...Hair.
And being done with it!
Dearest Sister and myself in our dancing regalia...yes, we danced...and regaled...after a fashion.
What it was way back.
Still blonde, but not so naturally.
Solid silver...at least that is my term for it!
I have been growing out FOREVER! Or for a year and a half, at least.
I have a couple of stories about how slowly I believe my hair grows, about the growing out experience, and about my length judging-impaired hair stylist, in these various links.
About 10 days ago, when it was time for a trim, I told my old friend, the stylist, to layer it up, and get the rest of it off. No matter the pain of layers (and I believe them to be a pain), no matter the inconvenience of hair shorter than I like (and it is), no matter that I am helpless, clueless, and inept in any styling on my own beyond...basically what I know....I said 'take it off, take it all off.'
Since that fateful day, it has not looked like the above photo.
I have had many compliments. Alas, I do not feel deserving of them.
I feel my hair is flippy. I feel my pony tail is full of sticky up ends. I keep seeing, out of the corner of my eye, the short ends at my cheeks and think someone is there!
Ah well. A necessary process to the desired end. But I know how long it will take to grow out....
I had an absolutely amazing haircut the last time. I wish that was the case each time!
ReplyDeleteThere are days I look in the mirror and I say to myself, "World, you are just going to have to deal with this today. It is as good as it is going to get" Then I go on with my day. Those are usually in week 4 of my 5week coloring cycle!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter in law cuts my hair. She's a professional and always asks what I want but no matter what I say she cuts it the way she thinks is best. My main request is that it all has to be long enough to pull back in a pony tail but I didn't even get that this time. So I know what you mean about the sticking out bits.
ReplyDeleteoh yeah, Good Luck with the new job....you'll do great!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful silver. I haven't been able to let my silver show through yet. I've had gray hair since I turned 25. At 43, I colored it for the first time and have continued to do so ever since. In a few years, maybe I'll be ready to let it be silver again. We'll see.
ReplyDeleteYou know, those black feathery headbands would be fabulous with your new color....
ReplyDeleteI got my hair cut really short in 7th grade because everybody told me I would look so cute with short hair. I went home and looked in the mirror and saw myself from the side for the first time and thought I looked like a turtle-- I cried and cried; and a cute boy who used to smile at me (a 9th grader) quit smiling at me. It was just horrible! I hate having to get my hair cut-- HATE it! I say I loved Dennis when I first met him because of his thick head of curly hair. (He LOVES to get a hair cut-- he loves the attention!)
ReplyDeleteI could go on and on with scarey hair stories. . .Tish
What a beautiful colour!
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't matter what I do to my hair, I always look like I've been drinking. However! I started taking Biotin vitamin supplements in January and I swear my hair is now growing twice as fast. Which is still slow as a snail. A somewhat speedier snail...
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you have terrific hair and that it would look good no matter what the length.
ReplyDeleteHow I love photos of you and your sister!
ReplyDeleteI only ever seem to have a 50% success rate with hairdressers. I guess it doesn't help that I still don't know all the french hairdressing terms yet!