Conference turris::womannotes-v3

    
    last year at King Richard's Faire (renaissance faire down in Carver,
    Mass., which is open from labor day until columbus day on the
    weekends), I got a "fairy tail".  They attached a tail of long fake
    hair that matched mine to a small piece of my own hair just behind my
    ear with a lump of wax.  Then they braided it and put a tip with some
    beads on.  It came down to my waist.  After about 2 months I took it
    off but I know people who occasionally wash and rebraid theirs so it
    doesn't look scruffy and they've lasted up to a year.
    
    -Jody

    
    Well, if you don't get anything firmer than this, the copy center guy
    who used to work in MRO1, by the name of John, also works in a shop 
    in either Shrewsbury or Worcester, and he does 'em.  However, I don't 
    know his last name and as of today he is starting as a permanent DEC
    employee.  I can ask around; if I get any more info, I'll post it here.
    (Jody, you know who I mean...)7
    
    CQ

    Names and places would be greatly appreciated!
    
    I work in MRO and live in Boston, so practically anywhere in between
    in convenient.
    
    Sheri
    

    
    
    
    The New Horizons crew in Marlboro probably does them.  
    
    kath

    I found this place in the phone book called Pandolfino's in Framingham.
    I'm going there after work today.
    
    I'll post the results.
    
    S.
    

    re: .4
    
    Hey!!  New Horizons in Marlboro!  Is there a guy named Randy that
    works or worked there??  I think I went to him a few years ago and
    I just remember he was incredible!!  Real fun place!  And one of the
    very few salons that I've walked out of and was able to not hide my
    head!! Randy really knows how to do hair the way you want it!
    
    I'm just curious 'cuz I've been wondering lately if he is still there...
    The only reason I never went back is cuz I live in Leominster and
    Marlboro is kinda far to go to get your hair done....maybe I'm not as
    fussy as I think!!
    
    Gen  
    

    
    
    RE: .6
    
    Is Randy still there?  That's an understatement!  ;-)
    
    Yes, Randy is still there, and going strong.  He does my hair about
    once a month....and probably at least 40 other DECcies! ;-)
    
    kat

>    I'm just curious 'cuz I've been wondering lately if he is still there...
>    The only reason I never went back is cuz I live in Leominster and
>    Marlboro is kinda far to go to get your hair done....maybe I'm not as
>    fussy as I think!!
    
    	Leominster too far?  Heck, I know people that come from Nashua
    and Boston and Fitchburg... :^)

    	amy (another "styles by Randy" customer :^) )

    Just got an appointment with Randy for next Thursday. I can't wait to
    see what he does with my hair!!
    
    Sheri

Awright, I'm sold, I wanna go to this Randy fellow, too...how to I get
an appt there, and where is "there" anyway???

D!

[My hairdressing, Terry, will *kill* me for letting someone else work on
me...]

>My hairdressing, Terry, will *kill* me for letting someone else work on me...]

 Why doncha just use mousse; it doesn't get too bent out of shape over that kind
of stuff. :-)

    
    Well, Randy's at a Place called New Horizons.  (Does it have a number
    attached, like New Horizons II?)  Anyway, it's in beautiful
    not-quite-downtown Marlborough so it should be about 45 - 60 minutes
    from Lowell, or less if you drive faster than 60-65.  
    
    Take 495 south to the Rte. 20 East exit.  (The Rte. 20 West exit is the
    first Rte. 20 exit, Rte. 20 East follows.)  At the end of the ramp, you
    are deposited onto Rte. 20.  Follow it around the lake and up the small
    hill, curves to the right a bit and levels out and begins a slow
    descent.  Pass the library on the left.  The next intersection with a
    light is Pleasant Street.  St. Mary's Credit union is on the left.  Go 
    left.  I believe there is another intersection with a traffic light 
    (Lincoln St.); pass through.  New Horizons is on the left at the next
    more-or-less major intersection, which (if memory serves me) also has a 
    light.  It's in a dinky little shopping plaza; the shop on the right end.
    You can call them at 481-3334.
    
    CQ  
                                                    

    
    
    RE:  In addition to .12's directions.
    
    New Horizons is at the intersection of Elm Street and Pleasant Street.
    The name of the plaza it is in is called Pleasant Plaza.
    
    It's across the street from the Marlboro Girl's Club.
    
    kath

 Wow. I used to live about half a block from there.

    
    
    RE: .14
    
    Such a close brush with fame and you didn't even KNOW it!
    
    

    
    I, for one, offer my condolences.
    
    CQ

    
    do miracles really happen....?
    
    Any ideas/wise women's tales/etc on ways to make hair grow thicker,
    faster, or longer???
    
    Sigh. 
    dreams of long, thick hair
    Sigh.
    
    Jamd

>    
>    do miracles really happen....?
>    
>    Any ideas/wise women's tales/etc on ways to make hair grow thicker,
>    faster, or longer???
    
unfortunately, you are pretty much dealt the hair deal upon conception - it
is genetics that control thickness and texture.  How to make hair grow the
fastest?  BE HEALTHY.  Drink your water, exercise, eat your veggies, don't
smoke, don't drink alcohol, don't eat/drink caffine.  You know, that boring
stuff.  How to make hair grow longer?  Funny enough, regular trims to
control split ends are your best friend when you decide to grow hair...yes,
you gotta cut it to make it grow longer.  In spite of the junk they tell
ya on TV, there ain't no cure for split ends but cutting them off.  If you
don't, the hair shaft will snap in two at the weakened point, and hair growth
will be lost.  You also help hair grow by washing with mild, ph balanced
shampoos, using de-tangler rinses as needed to prevent tangles when combing
hair, don't perm or color treat (both damage hair shafts and therefore
promote breakage), and NEVER BRUSH HAIR WHEN WET - always comb gently with
a wide-toothed comb.  Dry it naturally to avoid drying out hair and making
more split ends, and finally, protect hair from the sun, etc.  

After you follow all these rules...be patient.  Hair grows during the "fast
growth" season approx. 1/16 - 1/8 inch/month...if optimum health is maintained.
It grows somewhat slower for most of the year.  I know, it sounds horribly slow,
but it does add up.  You will eventually get a head full of longer hair..

    .18: I figure that hair grows 1/2"/month unless I do some ultramarathon
    thing in which case it just plain stops.
    
    'Course, I don't take care of it, if I did, GAD...
    
    ed

    There is something you can do to make your hair grow faster.  It
    sounds bizarre.
    
    Wear your hair up.  In a roll, in a bun, in braids, in a gathered
    mass of little tiny curls, whatever.
    
    I barely believed this when I first bought my hair sticks (for wearing
    my hair up) as various wearers of up-hair hung around and chatted, and
    explained why they believed their hair was growing faster.  Now, I've
    worn my hair up for years, in a side roll, and my hair is longer on the
    right than on the left, despite having been trimmed into evenness twice.
    
    						Ann B.

   RE: ::wilde

   Genetics do determine possible hair color and quality but for real
   life situations diet and hormonal makup will have a more definitive
   effect.  The hormones related to secondary sex characteristics and
   metabolism are by far the most influenial.  Diet is also a major
   factor malnutrition will wreck hair in short order, but more commonly
   deficenties of one or two items can cause a startling change.  
   When it come to hair you are what you eat is no joke.
   	
   	Allison

    Of course diet can affect hair!  Else all those cat-food advertisements
    that promise a "sleek, smooth coat" would be lying!  And we can't have
    *that*!
    
    :-)
    
    D!

    RE .22

 >     Of course diet can affect hair!  Else all those cat-food advertisements
 >     that promise a "sleek, smooth coat" would be lying!  

    Hmmm ... it occurs to me how cats frequently wash themselves
    immediately after eating.

     So all cat food manufacturers really have to do is put some
     normal hair conditioner *in* the cat food, and the cat will apply
     it directly to the fur after eating.

     By the same line of thought, Grecian Formula could come out with
     a line of cat food for your older, greying cat...


     
     - Paul 

    
    To make hair grow slower, have it cut near the *full* moon.
    
    To make hair grow faster, have it cut near the *new* moon.
    
    
    Really!  Try it, it works!
    
    
    Debbi

    
    There's some good intelligent information about nutritional
    supplements and external stuff for happy hair in Leslie Kenton's
    "Joy of Beauty". A dippy name for a book that is NOT a traditional
    "pretty-up" book but rather a look at all kinds of women's 
    beauty (internal and external) and taking care of yourself in *every* way.
    
    It's excellent - as are all her other books (co-written with her
    daughter Suzannah). "Raw Energy", "The Biogenic Diet", "Life Time"...
    
    'gail

    
    RE:.24

   > To make hair grow slower, have it cut near the *full* moon.


    Having worked in WFO for almost 14 years I know a lot of strange things
    happen there around a full moon but that's the first time I've heard
    that.  :^)

    Joe 

    I went to Randy at New Horizons on Saturday and have finally found the
    perfect hairdresser.
    
    I got a great, funky buzz cut with a black/purple color.
    
    S.
    

    Is there such a thing as a hairdresser who doesn't want to
    cut hair SHORT?  Everyone I have ever been to trys to talk
    me into the current short hairstyle...
    
    HRH

.28:

>    Is there such a thing as a hairdresser who doesn't want to
>    cut hair SHORT?  Everyone I have ever been to trys to talk
>    me into the current short hairstyle...

There's a beauty school in Worcester (used to be Wilfrid Beauty Academy,
now under new management and I forget the name).  Nearly EVERY hairdresser
in Worcester learned hir trade there... which means that nearly every
hairdresser in Worcester has the same @#*$!! style (whether you want it
or not!)

Probably the best way to find a good one is to look around you, find 
someone whose hairstyle you like, and ask hir where s/he goes to get 
it done.

Of course, I can't vouch for the effectiveness of this method since
I don't get my hair cut anymore 8-)

--jim

    Jim--
    
    Some hairstyles cannot be duplicated on another.....
    I know this from past (painful) experiences....
    I wanted the Farrah Fawcett look, but you need thick hair
    for it.....(mine's that fine, limp mousy brown stuff)
    After having long straight hair that does nothing in response
    to curling irons, hairspray, etc, except look clumpy, I wanted
    curls and body, like you see on *those* TV women, lots of
    spirally, fluffy, wavy long curls!!!   After three hours of torture,
    also known as going for a perm, I ended up with frizzy, split
    ended, broken off not even long anymore hair that is only now 
    recovering two years later....
    
    And now I want to change the color! (-; or maybe Oh no! O-;
    
    Now that you mention it, I did notice that your hair was, um, 
    rather on the long side! (-8 
    Seriously, it hides too much of your face, w/the beard and
    all....How about I race you to the nearest salon! (-8
    
    HRH

    
>    Some hairstyles cannot be duplicated on another.....
>    I know this from past (painful) experiences....
>    I wanted the Farrah Fawcett look, but you need thick hair
>    for it.....(mine's that fine, limp mousy brown stuff)
 
Yer right.... the other half of the equation is finding a hair stylist
who's professional enough to tell you when something WON'T work!

(Reminds me of a movie I saw on cable once... one of the main
characters was a hairstylist.  At one point a customer -- a pale,
fat woman with a most un-Farrah-like doughy round face -- asked
her, "Will this hairstyle make me look just like Farrah?"  The
hairstylist just sorta rolled her eyes on that one...)

>    Seriously, it hides too much of your face, w/the beard and
>    all....How about I race you to the nearest salon! (-8

Well, I do trim the beard myself from time to time... and it IS
a bit overdue (as soon as I can wrestle the hedge clippers from
Tamara... 8-) ).  As for the hair, I've taken to tying it back,
although I may have had it out when I was visiting you...

--jim

    but it's great if you've lived in Worcester the past 10 years and have
    had roughly the same hairstyle since you were 13 (feathered bangs with
    varying one-length elsewhere)!
    
    -Jody

    
    The Fairy Tail booth is indeed at King Richard's Faire this year.  Cost
    is between $10 and $20, depending on the length you want, and whether
    you want beads and a tip.
    
    -Jody