Apparently the "Utah hair" phenomenon is more far reaching than I thought

If you're from Utah, you know exactly what "Utah hair" is. It comes in many forms, but is notable because of the intense hair ratting that's involved in achieving such a look. Basically, girls tease the life out of their hair, primarily in the crown region, creating an awful and white trash-looking bump. I guess like those who are tanorexic, who think they look amazing all leathery and orangey-brown, the girls who adopt this hairstyle think that extreme volume in the roots is sexy and feminine. (But maybe it's just more scary than anything.)

Anyway, the other night husband and I were watching TV, and a commercial came on advertising a product called the "Bumpit," and I couldn't help laughing. It's a plastic piece that you place under your hair so it looks bigger (and I would contend, bumpier). As a result, you get perfect "Utah hair" as shown below:

It's just sad really. Not to mention really, really wrong. And it's from a company that's named itself "Big Happie Hair." Happie with an i-e. Eesh. Don't they know how to spell? Oh wait, they were probably trying to be super cute or creative or something. Double eesh. As a side note, I checked to see if it is a Utah-based company, but it's actually out of California. Which means this whole icky hair trend is not completely relegated to the areas south of Salt Lake county and north of (and including some northern parts of) Davis county. Which is troubling. Very troubling indeed.