I am working
in office and suddenly a mail comes. Oh, they finalized the day of our office annual
party. I know what I am going to wear. Happy in my dreamland thinking about my
perfect outfit and doom come the sight of my unruly hair and I get tens. Should
I get my hair straighten or blow dry with big curls, Oh god I am so confuse.
Yes, this is how I think whenever I hear of any big party or event. I have unruly
curly frizzy hair, which never listen to me. Good hair days are very rare for
me and on special days my hair being in my control is even rarer. Thank god
that we have the ritual of covering head on marriage otherwise I would have ended
up looking scary in my wedding pictures with my frizzy mane.
I wore my
hair short during my childhood and when I grew up and decided to grow them long,
they grew in a big curly jungle. People used to see them and say “wow, you have
so much hair” but I silently prayed for silky manageable hair, which I can
leave open and feel the wind flowing through them, which looks presentable even
at the oddest hour of the day. It’s not like I didn’t do anything to bring my
hair in the condition I love them to be. Even now also I keep searching the Internet
for way to make hair soft and shiny and I have already tried everything from
curd to clay and from banana to besan on them. These things give temporary relief
but the amount of time and energy I give for using then is not worth the short term
effects they have on my locks.
Every morning
when I get ready for work, it takes me more time to style my hair then doing
everything else. My husband feels that I take too long to get ready for work
and no other girl ever takes this long to get ready. This irritates me to the core,
as it’s not that I stand in front of the mirror and dream, I stand there
struggling with my hair, pleading to them to behave. And husband someone
who is blessed with silky shiny obedient hair will never understand my pain.
Whenever I
have to go for any function, my work on my hair starts from the morning itself.
One can see me roaming at my home with some hair mask on my head, or spending
big bucks in some hair salon to make my hair presentable. And with all this hassle
by the time I reach to the party I feel so tired that I never get to enjoy it
with my full energy. I spend all the time making my hair look perfect and then
I spend the time adjusting them or feeling tired.
I love going
to theme parks and enjoy doing the rain dance with friends but the effect of
that chlorine water on my hair makes me hesitant at times. Last year we went to
a beach resort for New Year celebrations. I go crazy whenever I go to the
beach. I went in the water and played a lot. At night during bonfire when other
girls were flaunting their beach wave locks I had no choice but to tie my mane
in a bun. Next day I was not entering the water because I was worried about my
hair. I saw people playing in water and cursed my curls.
Recently we went
for a jungle safari and while seating in the jeep when I started covering my
hair with a scarf to protect them against wind and dust, a friend made fun of
me saying "we are not going to the temple babe, why you covering your head?". I felt
bad and angry but I had no choice. I too wanted to leave my hair open and go
carefree but my hair won’t let me do that.
PS: this post is written for Sunsilk’s contest on Indiblogger.
1 comments:
Nice post! I too wish to recharge my hair! :) All the best for the contest! :)
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