Taming of the Do
So last week I got a drastic haircut. Well I guess you can call any haircut for me drastic because I never get my hair cut. She took off about 4-5 inches to create a swingy, blunt bob. Partly it was just for a change but mostly it was just to cut all the unhealthy, uneven parts off. A clean slate if you will. I had been adamant about being able to still pull it back into a ponytail if need be but then I realized I had slipped into this bad habit of only wearing it in a ponytail. So now I feel a little more “hep” as the kids say. Very little upkeep except for a little pomade stuff to tame fly-aways and add a little definition.
I was using the hub’s manly man hair pomade that reeked of alcohol and pine trees. I decided to get something that wasn’t quite so industrial that I could call my own. Aesop’s Violet Leaf Hair Balm is PERFECT. It uses Camellia Nut, Carrot Oil and lavender. It doesn’t feel sticky or make my hair hard as a rock. It actually makes the parts I used it on feel softer. The scent is really faint but it does add a fresh whiff that doesn’t smell fake or perfumey. You only need a tiny bit to do the job so it should last for a while, which for the price is what I would expect. I had a gift card that I have had since Christmas so I felt like using it for something indulgent was necessary. I am not disappointed at all. Has anyone tried any of Aesop’s hair treatments before? Rants or raves?
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4 opinions for Taming of the Do
Soos
Jul 14, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Me, too. “Off with the hair.”
2 mos ago, I had a salon haircut for the first time in - 6 years! It wasn’t enough. HNL is hot and humid, espec NOW. I went back last week. She says she cut off TEN inches. Can’t tell with my hair: wavy, sometimes curly, never straight.
Before: below the middle of my back. Now: shoulder length. I feel light-headed! Still enough to pull into a ponytail.
Shorter hair = lots more styling product AND a new appliance.
Noel, we need photos of Before and After! I’ll show mine if you show yours!!!
Peggy
Jul 17, 2008 at 2:24 am
My hair has gotten wilder and wavier in recent years. I have to use hair straightener, and even that doesn’t work so well.
Does this tame? Is your hair all straight and manageable? I envy you if so…
Noel Boehm
Jul 17, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Hahaha Soos, I think not on the pics. Mostly because all of the before pics would be me in my pajamas or in my messy living room LOL.
10 inches is RIDICULOUS. I don’t know if I could do that. Kudos to you!
Peggy, NO! my hair is neither straight nor manageable *snort*. I just used it on the scraggly flyaways and let the rest well do what it must. I’m tired of fighting it!
Peggy
Jul 21, 2008 at 1:52 am
Ha. You sound like me. I’ve given up flat ironing my hair. I can feel the grocery clerks staring at it sometimes… : )
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