Lawyer hair

It took me fifteen minutes to blow dry my hair today. That was after I towel-dried it and left it in a towel for at least 20 minutes while making lunch, etc.

Fifteen minutes in the bathroom running a hairblower while Clownfish played with dinosaurs. I timed it. That's really a very long time.

I did the same thing on Monday -- I am practicing my hair styling technique so I'll look more lawyer-y for my summer job. I have a nice hair cut, chin length all around, a little layering near the face. No bangs. When its blown straight, its sleek and neat and, well, lawyer-y.

But I never style my hair. I'm a wash-and-wear kind of person -- and I was that way long before I had a child. If I were going somewhere special, I'd take advantage of the natural wave and curl of my hair -- I throw in some product, blast it with heat for about two minutes, and go. That's the extent of my styling. It sometimes landed curly-cute, sometimes landed wavy-frizzy, and I really didn't care much either way.

But it doesn't look "professional" unless I make it straight. I've been told that if I work it consistently, it will go faster . . . hence my starting a week early.

Ms. JD had a recent discussion on hair length -- I had already decided to go shorter because it suits me, it suits my age, and it does look professional. But none of the commenters talked about the timing of hair styling. The assumption is shorter hair, less time. But unless you go pixie short (which would be disasterous on my big square head), that logic doens't fly. It doesn't take that long to put long hair into a professional-looking twist or braid.

Fifteen minutes seems like a looooooong time to spend pulling and combing and blowing for the sake of looking more professional.

Plus I'm probably going to have to start wearing make-up.

Yeesh.