The Haircut

I decided to share more on the haircut or shall I say haircuts? Does anyone else see it? I get layering but I have 2 different haircuts!

There are a number of things going on here, the first is that 2 decades into my life, I all of a sudden have curly hair. (?) This is how I have avoided the haircut nonsense, I just clump it all into a wavy mess. Childhood issues are at work too, I cut off all my hair 3 years ago and have been growing it out ever since. I loved it short and felt really free but the childhood message is basically this: Long hair= Beautiful, feminine, better person. So you can imagine how tortured my short hair person self was! But everyone has been supportive of my neurotic hair drama and I have received some great tips too.

I have boiled it all down to this: (which I totally stole from this cool lady who has the BEST blog ever and who I totally blog-stalk, I have never met her but my real life friend Staci has & again, she rocks.)

The 5 stages of Bad Haircut Grief

Denial- This isn't happening! I just found this great stylist that listens to what I want and works at the nicest (read; MOST EXPENSIVE) salon in Idaho.

Anger-Why is this happening? I just paid up the rear for you to destroy my self-image for years, well, 6 months at least!

Bargaining-I promise Lord that I will not be so vain & trivial, please let me wake up & this never happened.

Depression-Fine, whatever. I don't really care about hair, I should just let it all fall out or shave it off & be done with it.

Acceptance-Okay. I am ready to start the search for a stylist that does what I want & not what she wants. But it will definitely not be at the swanky, "we know better than you," salon!