Big Hair for (Not Even) a Day

My hair has always been one of my biggest challenges in life.  It never really does what most hair does in that styling it takes some creativity and patience.  And even with that, it never really looks good.  I'm still stuck in a boring and lifeless hair "style".  To use the word "style" is being quite generous.  It seems the older I am getting, the thinner and limper my hair is becoming. 

Yesterday I went to get my hair cut.  Nothing major; just a few inches trimmed.  Aside from cutting one side a bit shorter than the other, my hairdresser did a great job and even spent a lot of time with me and my hair.  She talked at length about what could and would make my hair fuller, ways to actually style it, and decent products to use.  She must have styled my hair 3 or 4 different ways (if not more).  Most were OK, some were cute, and others not so much.  By the time she was done with me, I actually had "big hair".  It was the biggest my hair had ever been and it was kinda cute.  I was amped that I had found a new style and was instructed on how to recreate that same style.

Like I said, my hair does not do what other hair does, and within 10 minutes of being at home, my hair just looked weird.  It didn't look like it looked at the salon, and I had a ton of product in my backcombed hair.  There was no way in hell a person could run their fingers through my hair, and it felt thick.  But it also felt dirty.  I couldn't stand the way my hair felt!  I wanted to comb it out.  No, I needed to comb it out.  Just as my hairdresser predicted, I combed my hair out, and because there was so much product in my hair, it got super flat and dull.

Thinking I could recreate a similar look to the one I had at the salon, I decided to rewash and restyle my hair.  Too much work, man!  I am not a high maintenance kind of gal, and styling my hair takes a lot of time and maintenance which I refuse to succumb to.  Plus it didn't look nearly as good as when it did at the salon.  So, this morning I went to work with the same lifeless, dull, boring "do" only a few inches shorter.  I'm thinking I might take up a permanent pony tail.

Actually, my main conclusion is that it isn't necessarily my hair that is the problem.  Its more my face.  This face combined with that hair just doesn't work.  And I don't know how to fix either of them.