I am becoming desperate to do something about my hair. When Deirdre saw me at Christmas she said, “Wow! That’s the longest your hair’s been since you were eleven!” That’s not entirely true; it was longer in college, but it was also curly. This is definitely the longest it’s been when it’s straight since I was eleven.
It’s driving me batshit. I need to do something with it. I am not quite prepared to actually cut it all off yet, and even if I was my hairdresser won’t let me. (I have to ask three times, which means on three separate occasions. I’m not entirely sure if the conversation which made her lay down this ultimatum counted as the first time or not.) Obviously, since I could do an end-run around the hairdresser by going to another one (or insisting), I am willing to accept her rules. I am still holding on to this faint hope of doing a really great Rogue costume when I’ve lost another 30 pounds, and I want to have the hair to do it. So I’m reluctant to cut it short, which is too bad, because I look much better with short hair.
As I’ve just started swimming again, the usual “Let’s dye it an interesting color!” or “Let’s bleach the hell out of it!” seems sort of pointless, because dye would just bleach out from the chlorine an bleach would make it dry out and snap off with a little help from the chlorine.
I have almost no skill with hair at all. Like, I can barely braid my own hair. I rarely leave the house so a hairstyle that requires fussing will just make me cut it all off. This is what it currently looks like:
Any suggestions? :P
If it is driving you batshit in the sense that you can feel it on your face or it gets in front of your eyes, consider a cloth hairband, the kind that’s a full circle. No fussing necessary; just pulls your hair back out of the way and keeps it off your face.
I suggest a SoftLayered. done very long. that way it will frame in your face when it is down. No fussing nessesary and you will still be able to pull it back when wanted. It is a fun hairstyle.
Invest in some fun scrunchies, alligator clips, or hair sticks.
I keep my hair under control most frequently with just pulling the sides back off my face and ponytailing it at the top-back of my head. But, for hair as short as yours are, an alligator clip is a no muss, no fuss way to twist it up, clip and go.
Those pics really show off how much weight you’ve lost, too. Looking good!
Use a hair clip like I do. That is what got me through growing out the long layers that a hair dresser talked me into. Pull it back like you are going to do a high pony tail, give it a twist and then clamp it down. Even if it sticks out the top, that appears to be the style recently, so you’re good.
I’m no help, largely because my own hair’s not even half that length and I’m going batshit (so I recommend short for both of us), but I wanted to say wow! One: that’s a lot of hair! Two: you are looking fantastic, the weight loss definitely shows!
Good luck in finding a new hair alternative; I know I’m still looking for mine. ^_^
Give it all to me, since the hairdresser cut mine *far* too short!
NOOOO!!! DO NOT do anything to it until you get the comic I bought for you. You will love the picture on it. :o)
Hiya!
Wow.. your hair is super long since the last time I saw you. You’re looking great! Layers are good around the face.. helps keep it away and if you have a really good stylist they’ll be able to make it so the hair falls just so and you wan’t have to mess with it at all.
-v.
p.s. the new job is great. miss our team at CHI though.