Spandex and Cream: Girl Post

Gotcha.  :-) Sorry, no dance porn here.Spandex as in hose, cream as in cleansing cream.

Let’s start with the cream. As I’ve said so many times, dancing is an odd sport because it requires a prettiness quotient…at least for most people. For my hair I want it to look nice, but I’ve bowed to the notion that my dancing hair works best shoulder length or above, and I’ve allowed my curls freedom, because exercise makes it curl no matter what I do anyway. The added benefit is styling is easy.

I do, however, want products that keep those curls from bouncing out of control without turning my do into helmet head. I use a taming gel (with subtle sparkle) Got2Be Cosmic Shimmer, and various types of flexible hairspray. That’s a lot of goop. I end up shampooing more than I need to because of that…curly hair is drier.

I didn’t think much about my shampooing routine…I use whatever is on sale followed by an equally inexpensive conditioner. For the most part shampoo is shampoo…read the ingredients. Then I discovered a new product by L’Oreal called cleansing hair cream. Let me stop here to say as long as a new beauty innovation can be found in a drug store or on eBay I will try it. It’s fun, and who knows, maybe it will be a new fave. So I thought hey…cleansing cream. Might not be as drying. So I found some on eBay and gave it a shot. It’s about 6 bucks but I now have coupons for it, and you don’t need conditioner.

Wow. It cleaned the goop and left my hair soft and with better defined curls. Curl construction is crucial; we of the curly hair know that our locks do not curl uniformly…there are always a few places that go rogue and other spots that flatten. At least for us white girls. My Puerto Rican friend’s hair always looks perfect, although she bemoans other problems with hers; I guess we are never happy with what we have. Anyway. I usually have to touch up with a curling iron, but with this stuff I do way less of that.

Moving on the the spandex. I am not a hose lover. In the winter when dancing I mostly choose an above the knee stretch skirt with tights. In the summer I switch to slightly longer skirts and bare legs. That worked great until Gary and I started doing lifts and dips. Teacher teacher I declare…haha. So I needed hose. I tried a bunch of kinds which either cut me in two around the waist or bagged around my knees. Yuk. “Dance” hose I hated even more…it makes your legs look pretty and it is almost indestructible, but it’s also hot and opaque and oh so obvious. Then I discovered Spanx. It has underwear in it so no VPL, an added bonus. It is sheer as a whisper and therefore not hot and it practically disappears. It covers, um, any imperfections and so shorter skirts are now a summer option, and the panties look like shorts so when I’m flipped nothing shows.

They are not cheap, almost 30 bucks a pop. I found them on eBay for 12 to 15. Still WAY over what is decent to pay for hose, but I figure a pair a month can be budgeted. I’m rationalizing by saying I’m saving on underwear. Did you know most people can’t make it through one day without at least ten juicy rationalizations? Spanx comes in a variety of skin tones, grey and black, and black with stripes and dots. Also they have tights. Sadly, no stars, skulls, or multicolors. Yet. A girl can hope.