My daughter tells me I'm obsessed with hair. I admire lovely, long locks, wherever I see them. For years I kept mine short or permed, until I realized that I am not too old to enjoy long hair at any age. I saw a gray haired woman in a magazine with long hair that was very nice. Sadly, I cut mine off at 12 to look like Dorthy Hamill. It wasn't becoming, and I tried time and again to grow it.
Naturally, it is what you might call wavy with very shallow waves. When short it has no body at all without a perm, because the first wave starts around chin level. So when I wear it around chin length, it flips all over the place in a million directions no matter how I blow or curl.
Now it's half way down my back or about 24 inches from the front hair line. But to get the cascading curls I love, I must use hot rollers. Back in the day, my mom used torturous brush rollers made with mesh, wire, and a round brush in the middle. They were held in place with bobby pins. In theory girls and women washed their hair, rolled it up, slept all night, and in the morning had lovely, bouncy curls. In reality girls and women washed their hair, rolled it up, endured a sleepless night, and in the morning had a head of the frizziest mess ever known to man. I avoided this process as much as possible and kept it straight and waist-length until the life-changing, winter Olympics debacle.
So after I take out my hot rollers, I have cascading, bouncy curls that generally stay in all day. But as I've discovered lately, my favorite walk on the boardwalk and my curls are mutually exclusive, flattening brown hair and frizzing the greys. I'm not sure what to do about my two loves~I'm not willing to live without either. I may be shallow but need suggestions desperately.
What about wearing your hair up when you walk? You can twist it into a bun and use a hair stick, and it should still be able to keep a curl. My favorite inexpensive hairsticks come from Quecraft on etsy. I was never able to get them to work, until I learned the secret of putting them in.
ReplyDeleteHave you thought about showering after you take a walk?
Oh! Braids are great things for keeping hair good. You could try a loose braid when you walk, and then maybe just touch up... they have really cool hot brush irons now adays that you could take anywhere with you...Helen of Troy seems to be a good brand
You also might want to try some different curl products (gels, finishing sprays, etc), that may help keep your hair in pristine condition. I'm not an expert on hair products though. Any product in my hair tends to weigh it down, so I have to be very careful about what I put in my hair. Let me know what you figure out.