Some things just aren't meant to be...

I am so bored with my "look" I can hardly stand it. I want, more, I need a change. Normally when I get this way, I go get a hair cut. But, this time I did not really want to do that, simply because I never really achieve the look I want.

I'm frustrated. I grew in my eye brows (they were really thin before), thinking it would help frame my face differently. No luck. I whitened my teeth using Crest Whitestrips. Not the most successful ever. (Apparently, you have to be religious about using them, and anyone who drinks soda or tea is in trouble; yeah, that's me.) I played with some new eye makeup. Let's face it, I don't have a clue how to "play" with makeup, and make myself look better.

So, naturally, the last idea was some way to change my hair. I decided I would try curly. I got a perm once, in 2nd grade, as a reward for making good grades. Yes, it was in the 80's, and yes, it looked like a crazy, frizzy mess. Ever since, I have avoided the curls. But, living in Houston where the humidity frequently destroys my smooth, straight hair, I thought perhaps it was curling because deep-down, it wanted to be curly...it just needed a little help from me.

And thus, the experiment began. I did my reading. I went online, researching how to get my hair curly. I organized them in a Word doc, color coded even, and printed it off. I asked friends who fluctuate between curly and straight hair. I went to the store and bought "product," as my sister Julie calls it. I was ready.

First, I attempted the "curly" mousse, scrunching, blow-drying method. Yeah, my hair was still straight- just sticky.

So then, I tried the oh-so-lovely sponge rollers (as pictured below). I applied the mousse to my damp hair, took 30-minutes to separate and curl my hair, and let it sit and air dry, as suggested for almost 3 hours, using the blow dryer on low at the end to "set" it. Um- half of my hair was in tight ringlet curls, and the other side? Board straight. Seriously.
By this point, I was more than a little frustrated. I had spent all morning trying to achieve a "look" that was obviously not coming. But I refused to give up and let it all go for waste. I pulled out my tiniest curling iron, and patiently, strand-by-strand, vertically curled each piece of hair, using extra hold hair spray. I just knew this would result in curls- how could it not??

Well, this is a picture of me...5 minutes later. A few curls near the bottom, but that is it. After using curling mousse, curlers, curling iron, and hair spray, this is the closest I ever got to curls.
I guess some things just are not meant to be.


I have considered going to get another perm, cause I'm sure they have changed and improved in the 18 years since I had one. But what happens if I hate it?? Or Jesse hates it? Then what?

Any advice from all of you how there who can go back and forth between curly and straight?

Perhaps I should just go get some new glasses instead...