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Originally Posted by Chic 2k6
I'm liking the hair!
May i ask a question? I dont wanna offend you, but how come you wear alot of different wigs/hairstyles? im just curious, ive seen alot of your looks and each one suits you fab!
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Hiya! You don't offend me at all!
About 10 years ago or so I was getting my hair done at a salon and my stylist (who knew how to do my hair and that I was very particular as to what product I could use due to sensitivites) used a new perm on me without telling me.
She plopped it on my head and then this creepy lady came in and started talking to her and she sat down and kept talking. :shedevil: She just wanted to have a conversation with this horrible woman and ignore me.
I started to complain about my head burning and she ignored me still.
Finally I asked her to check it and she got all irritated at me, checked my hair and then told me that I was just fine.
It took a lot of complaining and hollering before she took my hair out and rinsed it- by then my head was on fire.
Not only did my hair completely fry, but I paid $70 for the privilege of having my head so severely burned that my hair would not grow out past 4 inches on a large circle in the back of my head.
Then it would break off and never grew out past a few inches.
I tried everything for a few years to get it to come back- treatments, nutrition, everything. Nothing helped and I began to fall into a deep depression.
After a year of crying everytime I passed a window or mirror in public, my poor DH told me to get a wig.
I was horrified. Only old ladies and cancer patients wore them, in my mind.
Finally I attended a huge design school day at a local school and met a woman with hair that I loved. I kept going on and on about it until she reluctantly told me that it was a wig. I would not believe her.
Eventually I tried my first wig- at clearance price of $140 I ruined in in the first week. The idiot at the store told me to use regular hair products on it- which ruined it completely.:eek2:
My second wig was in a catalog and it cost $80 (which for us is like $800 is to most people), and it was blonde. I was so paranoid that I kept asking my husband if I looked bizarre.
Eventually I started to find out about catalogs through my mom (who got them because of being on older mailing lists) and magazines and I had a brief good job where I was able to buy several expensive wigs for around $80 each- a great price compared to the salons.
Then once I got on the clearance lists, I began to find very expensive wigs for only $30 or so and I was in love!
The colors, however, were the ones that no one wanted, so I began to intensify my makeup training by MAKING every single color BELEIVABLE on me.
As time went on, because of the gels and the protection that I had on my hair all of the time, my head finally healed and I do not need to wear them anymore.
The freedom and style that I discovered in them was so fabulous, however, that I kept on wearing them for fun, and to free me up on my clothing designing too- I can wear almost any color now, and make it look great- something that I could never do with my natural hair.
Also, I can have any style and color I desire, and when I tire of it, I simply change to another, or get my natural hair back right away. It is a dream come true.
Now, I only purchase unique designer stuff when it is a REALLY low price. I have quite a collection.
Although I enjoy the change, for the first time in my life, I really am enjoying my natural hair too.
