Justin G. Bautista
Writer
August 12, 2012
Hairstyles Experiment
This decade has experimented on hair more than any other.

The 100,000 to 150,000 hairs on our scalp have an evolutionary purpose. It is our head’s natural sun-block. It regulates our bodily temperature by trapping heat. But the more important prospect we root on is, it makes us look good. It is our extension of self-expression and fashion.

 

You remember that oceanic expanse of hair that’s aggressively intruding a personal space? Everybody looks like that in the 80′s; but now, people are more creative in stressing distinction through their hair.

 

It dazzles me how women can change hairstyles in a blink. One moment my sister’s hair is shoulder short, then on a different place it was way down her back. And I have to beat myself because I know how hair extensions work without researching about it. Women can switch hair colors too, braid it, put a hole in it, cut it shorter than men’s hair, and shape it like a ribbon or a horse.

 

Men started to care about their hairs as well. It used to be 5 mins lapse time between bath and going out of the house, but now we have to style our hairs. We hated spending so much time for beautification and we won’t risk anybody messing with it.

 

I spiked my hair upward like a pointed weapon. What experimentation did you do with your hairstyle?

 

  • http://darkofficehumour.wordpress.com Ankur Mithal

    Almost glad that I have “grown out” of the hair thing. What I mean is that all my hair is gone. Saves a lot of time.

  • http://jorgeolmosmusic.wordpress.com jorgeolmosmusic

    I’m a hair freak. Spikes are my favorite, but I’ll do anything. I love changing hair color as well!

  • http://themercenaryresearcher.wordpress.com Rutabaga the Mercenary Researcher

    shaved sides; big bangs teased up with aqua-net

  • http://elizashane.wordpress.com Eliza Shane

    I love playing with hair! Especially color. It’s a fast, easy way to change when the mood strikes! It’s fun and allows creatie expression in less permanent ways than say tattoos or piercings.

  • http://s1ngal.wordpress.com s1ngal

    i have experimented with spiral-perm, cutting my own hair [it became short on 1 side & longer on the other... but then few days later Rihanna was sporting the look], shaved my hair [went 1 on the trimmer, which is almost like shaving if i'm not wrong]. and now trying to grow them back [without trimming], so at present it’s just awful

  • http://thewallacegoupkw.wordpress.com thewallacegroupkw

    There was an era in my life where I didn’t really shave my head but it was a little boy haircut. Take the clippers and just run them over my head. I ended up looking like Curly from the Three Stooges. Wife didn’t like it but it sure was cool, temperaturewise. I also did the perm thing in the 70′s. Now I’m just a boring old coot with a normal haircut. :-)

  • http://evilnymphstuff.wordpress.com evilnymphstuff

    Short, very short, crazy, short, long… I tried a lot of random no-name style… And still changing and never ending! ;)

  • http://rouschel.wordpress.com rouschel

    The hairstyles in the pictures remind me a lot of the hairstyles from the 1800s when women were beginning to experiment with hair again, after losing the giant powdered wigs of the 1700s. Especially the deer hair.. there was a lot of that in the day.

  • http://ephemeralfilaments.wordpress.com draconianstylist

    Your hairstyle can say a lot about you. It is often referred to as your crowning glory. It is one of the first things people notice about you and you know what they say about first impressions.
    Some people use their hair as a billboard, others use it as amour, some hide behind theirs.

  • http://hyhomoodgym.wordpress.com hyhowellness

    Very interesting. I’ve found since I’ve come out depression I have started experimenting with more confident and daring hair styles. I’ve gone for short at the moment, as I’ve never had a low cut!

  • http://bwthoughts.wordpress.com billgncs

    I suppose that is one way to stand out from the crowd

  • http://gravatar.com/pusspudding viveka

    Have never played around with my hair more than color it red with using Henna during 70s & 80s. Must be very boring. *smile. Hair is a massive business and I think it’s daylight rubbery – what a hairdresser charge today. I go frequently, but nothing over the basic.

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