Michelle Breyer, curl expert and co-founder of NaturallyCurly.com muses on The Bachelor...
I was watching "The Bachelor" the other night, and it became crystal clear that I could never be on the show. It doesn't matter that I'm a 40-something married woman who isn't a blonde size 4 bombshell with a boob job. It's the fact that my curly hair would be such a mess!!!!
I was watching Jenni and Brad cavort with the dolphins in Cabo, and her hair looked perfect as she emerged from the water. It looked perfect as they gazed at each other over dinner. And I'm sure it looked perfect when they woke up the next morning in their fantasy suite.
Unfortunately for us curlies, our hair isn't so wash and wear. It can morph over the course of a date, especially if you throw in a iittle humidity or a pool - or a little romance. It's something our mates know about us, and hopefully appreciate.
As I watch Bettina's blonde hair whip romantically around her on a sailboat - knowing that mine would like like a huge bush - I console myself with the thought that none of the Bachelors ever ends up with the girl from the Final Rose ceremony anyway.
You can see more of Michelle's work at NaturallyCurly.com
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Do I look fat in these jeans?
Suzanne Schroeder, Curl Expert for NaturallyCurly.com, talks about honesty, when you don't want it, and when you absolutely do.
I have been wearing a hat and pigtails for 10 days now. The result of a hair color disaster. The young guy at work asked today " What is with the hats?" " You look like an aging hipster." A bad thing to say to a 42 year old woman, who really just wants to be just a hipster. The rest of the day was a debate about how honest should honest be? How do we want our questions answered like "honey do I look fat?" and "do my curls look too frizzy today?" Most of us want the perfect combination of honesty and a bit of fibbing. Something like "you look great but those jeans aren't my favorite" or "your hair looks super today except that one little curl that is misbehaving." Is there really anyone out there who can answer the questions this way all the time? The only instance when this honesty combo doesn't work is when you get it from a hair stylists. It is always in the more extreme form if you are a curly. Our hair always looks worse rather than better when we leave the salon. Even though the stylists says it looks great. We go home or to our car where our emergency hair products are and re-style the curls ourselves. I have only recently found one person who really knows how to cut, color and style curls. The problem is he is only here every 3 months. So when I on a whim decided to put blonde streaks in my red hair and they turned bright yellow I had to call someone. The whim was a huge mistake. I had done it many times as a teenager and in my twenties but this time something went really wrong. I arrived at my appointment knowing that I had a problem and was hoping anything would better than yellow. I was so wrong. The correction turned into brown curls with white strips. The honesty was there at the beginning of the appointment. We both knew the yellow was a mistake. By the end of 3 hours though that honesty had turned into the typical curly experience. Looking in the mirror horrified as the stylist tries to convince us that our hair looks great. Honesty is complicated. How much do we really want? Sitting in the chair at a salon, complete honesty would be just right.
I have been wearing a hat and pigtails for 10 days now. The result of a hair color disaster. The young guy at work asked today " What is with the hats?" " You look like an aging hipster." A bad thing to say to a 42 year old woman, who really just wants to be just a hipster. The rest of the day was a debate about how honest should honest be? How do we want our questions answered like "honey do I look fat?" and "do my curls look too frizzy today?" Most of us want the perfect combination of honesty and a bit of fibbing. Something like "you look great but those jeans aren't my favorite" or "your hair looks super today except that one little curl that is misbehaving." Is there really anyone out there who can answer the questions this way all the time? The only instance when this honesty combo doesn't work is when you get it from a hair stylists. It is always in the more extreme form if you are a curly. Our hair always looks worse rather than better when we leave the salon. Even though the stylists says it looks great. We go home or to our car where our emergency hair products are and re-style the curls ourselves. I have only recently found one person who really knows how to cut, color and style curls. The problem is he is only here every 3 months. So when I on a whim decided to put blonde streaks in my red hair and they turned bright yellow I had to call someone. The whim was a huge mistake. I had done it many times as a teenager and in my twenties but this time something went really wrong. I arrived at my appointment knowing that I had a problem and was hoping anything would better than yellow. I was so wrong. The correction turned into brown curls with white strips. The honesty was there at the beginning of the appointment. We both knew the yellow was a mistake. By the end of 3 hours though that honesty had turned into the typical curly experience. Looking in the mirror horrified as the stylist tries to convince us that our hair looks great. Honesty is complicated. How much do we really want? Sitting in the chair at a salon, complete honesty would be just right.
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