If you know me, or even if you've just read my blog a few times, you know I am obsessed with hair. And making mine somehow be what I want it to be. Which it steadfastly refuses to do. Still I try, and try, and try again. I've spent more money on hair products than I care to think about, and none performs as promised on my locks.
But on Friday, I thought maybe I'd found the holy grail. I went and got a really goor trim/hair cut, and then my stylist chick put a new product on my hair that she guaranteed would keep it in check. Then she gave me a killer blow dry and, to ensure my hair stayed straight, even did a little flat iroing.
I'm not kidding, for once in my life, my hair looked awesome.
Believing my bad hair days were over, I went home. My hub ooohed and aaahed over the look.
And then we started walking to the beach for a party. Did I mention the humidity was rather high?
Two blocks later, my hair had puffed up like a souffle. Weird, fuzzy curls replaced the sleek rocker chick look I'd paid $85 bucks for only moments earlier.
The thing kept growing, too. And by the end of the night, I had an honest-to-goodness afro on my head. And not an attractive one, either. It was like some weird science experiment gone wrong.
Friends with wavy/curly hair laughed at me. They were smart enough to wear their hair in sleek ponytails to the party in anticipation of what the humidity would do, whereas I, with blind faith, once again believed in the impossible.
Remember the Friends episode where they all go to Barbados and Monica can't leave her room because every time she goes outside, her hair turns into an enormous frizzy helmet? That's me.
That's also why I'm getting BKT the thursday. Will report back on whether it is the solution I've been looking for forever, or just another empty promise to us unruly, frizzy curly girls.
Your name is Trish.
My name is Trish.
You write.
I write.
Your hair gets enormous in high humidity.
My hair gets enormous in high humidity.
Are you me?!? :D
Posted by: Trish | August 26, 2007 at 12:31 AM