What Your Hair Knows
A Hairdresser’s Notes on Returning to Yourself
For the woman whose hair has changed before she has found the words for what has changed in her life.
This is a book about hair, but not only about hair.
It is about the quiet ways a woman begins to recognise herself again.
Available now in Kindle edition. Also available with Kindle Unlimited.
Why this book exists
This is not a beauty manual. It is a hairdresser memoir written from quiet observation behind the chair, for the days a woman stands at the mirror trying to understand what her hair knows about the life she has been living. It is a book about returning to yourself, simply and honestly.
The book moves between the mirror, the chair, and the ordinary care women do at home. It does not separate the emotional from the practical, because most women do not experience their hair that way.
Behind the chair
For thirty-five years, Lora has watched women arrive with a photograph, a colour box, a fringe they are unsure about, a grey line they do not recognise, or hair that no longer behaves as it used to. The request is often practical. But the pause before it, the way it is explained, and the relief when it is understood are what taught her to listen differently.
Occasional letters from Lora
For occasional letters and quiet practical notes. No marketing, no programme, no urgency.