Hair Straighteners??

[shootingstar]

Interesting for the naturally poker-straight hair gals to hear from the other side of fence. I suppose my curling iron is nearly bonded to me..unless I get my hair cut quite short..which happened a few months ago and shocked enough people. But I love the freedom of short hair..

Yesterday I saw something I hadn't seen in ages and I commute every day by light rapid transit train and bus (and bike thrown in when weather is better): an Asian woman with beautiful naturally black straight hair. Just very healthy hair, trimmed, long and unadorned hair. No bangs. Just like back in the 1960's-1970's. She also had very little/no makeup on her face.

To me (since I am Asian and live in a city with many Asians), it struck me, how INFREQUENT it was to see naturally black straight, LONG (half way down their back) healthy hair on a woman older than late 20's, that just hangs long, straight and gleaming with no barettes/clips/hairbands nor pulled back in a pigtail nor braid. Usually more Asian women (it appears, to me) in Vancouver & Toronto, are dyeing their hair in every colour but black, perming, kinking it, throwing in hair clips/claps, decorative combs/hairpins,etc.

I just notice these things because I have never coloured my black hair yet ...and permed it..uh.....25 years ago. But alas, gave up long hair when I was 19.