I arrived late to Sex & the City. It was the show’s final season when I finally  got pulled in to the  martinis and manolos, thanks to a neighbor with HBO. Thankfully, KTLA and TBS picked up where HBO left off, and I was able to indulge my new addiction starting at the beginning with Season One. My constant question during those early months? How on earth did Sarah Jessica Parker get her hair to look like that?!

Fast forward a few years. I have now likely seen every S&tC episode at least once, and am seasoned enough to realize Sarah Jessica’s locks are no doubt cared for by a team of stylists and a bevy of fabulous haircare products, not to mention colorists and hair dressers. But back to me - a regular girl without a hair care staff. After years of long hair, I drastically cut it all off in December. As mom to a six-year old daughter, I am lucky if I have five minutes to throw myself together in the morning. I am old enough that hair color is becoming part of my life, and have been working with the lovely people at 2nd Street Beauty long enough to have stashed a few new beauty tips in my back pocket.

I have dark, thick, wavy-curly hair. It is moisture-starved and subjected to horrible, tortuous rituals as I blowdry, pile it on my head, flat iron, cut my own Breakfast at Tiffany’s bangs every six months on a whim (never a good idea), and try to make it do what I want it to do. For years my friends and salon-savvy sister have told me all I need is a good cut and the perfect product, and the cruel hair rituals would all but disappear. Perfect product? I had tried enough to know that probably didn’t exist.

Then I met Ojon. My new love. I read about Ojon as I was familiarizing myself with the haircare lines 2nd Street Beauty carries, and though there are hundreds of gorgeous products I am learning about, for some reason I kept going back to Ojon. Not to mention that when I asked staff about their favorite haircare line, without fail, they all got the same dreamy look in their eye as they said, in a hushed, reverent kind of way, “Ojon…..”.

I dove in, and as it turns out, the Ojon worship is not at all misplaced. So far I have tried the hydrating shampoo and conditioner, and the difference in my hair is incredible. The Ojon smell is powdery and soft - not something I usually like - but I can’t get enough of it! My hair actually feels hydrated, and silky, and softened; not the norm for heavier hair. And the best part of all - the one I didn’t believe in but have longingly wished for - I am connecting to my inner curl. Yep, I have finally catapulted myself to the other side, the one where perfect products do exist! And the result, even on my relatively short, under-nourished hair: springy, silky curls, some bounce, a bit more shine. Ojon, and a few strategically chosen (and staff-suggested) products, have made me a believer.

So move on over, Carrie Bradshaw. You may still be there, with your golden waves, on re-runs and the big screen, but there is a new curl in town

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Kerri-Lynne (guest blogger & 2nd Street Beauty newbie) and her daughter Maya.