hair today

Before we start, I just want to say HI SUNNY b/c she told me last night that she read my blog. So, hello, friend!

Anyway. So Picasso went through several phases with his art. There was the Blue Phase, the Pink Phase, the Cubist Phase, the Lots of Prostitutes Painted in Unflattering Ways Phase. And Guernica.

I've experienced similar phases with my hair. For most of my life, it was the Please Don't Be Foofy Phase. As I learned to manage it (aka, using conditioner), the higher my aspirations for my hair became. I briefly went through a Short & Breezy phase in college, which was then followed by the Reddish-Brown Phase; the Long & Straight Phase; the Swingy Bangs Phase; the Dark & Darker Phase; the Sleek & Soft phase. Some of these phases made repeat visits, particularly the Long & Straight and the Sleek & Soft.

Lately, I'm in a Soft & Shiny state of mind. My hair's not quite long enough to merit being very straight (I think very straight, mid-length hair looks weird on me), and so my obsession has been having really shiny hair. But because I don't want to look like I've shellacked my hair follicles, softness is key. Brittany used this great Bio Silk hair serum on me one time that makes hair super shiny and soft, but unfortunately I don't have $25 to spare for a smallish bottle of the stuf, so I've had to turn my search elsewhere.

My obsessions have not gone unnoticed. Case in point, the following conversation with my boyfriend:

V: Hey, I'm going to the bank and then to CVS--
T: NO. NO MORE SHAMPOO.
V: [pout] I'm not getting more shampoo!
T: You ALWAYS say that you're not getting more shampoo, and what do you get? Shampoo. So no, I say! No more shampoo!
V: [grumpy] Fine! I won't get shampoo. Do you need anything?
T: A Kit Kat would be nice.

I didn't get any more shampoo, but I found this GREAT conditioner (and for half-price!) It's Garnier's 3-minute Undo Dryness Reversal Treatment--the one in a tube, not the bottle. It's got some sort of secret combination of avocado oil and apricot seeds that makes hair super soft, shiny, flyaway-free and deliciously swingy. So that's my product pitch for today--absolutely love the stuf!