| It takes a lot more guts to have no hair and still stand proud, than to carry off some new trendy hairstyle.
TRENDS for Spring/Summer 2015 is all about going nude. On the face, that is.
That’s a pretty brave look to carry, even if it’s with the paradoxical help of lots of make-up, and one which I’m not too comfortable with.
When you’re no longer in the throes of youthful bliss, the skin shows every unforgiving line. It takes a skilful hand to be able to mask the mark of time without coming off looking as if you’ve tried on the entire year’s cosmetic quota at one go, much less look “bare-faced”.
Hair, on the other hand, gives more leeway. Apparently coming in undone is “in” right now and the thrown-in, looped-under ponytail is considered tres chic.
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And you know how on days you look like you just ran your fingers through your hair because you had no time to brush it? Well, that works too, especially when Michael Kors does it for the runway, with plenty of wisps floating, looking extra loose and lived-in. Hairstylist Orlando Pita intended the hair to look dishevelled in a sensual way, it seems.
Long hair is back in fashion and retro half-up hairstyles at Veronica Beard are designed to look amateurish, “as if they’d (the girls) done their hair themselves before a fun night out,” says lead stylist Rutger. Tousled tresses were also spotted on the runways of Emilio Pucci, Valentino and Narciso Rodriguez.
And the colour of the season? Go Bronde! Yeah, you heard Beyonce – that’s what you get when you mix brown with blonde so brunettes can look forward to a bright year ahead.
That’s all well and good, that is if you have a healthy, hearty head of hair to play with. The reality is, most women (and some men) face daily battles with their locks.
Some may have hair that’s too dead straight and must get a perm to give it some body; conversely, others go through rebonding, or the gentler relaxing of their waves to better tame their curls.
I’m guilty as charged of trying to dispose of my curls. While other women would look on in envy as they spend big bucks trying to get their hair to behave like mine, I longed for the straight and narrow.
In recent years, I finally plucked up the courage to relax my hair. But in doing so, even if it’s just once in six months, no matter how gentle the chemicals were touted to be, they still wreaked havoc on my hair. During a recent visit, the hairstylist promptly announced that my hair was “damaged”.
In no way am I special as there are tons of other people out there who struggle with greasy, frizzy, brittle or untameable hair. And while the host of products we use may alleviate those problems, they can have a lasting effect on our scalp and hair, and even our health. (Find out more about our upcoming no-shampoo challenge on Star2’s p4.)
In saying so, I confess I’m quite taken up by L’Oreal Professionnel’s latest Pro-Keratin Refill which is said to fill in damaged parts with hair identical keratin and protect the hair fibre from further aggression. As a cynic who has tried so many different products, I’m impressed that it has given my hair some semblance of decency and it doesn’t look like stiff broom bristles anymore.
Which is probably the least of my worries, given how a couple of bald spots post-surgery have been the bane of my life. Having grey or unmanageable hair is better than having no hair. Make no mistake – hair is VERY important to women (and guys too, though it’s more acceptable, even sexy, for some to go bald.)
And if a couple of empty patches of keratin can plague me so badly, I cannot imagine how much more those suffering from hair loss, especially women undergoing medical treatment, are affected by the emotional trauma and physical “disfigurement”.
A friend recently admitted how she never noticed how her head was nicely rounded until she lost all her hair. That in itself, she said, was a blessing and how bathing now takes half the time it used to! She dons her headscarves so fashionably and proudly that one’s compelled to admire her inner resolve, rather than feel sorry for her. I can’t help but feel deeply humbled by her strength and by many others in her shoes.
Currently, I still trying to muster the courage to face up to the fact that my frizzy, balding mane is slowly going more than just 50 shades of grey.
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