Nor have I managed to wangle myself one of these:
I have no idea, I just googled 'hot brazilian men' and up he popped.
One can dream.
No, the Brazilian that I have finally got for myself is a BRAZILIAN BLOWDRY!!!!
Tartarus was initially concerned that I was going to come home from the hairdressers with a 1" wide strip of hair down the middle of my skull. *sigh* MEN *shrugs*.
A Brazilian Blowdry involved sitting in the hairdressers for FOUR hours while a lovely Russian girl painstakingly painted my hair with keratin stuff and straightened it until it was straighter than a New England clergyman's soul.
I was then tasked with keeping my hair straight for the next four days - no hairbands, no tucking it behind my ears. Nothing.
For the next four days I remained indoors, keeping away from rain, wind and anything that might cause my hair to kink in rebellion. I looked like a ghost. But one with swooshy hair!!!!
Tuesday morning, I returned to the hairdressers to have it all washed off. The Russian girl didn't say much and I suspected that my coarse, kinked hair may have been too much for the treatment. 'Is it curly?' I whispered. 'A bit.' she whispered back.
And secretly, in the heart of myself, I rejoiced that my hair would not be beaten by chemicals and hung onto its sense of myself for grim death.
I eventually looked at myself in the mirror. Well, it was curly, but it wasn't my usual CURLY.
And then she dried it with her fingers - a technique guaranteed to send me into cotton wool puff hair hell......and lo, it stayed normal looking. I was encouraged.
The hairdresser then flicked her straighteners over me. It went poker straight in minutes. From entering the salon, washing/conditioning, drying and straightening - 45 minutes. A world record for me!
Since then, I have barely had to draw my own straighteners through it and we're now at Sunday and it looks like this:
I should have brushed it before the photo, but you get the idea.
It's not poker straight, but I don't want it poker straight. I want it to look natural and slightly waved. The condition of my hair is lovely and I cannot tell you how delighted I am to have swooshy hair with minimal work from myself. It is definitely something to consider if you're going a holiday and don't want to humph loads of hair stuff with you - maybe for the party season too!
But the moment of truth will be when I wash and dry it myself! Watch this space!
It looks Lovely.
ReplyDeletexx
Thanks Wally!
DeleteAli x
Oh, I see.
ReplyDeleteIt's a Mullet.
Very nice.
But it's a STRAIGHT mullet!
DeleteAli x
Ooooh, interesting. Not something I will ever try, I spend too much on getting it curly :-)
ReplyDeleteWe iz nebber happy with what we haz *much sage nodding of head*
DeleteAX
It looks lovely, but... why?
ReplyDeleteBecause sometimes a girl doesn't want to be curly and VERY dishevelled looking. Sometimes I need to be moderately dishevelled looking and this FITS the bill!!!!
DeleteAli x
I beg your pardon Ali--that was a particularly inept comment, born of a tiny weeny little blogcrush based on your picture. Of course one wants to change one's looks all the time.
Deletewell done looks fab........good luck with the wash-n-go!!x
ReplyDeleteI am dreading it lol!
DeleteAX
This is an interesting one, can't wait for more updates.
ReplyDeleteG'dday Aussie hair snippers!! I shall post a picture of me doing it myself. Whenever I get over the fear of actually doing it myself :-D
DeleteHope life's good Down Under and drier than it is Up Over :-D
Ali x
Looks lovely! My requirement for any "do" is that it be low maintenance. So, fingers crossed for the wash at home not sending it into a tail spin ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's all gone wonderfully well!
DeleteLooking good with the Brazilian. A friend of a friend had one - he's male, very stylish and has a chic grey bob. It's all the rage!
ReplyDeleteI am very happy that I did this!
DeleteIt's so beeyoootiful. Have you washed it yet? Is it ok? I am terribly jealous!
ReplyDeleteI have washed it, let it dry itself and then straightened it and it's still going strong!
DeleteIt looks great!
ReplyDeleteIt looks lovely - I'm considering a digital perm but they are currently prohibitley expensive - just to make my hair all curl the same way for a while!
ReplyDeleteI don't regret getting this done - although I was a bit worried when it still looked curly when it was washed off - but it's fine. Really easy to handle. If you want to do it, you will find a way to save the money and get it done. Or could you do some sort of barter for it?
DeleteAli x
As a fellow curly hair sufferer, I am impressed - it looks great. As you say, you don't want it to be dead straight, just relaxed as it were. I will be interested to hear how you go...Well done.
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So far I have no complaints. I still need to give it a little once over in the morning, but the condition of it is great and it still looks smart. I say, have a go!!!
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