Forget your best life, get your best hair.

Organizing my life would take way too much effort, plus if the gratification isn't instant I certainly don't want it. What I want is better hair, and I have found a few products this year to make that happen.

Philip B. is the man to go to for hair products that actually work. I saw a write up in December's W magazine about Katira Hair Masque that intrigued me and you know how cynical I am about products. Self labeled as "a universal revitalizer" and even better "The magic of Persia" (remember Persia, aka our very scary nuclear nemesis Iran?), this product actually lives up to it's self promotion. In other words it is to die for and my hair is now spoiled, spoiled, spoiled.

I have spent days googling "Katira" and all things that could be considered a Persian miracle, and could find out nothing. It's a Persian secret. If you find anything other than it's some sort of microbiology agar, let me know.

After shampooing (and we'll get to that), towel dry your hair and comb through a generous amount of this gel. Let it dry into your hair if you can, then rinse lightly in cool water and style. My normally dry, frizzy, lank hair swung on my head like a super model's. It bounced and shimmied. It bought a convertible and went for a drive to show off. I'm getting ahead of myself though.

Once I have acquired one thing, I immediately want the next thing. And what would be the logical consumerista step in the Phillip B. pool? If you are familiar with his line your guess would be his other new product--Russian Amber Imperial Shampoo.

I can already hear the gasping!

Yes, its expensive, but hear me out. Think of all the Wal-Mart shampoo you have purchased this year. If you need a reminder, go look in your shower and under your sink. Now think about all the people you see walking around Wal-Mart. Do any of them have fabulous hair? Do you? If you think you do, buy this shampoo anyway. That way just once in your life you will experience what fabulous hair really is.

The next day I went to visit a friend languishing in the hospital. To cheer her up, I woke her up from her Percocet nap and made her run her fingers through my hair. She immediately felt much better and in fact was released that very day. That is the power of good hair for you. This shampoo is concentrated like honey and a little goes a very long way. I would guess this jar will last me a year, however I am going to make friends sample it too. Share the love, create more addicts. I feel like I am stimulating the economy in my own special way! I think it was made in America too, it lists Beverly Hills in the label. Plus I can recycle the jar when I have scooped the last molecule out.

Even my husband noticed my hair the other night. We normally speak by web cam every night and he commented on how full my hair was. Best yet even after sleeping on it, my hair still feels wonderful and has as much body as it did the first day I shampooed it. That was worth the full price right there. And then there is the fragrance. Rich, amber incense emanates from your revitalized hair and wafts around you all day. That could be because your shaking your head like a cat with ear mites though. Perhaps you should enjoy it the first few days alone before you spring it on the common public.