August 2, 2007
The Price of Beauty
So.
The other day I decided since I nearly killed myself painting the house, I deserved a little pedicure. And an eyebrow wax. So I stopped at the salon. After getting my toes pampered and the hair ripped from my brows, I ended up $33.00 lighter. The really funny thing is, there was a young lady in the chair next to the waxing and she watched with every successful jerk of the brow. She made a face of horror every time and it cracked me up every time. I guess I’m used to it.
Then because it was Sunday and my Day To Shave My Legs, I commenced the weekly practice and…cut the living dogSHIT out of my leg. Right on the ankle bone. I swear I bled all over the frigging bathroom. It was spectacular, let me tell you.
Now, not only do I have a lovely cut on the ankle, but numerous bruises from the painting marathon I did a few weekends ago.
It’s greatness. And thereby sealing the fact I keep the skirt wearing to a minimum.
Anyway.
Since it was also Sunday, it was time to grocery shop. And since I have baby fine hair, I use a special shampoo for fine hair. The only problem with that is it causes my hair to be one tangled mess when I get out of the shower. So I was on the hunt for a detangler.
Pantene is quite proud of their detangler. They want nearly $5.00 for a small bottle. I balked at the price. And continued to look in the plethora of bottles for the detangler. There was spray gel, gel, mousse, conditioner, leave-in conditioner, hairspray, you name it. But Pantene seemed to have the only bottle around. I guess they cornered the market on detangler.
Then I had an idea. I went to the kids section and guess what? There was a bottle of detangler by Suave for $1.50. So what it smelled like apples it was less than half or the other brand so I bought it.
And you know what? I quite enjoy my hair smelling faintly of apples. And the detangler for $1.50 works like a charm.
John Frieda likes to hang on to his Frizz-Ease products, too. Unfortunately, I usually end up plunking down the cash to wrest it from his hands.
Sorry about the bruises and the slice!! And how do you get away with shaving once a week? I mean, I’m not saying I shave more than once a week myself, but by the end of the week, I’m all Sasquatchy.
I have never found anything that truly unfrizzes my hair short of spending an hour with the blow dryer and curling iron to smooth it out manually. It sucks, but it must be done!
I have freckles and blondish/reddish hair (Mik you know this doh!) and I can get away w/ shaving once a week too; you can’t see it on my legs at all–unless it’s been like two weeks during the winter. . . . gotta love the freckles for that one!
My girls use that stuff and love it!!!
Sela - heheh I’m fair-haired and freckled line Dennie, so I can get away with it. It’s a perk to have fair skin I suppose. (The ONLY perk!)
The beauty of being single is I dont have to shave my legs
I use Rusk’s Sheer Brilliance…it does get the tangles out (BTW mik I use pantene’s condition for brunettes and it’s really slick) and it helps smooth out my hair when I blowdry.