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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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0 posted 2018-01-07 07:06 AM


I don’t care much for hair.
I’d rather not have to
blow dry it,
curl it
and spray it,
to keep it out of
my face.
I hate clips,
barrettes,
and bobby pins,
because they always
slide out.
But I have been doing all that
here lately.
Not my cup of tea.
So either I keep my hair
very short
or very long.
I think I’m growing it out again.
At least a little bit,
aiming for my shoulders
and not my waist.
So I got a perm.
A body wave,
so I wouldn’t have an afro.
I can’t wash it for three days
and it stinks.
But I like my new cap of curls
that I will be able to just wash,
spray on some product
finger comb and go.
Not too many years ago,
I would have hated it
because it made me
look like my mother.
I’m okay with that now,
my hair is not snow white.
Just a few strands of silver
in the front doesn’t bother me.
Though I must confess
I have considered going to
a brownier shade of brown.
But if I did, I would have roots
to fuss and worry about.
I don’t want that kind of commitment.
Right at this moment,
I have freshly permed bed head,
which is a sight to behold.
I have yet to subdue it with water,
spray, and perhaps a curling iron.
When I do, wish me luck.

LGR©1/7/18



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Bluesy Socrateaser
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In The Mirror
1 posted 2018-01-07 12:34 PM


Ha-ha-ha! Okay then..."Best of luck!"

...just bein' Bluesy

Poet In Pink
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2 posted 2018-01-07 04:02 PM


I've always liked to doodle with hair styles and colors   Like you I like to keep them simple ~ I'm sure yours came our nicely ~ Curling irons are magic so you'll look like da bomb     
Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
3 posted 2018-01-07 08:50 PM


Hey Bluesey!
A few squirts of water and a couple of bobby pins and I was good to go. No worries. I love it when a plan works out.  ~L

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
4 posted 2018-01-07 09:11 PM


Pinkycurls,
Easy is the way to go for sure. I don't know about 'da bomb' but I like my "old lady do"
~L

Bluesy Socrateaser
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In The Mirror
5 posted 2018-01-08 12:14 PM


quote:
"A few squirts of water and a couple of bobby pins and I was good to go"
'Water-Schmawter'...and dump those "bobby pins" and get yourself some, "Bluesy pins", and you'll be even better to go!

...just bein' Bluesy

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
6 posted 2018-01-08 05:37 PM


I finally get to wash my hair in the morning!
They told me to wait 3 days...Can't wait to fiddle with it wet. I'm liking it pulled back from my face as opposed to whacking it off.
A bluesy pin?? Now you're just being plain silly. I like that. ~L

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