Repost of a sort: Having an Angel moment

[sparklebutch]

I'm looking for hairstyles for men with long hair; just ideas, suggestions. I googled.

First thing, I found this gallery. It has quite a few pictures, I stopped in the middle because of the half a dozen I saw, only one had even the start of a long hair. The rest had SHORT hair, with some bangs. Hello, men's fashion people, "not bald" does not yet equal "long". I don't know what penis-related issues you people have, but you really need to redefine "long" for hair purposes. Two inch isn't it.

The second was not much better, and the instructions required so much work that - no, sorry. I need something that would look okay and keep the hell out of my eyes, not something that would take two hours, half a gallon product, and specialised equipment just to get right.

The third link involved this line: "Long hair for men is in style these days, but long meaning not much longer than shoulder length." - so I'm already sickened. The fourth, somewhat worse, included these questions: "What hair length is the norm for men? Can men have very long hair? Is it ok for men to wear a ponytail?"

At this point I think that the word "style" should be removed from "hair" in my search. I also start thinking to look using words such as "Viking" and "early Saxon". These links might interest you a lot more.
* Viking Answer Lady - Viking hair
* Viking clothing (I get distracted)
* Men's braids (not so much historical, but hey, why not; I don't get why it's special for men, but don't get me started on gender just yet)
* For Sheila: Should Men Have Long Hair: What Does The Bible Say (?)
* This is an utterly shiny place
* This site has a gallery, for those of you only in it for the eye candy
* Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard

Comments

[dswdiane.livejournal.com]

Don't know if it is of any interest to you, but both my husband and my son have hair down past their shoulders. My son's goes halfway down his back.

Would you like me to post some pics of them?

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the offer :)

Are they doing something with the hair? Or just letting it be? It's just that there's a heatwave and hair is becoming too hot to live with. I pull it up, I look like a painting of a girl in the 18th century or something. *grin*

[dswdiane.livejournal.com]

Husband almost always has his in a pony tail ala Duncan MacLeod. My son sometimes does and sometimes does not, but when he does put it in a tail he puts the cloth covered ties in every two inches or so all the way down the length of it which makes it neater and less hot.

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

I vaguely recall a Duncan hairdo that involved narrow braids on top of a free long hair... or something.

I should do the thing with the many ties. I sometimes do with two, that's indeed cooler than the one, I'm just lazy about actually getting things neat...

[dswdiane.livejournal.com]

Roy (husband) just pull his hair back at he nape of his neck with a band or a clasp.

And yes, Michael (son) says it is much cooler with a tie about ever two inches.

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

I *love* long hair on men.

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

Me too, generally. Not so much when my back is so hot I feel like I'm leaning against an oven every time my hair is down.