Sheltering at Home. Week 9. May 16, 2020
I need a haircut. It’s been twelve weeks since I last saw Gino. Gino is my hairdresser. He last cut my hair on February 22. I was getting ready to celebrate a wedding and I wanted to look good.
Five and a half weeks later, stringent coronavirus shelter-at-home orders were in full force in my county, and my hair was still looking pretty OK.
But now, it’s nine weeks into the coronavirus shut-down here in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I’m wondering — do I cut it myself? Ask Jon to give it a whirl? Or just let it grow and see what happens?
Too Sick to Go to the Hairdresser
The last time a virus came between me and Gino was 2 1/2 years ago.
That time it was the Epstein-Barr (mono) virus, I was too sick to go to the hairdresser and my white roots started to grow out.
Curious — and too tired to go to see Gino — I let them keep on growing. Soon I was back on my feet with a curly headful of shiny, low-maintenance hair that I never had to blow dry. Ever.
I liked the look. I made me feel glamorous. I kept it.
This time it’s the SARS-CoV-2 virus that’s coming between me and Gino. My hair is now 3 1/2, almost four inches long. It’s white in the front, and dark in the back. And it’s still short and curly enough to keep its fluffy shape.
Blow Dry My Hair? I’d Rather Not
Gino’s short haircuts have been great all these years. No blow drying those haircuts. All I had to do was wash my hair, towel it dry, then fluff it up with a wide-tooth comb. Done.
But — what will happen if my hair gets to be 4 inches long? Five? Six?
Will it get bigger and bigger and fluffier and fluffier? Will I look like Angela Davis?
Or will it flatten out so much that I have to start blow drying it and fussing with it? Will I look like Jane Fonda?
I’m going to find out.
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I love what your hair looks like in your recent photos. This time of quarantine, with little social interaction, could be a great opportunity to experiment with what your hair looks like with absolutely no maintenance of cutting, styling, products, or even frequent washing!
For some time now I have not been a frequent hair washer. That and not using a blow dryer on my hair has, I think, kept my hair really shiny and healthy. As a young woman in New York in the sixties, I didn’t even own a blow dryer. There was no such thing. I’d roll my hair up in huge rollers after washing it. Then I’d go to bed and sleep with those rollers. What we do for beauty!
Gorgeous glam! Lustrous. It frames your face. Adds height. Red carpet looks! Why not accent your assets? !
Sharon
Yes. I’m kind of liking it longer. It’s softer.
I think it looks great longer. Keep it going to see what happens. If you don’t like it or it is too much trouble, go see Gino.
I have cut my hair in 1/4” – 1/2” snips multiple times, anD I met my hairdresser in a parking lot to buy hair color. Rich helped with the coloring process. He does not want a repeat, but…
I wonder if my hairdresser would meet me in a parking lot. Did you meet yours in broad daylight? Or under the cover of darkness?
Your hair looks great!
So far, so good. If it starts drooping and I have to get out a hairdryer to make it behave . . . we’ll see.