Insta-Hair!
Go from looking like a housewife to Cher in a matter of hours with hair extensions
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I emailed Jenny yesterday and I told her I looked like Cher. And she responded "I thought you liked Cher. Cher is beautiful. If you look like Cher, you look...beautiful... God I can't wait to see what it looks like. Look, I'm already saying "it."
"It" is my hair.
Jenny is right. I do like Cher. I like Cher when I'm driving alone during the late afternoon, and the sun is out, and I'm singing along to one of her SoundAllTheSame tunes. Just in the same way I like Phil Collins. And Air Supply. I like them when I am alone. A not-so-secret guilty pleasure. But, that doesn't mean I want to look like a beanstalk that has been electrified on a daily basis.
My theory regarding my hair is that if it's awful, no worries, I'll just cut it. And that if it falls out, well, hell, I have a lot of it. Might make it more manageable. Call it unintended relaxing.
If my hair is any longer than about one inch, my head starts to look like a bog brush. And I start to feel decidedly house-wifey. I don't like those house-wifey, bog brush days. I can't be bothered with that whole growing out your hair thing either. It's an ugly awkward time that even RuPaul strength hair products can do nothing to improve.
I'm inpatient.
Enter The African Safari on Divisadero.
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The African Safari 1221 Divisadero Street Tel: 922-2899 |
Mrs. Young, the owner of The African Safari said I'd need about two packets of hair. She sent me off to a beauty store at the Fillmore Center and I returned with two packets of real-live human hair. The woman at the beauty store said curly hair was best, you have to do less "work" on it. (She wouldn't tell me, however, where the hair came from.) Anyway, my own hair is fairly curly so going curly (10 inches curly if you please) sounded ok to me. I think I was having a Lisa Bonet moment. I always liked her hair. When I was twelve.
Now, The African Safari came highly recommended. All they do is braiding and weaving of hair. Much better in my mind to go to a place where that's ALL they do rather than some hip salon where they're put to work on a weave once every few weeks, and you become an experiment.
I went with the weaving option. You know, something that would look vaguely natural. What Gwyneth did last year. Insta-Hair.
And, two hours later, I emerged from The African Safari with a head of stringy ringlets! Sewn right in. The whole process was painless.
Of course, the first thing I did when I got home was to set about making an appointment for a hair cut. And you should, too, if you decide to get your hair weaved. Two reasons why: 1). To add style to what is currently a mop 2). To have the stylist placate you, and reassure you that you're adventuresome, not merely an ass.
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Architects & Heroes 580 Bush Street/2239 Fillmore Tel: 391-8833 |
I recommend going to Architects and Heroes for the hair cut. Better yet, book an appointment with Andrea, Salon Manager, at their downtown salon on Bush Street. (If you're going to head to the Fillmore Street salon, aim for Daniel who is the Salon Manager). She fixed me up and made me feel OK about the entire experience. Really OK.
Yup, really OK.
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