Cass…Don’t Panic!!! – It’s BROKEN!!!

Final night time was Kristal’s birthday celebration, she was turning a quantity with a 0’ on the top. I’ll go away it at that. She had selected an 80’s theme. ‘Gown from somebody within the 80’s’ not my most favorite period, however I may make it work.

There was just one apparent alternative for me… Whitney Houston- I Wanna Dance with Any person.

Now, this didn’t require loads, a pink gown, and my hair wanted to be curled. I attempted curling it with a curling wand just a few days ago- it didn’t go effectively. It was significantly difficult, particularly as a result of I’m neither octopus nor have eyes at the back of my head. So as an alternative of how the field confirmed a mannequin with pretty bouncy curls, I find yourself with a knotted rat’s nest in the back of my head, which was a mixture of 80s teasing and mattress hair. After the half-hour of labor utilizing the curling wand, all I needed to present, was a matted mess, that wanted half a bottle of conditioner to tame. And two second-degree burns, one to my ear and one other to brow. It regarded like I had gone head-to-head with a sandwich press, and misplaced.

That is how yesterday with Claire Bear, and I ended up this whiz-bang curling software thingy that virtually curls your hair for you with little or no to no effort in your half, in the event you’re to consider the field. It sucks your hair up in it, twists it round, and holds it in place for a number of seconds at an especially excessive temperature- of 230 levels Celsius to be precise, earlier than revealing your strand of hair now completely curled, in idea anyway. Clearly not one thing I personally wish to play with.

“What about this Cass?” Claire says lifting up the field to indicate me.

“Hmmmm!” I used to be making an attempt to know how it will work and if the curls would seem like Whitney Houston. “I don’t know Claire Bear. I don’t suppose I’ll seem like Whitney Houston.”

“ I feel we are able to make it work. We are going to do a curl I’ll then twist it tightly bobby pin it to your head, and hair spray it. It is going to be superb.”

She was so assured, “Certain, let’s get it. I imply how dangerous may it’s? It appears fairly easy to make use of.” I have a look at the time, “We higher go get the cake.”

I had purchased Kristal’s cake and we had been choosing it up at East Gosford. We pay, accumulate our issues, heading to the automotive. I technically knew the place we had been going, however simply to be protected and at Claire Bears insistences, as a result of she doesn’t belief my navigation talents I put the handle into Jenny.

We drive down the Central Coast freeway in the direction of Gosford. Watching the map and the street I see a right-hand flip developing… after the subsequent avenue.

As I pull into the turning lane, “Do I flip right here?” I don’t look ahead to a solution, I see a break within the visitors, put my foot on the accelerator, turning proper down the road.

“Ah no. The flip was 900 metres away.”

“Sure, that was about 900 metres.”

“No, that was about 30 metres! It’s okay Jenny will reroute. See she is redirecting you. already”

Once more, the display screen reveals one other flip, this time it’s a left flip. “Flip now.”

“No Cassie. Don’t flip right here! See 300 metres?”

“Okay.” Claire and Jenny work collectively to direct me, sending me down a avenue to the top, the place I cease at a set of lights. There’s a pub on one nook and a cute Italian café over the street.

As we look ahead to the lights to show inexperienced, Claire Bear says, “I don’t suppose Jenny is the issue, Cass.”

“Ummm… Sure, she is. She was telling me to show proper.”

“In 900 metres.”

“No, no. She clearly stated right-hand flip. Nicely positive she was on mute however, the map clearly stated flip proper.”

“Sure, she stated proper flip developing. Within the nook she clearly stated in 900 metres,”

“Nicely, I didn’t see that. And it may have been 900 metres? I imply it may’ve been.”

“Certain. I imply from right here to the lights is about 900 metres. Proper?” We had been third within the line of automobiles ready on the lights.

“I do know you’re being sarcastic. Nevertheless it could possibly be.”

“Like I stated, your spatial consciousness wants work.”

“And like I stated. Jenny is making an attempt to sew me up.”

We picked up the cake, earlier than assembly Jade and her son for a espresso at Bay Village. All of us head to my place to twist my hair. We figured we may use Jade’s assist. Claire decides to learn the directions of the brand new curling wand thingy, as a result of she didn’t belief me to peruse them correctly.

She explains what settings I have to put the curling thingy on. I comply with her directions. As soon as it reaches 230 levels Celsius, I take the primary part of my hair and feed it into the equipment. It sucks it into the centre twisting it on the similar time. I can hear my hair crunching, and scorching because it twists. I begin to calmly panic, just a bit, instantly apprehensive that my hair was going to burn and snap off, like that woman on YouTube. I look ahead to it to beep 4 occasions earlier than I launch the deal with. My hair cascades from the centre and to my shock I had one excellent barrel curl. We go about getting the remainder of my hair executed.   

We begin on the highest part of my hair. Beginning on the again proper. I take a bit, it sucks it up prefer it beforehand did. However this time the curling factor made a bizarre mechanical crunching and grinding sound type of like metallic cogs grinding collectively. Not likely one thing you wish to hear when curling your hair, it then beeped 4 occasions in a row as an alternative of single beeps. I let loosen my grip across the deal with, anticipating my hair to fall lose from the centre… it doesn’t. I let go of the deal with all collectively, anticipating the roller to fall out… It doesn’t it stays fastened in place. Holding the deal with I yank on it arduous, it doesn’t budge. I attempt pulling on the deal with after which my lose little bit of hair, it nonetheless doesn’t transfer. It was effectively and actually caught. I begin to calmly panic once more just a bit, apprehensive I used to be going to wish to chop my hair to get it lose.

“Ahhhhh! My hair is caught.” I say in a voice that could be a little louder and extra excessive pitched then I supposed getting each Claires and Jades consideration.

Claire steps in the direction of me and gently tugs on the roller, my hair pulling at my scalp. “Okay. Don’t panic.” Claire says pulling slightly tougher on the roller.

“Don’t you suppose it’s humorous how folks say don’t panic. In conditions that require you to panic? And solely make you panic extra?” Claire says nothing as she continues to drag at my hair and the roller.

“Ah, Jade…” I may hear panic in her tone. “I feel we’re going to wish an additional set of palms. It’s actually caught.” She reaches over and turns the roller off. “Higher flip that off, we don’t wish to burn your hair off.”

“What? My hair is burnt off?” Now I used to be panicking.

“No, it’s not. We haven’t. We don’t wish to.” I transfer and attempt to pull at my hair and machine, “If you transfer, it makes it means tougher.”

Claire and Jade proceed to drag and jiggle the roller, pulling my hair. The seconds really feel like minutes, and the minutes really feel like hours. I instantly want that I had purchased the old fashioned curlers. Or that this had occurred earlier after we had been doing the underlayers of my hair, as a result of at this stage I used to be both going to finish up with bizarre bald patches that I couldn’t conceal. Or seem like I had tried to decorate a roller, you know the way within the late nineties and 00’s guys with afros would decorate random comb, and have it protruding of their hair? Nicely, I used to be bringing again the pattern, however this time with a big outsized bizarre roller/ mid century torture software full with the ability plug for all of your curling wants.

Lastly, after 10 minutes of yanking and pulling and Claire Bear telling me to remain nonetheless and never transfer, and to maintain my head nonetheless. I used to be free. 45 minutes and two extra entrapments of my hair, and my hair was lastly executed. I’m going and prepare full with an prompt tan.  

As soon as I used to be prepared, I look within the mirror. You couldn’t actually inform I used to be Whitney Houston. I used to be both a really pale Whitey or Julia Roberts in Fairly Girl earlier than the makeover. Should you get my drift?

We get to the celebration, we may see that there have been clear standouts, individuals who had taken theme and dedicated to it. Ben was very clearly Freddy Mercury. Rob Olivia from Get Bodily. Me… Nicely, the query Ben requested me after I arrived, “And you might be?”

“Ummmm Whitney Houston!”

“No actually?”

“Whitney Houston. Why who do you suppose I’m?”

“Naughty Bow Peep?”

“Ha-ha. It’s the hair, proper? Nicely, I stated a pale Whitney or Julia Roberts in Fairly Girl, earlier than the makeover.”

“Ha-ha, Undoubtedly Fairly Girl!”