Oh good, I’m so glad you asked me to talk about this new haircut. I went from this:
To this:
In one single moment of impulsiveness.
I always give my stylist (of 14 years) the same line, “just keep me up-to-date” but this time I added the words “and a little shorter”. Man, those scissors were a-flying! She thinned out my bangs, too, and that made me really nervous. My heart was racing but I was trying to be brave and nonchalant and act like I do this kind of thing all the time. But when she swiveled me around to see myself in the mirror, I liked it. I felt like a new me.
Mike was a little surprised when I came home with short hair but I liked his initial reaction and I’ve only asked him four hundred times if he’s sure he likes it. Husbands love that.
It’s easy to style and I feel zingy. Well, in a 30-something zingy sort of way.
You’re beautiful.
LOVE it!
so cute! i need a haircut, and wow you have a great smile!
Husbands also like hemorrhoids and getting poked in the eye.
it’s adorable. nothing like a new haircut to make you feel like a new woman!
Sassy and saucy…love it!
I think it looks great! Very stylish!
You look great!!! And very zingy! Love that word
And goodness girl, you take good pictures of yourself!
So cute and so trendy (in a good way)!
Very cute!
Adorable new do!!! Don’t they make you feel sassy???
I love it!!!!
I love the “four hundred times” line! LOL. I love it too!
I love it. It is definately up to date!
yeah, I love it you photogenic thing you. Geez.
HeeHee…I know you’re LOVING these comments, and I must say I agree. Very Cute, and thanks for the before and after (I didn’t think it would be hard for us to convince you to show it off). ZingZing!!
I LOVE it, and it’s much easier to see in these pics. (All I could see in that other one was Mini!) I’ve been thinking about going short – decided that I was going to do it, then figured out that I am about a half inch from being able to donate to Locks Of Love…so I think I’ll give it another month or two. Tell me though – really, you said it is easy to style – define easy, please! Do you mean easy, as in “do nothing” or easy as in must blow dry while whirling a brush and hanging upside down?
I didn’t know your hair was that long now! Growing it out for Locks of Love is really cool.
To answer your question, on the easy scale it’s about a Pretty Easy, not an Extremely Easy. For my hair type (straight and flat), I need some volumizing product but with this shorter do I don’t need to spend a whole lot of time on blow drying it section by section with a round brush or using any kind of iron. I’m glad those days are over.
After a few squirts of volumizing spray at the roots, I blow dry my hair, without a brush but running my fingers through it in a swishy way. When it’s dry I put some texturizer (I use Umberto) on the ends and then smooth it and style with a brush, then spray with Sebastian hairspray, which is the best. Then I tuck the sides behind my ears and go.
Maybe 5-6 minutes top.
What a cute new ‘do! Doesn’t it feel good to have a new haircut that you like!!!!!!
Oh, thanks! I must just say that I didn’t purposely grow it out for LfL; it just sort of happened. I started growing it for my sister’s wedding (two years ago), then I just decided to keep it long for a while, and then I remembered that it’s easy when it’s long (I mean wash it and put it up easy and easy on the schedule, ’cause I don’t have to get it cut every 6 weeks easy)…so this is where I’m at. Now if I can just figure out how to get it cut often, I’ll be good to go short!
Thanks again for the answer – very encouraging!
HOW CUTE!!!!!!!!!!! I got mine cut short today! I love yours! It fits your personality!
[...] reminds me, you should totally go back to my last post and read my own comment about how I now fix my hair in the morning. Because that is pertinent [...]
Forgot to tell you. Kara, my sis, cut off 13 in. of her hair for Locks Of Love.
Love it!
LOVING the hair! We thrity somethings must feel zingy!
Zingy and a bit sassy. I like it!!