Once upon a time there was a sophomore in college named Lauren. Lauren had always had normal, manageable hair (if you don't count the mullet at 2 years old or the haircut on the day of homecoming fiasco). She was fairly happy with her hair, alternating between long and short styles. One day Lauren went to get a haircut. Her stylist, who happened to be a great childhood friend, asked the dreaded hairdresser question, "So, what shampoo are you using these days?". Lauren replied, "Oh, you know, whatever smells the best or has the best commercials." (Isn't that how everyone chooses beauty products?) A gasp was heard across the salon as Lauren's stylist ran to the back of the store and thrust a mountain of shampoo samples in her lap. A happy little Lauren bounced out of the salon with fabulous fresh cut hair and enough shampoo to last her until graduation. One by one Lauren began trying the various shampoos- Paul Mitchell, Redken, Bedhead, Matrix, Aveda, etc. etc.- and received the same result every time- A big, fat, disgusting greasy spot in the 2nd layer of the right side of her part. Every. Single. Time. She. Tried. A. Different. Shampoo. Which lead to Lauren using half of her roommate's Walmart shampoo rewashing her hair. Who has time to REwash their hair??? Every. Single. Day!!! A very distraught Lauren called her friend and said, "Your shampoo SUCKS!". (I believe she was a bit more polite than that but that was the general idea.) Her friend replied, "They must be too heavy for your hair. You know, you could try...". "Oh no, no, no" said Lauren. "I'm good. Thanks." And she went back to Walmart and back to her usual routine of buying the best smelling, best commercial producing shampoo and washing her hair only once per day.
Fast forward 4 years. Lauren gets married, has a baby, and her hair gets out of control. First it gets really thick. Then it all falls out. Then it starts growing back and the fine little baby hairs stick straight out all around her face making her look kind of like a lion. (She may be exaggerating a bit but only a little.) Her hair is damaged, broken, and a little confused by all that has happened to it in such a short amount of time.
One night Lauren has a magical dream that she is in a Chinese natural beauty supply store. (Oh, you've never heard of one??? Well that's because they only exist in Lauren's dreams. It's a magical land where little Chinese women (in kimono's with chopsticks in their hair, of course) teach little blonde girls how to make their own natural beauty products. Why Chinese? Lauren doesn't know but Chinese women have pretty healthy looking hair, right?) Anyway, so she's in this store and she hears an infomercial coming from a small TV set up on a nearby shelf. This very chiseled blonde man is advertising a natural shampoo that "doesn't strip your hair of natural moisture, but repairs damage and leaves hair with sheen, moisture, manageability, and better color retention." And, it's only $10! Lauren, in real life, rolls over and realizes she's been dreaming. But wait; what's that? She still hears the blonde man's voice. She looks at the TV and realizes she fell asleep with the TV on and there really is a blonde man and magical shampoo! (No Chinese women though.) Lauren is intrigued. She listens. By the end of the infomercial, Lauren has decided she needs this shampoo. She sneaks out of her room (Lauren happens to be on vacation with her sleeping in-laws and child) to get her purse. She goes to the website and places her order. Then goes back to sleep. 3 hours later when her little love bug comes in to wake her up, she wonders, "did I really order shampoo off of an infomercial at 5am? Who does that???".
Two weeks later the magical potion arrives. She tries it. It tingles. Ohhhh her hair is soft! She doesn't notice any major differences right away but one day, she wakes up, washes her hair, and BAM! It's healthy. She can't find a single split end. She has more volume than she's ever dreamed. Her color is a million times brighter. This stuff really is magical. Expensive (the $10 deal was only in the dream), but magical. All of her hair worries have disappeared. Lauren has healthy hair!
So, WEN your hair looks like this...
This is not a picture of Lauren. (Thank goodness for that, right?!) Luckily Lauren rescued her hair before it got to this point.
Get this...
Sadly, this is also not a picture of Lauren, but her hair looks almost just like this. Almost.
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