Musings on Hair

So my SIL Lorr had this brilliant thought the other day. She said it would be the ultimate if we had a helper who was trained to do blow outs. I mean, imagine having perfect hair every day? You don't even need to go to a salon to get your hair done. Imagine too, not having to worry about hiring a hair stylist to do your hair when you have a big party to attend?

My BFF Nina is lucky because she has perfect hair everyday. When she goes to work, a hairstylist takes care of styling her hair, after all, she's on TV every day. 

This is Nina. Yes, she looks like this every single day...(photo by Dar Ramos)

Meanwhile, every day I go out with limp, and often fly away hair. Like this:

One time, Berry, Nana & I visited Nina at work. And I was complaining about my yucky hair. She asked her hairstylist to do something about my hair, and tadaaaaa - in less than 2 minutes, with just a few flicks of her wrist using a hair straightener, she came up with this:

My hair looked like it had volume, body and waves, for a change!

That same afternoon, I ended up buying a Babyliss ionic/ceramic hair dryer in Landmark Trinoma, sponsored by my mom heehee. Nina helped me choose, it's a French brand that she swears by. Sarap the feeling to have nice hair talaga every day, I felt so "polished". Amazing what nice hair can do! I just wish I have the discipline to really take time to do my hair each day.

And I really promise na I will buy the best straightener ever! Her stylist used something like this, a straightener with wide tongs. 

Now if only I can learn how to use one. Better yet, if Lorr & I can find a helper who knows how! Hey, do you ladies know where one can learn how to do blow outs? Kind of like a hair workshop or something? I am serious!

I Want Clemence Poesy Hair

Hmmm, these days I am regretting that I cut my hair short. It doesn't help that Dada teases me that I look like a boy sometimes. Well, I can't help it that I love guys clothes and I am totally into the tomboy trend. But yeah, I guess longer hair would make my look less boyish.

So there, whenever I see girls on TV or on the street with long tousled hair (you know like Clemence Poesy's, straight from the roots but tumbling to more body and waves from the ears or chin down), I get wistful thinking about my hair before I cut it. I wish I just trimmed it. But then again, with the heat these days, maybe it was a good decision.

But. I observed that if a girl has glam hair, even if she wears regular clothes, she still looks glam. You know, like this:

Clemence on the set of Gossip Girl. Hmmm, I like her saddle bag too...

Thing is, I feel like this hairstyle is so hard to achieve. I have thin straight hair. And I have no plans of putting on extensions just to create body. I also do not want Kardashian curls (or shall I say kurls) because theirs look so unnatural and "manufactured". I can just imagine the amount of chemicals and heat used to achieve that look. I want hair, as usual, the French way = natural, a bit messy with some strands out of place, but still sexy hair.

Anyhoo, while waiting for my hair to grow, I decided to research on how I could get those soft, natural looking waves. It was back to the drawing board - hair straightening implements once more! No curling irons, because I want a jumble of soft curls and not tightly wound 18th century curls ok?

I bought a travel sized hair straightener from Phillips at Target before, but since that's itty bitty, I won't get the big waves. So here I am again, at a crossroads. CHI or ghd? Well, I still have maybe 4 months to get my hair to reach the desired length. In the meantime, I have pretty much decided I am getting one online. The question is which? 

I can't seem to find an official CHI tools site. There's one that has hair straighteners on sale from 40% to 70% off but it seems dodgy. From $200+ to $70, for realz? Anybody bought anything here before? Now, to find cheap ghd straighteners is probably a long shot. The cheapest one is £ 99. But this is the official website and undoubtedly legit. Big discrepancies in price and online sites, so the question is, where to go? Cheap but dodgy (too good to be true?) or expensive but legit (sureball!)? We're talking 100% difference in price, between two brands that are supposedly the best.

I know. I am over analyzing this. But hello, this is hair we are talking about here! Aaargh! Clemence, this is your fault! I want your hair!

(Photos from Studio325, Zimbio.com, Big Picture, and InternetCelebrity.org)