Okay, I'm gonna need a little moral support, girls.
I can't be the only one who FREAKS OUT when I go to get my hair cut. For me, my hair doesn't define me. I had short hair all while I was growing up (I think because my mom decided how my hair would look and she was tired of me not wanting to have it brushed. I can understand that .... a little.). I even donated my hair to Locks of Love as part of my first 101 in 1001 list a few years ago. I had grown it out for about 5 years and I was ready for a change.
Since then, I may have taken it too far. Over the last few years, every time I go in to the salon, it seems to get shorter and shorter (yes, I understand that's the point of a haircut!). It was a shoulder-length bob for a while. Then I moved to a regular bob which came about 1/2 way between my shoulders and my chin. Then I entered the 90s (in 2009 no less) and discovered the stacked bob. I think before then the stacked bob had always been too "out there" for me. What can I say? I'm a straight-laced kinda girl.
I may have taken it too far this time.
I swear when I walk into the salon, I nearly break out into a cold sweat. Maybe it's because I don't have a regular stylist. Maybe it's because a haircut isn't something you can really undo all that quickly. Oh sure, it will grow out, but until then every day is a hat day and I really don't look good in hats!
Last night when I went into the salon, it was no different. I eyeball the stylists and, fair or not, I judge their skills at cutting hair based on what their hair looks like. Let's just say my prospects were not looking good! But I steeled myself, plopped my butt in the chair and explained what I wanted. About 20ish minutes later I had a new (quite short) do. Apparently when I told her that the length in the back should START tapering at the occipital bone, she took that to mean 1 1/2 inches ABOVE it! Egads!
Let's just say this hair-do is SHORT! Crazy short! I-don't-have-to-use-much-shampoo short! I-stepped-out-of-my-car-and-the-lesbians-that-live-next-door-to-me-said-"CAUUTE haircut" short!
The jury is still out. If I decide I like it, maybe I'll share a picture with ya'll. Maybe.
1 comment:
You need to get a regular stylist. I think that's the key. I searched for a good 23 years to find mine, and now, I will be following her until I'm too old to use my little old lady walker to get to her. I don't care if she moves to California. I'm going. She's the best and I love my hair since she's started doing it. :)
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