Weird Hair

Just a little hair update from vacation. It's funny; I was so concerned about it before leaving, and now I could care less how it looks. I had the most frizz I've had in a LONG time and didn't really care at all.

I don't know what it is, but my hair has been weird the couple times I've washed it here. Usually when I do my final rinse upside-down, there's a little foaming action going on in the drain from my rinse-out condition. Not a lot, but some. Now it's like foam on steroids; like I'm rinsing out shampoo. And I can feel how coated it is just by scrunching - when it supposedly has nothing in it.

I thought maybe it was hard water, but looking at a map didn't help. All the ones I saw on google told me that it was very hard, and that my water at home is very hard too. Which I don't think is true, both from experience and from multiple maps I saw a few years ago. So I don't know.

When it's dry, it's dry. I've had a lot of frizz. I've only been using KCCC and Aussie as stylers. I was going to use pink boots but my hair felt so soft in the shower that I didn't want to make it worse. I tried using CK underneath KCCC last night and it worked out ok. No big difference.

Seriously, it's the grossest feeling when wet. At this point, I don't care. I'll deal with it at home.

On another note, today I got chlorine in my hair for the first time since going CG. I hadn't been planning on getting it wet at all. No conditioner in it or anything. My siblings quickly saw to that. I washed afterwards, but didn't bother going through the whole styling and diffusing routine. So not sure how it'll end up. I really don't want to shampoo. Might have to anyway with this weird foaming thing though.

Anyway, there's a quick update. Here's a vacation shot from Los Angeles:

Interesting Hair Day

Just a quick update - I know I've spent most of the last year working hard to coax spirals and ringlets from my hair, but imagine my surprise when I took down my hair this morning and discovered glamorous old Hollywood waves!

I had volume in all the right places, with a few ringlets strategically placed in the front. Of course it only lasted maybe an hour - it was SO hot out today. I really wish I had taken a picture, because I've never seen it like that, ever! It was a little curlier than Rita Hayworth here, but still glamorous all the same!

And then, for some odd reason, it morphed into an almost Farrah Fawcett-like style. Everything in the front flipped to curl towards the back. It really confused me. But I'll take it!

Hollywood Curls: The Duchess

I finally got around to watching The Duchess the other night, and while I was enraptured with the story, I couldn't help thinking "I want those curls!" every now and then (although to be fair, I was also thinking "Give that girl some conditioner!").

Yes, I know. They were wigs. But there are many curlies out there that are lucky enough (in my opinion) to have tight, bouncy curls. The kind I might do anything for.

Don't get me wrong, I love that I have curly hair. But sometimes I can't help but wonder how tighter my curls would be if I weren't on certain medications (which are actually critical to my standard of life, so not giving those up for a very long time).

My mind boggles at the questions such lucky curlies post on nc.com about wanting a looser curl pattern. My curls are seemingly inconsistent. I can do the same thing every day and get different results every time. Of course, I'm also having problems with products and the weather right now, so this is probably just frustration talking.

Anyway, I also think it's cool that this story was set at a time when curls were very much embraced. Sure, it wasn't real hair, but everyone (who was anyone...) wore a wig made of beautiful, perfectly coiled curls. If only this acceptance existed to the same extent today!

Unfortunately, the only pics I could find (thanks, google) to post were all of Keira. Hayley Atwell and just about everyone else had great curls as well!