*squee*!!!

[shadesong]

My hair is once again long enough to do that thing where you twist it up and put the big clippie thing in the back and the curls cascade over the top of it.

*squee*!!!

This means nothing to you, I know. What it means to me is that I once again have a hairstyle that takes me less than 10 seconds to do (what? I have no time for Styling) and yet looks great.

As for the "finally" bit... My hair was almost to my waist, last year. And curly. Well, in January, on a trip home, I decided to get it trimmed to maybe an inch or two below my shoulders, just for a change. Well, my normal stylist wasn't available, so my parents had booked me with someone else.

Keep in mind... the reason that I only get my hair cut on my twice-yearly trips home is because I trust no one but Kim to cut my hair. There is a reason for this: I have never had a good haircut from anyone other than Kim. She *knows* my hair; she's been cutting it since I was about 12. Even with Kim, the haircut sometimes doesn't work, but it's got about a 70% chance of looking good.

Well, Kim wasn't available. So they gave me Michelle Lee.

Michelle Lee pissed me off right off the bat by being 40 minutes late... when I *knew* that she was in the salon and not cutting anyone else's hair. When she finally got around to cutting my hair, she was chattering with The Other Michelle the entire time. At one point, I felt that she was maybe going a little short (they make me take my glasses off for this; I'm legally blind in my left eye and close to it in my right) and tentatively joked that I'd like to still be able to wear a barrette in it; she laughed and said of course.

She finished, dried my hair, and handed me my glasses. I looked in the mirror. Two inches *above* my shoulders. Not below, above. She'd underestimated my natural curl. Bitch. I couldn't even put a barrette in it. I could do *nothing* with it, not even a ponytail.

So. I've been growing it out for 9 months. And I can finally really put it up again. Go me!


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Comments

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

I completely understand the feeling. My hair is still growing out from a very short cut a few years back because I underestimated the amount of damage that going with a lighter hair color would cause. Even a month after the coloring (done professionally), I couldn't get a comb through it when it was wet. It's back to about 3 inches above my waist -- so I suppose you could say it's done growing out.

I was feeling the ends today; it really does need a good trim. I suppose I should set aside the $25 it'd take to have a proper stylist do it (we call him my "Gay Man" -- 'cause he is), rather than going to Super Cuts since I never know when my bestest friend in the universe's soon to be sister-in-law will be there. On the other hand, I could just call and get her schedule and save $20....

[ex-ilk.livejournal.com]

I'd just like to take a moment to thank you for saying....

*squee*!!!


That made my day.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I really do that in real life, too. :)


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[mightywombat.livejournal.com]

This means nothing to you, I know.

Hey, I dig that look! Go you!

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

*beam*

[cyprinella]

Heh. I was just musing about the same thing, only mine is the fact that I can get it into a ponytail at all. I can just barely get most of it into two buns. But then, I had two inch long hair for about four years.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I had Very Short Hair through most of my teenage years... started growing it out at 18, chopped it off at 21 when Miss Kid started grabbing it and chewing on it, and I'd grown it out since... only to chop it in January. :)


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[bellacrow.livejournal.com]

and what did you say to the hairdresser?

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Nothing. I was in shock.




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[bellacrow.livejournal.com]

and later? you never called or said anything?

*hugs*

[twilightspeaks.livejournal.com]

Incidents like this are the reason I never get my hair cut, ever.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

And your hair is absolutely gorgeous, by the way!



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[twilightspeaks.livejournal.com]

Sweet of you. My hair is very hard to manage -- I have *never* been able to do the clip it up easily in under two minutes and not have to think about it again look.

Haircuts

[galdrin.livejournal.com]

I can certainly sympathize. I have the hardest time getting someone to cut my hair right. Its gotten to where I have them just trim it to start and then say, "Well, I think it needs to be a bit shorter than that." Then they start taking a little off at a time until its where I want it.

Lately though ... I've been seriously considering growing it back to a ponytail-able length again - it's more 'me' at that length.

Re: Haircuts

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Yay! You're here!

Yes, my hair felt more "me" when it was almost waistlength. I'm definitely growing it out again...

Shall I announce your presence in a separate post, or are you lying low? :)

Re: Haircuts

[galdrin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I keep thinking to myself "A pony-tail? At your age???" Dinnie is laughing at that.

As to the 'announcement', feel free. You've reassured me about the security aspects of Live Journal.

Thanks ever so much for talking me into this.

Re: Haircuts

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Glad to have you here... it's *fun*. :)


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[amberfox.livejournal.com]

Okay, explain this hairstyle more careful, or take a picture? I wanna try it, but I'm not visualizing anything that sounds reasonable.

*shudder* See, this is why iroshi trims my hair. Stylists are idiots. And my hair isn't even all that wavy. Actually, I take that back; it was hugely wavy when it was shorter, and it still is when I have it separated while it dries, so it must just be the weight pulling it down. Anyway, stylists are idiots. I've only ever found a couple who treated my hair with anything approaching respect, and all of them have left the salon where they used to be, and I don't know where they went, so.... *shrug* I'm not letting any woman with 2-inch hair work on me again. Been there, done that; I'm just lucky I had hair left when she was done ripping the comb through all the tangles she made while washing it. See this? This is ass-length hair, bitch; it didn't get this long on accident, and I'd like to keep as much of it as possible, if you don't mind? Hmph!