So, having imagined myself walking out of the salon and being instantly mistaken for either Alexa Chung or Daisy Lowe, I instead left with a few long layers and a full head of, if I say so myself, rather fabulous highlights. But within hours I was considering the fringe a bullet well and truly dodged. It would have been awful: a row of tight curls requiring either constant straightening or justifiable mockery.

There is light at the end of the curly tunnel though. Which is not to say I don’t like being ‘au naturel’ a lot of the time – I just need to know that I can swoosh it like Ms Lowe when the mood takes me. So I had a blow dry tutorial from the lovely Becky at Eleven Hair last week, and learnt a few things I thought I’d share with you.

Firstly, Becky advises that if you have curly hair like mine, a conditioning treatment before you blow dry will really improve your results. My current favourite is OCS Power Build Reconstructor, (£11.95), which smells light but packs a powerful conditioning punch on coloured ringlets like mine.

After my wash, Becky produced a bottle of the fabled Moroccanoil, which I have to admit I’d never used before. It was the ‘Light’ version (£12.85), as the full-on one can apparently discolour fair hair. It melted away the tangles as she combed it through. Lovely.

Next up comes a styling product. Personally, I’m partial to a bit of JOICO K-PAK Smoothing Balm (£12.95), which seems to really stop the hairdryer heat wrecking my tresses.

Becky sectioned my still fairly damp hair – “Don’t rough dry curly hair first, it just starts to frizz”, she told me – and then fired in with a big round brush. The result? Glossy waves, which just needed a cold blast from the dryer and a little spray like Redken Quick Dry (£10.25) to settle the static, and I was good to go.

Thanks Becky – and IN YOUR FACE, Alexa.