it, so we kept the shape abit more basic but defined this time so there was more hair to play with. We used a hell of a lot of combined products to give Stephanie her messiness!!
After haircut:
To see Stephanie’s fabulous creativity and other hair looks visit:
Oldie But Goodie
Roux – Fanci-Full:
My big surprise favorite product of the moment is the Roux -Fancifull Color Mousse.
For those of you who have been around awhile, this was the product that little old ladies used to use to give the blue, pink, purple rinses… punky grannies! It used to come in a hair setting lotion form and now comes in the form of a mousse.
I used it initially to tone my blonde streaky bits that turned too gold in the sun, but was so surprised to find this stuff actually gives the hair a great piecey texture and gives me quite abit of body too. Very easy to use becos you would towel dry, put some onto your hands and rub into the blonde parts and that’s it. Heres a pic of my hair the day after I slept on it.
Cool Mops Of The Week
A Big Thanks to all the models who posed for me, it cant be easy being attacked in the streets by a crazed woman with a camera. Share some more cool hair with me!
