Living in an all male household, it goes without saying that, other than the very basics, the art of coiffure is very much a mystery to us …..
However, the lure of Iris’s golden tresses finally got the better of Darrell and after some tutorage via zoom with Hugh, his best friend and mentor of all things balayage, feathering and ombre, Darrell finally took the plunge, making the considered purchase of some bendy rollers, a reputable styling spray and a very fine (as in superior quality) pink comb and suggested to an very willing Guinea pig Iris that he could give her the tiniest soupçon of a makeover.
I reckon the boy dun pretty gud for his first attempt, there were certainly no complaints from a very patient and fidgetless Iris for ……..
……..for what he called an au naturelle tousled confection.
Buoyed by his success, he says he’s now eager to try a scrunched, graduated chignon with subtle pink undertones when Iris comes round next …… I have just told him to speak carefully to Hugh about his lofty, hirsute ambitions, as he really doesn’t want to run before he can walk as far as said coiffure is concerned, lest the results are slightly less successful than his dreams, which in turn could have The Lovely Laura baying for his blood ………
I had to Google balayage, feathering, chignon and ombre. I thought that the etymology of the word ombre might come from umbra, the Latin for shade. We use the word penumbra, in astronomy. TtS will know.
ReplyDeleteIt is no good me offering the services of my head and hair to Darrell, to be a guinea pig, to improve his technique at blunting, wefting etc. I am a slaphead, with hair about half a centimetre long.
P.S. Wefting, along with warping, are weaving terms.