I was too shy to try most fun hairstyles, and it felt like, when it was just cut normally, it didn’t have any of the verve, sheen, or glow of other people’s styles. I now realize that it’s because I wasn’t putting any product in it, products with names like Verve, Sheen, and Glow. I mean, it said it right on the tub of metallic blue gel, but how was I supposed to know?

