Life Without Hairstylists.

One forgets how good they make us feel.

Slowly but surely it dawned on me that another effect of the general lock down is the state of reporters' hair. Unless you are a whiz at doing your own hair ( roots and cut ), dealing with this lock down has seen some funny images.

Look, firstly, hair is hardly important when compared to what is going on but a bit of a laugh does tend to lighten the load of constant bad tidings.

At first it was the styles which made me take note ( don't forget that I worked in a salon for over twenty years and thus look at hair first ). None of those smooth and glossy styled hairdos on our morning show presenters but more pony tails and other do's we do at home. Suddenly those gals become more like us ' normal ' peeps. The men didn't have any problem those first few weeks, but now, the tide has turned and the fringes grown and unruly at best. Yes, dear men, unless you clipper cut your own hair, the Hippie 70's are back!

CNN, our news channel of choice takes all this to a new level. Since most of their reporters and presenters do their segments via a home computer with Skype, it also means that they do their own hair and make-up. Yes, the reason everyone looked a bit different wasn't only due to Skype but also a lack of stylists on hand.

This morning I was watching the Home Shopping Channel ( yes, serious case of cabin fever ) and there the blonde hostesses ( they do remind me of air hostesses ) were sporting a rather large regrowth...imagine what everyone will look like in a month time? Especially when one isn't used to tinting one's own hair or cutting it. Yes, a bit of fun is ahead of us seeing who has been grey all along or who looks better with long hair and who starts a new hairstyle fashion...my guess is on the men growing in those wedges and mullets from that golden ' 70's ' decade.

When the salons are open again, they will have more than enough business and perhaps enough to cover the loss of those past few weeks.

Biggi