There was a very brief time when I had wool locks plaited into my hair. I spent a whole day installing them, but a week later, my home made dandelion and burdock ale exploded all over them, and I had to take them out. I just couldn't go through the agonising process of doing them again. It's much easier to just attach the wool locks to a hair band and wrap them around a ponytail. This look has been popular in the goth subculture for a long time, and I don't really know why. I guess it's just an easy way to add colour and texture to your hair. I've been dying my hair since I was 16, and had just about every colour possible. I was into alternative subculture as a teen, particularly goth and punk, and spent a few years of my early 20s being "emo" before sliding into a more "indie twee" look. I have found the need to assimilate into mainstream culture for the sake of work, and appear as normal as possible for the boss. They do tend to remark that I...