Compliment Insurance
by Lela Davidson on July 27, 2009
in Marriage
Last Sunday we’re all sitting around eating dinner – my husband, the kids, and me.
What do you have going on this week, my husband wants to know.
Oh – you know, the usual: writing, going to the pool, a new client meeting – oh, and I’m getting my hair cut on Tuesday.
He turns to me and says, Great. Just in case I don’t mention it later, let me take this opportunity to tell you that your hair — it looks great.
Again with the romance. It’s really heating up this summer.
Begging Kate Gosselin to Resist the Reverse Mullet
by Lela Davidson on May 19, 2009
in Current Events, Favorites
Let me start out by saying I’ve only caught a few moments of Jon and Kate Plus 8 here and there. Watching two people try to corral a classroom’s worth of children just isn’t my idea of a relaxing way to spend an evening. I don’t watch Biggest Loser or The Amazing Race either. Who needs to witness all that back breaking labor?
All this to say I don’t know anything about these people, the way they raise their children, or the alleged affair that’s steaming up the tabloids I furtively peruse in line at Wal-Mart.
But I do know a bit about hair, short hair in particular. And I can see, Kate, that your current haircut is either a gross error in judgment or a desperate plea for help. In either case, I beleive you deserves our support in moving beyond this catastrophic period in personal hair history.
I say this out of love, I really do. Because I have been there. I understand all too well the frustration of short cuts that don’t fall quite right, the grow out gone wrong, and the yearning for a just a few wisps to hide the damage done by tiny crows who’d track up our still fabulous eyes. I’ve been there. I get it.
The temptation is strong, but whatever you do, you must resist the reverse mullet.
Not since the pre-Miley’s-Dad Billy Ray Cyrus have we seen a public figure with hair so disconnected. Your hair screams indecision, but dear, you just can’t have it both ways. It’s not your fault. Clearly your hairdresser is to blame. Shame, shame on the cruel cutter who does not extol the virtues of blending. Not nice. Not nice at all. Seriously, Kate, call me. I’ll give you a number.
And it’s not just about you either. If you won’t do it for yourself, do it for every other woman who’s looking up to you, who’s sitting out there right now watching some rerun and thinking that’s it! That’s my next haircut! Save her. Don’t let another sister in short hair fall into the trap of soft in the front, spiky in the back.
Just say no to the reverse mullet.
1988 – All About the Hair
by Lela Davidson on August 14, 2008
in Uncategorized
Because my 20-year class reunion – the one I’m not going to – is this weekend, it’s time to wrap up this nostaligic trip down eighties lane. I promised a picture and today I deliver. Now, if you actually went to my high school, you may notice that there is no picture of me in the 1988 yearbook. In fact, this is actually my sophomore class picture. I had no senior pictures taken. I didn’t get to pose next to a tree or prop my foot on a ladder with splattered paint in the background. However, when I remember high school, it is this photo that sums it all up for me.
And just to prove that I really was a senior, and that my hair maintained this level of largeness, I’m providing a bonus shot – the senior prom portrait. Note the unsteady posture and the squinty eyes. This too encapsulates my high school experience. Thank you, Andre Pink Champagne. And thanks BH for taking that mess to prom!PS – Let’s not forget to pat Lela on the back for not only scanning these photos from her scrapbook, but also cropping and posting them. No easy task for the girl who can’t figure out how to load an iPod.
The Joys of Short Hair
by Lela Davidson on October 24, 2007
in Uncategorized
It’s official. As soon as I get a free moment I’m starting a short hair blog where I’ll keep all these great pictures of short haircuts. Because nothing makes me more irritated than looking online for pictures of short hair and finding a bunch of crappy sites with stupid advice like how to apply mousse. If you use mousse, you know how to use it.
This is the look we’ll be going for this fall. However, we might not get there until next summer, because of this past summer’s GI Jane cut. I have been loving the wash-and-go of it, but it’s time for some flounce. And highlights. Lots of highlights.
