Several of you asked me to check back in about The Hair Situation. Thanks for asking. Let’s file this under “Pastoral Concerns:”
1. The color has calmed down considerably.
2. I am following the advice for wavy hair in the “Curly Girl” book. It seems that I do, in fact, have wavy hair! This is still a strange new world for me. The hell of it is that the roots are flat, flat, flat and I am still trying various tricks to give them volume.
3. I had a nightmare last night that I got my hair all cut off really short and I cried and cried.
How’s your hair, pigeons?
You look gorgeous, PB. Love the waves. The colour is also much, much better now, if you don’t mind my saying so. A bit too purpley-blue before, which doesn’t do your skin tone any justice.
My hair is pretty good, and going to be on TV! (Songs of Praise, no less). I spent a good part of today trying to make it less frizzy and more curly for my debut as Choir Member in the Back Row.
Or did I just imagine the purple? Just looked at the pictures again. Sorry, it’s been one of those days.
Regardless, you’re always beautiful. 🙂
[You’re a sweetie! Yes, my hair was DEFINITELY purple or pink or something. – PB]
Very cute! The style really makes your eyes pop. You look beautiful, btw!
PB, you are drop dead gorgeous! your hair looks great. Red hair color fades very quickly. That;s the main reason i gave up on it. blondish is less work! who’da thought?
after seeing the recommendations here for the book Curly Girl, i got it from the Library and i too am allowing my natural curls. I have been fighting my wavy, messy hair for years, and reading this book helped me realize that wavy, messy hair is currently IN. Whaddaya know, I’m a trend setter! 😉
so a BIG thank you to whomever suggested that book. Rock on, beautiful people!
[I assure you, my lamb, that I am not gorgeous – but I do know how to take my own photo pretty well! We all must know our good angle or angles and WORK THEM! So, isn’t _Curly Girl_ kind of a revelation? I will say that my hair isn’t nearly as dry as it’s always been. I still don’t understand it worth beans but it’s sort of interesting to find out something so basic as this at such an advanced age. – PB]
I’m so glad you got your hair situation figured out! I think it’s kind of liberating styling one’s hair true to its nature. I have smooth, straight hair, and I don’t plan to go back to trying to make it curly (PERM!). People get caught up in making their hair fit into the mold of whatever is popular at the moment.
My three daughters all inherited different amounts of curl from me, and so our household has been like a curly girl studio of experimentation for years! What we have found is to use light, light mousse (alfaparf for example) with a light touch–and also, the two who have the curliest hair and wear it very curly and long swear that using a light cream scrunching product instead of something water based and watery (that weighs it down right at the roots) works wonders. Good luck! Enjoy! and welcome to the ranks of curly girls!!
yay for Curly Girl! that woman is a genius. I think you look utterly fabulous and am glad you are growing into your waviness!
I got just over 10″ of my curly hair cut off for locks of love this week. Now my hair is ridiculously short and, frankly, I hate it. I can’t wait for it to grow back. In the meantime, I’ll be wearing parts of it up, and experimenting with different styling techniques, because I just.cant.take.it. sigh. I miss my long hair (well, I miss some of it anyway–it really was getting annoying there as I grew out the last inch or so!). I have to keep telling myself what a good reason it was to cut my beautiful curls off. Otherwise I’ll just cry.
there are pictures on my blog-just scroll down a day or two and you’ll see them.
If instead of flat roots, you had hair that was flat and smooth all the way to the ends, you would find that the WEIGHT of the hair drags it down and flattens it at the top. Maintaining the correct length to reduce the weight is the only thing that works absent lots of the heaviest-duty hair product.
I’ve been a martyr to curly hair all my life and it is such a pain. Straighteners take hours and then only work for a microsecond. The frist whiff of heat and boing! the curls are back. I’d love hair like yours – rejoice and be glad.
My colour is purple and grey streaks. Purple is my fave colour and I used to have plummy colours until I found a hairdresser who did real purple. All over purple was getting a bit Elvis-y so grew it out and now it is grey with purple streaks and I love it. My youngest son (age 31) is embarrassed and thinks I should be just brown. Never, I say!
I live in a very small town and felt obligated to patronize the local salon. The second time they butchered it I freed myself. I also have wavy (obstinate) hair, but found someone who actually knows how to layer it well (in a nearby town), so I’m cautiously starting to enjoy my hair again.
As for the pink, I’m getting my stripe tomorrow to support Breast Cancer Awareness month. A local stylist does it gratis if you make a $5 donation to the cause!
I have discovered the “halo cut” It works with my way lamer than yours curls. I have poof on top and curl on the side. not actually curl but a little wave. It’s all about getting the layering right to get the poof on top. I like how the color is going now.. And you are gorgeous really. Quite fighting it. We will continue to compliment you until you figure out we really mean it.
Are you using the little clippies when you dry your hair to give it the lift of volume around the crown of your head? It’s in Curly Girl. I don’t do it anymore, but I used to and it made a difference (now I have a cut that brings out my curls and I don’t need it…or, alternately, I have a toddler and no time…the story depends on how good my hair looks that day).