Kalisa’s has that oh-so-flattering triangle shape and Laura could have moonlighted as a news anchor. We wanted to look professional, so we cut off some of our hair, but we just couldn’t give up height and width. Working Girls, Mid-90s EditionĪnother time period before we new each other, but we both managed to go down the same unfortunate path. We didn’t even know each other then, and wouldn’t meet for at least another ten years, but we had a psychic connection going with our work wardrobes and our fabulously full hair.
Not to mention red jackets with round buttons, and a clever peek-a-boo of the blouse under the jacket. Nothing says workplace credibility like perms, hairspray, and bangs. Get out the pottery wheel, let’s spin some clay! After this no-turning-back cut, I realized I had nothing to hide behind. Why didn’t anyone tell me (A) that perms and bangs don’t mix, and (B) you can’t brush a perm.ĭemi Moore wowed us with her short, sassy, serious haircut in “Ghost,” and women all over the world cut off their locks to emulate her. I wanted to look like Andie McDowell from “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” I failed. Apparently neither of us was spending a lot of time on dates. We spent a lot of time doing our hair in 1982. This style also required about 3 hours per day. This hair combines the best of so many trends: wings, feathers, center-part, volume on top, volume on the sides. This style required about three hours per day. Very mushroom-esque.Īpparently my hair was planning on pursuing a career in country music following high school graduation. Strap on those ice skates and get your salchow in shape, because this hairstyle takes you right back to that bundle of ice-skating cuteness, Dorothy Hamill. And let’s not even discuss my orange terry-cloth shirt, which I loved like a sibling.
The bigger the better, and hairspray, please. We present you with a gallery of some of two dandelions’ worst hair moments: Laura: The Farrah And we both admit a weakness for snake oil promises - styling gels, sprays, or conditioners that promise to make us look like Farrah, “the Rachel,” or - that old favorite - Meg Ryan in “When Harry Met Sally.”Īnd have we ever had our missteps. We’re not afraid of color, perms, “product” or styling appliances. We’re no strangers to wings, shags, or bobs, and we’ve both had short hair, big hair, smooth hair, curly hair. Something flattering, hip, and easy to style. That holy grail of aspiring fashionistas.