Yeah, my parents had a coronary. I pulled it off pretty well for an eighth grader, although I had to field piles upon piles of hilarious (but still mean, let's face it) comments. My eyes looked bigger. I looked older, maybe pegged for around fifteen years old. The best part: everyone looked at me when I walked into a room. My twenty minute routine turned into a two minute blow-dry, and my head felt so light that I carried it higher.After a while, though, I was tired of being saluted (Marine reference) and wearing only teeny sparkly clips in my hair (which inevitably fall out), in an effort to "spice things up." How do you spice things up when you have nothing to spice up in the first place? So I moved on to this:
Flapper stage? Lasted a reaaally long time. I fell into a groove of cutting my hair short, letting it grow out, and then cutting it again. So on and so forth. The bob, though, saw the most action and, though it required the largest amount of maintenance for my naturally wavy hair, was probably the most flattering. My eyes still looked big and I looked like a girl: ding ding winner! Until I got sick of all that hair and cut it like this (on the left):
Maybe it was my torrid love affair with Freja Beha Erichsen. I mean, it WAS my torrid love affair with Freja Beha Erichsen. If you're an uncool college student, it only makes sense to idolize a cool fashion model. I wouldn't say I rocked this look.. I more swayed it. I really loved it, though. When I had this haircut, no one ever bought me drinks or asked me to dance. If I had to walk through a particularly unsafe area of Chicago, I would don Nike dunks and a hoodie in an effort to look like a boy. Short hair made me feel invincible and untouchable in a way that throwing my hair into a ponytail never would.Now, my hair is past my shoulders for the first time since eighth grade, and I won't allow myself to touch my scissors because I know it will result in a monogamous relationship with a hat. My sister loves haircut #1. My mom prefers haircut #2 ("Don't you want to look feminine?"). I love all three of them, and hence have a problem. What do you think?
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I like number two. I had really short hair once and it was a total nightmare; everyone thinks that short hair is so much less work, but it really isn't! (Well, it wasn't for me, anyway)
Let it grow, let it grow!
It's been too long without it.
xoxox
Kate - Short short hair is less work, but a bob is the biggest pain. It doesn't look good when it's not completely straight, so if I get lazy, I end up looking like a wet muskrat.
Cara - I might! I don't know how much longer I can let it grow without going crazy.
I love Nicole Richie's hair cut! If I didn't have curly hair, I would SO cut my hair like that! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I really appreciate it :)
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I agree with Lindsay, Nicole's hair style is very cute!
I think it's great for someone who has time to fix it up each morning :)
Kisses and great post!
Muah
I look like a hot mess with a bob, the only time it looks good is when I'm leaving the salon. After that, it's ponytails for a year till it's long again. For the last twenty years I've been in a Grow it out for three years then lose all control and get a horrible bob cycle. My vote is to let it grow!
i was in the flapper stage for ages too! but i loved my chic bob... you can never go wrong with the bob.
i always let my hair get super long then i chop it all off. this time in order to distract myself i am going the bangs route! i feel so hip with bangs.
This post is great! I love that you chopped it all off in the 8th grade, what a statement! I hope that boy cried buckets after the dance b/c you were so dang cute with your new 'do!
I love a bob. Nicole Richie's hair looks perfectionista!
Wow this at a time when I just got my hairdo today! :) Think medium-long hair is way to go! :)
Cute blog! Following you!
xoxo
Tamanna from French Leave
Growing up my parents kept my hair so short...too short, so of course now that I am an adult..I am all about LONG! But I do like the Nicole Richie cut...a lot!
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