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Jun
19
Written by:
Kat
6/19/2009 2:42 PM
 Last week, a friend of mine asked  me to go with her to get her hair cut. Really, she was asking me to chop 10 inches off of my own hair so that we would both donate it to lock of love. I insisted that my hair was colored (I know! And you thought it was natural too, right?) and damaged. Nope, they’ll take it, she said. I protested more; it’s not long enough, it will be too short, I have weddings this summer, I’ve been growing it out forever!
I’ve pretty much always had long hair, except for the great hair debacle of senior year. I love having long hair, or at least, not having short hair. It’s not like I ever do anything with it but I love it just the same. My friend’s request got me thinking. When I went to the hair dresser on Monday I prepared her for chopping off my locks in the fall…maybe.
My hair has never been easy to deal with. It’s frizzy, it’s dry, it’s oily, it’s damaged, its blah. Once I asked my friend Annie how her hair always looked so beautiful. She told me it’s a combination of product and maintenance. She was right but she forgot that genetics are also a BIG part of it. Remember my big idea to save money, use OPS (Other People’s Shampoo)? Well, at my hair appointment two weeks after this big idea, my hairdresser (the magician) asked me if I had been doing anything different because my hair felt (and looked) dray (awful). Yeah, apparently Other People don’t use shampoo as good as mine. So, I went back to my good shampoo.
Well, my new online buddy is doing an experiment too; she’s not going to shampoo her hair anymore. Ever again…unless the experiment ends poorly. I think she’s nuts but mainly because I don’t think I could ever do it. I know it’s not the same thing but I abstained from washing my hair at all for the past 4 ½ days. It’s horrible. What do you all think of her experiment? What kind of shampoo do you use and why? Have you ever gone without?
She’s documenting everything that I would ever want to know and she’s running into many of the same problems that I would have guessed I’d run into too. She has smoother hair than I do even when I use product and tools so I’d expect she’d have better luck but either way, I’m glad she’s doing it so I don’t have to. My bet is that she cuts her hair short soon because then the results will be better and maintenance will be easier.
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2 comments so far...
Re: Let's Talk About Hair
Hey! I wasn't expecting this post to end up talking about me! SCORE! : ) (By the way, I want to start following your blog on Google reader, but I've tried to add it like three times and it always says "Blog Not Found." But clearly, your blog DOES exist because I'm lookin' at it. Have you ever heard of anyone else having this problem?) Anyway, that's why I don't stop in as frequently as I should.
I don't think I'll cut it short---if anything, I'll just start using shampoo again. I'm like you---I've pretty much always had long hair. I have plans to cut it short when I get busier in life, but for now, I like it long. When I do chop it, I think I'll be like you (and your friend) and donate it to locks of love. I mean, why not, right?
Thanks for the shout out!
By Camille on
6/19/2009 9:07 PM
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Re: Let's Talk About Hair
BUMMER! I was so hoping that at the end of the post you'd share that you had cut your hair. I was looking forward to seeing pictures of it cut all short and cute! I am totally with you, though...I also have long, blonde (dry!) hair and I love it! Of course I wish it was a bit healthier, but you can't have my shade of blonde without a box (or a cosmotologist, if you can afford one!).
By Melody of a Mom on
6/20/2009 6:20 AM
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