I cut my hair... like, a lot.
For most of my life, I've worn my hair fairly short. In college years, though, I've been lazy and cheap. So recently my hair's been longer than it's ever been (well, naturally... I wore extensions a couple of times), and I've had a love-hate relationship with it. When I put time and effort into-- those brief occasions being Friday nights and the occasional Saturday-- it was pretty... at least, I liked it. But every other day of the week, I flat ironed and pinned back my wayward bangs, and sometimes I threw in what my cousin called, "OMG! The Lauren Conrad sidebraid!!" Not a terrible look, but just kind of...bleh.
My plan, as of this spring, was to wait until after Lauren's wedding. She wanted all the bridesmaids to wear up-do's, and I eagerly obliged. On July 4, one week before Lauren's wedding, Lele asked me to be in her wedding, though... so I committed to another 6 months of bleh hair.
But then...
Hailey asked me to be in her wedding in June, and I just couldn't do it anymore. So this weekend I resigned myself to go for it. As they say, "Go big, or go home."
So I cut off 5 inches, and I dyed it down to it's natural color... or close. Admittedly, it's shorter than I'd like, but that's the nice thing about hair: it grows back. She cut off the length initially, and I thought, "Wow. I love it." But then she just kept cutting. It's much choppier than I'd like, and a little thinner than I'd prefer at the ends... but the length is good and the color's better and the 'do is not half bad... so I'm not complaining... but next time I'm going for the Jen Aniston bob and not the Kristin Cavalerri layers (yep. i took pics to the salon).
It's funny, now that it's done. I come to work, and some people say, "I love your hair!" (Lamont gave me knuckles), and some people stare earnestly at me and ask, "Did you do something different to your hair?"
Yes, as a matter of fact. I cut off five inches. No big deal, it's just half the lenght of my hair.
post pictures!!
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