How About That Mess Called My Hair?

Recently, my hair has been causing me slight stress.  Don’t get me wrong, I love (!!!!) having long hair and will probably keep it that way when I’m an old lady.  But, I haven’t been able to prevent it from obtaining extreme knots.  I’m not talking about the small ones that you can undo by running your finger through it slowly.  You know, the huge tangles that cause major pain and take a long time to brush/comb out.  Yes, I know what detangler is.  Yes, I’ve used it ….probably more than I should.  I definitely need to buy more, but detangler cannot be the answer, only a solution.  I have many theories to why my hair has been ridiculous lately, none of which cannot be easily changed to fix the problem.

Here my hair looks normal right??!! But this is what I go through every day!! Boooo :-/

Here are a few reasons I have tossed around:

1:  My brush sucks.  I bought one of those half boar hair bristle, half plastic pokie things kind of brush (it’s this brush only with the boar hair bristle in between the plastic).  All the little ends on the plastic pokies have popped off already, therefore they don’t work.  Also, I’m unsure if the thickness of my hair prevents the boar hair bristles from correct brushing.

2:  The headbands I wear move the hair underneath it causing it to intertwine.  I usually wear yoga-type headbands because I love how soft they are and the way they look.  Every time I fix it or take it out, the hairs that are underneath are in complete chaos.

3:  I never and I stress NEVER get my hair cut consistently.  Wait, I take that back, its been a very very very long time since I’ve been able to keep up with steady appointments.  Lately, I’ve been doing a cut once a year.  This grosses me out because of the way the ends of my hair looks by mid-year.  If only I could afford a $50 haircut every 3 months!  :-/

4:  Certain necklaces I wear tangle in the hairs that cover it.  So, not only do they get stuck in the necklace but they feel it necessary to link up with each other as well.

5:  I don’t always blow dry.  I know I’ve done this forever; there were times when I’d do it for a full summer.  But lately, the no blow dry leaves my hair longing for heat and therefore wanting to hold each other to get warm.

As an odd side note, this hair chaos seems to only occur here in the DC Metro area (mainly VA because it’s the part where I reside).  Whenever I go home to NY for a visit, it NEVER happens.  I must say that my hair loves being in NY and becomes very cooperative with everything I want it to do.  This has occurred in IN as well when I lived/visit there.  I cannot make this a theory because I haven’t tried other states.

So, I keep the 5 theories and ask anyone to chime in with any possible theories I might have not considered.  Maybe someone that knows more about hair can push me in the right direction.  Today, however, I discovered that the local radio station 97.1 Wash FM is hosting a big Locks of Love event the first weekend of November.  One of the radio deejays decided to donate and they made it a huge event where anyone can sign up and donate hair as well.  Sooooooooo the thought popped in to my head that maybe I should do this.  Free haircut…sweet!!  Losing all my long hair….not so sweet.  They require at least 10 inches to be cut.  This means that my hair will be right under my chin in length.  It’s been 7 years since I’ve had short(er) hair.  It always grows back, right?!  I need some opinions, so please voice some!!!  I will also post a poll to make it more visual.

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