What hairstyle did you have that thinking back was hideous. Mine was frosted hair that I did myself from a kit.

[debm55]

[Tadpole Raisin]

1. 'Shag' haircut. I cried! nt

[Sequoia]

7. I had a shag in high school

But looked okay on me. Told hairdresser to cut my hair in the style of Roxanne onTV serial, Dark Shadows.

[debm55]

12. Youwere lucky, My family didn't believe in paying someone to cut hair.

[Tadpole Raisin]

19. Ah, yes! My 4pm soap! I liked Angelique's eyes but she also scared me, lol.

[woodsprite]

8. My friend wanted me to give her a 'shag' haircut.

We tried it out on our Barbies first by hanging them upside down. It worked and looked OK, so she said she wanted me to try. She hung her head over the side of her bed and I chopped away. Didn't quite look the same. It wasn't my idea so I didn't let her do mine. She spent a bit of time with our neighbor who was in hairdressing school to fix it up.

[debm55]

13. Thank you woodsprite. That is how I did mine. I brushed all my hair forward, I stood up to do it. I put a rubber band

around all the gathered hair and cut right under the band and the hair fell back in place. Not what I was expecting.

[Tadpole Raisin]

16. lol, good thing she went first!

[debm55]

11. Thank you Tadpole Raisin. I frosted my hair myself and then gave myself a shag. I never did that again.

[Tadpole Raisin]

17. My mother let my friends in and they hid behind the bathroom door waiting for

me to come home and came out after I started bawling.

Prior to that we ironed our hair…

[debm55]

24. We did that too.

[exmodee]

2. David Bowie in Labyrinth

I thought I was very chic back in the 80s

[debm55]

72. I think it was. But it didn't last long.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. My mother had me in bangs and Patty McCormack braids til age 12.

OMG, I looked like The Bad Seed kid!!!

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[debm55]

25. Is that you on the right?

[no_hypocrisy]

27. Ha, no! Patty McCormack in both

[debm55]

45. I really disliked her in The Bad Seed.

[no_hypocrisy]

51. As did I. You can't imagine my dismay/horror when I made the connection.

I'm convinced that my parents purposely chose that look for me as I was regarded as the family trouble-maker. And thus, I was "the bad seed" of my family.

[kimbutgar]

59. I just saw the movie in TCM again recently and it was still disturbing and scary seeing that evil trait in a child

And they are still amongst us!

[House of Roberts]

4. Mine was always too short because my mom made me get it cut that way.

I would have had it collar length if she had let me have it the way I wanted it.

In the 90s my wife wanted me to grow it out enough to tie it into a ponytail and one night the older stepson came home with his head shaved and that's when I decided to grow it longer. I still have it in a ponytail, but the hairline is a little higher.

[debm55]

31. In college my boyfriend and myself would braid each others hair. It was mid back.

[exboyfil]

5. Really long hair that I had from about 7th-10th grade (before I joined Jr. ROTC)

I can't believe I used to have it that long. Emulating my older rocker brother. It was uncomfortable and didn't look very good (because I put no effort in keeping it up). Not styled in any fashion just long.

I do have really good hair and only have a little gray even at 61. My mom, who had my type of hair, grayed suddenly around 70 so I guess I have that to look forward to. At least no balding for now (unlike my brother's monkey a__ on the back of his head (his words - not mine)).

[debm55]

32. That's funny thank you exboyfil.

[Marigold]

6. A permed mullet

with the ears cut out. It was all the rage in the 80's. Even my husband had a perm at the time.

[debm55]

33. I had a permed mullet too. It was easy to take of.

[3catwoman3]

9. My mother always had my bangs cut way too short - more than halfway...

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...up my forehead. I cringe when I look at elementary school pictures of myself.

By junior high, I had some say in the matter. Ever since, my bangs must be touching my eyebrows or I feel shorn.

[debm55]

34. Oh yes those high bangs. I word it that way in early grade school. TY

[woodsprite]

10. The pixie cut. I looked like a boy.

Or it could have been when I used Sun In on my dark brown hair. It makes pretty highlights on blond hair, but turns brown hair to orange.

[Ocelot II]

30. Same here. It was hideous on me but my mom thought it would be

a good idea because my hair was (and still is) fine and unmanageable and I resisted getting it braided or otherwise messed with. So I had to get the pixie cut, absolutely hated it, cried and carried on, was mortified to have to go to school. I didn't look like a boy; I looked like a homely little girl with glasses and ears that stuck out. It seemed like it took forever for that disaster to grow out.

[debm55]

35. Thank you woodsprite. I had a twiggy cut in my 6th grade class shot.

[livetohike]

14. A shag when I was a freshman in college. I worked as

a short order cook in the college cafeteria and would end my shift needing to wash the grease out of my hair. So I went from shoulder length hair to a shag. My hair is thick and curly. It was such a mistake.

Growing it out was horrendous and I vowed never to cut it short again. So my hair length in the past 50 years has alternated from below the shoulders to waist length. It’s in between that now.

[debm55]

36. Thank you livetohike. It was a pain to let it grow out.You had to wait for each layer to grow out. Took forever.

[livetohike]

57. Exactly! Of course my curls stuck out at weird

angles. It was awful .

[pandr32]

15. My Mom got her hair frosted at a salon.

She was gone for hours and then when she proudly strutted through the door my Dad exclaimed, "All that money just to look like you're going gray!"

[Tadpole Raisin]

20. Oooh!! Foot meet mouth!

[debm55]

38. Mine was a blond. It came by using one of those kits. The one I had done at the salon gave me orange streaks in it.

[pandr32]

50. Mom's were fine streaks of platinum.

Against her brunette hair it did look like gray throughout.
She never did it again.
Sounds like you just managed to lighten your locks to the orange stage. It needed serious toning. Most home streaks looked similar.

[Basso8vb]

18. I had hair back in the day.

That is all.

[debm55]

39. HAHAHAHHAHAH.Thank you Basso8vb.

[GPV]

21. The poodle perm, for sure!

[debm55]

40. I has a poodle and latter a spiral. The spiral perm, I loved. But it didn't last long. Especially for the money I paid

for it.

[GPV]

65. Same. Both fell out of my hair too, but the poodle

burned and frizzed. :/

[debm55]

66. Yes, It left my hair a mess. Thank you GPV

[sinkingfeeling]

22. Extra curly, permed hair for 8th. grade graduation.

[debm55]

41. Thank you sinkingfeeling. They last a good while

[KT2000]

23. The one I have now

Thought I would cut it myself but after I got started, my hip steroid injection for arthritis went into a flare so I had to wack it off as fast as I could so I could collapse. There is no saving it - just grow it out I guess.

[debm55]

68. Oh my I am sorry. thank you KT2000. I hope it grows out fine.

[elleng]

26. NONE!

Had a D.A!!!!

[debm55]

69. HAHAHAHHAHAH Thank you . I know what that is.

[calguy]

28. Brylcreem

[debm55]

70. Thank ypu calguy. Haven't heard that for a long time.

[WestMichRad]

29. My natural color was bright red.

That was enough. Harassed mercilessly. WTF??

[debm55]

71. Sorry WestMichRad, My son is a strawberry blond. and he was called "Red" also.

[ProfessorGAC]

37. A Jheri Curl?

I had it for the "rock star" look in an 80s band.
It was unpopular with the EVPs of the company.

[debm55]

43. Thank you ProfessorGAC, Wasn't it Michael Jackson who started it. I had one. When we met Rich looked like Grizzly Adams

Long full hair and a full beard. they made him cut it all off to a business man look.

[ProfessorGAC]

46. Probably Rick James

Then Prince, then Michael, and other R&B stars.
Mine wasn't as tight, as I'm not black & it was long-ish.
In that last band, the look was Italian suits, so I cut it shorter (making the VPs happy), combed straight back.
I still wear it that way today, except I've got a 10" ponytail in back. That would have annoyed the VPs, too. But, I retired first!

[debm55]

48. Thank you ProfessorGAC Are you still in a band?

[ProfessorGAC]

54. Not For A While

The 80-85 gigs a year started bumping against an incessant travel schedule for my job.
I was 51 & it was getting to be too much. We were together 20 years, so it wasn't like we pulled the plug too soon.
The guys and I still hosted some jam nights after we wrapped it up, though.
I've done a few solo acoustic gigs & sat in on keys with a band who are pals of mine.
But, nothing regular.
I play for my own enjoyment & to continue to get better.
I have a list of songs I need to record, which I may do this winter. I haven't recorded in 2 or 3 years, so I'm due.

[Demobrat]

42. My hair is poker straight.

I wear it long and all one length. In the eighties I had it cut to my shoulders and permed. That didn’t last long.

[debm55]

44. I liked it while it was new. But as the Perm started to go, it looked crappy. Decided to go straight and then got into

French braids.

[Demobrat]

49. Mine straightened out in sections.

So I had wavy sections and straight sections. Luckily I was able to blow it all out straight and let it grow back.

[sakabatou]

47. Rattail

[debm55]

52. I remember those. It didn't last long.

[applegrove]

53. I was a brunette. I died my hair blue black. It came out really blue.

I called the 1 800 #clarol phone number on the instructions and they told me what dye to get to reverse it. Worked like a charm.

[debm55]

55. Yes I had to call them a couple of times myself, Thank you

[Niagara]

56. Imagine being a teenage girl doing the following to your hair:

Crimping. They still sell crimpers and crimped hair looks awful



I sported a 80's half pomp lob but with bangs for a brief time (think a slight punk style)



The rest of the 80's my bangs were teased sky high and the sides of my hair were teased it looked like I had wings and was about ready to fly away. Lots of teased hair volume, lots of hairspray. Bad hair day? Tease it some more and add more hairspray, make it higher ...it's fine

[debm55]

67. OMG. Thank you Niagara. Didn't your hair break from all the teasing?

[Niagara]

79. You're welcome, Debbie. Fortunately I didn't have that problem as a teenager

[surfered]

58. The Flatop with a little crew wax to make the front stand up.

A lot of photos of those in high school yearbooks.

[debm55]

73. I remember seeing a lot of those. Thank you surfered.

[if..fish..had..wings]

60. Beehive

Apologies to the B-52s

[debm55]

74. Thankfully I missed that. Thank you if..fish..had..wings

[Aristus]

61. I don't think it was hideous. My Dad did.

After Star Wars was released in 1977, every guy my age (nine) in the neighborhood wanted to look like Luke Skywalker. So we grew our hair out in the classic 1970’s disco shag. My career military officer father complained, but didn’t force me to cut it.

Now that I’m almost completely bald, I wear my bald-fringe Marine-short.

[debm55]

75. Thank you Aristus. times have changed.

[sorcrow]

62. Probably humorous more than hideous

When I was in the third grade, my mother let my high school age sister dye my hair blonde so that I could look like the coolest guy on TV, namely Illya kuryakin, the Man from UNCLE. I think I even had a turtleneck like he wore occasionally in the show.

Best regards,
Sorghum Crow

For your viewing pleasure
https://m.

[debm55]

76. Thank you socrow. He was easy on the eyes.

[CountAllVotes]

63. a "perm" it was called

I have fine hair and I went to get a perm.

They left the crap in my hair too long and it came out sticking straight up and all frizzy!

I was so upset!

The "stylist" saw my expression and asked me what did I think.

I was speechless and then she asked me if I ever did acid.

I replied, "No I have not but after this mess maybe I should!".

Another big failure was the "box" haircut. Very short and popular in the early 1960s. It was a plain short haircut and made your hair look like a box, hence the name. Ugh.

[debm55]

77. Thank you CountAll Votes. I had a perm like that. Sticky like I had jelly on my head. I refused to pay. and walked out.

That was at Penney's . Went to my regular and they fixed it.

[Luciferous]

64. I shaved my head on a dare when I was 16.

My dad took a picture to remind me of how dumb it looked 😄

[debm55]

78. Oh wow. Thank you Luciferous. Now it is style.

[yellowdogintexas]

80. bangs. the heavily teased helmet hair of the 1960s and the

frizzy overburned "big hair" of the 1980s

And there was the time I let my hair grow just for the hell of it. I should never have done that. I was born to wear a pixie cut.

[debm55]

82. Agree with the big hair.. After my spiral perm just kept it as a bob.Easier to take care of.

[jmowreader]

81. My hairdresser tried coloring it navy blue once

Sure. Why not? I'll try nearly anything in the "unusual appearance" department - after all, how the hell are you supposed to be "unique" if you do the same shit as everyone else? I draw the line at using safety pins as earrings...how do you get them in without hurting yourself?

So I go in at 11 am with my very dark brown hair that's already fourteen different colors and sit through many hours of lifting the other colors out of it and putting this blue glop on my now-white hair.

We take the foils out of it and...uhh...Val...is this SUPPOSED to have come out black? I looked like Joan Jett, it was that black. She'd been coloring hair thirty years before that day and never had anyone's hair go that far out in left field before.

The only thing we could do with it was put a "punk rock chick" - her words, not mine - shaggy pixie cut into it. If you've got a look going, best to take it all the way. It did wind up looking really cool at the end of it all, but it sure wasn't what we were going for.

[debm55]

83. Thank you jmowreader. Gee that really does sound unique. I'm glad whe could fix it for you.and it looking good at the

end.

[LudwigPastorius]

84. I had a fairly conservative mullet in the mid-80s,...

but it was still a mullet.

...and besides, it went with my parachute pants and Miami Vice blazer.

[debm55]

86. HAHAHHAHAHHA. Thank you LudwigPastorius. I can hear the Miami Vice theme in the background.

[Wicked Blue]

85. Poodle perm in the 1980s nt

[debm55]

87. Thank you Wicked Blue. I had a poodle perm also