I don’t remember much about getting ready for school when I was in junior high or high school. I seem to recall always showering in the mornings unless I had an early morning track practice, grabbing a rolled pancake filled with brown ...
Earlier this week we spent an evening at the high school learning about scheduling choices for our incoming 9th grader. The principal surveyed the group and asked who was here for the first time and many like us raised their hand. Then he a ...
I have a confession. I have been coloring my hair for over half my life. I started at the age of 24, when I came across my first grey hair. I know that my natural hair color is a shade that my mother called “Dishwater Blonde.” Sort of a mud ...
I did it. I committed. Last week when I made my next hair appointment, I told her we’re cutting it much shorter. I love my long hair but I love my curls even more. Over the years, there’s one thing I heard more than anything els ...
My girls are at that age. The age where they care about their appearance because they care what someone else (besides me) thinks. They have asked me to help them put on some makeup. Other times they want me to do their hair. I was blessed w ...
I have a love/hate relationship with my hair. I love the natural color and curl. I hate that the color has decided to show my age and the sometimes lovely waves are frizzy when I fail to use a leave-in conditioner. Unfortunately, sometimes ...
A few years back, after a lot of frustration and some really damaged home-colored hair, I broke down and had my hair professionally colored. It was difficult for me because it’s a very expensive process and I was told that red hair do ...
We have two girls, both with long hair. It is hard enough convincing them to bathe regularly at this age, much less getting after them to comb all the knots out of their hair. We’ve tried nearly every detangling shampoo and conditione ...
For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a problem with frizzy hair. While I wish I could attribute it to coloring my hair, I can’t. It has been a problem going back much further than that. When I was younger and had disposable ...
