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So I've recently ended up growing my hair pretty long, about down to my shoulders. (Because im lazy as shit and because I thought chicks would sorta dig it >_>)
Anyway im going to end up getting it cut at some time over the next few weeks, but I would like to have that feeling of having some sort of control over it.
Basicly I want to know how to straighten it properly. I can get the main structure of the hair generally straight via combing, but there are lots of individual strands of hair that are all messy and unclean.
So, how the fuck do I deal with this? Any other tips for hair care as a male.
(Also I apologise for spelling mistakes, etc. Can't sleep due to having drunk 1.6 cups of coffee 5 hours ago and my back wont stop itching cuz of a goddamn sunburn.)
Cheers TL
 
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If you want to straighten your hair, you should just use one of these:
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EDIT:
It's called a flat iron in english IIRC.
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On December 20 2011 23:43 KeksX wrote:If you want to straighten your hair, you should just use one of these: EDIT: It's called a flat iron in english IIRC.
This is the easiest way. Otherwise follow these steps exactly:
1. Brush hair
2. Shower, shampoo, condition
3. Blow dry hair
4. Brush hair (do not brush wet hair)
5. Put hair up until you go out (in a bun/pony tail)
6. Enjoy luxurious hair while out
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You can't straighten otherwise not straight hair without heat. That being said, I would not recommend getting into it. There are various products and light oils that can help you remove stray hairs and give your hair body. Straight hair = overrated 
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when you get it cut, get relaxer put in
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Donate it to Locks of Love or some equivalent if it's really long. Goes to cancer patients. Good charity.
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Let me clear a misconception: most chicks don't dig it. Have it cut and work out.
Just my five cents.
Oh and Donate it to Locks of Love or some equivalent if it's really long. Goes to cancer patients. Good charity.
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As said before, flat iron works best.
If you're lazy like me you shower, comb it properly, use hair mousse and then tie it together. Let it airdry while it's moussed up and in a ponytail (don't use too much of that crap, a little bit is usually enough). That makes it look clean and cleared up.
On December 21 2011 00:12 RelZo wrote:Let me clear a misconception: most chicks don't dig it. Have it cut and work out. Just my five cents. Oh and Show nested quote +Donate it to Locks of Love or some equivalent if it's really long. Goes to cancer patients. Good charity.
You are both wrong. Chicks dig awesome guys. I can't count anymore how often I've heard "Ohmy... I never thought I'd get in bed with a long haired guy/guy like you/someone who looks like you/etc. but... you're.. kinda different."
PS: The time from almost shoulder-long to slightly-below-shoulder was the worst part of my life. Lucky I was like 15. =D ... Imo until you can all fit it in one ponytail you will look like crap most of the time. Just fight through it. <3
PS #2: Depending on your hair structure in general (A good haircutter will tell you this. Carefull - most haircutters suck when it comes to males with long hair. Try and find some girl that looks goth/metal related, those usual know how it should look.) you might want to have a slight undercut. Since we males usually don't want to associated with cute and fluffy getting rid of the "fluffy" hair right above your neck/ears makes usually sense.
But seriously, invest some time into finding a decent haircutter. I didn't have that "slight undercut" I just mentioned for like 5 years then I found a girl who had a longhaired bf herself and she got it perfect. Looks way better and cleaned up. For me the undercut is about 1 1/2 fingers from where my hair starts growing, that got rid of all the random fluff.
PS #3: If you want to look clear/clean/smart make sure your clothing/the rest of your grooming is in top shape. While a longhaired guy with a groomed beard in a suit is mostly associated with being cool / mafia / player / some dude who has money but definitly not works in a bank, a longhaired, unshaved guy in sleazy clothes is more likely to be associated with being some lazy bum or the rock/metal/goth scene (for most people that's pretty much the same =D).
PS #4: Wow, I can't find a damn picture of what I mean.
Here you go (photoshop op) - that's where the cutting line should be for long hair to look clean:
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Whenever i try to grow my hair out it just turns into what the early beatles looked like it wont actually grow out. I would love to have long hair but i hate what my hair does instead.
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On December 21 2011 00:12 RelZo wrote:Let me clear a misconception: most chicks don't dig it. Have it cut and work out. Just my five cents. Oh and Show nested quote +Donate it to Locks of Love or some equivalent if it's really long. Goes to cancer patients. Good charity.
In my opinion chicks will dig a good self-esteem way better than any kind of hair. Ofcourse you have to look like you care though.
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Pictures? I also fancied having long hair, maybe next year
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Long hair takes times to treat it, make it look good without being too fucking curly or "chewbacca" looking
Have to buy one of those iron flat thingie + creams + enjoy the pain with some other products that feels like its melting your head,
Had long hair for 2years decided to cut it and made my life alot easier and cleaner.
It got some girls but ive gotten more with my short hair. "after i cut my hair i looked at photos of me in long hair and said what the fuck was i thinking?!"
Good luck if your'e gonna keep having long hair.
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Growing your hair long because you think chicks dig is among the most out of touch things I've ever heard. Unless you're under 18, after grunch chicks, or some other jazz.
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I've got pretty long hair, too but I don't need any extra tools, because my hair is naturally straight. I use to get girls with all lengths, so I think it doesn't matter that much. There are a lot of long haired subcultures out there
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Put it in a pony tail when you can. I used to have long hair and the hair doesn't get in your way as much as it would otherwise. You will get sick of straightening it I guarantee it because it is very time consuming.
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You thought chicks would dig long hair?
Unless you're Fabio or some other special exception, that's not likely.
If you have long hair, you're going to need it really well-maintained, which means you might need hair products. And it's going to take more than 30 seconds to wash in the shower. Bah.
There are so many other (better) ways to get a girl than having long locks... if you don't have the personality (or the other looks), you won't get the girl anyway. And if you do have the personality (and/ or the looks), you don't even need the long hair.
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I have somewhat long hair and I use a flat iron, this is only because I have curls and I like the "emo look" as some call it
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Believe me long with long hair you will always stay in friendzone.
Cut it short, or have sum above average long hair if u have sth like surfer body...
Maybe u could try and get dreads tho, dunno how this would fit to you.
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On December 21 2011 00:12 RelZo wrote:Let me clear a misconception: most chicks don't dig it. Have it cut and work out. Just my five cents. Oh and Show nested quote +Donate it to Locks of Love or some equivalent if it's really long. Goes to cancer patients. Good charity.
Fail.
I had to my shoulders, huge complitments all the time. People don't give a crap if it isn't short, most people will actually respect u for trying new things and also a lot like guys with long hair. To describe my hair before I got it cut. Chewbacca, just my hair was triple length lolz :D
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On December 21 2011 03:36 Luisa_2 wrote:
Believe me long with long hair you will always stay in friendzone.
Cut it short, or have sum above average long hair if u have sth like surfer body...
Maybe u could try and get dreads tho, dunno how this would fit to you.
Hahaha, those are some pretty crap girls u know. They wont be with someone they've fallen in love wiith, just because you have long hair.
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Im asian so my hair is naturally clean and straight looking kekeke
Having it look clean is absolutely the #1 most important thing if you wanna rock that style
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On December 21 2011 02:50 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
If you have long hair, you're going to need it really well-maintained, which means you might need hair products. And it's going to take more than 30 seconds to wash in the shower. Bah.
It's not that hard to take proper care of long hair.
A lot of women over use hair products and then even more to try to control the damage.
A good sense of what healthy hair should feel like and using shampoo and conditioner accordingly is often enough.
But why would you want to straighten those curls bro! Straightening them will make them weaker.
Also I think mine are effin badass. I might be a Fabio though.
Long hair doesn't fit everyone though, but that goes to women aswell.
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What do you classify as long? Like min 8 inches?
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yea long hair is fine so long as it looks clean, i have a friend with long hair and it looks greasy as fuck all the time, kinda mkes me ill D:
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what i found to be most impressive is that you drank exactly 1.6 cups of coffee?
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you thought letting your hair grow was going to attract girls? No man. No.
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I have long hair, it's a good bitch filter let me tell you!
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Whao, Thanks for all the advice/comments
I acturally doubt it will get below my shoulders, since im probally going to get it cut simply due to peer pressure (Sick of friends/family asking me to cut it)
But I want to do something special for it, just to give it some sort meaning or somthing. Idk guess I just like some stuff in my life to have some meaning.
On December 21 2011 04:28 Pulimuli wrote:
what i found to be most impressive is that you drank exactly 1.6 cups of coffee?
Was guessing dude. I was fucking tired last night. My back is still recovering from the first sunburn of my life (And as australian, thats a big deal) and it wont stop itching at night. Pisses me off. Luckly I have this awesome skill of being able to make random posts at 2 AM.
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I don't care what you guys say. I went Christmas shopping and some of the fat nerdy guys with unkempt hair pass their shoulders are disgusting.
Guys with hipster glasses and medium length hair look pretentious. Just my opinion. I myself have short-medium hair, I prefer to keep it from getting too long, because I think that I'm disgusting with long hair, not just flaming other people for it.
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I've recently had hair down 4-5" past my shoulders and the only thing you got to do is wash it, dry it directly after, then comb it.
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On December 21 2011 03:58 Louuster wrote:
Im asian so my hair is naturally clean and straight looking kekeke
Having it look clean is absolutely the #1 most important thing if you wanna rock that style
Yeah, girls DO NOT like long hair if it's the greasy, haven't showered in a while kind. The only kind of long hair I can think of being decent looking is the sk8r boi kind of hair, mostly this one guy I knew who had long hair that I wasn't repulsed by.
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Fuckit. Decided that it was too much effort/money to make it look good for just a short period of time.
Im going to get it cut. Sorry for those who gave advice... I guess im just a massive pussy.
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I've had long hair for a while and outside of some basic treatment it doesn't need much. Of course this is unique for each person because of all the different kind of hair, I always start to think about cutting it when I get sick, as during those times it is extremely annoying, only to be reminded that I look like serial killer with shaven head and even more queer with "normal"-ish hair lenght.
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