Perfectly Perfect Straight Hair

I am not going to lie:  I have been striving to get Alicia Silverstone’s hairstyle since I was in middle school and she was in all of the Aerosmith videos.  Yes, even before Clueless.  I know it sounds silly but it is true that you always want what you can’t have.  And I do not have straight, silky, blond hair.  I was so jealous of the way she could just run her fingers through her hair carelessly and then her hair would just cascade back down, perfectly in place.  My less-than-perfect brown, wavy hair would just mock me when I would try that move in front of the mirror.  Yes, middle school was not the best time for me.

So, since then, I have tried blowing my hair straight, using curling irons to straighten it and I have bought cheap-o flat irons at the drugstore.  I was definitely doing more damage than good though.  Which is why the last time I went to get my haircut my stylist looked at me and said, “Honey.  You need to lay off the heat.”  I sheepishly confessed my Alicia Silverstone-hair-obsession and that is when things turned around.  She held up her CHI straightener and said, “This bad boy should do the trick.”  She straightened my hair and there it was…the cascade!  My hair may still be brown but the classic cascading straightness was undeniable.  I bought my own CHI Straightener that day and I haven’t looked back since.