So Saturday morning, one of the other bridesmaids asks if I want her to do my hair and I'm like, "Okay, that's fine."  She brings in a Hot Tools and I took one look at it and said "No way."  I gave her my Sedu. 

 

This is where I started to freak out.  She wasn't really using a comb to work through my hair -- she was using her fingers.  And if you've tried to detangle previously-wet, thick hair with your fingers ... then she picked up the flat iron and went over one section like, three times!  Seriously, I almost screamed.  I was like "What are you doing?"  And then I saw her hair and I was like "Oh crud."   I felt like I was in a stylist's chair all over again.  I can't remember ever being so scared of a styling tool (except for one time when some idiot hairdresser was combing my hair with a fine-tooth comb, which was pulling my hair out, and saying "Oh look, your hair isn't completely straight."  Um, duh?).

 

In any case, she got my hair straightened out, and then I ended up doing it one more time after that to actually put curls in it (believe me, I was slathering on heat protectant by this point!), but it turned out really pretty and I got a lot of compliments on how shiny and thick it was.  However, I don't think the anxiety would be worth it on a normal basis!  Good thing I've got two weeks to let my hair rest ... and then it's time for a relaxer.  Maybe.