Hair/Hair Styles

obentou wrote:Anybody want to get this hairstyle?


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That's hair? :bleh:

I tried a new salon near my home today. It was great. I even received a head massage. I don't know how she did it, but it felt so damn good. Good thing I was lying down, cause I would have probably fell down. She hit the right pressure points, I almost wet myself. :hehe: :beaten:

The rest of the employees didn't have clients, so they were watching Korean dramas on a flatscreen tv. It was well worth the $40. :thumbsup:

tabana wrote:I tried a new salon near my home today. It was great. I even received a head massage. I don't know how she did it, but it felt so damn good. Good thing I was lying down, cause I would have probably fell down. She hit the right pressure points, I almost wet myself. :hehe: :beaten:

The rest of the employees didn't have clients, so they were watching Korean dramas on a flatscreen tv. It was well worth the $40. :thumbsup:

I just looooove head massages! The one thing I miss about Japan is my lovely hairdresser in Nagoya! :shamefulcry:
Lovely lovely lovely and actually not that expensive!

tabana wrote:I tried a new salon near my home today. It was great. I even received a head massage. I don't know how she did it, but it felt so damn good. Good thing I was lying down, cause I would have probably fell down. She hit the right pressure points, I almost wet myself. :hehe: :beaten:

The rest of the employees didn't have clients, so they were watching Korean dramas on a flatscreen tv. It was well worth the $40. :thumbsup:

Man, I haven't been to a salon in ages. Mind you, I don't cut my hair very often but I'm dire need of a trim right now. Too many split-ends. :bleh:

Consider yourself lucky. (The going not often, not the split ends ;) ) If I don't go every 3 weeks, I look like crap. Considering I don't look great even when I'm coming out of the salon... :sweat: :ashamed:

EstherM wrote:

I just looooove head massages! The one thing I miss about Japan is my lovely hairdresser in Nagoya! :shamefulcry:
Lovely lovely lovely and actually not that expensive!

Not to burst your bobble or anything, but chances are he's gay. :beaten: Quite surprising about the not expansive tho, I was sure it was way more than here.

I noticed a few of you were having a discussion in the Going to Japan thread about older women in Japan coloring their hair in bright colors. I asked my friend Jun who is a Japanese woman, who lives and works in Japan, the reason why so many older women chose those bright Anime character type of colors.

Here is Jun's answer:

It is a fashion. Japanese women don't like white hair. White hair will become yellowish if we are idle in caring for our hair. It looks dirty. Older women like purple on their hair best. An elder woman whom I know said to me that she would liked to get older sooner to have very white hair, then she can dye her hair her favorite color. About 50 percents of Japanese women have their hair brown or reddish like me because black hair is harder to dye than any other color.

Colored hair of Anime characters helps you to tell each character from the other. Which color is used doesn't mean anything. If all the characters have dark hair the screen will look heavy.

Two boys in their late teens once worked at our factory. They had their hair pink. Elder men didn't like that because they thought pink was a color for young girls. LOL ! Soon after the boys started changing their hair colors into other ones like green, purple, red, or blue. They enjoyed coloring their hair.

As far as I can guess people who play music like coloring their hair red or pink, elder women like purple or blue, young women like light brown or blonde. They enjoy selecting clothings with their hair color in mind.
It looks unnatural that elder people have black hair but blue or purple hair looks better and younger to us. LOL !

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Thanks Jun! :hug: :)

Enna wrote:I noticed a few of you were having a discussion in the Going to Japan thread about older women in Japan coloring their hair in bright colors. I asked my friend Jun who is a Japanese woman, who lives and works in Japan, the reason why so many older women chose those bright Anime character type of colors.

Here is Jun's answer:

It is a fashion. Japanese women don't like white hair. White hair will become yellowish if we are idle in caring for our hair. It looks dirty. Older women like purple on their hair best. An elder woman whom I know said to me that she would liked to get older sooner to have very white hair, then she can dye her hair her favorite color. About 50 percents of Japanese women have their hair brown or reddish like me because black hair is harder to dye than any other color.

Colored hair of Anime characters helps you to tell each character from the other. Which color is used doesn't mean anything. If all the characters have dark hair the screen will look heavy.

Two boys in their late teens once worked at our factory. They had their hair pink. Elder men didn't like that because they thought pink was a color for young girls. LOL ! Soon after the boys started changing their hair colors into other ones like green, purple, red, or blue. They enjoyed coloring their hair.

As far as I can guess people who play music like coloring their hair red or pink, elder women like purple or blue, young women like light brown or blonde. They enjoy selecting clothings with their hair color in mind.
It looks unnatural that elder people have black hair but blue or purple hair looks better and younger to us. LOL !

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Thanks Jun! :hug: :)

Thanks Enna and Jun! :woot: :mrgreen:
I read somewhere that older people Japan tend to go a bit crazy when they donLt have to fit anymore into the rigid social corset.
Some of them really lose it, some of them get divorced, some start bizarre hobbies and some get punky hair as it seems. :victory:

Very nice. Thank you. :D

I don't mind old women coloring their hair in dark tones like purple. Pink... that's another story. :sweat: Flashy pink is not something you should have, if you are older than 25 IMHO.

I saw something strange, in a drugstore, in Japan. They had white coloring too. Like most evils in anime. It must take a lot of chemicals to turn your hair white, but it might looks nice if you are young.

tabana wrote:

I saw something strange, in a drugstore, in Japan. They had white coloring too. Like most evils in anime. It must take a lot of chemicals to turn your hair white, but it might looks nice if you are young.

I saw one teenie in Nagoya who had white highlights - it looked very cool. But unfortunately pink hair on a 60 year old lady dressed in Burburry isnLt classy :bleh:

But if she likes it ... :victory:

EstherM wrote:pink hair on a 60 year old lady dressed in Burburry isnLt classy :bleh:

Sounds like you're talking about Mrs. Slocombe from Are You Being Served? :hehe:

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bmwracer wrote:
Sounds like you're talking about Mrs. Slocombe from Are You Being Served? :hehe:

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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
now imagine this hair on an elderly Japanese lady! :mrgreen:

EstherM wrote: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
now imagine this hair on an elderly Japanese lady! :mrgreen:

I'd imagine it's the same, except around the eyes... :hehe:

LOL, her hair looks like cotton candy. :rofl:

bmwracer wrote:
Sounds like you're talking about Mrs. Slocombe from Are You Being Served? :hehe:

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She reminds me of a Dame Edna...
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Wynter wrote:She reminds me of a Dame Edna...

I believe they're sisters. :beaten:

EstherM wrote:
Thanks Enna and Jun! :woot: :mrgreen:
I read somewhere that older people Japan tend to go a bit crazy when they donLt have to fit anymore into the rigid social corset.
Some of them really lose it, some of them get divorced, some start bizarre hobbies and some get punky hair as it seems. :victory:

tabana wrote:Very nice. Thank you. Big Grin

You are welcome. Glad you both appreciated Jun's info. :hug: :D

bmwracer wrote:
Sounds like you're talking about Mrs. Slocombe from Are You Being Served? :hehe:

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Wasn't her hair a different color in every episode? I seem to recall that...

runpup wrote:Wasn't her hair a different color in every episode? I seem to recall that...

Yup... It was wild.

And fluorescent. :hehe:

My mom got me a kanzashi at a craft fair that we went to. I really wished that there was a purple or blue one, but they didn't have one, so I settled for this one because I sure as hell didn't want a girly pink one.

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sadacori wrote:My mom got me a kanzashi at a craft fair that we went to. I really wished that there was a purple or blue one, but they didn't have one, so I settled for this one because I sure as hell didn't want a girly pink one.

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That looks really nice. Very delicate. :)

Tu_triky wrote:

That looks really nice. Very delicate. :)

Yeah, I thought it was pretty. :) Good thing we circled around the rows of merchandise or I wouldn't have noticed it.