a shaggy colleen story

[hathycol]

So. I am shallow. I like getting my hair done every now and again and today I went to the Posh Place because, well, I could. I went with absolutely no specifications for what I wanted, as this is the first time in my life I don't have health and safety considerations in my working life. Literally, it was a case of "okay, I don't really care what you do, but I want to look a bit different. Also I own no straighteners." Normally I have to say 'oh, well, I need to be able to tie it back etc etc'.

So, the hairdresser looked at me. My hair was in relatively good nick, actually; it needed thinning again, but other than that it was relatively well-kept for me. She suggested lopping off some of the length and putting in some layers. This has happened to me before, but always with the idea of being able to tuck it behind my ears and keep it neat.

It looked like this when I got home:



However, given my hair is constantly evolving in the manner of something looking to stomp around downtown Tokyo, it now looks more like this:



I'm not 100% sure if I like it, but it's different, and I'm feeling a need to express that at the moment. (WHY O WHY does every single place that sells clothes, after months of selling what I'd like to wear, now sell nothing but stuff I don't want to purchase?) I'll go back to pinning/tying it back and putting scarves in it, I'm sure, but it's nice to have another option.

Opinions?

Comments

[sunlightdances.livejournal.com]

I like the length, and the cut. I puzzle slightly over your expression o fear, that the camera might be about to eat you. Um. I love the colour. It might be your natural colour (I can't remember these things and don't know what colours hair grows anyway), but it's lovely.

I find my hair stays nice for a little while, and then kind of goes back to, "Gravity, what gravity?!" and slings itself sideways and upwards of its own choosing. It must be a curls thing. Straight-haired people don't go through these things, I'm sure.

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

I always look like that on photos; I don't take them well at all. And it's ny matural colour; this is the longest I've gone without an "I'm bored, what should I dye it?" phase.

My hair is just out of control. It's really, really mad.

[balthaser.livejournal.com]

You know what I always find so odd about your hair, despite the fact that it's so frizzy, it's always really flat on the top of your head (admittedly that happens to me too)
I take it your hair wouldn't agree with a fringe?
Also, your expression is so funny.

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

I know, it's really bizarre, but something I've learnt to accept.

A fringe would look dreadful like you wouldn't believe; the hair at the front is a different texture and is too light to get away with it.

[balthaser.livejournal.com]

I thought that, take no offence by this, but you have quite a large forehead, and a fringe would look quite good I think if you could actually have one.

& your glasses look wonky. I hate glasses sometimes, mine always go wonky like the day after I get them. grr! I want new glasses.

[tau_sigma]

I like it. I quite like your hair generally, actually; I know it must be a pain to deal with a lot of the time, but I think it looks lovely. Anyway, a change is always nice.

Unrelatedly, will you be anywhere further south for any decent length of time this summer? I would love to see you again, if there were an opportunity.