Monday, January 25, 2010

Curls

I bought some curling tongs on Saturday. I have tried several times (unsuccessfully) to curl my hair with my GHD straighteners, and decided curling tongs were the way to go. I asked for advice on Twitter and was told Babyliss made good one. Spying a set for £9.99 in Argos I went for it.

I had a little play around with them last night (and managed to get a minor burn on my face in the process) and I got some good waves and curls with them. I took a picture but as I didn’t use any styling spray or hairspray, the curls didn’t hold terribly well.

Curls

When I tweeted about curling tongs, my friend Kate piped up and said she couldn’t imagine me with curly hair. What she (and the rest of you) didn’t know was that I had a perm all through high school. I said I would dig out some pictures over the weekend and post them on here. Excuse the quality – it was the mid 1990s, digital cameras didn’t exist back then and these pictures have been scanned. So Kate, just for you:

Concert
Taken in the 4th form I think, age 15

Expeditions Day
Expeditions Day, 1994, age 15

L6th
Summer of the L6th, 1996, age 17
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9 comments:

  1. Spiragirl25 January 2010 at 14:16:00 GMT

    Wow! You look so different, I wouldn't have even recognised you from those photos.

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  2. SHOEGAL25 January 2010 at 14:29:00 GMT

    LOL, yeah I guess I have changed quite a bit. Folk still recognise me when I go back to school, mind you, I've not been back without my glasses yet.

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  3. Fred25 January 2010 at 15:51:00 GMT

    Talking about glasses it was apparently also the "huge round glasses" era :-). Do you actually still wear glasses?

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  4. Amber26 January 2010 at 00:40:00 GMT

    Oh, those photos are fantastic! I also had a perm in high school - I think it was one of those 90s rites of passage! Now I definitely think I'm better off sticking to tongs if I want some curls!

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  5. SHOEGAL26 January 2010 at 08:42:00 GMT

    Fred: I do still wear glasses but prefer my contact lenses now. It was definitely the era of huge round glasses back then! Remember Andrea on the original Beverley Hills 90210?

    Amber: Thank you! It was definitely a 90s rite of passage having a perm - loads of people had them at my school.

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  6. Boutique Girl27 January 2010 at 16:00:00 GMT

    There is no way I would ever post old pictures of myself on here. You are very brave to do so!

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  7. Candycane27 January 2010 at 20:10:00 GMT

    I too had a perm mid 90's although why I have no idea when i have natuarlly curly hair lol! If I can find some pics whilst i'm off sick I will post them to my blog hehe.

    I invested in some curling tongs about 2 years ago and never quite managed them - I can't do it with my straightners either :'(

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  8. Fred27 January 2010 at 21:49:00 GMT

    Yep, I do remember her :-). I think we're moving to larger frames again, as I found out while looking for small ones at the opticians... I like this plastic pair of yours very much btw!

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  9. SHOEGAL28 January 2010 at 11:41:00 GMT

    BoutiqueGirl: I don't look too bad in those old photos. There are plenty of me that I would never in a million years post online though!

    Candycane: I would love to see some pictures of you in your younger days if you can find some to post!

    Fred: Thank you.

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