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I've been feeling blah about my hair for a little while now. I put it up in a ponytail every day, and it's so rough on the ends that it almost hurts as it scratches against the bottom of my neck (where my neck meets my back, really). So I figured it was all the split-ends making it so rough, and I went in today to have a trim and the ends taken care of.
Only to find out that I'm just crazy. In fact, my stylist pulled over two others, and they all explained to me that I don't actually have ANY split-ends. That I have extremely strong, healthy hair, and that I have the kind of hair people pay for or look for in a wig. "How is this possible?" my mind boggled. "I don't even LIKE my hair!"
And so they refused to cut or "trim" it. I didn't actually want it shorter, and I'd explained that at length that I didn't want to go any shorter than necessary. But the truth was that no trim was necessary. So how do I fix the rough ends?
I have to actually use product. Ugh, just thinking it puts a bad taste in my mouth. I hate doing anything to my hair. I like to hop out of the shower and leave for work with my hair still wet, and I toss it into a ponytail about 15-20 minutes after I get there. I don't want to actually DO something with my hair on a daily basis, and I explained this.
My stylist was like, "But you don't want to keep running around like a hippie, do you? With nothing to smooth this down? You've got GORGEOUS hair, babe; you just need to work it!" And then he said, "If you never dry it, style it or use product, why in the world would you even THINK it was damaged or split?"
Seriously - ugh. I'm so lazy when it comes to beauty regime. As in, I have none whatsoever, and I am not beautiful. But I hate the scratchy feel at the end of my hair. And I do understand now, after looking in detail at my hair with three other people, that there are no split-ends, and that my hair is not brittle in any way. It's just strong, healthy, but raw hair.
So my options to smooth out the ends involved either using a flat-iron and smoothing gel/mousse each day or curling it. Both of those are no-go's. I don't have the time or inclination to go to such lengths. My stylist said the frizzy feel comes from having too much hair that's naturally wavy, and the rest just being straight (something I did know and already disliked about my hair). So he recommended a perm of some sort to make it all wavy instead, in a soft curl.
And if I did that, all I'd have to do each day was spray in some "scrunching" spray and go. I'm leaning towards this option.
They wouldn't allow me to pay for anything today, since they refused to cut my hair. I never imagined such a scenario when I walked in there. I mean, it had been 44 weeks since I'd last had my hair trimmed (according to their computer) - I figured I surely needed SOMETHING done!
Only to find out that I'm just crazy. In fact, my stylist pulled over two others, and they all explained to me that I don't actually have ANY split-ends. That I have extremely strong, healthy hair, and that I have the kind of hair people pay for or look for in a wig. "How is this possible?" my mind boggled. "I don't even LIKE my hair!"
And so they refused to cut or "trim" it. I didn't actually want it shorter, and I'd explained that at length that I didn't want to go any shorter than necessary. But the truth was that no trim was necessary. So how do I fix the rough ends?
I have to actually use product. Ugh, just thinking it puts a bad taste in my mouth. I hate doing anything to my hair. I like to hop out of the shower and leave for work with my hair still wet, and I toss it into a ponytail about 15-20 minutes after I get there. I don't want to actually DO something with my hair on a daily basis, and I explained this.
My stylist was like, "But you don't want to keep running around like a hippie, do you? With nothing to smooth this down? You've got GORGEOUS hair, babe; you just need to work it!" And then he said, "If you never dry it, style it or use product, why in the world would you even THINK it was damaged or split?"
Seriously - ugh. I'm so lazy when it comes to beauty regime. As in, I have none whatsoever, and I am not beautiful. But I hate the scratchy feel at the end of my hair. And I do understand now, after looking in detail at my hair with three other people, that there are no split-ends, and that my hair is not brittle in any way. It's just strong, healthy, but raw hair.
So my options to smooth out the ends involved either using a flat-iron and smoothing gel/mousse each day or curling it. Both of those are no-go's. I don't have the time or inclination to go to such lengths. My stylist said the frizzy feel comes from having too much hair that's naturally wavy, and the rest just being straight (something I did know and already disliked about my hair). So he recommended a perm of some sort to make it all wavy instead, in a soft curl.
And if I did that, all I'd have to do each day was spray in some "scrunching" spray and go. I'm leaning towards this option.
They wouldn't allow me to pay for anything today, since they refused to cut my hair. I never imagined such a scenario when I walked in there. I mean, it had been 44 weeks since I'd last had my hair trimmed (according to their computer) - I figured I surely needed SOMETHING done!