W.A.F.F.L.E.S. (long)

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 142577

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ellecain" <ellecain at y...> 
wrote:
>  the issue of...
> 
> <insert much fanfare, trumpets, and drumroll here>
> 
> Hair
> Or more specifically, Long Hair.
 > But why, why ,why does Snape have long hair?
> This has bothered me for a very long time. I think we can take it 
> for granted that Snape is not a vain man. I think the greasy hair, 
> the yellow teeth, the lack of wardrobe variation, points us in this 
> direction. But if he really does not care about his looks, 
> shouldnt he get a low maintenance crew cut which would ensure his 
> hair getting washed when he has a bath?
> (assuming he does have a bath :-))
> Or he could go for the skinhead look and shave off his hair 
entirely.
> If he really does care about his hair then shouldnt he wash it a 
bit 
> more often? Or is Harry overly prejudiced when he describes it as 
> greasy?
> 

colebiancardi: I have no IDEA why Snape has long hair - and how long 
is it?  Is it shoulder-length or down to his butt?  I have always 
envisioned it as shoulder-length.  I am also conflicted, due to the 
illustrations in the American books - Does Snape really have a 
goatee?  Is that the way Rowling preceives him - because I would 
think she would have nixed the Snape-with-a-goatee picture a long 
time ago if that was the case.  And what is with his hairline 
starting in the middle of top of his head?   But back to Snape's 
hair - I would have thought if he has long hair and he is poking into 
everyone's cauldrons and his hair gets all sticky and yucky, that he 
would have his hair neatly tied back, like a ponytail.  I think his 
greasy hair is due to the potions and stuff or maybe it is just like 
Harry's hair - Harry cannot get his hair to sit down flat on his 
head, and when Aunt Petunia cuts it all off, it grows back the next 
day.  Perhaps Snape does wash his hair daily, but it won't stay 
clean, no matter how hard he tries.

Dumbledore also has long hair - VERY long hair.  So, I think it is 
acceptable in the WW to have long hair, but in the Dursley's eyes 
(and alas, many muggles), it is not.  They think hippies.
 > 
> <pause to drool over handsome pre-Azkaban Sirius with misty eyed 
> expession on face>

colebiancardi: I'll join you :-)
> 
> <snaps back to reality> 
> Hey who says I cant like Snape and Sirius at the same time?
> <waves at Siriusly Snapey Susan>

<colebiancardi waves at both SSS & Elyse as she also likes Snape & 
Sirius>
> 
> But if we get into the hair question, how does one cut his or her 
> hair at Hogwarts? Do they have a spell that stops it growing?
> How come Harry, Ron, the Weasleys all have no haircuts?
> Is Sleakezy's hair potion really just a shampoo rip off from the 
> Muggle world? What other magical haircare products do they have?
 
I think, based on what we know of Harry's hair, that the WW's hair 
has a way of wanting to do whatever it wants to do.  Sleakezy's hair 
potion aside(I believe that is one of those smoothing pomades, not a 
shampoo), which Hermione states it is too bothersome to use every 
day, the WW probably does wash their hair.  But to what extent: every 
day, every other day, once a week - would depend on the culture 
itself.  Americans wash their hair every day for the most part, 
unless they have very dry hair.  We are also considered by the rest 
of the world as a tad obsessed with bathing :)  

However, we do know that Hogwarts has bathrooms and bathtubs.  Do 
they have showers as well?  I would think that washing one's hair in 
a bathtub would not result in one wanting to wash their hair every 
day.  A shower, yes - bathtub, no.  Also, how do they dry their 
hair?  Someone like Hermione cannot walk around with wet hair - her 
hair is too long, too thick, too bushy.  We know DD can dry off 
Harry's clothes(per the lake scene), but Harry didn't know to do 
that.  Do the students have the WW version of a hairdryer?  

I am sure I have more questions on the WW's hygiene methods :)

colebiancardi