<![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> I had a very bad experience in japan going to hair salon,
and promised not to go in any hair salon for a haircut in japan. .Because of economy, this salon i visited in Eifukucho is expecting their cliet to come often, and if one comes once in a year....or only when needed, they give a bad service and talk drastically.
After i had my hair straightened i promised not to come back again. As this saloon is expecting their client to come as often as possible for maintainance.
What a hell!

casty

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @LoLoren: Oh my god, I had the worst experience letting a friend of a friend who was training at Aveda cut my hair. I ended up with a nightmare mullet that had me contemplating never leaving my flat again. Not to suggest that going to Aveda is a bad idea, or that hairdressers-in-training are all incompetent sadists, it's just that your comment reminded me of my extremely unfortunate decision. I am still growing it out. . . ugh, I could go on and on about it.

elle_oh_elle

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> Right now my hair is in the grow out phase of the Victoria Beckham bob. I need to change it all up because all the other girls at work have the same cut, so I have no idea what to do. I don't want to go uber short. Any ideas?

The HZA.

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @fallenbelle: you are so lucky. I couldn't get a good haircut to save my life when I lived in Japan. Then again, I have wavy hair and it is very tempermental. It ballooned in Tokyo humidity.

brendastarlet is on it

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @BiscuitDoughJones: @charlotte corday:

I'm finally leaving Japan in April and one of the things I'll miss most is my hairdresser. My hair has never looked better-of course, to be a hairdresser here you need to be good because there's a salon every 200m or so it seems.

On the other hand, I live in Tokyo and haven't noticed any more short hair than usual, but I'll make a point to look around on the train this morning.

fallenbelle

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @braak: This sounds like a superior Monty Python educational song in the making to me...

leMaldeTete

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> There is a long-established and well-known correlation between the value of gold, the shape of men's beards, and the length of hemlines.

braak

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @desylicious: Apparently cornrows are for boys now. You don't see as many men with them either.

I guess the economy is bad as far as I am concerned. I went from a fro to dreadlocks. I was already taking care of my own hair, but now I don't have to waste as much time washing and styling it or as much money on hair products.

xay

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @Archetype: There are full on mullets, and there are also cuts which happen to frame the face and are a little longer in the back. Unfortunately this cut is great for my face. Although, I have discovered recently that if I let it air dry with no product the most amazing curls develop.

My stylist only charges me $50 (because I've referred so many to her) but gives the best cuts ever. I'm in the camp that believes you can get away with a lot of other mistakes if you have a quality cut, so I would gladly pay her more.

I love the perm comment! I've been watching lots of 80s movies lately and wish to see more women doing this again.

richcreamerybutter

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @skinnybonejones: My only problem is that it smells like a vanilla Jello pudding pop. It's not so good on my hair, but it makes the dude's hair look excellent.

TruculentandUnreliable

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> I was really tentative about cutting my own hair until I realized that the $35-a-cut place in my local strip mall NEVER GOT IT RIGHT and I didn't want to pay any more for it, so now I do it myself. It's kind of spiky in the back and the bangs are long in front, and I've surprisingly managed to keep it up pretty well.

Now I'm growing it back out and I'm glad I cut it myself a few times. D'ya ever have short hair, and it seems like it grows in faster all over the nape of your neck, and you get a Temporary Mullet? I'm getting better at trimming that off. This way all the layers will match up eventually. I hope.

I also buy all my makeup at CVS. I'm no good for the economy.

tscheese

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @katastic: Amazing, that's what. You can test-drive it for $15 or something - it's the mini-jar and it's lasted me a few months. It's technically a texturizing paste, but it shines really well and I feel like it doesn't add any weight whatsoever. I use an amt. = half a grape (I have long hair) and run it over my hair, esp. my part/bangs/ends, and it looks fantastical.

I think it's intended to emulate that whole 2nd day hair look, the day after you've washed your hair.

I also use it on soaking wet, combed-through hair to do the beachy wave thing. It works really well for that.

Here's a link: [www.sephora.com]

That Enjoy Shine stuff is for pure shine/silkiness.

SBJ

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> i always spend too much on my hair, because i hate it. it's baby fine and full of cowlicks. i'm actually embarrassed by how much the girl i've been going to charges. i'm going to start going to the aveda school.

incurable paranoiac

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @skinnybonejones:Whats Johnathan Dirt?

katastic

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> Well I'm going to go get my hair colored in an hour, so my economy is doing ok, I guess. Not cut, though, and I always get it cut...so maybe I need to revisit my estimation of my personal economy...

pssshwhatever

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @bowlingfordollars: Why, thank you, angelface. That is sweet. Some Asian girl in my office today walked by and was all, "You seriously have the prettiest hair. Please tell me it's not naturally that way." Ha! I showed her my Jonathan Dirt and I also really love Enjoy's Shine. [www.sleekhair.com]

It's some good shit, yo.

SBJ

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @Rhody: Sounds a little like me (though I wash more than 3 x/week)...I'm a wash and go girl with technical virgin hair (I've had spray colour done for Halloween...that doesn't count, right?)...what I do to my hair doesn't really reflect the economy...

PetiteGal

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @leMaldeTete: Yes, shave head! Like that chick on Top Model. She looked great with the short hair. PS, black girls: whatever happened to corn rows? How come I never see corn rows any more?

desylicious

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> I'm also a self-chopper. I keep my hair long, all one length, and wash 3 times a week with the $3 shampoo and conditioner. I can't imagine how it could get any cheaper. But yeah, my spending on other "girly" stuff has dropped off lately.

kittenfoo

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @Muffyn: It's so effective. Boys just get this stunned, deer in the headlights look.

Le Kangourou de Kataroo

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> I just chopped off 10 inches after having not cut it in a year. Grew it long for a few reasons: 1) I'm cheap and don't think you should spend more than $50 on a haircut, 2) I'm lazy. But the main reason was that at a certain point I realized if I let it grow another inch or two I could donate it to a wigs-for-kids charity. That felt good.

So um, yeah, recession. Nope, no thoughts.

hfree

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> My idea of paying attention to my budget consists of getting cheap shampoo once in a while, to make up for the rest of the time when i spend WAY too much. I used to have a MAC hook up, but alas, no more. i get real cranky when i have to actually purchase a new lipstick.

HootieHoo

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> Long hair is waaaaay cheaper and less effort than short in my experience. I chopped waist-length hair up to supershort pixie last year and holy EFFORT.

I'm going to see my hairdresser soon. My hair is really curly and bleached right now, so I'm going to get her to help me rock a white girl 'fro for the next while, I like the idea of a round-head silhouette. I don't know what this says about the Canadian economy.

lisas

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @Archetype: I locked myself in my room and cried for a DAY. THE WHOLE DAY.

katastic

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @katastic: "You shaved your head?" "Yeah, the hair's still in the sink if you want to glue it."

Le Kangourou de Kataroo

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @kataroo_kangaroo: I love you for telling him to suck your dick. That is my fav insult!

Muffyn

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @amoureuse: Damn. it. Thank you for being a voice of reason at least. I need to just let this shit ride and deal for a while... otherwise, yeah, we should have a head shaving party.

leMaldeTete

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @bowlingfordollars: She washes it in the blood of the Unjust!!!!

katastic

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> I'm poor as a bitch and have been doing my own trims. Nothing says "financial stability" like a SINK FULL OF YOUR OWN HAIR.

katastic

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> I finally got professional highlights on my hair last time I went my stylist.

I am thinking about growing it out and getting a loose perm. Crazy, I know!!!

TruculentandUnreliable

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @leMaldeTete: I get a full weave. And don't do it because weaves thin out your hair. I used to get micro braids and lacing and it ruined my hair. My hairline is completely jacked up so I had to resort to weaves to cover the hair loss. I am on the verge of shaving my head and completely starting over.

amoureuse is a second class citizen

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @Muffyn: He'd been begging me to come out, so I finally gave in, lined up my job here, quit my job at home and everything, told him everything was set and I'd see him in 2 weeks, then he was like, "uh, yeah... i don't think i'm ready for that kind of commitment." So I told him he could suck my imaginary dick. And, yes, I love my short hair! Sometimes I miss my long hair, but I like being sassy.

@The HZA: Behold the beauty of the champagne brunch. Totally lowers your inhibitions.

Le Kangourou de Kataroo

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> I've never gone completely overboard on cosmetics or hair supplies. I do the $1 VO5 shampoo and the $8 Garnier Fructisse conditioner to balance that out. And I only go to Sephora for the eyeliner and lipgloss. Everything else is a drugstore purchase. I'm totally cheap.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> Hey, we have to support the failing economy. I say more haircuts for everyone! When you get your economic stimulus check, blow it on a rinse-and-set or a perm!

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> and for once (once!), it worked the other way around for me-- new hair cut, THEN spanky new boyf! rather than the usual, bad-break-up-crazy-hair-change scenario.

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @chelotoyou: Don't get too drunk when you have the urge to cut. That's how I ended up with my current mullet-like style.

Archetype

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> I tend to change my hair dramatically in the fall, because that time of year depresses the hell out of me. I spend way too much money on crap for my hair no matter what length it is, but when I'm broke I just buy stuff on sale or look for new cheaper brands.

And I would take Lasick over new tits anyday. I want that surgery so freaking badly, I'm considering talking my boyfriend into a quickie marriage because his healthcare covers it.

Jerseylicious

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @kataroo_kangaroo: I want to do that, but I am kinda nervous to.

The HZA.

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @kataroo_kangaroo: whoops. re-read and I'm wrong. I MADE the move and then got dumped.

Muffyn

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @kataroo_kangaroo: awwww you sound exactly like me. Stupid boys. Sorry. Bit isn't short hair cute? (I'm saying that because I miss my long hair now....)

Muffyn

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @tailfeather: Yeah, I cut my own hair to tell you the truth. I'm poor, and I don't trust anyone else with my hair. They always, ALWAYS fuck it up.

marvel girl

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> Bad break-up, awful election, feeling lousy..etc. are sensible reasons to get a drastic haircut. It's the one thing you can control and feels like a fresh start.

keldo

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> I cut my own hair, (and by cut, I mean lop off the ends as needed) but I'll pay whatever it takes to make my sodding skin clear. Crappy skin is apparently the price I pay for having a lovely, clear complexion in junior high/high school when everyone else was crusted over with acne.

Jessica Hussein Lovejoy: BRB, getting Rahm'ed

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> I love her pink hair.

The same can be said with lipstick shades. I guess when times/economy is not so hot, women buy darker lipsticks, like plum and deep red. Good times are brighter colors.

The HZA.

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @amoureuse: Do you use weaves when you're growing relaxer out? How does that work? I don't know wtf to do with my skank-ass head (I could iron, but I hate) now that the straight's 1/3 grown out and I don't wanna go back for more chemicals.

leMaldeTete

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> May I suggest hair school for all you ladies skimping in haircuts because of price? My local Aveda Institute charges $17 for some of the best cuts I've gotten in years. Granted, you really have to be ok with an amateur cutting your hair and, yes, maybe miss a few hairs, but overall, best cuts ever.

LoLoren

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @BiscuitDoughJones: oooh, if you're ever in dc, my girl is awesome. i just feel guilty being all "i can't have pink highlights" when she and i both reeeally want them on my head. stupid job.

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> As Jack Donaghy says, your hair is your head suit. Perhaps they're just "suiting up" for a new job search?

Miss Pelled

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> What's the old saw about hem lines? Don't they go up and down according to the economy too?

bowleserised

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @Archetype: oh i didnt bother going to school that day. there was a really obnoxious republican/christian/quasi-punk/conservative/homophobic/anti-abortion girl who had a baby and have her up for adoption* in my class and I knew that she was going to say something stupid and I was going to have to smack her and i didnt want to get kicked out of school for that.

*while noble of her to give the baby up for adoption, my hopes in pointing this out is that you get a sense of what a hypocritical dumb bitch she was.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @Rhody: exactly. i tend to fuck with my short(er) hair waay more than i did with my bra-backstrap length hair for 2+ years.

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> My cosmetic-buying and haircutting habits reflect only the economy of sanity in my brain. I'll get a $80 cut and then go for 7 months wearing it in a bun. I'll buy $1 eyeliner one day and then $50 mascara the next.

@charlotte corday: So is mine, and same here. I want someone to teach me what to do... that's easy and attractive (may be impossible with my hair).

leMaldeTete

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @charlotte corday: For real. The haircut I got in Japan was the best haircut I've ever had in my life. If I could afford it, I'd fly that woman out here a few times a year just to cut my hairs.

BiscuitDoughJones

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> SkinnyBonesJones is the go to girl for hair. Have you ever seen how freakishly shiny it is?

And that is a compliment.

BowlingForDollars

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @ineffable.me: I chopped 10 inches off my hair when my boy broke up with me just before I moved out here to be with him, then drunkenly dyed it red in the stress before the move. Luckily, both were quality decisions.

Le Kangourou de Kataroo

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> Weird. I almost got all my hair chopped off on Friday, but drank beer instead. Better move.

chelotoyou

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @tailfeather: word. my 30 dollar haircut and self polished nails don't cost enough to change, no matter the economic situation. $25 for lipstick? pshaw, try walgreens lipgloss for $5.

tmmkitten

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> The economy is in a rut. I am switching from weaves to wigs until I finally grow my relaxer out. Cannot afford to buy the hair or pay the overpriced hair dresser.

amoureuse is a second class citizen

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> @ineffable.me: Don't, I busted out crying in a staff meeting the day after that election.

Archetype

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> Short hair is actually far more time consuming and expensive for me. What with all the product and blow drying. The long hair lives in a ponytail and only gets washed 3x/week.

Rhody

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> I oscillate between cutting and coloring my own hair and getting it done. So, I end up getting it professionally done about twice a year.

All the make-up I use is pretty expensive, but I don't use much. I just try to monitor when I need it replaced and buy it on eBay....and hope it's not fake.

Archetype

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> Ugh, this is my most girliest trait, I think, but when I get really depressed or bummed out, I need to change my hair.

At the last elections I woke up the day after, saw that Bush won and proceeded to go to Rite Aid to get some bleach (the more drastic the change, the worse I feel). Of course, then the bleach spilled and I had to color my hair with something else, which was just a perfect fucking ending to a horrid day.

Wah, I feel like such a lame-o after having admitted thtat.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> For what I save on haircuts when I have long hair, I spend 10 times as much on conditioner and other products.

Pinkosaurus

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> my hairdresser is japanese and she ROCKS. i just wish i actually styled my hair to take advantage of her artistry. i lazy.

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> My hair is half shaved off. We must be in BIG trouble!

Thank you magical, prophecizing haircut!

gluecake

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> I think the short hair/bad economy connection has to do with rut-breaking. I mean, how many of us have gotten a drastic haircut after a breakup/job loss?

BiscuitDoughJones

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> Since I buy all my makeup at Walgreen's and get $20 pedicures, the state of the economy doesn't really affect my overall cheapness/prettiness.

tailfeather

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> The economy is looking bad, I have to get my 'smart' hair on. Don't they know strenght is located in the hair?

Leiakat

]]> <![CDATA[In Japan, Ugly Economy = Pretty Hair]]> I chop my hair when I get annoyed with it, and grow it out when I'm poor ($80 haircuts add up right quick!) Though I found a new way of getting good haircuts- hair modeling! Sweet.

Le Kangourou de Kataroo

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