The Chop!

A few months ago I wrote a post entitled, For the Need of Change and I actually said “I will never go short with my hair”. Well I can now say that was a lie and that one really should NEVER say never! After what feels like my entire life of having long hair, I impulsively decided to cut it off. I needed a trim because the ends were terribly dead and every time I go in for a trim, I always ask my hair dresser to leave as much as she can and only take off what is really REALLY necessary. I honestly can’t tell you what happened in my mind this time but I went in there and she asked what we were doing this time (obviously expecting the usual), instead I said we’re taking it off. Here’s my inspiration:

I’ve always loved long hair because you can hide behind it but like I said, it was dead and flat and I never change up my hair. When I told my boyfriend I was thinking about cutting it off, he said “Do it! But it’s going to be a big change..it’s a big part of your look.” That definitely freaked me out but that proved to me all the more reason for a change! Aside from loving long hair, there are two other reasons why I’ve stayed away from shorter hair. 1) I’m extremely lazy when it comes to styling my hair. I don’t do it unless I’m going to an event, otherwise its wash, air dry and go. My hair is naturally wavy and I thought that with shorter hair and therefore less weight, my hair would be pouffy and form a triangle around my head. And 2) I thought shorter hair would make me look younger than I already do and if you know me, you would know that looking younger is the last time I need. But even with these two doubts, I went for it and I’m glad I did! It dries fine naturally, I can still be a lazy girl if I want to and the cut actually makes me look older or at least it doesn’t make me look younger. You tell me!

The outcome:

Before

After

After just a couple days with my new do, I decided I wanted to go shorter! Here is my final look.

Don’t mind my lack of smile..

For now…All I can say is, going shorter is addicting!

For the Need of Change

Karlie Kloss inspiration

From time to time I get the urge for a change in my hairstyle. When I say change, I mean a minor change because I am a chicken and will never cut it all off and go short or do something crazy with it’s colour (I’ve never coloured my hair in my life!). So basically nothing drastic, lame I know. So in order to fulfill my need for a bit of a change, I go with something small that won’t take me a long time to get rid of if I hate it and over the years this has been just changing up my bangs. A few weeks ago, I had this urge because a coworker sent me a picture of Karlie Kloss saying she thinks I would look cute with her cut and who wouldn’t think the style was nice because lets face it, anything Karlie does looks fabulous! Like I said, I will never go short with my hair (the reason for this being I am too lazy to always have to style it) but since my side bangs were growing out and I needed to go in for a trim, I decided I’d get full bangs. I immediately regretted it (like I do after most bang trims though because they are always a bit too short). Right away I was like alright I’m growing them out to be side bangs again, which luckily is only just over a month. It’s now been almost 3 weeks since I got them cut and they’re at a length where I’m starting to like them. It’s safe to say I have a total love-hate relationship with these bangs, so much to the point where I can love them in the morning and hate them by lunch. And what’s even more annoying is that this “perfect length” only lasts about a week and then they’re a bit too long and you have to get them trimmed, which makes them a bit too short and so starts the cycle again!

The middle part

I’ve either had side or full bangs for the past 7 years and haven’t grown them out because I feel like I look best with some hair on my forehead. At the same time, I love the way a middle part looks and kind of want to try this too but I know it doesn’t suit me. Do you ever get the urge to try a certain trend or style, knowing that it won’t be your best look but its just so chic on other girls that you can’t help but want to do it anyway?