I have never been good at articulating what kind of haircut I want to a professional in a salon environment. I think it’s because my birth mother cut my hair most of my life and in a way that’s like having your hair home schooled.
I subscribe to Marie Claire and read more girly magazines than I’d care to admit at this juncture, and I’m still perplexed. I’ve googled a number of embarrassing phrases like “cool hair”, “righteous bangs”, and “Sebastian Bach”.
If you’re wondering about the last one I’ll tell you it’s because he had such beautiful hair circa the video for Skid Row’s “18 and Life”. I love a strawberry blonde. Sigh. How easy it is to become distracted by hair metal.
My image search delivers stuff like this and it makes me want to give up on the idea altogether.
How perfect for mannequin corpses, but if I died at the mall with these haircuts no one would ever find me. They’d clothe my dead body until rigor mortis set in and my haircut rolled with my pale head right off my shoulders.
My appointment was this past Saturday and I brought a photo of myself for back up. It perfectly displayed bangs and a haircut that I once enjoyed in case the words didn’t come out of my mouth. Hey, it happens.
Thankfully, I didn’t have to go that route. For god’s sake it was a photo of me camping.
“Can we recreate this look? Here’s a s’more flavored pop tart. I’m not crazy!”
*sets hair on fire*
The good news is that the correct synapse fired and for the first time in hair history I was able to explain exactly what I wanted without feeling clammy or stammering.
Low and behold – I got the haircut I so desired. Imagine that.
Now I can stop looking like a newscaster against my own free will.
i very much like the idea of your hair being homeschooled.
bangs are a terrifying thing to put into another person’s hands – i’ve always liked to try them but i just can’t take the leap.
I’ve only had bangs for a few years and I have to say, I’ll never go back.
My advice:
1. Start out wimpy and do the longest bang you can get away with.
2. Never go above the eyebrows unless you’re Rosario Dawson.
I would actually like to behold your new haircut:) I find that the best-looking haircuts are the ones people are happy wearing.
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Hey! I don’t think you’ve seen me since I got my hair cut last, too. I had the same nervous conversation with Leila, but got EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED.
Prepare for cuteness, Friday Night.
ollka – I’m allergic to cameras, but I’ll see what I can do.
I need to photograph my scary, springy metal mouth soon as well so that I can give you braces nightmares.
Emiry – I can’t wait to compare Leila creations!