Life goal achieved: bishōnen hair

[dorchadas]

It's been a long-time goal of mine to have hair long enough that I can put it back in a messy low ponytail, inspired (honestly) by Hotohori from Fushigi Yūgi. And just recently, thanks to a donation of all of thosesocks's old hair ties and the length of my hair, I can finally do it:

I can finally do something with my hair other than just having it hang loose. Took me long enough to figure it out.

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[dorchadas]

It's less uninterested and more incapable.

I can braid my hair, but it's not in any way neat. It's a scraggly mess, with stray hairs everywhere, and I've only ever done it as a temporary measure to get it out of the way, because for years I didn't own anything to restrain my hair other than the clips I used to put it up for the shower.

My hair looks pretty great when other people braid it, though. Here's it braided for a LARP I was briefly in:

[omnipotent]

Oh, I love that. It really does look good!

Perhaps a bit of product to smooth the hair before you braided it might yield a less messy braid? My hair is a much different texture than yours, but if I want it to look smooth(ish) I usually need to use a pomade.

[dorchadas]

Thank you!

You're right. My hair's wavy enough that it's always a bit rebellious (even in that braid it's still trying to escape) and I've partially used not styling it at all as an excuse to not deal with that. But if I do want to do anything other than let it hang loose, I'm going to have to find some way to tame it a bit.

I should ask next time I go in for a trim.