Fire-resistant hair gel?

Does anyone know of a hair gel that is fire-resistant? Or do you have some other suggestions about concoctions to coat ones hair with?

Water is fine on a warm mid-summer night, but the rest of time its too cold here for that. (It snowed here 2 days ago.)

I am currently using a cotton bandana, and braiding up my hair, but it would be nice to let my freak flag fly freely and yet un-flaming. Thanks.

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Resist the temptation to conform to the current standards of non-conformity.

I don't wet my ahir in winter either. I just pull it back, as much as it makes my ears cold. Being from New York I completely understand (it is snowing here now).
I haven't come across any cosmetic that is fire resistant..since they are all of a chemical nature.
Sorry. Though I am interested if anyone does have ideas. I get tired of braiding my hair for Rens all the time.

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Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir...

water is always a good choice compaired to burnt hair. as far as cosmetics go i would recommend kreylon body paint, its water based and it doesn't give you a yucky toxic mackup feel. it has a full spectrum of colors including irriedecent and blacklight. as far as cheap body glitter goes i found that the best combo is fine glitter confetti combined with water based lubricant (k-y sex lube type) the ingredients in the body glitter that you buy are vertually the same but with a dramatic difference in cost. who knows it may sound pretty strange but maybe the lube stuff would act as a good fire retardent gel for your hair. certainly better that hairspray!

In general, I wouldn't recommend relying on a hair gel to keep one's hair from catching on fire. If anyone knows something I don't please feel free to share, though.

What you're doing already sounds pretty good, and is in fact, pretty much the same thing that I do with my own waist length hair. If the style really bothers you, try getting a wilder do-rag. Mine's got the rising sun of Japan and a bit of nice Kamakaze imagery on it. It's my favorite!

Sometimes I DON'T wet down my hair when it's particularly cold out... I just put on my do-rag, and drop my braid down the back of my shirt. This method does leave about 2 inches of hair exposed, but I figure, if I wrap my chains around my neck, I've got bigger problems anyway...

Melissa:
You're right! I just remembered. A friend of mine (Who has MUCH shorter hair... I'd use up an entire bottle!) puts KY in his (facial mostly) hair to keep from having accidents while he's doing blasts...

Aloe Vera gel works really well.

Once again, I had been giving this a thought just recently, and thought about a mixture of regular gel with **alot** of talcum powder. I havent tested it, but it was one thought I had.
-PSM

Talcum powder is flammable, you can use it with baking powder and salt peter to make mini-bombs. Regular hair gel has chemicals that are flammable, once it dries on your hair it makes your hair into a cripsy wick. I am thinking crispy wick with flammable powder might not be such a great idea PSM.
I like you and I don't want you to burn. (two of my friends are explosives experts in the military, it's how I know about at home pyrotechnics,btw).

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Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir...

are all of you guys just retarded or something!?!

just wear a hat!!!

Prom wears a leather skin cap, I wear a scarf with braids and Apollo wears a do-rag type thing. That is for ren.
The boys actually wear the same thing for all of our shows.
I just style my hair up, wet and braided or knotted.
And Jeff,we are not "retarded", we just want to try new things, and personally, I don't want to be trapped into wearing a hat all the time. Alot of us women have hair we like to show off. Yup, that's right, vanity points I know but we all have to have them, some of us in spades.
So, Jeff what type of hat do you wear? I have seen videos where guys with baseball hats get tangled up and it isn't pretty, though I imagine that ski type caps would be fine.

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Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir...

[This message has been edited by Pele (edited 01 April 2001).]

I personally, for my everyday use, use Suave aloe vera hair gel. It is not flammable at all. It is alchohol free, but probably wont work by itself. If you could find something to mix in there, it would be perfect.
-PSM
PS-I feel honored that Pele actually likes me. I think if she didn't, it would be kind of like being ex-communicated by the fire pope(ss) can I use popess? perhaps godess. Whatever, it would be bad.

Jeff,

Your comment is offensive and your arrogance is really starting to piss me off.

Can you do us all a favour and drop the attitude... please!

Ill second that.

Hey Jeff, how do you stop the tail of that dead thing you Canucks wear on your heads from catching alight ?
I mean, twirling fire with a beaver on your head just seems really silly, dontcha think !?

Hats ? Who the feck still wears hats !?
Aloe Vera gel or similar plant extract (bulbinella, hottentots fig, etc) is the way to go (water based, Mother Natures cookbook, KEEP it moist). I can send seeds if you like, I grow the stuff as a fire barrier around the house...

Aww, lets try and play nicely. It's still April Fools Day here (national holiday) so everyone just mellow out ... I'm sure we agree that tension is counter productive, yes ?

I've never seen snow ... whats it like ?

Bish...it's fuckin' cold!!!! It's white until some dog goes all over it and then it turns lovely yellow. With car exhaust it becomes a lovely brownish color. It's wet and yet lovely as it flitters to the ground, it's just when all those delicate flittery ones starts adding up on the ground that it gets annoying. Can you tell I am a New Yorker who has been suffering from a record breaking year of snow accumulation since November???ARGH! Make it stop. I'll tell you what Bish...since you wanna see Jesse dance and I actually have agri-backround, you come here, experience snow and stuff and I will trade places with you for a couple weeks?
*g*
You mentioned seeds for a bunch of plants I have never heard of!!!! What is a hottentot?
Breathin' easy though I agree with the others....

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Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir...

ok sorry bout the comment if i offended anyone. (i really am) it was just obvious and nobody said anything about it.

bing: i dont know what your talking about.

pele: if i wear a hat (i usially dont) its usially a bucket hat.

I'm suprised Jeff didn't tell NE1 to just cut their hair off lol

My hair's like an inch *maybe*, so i don't have to worry unless i smack myself straight on.

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"Happiness is not a destination, but a method for life"- Burton Hills

Jeff,

It was your use of the term 'retarded' in a derogatory sense that I took exception to. It's not just political correctness either. It's about recognising that stupidity does not equal intellectual disability (and vice versa)

You really need to remember that the internet has no tone. Your posts often come across as being arrogant, kind of like you consider yourself above all of us and our trivial concerns.

Use a smily face here and there if your comments are meant to be tongue in cheek.

and... thanks for the apology.

Cheers,

Finn

Well - I have a beeny which is wool (I think / hope) which I can thread my shoulderlength dreads through (yes the Beeny is a tube style one!) and that covers the majority of my hair...

dreads dont burn so easily anyhow...the fluff on the other hand...well its something I can live without anyhow )

Josh

PS - has anyone actually ever seen any decent fire performer seriously set their hair on fire?

I've seen close calls (I've had my share actually) but I've never seen anyone seriously burn themselves...more just a bit of a misshapen do (and obligatory dented ego ) ?

Josh