I know I'm not supposed to write about Lady Gaga because she's overexposed and mainstream, but i don't care, the "Telephone" video is amazing. It's primarily amazing because it introduces the notion that hair curlers made from aluminium cans are cool. I wanted to see if this was a practical look or just some video director's implausible fancy, so I grabbed some empty beer cans and gave it a go.
Firstly, I moved my empty beer cans to the bathroom and put them in the middle of my other hair-styling products. I like to think that this change of environment made them look like next-generation hair curlers.
Hairclips in one hand and three beer cans in the other, I took a moment to savour the anticipation.
You have to wrap your hair around the can and try to fix the can with hairclips. It's very hard. I'm smiling, but that's because I'm drunk. It actually took ages.
It really did take a very long time. It's very difficult. The cans fell out several thousand times and because I'm lazy and didn't wash the cans out properly, stale beer was dripping down the back of my neck.
Done. I thought I was going to look ridiculous, but I actually think it looks really good.