When I first came up with the idea for quickie cap® my hair was shoulder-length, layered and permed!
I was working as an actress – auditioning almost every day, and needed something quick and easy for showering, bathing and washing my face over the sink. I was very busy and needed a solution for getting my hair:
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UP (without using a ponytail holder than left my hair kinked) and
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OUT OF THE WAY (without using clips and bands that still let strands of hair dangle on my face).
That is where my creation began. I had tried shower caps and knew that they were ridiculously inefficient. Tucking is time-consuming and shoving hair into a shower cap crushes the style. Even when you manage to get the thing on, hair slips out and gets wet at the hairline. With a little research, I learned that plenty women had complaints about the shower cap’s shortcomings — heavier hair shifting; thicker, longer hair not fitting inside; scratchy elastic leaving dent marks in the forehead.
All this really got me thinking about creating one beauty tool to solve all of these problems. Coming up with a final prototype took almost 2 years!
After about 9 months, I stopped auditioning and devoted myself completely to developing quickie cap.®
I then set out on a journey to make it available to all women. (I can now tell you a little about patent applications, working with a pattern maker, sourcing the right fabrics or materials and finding a manufacturer!)