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ashley8918 · September 2014

wandajune6 said:

ashley8918 said:

beachyone15 said:

Man, where were you guys when I was getting b****ed out on the judging thread a few weeks ago re: makeup?!

I wish I would have seen it. Ugh.

Sorry. When I see a thread with tons of pages of comments, my instinct is to ignore it. I have a low tolerance for drama.

I am the opposite. I'm like a moth to a flame! I don't necesarily always get involved but I definitely read it.

AddieCake · September 2014

RebeccaFlower said:

Can I ask my question again then, Addie? Why do you think it's unprofessional? I wear my hair wet sometimes but it's back in a slick top knot and I've gotten compliments so I'm curious. Most of the time it's just doing groceries or something though.

Why do I think it's unprofessional? I think it's unprofessional to show up for work "unfinished." If you show up to work with wet hair, you have not finished getting ready, IMO.

lc07 · September 2014

AddieCake said:

RebeccaFlower said:

Can I ask my question again then, Addie? Why do you think it's unprofessional? I wear my hair wet sometimes but it's back in a slick top knot and I've gotten compliments so I'm curious. Most of the time it's just doing groceries or something though.

Why do I think it's unprofessional? I think it's unprofessional to show up for work "unfinished." If you show up to work with wet hair, you have not finished getting ready, IMO.

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Sugargirl1019 · September 2014

lc07 said:

AddieCake said:

RebeccaFlower said:

Can I ask my question again then, Addie? Why do you think it's unprofessional? I wear my hair wet sometimes but it's back in a slick top knot and I've gotten compliments so I'm curious. Most of the time it's just doing groceries or something though.

Why do I think it's unprofessional? I think it's unprofessional to show up for work "unfinished." If you show up to work with wet hair, you have not finished getting ready, IMO.

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jdluvr06 · September 2014

I go to work with wet hair all the time but I'm a "lab" rat. Ok so not exactly a lab but I spend my days doing research and I very rarely leave the office unless I'm interviewing someone for more research. Like I could seriously show up to work in my pjs and no one would care. I don't but I could. I think it depends on your profession and the environment at your work.

buttercup1958 · September 2014

It really depends on the work you do. Like this past summer I wore tee shirts and ratty jeans because I worked in a lab. I didn't want my nice clothes to be ruined because I was trying to make a caste of a shark tooth. But now I'm back in school I'm a manager so I always make sure I look at least business casual. I represent my museum and I want to put out a good image. But no matter what I always have makeup on and dry hair. I just feel better when I do and I feel like I then put out better work than if I was in PJS.

mrsmagicgeek · September 2014

I work from home. PJ'S are my uniform unless I'm feeling formal, then I put on shorts or jeans.

AddieCake · September 2014

Unless I was a pool or beach lifeguard or swim teacher/coach , I wouldn't show up to work with wet hair (outside of unforeseen circumstances) regardless of my job, no matter how casual the environment. Just not my style.

Viczaesar · September 2014

I don't dry my hair and it's too short to put up in any way.

photokitty · September 2014

I go to work with damp hair everyday. I just made my 5th donation to Wigs For Kids and rarely use a hair drier on it so it stays healthier and grows quicker. It always dries within an hour, but I don't meet with clients either.

What about people with really curly hair? Is drying it really an option? I don't know, I have straight hair that is super low maintenance.

lurkergirl · September 2014

AddieCake said:

Unless I was a pool or beach lifeguard or swim teacher/coach , I wouldn't show up to work with wet hair (outside of unforeseen circumstances) regardless of my job, no matter how casual the environment. Just not my style.

I give @LadyMillil a pass too. She said in the showering thread that she sometimes has to shower up to 4 times a day for her work in different research facilities. I do not expect her to dry her hair 4 times a day, especially when her showers are AT work.

AddieCake · September 2014

lurkergirl said:

AddieCake said:

Unless I was a pool or beach lifeguard or swim teacher/coach , I wouldn't show up to work with wet hair (outside of unforeseen circumstances) regardless of my job, no matter how casual the environment. Just not my style.

I give @LadyMillil a pass too. She said in the showering thread that she sometimes has to shower up to 4 times a day for her work in different research facilities. I do not expect her to dry her hair 4 times a day, especially when her showers are AT work.

Yeah, I'll give this a pass.

Senecaf · September 2014

photokitty said:
I go to work with damp hair everyday. I just made my 5th donation to Wigs For Kids and rarely use a hair drier on it so it stays healthier and grows quicker. It always dries within an hour, but I don't meet with clients either.

What about people with really curly hair? Is drying it really an option? I don't know, I have straight hair that is super low maintenance.

No, drying is not an option. Even with a diffuser. I have gone to work with damp hair before but I don't feel comfortable. It take hours to fully dry so I prefer to wash it at night and braid it or do something similar. It ends up mostly/visibly dry when I take it out in the morning.

I'm not a makeup person though. I still look nice at work I think. I do put some on for important days though.

LadyMillil · September 2014

AddieCake said:

lurkergirl said:

AddieCake said:

Unless I was a pool or beach lifeguard or swim teacher/coach , I wouldn't show up to work with wet hair (outside of unforeseen circumstances) regardless of my job, no matter how casual the environment. Just not my style.

I give @LadyMillil a pass too. She said in the showering thread that she sometimes has to shower up to 4 times a day for her work in different research facilities. I do not expect her to dry her hair 4 times a day, especially when her showers are AT work.

Yeah, I'll give this a pass.

Thanks guys! I hate having damp hair on the back of my neck so I usually put it in a bun or braid after a shower at work.

kaitlynmichelle · September 2014

I have curly/wavy hair. I can dry my hair with a high quality dryer and diffuser but I still leave it a bit damp. If I dry it completely it gets frizzy.
I do this at night so my hair is dry for work. Usually I let it air dry... which takes forever.

WinstonsGirl · September 2014

I'll occasionally go to work with wet hair, but it's always in a french braid. If I left it down, It'd still be wet at the end of the day, and frizzy/horrid to boot. I'm teaching PE, so my kids don't care. It's braided the same way when dry half the time too, so not sure they notice.

RebeccaB88 · September 2014

photokitty said:

What about people with really curly hair? Is drying it really an option? I don't know, I have straight hair that is super low maintenance.

In the summer, when I rock my natural curls, I wash at night and go to bed with damp, not wet, hair. I look like a deranged wookie when I wake up, but I just mist it with water and it calms right down. It's pretty much dry by the time I get to work, at least visibly dry, maybe just a shade damp underneath where no one can see.

wrigleyville · September 2014

I have long, thick, curly hair. There is no way I can use a hair dryer without a diffuser, and even then, it takes forever to dry.

I wash it at night and let it air dry, which keeps the frizz down. It will stay damp underneath for hours, so I sometimes end up sleeping on wet hair (which I hate). In the morning, I put smoother in it and either leave it natural or use a flat iron on it.

It depends on the weather, though. If it's raining and/or humid, I don't even bother with the flat iron. I just put smoother in it and hope for the best.

VulgarGirl · September 2014

I'm always super impressed when my employees shower before work. So a wet head to me means you just showered. I mean, maybe you didn't. Maybe you went for a swim or took the ice bucket challenge, I don't care, I'm thinking showered. So I don't give a fuck if it's not totally dry. But not drippy wet, ok? Like at least towel dry it (we had a girl who came in with dripping wet hair because she didn't like using towels).

FI on the other hand would assume if someone came into her office with damp hair there had been some emergency or they were running late. Because it matters more there. I know FI sometimes leaves with slightly damp hair but not in way you can see. Like you'd have to go up and touch her scalp and look if you're at work touching your co-workers scalps you're the one who is being unprofessional, especially if you did so without their ok.

I've got a pixie cut. I don't really worry about wet hair much. Takes me maybe 5 minutes to hit with a blow dryer, even if I just walk out with it wet it will dry as I go.

As for make up, make up feels really personal to me. I mean, people might not wear make up because of medical issues, money issues, moral issues, religious issues, gender idenity, I don't feel right telling someone if you don't wear make up you're doing professional woman wrong. Anymore then not wearing heels, or not wearing skirt, means you're doing professional woman wrong. And I'm a make up wearer.

jenajjthr · September 2014

I have extremely straight, thin hair. It takes like a microsecond to dry. If I were to use a hair dryer it would fry it to bits. I've tried it, I don't like how it makes my hair feel. That and I don't like all the products I also have to put in my hair to keep it from being over-worked or to keep it looking "styled". I wash my hair in the morning because I hate going to bed with wet hair.

I shower in the morning, and by the time I get to work it is 90% dry. I brush it again, and you would never know. I don't think me not taking the time to blow dry it, style it (beyond brushing it), makes me look unprofessional. I just have hair that doesn't hold any style, except a pony tail, unless I use massive amounts of hair products. It looks great for about 20 minutes, then flat as a pancake again. Not worth the 30 minutes of work it took to get it there, and that is by a professional.

So put me in the going to work in the "damp" hair category, but you'd never know it. Fortunately I don't work in a professional office. I teach high school, brushed hair works.

AddieCake · September 2014

I don't blow dry my hair, either. I also teach high school. I never said anything about hair needing product, styling, etc to be considered professional. Having WET hair at work is all I'm talking about, and having wet hair at work is, and always will be, to me, unprofessional. SorryNotSorry.

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