# Spiking up the front of my hair without gel. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 24, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445 "2014-03-24T15:43:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/1 "2014-03-24T15:43:07Z")
Well my parents only take me to get a haircut every 6 weeks and my hair looks so boring and retarded. Someone on Yahoo suggested spiking up the front of my hair. However my parents won’t let me use gel or anything with chemicals in it. If I was to use any substance, it would have to be organic. I honestly think this guy gave a good suggestion because not only will it make my hair less boring, but also give me a little extra height. So any tips on how to do it? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/2 "2014-03-24T15:47:21Z")
Blood. It’s organic and will make you _very_ interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/3 "2014-03-24T15:49:31Z")
Watch There’s Something About Mary. It covers this topic. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/4 "2014-03-24T15:49:43Z")
I think they solved this in _ **Something About Mary.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/5 "2014-03-24T15:50:12Z")
Ben Stiller has an idea. OrGANic, did you say? ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/6 "2014-03-24T15:56:13Z")
Tell them that water is a chemical and that if they’re going to ban all chemicals in their house then they’d better get busy dying of dehydration. Then when they decide they only mean certain chemicals, ask them to give a hard definition because when everything is a chemical it’s hard to tell which ones are acceptable under their standards. After they round on you for being a smartass, go ahead and use whatever the heck you want in your hair already, because you should be old enough to be making your own decisions about your appearance. As a non smartass response of my own, I remember the mohawk folks would use thinned water-soluble elmer’s glue (white school glue). I’m sure that counts as a “chemical” to your nitwit parents though. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/7 "2014-03-24T15:56:26Z")
You get your haircut every month and a half? Are you sure you have any hair to spike? Anyway, don’t do it, spiked hair looks stupid on everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/8 "2014-03-24T15:57:31Z")
> [@Macca26](#): > > As a non smartass response of my own, I remember the mohawk folks would use thinned water-soluble elmer’s glue (white school glue). I’m sure that counts as a “chemical” to your nitwit parents though. You can add food coloring to it if you have light hair for a nicely rebellious look that washes out in the shower. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/9 "2014-03-24T15:58:59Z")
Egg white. [http://www.ehow.com/how\_5687801\_spike-hair-egg-white.html](http://www.ehow.com/how_5687801_spike-hair-egg-white.html) ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/10 "2014-03-24T16:00:09Z")
My hair grows extremely fast and I still get told to get a haircut on Yahoo after posting a picture taken 3 weeks after my last haircut. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/11 "2014-03-24T16:12:16Z")
Have you Googled “organic hair gel”? There are tons of products out there. Ask them to take you to Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s and I’m sure you’ll find something to use. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/12 "2014-03-24T16:15:12Z")
Oh yeah. You’re right. I am so dumb. I could have just googled that shit. Sorry for wasting your time. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/13 "2014-03-24T18:40:15Z")
Beaten on the egg white. May I ask what y’all use for soap/shampoo? Also, you can make [this](http://organicmamas.blogspot.com/2010/04/homemade-all-natural-hair-gel-that.html). It’s beeswax + olive oil + coconut oil. I used to use (non-homemade) hair wax when I had short hair, it’s pretty nice. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/14 "2014-03-24T19:02:04Z")
Are your parents aware that the entire world (including the human body) is made up of chemicals? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/15 "2014-03-24T19:05:17Z")
It’s not the chemicals that are so worrysom, it’s the _toxins._ ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/16 "2014-03-24T19:40:50Z")
Anderson Cooper is currently wearing his hair this way. He has like an inch of buzzcut all over and then a very small two inch bit in the front. It’s not really a good look for him. He looks like an aged [Tintin,](https://www.google.com/search?q=tintin&client=firefox-a&hs=nHC&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=fflb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=MIgwU4WGFeyA2QXr1IDgCg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1312&bih=753) only with less of his lovely silver coloring. He’s like a less ambitious Alfafa. Anyway. I suggest shaving your head and getting a friend to draw jaguar spots on your skull with henna - like [this guy from Ink Master](http://www.spike.com/video-collections/dcxtv6/ink-master-meet-the-masters-season-4/r17f08). It’s just henna! It’s all natural! No chemicals\*! It’ll all grow out in six weeks but it will give your parents something to worry about for a while. - Yeah, I know. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/17 "2014-03-24T20:31:56Z")
Completely serious: a tiny dollop of vaseline and your parents won’t even know you’re using it for hair gel. You can tell them it’s strictly for masturbation. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/18 "2014-03-24T20:59:38Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > It’s not the chemicals that are so worrysom, it’s the _toxins._ Yeah, because putting toxins on already dead hair cells is so…not going to do anything at all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/19 "2014-03-24T23:11:17Z")
Wait now I am getting negative responses from Yahoo…that I shouldn’t do it. You guys get the last call. Should I spike the front of my hair based on my picture? [https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/509x679q90/35/x0p0.jpg](https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/509x679q90/35/x0p0.jpg) Keep in mind, I look uglier now than I do in that picture (taken last week) for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445/20 "2014-03-24T23:22:24Z")
I use a light amount of Vaseline. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiking-up-the-front-of-my-hair-without-gel/684445.md?page=2)