Just a Note...

I received this email from the inventor of Curlformers. Kind of cool. Just thought you might be interested.

Hi Emily,

My name is Bruce Taylor. I have just caught up with your wonderful feature on Curlformers on your Hair World blog. I was particularly interested and thrilled to read it because I'm the guy who developed Curlformers. I know you are a professional hairdresser and stylist but the results you achieved were simply fantastic! I have a few questions if you don't mind. What brand of mousse did you use? Also, you say you dried your daughter's (beautiful) thick hair for just a few minutes with a dryer. How many minutes was that before you removed the Curlformers? How long did the curls last? I look forward to hearing from you if you get a moment.

Kind regards,
Bruce Taylor
Managing Director
Hair Flair Ltd

Yearning For Length

I am right in the middle of growing out my hair. Ugh. Seriously, is there anything worse? It is really easy for me to help my clients through this process. I see them every 8 weeks, trim the ends, tell them it's getting a lot longer and send them on their way. But, when it's your head. Yikes. It's seriously something different. Everytime I attempt to grow my hair out, I get it to my shoulders, decide that I need layers, cut it myself, ruin it and cut it off. No kidding. Every time! So, I promised my husband I would give it the "old college try" whatever that means. Really, I would like to get it long one more time before I'm too old to wear it that way. Nobody wants to see me at 50 with hair to my butt. It just wouldn't be pretty. So, here goes nothin'. I'm dreaming of...
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The fact that all of these beautiful women are under the age of 30 and a size 00 doesn't mean anything. Right????

But, right now I feel like it's this...

Not good. May the hair gods be with me and wish me fast growing, or out come the scissors. Seriously.

I Swear...

Have I ever mentioned my loathing of cutting my son's hair? No? Well, let me fill you in. I HATE IT! That is all. Just kidding. I can cut anyone else's children's hair with not much trouble at all. This age is hard, but usually I can do it no problem. Maybe it is just because I am such a perfectionist with haircuts, and these haircuts I have to look at every day! Maybe I don't do that great of a job on my clients, I just don't see them every day!! ha ha. So, seriously though. My other two children. No problem. Sat there, wiggled a bit when it was itchy, but not this guy. He's squirmy, squirrley, be-boppy, and down right wiggly. He tries to rip off the cape and grab my scissors (duh!!), and just screams. It is very stress filled. So, if you have seen him lately and wondered why he looks so scraggly. It's because I don't want to cut his hair!! I'm starting to think it would be worth my money to pay someone else to do it!! Wouldn't that be funny??

You have no idea. Don't let that cute face fool you.... The work it took to get him from that...

...to this. Unbelievable. Stinkin' kid!!

Looks okay from here. Just don't look too close!! Just appreciate his cuteness when you see him, because it's going to be a long while before I cut it again! I'm starting to think long hair on boys?? Not so bad...