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Does My ‘Do’ Look Celebrity To You?
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Oh Fam! Want a good laugh?!
Check out my “celebrity hairdo” above!
Now, before you call me Chaka Khan or Diana Ross or ask if I got Beyonce’s Mrs. Carter concert weave special, let me explain!
What Had Happened Was
Last Friday, I posted that I had been invited by my friends Stephen & Stephanie Adams, founders of the Long Beach Unity Festival, to be a celebrity judge/coach for their Star Search competition.
Well, last Friday, I had a Pocahontas braid down my back. Not exactly “celebrity”.
I text my hair stylist. Out of town.
I text my sister-friends. No responses or their stylists didn’t pick up.
Bright Idea
Then I remembered the huge side-of-the-building picture of the Beverly Hills celebrity stylist’s shop that we walk by every Sunday on the way to our worship space for HOPE IN THE HILLS.
The celebrity stylist would know how to do a celebrity “do” for the celebrity panel, right?!
The shop’s owner, the “ex” of a celebrity, has become a celebrity in their own right, with a reality show, product line and tons of celebrity clients.
Celebrity Hair Stylist, Please!
I call the salon. I don’t ask for the celebrity shop owner because I’m not eager to pay the celebrity price to sit in that celebrity chair. But I figure (business logic) that the celebrity owner would not risk messing up the celebrity shop’s brand by having other celebrity stylists working there who cannot deliver. So, I ask for first stylist available. I’m transferred to, let’s call her, Chandelier. I’m not trying to completely put her on blast. Just telling my little story.
Chandelier
Chandelier asks me to come immediately… oh, no wait. Make that a few hours from now. Make that 5 PM. I arrive at 5 PM and she asks me to come back at 6 PM. I grab a bite to eat and return at 6 PM. At 7 PM, I still look like Pocahontas.
Chandelier asks if I can come in the morning before the Star Search event. This is a really bad idea. But she ain’t going to be done with her current client anytime soon. Do I have a choice? We agree on 7:30 AM, because I have to leave the hills by 9 AM to arrive to the event on time for a 10 AM start. Guess what time Chandelier shows up? Go head, guess!
8:30 AM! And then tries to convince me she can wash, blow dry and press my natural, un-chemicalized hair into a celebrity style in 30-45 minutes. I disagree. I have to leave at 9. What style can you do from my Pocahontas braid?! LOL!
It Grew
It took Chandelier an hour. It should’ve been free, but I paid a little something for the wash. When I left the salon, the style was straight, I thought. But by the time I arrived at the event at 10:15, it had grown. LOL! The picture above is tamed down, much later. It was BIGGER!!!
When my husband saw me, he was like, “Whoa!”
I decided to rock the style like this all happened on purpose. What else can you do? I’m not opposed to big hair. I love my natural hair and it’s pretty big and curly. But I didn’t quite know what to do with the in between “do” that was supposed to be the celebrity “do”.
Next Time
Yal know I had to forgive Chandelier. Can’t hold grudges (Matthew 6:12). But I certainly don’t have to go back. If you’re in the LaLa and considering a celebrity hair salon in Beverly Hills, hit me up and I’ll give you the real name to avoid. Otherwise, we’ve all had a good laugh.
And for the record, next time, Fam, if I can’t get to my stylist, I’ll be the celebrity judge rocking the Pocahontas braid, and I just might wear my Pocahontas sandals to match.
Love sharing my adventures in LaLa Land! But what about you?
Have you ever had a surprising stylist or barber adventure?
What did you do?
Naima
Rev. Naima Lett, D.MIN, ABD
Author of coming release Confessions of a Hollywood Christian
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The post? Or the hair? LOL!
Hope you are well, Allison. Happy summer! :=)
Lol. No the HAIR i hope i would NEVER say that to you! Lol. You have a blessed summer as well
You know it’s cool either way. I love you all’s honesty.
Thanks a million.
Lots of love from the LaLa :=)
So sorry you had to experience this unfortunate situation. I don’t think I would have shown up the next morning. I probably would have purchased a nice chic wig and called it a day. Blessings
I hear you Ms. Thereasa!
The only reason I didn’t do the wig is that when I go to events as myself (not a character in a film or TV show), especially when I know kids will be there, I like to wear my hair as it is. There are so many of our artists that wear wigs and weaves and nobody knows what their real hair looks like. I’ve always wanted to give young girls an example that they can rock their own hair, even if you’re an actor or singer or entertainer. So, this time they saw what my natural hair looks like really BIG! It was truly funny.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
Mad appreciation,
Naima
Hey Naima,
I love this blog. It is so surprising that so many hair stylist don’t know how to work with natural (kinky) hair. If you find one who knows how to do hair and is time conscience, it’s a miracle. I have to book Nicole six-nine months in advance because the sistahs know what they have in her. I would love to have seen the untamed version.
Thanks so much, Alicea.
And thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts on my blog. Appreciate it.
Wow, you book 6-9 months in advance?! Kudos to Nicole!
I guess I can’t complain then. I can usually get an appointment within a couple of days, but my stylist was out fo town.
The untamed version was BIG! It was so BIG! LOL!
So good to hear from you.
Best,
Naima