This year I honestly thought my curly hair was a thing of the past... but good hair times have come again :)
Oh yes. I'm blogging about hair.
I'll never forget the fateful swimming trip at university when to my horror I realised I couldn't dry my unruly sort of wavy hair and had to scrunch and hope for the best. What emerged were curls. CURLS! Who knew. I was 18 or 19 before I discovered my hair was curly. From that moment on I never looked back.
Most of the time I have what is known as an S curl. My hair is so hyper wavy that as it grows longer is forms S curls and large loose cork screws (oh yes there are catagories of curls - google it). For a few short, sun damaged years I had full on corkscrews (left) and had to go looking for a hair dresser who knew how to cut curly hair - it's not as straight forward as you think. My curls are generally loose and can revert to my teenage triangle head, nightmare if cut bluntly, but never fear, Tracy was here and for the last decade my hair has been in her hands.
2011 however, the year I turned 30, I thought my curls were going bye bye. Before Christmas I cut my hair super short and started using curling irons (I call them my magic curling wand). Maybe it was the length, maybe it was the heat damage but the natural curl started to fall out of my hair. I think I was more sad about that than leaving my 20s.
A few weeks ago however I decided I was growing my hair longer after a fake hair/dress up day and Tracy came round to trim and shape it ready to let it grow. From that moment on it's like her skill and my hair follicles have rewarded me! I'm curly again!
I know it's shallow to have written over 300 words about this but if gratitude in the small is the secret to contentment then I am a happy girl. (Er woman. I'm 30 I guess I'm not a girl anymore.)
If you're a curly one I know you'll understand this splurge, if you're not consider it a glimpse into another world. If anyone needs a good hair dresser Tracy is amazing - oh and I have discount vouchers for anyone who wants to give her a try. Superficial moment over. Must get down to serious stuff now :)