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| Straight hair look... |
For my 40th Birthday bash, I had my stylist of nearly 15 years, Desiree, put a little "extra" hair in just for fun... this look was just glued in tracks that lasted about a week...
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| 40th Birthday Party, July 23, 2011 |
Not to be confused with last summer's long hair... that look was a full head of sewn in weave... lasted about 3 months... Super easy, and I loved it!
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| Summer 2010 |
About a week or so after my 40th birthday party, I had the glued in tracks removed & went back to my normal straight one week, curly the next week cycle...
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| August 2011 |
I'm not sure what happened, but for some reason I decided to stop straightening my hair maybe at the end of August or so... perhaps it was my break up... or it could have been turning 40 & just refocusing what was really important. I decided that straightening my hair was not a priority anymore. I've never been one to not work out for a few days after I get my hair pressed. So I'd go to the salon on Thursday, and Friday or Saturday I'd be sweating in that $65 hairdo. Not only was it a waste of money, it was a waste of time for me AND for Desiree. I know she appreciates the money, but why have her slave away over a head I'm gonna sweat out the next day?
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| Sept 11, 2011 |
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| Sept 27, 2011 |
I still went to the salon every two weeks for a good wash, condition & usually color for my gray hairline. But I would have Desiree braid it up all over, put a curler on the end, and I'd sit under the dryer. The result was the very cute, curly look above... Cute, but a lot of work. My hair doesn't naturally curl up like this. My hair curl is MUCH tighter.
In October, I decided that I didn't want to do the work required for that curly look above, so I needed to cut off the ends of my hair that have been getting straightened for over a decade. Those ends don't curl up quite right due to years of heat damage.
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| Oct 23, 2011 It wasn't a big stretch for me... I'm no stranger to short hair. When I was in law school back in 94-95, I cut my hair off (back when it wasn't so popular to have natural hair!) I loved it. |
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| June 1996 |
Back to present time, I've cut off a little more in the back, and it's just about to where I like it. I haven't decided if I'm going to let it grow crazy big, because I like it how it is right now. I'll see how it goes... I've kept my every other week appointment with Desiree. I'm loyal to her, and I love her like family. She is 100% on board with my new natural 'do. Sure, I've gone from paying her $70 every other week to $20, but I enjoy her company & she keeps my gray at bay :-)
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| Me on 11/11/11 |
I say ALL that to say this... not having to think much about my hair is such a relief. Being fit & healthy, which means working out hard, which means SWEATING... is my priority. I didn't go natural because I think perms and presses are bad. I did it, because straight hair was not working with my lifestyle. Do what works for YOUR hair and YOUR lifestyle!
Okay, back to my football game... GO TITANS!
Toodles!
