"Want to see mommy cut off all her hair?"
"Yeah!"
How kids love naughty things.
"Okay, but don't you do this. Ready?"
It took longer than I imagined cutting through the steel wire which is my hair, and two scissors later - gone. I had thought that I would stop there. You know, go to a professional to finish the look but what the heck...
"Hey, how short should mommy cut it?"
"To your ears like papa!"
"Okay."
A little while later.
"Mommy can you put it back on again?"
"No honey, I can't."
The shackles of feminine locks are gone. The last of my original vanities have been donated to the wig makers. Am I sad? Heck (G censored word) no.
Before:
After:
BTW: I had asked several hairstylists what they would suggest but all of them had been lets just say unencouraging mentioning my 'strong jawline' and other nonsense. This and my reluctance to let people 'do' my hair (or any other part of me) made me fearless about cutting my own hair.
It has been fun watching the shock/horror on people's face too. I think it looks good but really I DON'T CARE if it does or not.
Relief. No more hair obscuring my gaze on the world, to restrict my speed of my movement, and to be looked upon as admiringly as proof of my fertility or other such blather.
This is the first ever blogger pic of me so "hi"
11 comments:
Looks good :)
Looks great to me -- you did a good job. :) Nice to "meet" you.
Wow! Count me as shocked! I'm not sure I would have recognized you. Looks good. I love it when people make big, positive changes. :)
Looks great!
Beautiful! Nice job.
Wait a minute...you did that yourself? Even in the back? WOW! Why pay for a stylist when you can do such a great job at home? It looks lovely--and your jaw looks not "too strong," but just right.
I think that sometimes hairstylists are afraid to cut long hair because they don't want to "traumatize" us. The last time I had mine cut,I had to show her a picture of mine at your length (from two years prior) before she would consent to take me from shoulder length to pixie cut. lol
Good for you for doing it yourself! I had super long hair once & it took me 3 cuts to get it short!
Above my ears short!
Yay!!! It looks awesome- cool style. I did that too. It felt so good that years later, I grew it back out again for the soul purpose of cutting it all off again. I've done that twice within the past 15 years and coincidentally I'm probably going to buzz it this summer! Your post may just be my catalyst this time around.
Again- it really looks great!
Found your blog randomly. But I must say that it's very sad when women who have beautiful hair cut it off. I'll never understand it, especially on women over 40. My sister is over 50 with waist-length hair. She is practicall carded sometimes! She has no plans to cut, but if she did, I'd be choked up, frankly.
Thanks for all the commentary. I quite like my hair short and have done a couple different self cut styles since then. As for the sad loss of hair. My ultra long hair did not make me look young, quite the opposite and though I understand it's strange standing as a sometimes status symbol, I am happy to be out of the club.
Honestly? Whether you care or not: IT'S GORGEOUS! :) I love how it softly lays across your cheekbone. Bee-you-tee-ful!
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