To Frizz or Not To Frizz

When did picking out hair products become so complicated? I needed some new shampoo and decided to try and find something that would help with my dry ends. Have you looked down that aisle lately? There used to be two types of each brand. Oily to Normal and Dry/Damaged. Now there are not only moisturizing shampoos, but a degree of moisture to choose. One has nutrients, one is supposed to stop breakage; one has some blurb about your hair drinking and each list some plant or food product that is going to revolutionize my hair. Worst of all, select a shampoo and it only gets more complicated from there. Do I want a balm or a serum? Shine or de-frizz. One protects from heat, one is activated by it. No flyaways. No humidity. No chance.

Make it to the hair dryers, as yours has started to smell suspiciously like fire, and still no hope in sight. Tourmaline. Far-infrared. Ions. Ceramic. They promise shine, fast drying. The veritable chance to redefine genetics. Brush with boar bristles or more Tourmaline. Avocado oils on the straight iron. Magic floating plates. Straighten and curl. Dry or wet. The bigger the promise, the bigger the cost. Pay enough and the straightener turns your hair to gold. Worse of all, I believe them. They tell me the negative ions are going to save my hair from the inside out and I say, “Okay”. My want of having shiny, soft hair, tossed about by the wind, outweighs my resistance to paying the extra four dollars because it says very in front of soft. The cheaper one doesn’t. It says 1875 watts. Watts won’t spin my hair into silk, increase its growth speed by 50% or create world peace. So off I walk, ionic ceramic, long hair moisture, split end therapy in hand. Shine serum at home and tousle me softly mousse. All to have my hair in a pony tail each morning by 9:00. I don’t want the effort, but I want the promise. The promise that if I stopped and played by the rules of the tourmaline, my hair would look perfect and soft. The promise that if I ever get myself out of bed before 7:15, shiny, manageable hair is mine to be had. And that promise is worth its weight in gold. Or at least $39.95.