Even though my sister lives in Cincinnati, I feel like she’s with me today. I just finished getting my hair done and my stylist said, “Do you ever straighten your hair?” And I said no, I never straighten it. It takes a long time, looks funny, and makes me grumpy. I told her that I have come to terms with my curly hair. I explained that even though curly hair is only in style about once every five years or so, I just wait for that moment and then try to really shine while it lasts.
She offered to straighten my hair with her flat iron just for fun and to double check part of the cut.
When she finished straightening my hair FIVE SECONDS LATER, I stared in the mirror and said, “Holy crap, I look like Leslie!”
Leslie has gorgeous, thick, shiny straight hair that I have envied for the better part of my life. That’s her in the middle of this picture. (By the way, Les, time to post more pictures of yourself on your blog. This was a real chore to find.)
Until this morning, I had come to terms and learned to like my hair, but then I saw that this could be done in a short amount of time and I completely gave up on all of the self-acceptance I’d been working on for the past fifteen years.
Since that moment, I have accomplished nothing more than staring at myself in the mirror and trying my new hair on with all of my various looks to see if I’m still me.
I give you New Hair with Happy Face:
“I don’t care if you’re married to Tom Cruise, I don’t have time to take you shopping today.”
But everything looks good with a happy face. How about New Hair with Bloated Face:
“Give me my Pamprin. Now!”
Let’s try New Hair with Smug Face.
“If I’m not mistaken, I’m the one who told you that Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the Alphabet Song are the same tune.”
And how about New Hair with Pensive Face?
“Let’s see, shall I get to work or go walk around Target?”
Let us not forget the occasional New Hair with I Hate Your Guts Face:
“What do you mean when you say that my hair looks ‘WAAAAY’ better than it used to?”
OK, that’s all the time I have for now. I have a lot of things I need to do, like stare at myself in the mirror for a few more hours and pretend I’m hanging out with my sister.
wow! I love the new hair – very sleek and chic. BUT I have to tell you I have always wanted curly hair. Always. My hair doesn’t even respond to curling irons, hot rollers or curlers. Back when I actually made efforts to curl my hair I had to sleep in PERM RODS to get any type of result. Even though perms never really took in my hair.
But now you have a fun new alternative look to play with – and you really do look a bit like Posh . . .
Nooooooooooo, don’t give in! Embrace the curls! Embrace the curls!
Okay, Tiffa-posh-any, I LOVE this haircut.
You’re a hot-hot-hottie.
I love the new look! Very chic. (Am I the only one who never made the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star/Alphabet Song connection?)
How fun! I just got my hair cut too! I look amazingly like . . . YOU!! There is a reason that there aren’t many pictures of me on my blog . . . YOU look waaaay cuter in MY hair than I do!! Even with your “bloated face”!! But, thanks for all of the nice things you said!! You are hilarious!
Oh, P.S., I’ve ALWAYS loved your hair — curly, straight, first thing in the morning, whatever! YOU ALWAYS LOOK GORGEOUS!
You can work both looks really well. I can totally see the similar looks between you and Victoria! You look so good!
Seriously in love! The only problem I can foresee with us getting together is that the mirror may not be ample enough for 2. We could either cat fight it out, or maybe we could just take turns taking photos of each other and then exclaiming “I look really hot in that one.”
I love your new look! I too have been blessed/cursed with curls. But mostly cursed. When people tell me they want curly hair like mine all I can do is laugh and say “No. No. No, you don’t.” Because all they see is the finished product. They don’t see the battle: the hairspray, the gel, the scrunching, the bobbypins, the blood, the sweat and the tears. But dang do I look good in the end! =)
P.S. My mom says to embrace your curls, don’t let them go to waste!
YES!!!
I came here via NaBloPoMo, and instantly felt a kindredness…
Or at least my hair did.
Woe to curly hair… I understand… and the amount of time it takes to straighten.
I understand…
Just yesterday I was at the salon and for the fifteen hundredth time I grilled my hair dresser. See, a part of me believes there is this secret, instant help that they are with holding…
grrr…
Holy Crowley!! You do liook like leslie rosa. I love the staightened look! It kinda makes me want to go shorter with mine… Hmmm
loooooooove. love love love. straight hair looks especially good with bloated face.