Hairspray
March 29, 2011, 9:13 pm
Having recently seen an exuberant production of Hairspray, my thoughts wandered to hair. Unlike those girls in that 60’s era musical, I am hair illiterate. I don’t even know how to operate a can of hairspray. The only time a can of hairspray has ever been on our property, it was being used to ignite a potato cannon.
Growing up lacking sisters and a Barbie doll, I never played “hair” when I was little. My mother chose sensible braids and bangs for me. I was an active kid, and those braids were always a mass of tangles. Hair and torture were synonyms for me as a child.
The braids morphed into a ponytail which required a rubber band and minimum hair skills. By college, ponytails were woefully out of fashion, but I remained faithful to the style. Being an art major, I did not want hair flopping in my eyes and getting into paint, clay, power tools and printing presses.
Somewhere in my twenties, I finally freed my hair and gradually shortened it up. And it has remained that way ever since with one addition… I intend to remain a redhead. I may be prejudiced, but I’m inclined to agree with Mark Twain who said that,”While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats.” I like cats.
After a disastrous experience with a hairdresser who turned me into a brunet, I found my current stylist. Mary is a very glamorous, stylish grandma who understands that I can’t benefit from all the unique and lovely hairstyles she is capable of creating. She knows that the most fantastic hairstyle in the world is useless if its owner can’t duplicate it after the first wind gust or trip to the shower. Mary keeps me looking like me, a wash and wear redhead, and for that I am exceedingly grateful.
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Greetings and welcome...
The Suitcase Lady Blog is now in its thirteenth year. I am obviously a believer in these words from E. B. White. "We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry." Thank you for reading the writing that I delight in doing.
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March 29th, 2011 on 9:28 PM
Love it!!!
March 29th, 2011 on 11:37 PM
Redheads rule.
April 2nd, 2011 on 10:57 PM
cute story about your hair , Mary
April 4th, 2011 on 2:10 PM
as one of three girls, with only girl cousins, i have always been interested in hair. i gave my sister a “twiggy hair cut” when twiggy was fashionable. can’t say it was a great success. but, that hasn’t stopped me. still experimenting with hair, length, color – it’s all fair game.