Last month was apparently national love your body month and I noticed a couple other people on their blogs talk about what they considered to be their "best physical feature" I thought this would make a good post.
I'm not entirely sure what my best physical feature is. But I know what my most distinctive is. First off let me say that I have been aware for a while that I am pretty non generic looking. I am pretty tall (5'10") I have what has on more than one occasion been referred to as a "witch nose." I'm kind of awkward looking. But one thing really stands out about me, and that would be my hair.
I have curly hair. Well no, that is an understatement; I have thick, frizzy, kinky, unruly, over the top, impossible, hair. Humidity is my worst enemy, my chi straightener and Frizz-ease are my best friends. Hair stylists marvel at my hair and ask me if I'm positive that "I'm entirely white" (I am) I hate Anne Hathway, not because of her acting ability, but because her hair is just so damn straight and shiny and I am bitter.
Example:
That's my hairdo the day of my high school graduation, in that picture only two strands of hair were curled because I re-curled them after realizing I didn't have time to straighten all my hair that day, so I just pulled it up in a messy bun. And this is actually a good hair day. I would show a photo of my hair down but I do my best to make sure none of those are taken, when down my hair takes on the appearance of an afro more than nice normal curly hair.
I straighten it when I can, usually for plays, formals, special occasions and days where I have the extra time to look nice. (unfortunately I don't often have the hour or so free in the morning to properly straighten it, before I got it cut this year and when it's not relaxed it took over 2 hours, and unfortunately straightened hair, no matter how much product you use, gets REALLY breakable after a point and that doesn't look any better than extremely crazy curly hair. And long lasting straighteners like thermal reconditioning would cost me in between $400 and $600 and have to be redone every 6 months so yeah . . . straightening only works so much) For years my hair has been the bane of my existence.
But in the past year I have started to embrace it. after all having crazy hair has its perks. I am always very authentic looking when I go to an 80s themed party, I never have to tease or texture my hair A couple years ago my hair temporarily started falling out for various health reasons, I panicked thinking I was going to have giant bald spots, but my hair was so incredibly thick to begin with that no one even noticed. I can do crazy things with it, And most of all I don't know anyone else with hair quite like mine, (well, white girls anyway) As much as this annoyed me growing up, I've come to kind of accept it. It's part of who I am, It's part of what makes me stand out, it's different, it's one of the things that makes me different. I feel like my hair matches my personality, A little crazy and slightly eccentric, not entirely normal, (or very far from normal) but still fun and with some effort it can somewhat appear to fit in for special occasions.
It is not perfect, It's a hassle, and it will never look like Anne Hathaway's.
But it is very much me. And that counts for something.
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