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Posted by AGroup in Reviews on Friday, February 25, 2011 9:00 AM
Oh, girls. Something terrible has happened: I’ve hit the dreaded postpartum hair loss phase!
It’s so awful I can barely stand to talk about it. No, really, it is! 
Somehow I suspect many of you can relate, though. And I do know that this is just one of those tiny crosses that comes along with the many huge blessings of motherhood. I’m just feeling melodramatic today.
Since I’d rather not shed all over my house (a lovely image—I know), I’ve taken to wearing my hair in a ponytail day and night. Honestly, it’s kind of getting old. I’ve never been great at manipulating my hair into an updo and, as I mentioned, wearing my hair down just isn’t an option right now.
There’s good news, too, though. Yesterday I discovered a set of hair accessories that are supposed to make it much easier to create those adorable updos I’ve seen other girls wearing.
The accessories in question are called Simple Styles and are made by Goody. There are three varieties: Spin-Pins, Pony Poof Clips and The Modern Updo Maker. I think they all look very promising! If you follow the link above you can take a peek at all the possibilities.
My hope is that these simple tools will allow me to have a little more fun with my hair until I can wear it down again (my favorite style). One online source cruelly informed me that this miserable phase could last for up to 18 months! Honestly, I don’t seem to remember that being the case with my previous four pregnancies, though. Oh my goodness, I don’t know if I could survive a year and a half of this.
I haven’t actually purchased any of the Simple Styles accessories yet because I wanted to ask whether any of you have tried them out. Did you have any luck with them? If you’ve not tried (or didn’t like) them, do you have any other advice for getting through the postpartum hair loss period? If it weren’t for my vanity I think I might just shave my head.
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I am waiting to buy these for when they have a sale of free shipping or something like it but these get rave reviews from everyone who has them. I am looking forward to trying them. http://www.lillarose.biz/simplybeautiful?dxc=1&mv_pc=RESET
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