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.

Comments

[dizoburo.livejournal.com]

side note... can you get a friend or your roommate to help you out? cause i dont know abuot you, but i have no coordination. and so whenever i use my clippers i opt for the 1blade and try to even it out. but then i can't like shave my neckline or whatnot. cause that'd require a weird flexible and yet agile arm and understanding of left to right in a mirror.

and how bout accessorizing with hats :-p

[madcaptenor.livejournal.com]

You know what else sucks? When your hair actually has ice in it, because you walked outside with your hair still wet, and it's cold.

Doesn't happen to me too much in Philadelphia, but in Boston it happened a lot.

[calypso72]

I have to wet my hair in the morning (and almost always wash and condition it too) in order to have it look decent. I just give myself plenty of time for it to almost completely dry by the time I leave the house. This didn't work so well when my hair was a lot longer and we lived in MD. I frequently got to work with ice in my hair from standing on Metro platforms freezing to death.

[lucystrawberry.livejournal.com]

Its so true. I have to wet my hair everyday. I do not know a way around it.

I use curls rock. yes it is goop but i love it.

why refuse to blow dry? you could do a blow dryer with diffuser to keep the curl.

or honestly sitting in front of a room fan can dry it a lot too.

Keep your curls...

[aoecean-glyvxx.livejournal.com]

My girl has naturally curly hair and I find curly hair so sexy.