Rapunzel's Challenge

A lame excuse of a self-portait in the mirror

I tend to give hair stylists a near heart attack when I pull my hair out of the pony tail. I give hair stylists a cocky smile and say, "I present to thee a challenge" as I sit down in the chair. My hair is thick and long. Did I say thick? Because it's really thick. It also has a mind of its own and rebels whenever I try to style it myself. 

For my friend's wedding, we (the bridal party) all had our hair professionally done for us. I didn't realize how intricate my hair style was until I got home in the evening and took some pictures. All I can say is, 'Wow...' It takes real talent to be able to do hair like this. She even curled each individual loose strand of hair that she purposefully kept out of the updo. Top it all off with some silk dogwood flowers and you have for yourself quite the work of art.

I would never in a million years be able to do something like this.

PS - my hair eats bobby pins for lunch. :P