Funny you should write that... I was a pony-tail kind of girl for a while and it has happened to me when I blow try it and makes it nice - people (here in Chicago) ask  "Did you get your hair cut?" to which I have responded "nah I just washed it" :) Don't think it is embarrassing at all - if anything this is almost purely Bulgarian sense of humor... 

P.S. As a Bulgarian living in the US I love reading your blog - so many times I parallel your experiences to mine - you would be amazed how similar they are in some ways;)