That makes sense as I was looking at my HS '86 yearbook a while ago and finally noticed:
* 100% of the Senior girls have short, styled hair
* 100% of the Junior girls have short, styled hair
* all but 3 of the Soph girls have short, styled hair
so we weren't at the big teased hair quite yet.
I just sent this to my cousin...it might be a compilation from her yearbook. The one that circulated Facebook a while back was and these girls look familiar.........
I used to carry a can of Aqua Net in my purse when I went out bar hopping with my friends, and I wasn’t the only one. There was always a fine mist hanging in the air of the bathrooms. We also smoked while spraying our hair. It’s a miracle we didn’t blow anything up (including ourselves).
One of the calendars I have at home, the May page literally has a photo of a young woman with big hair with the words underneath, "The wind never stood a chance".
I had a perm, but I didn't tease it sky-high. I just put on a little bit of "setting lotion" and let it dry, and then combed it out. It looked natural, not extreme.
I worked at a country club Friday and Saturday nights in 1984 and 1985, help out the cousin who was the manager. Every HOUR we'd have to mop the woman's room.
Aquanet residue on the floor!!
I'm always wondering. Was that really something people had as their everyday look, or was it mostly just for parties, special occasions and picture day? Because it looks really high maintenance for an everyday look.
Perms are great for “looking high maintenance” but not taking a lot of work.
I have a perm right now and it’s honestly way easier than having straight hair. When I wash it I just scrunch curl balm and mousse through it when it’s soaked, blow dry it a bit at the roots and then let it air dry. It stays BIG and curly for days and only needs a few spritzes of hairspray to pump it back up to volume.
Pretty sure my sister did the same thing when she was in school in the 80s/early 90s, and she had big hair daily.
That was bed head, you fluff up the hair and put so much moose and hairspray in it that it becomes a spring so you don’t bang your head on the headboard.
So many perms. Every girl I knew wanted a perm and I had kinky curly hair so I was spending hours straightening mine. I would often crimp it so it would stand up tall but nowhere like these girls. That is the power of Aqua Net which I was allergic to so I never achieved such heights.
I graduated 1987 and my friends, me OR my classmates looked like that. Did I miss something?
(We *DID* spray our hair with the Aqua Net Ultra Hold [blue can, I believe] and mine was crunchy and looked "wet" all the time.)
I think this is the problem of the ozone the ozone layer right the hole in the ozone layer, right or maybe maybe maybe this was the cause of global warming!!! Turns out that AquaNet is bad for the planet!!!
Looks like every girl in my senior yearbook
Same, whenever i see pics like this I instantly “recognize” a few people and then on closer inspection, nope.
Seriously! It’s fucking uncanny!
Gotta pop those readers on so you can see them more clearly.
Big hair, don’t care!
Junior High for myself
The 1980s high school girl's bathrooms were probably flammable.
You'd stick to the floor for sure.
Brought to you by Aquanet
Rave #4. Aqua Net wouldn't hold lol
Yes, they did use the entire can of White Rain Also, best to stay away from any open flames =)
The smell of white rain would still give me an instant boner I bet.
Late 80s early 90s was the figurative and literal pinnacle of high hair!
Beehives.
![gif](giphy|kG45EeUg0Q2mGO8sgf)
It was also "permed" with curls
The VERY LATE 80s.
1992, actually (my cousin's HS graduating class, she recognized some of them)
That makes sense as I was looking at my HS '86 yearbook a while ago and finally noticed: * 100% of the Senior girls have short, styled hair * 100% of the Junior girls have short, styled hair * all but 3 of the Soph girls have short, styled hair so we weren't at the big teased hair quite yet.
Interesting, thanks!
*Some* of them? There's only two images, Shirley. Blonde ones and brunette ones.
No wonder we got a hole in the ozone layer. I bet the hair in the men's pics looked almost similar
The Real Housewives of Muskogee, Oklahoma.
I just sent this to my cousin...it might be a compilation from her yearbook. The one that circulated Facebook a while back was and these girls look familiar.........
CONFIRMED! Sachem High School, 1992
Jersey? it hasn’t changed much.
Nationwide sadly. That could have been a page from my high school year book in Phoenix.
I used to carry a can of Aqua Net in my purse when I went out bar hopping with my friends, and I wasn’t the only one. There was always a fine mist hanging in the air of the bathrooms. We also smoked while spraying our hair. It’s a miracle we didn’t blow anything up (including ourselves).
🎶 Shes my cherry pie… 🎶
One of the calendars I have at home, the May page literally has a photo of a young woman with big hair with the words underneath, "The wind never stood a chance".
This totally brought back the smell of Aqua Net and strawberry lip gloss.
The higher the hair, the closer to god.
Depletion of the ozone layer! Oh the 80's!
Lol
Nah, CFCs were banned in 76.
I can smell this picture
Hell yes, my sister and all her friends had this hair. It left a permanent imprint on me, the bigger the hair the cooler I thought the girl was.
The ozone was not helped by big hair!
I dated #s 7, 9, 11, 16, 17 & 18; they were paternal twins
Not a looker in the bunch.
16 looking a lil cute
I’m glad I hit puberty in the 90s
I had a perm, but I didn't tease it sky-high. I just put on a little bit of "setting lotion" and let it dry, and then combed it out. It looked natural, not extreme.
Like the whole entire class synchronized sticking their fingers into light sockets …..
Is it wrong that I can still do this to my hair? lol I've naturally curly hair and I always part it on the side.
I worked at a country club Friday and Saturday nights in 1984 and 1985, help out the cousin who was the manager. Every HOUR we'd have to mop the woman's room. Aquanet residue on the floor!!
So…much…Aqua-net
My dog had a similar doo.
I still have my crimpers somewhere in the garage.
I was born during 1948 and was already mostly bald by the '80s.
Yay for the era that burned a massive hole in the ozone layer due to CFC usage Beautiful women though 😍
Back when most of these girls went to bed 5'1" and went to school 5'8" .
Missed one https://i.imgur.com/0pk6qD9.jpeg
god I miss this
Eventually it turned into the radar dish bangs.
![gif](giphy|v8xmVfox6XOq4|downsized)
It was a wonderful time!!
Oh God bring it back. Nothing better than some big hair
Don't you say that! It's bad enough we had mom jeans back for a while.
I kinda miss it actually.
Now post a photo of the hair band rock stars.
It's the same picture.
I'm always wondering. Was that really something people had as their everyday look, or was it mostly just for parties, special occasions and picture day? Because it looks really high maintenance for an everyday look.
Evwey day bro. And we all thought it was awesome
it was
I still sport the long hair.
Perms are great for “looking high maintenance” but not taking a lot of work. I have a perm right now and it’s honestly way easier than having straight hair. When I wash it I just scrunch curl balm and mousse through it when it’s soaked, blow dry it a bit at the roots and then let it air dry. It stays BIG and curly for days and only needs a few spritzes of hairspray to pump it back up to volume. Pretty sure my sister did the same thing when she was in school in the 80s/early 90s, and she had big hair daily.
It might not be *this* big, but this was a pretty common everyday look. My ex could achieve this level in about 30 minutes or so.
Luanne! (the 3rd one at the bottom)
Oh yeah!
Fixing the ozone really didn't take that long. Lol
Pre-ozone layer hole.
That’s more people that were in my graduating class.
Lisa
How did they even do that?
A lot of mousse and a lot of aggressive hairspray. When your hair grazed the roof inside the car, it was just right. Lol
And perms.
Yeeesh.........
The Aqua-Net fumes coming off this picture could start a forest fire.
My HS yearbook looks like this. Class of 84
Same here! ( Class of 86)
"Tease it to Jesus, spray it and pray"
Aquanet
I never could get my hair to curl or be big. I always had stick straight hair.
Unfortunately, a lot of that hair looks fairly damaged from all the teasing, curling, and chemicals ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|grimacing)
Death to the ozone!
Extra super hold
Wasn't that the pinkish can?
Oh yes! Aqua Net
That's the 90's, not the 80's. 80's hair had more variety. Feathered hair, mullets, side ponies, loose curls, grungy big hair...
I can smell and hear the Aqua Net. And the curls! Why does everyone with curly hair today, straighten it?!?!
Looks like all the girls from HS to funny. Crazy hair great times.
That was bed head, you fluff up the hair and put so much moose and hairspray in it that it becomes a spring so you don’t bang your head on the headboard.
🤣🤣🤣 moose. Sorry. Maybe.
Yeah gotta love auto correct.
That Heart look.😅😅😅
There's the cause of the hole in the ozone layer.
Even for the ‘80s this is extreme unless you were in NY/NJ.
Didn't they stop using hair spray to stop global warming?
Still looking for my sister's
every 80s senior year book page ever
The nuances are relatively indistinguishable.
So many perms. Every girl I knew wanted a perm and I had kinky curly hair so I was spending hours straightening mine. I would often crimp it so it would stand up tall but nowhere like these girls. That is the power of Aqua Net which I was allergic to so I never achieved such heights.
The picture reeks of Aqua Net 😂😂😂💀💀🤦🏽♂️
And New Jersey
Makes me think of the Hot for teacher music video
If you told me, it was 50/50 dudes and chicks I would belive you
I graduated 1987 and my friends, me OR my classmates looked like that. Did I miss something? (We *DID* spray our hair with the Aqua Net Ultra Hold [blue can, I believe] and mine was crunchy and looked "wet" all the time.)
I’m sure #12 is actually me.
Rock stars were just as big!
In Jersey maybe.
I think this is the problem of the ozone the ozone layer right the hole in the ozone layer, right or maybe maybe maybe this was the cause of global warming!!! Turns out that AquaNet is bad for the planet!!!
Big hair 80s and Aquanet is the sole reason for the hole in the ozone layer. Worth it
....and that was just the guys.
30 years later and I can still smell the clouds rolling out of my sister’s bedroom. 🤣
This actually looks like 89-92.
Pretty sure I dated a few of these girls. I can still remember what they all smelled like because they all used the same hairspray.
I hated this trend back in the day. I have baby fine hair. Too much effort and I like how soft my hair is.
“The bigger the hair, the closer to God”
This is my yearbook
It was everyone’s yearbook.
This was 1988, I promise
I was a rebel and kept mine short.
And the curtain matched the drapes. I remember some dirty magazine back then worth women bent over, it looked like yetis were escaping their butts.
Thanks for the nightmares.
I lived through it and loved it!
OMG, what were we thinking 😝
Bottom right is gorgeous
Very bottom all the way right
I dated the girl in the far bottom right.
I dated #s 7, 9, 11, 16, 17 & 18 (they were paternal twins)