Hair
I’ve always been intrigued by hair...since I
was a child. My hair has gone through
various phases and styles, like anyone’s.
My thoughts are random today...so enjoy the journey.
1. I
have always longed for long luxurious hair.
My mother tended to keep me in short, pixie cuts (think Mia Farrow) in
grade school. Childhood is a time of
pretend and fantasy. Taking three old
stockings of my mother’s (days before pantyhose) braid the legs, and then put
one end on my head like a cap. I’d dance
around pretending like I had a long braid down of hair down my back.
2. I
remember my early high school years, my mother would give me body perms. I would set my shoulder-length hair on huge
rollers and I was ready for school. By
the time I walked to school in the early foggy mornings of September, it was
back to frizz.
3.
Even as I child, I had an inkling that I looked better with my ears
showing. Hair over my ears made my face
look broader.
4.
Right before I sat for my senior pictures, I cut my hair short and 40
years later have never grown it long again.
5. In
the late 1970s, thanks to Dorothy Hamill, the wedge became my hairstyle. Oh, Denise, that looks so like you. It became my signature. The problem with a signature style, if you
hang onto it, you look dated. I upgraded
to a more Princess Diana look.
6. In
the early 1990’s, I upgraded to a short style between Demi Moore’s look in
Ghost and Halle Berry’s hair in Boomerang.
7. At
age 58, my hair texture has changed. I
have never colored my dark brown hair, which is about 20% gray. My last haircut was somewhat of a disaster so
I’m waiting for it to grow out.
8.
Now I’m ready for a new style and am open to suggestions.
