Woman versus wild curls
Posted in Boring Old Life, Mystery Autoimmune Disease, Random on 11/10/2008 10:00 am by Elizabeth KayleneThere are some days when lifting my arms above my head hurts too much to bother with blow drying and straightening my hair. Sometimes I make my sister do it. Sometimes I force myself through it and take lots of breaks. Recently, I’ve just given up.
It’s much easier, I’ve decided, to twist my hair around my fingers and then pull the curls apart rather than go through all of that straightening business. Even better, I can sleep on it and it usually doesn’t require any work when I wake up.
I feel like I’ve made a major breakthrough; I can actually stand my curls now!
My mother is on Cloud 9 now that I've been wearing my hair au naturale.
Yes, it’s true — the shiny, poker straight hair you’ve been seeing in my photos is a lie. I was born with thick and tight curls that have eluded me for twenty years. I’ve only recently discovered a hair product that kills the frizz, leaves the curls soft and makes them look pretty: Herbal Essences Dangerously Straight mousse. Yep. I don’t get it, either. It makes my curly hair look and smell pretty, though.
Is this a breakthrough? Can I now be satisfied with what I was born with? Will I break the code of women’s nature? Only time will tell how long it takes before I hate my curls again.
11/10/2008 at 4:51 pm
I use this product by Sunsilk for straight hair. I think it works because it is a product to reduce frizz when you have straight hair and keep it in place, not actually make it straight, so the curls stay in tact, and frizz is gone. Now I just have to remember that I can curl my hair all pretty instead of frying the crap out of it.
11/10/2008 at 6:53 pm
@Nikki: It makes me happy.
11/10/2008 at 9:14 pm
I LOVE your curls, and wish I was your curls. Then I could be on your head every day
haha just kidding, I wish my hair was curly though. I hope the wee baby gets Matt’s curly hair gene!
11/10/2008 at 9:20 pm
Good for you. Your hair looks great and you take a fabulous picture!(=- Delicious!
11/10/2008 at 9:52 pm
@Sarcastica: Heh, I think that’d be kind of awkward having a Sarcastica on my head all day.
That would be adorable if the baby had curly hair. I’m just now starting to appreciate curls. Heh.
@Ted: Lol, thanks.