Lockdown Locks

Hairdressers are not deemed "essential" so they have been closed during this time of lockdown. I had my hair cut on March 12th - so fortunately it's still looking ok. But I took a picture of Bob on Good Friday and realised just how long his hair is getting.

Someone asked me how tall Bob has, as his hair appears to touch the ceiling- I had to explain that he is tall, but I'm pretty short so that affects the camera angle!
I shall have to get out the trusty clippers and give him a trim, preferably before his next YouTube church appearance. 
Have you seen the number of disasters perpetrated by amateur barbers over the last few weeks? People seem delighted to share pictures of their nearest and dearest. 

You'd want to die of embarrassment wouldn't you? In fact, you could make a film about that, with Simon Pegg, and call it "Dead of The Shorn" [I couldn't resist that pun, sorry]
I noticed that all the bad haircuts I've seen thus far have been of blokes- does that suggest

1. women with bad haircuts avoid being photographed?
2. women are wise enough not to let inexperienced people get near their head with scissors?
3. most women are just letting their hair grow, and tying it back, or at most, trimming the fringe carefully? [useful trimming instructions here]

Sali Hughes, the Guardian beauty writer, shared this tip from her hairdresser “Stepping back from the blowdryer and straightening or curling iron is easier, saves time, preserves condition and very often looks better,” he says. The trick is to place hair where desired when soaking wet. “Comb it through, apply any product, part it where you like, tuck behind the ears, twist, shake it out – but then leave it alone until it’s dry. Then you can disturb it, taking a piece or two to style with tools, but don’t bother with the back – only the front matters in Zoom meetings.”

 I usually blow dry my hair, and very occasionally curl the ends under with my straighteners [yes, I know that sounds perverse...] but I have been forgetting all of that and following the advice above. And my hair feels fine and dandy, thank you. I have been dyeing my hair for ...years [see here] ever since I started seeing grey hairs growing through. Usually every 13 weeks or so, usually early December, around Easter, June and mid September. I buy boxes of hair colouring when it's on offer, two packs at a time. My last dyeing experience [not counting daughters and henna at Cornerstones] was around 4th January [it never got done in time for Christmas]. That makes it 15 weeks now. And actually, it doesn't seem that grey [check out the YouTube from Sunday] I shall see how it grows. There is a box of dye on top of the cupboard if it starts to look terrible. It will certainly be a long time before I need to plait it, anyway. 

Speaking of plaits, I got a bit carried away with the bread making yesterday!