Nothing But Fancy

Those of you who know me… know that I love my curly hair.  It’s part of my identity and part of my fanciness.  Well, yesterday the fanciness was taken to a whole new level!  I went to the New York City salon: Ouidad.  Ouidad only cuts curly hair and they have a patented technique for cutting the curls so they form together and never do the pyramid – flat on top and fro all the way down.  When I got there I had a consultation with my stylist where I told her I wanted to keep my length and she told me in more words or less that she would make my hair look fantastic.  Her assistant (yes, she has an assistant) washed my hair with the special Ouidad products and I sat at her hair station.  After she then trimmed my layers and ends she did the patented “carving and slicing” which thinned my hair and made my head feel 3 pounds lighter.  Then they rinsed my hair so that they could style it.  The styling was so intentional and perfectly done… I will never be able to master it myself.  After dividing my hair in sections, she smoothed each section and divided it meticulously with her fingers.  She pulled and swiveled each lathered clump of hair and laid it down without touching it again.  On the top of my head she placed duck bill clips to add height.  The assistant came back and dried my hair with the defuser.  When I tilted my head toward the mirror, literally my breath gone for a second.  I was amazed that my hair could look like that… individual beautiful barrel roll curls, without rollers!  It was worth the arm and a leg I had to pay for the cut!
Later, I was walking on Broadway on the upper west side.  I went into an Orgins to put a little moisturizer on my face and an employee came by to assist me.  I said that I didn’t need any help and he stopped me and said, “Your hair is so beautiful!”  If it was any other day, I would have thought that he was just trying to sell me something, but as I said, “Thank You,” I knew that it really was beautiful!.