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nobody@vox.com(Colleen) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:11:58 -0600

I very rarely see a postcard on Post Secret that I really connect with so I'm stealing this one and keeping it here. I bought a fancy flat iron recently and while my hair looks sleek and nice, and Brandon keeps fawning over it, straight hair feels like a lie. I even told him that and he thinks I'm nuts.

It might be a stretch, but it seems like people treat me differently when my hair is straight. Statistically, most people have some curl to their hair but you wouldn't know it from what you see on TV and everywhere else. It's like our hair has been beaten, flat ironed, and blown straight into submission. It's really, really strange.

I've been blessed with thick hair that grows like a weed and is healthy despite all the abuse. I can wear it both ways easily. But straight hair doesn't feel like the real me. Curly hair is difficult. You can't just wash it and let it do whatever. You have to baby it, like you would a really expensive sports car. It's unruly and has a personality all its own. Denying my hair is like denying who I am, in some weird way.

There's another secret this week that says "I feel like I have to work harder to look pretty because my hair is curly." I get that one, too. I'll never have Pantene commercial hair, but I'm ok with that.

I guess I feel ok wearing it either way, I just thought the first secret was interesting because I said something very similar within the last few days.

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Finally.

nobody@vox.com(Colleen) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:45:13 -0500

Red!

It's been a long time since I've had my had colored and actually been super happy about the results. I'm usually sort of happy but not thrilled. It's a little intense right now but it'll settle down after a couple shampoos. After that point, I'm going easy on the shampooing to keep the color as long as possible. Red hair is fun but it's hard to keep up. All I know is that this particular shade involved a medium red base and then a red-violet "kicker." I really wasn't feeling the highlights I got a few months ago so we covered those right up.

I know that this isn't something most people would post about but I've been dying my hair red for nearly 15 years and I've only been super happy with the color a handful of times.

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Hi, Colleen.

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Finally.