hair on the playa

[phil]

> I find that toe nail polish stays on, though, because I'm not (usually)
> pounding stakes with my feet.

Yeah, the polish stays on, but the toe nails don't.





[edit to fix typo]

[teardropper]

My partner is a professional who should be pretty presentable. And she doesn't spend a lot, when compared to some, but good products cost. It's fairly long and curly. Like I said she pulls it back and completely covers it. Almost all the time, but especially on the open playa on bikes, during the day. A good wash, condition and trim on return and it's as good as new. It's not rocket science.

[mudpuppy000]

If she spends a lot on her nails too, warn her that they'll probably go straight to hell out there, including her cuticles...

Ouch, that reminds me, my fingernails got JACKED out there, and the playa dust BURNS. I ended up putting neosporin on them and wrapping them in duct tape for the week.

[Titty_Von_HardOn]

Beehive?

[pterribilini]

Ok, someone needs to be the voice of reason here.

First of all, stop being judgemental jerks! Burning Man is about participation and acceptance please try to remember this in your responses. Second, I am in the public eye for my job and coming back with thrashed hair makes the first week till I can get to a salon very difficult in the morning getting ready.

Here are a few suggestions: Braids will help a LOT. Get them professionally done pre-playa and make sure they put a ton of leave in conditioner and don't get them too tight. Fewer/larger braids do less damage than cornrows. Then be sure you do these things while you are out there: Put sunblock on any exposed scalp at least 4 times a day. This skin burns REALLY easily and is painful and will look like crazy dandruff when it's healing. Put sunscreen on the braids themselves too for the first few days till they get a good coating of playa on them to help protect the color from fading in weird ways. A hat will be your best friend. Get one a little bigger than fits without braids so you have room for them without pulling tight and causing more breakage. When you don't want to wear a hat, wear a scarf. This will also be a good dust barrier in a windstorm when wrapped around both hair and face.

Hope your friend finds this useful!

[AntiM]

Ok, someone needs to be the voice of reason here.

First of all, stop being judgemental jerks! Burning Man is about participation and acceptance please try to remember this in your responses. Second, I am in the public eye for my job and coming back with thrashed hair makes the first week till I can get to a salon very difficult in the morning getting ready.

Hmmm, judgmental, you say?

A few thoughts from Moderator M: I constantly nag and remind that snark should never be the first answer, and preferably not the second or even third in forums where help is being sought. HOWEVER, this IS an open and relatively uncensored forum. I don't expect a topic to stay on topic all the time. I also expect posters to be able to skim the snark if they don't find it amusing. Last, never confuse eplaya with the playa. The two are very different animals.

Thank you.

[theCryptofishist]

Aphrodite forbid someone who has a JOB requiring great hands should come to the playa for a week. Or foot models. If that's your JOB, don't come.

I do have a way around that last.

[Shambala]

Aphrodite forbid someone who has a JOB requiring great hands should come to the playa for a week. Or foot models. If that's your JOB, don't come.

I do have a way around that last.

Hey fishy, don't you think your way around that was just teencie weencie bit EXTREME? Really now!

[gyre]

I'm thinking her sense of humour was somehow involved.

[Teo del Fuego]

send the woman with high-maintenance hair to Astral Headwash twice a day

[Ugly Dougly]

I'm thinking her sense of humour was somehow involved.

Ya think?

[Janet Planet]

[quote="teardropper"]My partner ties hers up and covers it with a tube cloth kind of thing that completely covers the hair. [/quote]

That would be a Buff. I can't imagine life without one.
http://www.planetbuff.com/?gclid=CKL5p5 ... iAodNCi8yA

[AntiM]

Buffs are indeed cool, but TD may be talking about a braid tube, long and skinny, fits over a single braid only.

[LoveIsMyReligion]

I've seen tons of girls out there with the wool wraps and I heard they can help protect your hair quite a bit. I've got long hair and after the first day I had a girl that was nice enough to braid it all for me which helped a lot. I did have some breakage and my hair was all frizzy when I took them out, but it was out of site and out of mind on the playa.

I actually want to get my hair wool wrapped this year. Does any one know where I might be able to get this done in SF prior to the burn???

Please let me know (*( =