Christmas Party

I sort of have a Christmas party with the people at a cross stitch group I go to in Cambridge.

 Since it's Christmas I wanted to dress up a little. Red lips, a little bit of green on my eyes, and curly pigtails. I wanted to do ox horns but my hair wasn't cooperating. Ox horns are two little top knots on the side of your head. Think Sailor Moon!

I like this though, it works for me.

I'm anxious to drive on my own. My friend has surgery yesterday and isn't feeling up to coming with me tonight, so I'll be doing the half hour drive by myself. Multi-lane roads are just freaking me out right now.

Curl Secret by Conair

I had a sort of semi-formal event yesterday and I got dolled up. For me, a full head of curls screams dressed up.

I thought about using a regular curling iron, but I decided to use my Conair Curl Secret.

I got it last year for Christmas, and I still love it. At the time, I just had an inexpensive curling iron, and I failed so hard at using it. I could never wrap my hair right, and the curls would always be weird and squished in some areas.

The Curl Secret is awesome if you're new at curls. You don't really need to think about it. Hair goes in, curl comes out. It really is that simple.

But I wouldn't say it takes less time than a regular curling iron. You still need to section the hair, put product on, and sometimes you need to curl a second time to get the right shape.

Curling the back is very hard, and can be difficult and awkward to hold the machine, as it can be heavy, but curling the back of your own hair is difficult no matter what tool you use.

I slept in these curls, with a ton of tossing and turning, and I could have worn them today with a quick brush (but I washed them out instead. I feel like I'm having a slob day...)