It's All Straightened Out

Lately, I have started doing something that I haven’t done since the summer of 1997 (in college) – and that thing is: letting my hair go curly! I have had it chemically straightened for all these years – twice a year. The last time I had it straightened was the day before I drove down to Texas in March 2008. I figured I would find someone down here to do my straightening, just like I did when I moved to Ohio….but that did not happen. The Aveda salon that did my hair in Ohio used a Kenra straightener, which is a common product line, but when I started calling salons in Texas last fall, I couldn’t find ANY that even knew the straightener OR process that I was talking about! What?!


So anyway, I haven’t straightened it in a year and a half – since I left Ohio….which means that out of the shower, my hair is pretty curly as it dries. I have blow-dried it straight every day for years and one day I was running late for church and decided to just let it go curly and roll with it…..well, I kind of liked it!


I have cursed my curls for my whole life, but I’m kind of embracing them lately – mostly because when I let it go curly, I can cut almost a half an hour off my ‘getting ready’ time in the morning – score! And Chris likes the curls, so they are a good option all around. I just can’t believe I’m wearing the curls again!


And so now, all I put in it is this very cool product called Sunsilk Captivating Curls - it's awesome. So I towel-dry my hair, put some of this stuff in it and that's it! No blowdrying, no curling irons, nothing.

And here's a pic of our murder mystery night - to illustrate the hair change. Thoughts??