An hour before the party I perched on the edge of the sink, staring into the mirror. In my hand was a bottle of hair mousse. According to the bottle, the instructions were simple: you washed your hair, conditioned it, rinsed it—and then, without retching, you simply squirted the mousse onto your hands and massaged it into your scalp for dark, shining, frizz-free curls.
Job done. And yet…
And yet, I couldn’t bring myself to spray the mousse onto my palms. I couldn’t even bear the th