Lessons - #2 The first 3 steps to help you choose your dream hair

Monday, May 07, 2007 7:44 PM

Welcome to the fun!  I remember very well my first visit to this site.  I was completely overwhelmed.  Trust me, I sympathize with you and recall exactly how it felt to be in your shoes right now.  The first impression I had was that there was something really great going on here and I wanted it to work for me.  Of course, like you, I had a healthy dose of cynicism mixed in.  After all, the photos could be retouched and the content could have all been engineered to lure me into spending my hard-earned money on another "hair miracle"...

Even worse than losing my money was the thought that my hopes were up ....again...and that they would probably be squashed to smithereens when I realized that I had just been duped and my hair troubles were never going to end.

First - I was absorbed by the before and after pictures.  Come on...tell me how this works...I don't believe they really look that good!  I can assure you now after one year of hands on experience, they do look that incredible.  I focused for several days on the pictures and the videos...

Then, I started clicking...clicking here, clicking there...after a couple of days, I felt like I had been hit in the head with the "hair education brick".  It hurts, doesn't it?  So much to learn and yet you are anxious to hurry and get started.  At the very same time, you think, "Geez, this is a lot of money to throw at a website and what if I'm not doing it right?  There is soooooooo much to learn, maybe I'm missing one key tip that I need before I order." 

Personally, I didn't understand all of the references to clubs and contracts - but after reading the site for several days, it all seemed to click.  This site was trying to teach people about hair, hairloss and solutions.  The people came from all different locations, they were of all ages, every ethnicity and each gender.  They all had experienced different types of hairloss and had all searched for solutions.  The one thing they all had in common was the fact that each and every one had landed on Hair Direct's website. 

Bald heads, thinning hair, toupee wearers, wig wearers, toppers, full caps, integrated units, tape gurus, glue users, clips and combs, regular hairlines, receding hairlines, combover wearers, scalp disguisers, club members, long hair, short hair, brown hair, blue (?) hair, one hair.......two hairs.....you get the idea!!!

Many had been forced to put up with exhorbinant prices, substandard hair, secrecy and not only that, they were often manipulated into believing that there was no possible way they (or anyone else) could do this for themselves.  Lots of us had never experienced the clubs, but still wished for our "dream hair".  Some of us were looking for temporary hair while ours was resting for a while...but we were all here looking for hair.

Now you are here and chances are that you are being hit with the "hair education brick"!  So, let's break it down and take it one step at a time. 

Step 1: How about you start this trip by figuring out what the picture is that you have of yourself with hair???  Is it Long? Spiked?  Thick?  Realistic?  Take a few minutes to write down what your ideal "dream hair" looks like!

Step 2: Now...who are you and what do you need your hair to do???  Are you a business person?  A stay at home parent?  Do you take karate lessons?  Are you a ballroom dancer?  Maybe you are a celebrity? (If you are an agent, call me...giggle)  Do you run marathons?  Race bikes?  Write down some things that you do...quick...go get your paper and pen!  Next to what you do, write a word or two about how you want your hair to perform while you are doing those things!

Step 3: Last step for now...answer these two simple questions:

• How do you think about your natural hair as it is now?  How does it effect the way you feel every day?
• What do you think about your "dream hair" as you want it to be?  How will it effect the way you feel every day?

You CAN do this.  It is within your grasp. Take a step.....nahhhhh ...take the three steps above!

In the words of my grandmother, "Can't never did anything!" 

Sweet dreams on your satin pillowcases,

Babe