I know you’re all wondering why I haven’t talked about my hair in over a week. No? As it turns out, my hair is currently driving me a little bonkers, so you’re going to have to hear about it yet again. I have these crazy curls– not quite super tight curls, but definitely more than “texture.” So if I’m not careful, that is, if I don’t over do the product and re-wet it every hour or two, I end up with a fuzzy, round head. Not a pretty sight. I’m used to working on my hair, though, so I decided to try out some of my old long hair tricks last week. On the left, my attempt at a standard blow out. Really tough to do with short hair– hard to get the brush to grab onto anything to pull it straight. The result: straighter and more directional, but still pretty fluffy. On the right, I tried the flat iron. Also very tough. (I may have burned myself a couple of times.) The result: just about every hair on the top of my head stuck straight up, so that didn’t cut down of the fluffy problem either. Remarkably, I don’t hate these two photos nearly as much as I hated the hair styles in person. I can’t figure out what’s up with that. Regardless, I’m not happy with my hair right now. I figured there was no way I’d get in to see Dragan before I had to break down and cut my own hair, but I was thrilled when I called this week and he had a cancellation for this afternoon! Of course, I’ve always left a lot to his discretion, but I’m telling him that I’m not trying to grow it out and I want a short ‘do, hopefully one that can last more than a couple of weeks! Stay tuned for more on the hair drama. (To see a picture even sooner, follow me on Facebook and Twitter— I’ll probably put something up there right away!)
Haircut day!
~ Jamie
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A breast cancer researcher turned stay at home mom turned breast cancer patient, I'm navigating my way through cancer treatments and my quest for normalcy in its aftermath. Sometimes normal is hard, and sometimes it's as simple as going for a run, throwing on some lipstick, and heading out to chemo. Follow along at runlipstickchemo.com View all posts by Jamie
Ugh – hair challenges are the WORST! I will be eagerly following your journey!
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