Hair today...

Just been to get my hair cut.

Nothing earth shattering in that statement, until you have a quick glance at my profile picture.

Yes I’ve had a shaven cranium for the past 12 years. So the only hair care products I have needed were a Gillette Fusion and shaving gel, for my weekly shearing in the shower – usually Saturday afternoon while listening to Sport on Radio 5 Live.

But why grow it back again? If you cast your mind back to November last year, you might remember it being minus 10 degrees – really brain freezing weather. Hence I ‘chickened out’ of shaving for a week, which led to two and before you know it, it was too long to use a razor on it.

Four months later and it was starting to get slightly unkempt, and with several important work meetings this week, something had to be done. So on the way home from work popped into a city centre barber shop offering cheap (£7) cuts. Nice place, really nice girls and got to say not a bad job – the Grisley Adams look tamed!

The next problem is working out which shampoo to get. I’ve been using the hair and body shower gel my mother kindly gave my in a cheap set for Christmas.

So off to the shops I trudged. Couldn’t believe my eyes when I encountered the shampoo aisle at Tesco, the one I had avoided for the past 12 years – well I had no need to venture there. There must have been 200 different makes, styles and fragrances. All I want to do is wash and condition my hair, but the offerings are more like a who’s who of oriental herbs and spices. I am sure that my local Indian supermarket has less lines from which I can make all manner of wonderful asian recipes!

I stuck to the Wash and Go (well the top of my hair is almost all gone anyway), but still want to know what on earth Jojoba is?