Hair-Mergency

12 noon flight. Walked the dog: √. Pilates class: √. Rollon packed: √. Quick shower and hair wash: √. Blow dry: YIKES! My trusty dryer brush broke in my hands, the screw attaching the brush to the dryer literally broke in pieces. 

So I quickly grabbed the dog’s hair dryer (yes, you read that right) and blew my hair into a very full witchi-poo do and used a scrunchy (take that! Carrie Bradshaw!)

Let’s be fair: I’ve had the hair dryer for at least 5 years, and I abuse it 2-3 times weekly. I don’t just dry my hair, I wrap it around the brush and pull my hair straight and dry. I’m way too clutzy to use a round hair brush in one hand and a hair dryer in the other. We even bought one of those stands to hold the dryer while my two hands are free to manage the brush: didn’t work. Then I discovered the Conair dryer brush, and I’ve been happily blowing my hair dry for years. When I get caught in the rain, I give it a quick brush blow dry and voila: full, straight bouncy hair.

I have alot of hair. A lot. I’m not complaining, but I’ve heard my hair stylist complain MANY times how long it takes her to dry my hair, and it makes all her other appointments run late.  Plus, I have crinkly hair: not sexy wavy crimpy hair like Shakira, but bushy crinkly hair like a bad 80s perm. So imagine me and my can’t-walk-and-

chew-gum clumsiness trying to get ready in the morning. So I’ve mastered a system of shower, run around and do stuff for about 30 minutes while my hair air-dries, then 15 minutes with my dryer brush and voila! Sexy Breck girl hair (OK, I dated myself).

who needs a blow-out with a dryer brush?

Good news: Today I bought a new Conair  Hot Air Brush for $27.79 at CVS. And immediately washed and dried my hair.

Moi  tip: I travel alot, so I bought a similar brush in Paris at Darty that runs on European electrical current so I don’t need to carry a  transformer.