Higher education.
Today I went to a haircutting/coloring class and learned a few things. The teacher did a super cute boho-chic style on one model and I loved it! There were also a few inspiring hair colors which gave me some new ideas. But mostly I learned this: There are a lot of hairstylists walking around out there who are totally victims of our industry. Yikes! Honestly, there was a whole row of chicks who all had the same hairstyle; some pulled it off better than others. Maybe it's that I've been doing this long enough that I'm over the experimental and unnatural hair colors, or maybe I'm turning into a hippy by embracing my natural hair texture and also keeping it in the same sort of length that works with my natural hair texture. But I saw some really bad, bad hair today. I have this issue where I don't want someone to be able to pick me out at the grocery store or wherever and say "that girl does hair." Court and I play that game all the time. (Should I admit that? Are we rude?)
Another exciting thing in my life is my new no-poo thing I'm working on. I've been a very infrequent shampooer for several years now. It started when I randomly bought a book called Curly Girl about 6 years ago or so, after I randomly realized that I actually have curly hair. Shampoo is evil for curly hair so I typically only use conditioner and good old friction to get the scalp clean, and might use shampoo once every few weeks when I start getting a little build up and stuff. But now I'm learning of the evils of silicone and it's changing my hair routine altogether. Today was consequently a bad hair day. Not very good for sitting in a room full of 60 or 70 hairstylists. And here I am judging the "victims!" I'm shocked nobody attacked me with a bottle of pomade to calm down my poof. I need to stock up on products that fit this curly hair philosophy. Maybe I'll have to post reviews as I experiment and try new stuff. The review for today would be: If you have thick dry crazy curly hair please for the love of man put some product in it before you leave the house and go out in public. Or consider a large accessory such as a hat or scarf. Or helmet.
So the class was good, but it was a little incongruous with some other stuff I've been researching lately. All of these awesome products that do such fun things, and I'm trying to avoid them like the plague because they have "cones" in them (silicone, dimethicone, etc.). Sigh. But I would love for you all to come on down to my salon and purchase some amazing products! Just don't come and buy them if you're trying to be a Curly Girl like me.
And visit http://www.naturallycurly.com/ if you would like to see hair care obsession taken to a whole new level.
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9 comments:
Love it!!! I'm planning on making an appointment next time I'm visiting Utah. I would LOVE to see what you could do with my hair!!! any idea's off the bat? I'm also on the no-poo bandwagon. Even less, in fact since the curly thread on BBC.
The no-poo thing freaks me out. I can't get over it. I sweat so much when I work out it just seems revolting to not wash it all out. My sister only washes hers every other day or every three days, though, so it I know it can be done. Heck, I have a crazy cousin that went MONTHS without washing his hair because he was convinced it would make his hair not fall out quite as fast.
I have to laugh about your "victims of our own industry" line. Sooooo true. I think one of the reasons that I like going to you is that you DON'T push weird cuts and colors on me. One of my old neighbors used to cut my hair, and she was the epitome of what you described, and every time she put the scissors to my head I just had to brace myself. It was always a crapshoot whether she was going to listen to what I asked for or not. I got some pretty interesting, edgy cuts from her, which as you know, is not my style at all.
Anyway, I meant to ask you what you used in my hair before you dried it the other day. It smells so good! Plus it calms my frizzies without weighing everything down.
Do you and Bethany walk down the street together and point out the mormon hairdressers?
My thing is that I don't want people to walk into my house and get an enrichment night explosion thrown at their face.
HA! Victims of the industry. My sister was a hairstylist for so long and they 'experimented' on each other all the time. Everyone at the salon had whacked out hair. You can spot them. It's not mean, they must want the attention right?
Hey! Did I tell you I met a woman in my building who goes to Devachan in New York to get her hair done (it did look really good). She is not only a no-poo but a never-poo. I think we need to plan a trip to NYC to investigate further, no? Also, I am now reading Lost Boy by Brent Jeffs. It's a great follow-on read to the last polyg memoir. I'll bring it you you when I'm done!
Kate, I hate to say it, but there is a grammatical error in your post!
LOL Did I really start my post with "Today I had went"??? Oh, that's bad.
I've been trying to go curly more often. Hate to say it but it scares me slightly. I always feel like my curls are so out of control. We need to talk!
No poo, day 7 looks pretty good over here!
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