Hiya sistahs,
just a little OFF crafting WOMANLY topic I wanted to discuss…LOL. So last week we had a BLAST in da BELLA home and BELLALAND of 2 days of crafting.. it was refreshing, fun, inspiring and liberating. It was simply blissful (and I never use those words). But this is a story that I have not yet shared. Paulabella did mention a little bit of it on her blog but I decided to discuss it in better detail here.. and it also has been a while since my last funny-OMG-I-Can’t-believe-this-happened moment post I have shared… so here goes. You ready? Don’t think I am a freak n’k?
Ok so some women RELISH going to the hairdresser.. head massage (my favorite), reading a magazine or ipad, just time to chill on your own.. right??? RIGHT?? n-uh-uh… not I. I get so STRESSED at the hairdresser.. looking at my watch every 5 seconds, looking in the mirror with my hair stuck to my head SLOPPED with color and of course a plastic bag wrapped around it for good measure just EMPHASIZING the chins, wrinkles etc.. cuz there is NO Hair to cover the bad spots! LOL.. I look at that white timer like it is the most important thing in the world… tick tock.. tick tock.. 45 minutes of itchy burning colour on my hair.. trying to look beautiful but to no avail cuz all I see peeking back at me is the chin, and a BLUR cuz my glasses are off.. hmph. I am a like my kids in my car going on a trip.. “are we there yet”? “is my color done yet?”… then the bell rings… FREEDOM.. but no.. my hairdresser is doing someone else’s CHINS-FREE head and I am sitting there waiting thinking she forgot about me. So I casually say “CHRISTINA???” (Ok, I kinda yell).. “MY TIMER RANG….. DID YOU HEAR??”…she says “yes Emily, I know it’s ready.. I am coming to put the GLOSS treatment on”… PLEASE INSERT SHRIEK HERE. I say to her “CHRISTINA, you KNOW I have no patience for gloss.. how long is that gonna take?”.. she says patiently “we go through this every time.. your hair needs it and it is 20 minutes”.. I just grunt, get washed, get GLOSSED, and wait again.. Then finally I go for my cut. Come blow dry time, I get up and run for the cash to pay .. she says “can’t i blowdry your hair?”.. I say “I GOTS-TA go Christina”.. love you.. MWAH! and off I go looking like a plucked chicken. Am I the only one who looks WORSE when a hairstylist does my hair?? Is that supposed to happen????
So it’s been 6 months ish since my last colour and I just kept putting it off due to experience above. My hair was getting GREYER and GREYER (thanks for noticing Susan..LOL).. Because my hair is curly I can get away with it for 6-8 weeks… but SIX MONTHS??? you can just imagine! but I DREAD IT so what can I do?
Enter Ryan.
“Ry, I can’t take my hair anymore.. I look like PEPE le PIOU.
“just go buy a box of colour some sort and I will put it in your hair.. don’t you remember I did that for you a while ago?”
ahem… YES I DO buster.. and I had to go to the hairdresser to FIX it.. don’t YOU remember that? (I’m thinkin’)
“Yes I remember.. maybe that is a good idea.. you’re right.. at least I don’t have to sit at the hairdresser’s for 3 hours.. ok I will buy the box and you will do it”
“OK”
enter PAULA
“Paula, wanna put colour in my hair? I RE-HEALLY don’t want Ryan to do it so since you’re here and you colour your OWN hair, could you PLEASE do that with me so that I can continue to do art whilST marinating in colour?
“Sure, get that box out”
“ok”
So Paula proceeds to take out the ingredients from the box (bought a FOAM cuz I thought it would be easier and bought MEDIUM ASH BROWN)
Paula feeling the vast quantity of hair on my head “Um Em, I think you need two boxes for your hair”
“What? Are you kidding me? ONE BOX IS PLENTY thank you very much”
“ok then”
So paula starts to massage the colour into my hair.
“Paula, do you think you should put a little vaseline or barrier cream on my forehead and near my ears to protect it from colour?”
” Nah.. are you kidding me? it’s FINE”
“ok”
so Paula finishes up the “blending” and the back of my hair is BONE dry. ie. NO COLOUR.
“Paula, do you think you could maybe rub some of the colour to the BACK of my head so that it will take the colour as well?”
“Emily I told you that you needed two boxes.. I ran out.. but don’t worry it will be fine”..
“ok”
So off I go to the shower to rinse and condition .. feels SILKY smooth..
I don’t dry it so it looks really dark but all hair looks dark when it’s wet right?
So we plan to go to the art store and Lindabella and Paulabella look at me and say “YOU GOING OUT LIKE THAT?”
I say “why”? They say “cuz your hair is wet”.. I say, I ALWAYS go out with my hair wet. Ok.. so off we went.
A few hours pass.
I come home. I look in the mirror. I SHRIEK.
my MEDIUM ASH BROWN is PITCH BLACK. and I mean PITCH black. like ELVIRA black. and the back??? Paula, the back?? is a 6 month old red/brown/blonde combo. You can just IMAGINE.
And the PIECE de RESISTANCE? THE COLOUR STUCK TO MY SKIN ALL AROUND MY FOREHEAD and VERY VERY CONCENTRATED around my ear lobes… AND IT DIDN”T WANNA RUB OFFF!!! (now Paula do you think I need Vaseline or Barrier cream? LOL)
So it’s 10pm and Ryan comes downstairs to check on us. I point to my hair and he casually suggests I should go to the pharmacy to buy some more color and that it closes at midnight so I should have enough time (his way of saying YOU LOOK LIKE A FREAK).
So off Paula and I go. and OF COURSE the pharmacy we choose has THE BRIGHTEST LIGHTS YOU HAVE EVER SEEN. So I am trying to duck in the hair color aisle… Paula is laughing cuz every aisle I pass there are TONS of people and all I want me and my TIGER STRIPED hair to be is INVISIBLE. So I grab 2 BOXES of LIGHT HONEY BROWN colour and go to the cash. There’s a lineup!! So I am STANDING THERE in PLAIN VIEW with this THING called HAIR on my head that looks like Daniel Boone’s HAT and have to WAIT for my turn under the BRIGHT LIGHTS! Of course Paula is having the BEST time seeing me SQUIRM. Hmph.
So we get home.. i RESUME position in my chair.. Linda is CACKLING and laughing.. Paula now has enough to SMOTHER my head.. it is 11:00pm at this point.
Moral of the story? ALWAYS BUY 2 BOXES .. LOL. And maybe it IS worth sitting at the hairdressers for 9879 hours to get a proper colour..
Hmph.
I hope I didn’t bore you to death..
Has anything like this happened to you? if so, you HAVE to share so I don’t feel like the only LOSER…LOL
DONT FORGET TO PLACE A COMMENT ON BELLARIFIC FRIDAY POST.. THEME FOR TOMORROW IS CHRISTMAS IN JULY!! IT’S not too late!
Mwah to da sistahs who need to cover DA greys
Em
