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Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Ch-ch-changes

So the Extreme Makeover: Belton Edition finally started, nonsensically, as all things start with me. Last week I realized that my hair was a mess. The 'fro was suffering under my regime of sheer laziness. It was time to send out the SOS to get a badly needed hair cut. Of course I hate going to the hairdresser. Next to the doctor's office they tell you to show up at 10 a.m. and they don't work on you until 3 p.m. It's annoying. In this case my hairdresser was only running two-and-a-half hours behind.

I find going to the hairdresser in Bakersfield frustrating because I usually get charged a lot and not many hairdressers are willing to help me work with my naturally curly hair. Every time I walk into a black salon the first thing they want to do is give me a perm. Just once I wish someone would actually frickin' help me with my fro as opposed to offering to kill it for me. In the end I usually meet them half way and settle for getting my hair straightened the old fashioned way -- with a searing hot iron and a "Bucket-O-Grease (patent pending)."

So the hair is temporarily straightened for the time being and it looks nice but I positively loathe the fact that I've been unable to find someone who likes to work with afros. Cultivating them. Making them extra curly. Anyone know an "afrologist" out there? I mean, the lady who did my hair did a good job if I wanted to wear my hair straight all the time, but I like the curliness and the, dare-I-say-it, "bigness" of the thing. I'm not that threatening looking to begin with, but with straight hair I lose all my edge. I might as well be a cheerleader. No offense to cheerleaders.

Anyway, I feel like rolling up into salons with pictures of Tracee Ellis Ross and Rachel True and going "This! This is what I want!" Some rhyme and reason to the 'fro! How can I get that? So anyone know anyone?

As for my fitness regime ... still debating that one. I'm sure I'll make a decision about that indirectly as well ...

1 Comments:

  • At 9:19 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hi there - never commented before...and not a blogger user, but I go to the Cutting Edge at the Market Place and thought I would suggest Sheron (sp?) to you. I'm not sure what her techniques are (Brigette does my hair) but Sheron's station is right next to her and she's always fun to chat with and the ladies whose hair she does always look stylish. I've seen her once every 5 weeks for the past 3 years and all her clients seem very happy and look good.

     

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