Years ago, when they first came out, I used these silver metal snap clips to hold my hair away from my face.
I absolutely hate hair in my face. Always have, and, apparently, still do.
I have tried just about every style of hair band, clips, rubber bands, you name it, with little, to no affect. So, back to the original hair clips I have gone.
You know the ones, they bend in the middle, snapping when you close them. The thing is though, even they don’t hold my thin, fine hair for but a few hours.
Here are the ones I mean. You’ll know them as soon as you see them.
You remember them don’t you? You may not be able to use them, or need to use them because you actually have enough hair that it responds to whatever you do to style it. Not so me, or mine.
I have very thin, see my scalp thin, and fine, baby fine hair, and always have. I have tried everything I know to change it, make it do something, anything, but it doesn’t. I used to dye it white blond so it was more difficult to see my scalp, but got tired of that after about 40 years, so I stopped when my hair started changing to white on its own.
Wearing a paper, or cotton shower cap on my head for my career didn’t help things either. I worked 30 years in Operating Rooms, in Texas, Illinois, and lastly, in Iowa, having to wear a head covering all day, each day I worked.
To say they were incredibly warm is an understatement. The only thing going for me was the rooms themselves were around 16ºC, or 60ºF. My poor scalp didn’t stand a chance.
Anyway, I have come full circle, back to my favorite childhood hair clips, only nowadays they come in pretty colors, and some with decorations.
The package I recently received came from Amazon US with 100 clips for $7.99, whereas the same clips, just less of them, 80 clips, from Amazon MX, are $28.28. Hmmmm. I say hmmmm.
Until next time, stay happy, healthy, and safe. Wash, cover, and protect yourselves.
Remembering those whose lives were lost on this day, and the many days, weeks, and months, that followed the attack on the World Trade Center in NYC in 2001. I wonder if we’ll ever know the truth about what really happened there?
