Gulp . . . I did it!

[pegkerr]

My hair is now chin length.

I figured, as long as I was going to cut it, why not donate it to Locks of Love? And since the cut had to be at least ten inches long . . . well, I went for it.

Am not quite sure what I think. The girls had theirs cut, too, and I like the shape of theirs a bit better. Mine is longer in the front (the stylist called it an "A" line) but I think it draws a bit too much to my jowliness. I might wait a day or two and have it shortened, more like the girls. I might also add some highlights, too, as long as I'm being experimental. The girls look cute as buttons; Fiona in particular had very damaged hair and it looks much better.

Comments

[laurel]

Congrats! I always feel so much better after a hair cut (even when I'm not sure I got it cut quite right). Feels like a fresh start somehow. And when you're going from long to shorter, there's weight lifted off. Though I've never managed to grow my hair out as long as yours.

[corinnethewise.livejournal.com]

Yay you!!!!!!!!!!

[blackholly.livejournal.com]

Will you post picture?

[airemay.livejournal.com]

Could we maybe have a picture? :)

[aome.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on taking the step - and for a great cause, too. Any chance of pictures?

[bethynyc.livejournal.com]

Yay! Looking forward to pictures!

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

Ooo, brave!

[red-queen.livejournal.com]

That was brave. Play with it now and again -- use some gel or mousse to encourage it to have a shape and movement. Use combs and barrettes to hold it off your face attractively (hairbands?).

FWIW, I do think Locks of Love is a great mitzvah -- regardless of how you keep your hair's length in the future, you've done a Good Deed.

I'm over forty (odd how I still kinda wince typing that!) and have waist-length hair (as does my Evil Twin brother, but that's another story...). I always wanted really long hair when I was a child, and have kept my hair as long as possible without it looking scraggly. If it would grow another 6 inches, I'd be thrilled. Ah well - it seems to stop at about hip-length, and begins to look a bit ratty even there. But I digress.

I never go on a job interview with my hair down; I don't think I'll be taken seriously (or taken for being as old as I am, which amounts to the same thing). Other than that, I usually wear it down, pulled back by a hairband. If it's hot, I put it up. I play around with hair chachkes now and again, braid ribbons into it... but I don't think I'll ever do as you have done, even for a Good Deed. I don't think I'd know who I am without my hair -- and besides, I've always been vain about it. Sigh.

Just before I turned forty, I started using Special Effects semi-perm dye (Virgin Rose and Burgundy Wine, about half-and-half) to overdye it sort of radioactive beet color. Mid-life crisis and all that. And then I found I *like* it enough to keep doing it (at least as long as it's still fun). It's not too garish (at least, not after the first couple of shampoos), and it matches a lot of my clothes (why dye my hair a color I wouldn't wear?), and when I put it up, I think it's still interview-safe.

Lastly, I looked at some of your pix. Yeah, pulled straight back is unflattering only in that you look prettier with more of your hair around your face. It doesn't make you look *ugly* -- just not as pretty as you can look. And you have wonderful coloring -- and you can find good colors of lipstick and aren't afraid to use 'em! So many of us longhaired women of a certain age are afraid of colorful makeup, but it can be such fun! Maybe the layers-around-the-face bit would look better than just straight down, if you decide to grow it out again. Or maybe using combs or barrette(s) to hold back just the front parts of your hair loosely (and leaving the rest down, or in a ponytail, or putting it up) would do the trick. But as far as "ugly" -- as Harriet Vane would say, take that word, hang a brick round its neck and drown it!

[misia.livejournal.com]

Ooh, no, not jowly at all -- the longer-in-the-front bob is a great cut! My hair was like that for about 6 months this past year while I waited for the back to grow out so that it was all the same length. It'll give you a nice fullness around your face that I suspect will make the most of the killer cheekbones.

Brava on donating to Locks of Love, too, that's really great. The only time I've cut off more than 10 inches of hair I didn't know about them and I've always wished I that I had.

[sternel.livejournal.com]

::applauds you for locks of love, and adds vote for piccage::

[irielle.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[tropes.livejournal.com]

Pics!!!

I had my hair chin-length-but-longer-in-front for quite some time. It's a nice style. Give it a chance. :)

[porcinea.livejournal.com]

Wow, I just did that to my own hair last week.

http://piglet.org/images/20040212.jpg

[kishmish.livejournal.com]

Go you!:)I would probably get it cut too, I don't really like the front hair being longer, I know what you means about jowls.

[jbru.livejournal.com]

Hey, the Locks of Love people are getting lots of love from Minnesota of late. I had 23 inches of braid cut and donated back in November, lollardfish had his done on return from Venice, a friend at work just had her long tresses bobbed for them earlier this week and now you!

And I'm sure you look as cute as your girls. Just ask Rob. :)

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Good luck with it. We'll take you out when when we return, and see what the results are.

B