Hair know-how
It's cheap and it'll last forever
For the past decade, my hair has varied in length between about an inch and maybe three. To my mother’s chagrin, I chopped it all off upon graduating from high school and never looked back. Or, said another way, I never had the willpower to last through all the awkward phases involved in growing one’s hair out from very very short to even moderately short. It’s tricky: I have a lot of very fine hair and it likes to curl in unflattering directions. Clips and barrettes have never really quite worked for me (too girly, somehow) and so, when faced with countless months of awkward hair, I’ve always capitulated and just gone back to my super-short do.
Last year, however, I got married. And I was forced to grow my hair out because I needed a certain critical mass in order to get my veil to stay in place. After the wedding, for whatever reason, I decided that I would keep growing it out. I think it may have something to do with the fact that most days, the transition from bed to office involves washing my face, brushing my teeth, and brewing a cup of coffee. If my hair looks awful, well, the only one seeing it is my dog Charlie.
The next addition to my beauty arsenal?
This last week I had a crisis. I had recently gotten a trim in Vancouver, but three weeks later, my hair seemed overgrown and out of control. I eyeballed Michelle Williams gamine do on the cover of Vogue and booked an appointment at Pierre Michel, a swank salon in midtown Manhattan. I told Moulay Yacoubi of my hair woes and he assured me that all I needed was to thin it out, given it a bit more texture, and voila! I would have fantastic hair.
As he snipped, we talked about having hair (it’s been a long time since I’ve owned a brush) and what kind of tools, goos, and such I really needed in my arsenal. It turns out, not much: In addition to shampoo and conditioner, Moulay recommended a leave-in conditioning treatment, some sort of defrizzing agent, and a wax (he likes the Japense Remino Soft Wax, which I found online for $18). He also said that a comb would suffice (no expensive brushes needed) and that a flattening iron would go far in edging things out a little bit when I was going for more of a styled look. I’m not sure about that last one (I only recently started using a blow dryer), but I loved Moulay’s no-fuss approach to hair. And, vanity aside, it must be said that my new hair cut is fabulous.
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