I only wish my words could just convince myself

[balmofgilead]

Props to anyone who can ID the title quote without google.

Looking through the posts at curlyhair pretty much confirms what I already thought: most people with curly hair wet their hair in the shower every damn morning in order to make it look okay, or if they shower at night, they do wacky things like making special buns or sleeping on their stomachs so that their hair dries well.  I know of this stuff; in high school I combed the thrift store for a satin-silk blouse (I wanted silk instead of polyester so it'd be breathable) which I picked apart and remade into a night-cap for my hair.  The idea was that the smooth, shiney satin wouldn't pull on my hair at all, but wearing it at night didn't really do much, and it wasn't comfortable, despite my best efforts.

That just seems ridiculous to me.  I refuse to blowdry my hair, which means going out with a wet head if I shower in the mornings. And I've gotten the sense that drippy-wet hair is kind of socially unacceptable in formal settings--not to mention unpleasantly cold in some climates.

I'm unwilling to blowdry, unwilling to absolutelyhaveto wet my hair down every day, unwilling to put greasy crap in my hair, unwilling to plaster it with PVP, and iffy about living constantly with a ponytail with oodles of frizzy bits hanging out in the front.  I guess this is my justification for cutting it all off.  It's the logical thing to do, and I've always said I'd do it.  Besides, I'm still half-convinced I'm going to give myself a fabulous, artsy and perfect haircut utilizing only some $20 clippers, scissors, and a few hairclips.  I can dream, right?  I think I'm going to try cutting the back first.  At least that way if I chicken out in the middle I'll be left with an anti-mullet rather than anything mullet-like.  Mullets are my greatest mortal fear.

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My hair takes hours to air-dry, somehow, so I don't think I could ever arrange enough time for it to dry in the mornings before leaving. I remember standing outside in winter with a wet head, though! Not something I'm eager to repeat either.

For some reason I just hate having hair where the only way to reset things is to wet it entirely. I think it's also an issue of having low-flow showerheads, which means it takes a good long while and lots of finger-coming in the shower before my scalp even gets wet.