I want me some big ass 80s style hair tonight
tips?

Synth

xxx

Oh, Synth, should I post my PM to you so everyone can share the love?

This what I have heard--loads of aquanet, teasing, more teasing, loads more of aquanet, and the occasional dryer and crimping.

Yep, that's a very nice an concise version of what I told her

i mis my long 'death valley' hair

haha, cheers love, ur so sweet! Bt i supose my short hair does luk sharp.. C wt the ladies say 2nite in town :-)

Okay, here's what I wrote her. Like I said, its a long version of what Ginger said.



First things first, it really helps to have some kind of layering in your hair (shorter on top), but you can still work it without.

Here's what I have come to find is the best way to make your hair biggest:

---You will need: Hairspray (we goths love Aquanet), crimping iron, fine toothed comb or teasing comb, about 20 to 30 minutes.

-Start with hair you washed yesterday. If you must wash it today, make sure you don't condition it and it is completely dry before you start.

-Take your Aquanet and spray all over your hair. Before it dries, comb it through your hair. Really make sure its throughout your hair and there are no crunch parts.

-If you have fringe, decide if you want to keep it down or not (I keep mine down).

-Warm up your crimping iron to high (you might have to find one at a beauty supply store or online). Take chunks of hair and crimp it all around your head, paying special attention to the roots.

-Once you've crimped, use your fingers to run through the hair and "fluff" it up at a bit to break up the chunks you've made using the crimping iron.

-Now comes the fun part. Take your finetoothed comb (or teasing comb) and pick up a section of hair. Hold the hair by the end and drag your comb all the way to the root. Do this a few times for each section.

-Now you have a head filled with fuzzy rats nests. Go all around your head and backcomb randomly but thoroughly. This will make your little rat's nests meld together so you have one big rat's nest! Back comb anywhere that needs some fluffing.

-Take your Aquanet, bend over and spray in a sweeping motion (that will help you use the hairspray propellant to keep your hair up). Keep the can about a foot away from your hair). Keep bent over until the spray dries.

-Stand up (slowly!) and inspect. If there are parts that need more floof, backcomb and hairspray more. Its also helpful to use your fingers to fluff it up using an outward and upward pulling motion.

-Okay, now it looks perfect. Spray the sucker down and you're ready to go!

Reference pictures from the God and Goddess of big hair:

Rob
Sioux

I wish I didn't chop my hair off. Guess i'll have to get a wig when I want big hair.

^At least you can grow yours out and it will be prime for this! Butt-length hair (that has been meticulously conditioned) does not take well to teasing. :(

There are times when I really miss my big hair and the ritual of backcombing. It was so well trained in the end that I had no need of hairspray. The downside was that I quite often cut my fingers open on it

Lots of Aquanet
And be cruel with your hair using aggressive combing!

There are some growth shampoos that you could try (I can not attest to how good they are).

Punkrockdomestics has a lot of tutorials on teasing hair.

Also, if you want hair like this you're prolly going to need a "rat", which you can either buy or make at home pretty easy

My routine for big hair.

Wake up. Look in mirror to suss out starting point. Flip hair upside down, rough up with hands, spray with hairspray. Pull up any pieces that look flat. Done.

Wet hair. Flip hair upside down, slightly dry with towel. Let air dry, suss out situation. Pull up any pieces that look flat. Spray with hairspray.


My hair loves to defy gravity. The other day I picked up my friend with sopping wet hair, and he balked and asked me why my hair was flat. When I explained it was just wet, he said, Oh good, it doesnt suit you. It stuck straight up by the end of the day.

The end result

As I said before:

PS: Where did you get those boots? I've been looking for some like that with no buckles, they are not easy to find!

^I'm still trying to get the funds to buy these ones:

http://www.jadedminx.com/stk-301.html

Only I want the ones with buckles:

http://www.jadedminx.com/stack-308.html

But... these ones are like Synth's, with the laces....

http://www.jadedminx.com/mega-602.html

Well, look at you, you are just a lexicon of things I'd like to know!


Oh, and now I have another website that I really shouldn't be looking at, thanks. (dreams of winning the lottery...)

^It really is kind of embarrassing... I have folders of shopping websites in my favorites, sectioned off by the "style"... I have a folder for Trad Goth, Victorian, Pin~Up/Retro...

All sorts of things... and no money.

Mine are Demonia Mega 101 i think...

Wow thats some amazing big hair. I could never get it to work on me because I have long straight un-layered hair.

If anyone has done it with long straight hair let me know!

I had long, straight, unlayered hair when I first started making mine submit to my will! You just have to keep at it - hanging over the end of the bed works well when blowdrying your hair and then just blitz it with lots and lots of wax and hairspray! Looks like total crap the next morning but honestly does work at the time