A conversation came up a few days ago about hair length and I found myself remembering an occasion about 15 years ago when I used to be able to sit on mine!!! It took me 10 years to grow it that long and I was sooo proud of it and loved every inch of it.
I used to make a point of every fortnight seeing a hairdresser and getting it looked after "properly" as well (since then I have learnt better but more of that another time). There was one time that I went to my normal hairdresser and the person who usually did my hair wasn't there. I wasn't too fazed this kind of thing happened sometimes and I trusted those within the business to be just as careful and professional as she was.
That was mistake number 1 !!! (If your normal person isn't there don't trust the one you have only just met )
So as usual I was taken to get my hair washed and once it was squeaky clean I was put in the chair to have a teeny trim and I mean about an inch just to get rid of any split ends. The hairdresser in question asked me if I wanted a cuppa to which i said "oooo yesh please" and she toddled off out the back to make it.
Mistake number 2 !!! (Don't let them leave take flask or a take away cuppa if you must )
For some reason I had a look at where she was in the mirror and happend to catch her talking to another hairdresser in there who apparently was the manager and they we looking very serious and and nodding in my direction. I did feel a tad uneasy about this but let it go thinking that I had only just seen it in the mirror and not wanting to seem like a paranoid Pixie blew it off by saying " I hope you aren't in trouble".
Mistake Number 3 !!! (If it doesn't feel right trust your senses they are there for a reason)
So ignoring my feelings I settled myself into having my trim and the hairdresser was friendly enough and chatted away whilst she started trimming my hair even asking me if I was sure I only wanted a trim, to which I replyed "I will cry buckets if I lose more than an inch", to which her reply was " I will make sure I am extra careful then" and smiled at me in the mirror. Within less than 2 minutes I heard a deep intake of breath and she was babbling saying things like "I am sooooo sorry ... it was a complete accident ... I slipped " whilst in her hand lay a handful of my locks at least 18 inches long !!!
Mistake 4 and 5 !!! (If they start talking about taking more off GET OUT OF THE SEAT !!!! .... and when they say oops GET OUT OF THE SEAT !!!!)
The hairdresser and I use that as the loosest of terms had taken my hair off at my shoulder!!! That was no oops that was a "What the hell have you done!!!" The manager came out and being as apologetic as she was and me in pieces at the loss on my hair and having to sit there and endure more of the same otherwise I would have looked a mess. I walked out afterwards and didn't pay, I didn't even pick up my hair as I normally did. (It's a thing)
Mistake 6 !!! (NEVER leave your hair behind if they do that take it with you )
A week later and wearing a hat because I still felt ridiculous I happened to walk past the hairdressers in question and there was my hair in the window as a wig !!!
Needless to say this liddle Pixie was mad as a cut snake and went ballistic on them and called the police and had them charged with theft amongst other things. I had my day in court and they were shut down and lots of other things .... However my hair has NEVER grown back the same since. Now I am lucky if it grows 6 inches down from my shoulder.
I'm not normally a very vain person but my hair was something I treasured and looked after like I did my kids. Nowadays I have to find ways of making y hair longer and feeling better about it. This can take the form of braiding extensions to straightening it and all sorts of other ridiculous temporary solutions, however this one I find is the most fun and is removable without damage and only takes a few hours to do.
These are my Plaited hair "falls" :~
I used 2 50g balls of wool here for this one batch which will make about 4 falls.
attach one end of your wool to something as an anchor otherwise you will be chasing it all over the place !!! I choose to use our table leg like this :~
From there start winding your wool around the table you have chosen to use, here you can see I am winding the second ball. It is entirely up to you if you choose to wind each ball seperately or together. I do mine together as I find it saves me time :~
And this one is of me getting in a tangle .... seee I'm not perfick you know !!!!
Once they are done they should look like this :~
Once you have done that tie a ribbon loosely round the middle of the lengths of wool to keep them together :~
After that pick out 12 strands of each colour of the wool :~
After that attach them to a hair tie by doing a slip knot so they hold well and cant move off the tie. Then you can do as I do and hook the hair tie over your big toe or attach it to a knob or something else so you can plait the strands together :~
Make sure you have a good movie on to watch or a decent album or something to keep you occupied whilst you do this as this takes a good hour for each fall of this kind.
Eventually you get something that looks like this :~
Now I only have another 5 or 6 to do and I can literally replace my own hair with them !!!
Yes I know !!! my hair is muggles at the moment but not for long ... it only goes that colour during the winter as it hibernates like I do. It should be back to it's natural self in a few weeks now that the weather appears to have sorted itself out again!!!
Yes hair can get confuzzled too HAHAHA!!!
So on that note I am going to toddle off now and do the rest of my falls... I'm sure in the future I will get hold of materials to do another type which I will also show you. For now however these are the easier and the best. Enjoy making them and have fun wearing them!!!
xox Love and Light xox
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