Dear gel-lovers,
For the longest time, I had shiny hair that glistened as if it had been layered with shellac. In actuality, it was just simply plastered with level 12 extra-mega-super hold gel. One of my friends referred to it as 'lego hair', the look of the fake plastic helmet hair you attach to the yellow cylindrical heads of your Star Wars Lego figurines (I still have my Han Solo action figure).
When I graduated, I wanted to change my appearance, so I opted for the long hair which ended up being a bust because it was so high maintenance. So after I got a fade (which felt like 3 lbs of hair had been taken off my head), I went for the mousse instead of the gel. Even then, the lowest strength I could find at the Blue Box Retailer was a 7 Extra Hold.
Nowadays, I wet my hair, apply the mousse, and style as desired. After about half an hour when the mousse has dried, I run my hands through my hair a few times to minimize the comb marks and shellac-y look. Sometimes I forget, and I end up looking like a high-schooler for a few hours.
One of those nights happen to be while working. One of the smartass techs came over and tapped my hair.
'Just checking to see if it was real.'
Now, I make sure I check the mirror before I leave the apartment.
2 comments:
I use Duke hair pomade, but when my hair gets really long (close to haircut time) I use gel. I figure it looks fine since my wife hasn't said otherwise.
And I think your wife would be the first person to call you out on it. That's a characteristic of a good woman.
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