1. Back combing is your guilty pleasure.
It's so bad. But just so good. Yes, we feel a bit like a Dynasty extra when we do it, and yes, we know we are probably killing our hair, but nothing gives more oomph than dragging a fine-toothed comb repeatedly up and down your battle-worn roots. Even if it does look like a small flock of birds have been nesting in our barnet the day after.
2. Dry shampoo vs hairspray is a daily dilemma.
Dry shampoo gives us oomph, but then hairspray holds. Which to use? Obviously the answer is roughly half a can of both, on top of each other in alternating layers until your roots are crispier than a packet of Monster Munch and you nearly pass out from the fumes.
3. Proper blow-drying is a skill you will never master.
Great for toning bingo wings. But that's about it. We can never understand why we can't replicate the magic a hairdresser creates and it makes us weep silently inside.
4. Ditto hair rollers.
How do they work? Oh, the hours we have spent trying to untangle those pesky cylinders from our tresses.
5. You have seriously considered getting a perm.
Curls add volume right? And it looked good on Olivia Newton-John in Grease.
6. The miracle volume shampoo is out there.
If you can just find it. So, of course the only logical way to proceed is by making it your life's mission to systematically work your way through every volume-boosting product out there, until your hair is transformed into big, bouncy red-carpet gorgeousness. Even if you make yourself bankrupt in the process, because the next one will totally be the one, right?
7. Watching Cheryl Cole bounce her hair around is like porn.
Just look at it. Sigh.
Oh, what on earth did we do before you, you beloved invention, you? Sure, it may fly out of your hand every 20 seconds what with there not being an actual handle on the damn thing, but with fine hair (and backcombing) comes knots. Tangle Teezer, you have saved our lives.
9. Wind is a problem.
A major problem.
10. Being told you have a lot of hair doesn't help.
"It's fine, but you have a lot of it." No shit, Sherlock. A full head of it, you could say? But no matter how many times a hairdresser utters these words, it will never make our roots magically boost themselves into oblivion.
11. Static hair is the worst.
It's really not as fun as it was in science class.
12. Drying your hair upside down is a thing.
Totally helps, because gravity and stuff. Even if it does make the blood rush to your head so much that you feel a bit dizzy.
13. Trying not to touch your hair is a constant struggle.
A root boost here, a hair flick there. Even the casual head bang move. See, it works for RiRi...
14. Layers. It's all about the layers.
Just look at The Rachel. It is categorically the best haircut ever to have existed and is the reason behind layers being hacked into hair everywhere. That and the question every hairdresser asks fine-haired gals: "How about some layers?"
15. Your fringe needs constant TLC.
The fine-haired fringe is a creation that requires careful upkeep. Wind, rain, grease, incorrect brushing, etc., and it will go all whispy and lopsided and start to look like you have just glued some off-cuts from the hairdresser's floor onto your head. Oh why, oh why can't it be thick like Zooey Deschanel's?
16. Scalp sunburn is a real thing.
And it hurts. Holidays require hats, sun protector, and intermittent shade at all times, unless you want to start Aftersunning your part. Which isn't pretty.
17. Hairdressers want to bob it.
Bobs add more volume. Apparently. But while bobs are great, we don't all want to chop our hair off, no matter how fine it is. We also have some serious doubts over the concept actually working, TBH.
18. You have no sympathy for thick-haired girls.
"Yes, but it's just so hard to manage." Boohoo. It must be so hard having gorgeous thick locks that you just don't know what to do with because there is so bloody much of them. Sorry, but you'll need to look for an empathetic nod elsewhere.
19. But it's a dream to style.
Sure, it might get a bit flat and flyaway, but we can basically do anything with our hair and we love it. Updos, curls, straight, braided ... Nothing is out of the question. Hurrah!
This article was originally published on Cosmopolitan UK.
