I have been considering cutting my hair for a while. A long while. But I have waited out my impulsive urge to cut my hair… thinking that if it grows a little bit, I might like it better longer. I grew up always having long hair…and kept it that way until my senior year in high school. (which I cut it shoulder length and thought that was short. haha) After that first “major” cut, I had never been one to play it safe with my hair. I used to change it up all the time. My hair has been pretty much every length and color there is.
Of course, I had always envisioned long hair for my wedding… so I grew it out and left it long for at least 6 months after the wedding. {Then I cut it into a Pob (The posh bob) which I have kept now for almost a year.} For some reason, I feel panic at the thought of cutting my hair short…like I am somehow going to regret all of the progress I have made in growing it out again. I guess I have romanticized long hair in my mind… forgetting all of the reasons I curse it when I have it… it takes forever to dry, I never feel like I have a “style”…I always end up throwing it up, etc. I always feel so refreshed when I cut it short.
Now that you are up to speed with the past… let me explain my current dilemma:
The clip.
My hair is now long enough to be put up in the clip.
Meaning my hair is always up in the clip.
I can’t resist the temptation.
Hair. Must. Be. Cut.
Need. Style. Now.
And I need your help since I can’t make up my mind with what I want.
To give you some background knowledge to make an informed decision (and taking the risk of looking absolutely narcissistic)… I’ll show you a variety of hairstyles that I have had.
1: Long, blonde curly hair circa late 90s.
2: I chopped my hair short and added more low lights.
3: My pixie cut. Surprisingly, this was not the shortest I’ve had it. It was really blonde then.
4: After growing it out a little… I cut it short again… this time going a dark red with blonde highlights.
5: A little longer here. I had to tone down the highlights when I was a flight attendant.
6: Added a little more of a side swept bang and flipped it out.
7: On my way to growing it out again. Lightened back up to a dark blonde.
8: Yeah. Lost my marbles and went really blonde.
9. And then really red.
10. Back to dark blonde/light brown a few months later.
11. In the process of growing it out. I had been back to dark for a while.
12. At the longest it had been since high school. I was ready for a change.
13. And a change i got! This is the Pob I had wanted.
14. And I really liked it compared to my long hair.
15. Current. UGH. Seriously. It’s growing out, losing it’s shape and desperately needs a style! To my defense, it was extremely windy when this was taken. My hair was blowing around like a lone tumbleweed across the Arizona desert.
Now that you have an idea of where my hair has been… let me show you where I might want it to go.
Style 1: Trim it up and keep the basic Posh Bob A line style.
Style 2: Shorter! Keep it a little longer in front, but go shorter in back. Not so A-line-ish anymore.
Style 3: Short and wispy! Make it more piece-y! Keep a bang that frames your face.
Style 4: Go for it! Crop it short!
Remember…I’ve been all of these lengths.
Nothing will shock me. I’m not scared of short. Hair grows back.
My hair is naturally curly/wavy. It is not super curly so I don’t have a hard time styling shorter hair. If nothing else, it gives my hair a little bit of body when short (but is a pain in the neck to make perfectly straight when long).
Don’t hold back.
Honest opinion is needed here!
Go ahead.
Cast your votes!
My hair’s future depends on it!
Thanks!
