Strictly Curls by Nicole Siri

I recently got a copy of this book, and I’m really eager to try some of the hairstyles in it. Now that my hair is longer, I can DO all the fun styles it shows! :) It’s a spiral bound book with step-by-step pictures for how to do the styles. I’m going to try one tomorrow night after work, so hopefully I’ll have an “after” picture to post. :) You can check it out at www.StrictlyCurls.com

Don’t fear the convertible! :-)

All of my life I’ve been TERRIFIED of the wind, because of my hair, of course. So it was really a shock to all who know that when I got a convertible last year. (a 94 Miata) My mom was like, “YOU?? You HATE the wind. Do you ever plan on taking the top down??”

What I’ve found is that it really doesn’t mess up my hair too much if I don’t scrunch out the crunchiness prior to taking the drive, and the drive itself in effect “scrunches out the crunch”. (You can read about my hair routine here, if you want to know more about what I mean by that:
www.Jessicurl.com/routine.htm

Here’s a picture from this past Saturday. The amount of driving time was on the shorter end – maybe an hour total. Yeah, it did make my hair a bit frizzy, but nothing I was too embarrassed to be seen with.













This picture is from last year, after driving from my house in Eureka to San Francisco, about a 5 hour drive.


I would have thought that 5 hours with the top down, most of it on the open freeway, would have made my a TOTAL mess – but it really didn’t. Again, the trick was to not scrunch out the crunch as I normally would, and just let the wind do it for me. I did scrunch in some Awe Inspiraling Spray after to rejuvenate it, but that’s it.


So there you have it. There’s no reason to fear driving with the top down. :)

Yes, I use my products on my dog.

But only the shampoo and conditioner, not the styling products. :) When I first got her I actually custom made her her own shampoo and conditioner, but then I realized that was excessive, even for me. (and I LOVE making random stuff, from hair products to note cards.) So now I wash her with Hair Cleansing Cream and condition her with Too Shea. Her coat is soft and shiny all the time, so it seems to be working. :)



I got Nickie in October 2005 when a family decided they couldn't keep her anymore. She's a 2 year old Cocker Spaniel and is the sweetest little dog ever. I wanted a dog SO badly before we finally got her and she fits in really well around here. :) It's amazing how much more time I spend outside now that we have her. There aren't any laws that say you can't go to the beach without a dog, but you wouldn't know it by my habits before! :) Now I take Nickie to the beach a few times a week when it's nice out. (which thankfully, it now is. It was a LONG rainy winter in these parts.) Of course she loves it. :) Dogs really do get you up and off your butt! :)

Hair cut today - May 24

I got a hair cut today, my third with Noelle. She really does a great job cutting my hair, and for some reason, when she cuts my hair I can go twice as long between hair cuts. I appreciate that because I’m still trying to grow it out, and cutting my number of hair cuts in half has really helped with that process.

She never cuts a lot, so I basically always just need a trim and re-shaping. This time she did a bit more layering to help increase the volume. My hair gets really heavy when it gets long, so this is a good way to boost the curl. I love that she never cuts too much and I never feel like I’ve sacrificed a lot of hair. She has curly hair herself, so that’s a big reason why she’s so good at cutting it.

I’ll try to post a picture of the cut in a few days.