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11 August 2010 @ 03:14 pm

burning hair question

The last time I went to Burning Man, I got my hair twisted, with extensions, so it looked like this:

This year, I was figuring I wouldn't do anything special with my hair, but I'm starting to rethink that. The twists were awfully fun. But also costly and, for the first couple of days, pretty painful.

Therefore, I turn to you, livejournal, for this very important question:

Poll #1604609

Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 30

For Burning Man this year, what should aroraborealis do with her hair?

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twists

4(13.8%)

braids

16(55.2%)

nothing special

6(20.7%)

other (describe below)

3(10.3%)

Tags: bman, hair, narcissism

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kcatalyst on August 11th, 2010 07:35 pm (UTC)

I vote braids because I remember you saying that regular hair was kind of a pain at burning man.

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aroraborealis on August 11th, 2010 08:17 pm (UTC)

Yeah, I have this fantasy that I know better now than I did my first year, buuuut... If I'm wrong, I have 10 days of sucky hair instead of fun hair!

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kcatalyst on August 11th, 2010 11:03 pm (UTC)

On the other hand, trying out a potentially futile fantasy is a great way to make "nothing special" into something special!

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mzrowan on August 11th, 2010 11:20 pm (UTC)

We could always take a shot at braiding your hair on-playa if you turn out to hate it loose.

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contessagrrl on August 11th, 2010 07:35 pm (UTC)

I'm torn!

I think you might enjoy NOT having your hair in braids or twists, especially now that you better understand on-playa hair care for your hair.

On the other hand, you know the braids/twists work well for you. Is it worth the time and money investment to you? Also, since you have pretty short hair, what about doing shorter braids/twists? Even more like shoulder-length should be less painful to adjust to.

One thing I notice is that you look like a different you (to me) in (the pictures of) the twists you did previously. Some people seem to really like that on playa (see: playa names, alter egos) and some people really don't like that (see: I get to be my Real Self (tm) on playa). Perhaps that's worth thinking about?

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aroraborealis on August 11th, 2010 08:15 pm (UTC)

Interesting point about different "me"s. I think I like both! But this is worth thinking about, for sure. Thanks!

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harimad on August 11th, 2010 07:48 pm (UTC)

It occurs to me that dye is inexpensive and not painful. I like braids on other people (it looks weird on me) but I don't want to impose my yearnings on someone else's head.

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aroraborealis on August 11th, 2010 08:14 pm (UTC)

Well, I always have a chunk of dyed hair in the front, so that's part of "nothing special" for me! To get really noticeable color in my hair requires bleaching, too, but I could do a color rinse just for general effect. Thanks for the thoughts!

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miss_chance on August 11th, 2010 09:52 pm (UTC)

Or, you know, you could, if you wanted to, bleach your whole head and do (a) color(s) all over. When you want your hair back to normal you just re-dye to your natural (or preferred) color. I'm amazed at what a barrier I *thought* all-over dying would be compared to what little-deal it really is.

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catya on August 12th, 2010 10:42 am (UTC)

this is a very good point :)

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shut_it_already on August 11th, 2010 08:50 pm (UTC)

The twists look *very* cool! Did you take them out before you came back home last year?

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aroraborealis on August 12th, 2010 04:26 am (UTC)

I came home with them but then took them out in my first days back!

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_sabriel_ on August 11th, 2010 09:24 pm (UTC)

man I loved those twists.....at least all the pix I've seen!!
I feel bad voting purely on aesthetics, not on comfort, but there you go.

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aroraborealis on August 12th, 2010 04:26 am (UTC)

Aesthetics matter!!

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debsquared on August 11th, 2010 09:29 pm (UTC)

I'd love to do dreads someday, so I'm recommending this to live vicariously through you. :n)

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jordanwillow on August 11th, 2010 11:01 pm (UTC)

i voted for "nothing special" as a vote against pain :)

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dpolicar on August 12th, 2010 12:39 am (UTC)

Shave it!

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lazyz on August 12th, 2010 02:41 am (UTC)

Dan's godmother shaved her head for ease during her climb of Denali.
I vote for gel. It's cheap and does anything.
PS, her X lost his primary bid for Congress, yay.

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catness on August 12th, 2010 05:18 pm (UTC)

I <3 the braids. But you need to do what works best for you, not what I think is hot. :)

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dancingwolfgrrl on August 14th, 2010 11:13 pm (UTC)

I haven't found braids painful, which is why I vote for them over twists, but obviously YMMV. I would cry sad tears on the playa without *some* hair-management strategy, though.

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