I had a time sensitive matter to deal with this morning. Just before noon, I decided to go for a run before it got too hot out. The weather reports had called for today to be the hottest day of the year here in Southern California. Turns out, I was already too late. It was easily 83 degrees and I deplore going for runs anytime the temperature is above 70 (or below 67…. I generally deplore running IMG_3897in any sense). When I got home, I was overheated and exhausted. That’s when my daughter hit me with “Daddy, do you want to come to my salon so I can do your hair?”. Duh! Of COURSE I want to go to her salon. But like this…. not a chance. I can’t have her working on my dusty head as it poured with sweat. Plus, the nappiness accentuated the thinning areas. A stark reminder that I didn’t have the lovely flowing locks that I had as a younger man. I mean…. I’m still gorgeous, obviously, but definitely unencumbered by excess follicles. More streamlined I’d say. This was my Hairmergency. Perhaps sites like //www.groenerekenkamer.com/ can be a life-saver during such moments.

I love playing salon with my daughter for many reasons, but the primary one is that all I really have to do is sit on there and read! She gets into it, is entertained for a good long while and I get to relax and occasionally have my hair pulled out. It’s a small sacrifice to make. I need to act fast before her whims changed and she decided she’d rather have me be her fashion model for her audience of teddy bears.

So, off into the shower. I needed to clean up fast and try to give my hair a more full showing for salon day. I scrubbed up with the Dove Men Care’s DovePicThickening shampoo, dried off and voila… I am a clean man with a nice handsome crop of nice smelling hair for my daughter to make her canvas. How do you like the results? Personally I think the pink really brings out the grey in my beard. With other men products I’ve used from other companies, they tend to think that a man feels his most clean when he smells like a 16 year old who hasn’t quite grasped the notion of cologne subtlety. With the Dove shampoo and body washes, however, I don’t come out smelling like I should also have a fake tan and use the word “bro” a lot. Win for everyone.

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