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Haircut!

Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 11:54 | Category : General
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(Sorry for the dark pictures. Ho hum.)

I mentioned a while ago that I’ve been bored senseless by my hair. Last night I made the long trek up to Evergreen (about an hour from work) to go see my hairdresser.

I threw up my hands and said “do whatever.” She’s been cutting my hair for about nine and a half years now (boy, did that realization make us feel old), so she knows me, my style, and my hair pretty well. We consulted briefly, ran the idea past Bradon (who I drug along for his opinion), were met by a blank stare, and plunged forward.

Layered in the back, angling up the front to about chin length. My hairdresser threw around words like volume and movement (I’ll go movement, but Lord knows I don’t need more volume.)

These pictures are my hair as it came out of the salon…therefore we know we’ll never see it quite like this again. This involves mousse and a hairdryer, and results in a little more…fluffiness…than I generally like in my hair. My hairdresser assured me that I’ll be able to wake up, brush my hair, and go without all this fussing – which is what I did this morning, and for the most part, she was right.

We took off about ten inches, which are indeed being donated to Locks of Love. At this point, the extent of my opinion on my new cut is “It’s so short! I have no hair!” It will probably take a couple of weeks for me to figure out if I like it, but so far I’m happy. It will still tuck behind my ears (barely), it still goes up in a ponytail (mostly), and for now I can’t stop playing with it. I have to say though – being able to run my fingers through my hair without getting it caught and having to become a contortionist to get it out is pretty nifty.

24 Comments for “Haircut!”

  1. 1Kris

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 12:28

    Great cut. It’s somewhat nerve-wracking to toss aside caution and control like that.

  2. 2Kathy

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 12:33

    I am insanely jealous of your (still quite long) hair. I’m having trouble getting mine past chin length. Harumph.

  3. 3lorinda

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 12:47

    What a great cause to give to! Give before the gray hair comes, then they won’t take it anymore. I think the cut looks great!

  4. 4karenology

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 12:54

    How nice! You look like a Pantene commercial!

  5. 5Miriam

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 12:57

    DAMMIT! You stole my thoughts! I am actually considering cutting my hair into some sort of short pixie thing, but I’m not sure how it would look on my face, and I know it would drive me nuts if I decided to grow it out again.

    I’m considering just asking people for their hairdressers numbers and going to actually get a real honest to god haircut. Still not sure though… I think my head might float away if I cut all waist-length crazy thick hair off of it.

  6. 6Sydney

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 12:58

    Nice hair cut!

  7. 7Carrie

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 13:07

    Nice! I don’t know what it looked like before, but it’s flattering now.
    I recently went to my hairdresser and said, “Short”. He took me at my word. When you’re used to running your fingers through your boob-length hair (that’s hair that goes to your boobs, not hair that’s as long as your boobs) and suddenly it’s close-cropped, that’s a I Have No Hair moment.

  8. 8Lee Ann

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 13:41

    Looks fantastic. And you do so have hair. A lot of it. I’m all for being able to play with hair and not have to undo any knots at the same time…mine’s curly and creates little nests at the bottom if I let it go too long.

  9. 9Olena

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 13:48

    Hmmm, I may need to go to Evergreen. I’m not sure how much I’m ready to chop off, but your cut looks like a good length. It reminds me of my first professional cut.

  10. 10Michelle

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 14:16

    Dude, it looks awesome. Really beautiful. And when I get around to taking pix of my new haircut, you will know what it is to have no hair.

  11. 11Carole

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 14:38

    Wow! That’s a big change. Good for you.

  12. 12Inky

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 15:25

    Having once grown my hair out past the bottom edge of my behind (and I’m 46, so it’s a droopy fat behind), I know the power of the haircut!! It looks great and the ease of care is worth it (as was the donating of locks!!). You look great.

  13. 13Mouse

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 16:04

    Looks great girl! Some of my best haircuts have been where I told the stylist to just ” do whatever”. My best friend has unbelievably long hair and cuts it every year around christmas for Locks of Love. I always dyed my hair too much to even be a concideration.. and I’m not planning on shearing that many inches off of this mass of hair any time soon.

  14. 14--Deb

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 16:11

    I think it look great–and good for you for giving to Locks of Love!

  15. 15Chris

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 16:33

    It looks wonderful!

  16. 16taelixev

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 17:27

    looks fantaboulous!

    have you seen me with short hair?

    it’s been ages!! we should get together….you know you want too….

  17. 17janna

    wrote on 13 September 2006 at 21:02

    Your hair looks great, and it’s still definitely long. After saying I would never wear mine shorter than shoulder length, a few months ago I went to my hairdresser (I’ve been going to him for 22 years, which makes both of us old!) and said — cut it off! It’s now about chin length, which sometimes surprises me when I look in the mirror! ;-)

  18. 18katie

    wrote on 14 September 2006 at 6:13

    Wow, I love it! I can’t believe you took ten inches off and you still have such long hair!

  19. 19Erin

    wrote on 14 September 2006 at 9:13

    I know the feeling, I’m bored senseless with my hair. I’ve had the same cut (or variations on it) for about 7 years and I just want something different. Of course, it can’t be too short because I’ve been down that road and it made me look like I was 12. That sort of limits my options.

    Yours looks great!

  20. 20Birdsong

    wrote on 15 September 2006 at 15:10

    What a brave step! It took me years to be able to switch readily from long to short… and still I mostly keep it long. So glad to hear you were able to help Locks of Love.

  21. 21Chad

    wrote on 15 September 2006 at 18:35

    Ya’ know, if I hadn’t read about it here, I probably wouldn’t have noticed due to my ingrained male obliviousness, like the first time you cut your hair (when you took off like, 20 feet of it). :-) But you look fantastic as always! Maybe I should cut my long flowing locks too.

  22. 22ellie

    wrote on 17 September 2006 at 19:02

    Lovely!

  23. 23Lizzy B

    wrote on 18 September 2006 at 13:02

    I think it looks lovely on you. Really flattering.

  24. 24Carrie K

    wrote on 18 September 2006 at 17:27

    It looks great!