The Hair of Legolas

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

Good heavens! This has got to be the most complicated Do-It-Yourself make-up project I've ever seen! :o
The 29 Steps to Braid Legolas' Hair (http://www.dreamweaverbraiding.com/braids/legolas.htm)

[Lady of the Rings]

:o lol :o Wow! That is complicated! Imagine going through all that! But then again..anything to have elf hair ;) :grin:

[Nessa the Dancer]

Oh My!! :o lol
I could never sit still long enough for all that to be done to my hair. It looks fantastic when it's finished though!

[Hobbit]

It looks really great. I could ask some hairdresser to do that lol
But then again I don't think long hair will look good on me.

[Brego]

Hmm..... seems like an awful lot of hard work and effort, But hey if u can sit still long enuff fair do's to ya lol

[Mirkgirl]

EEEk I can hardly sit down while I get a normal haircut.... I've had my hair done proffesional a couple of times, but it wasn;t anything like that... not quite helped by the fact that my hair has its own mind about how it should stay either...

Anyway isn't it easier to buy a wig like Legolas hair? Won't have to grow hair too

[Amoraq]

Ahhh, I could never sit still that long. Talk about complicated! lol

Jeez, I can hardly understand the instructions...

[Luvara]

:elfeek: jeez! but it did look good!! :thumbs:

[Elf angel]

It sure gonna take a lot of my time but then it look real nice...

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

Well, if anyone ever attempts this humongous project, do show us the outcome! lol

[Amoraq]

Oh yes, definitely take a pic and show us. :grin:

[Bonos-Girl]

whoa.....that must take a scarily long time! hehe

[Kenzie]

yhea i would certainly want to see how it would come out!!! lol good luck to ya!!!

[Celebrían]

May I ask a question about Legolas' hair? (apologies if this is the wrong place to post this, but it's something I've been thinking about for a while now)

Did any of you guys think that his hair got darker in TT? I remember watching FOTR after seeing TT, and thought,"His hair has gotten more blonde/golden since FOTR. Am I crazy, or did they make his hair darker for TT? Did anyone notice this?

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

No it's definitely the right place to post this. Well, i'm not too observant, so I haven't noticed any apparent changes in his hair lol

[Celebrían]

Okay good. I just remember looking at pics from FOTR and pics from TT, and "unless my eyes are cheated by some spell", his hair has become more golden! Perhaps he picked up some Clairol between Amon Hen and Emyn Muil?

[Bonos-Girl]

i don't think it would do though, they shot all three mvies simultaneously so if his hair did change colour it would be throughout the same movie just in different scenes as well as in differnet films....

[Celebrían]

I forgot about that :duh:. Maybe it was just the lighting.....the scenes that I am thinking of are the Amon Hen scenes (his hair here looks very light) and the scene in TT when Legolas and Aragorn argue (hair looks very golden). Now that I think about it, his hair seemed darker in the Council scenes, but again, it could be the lighting.....or, a more likely explanation, I could just be crazy. :p

[Luvara]

does elves use shampoo?

[Kenzie]

i would like to thinks so lol (or somthing like that) ... if they don't wash it with anything they do a good job hiding it's greaseness lol

[Luvara]

lol I think you're right! lol

[Kenzie]

*shudders* it would be kinda scary if they didn't lol

[Luvara]

yeah! then they would have smelled worse than... an orc! :elfeek: lol

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

well yeah, I'm sure they wash their hair in any case, with or without shampoo... lol

Time to get back to the discussion of those wonderful braids ;)

[Celebrían]

I wonder....do you think they re-do their braids everyday, or do they just leave them alone?

[Kenzie]

i would thing they would need to re-do them... because after a day of filming them may get pretty frizzy.... but it depends on the scene to... wether they were supose to look messy or not

[Tirithel]

Mmmm, wax, definitely lots of wax, to keep the braids from frizzifying. Of course, elves didn't have wax, but modernday wig dressers do, so ya know...lol

[Kenzie]

yhea that would explain it!! lol

[Luvara]

I think they need to re-do them every day, when it's windy and rainy and so on!

[Kenzie]

yhea and i'm sure (like say for the battle scenes) when he needs to look frazzled they just pull out strands here and there

[Luvara]

yes! but what a job!!! I'm really impressed! :o

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

I wonder how many of those wigs do they actually have? lol They'd need some spares cuz I'm sure wigs like this do get ruined easily. lol

[Celebrían]

I wasn't going to say this, but what the heck. When I asked that question I meant it in the context of real elves (I didn't mean for the movie, does this make sense?) What I meant was do you think elves have to re-do their braids frequently, or do they leave them alone? lol What do you think about that? Opinions, theories, dissertations?

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

lollollol
NOW this makes sense. I was really wondering why on earth were you guys talking about braiding a WIG. lollollol

Well, I suppose they have to re-do their braids, when they wash their hair, so it'll be thoroughly cleansed. Hmm... they do unbraid their hair, don't they...?

[Celebrían]

lol Yeah, that's what I meant, Win. I thought it was so funny that my question took off in a whole nother direction.....lol

I guess they would unbraid it for washing, and then rebraid later.......what do you think? :huh:

[Bonos-Girl]

then when the braids came out their hair would be all really crimped though...and elf with crimped hair..well...its a possibility! lol

[Kenzie]

maye be they do somthing specail with they're hair to straighten it out... (like tie rocks to the end of it!!! lol lol j/k) but i would say that they re-do they're braids about every 2 to three days if not everyday. cause their braids are never frizzy and after you sleep on them they get pretty messed up.

[Luvara]

I don't think they do it every day, it's too much job, but every second? :huh:lol

[Kenzie]

well ya never do... maybe they get up extra earle to do it!!! lol

[Luvara]

lol does elves need to sleep at all? ;) j/k lol

[Catz]

no actually they dont ;) they memory walk instead ;)
:catz:

[Tirithel]

Yeah, I bet they tie rocks to it. It's like a cosmetic service and a weapon rolled into one. Kah rah tay! Hi- YA!

[Frodo's Love]

lol Orli must have been surely glad that he "only" had to wear a wig...;) lol

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

Yes I'm very sure of that lol.
I bet it must have been very trying to make those wigs too. lol

[Frodo's Love]

Oh yes... poor folks. At least they got some money for it ;) lol
(off-topic: there's nobody left in the Green Dragon and Mocha's Cafe mecry I feel very lonely over there *hinthint*) ;)

[Amoraq]

I'm glad I didn't have to make those wigs. I'd probably have messed it up. lol

[Bonos-Girl]

feel glad you didn't have to wear the wig either. i hate having to wear wigs...the whole of last week for pirates of penzance. yech! lol they were horrible...little bunches with ringlets...yech yech yech yech yech!

[Amoraq]

Yeah, that too. It'd be terribly annoying...though I suppose they'd make an effort to make the wigs comfortable.

[Kenzie]

never had to wear a wig!!! i didn't really know they were uncomfortable

[Tirithel]

Completely off topic- hey BG- you were in Penzance? They just did that play here a bit ago...Ooooh eerie coincidence (Twilight Zone theme plays: do do do do do do do do...)

When I had super long hair I used to be pretty good with braids. It's been my discovery that everything is a variation on either the classic braid or the French Braid, and I could pull off a lot of nifty stuff with my hair. But that whole "fishtail" thing he's got going down the back of his head is beyond me...eh!

[Bonos-Girl]

yep..i was in pirates....we had almost sold out every night! lol

i have long hair...have always done apart from a year or two ago when i cut it to dress up like columbia from rocky horror. I never do anything with my hair though...i'm not the most artistically inclined person! lol

[Luvara]

lol I've got pretty long hair too, but I never be able to do something about it... *lazy me* lol

[Kenzie]

grrr somtimes i hate my hair... i always wear it up (it's pretty curly lol lol)

[Luvara]

yeah, mine is pretty curly too! (just look at my stupid pic! lol )

erm, back to Leggy's hair... :blush:

[Kenzie]

oh you have a pic posted in members photos!!! (didn't know that lol)

i'd lov to have elvish hair... either straight or with some wave... they never seem to have bad hair days!!! lol

[Amoraq]

my hair is pretty long and straight...i never do anything with it though...dunno what to do.

I'd love to have elven hair..i bet it wouldn't get all tangled! lol

[Celebrían]

Legolas does have nice hair.....I wish I had his hair! lol

[Bonos-Girl]

i bet elves hair is magical in such a way that it doesnt get messy...and there's your answer to the braids thing as well! lol

[Kenzie]

ooo magical hair .... gotta lov it

[Amoraq]

magical hair sounds awesome...i wish i had it...then I wouldn't have to try and figure out what to do with it.

[Kenzie]

yhea .. it'd save you tons of time in the morning lol

[Celebrían]

originally posted by Bonos-Girl

i bet elves hair is magical in such a way that it doesnt get messy...and there's your answer to the braids thing as well!

lol That's kinda what I thought, since elves are not subject to age or disease, one would think they wouldn't have bad hair days? lol But then in the scene after Amon Hen, Legolas' hair has the "wind-blown" look......so who knows....the mystery continues....;) lol

[Tirithel]

Yes, but that was the elven magic thing going for the sexy wind-tossed look. Yup, BG is right. Magic plus special shampoo and lots of detangler...;)

[Celebrían]

Nothing wrong with the wind-blown look.....I kinda like it :naughty:

[Bonos-Girl]

me too...well...i like anything on legolas! lol or *ahem* off legolas! lol :naughty: lol

[Celebrían]

Oh BG! For shame! :nono: ;) lol

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

oh really! For shame, BG! :nono: lollol
Let's get back to Leggy's hair before this thread gets rated R! lol

I love those two tiny braids at each side. I think they're cute lol Unfortunately, my hair is too slippery to be braided :(

[Celebrían]

lol Indeed Win! :blush:

About the neat side braids.....did you know they are functional as well as beautiful? The reason his hair is braided on the sides like that is to prevent his hair from getting caught when he shoots an arrow.....ouch! :o The article I read this in was very interesting. :thumbs:

[Beleriel]

OOh.. I never knew that.

I KNEW I would learn something if I came into this thread! ;) lol

Wait till I tell my mate EG.... she wears HER hair like that... I wonder if she does it so she doesnt catch it in HER bow! :grin:

Mental note to self: I will ASK her next time I see her! lol

[Celebrían]

Yeah, the guy who wrote it is an archer, and explained to people who thought the braids were too much, that they serve a real purpose in archery. He said that he does the same thing! :thumbs:

[Kenzie]

Originally posted by Celebrían
lol Indeed Win! :blush:

About the neat side braids.....did you know they are functional as well as beautiful? The reason his hair is braided on the sides like that is to prevent his hair from getting caught when he shoots an arrow.....ouch! :o The article I read this in was very interesting. :thumbs:

wow ya learn somthing new every day!! lol

[Celebrían]

hehe Yeah I liked this little tidbit, too. Function and beauty....the best of both worlds! lol

[Kenzie]

it makes great sense too!! i guess i never though about any other factor besides beauty when it came to their hair.

[Amoraq]

wow! I wonder if the rest of his hair serves a special function? Not that it needs to because it's just gorgeous

[Celebrían]

lol Yeah, that's something I wouldn't have thought of.....I would probably have shot myself along with the arrow! lol

[Luvara]

hmm... sometimes I've got small braides on the sides too! I knew I was smart! :grin: j/k j/k lol

[Kenzie]

my hairs way to thick to think of tiny braids lol .... just stick it in a pony tail and leave it!! lol

i think the fish tail thing he does in the back is pretty neat looking

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

Originally posted by Celebrían

About the neat side braids.....did you know they are functional as well as beautiful? The reason his hair is braided on the sides like that is to prevent his hair from getting caught when he shoots an arrow.....ouch! :o The article I read this in was very interesting. :thumbs:

Oh my! That's really very very cool lol And this info will shut the mouths of all those fellas who think that elves are just being plain vain lol

[Bonos-Girl]

wow! that function is really cool!! what was the aritical Celeb?

[Elfdaughter]

Originally posted by Lady of the Rings
:o lol :o Wow! That is complicated! Imagine going through all that! But then again..anything to have elf hair ;) :grin:

OK....I'm sad....I've actually done that. It took me about an hour. But then again, I've got reasonably short hair. I normally tend to leave most of my hair free, but take a section from the side of my head - just above the ear - and braid it into one long, small tight braid. Doing the same on the other side, I either fasten it at the back of the head with a clip, or plait it into a herring bone plait - that 'fish thing' Legolas does.

[Kenzie]

neato ... i can kinda get a mental picture

[Celebrían]

I thought I saved the link for that site, but I can't seem to find it.....I'll keep looking...;)

[Tirithel]

Aren't the little side braids pretty much just little French braids? Cornrows? :huh: I've put my hair in cornrows before and boy was that a pain in the butt. Since my hair's so short, it's near impossible to keep the braids tight without using gobs of wax or pomade or something. They were functional, however- kept my hair outta my face for days. Of course, I'm not much of an archer...

[Elfdaughter]

Kind of, but since there is only one each side.....

[Kenzie]

yhea i've had cornrows before too and it was a pin in the but getting them even and the same amount of hair in each row

[Elfdaughter]

It's just practice.....*syas she, nonchantly(sp?)

[Elril Galia]

Originally posted by Beleriel
OOh.. I never knew that.

I KNEW I would learn something if I came into this thread! ;) lol

Wait till I tell my mate EG.... she wears HER hair like that... I wonder if she does it so she doesnt catch it in HER bow! :grin:

Mental note to self: I will ASK her next time I see her! lol

HAIR BOW :rolleyes: BLIMEY B! I cant be doing with that Namby Pamby girly stuff ::)

*shoots an arrow in her direction taking half her scalp with it......*

AAAaaaagghhhhh!

[Beleriel]

mecry you big bully! wot will Frodo say when he sees a massive part in me ead like that!! mecry

I meant an elven bow you twonk!!!

mecry

[Elril Galia]

HEY... I think it looks dead trendy.... for a hobbit with such unruly hair you could do with something to tidy it up too!

*wonders why ALL hobbits ahve curly hair.......*

[Beleriel]

*looks at her*

*sniffle* theres nowt wrong with my hair! At least there WASNT! verymad

Perhaps I can get Leggy to sort it out for me!

*attempts to come back on topic*

I wonder what hair products he uses?

[Elril Galia]

what I dont understand is how his plaits always stay so neat looking.... I mean, I have to redo my plaits every couple of weeks as they start to come undone at the bottom, or knotty at the top....

(im sure my hair is getting thinner at the sides, always having plaits in!)

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

Well, it's elvish hair, naturally it ought to stay neat lol I'm sure they get the wig changed after every few hours or each scene or something ;)

[Hobbit]

Legolas always seems to look neat: after the battle of Helmsdeep Aragorn, Gimli and the Rohirrim looked tired, dirty and destroyed and Legolas was as clean is always and full of energy.

I'm sure they have plenty wigs for Legolas.

[Luvara]

probably! lol just like Win said, one new for each scene!

[Tirithel]

Wasn't there a constant effort to make the elves look kinda cleaner and neater throughout the movies to set them further apart from men? I remember watching some of the special features and there was a joke between Legolas and Aragorn/Boromir about who was better and the clean thing was a part of it. ???

[Hobbit]

I didn't see that part, so maybe I should see the special features again.
And you're absolutly right: elves have to be an enlightened race, wiser and fairer then men or dwarves and the fact that they're always cleaner is kinda of a way to show they're fairer, wiser, nobeler and less touched by evil.

[Kenzie]

Originally posted by Tirithel
Wasn't there a constant effort to make the elves look kinda cleaner and neater throughout the movies to set them further apart from men? I remember watching some of the special features and there was a joke between Legolas and Aragorn/Boromir about who was better and the clean thing was a part of it. ???

yhea i think i recalll somthing like that... pretty funny

[Celebrían]

I remember reading that they made digs at each other like Aragorn (Viggo) said something like "Elves are always brushing their hair and doing their nails." ;) lol

Anyway....yeah, I agree with Win. ;)

[Kenzie]

yes even if that does mean brushing their hair all the time lol

[Elril Galia]

its a wierd comparison isnt it...

I mean on the one hand, how did the elves in Middle Earth maintain their hair styles ??? and on the other....well, we know how they did it in the movie, with multiple wigs, which simply dont really get untidy,.. since they can doctor and treat them so they dont come undone :-/