This is a good time of year to get a good laugh. Seriously, there are so many people out in the good, warm weather for events and just moving around, showing out with towering updos, hair dipped in more than three colors, and enough gel to hold any baby hair down. But there’s a difference between doing something unique and/or innovative with your coiffure and just trying to be seen, and by being seen, I mean being seen looking a fool. These eyesore kind of styles are conversation pieces, so lets get talking. Here are a few looks and hair mishaps that I beg of you, to avoid to save face, and your hair.
The Half Shaved Trend that Won’t Die…
Look, I know this was a number of women’s style of choice last year when celebrities like Cassie and Rihanna blew everyone’s mind by coming out the house half bald and what not. But like I said, that was a year ago. It’s one thing to have a head of hair short on the sides and flowing on top, but if you’ve still got the Two-Face look going on with your hair, it’s time you start thinking about what tactics you’re going to use to get your hair to grow back and to grow back in proportion. Especially if you’re NOT a celebrity who makes a living shopping and hitting up clubs. You’ve got a 9 to 5. Go ahead and pull out those wigs…
Colorstruck Styles
A lot of women like a bit of color to liven up a dull or even elaborate cut. It makes things pop, right? But what’s really going on with folks going for a parakeet look? One or two colors is cool, and highlights are a great look, but when it looks like you rolled your head around in a pack of Fun Dip you’ve gone a bit too far. Look at it like this, if you can’t wash that neapolitan mess of three colors out within a couple of days, don’t even bother putting it in in the first place.
The “No, My Hair Isn’t Finished” Bonnet & Rollers Fiasco
Hear this, and hear it well: do NOT come out of your house with your mom’s rollers in your head, a du-rag scarf covering your wrap, or a saggy, fluorescent bonnet, unless you have a hat on. I see too many women too often shopping in the frozen food section and hitting up the elliptical machines at the gym wearing hair coverings that were meant to stay in the house. We’ve all been there, but to refrain from looking the hottest mess possible, a hat (a beanie fits over EVERYTHING) or a pretty scarf will do. They’re more suitable for the streets and can work wonders.
When Extensions Go Terribly Wrong
I’m pretty sure the point of extensions is to give the illusion that the hair currently residing on your head could ACTUALLY be your own. It’s all one color, a similar texture–it all just fuses together successfully. But some women have been walking the streets with phony ponies and strands that look so obviously different from the new growth poking out on their napes and in the corners by their ears that there’s no way possible to fool anyone. Super thick ponytails (the kinds you cant find a ponytail holder for) sitting atop pulled-back-until-it-hurts gelled tresses where you can see scalp are not a good look darling. Either cover the whole thing up with a wig or sew-ins, or find some better pieces that will mesh seamlessly with your own strands.
When Shaved Heads Meet Arts & Crafts
Remember back in the day when people, namely men, would get understated lines and figures shaved into fresh fades? Depending on what they requested, you either liked it a lot or you hated it. But you could respect the creativity behind it. Nowadays, I simply hate it. I hate seeing people, both men and women, way over 18 not only still putting the most random of designs in their hair, but putting color in their barber’s doodles and using hideous props, like zippers (!?) to set it off. Really? Zippers, man!? Best you direct your creative energy elsewhere…
Sorry Boo, But I Can See Your Glue
Lace front wigs are all the rage right now. Ciara, Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and many more chicks who can pay to get them applied consistently often look great with the hair. And so do many of the everyday women that walk the streets with them on, fooling people into believing that middle part came out of their own scalp. But some folks are getting caught out here with globs of glue on their foreheads from poorly executed lace front applications. The end result is a head with your skin twisting in different directions (ewwww) or a light glow around your hairline that looks like Baby Powder from How High slapped you upside the head. Try to get placement on point before that glue is applied and keep the amount of adhesive you use to a minimum.
As Always, Refrain From Doing the Absolute Most
As stated before, how you wear your hair is definitely an outlet for creative expression. But being imaginative and being over the top no where near being positively correlated. Please opt out of styling your hair to look like everyday objects sitting in a closet in your house, or incorporating items into your mane that you can reach up and eat later (ahem, that’s for you Jolly Rancher man). Unless you’re a contracted spokesperson and have seen some money coming in, leave any shout outs to Kool-Aid Jammers and Oreos out of your hair and save yourself the time and the impending embarrassment.
What are some of the craziest hair don’ts you’ve come across? Got a pic?
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