Just Cut It OFF

I did it, I cut it. Last cut was good but I really think this cut is great. I mean I got what I wanted- a totally different look.

I wanted something that would be easy and look good with little effort. I have that type of hair that does what you want it too BUT you have to spend time on it. That’s why the long hair thing doesn’t work for me. I’m not willing to consistently fix it. Sure the pony tail thing is cool but it gets old. I just needed a change. That’s when I got my last cut. But I held back and kept some of the length and the whole thing was growing out and ONCE AGAIN I was getting lazy with it/not fixing it.

This night I went in for a short bob. Wanted it cropped right at the neckline in the back (thinned out at the ends) and then blended with the slightly longer hair in the front. But my stylist either misunderstood me or I had more layers than I thought because it looked stacked- like it looked like a not my ethnicity type cut. No, that isn’t going to work. I want edgy, I want a rockerish style but NOT stacked in the back with hair too long in the front. I felt like I looked like one of the members of TLC in the early 90s.

My stylist looked wounded when I said I hated it. I didn’t mean to be so blunt but I was SO DISAPPOINTED. I was caught off guard and when I described what I didn’t like about it- I ended it with a JUST CUT IT ALL SHORT. She seemed to want to talk me out of it. I was not going to budge.

I’m thinkin’ shorter hair needs to be all one length (pixie like), not cropped in the back and now I have to do what I sort-of wanted to do anyway- cut it all off. She cut it again. I’m still saying it is too long. She was surprised. I forgot my pictures but I tell her to think Pixie. I’m sure she assumes I’m just TOTALLY FREAKED OUT and she doesn’t want me to do something I’ll regret. I already did- I didn’t bring my pictures.

She starts cutting again. Okay, this doesn’t suck but I’m not impressed. If I’m not impressed when I walk out of the salon I’m probably going to be a total mess by the time I get home. I say to cut more, thin it out more, I need it to be interesting- not run of the mill 30 something short because I have no style or imagination. Keep cutting.

She does and I’m coming around. 4 times she cut it. Now I can go home without crying. I call the Captain on the way home and he’s so sweet. I’m almost crying because the whole thing was STRESSFUL. My stylist is so nice and I felt bad and I wasn’t prepared and…. In anycase, Captain builds me up and I’m feeling better. He claims to LOVE it when I get home and that makes me feel A LOT better.

Haven’t gotten any other great reviews but I know you take a chance when you go drastic. We’ll see. If they don’t like it today, I’ll style it differently tomorrow and with a cut this short- it will look very different in a month when it is growing out.

The best part- all the dyed hair is GONE. I’m natural FINALLY. The silver (to me) looks pretty now because it isn’t just in the roots. It reminds me of my Dad and I love that. Just one more neat thing I got from my Father- pretty silver hair (just didn’t expect so much of it at 28).