What Is It About Hair That Drives Us Nuts?

We can go from great looking hair one day, to an ultra bad hair day the next. And then there are those extreme hair days when we get up, look in the mirror, and want to go back to bed. Ugh! The whole time we’re on the lookout for whatever may be the holy grail of hair. Some product or technique that will guarantee us beautiful hair, 24/7/365. The salons (over a million of them in USA) hope we keep looking. And why shouldn’t they? American women will spend close to $43 billion at salons this year! And still, we’re not happy!

And what’s all this about “beauty sleep”?

What’s so beautiful about waking up and looking like a troll? Or, looking like a troll sat on your head for most of the night. Not to worry, that’s just our hair driving us nuts again! Sort of like going in a salon and getting the works. Then walking outside into 99% humidity, and having your gorgeous tresses end up looking like wet yarn. In nano-seconds! And why, you may ask yourself, doesn’t that happen in the movies? Beautiful heroines can walk around for days in a steamy jungle and look like they just stepped out of a penthouse suite. How do they do that?

Straight hair? Curly hair? We’re never satisfied.

Women with straight hair want curly hair. Women with curly hair want straight hair. That’s us!  Men are easy. They just want to keep the hair they’ve got. But once again, that’s just hair making us nuts. According to specialists, women in the USA will spend close to $12 billion on hair care products this year. Stuff to straighten hair, stuff to curl hair, stuff to make it luxurious, bouncy, and stuff to change its color. And we keep on spending and spending!

And then there are the styles!

For some reason (a closely held secret known only by hair itself), styles change as rapidly as the New England weather. So, you probably spent the last few months growing your hair out to take advantage of the longer, sexier styles. Just got to the right length! Then some style maven says it’s time to bring back the pixie cut. So, there you are with your long hair, and everybody else if walking around looking like Peter Pan. It’s just that darn hair again driving you nuts!

Best thing to do is not worry about it.

Styles change, products change, and the world, like your hair, is a very imperfect place. Instead, when you get depressed with the state of your hair, just repeat this: I wish I was the girl with the perfect hair and a flawless face … but wait … that’s pretty much like a Barbie … plastic and fake!