2010: The Year of the (Almost) Ponytail
February 12, 2010
My hair had grown rather long, Duggaresque. It grows really quickly, Thank GOD.
Last night I went and had my hair cut and colored.
I told the hairdresser I wanted my hair cut to about my armpit in the front. This is a pretty drastic amount of hair for me to have cut off at one time. After being traumatized by the pixie cut when I was five years old I have never liked getting my hair cut.
Just to be perfectly clear, I demonstrated the length by grabbing my wet hair and showing her exactly how much I wanted cut off. She laughed and said she never had anyone say that before. And I said that I hate talking in inches because 1″ to regular people means shave my neck to hairdressers.
She begins cutting and I think that’s slightly shorter than what I wanted, but its fine. Then she starts with the layering. She grabs the whole top section of my hair, holds it up over my head and CUTS IT IN HALF. The huge chunk of hair falls back down is is about chin length.
I screamed. As in literally screamed.
The people next to me went silent.
She assured me that once my hair was dry “it would all blend.”
Really? Is it somehow going to magically grow longer once it is dried?
I am not sure I can fully explain the horror of the haircut once it was dry. But I cried. I cried and held up the front choppy section of my hair and asked what this was supposed to be. It looks like I am growing out really thick bangs, you know the kind that people have when they have a MULLET. Oh God,that is exactly what it looks like. It looks like I am growing out a mullet.
The photos don’t really show how bad it looks in person. Though you can see how uneven it is. Why does it go to a point?? So many short choppy layers. My hair is not thick. It is straight. Choppy layers do nothing for it other than to point out, “Hey look at me I am a huge chunk of short hair laying on top of some longer hair!”
I have had several people tell me recently that I am a doormat. I scoffed and said that no, what I am is polite. Last night as I was trying to stop crying, I was also trying to make the hairdresser feel better. Because I didn’t want her to feel bad for giving me a crappy haircut? Then I paid and still gave her a tip. And then, as I was making ANOTHER appointment with her it suddenly occurred to me, I AM A DOORMAT. A doormat who doesn’t like to make a scene. A doormat with a really bad haircut.
*****
I left the hairdresser, twittering about how bad the haircut was. And yes, I get that it is only hair. And that yes, it will grow back. Eventually. And that there are people out there who wish they had my bad haircut. Because they are bald. I should just be thankful that I even HAVE A HEAD. Count my blessings, or hair follicles or something.
I had promised my kids that I would bring them home fast food for dinner so I stopped into Burger King. The place was empty. Completely empty. Probably because it was close to 8:00pm and pouring rain.
So I go in and I order:
8 bacon double cheeseburgers
2 double cheeseburgers, only cheese
2 spicy chicken sandwiches, no lettuce
2 whoppers
7 french fries
one 4 piece chicken nuggets
And the guy at the counter says, “For here or to go?”
I paused and looked around me. Yup, still the ONLY person in the store.
“Do you think I am going to sit here and eat all of this myself?”
We both started laughing. But then I started crying. And I think that scared him a little. Probably more than if I had taken a huge tray of food and sat in the corner eating it all.
It is still making me laugh. So thank you for that man with the neck tattoos who took my food order.
*****
You know how sometimes you get up in the morning and things seem better?
Well, if it is even possible, my hair looks worse.
I was going to call 2010 the Year of the Ponytail, but then I realized this morning that the front of my hair doesn’t reach into a ponytail.
2010, you promised me you were going to be a better year. So far you are just like that bitch 2009.
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Oh my gosh, you poor thing. You know what I thought of when you said Mullet? Texas. Yep. Now you blend. I’m KIDDING of course!!!!! Don’t you miss New England just a teeny tiny bit?
February 12th, 2010 at 10:34 amChin up, and NO you are not a doormat for heaven’s sake!
Go get it fixed! A bad haircut can ruin many days to come. Breeze Salon!!
February 12th, 2010 at 10:34 amSome people - even hairdressers - do not understand how to cut straight hair correctly. Particularly blond hair, because the differences in lengths seem to be much more noticeable with lighter hair. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I have gotten horrible hair cuts with my straight blondish hair.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:35 amI just gave MYSELF the exact same haircut! And you’re right, the front-choppy-won’t-fit-in-the-ponytail part SUCKS!
I’m opting for headbands for the time being. They hold the hair out of my face at least.
If it’s any consolation, the color looks really good!
February 12th, 2010 at 10:37 amChris,
February 12th, 2010 at 10:37 amHonestly I don’t think your hair looks bad AT. ALL. Really. I would like to see the front, maybe that is where it is bad?? As for the point, I think it looks nice. I don’t know how to say what I’m thinking but the best I can come up with is that it gives your hair, when you look at it laying on your back some ….flow, some interest. Really, I like it, what you showed us anyhow. Plus like you said if you really can’t come to terms with it, well it is just hair and you are blessed to have hair that grows fast. Oh the color looks nice too.
I have had the very same thought about 2010. 2009 was extremely stressful. The hope was that it would ease up this year. WRONG!
We can’t see the front of your hair, but I think that the back looks nice. Also, what kind of jeans are you wearing? I want some!
Chris says: They are GAP jeans. Long and Lean
February 12th, 2010 at 10:40 amOh, Chris. I am so sorry - nothing can make a girl as miserable as a bad haircut. It’s not like a bruise on your shin that you can cover up with pants. I mean, you COULD wear one of those ski masks, but you might get even weirder looks.
(The dud at Burger King cracked me up though.)
February 12th, 2010 at 10:41 am2010: Year of the ponytail/headband combo. Taking you from the gym to the street!
I got a horrible haircut this summer. The problem I have is that I never know if it’s bad until I wash it and style it myself. I left her and went to another stylist after that. Life is too short to have a bad hairdresser!
February 12th, 2010 at 10:43 amI am so sorry. There really is nothing worse than a bad haircut. I’ve decided that’s what made my 2009 the worst year. Choosing to cut my gorgeous long hair to a short, fun and flirty cut just ended up making me look fat and old. I went to my stylist who I love and the cut just really wasn’t what I asked for, nor what the picture looked like that I brought in. It took months to grow it to a ponytail, and 1 year later, I am finally feeling better about how I look. I promised myself that I would never cut my hair again, ever. Sounds like you need a new hairdresser, pronto!!
February 12th, 2010 at 10:44 amHOLA! Frequent reader, first time commenter. Just wanted to let you know that this post made my morning just a little brighter. I was seriously Laughing Out Loud! Thank you!
February 12th, 2010 at 10:46 amSorry about the cut. True, it is ONLY hair, a bad cut is like having a bad hair day… everyday.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:49 amAs for the BK thing, I worked for Domino’s when I was in college. I once went to BK (in my Domino’s uniform), ordered a ton of food, as I was getting food for my co-workers as well, and was asked, “for here or to go?”. Gah.
It looks beautiful from the back; I think we would all like to see a picture of the front, too!
February 12th, 2010 at 10:54 am(((Hugs))) You have every right to be upset and angry; this was done to YOU - acknowledging that other people would give anything to have this problem does NOT invalidate your pain.
My hair is similar to yours, and was almost as long when I had over 4″ cut off and long layers put in. Explain to the next stylist (do not go back to this place!!) what happened, and tell (don’t ask) him/her to stop between every cut and show you exactly where they intend to cut, so you can correct them if needed. It’s not a reflection on their skills, but a result of the trauma from this cut.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:56 amI’ve been there. I told the lady cutting my hair to cut about 2 inches. She went nuts with the layering and left some of it only 2 inches long. I was also too polite. She didn’t even comb out the tangles in my hair, just grabbed my hair and started combing. I said NOTHING. I ended up having fairly short hair after having someone else fix this horrible cut. I was upset about it for a long time, telling myself it was just hair, but still, I was ugly now.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:59 amBut look how cute and tiny your butt looks in that picture!
Chris says: Wow, I think these are magic jeans then.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:00 amI am so sorry. For whatever reason, hairdressers around these United States (I am in Florida) seem to think that every female with long hair wants those long layers in their hair. And not to defend them, it is how most high school girls wear their hair - I had two, girls with long layers. Anyway, the guy who does my hair knows, because I have expressly told him, do not ever put a layer into my hair. Expressly, in bold words - NO LAYERS. From what you said in your post, my hair may be similar to yours, straight and fine; and layers just make it look choppy, stringy and unkept. Yes, it is hair. Yes, it will grow out. But what a bummer to hate it while it is growing.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:01 amI HATE going to the hairdresser. They NEVER listen! I feel your pain.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:02 amI won’t be That Person that blows smoke and sunshine. I’ve been where you are and have spent DAYS crying over a horrible haircut. Sure, it’s only hair and yes, it will grow back, but my theory was “What about NOW! It looks like ass NOW! I can’t DOOOOO anything with it.”
You’re still beautiful, though.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:04 amA little uneven, to be sure… but still long-ish… the color is fabulous tho…
Chris says: You know she did a crappy job with the color too. I still have roots showing. Gah.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:08 amWhy do hairdressers refuse to listen? If I tell you exactly how long I want my hair to be, cut it that way. When we say we need to be able to put it in a ponytail? There’s probably a reason. I too am a doormat. A doormat who gets a haircut less than once a year because it’s so devastating usually. Sorry about your failed haircut, thank goodness for hair that grows quickly!
February 12th, 2010 at 11:09 amAt least reassure us that you aren’t going BACK to that hairdresser?
February 12th, 2010 at 11:14 amHey there are much worse things out there. I know, I had my bangs cut and they are horrendous, they used to be at my chin, why oh why did I let her do it.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:15 amAnyway, again I remind myself…much worse things in the world happening now.
I’m sorry…I hate getting a bad haircut! And I do the same thing…I smile and try not to cry and give a tip. I’m afraid to hurt her feelings! But really, it looks very pretty from the back and…I don’t know you…but it would make me feel better if someone told me that my butt looks good in those jeans…so even if you don’t like your hair, your jeans are FAB! Sorry if that was weird. That’s just me, some random stranger, trying to cheer you up….Hope you have a better day today. As the mother to one, I love to read your blog and all your adventures with your big family.
Chris says: never taking these jeans off.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:24 amI’m so sorry to hear about your haircut. Once when I had my hair cut, I asked for 3 inches off, because the ends of my hair kept getting stuck under my elbows when I was sitting at a desk working and I wanted my hair above my elbows. The hairdresser picked up what I thought was a comb and combed my hair, but it had a razor blade in it and cut my hair at my ear on one side. Instead of admitting what she did, she tried to fix it so my hair was uneven and choppy (and way, way shorter than I had ever had it in my life), and then told me I could part it on the opposite side from normal to cover up the fact that there was a huge section that was ear length on one side of my head. So I walked out with hair to my shoulder on one side, to my ear on the other, when all I wanted was 3 inches above my elbows. I went back the next day and had the manager cut more off to at least even it up.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:27 amYes, it’s hair and yes, it’ll grow, but it’s YOUR hair and you are definitely allowed to be upset! I found my hairdresser about 15 years ago and have followed her to 3 different shops. Considering I have long straight hair, my husband thinks the cuts are rather pricey, but I’d go without food rather than use someone else.
I hope you find a hairdresser that you absolutely adore.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:34 amDon’t go back to that hair dresser. DO NOT GO BACK. She didn’t listen to you. Leave her and go to someone else.
Look around at the people you know, find someone whose hair you like, ask them who does it for them, and go to that person.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:36 amPlease do not go back to this hairdresser!
February 12th, 2010 at 11:39 amok ignore the hair and just look at how great your ass looks in those jeans!
Chris says: Might even sleep in these jeans.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:39 amoh. your scaring me.. im sporting duggar hair right now.. cause Im scared… last time i saw a hairstylist I told her i wanted my shortest layer to start at my chin. she cuts it.. turns me to face the mirror & the shortest layer is ABOVE my ear!! I actually said “WTF!!” . I was pissed & asked her had she not heard me when i said layers starting at chin! i looked like i had a mullet
so.. since then. MY HUSBAND has cut it for me. and its just straight & long.. like your top pic
but. i made an appointment for tuesday.. but this time i made the appointment with the best friend of my co-worker/friend.. she promises she wont screw me up!
February 12th, 2010 at 11:42 amwho will notice your hair when you have an ass like that? damn, girl!
Chris says: You know that now I will be wearing these jeans everyday forever. FOREVER.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:47 amFor what it’s worth, the color is FABULOUS. But, yeah, layers in stick straight hair are just ridiculous. Call today and cancel that next appt. Try someone else who actually listens. They do exist!
February 12th, 2010 at 11:47 amI have been told I’m a doormat so many times and I am beginning to realize it’s true. So how on earth do I stop? I’m sorry you got a crappy haircut.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:50 amSo sorry about your hair cut! There is nothing worse than haircut remorse. Way worse than drinker’s remorse. Stays around so much longer. Try a messy bun?….maybe…..and bobby pins. Lots of bobby pins.
http://www.cutegirlshairstyles.com/2009/03/st-patricks-day-hairstyle-5-tween-messy.html
This is a cute website for how to do little girl’s hair. You might enjoy for your daughter, as well.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:53 amYou’ll hate me, Chris, but I think that your new cut/color looks great! is it the front part of your hair (not pictured) that is the problem?
February 12th, 2010 at 11:56 amI so feel for you. I know the anxious feeling you get when you get your hair cut because I feel the same way. It’s kind of crazy how some stylists want to make things all fancy when all you want is a straight across cut in the back. [sigh] Like you said, thank goodness your hair grows fast. I guess you’ll be wearing a headband and a ponytail in 2010?
February 12th, 2010 at 12:00 pmIt may only be hair, but it is hair that we have to look at every time. I get your pain. I too fear the hairdresser. I have very fine curly hair that invariably ends up looking like hooker poodle on meth every time they “style” it.
That said, find another hairdresser. Life’s too short to get extra heartache thrown in.
Chris says: OMG, hooker poodle on meth just made my day.
February 12th, 2010 at 12:09 pmI am sorry for your hair experience. I am so afraid of that that I won’t go. My hair is more Duggar than yours, it’s past my butt. But I don’t trust anyone with it.
ROFL at the BK. I think I would have been tempted to go in the corner and eat it all. BTW I never get take out for the kids because it can’t stay hot until I get home. I take them all out and it looks like a birthday party LOL. Then again, it usually is for a birthday, since we can’t afford to eat out more than once a month.
Chris says: I have seen your hair in person and if my hair were half as thick and pretty I’d keep it that long too!
February 12th, 2010 at 12:11 pmOhhh I am commiserating with you… 2010 is not living up to it’s name .. a ‘10′ is a good score - it offered hope not bad haircuts, tax problems and a higher number on the scale!
February 12th, 2010 at 12:26 pmI once had hair to the middle of my back and went to JcPenney for a haircut by someone who specialized in long hair. She did the same thing and just began to chop like she was the Iron Chef and I was a head of lettuce. At the end, she said “There, you can feather your hair to soften your facial features” HUH???? It was the 90’s and I just wanted to tease my bangs a bit….But this was disasterous. “I hate it! Farm people feather their hair!” I retorted (I grew up in Colorado) and this time the hairdresser cried.
I am so sorry. A bad hair cut is enough to make anyone cry in front of a man with neck tattoos at Burger King. For the record, I have gotten a horrible hair cut and still left a tip and tried to console the woman who cut it. Even though she used a straight razor blade, with no cover, to slice the ends of my hair because she said it would add texture. When she sliced the end of her finger and then just kept cutting my hair with the thing while her finger bled through the napkin that she wrapped around it, I tried really hard not to throw up and STILL gave her a tip. Gah, just remembering that makes me ill.
February 12th, 2010 at 12:29 pmI don’t know how many times I’ve discovered mid-haircut that the hairdresser is living vicariously through my hair, and is going to cut it to look how they would want theirs than how I actually want it to look.
February 12th, 2010 at 12:29 pmI am sorry about your hair. That sucks. I got a haircut recently, and I have to take off my glasses, so I can’t really see a damn thing while she’s cutting. Eventually I noticed that she wasn’t even using SCISSORS. She did my whole haircut with a razor/slasher type thing. And now I look like a giant powderpuff. And I cried too.
Chris says: WHat is it with the stupid razor thing??? My hair doesn’t want to be texturized!
February 12th, 2010 at 12:31 pmGreat, I just made an appointment to get my mess of hair cut tomorrow and I’m scared again. The last time I went she cut the back into these horrendous layers and left the bangs long and in my eyes.
February 12th, 2010 at 12:45 pmAs I’ve grown older my hair has become thick and wirey. So I get these cuts and I have NO idea how to style it once I get home.
I feel your pain. My last haircut 2 months ago. I am still trying to grow out my Worst Haircut Ever (even worse than the failed 80’s spiral perm/cut). My hair grows fast, but not fast enough.
I got home from my cut, my twelve-year-old son took one look at me and said, “And that is why I tell them to only take a little off the top.”
February 12th, 2010 at 12:45 pmI once had a hairdresser who insisted that my hair needed to be “shaped” a bit and then, when he was done, tried to cover up the fact that I looked like a sculpted hedge by putting it up in a banana clip. You remember, those things that made you look like you had a horse’s mane in the back? The things that were cool in the ’80s? Except this was 2002, and my hair is really, really, curly, so it looked like someone had glued a fake afro to the back of my head.
Horrific. And yet I paid and tipped him.
I’m sorry about your hair…
February 12th, 2010 at 12:49 pmOkay, I used to be a hairdresser, though now I just screw up my kid’s hair instead of the general public.
You don’t have to hate it for months. Get it fixed. Either go back to place you went and tell them why you hate it- if you don’t trust that stylist, perhaps another one there can fix it.
OR start watching for people with good haircuts with an eagle eye and find someone you love and ask them where they get their haircut. It doesn’t have to be a cut exactly like the one you want, but a good cut. I’d look for someone with hair a similar straight texture to your’s (whether short or long) with layers that actually blend and look nice rather than chopppy.
My 15 year old’s hair is long, straight blonde and on the thin side. I’ve given her really long graduated layers that look good, but I did it carefully and slithered (kind of texturized) them so they blend in. It gives her volume when she wants, but also looks great when she does that stick straight thing the teens love.
I’m so sorry. It stinks to have hair you hate.
February 12th, 2010 at 12:52 pmThe last two times I’ve had my hair colored it has looked bad. The first time I had them fix it, the second time I decided I didn’t have the time. Color is harder to fix than cut. Cancel your next appointment with her and find someone who can fix your hair! You will feel so much better, even if they can only even it out a little.
You do look tiny in that picture!
February 12th, 2010 at 1:05 pmGET YOUR MONEY BACK! Go back (or call) and tell the Manager you are very unhappy. Show them your roots and all. If there is no Manager, tell the hairstylist you want a refund. You’re not going back to her ever again anyways…..
February 12th, 2010 at 1:07 pmI’ve been trying to work up the courage to get my hair cut, and you’ve just put me back to square one. The last experience I had was bad. I can’t get over the trauma.
Just hair? I think not.
February 12th, 2010 at 1:10 pmSo I was going to comment about how cute your butt looked too and then thought that might be strange–however reading through the comments made me realize I wasn’t the only one! And it’s just occurring to me that the point in your hair now points to your butt–which apparently many of us are envious of!
February 12th, 2010 at 1:13 pmJust after I had my older son, I had my hair cut for the first time since I was a child. I figured it would easier to take care of and would stay out of my way, which would be great since I now had more important things to worry about. Needless to say, the lady totally butchered my hair - what she purported to be “layers” in the front, were basically very short bangs cut straight across the front of my face. I became a huge fan of cute pins and clips in those next 6 months, since I had to pin back the front of my hair a. to hide the hideousness and b. because a ponytail was not even close to possible (my hair pretty much lives in a bun or ponytail). I cried and refused to leave the house for at least 3 days (new baby + bad haircut = emotional breakdown). My husband (at the time but no more) laughed at me when he first saw it - one of early indications of what a complete jerk he was.
These days I drastically cut my hair about every 2-3 years (when its long enough to donate), and get it trimmed every few months. I called yesterday to make an appointment for next month for my 3 year drastic cutting, only to find out that my absolutely amazing stylist, who has done nothing but wonderful things for my hair, has moved away. And now I am seriously reconsidering the whole haircut business, because I really don’t think I can handle a hideous haircut right now.
I have a couple pairs of those Long and Lean jeans, and I love them. (I can buy jeans that fit me in the waist, and aren’t high-waters, or built for a 13-year-old, which I definitely am not. What a wonderful thing!)
February 12th, 2010 at 1:32 pmI am so sorry this happened to you and I understand about the not wanting to upset anyone but - and of course I’m quite a bit older than you, and it took me a long time to learn this but seriously -
You PAID her for it???!!! And left a tip!!!???
Please tell us you aren’t really going back. Ever!
Do like Liz said : “Don’t go back to that hair dresser. DO NOT GO BACK. She didn’t listen to you. Leave her and go to someone else.
February 12th, 2010 at 1:35 pmLook around at the people you know, find someone whose hair you like, ask them who does it for them, and go to that person. “
Hair? What hair? Look at that cute ass!
February 12th, 2010 at 2:05 pmI just got a too much texture cut and I HATE it, I have fine straight hair and I have texture lines from those teethy scissors. I’m too chicken to go back and ask for it to be fixed. I’d rather find a new hair stylist…but would feel too bad if I did that…maybe the stylist just had a bad day…idk.
February 12th, 2010 at 2:05 pmWell, I know it probably won’t help, but your hair looks so much thicker and healthier than before. I really like it. I’m not too keen on the V shape at the back, but think that if it was cut straight across, it would look fabulous.
I would not go back to this hairdresser though since she didn’t listen to you, her customer. Or I’d give her one last chance, pointing out that you are paying her to do what you want with your hair, not what she feels like doing.
Sorry you feel bad though. I have curly hair and haven’t set foot in a salon for years; no-one knows how to cut curly hair! I feel your upset.
February 12th, 2010 at 2:08 pmthe Burger King snippet made me laugh!
Hopefully you cancelled the next appointment? Find another hairdresser! My daughter has long, thin blonde hair and she has slowly cut a few inches off and we have a wonderful hairdresser but her last cut I said something that made her stop in her tracks…just as she was getting ready to make her first cut, she asks my daughter if she wanted more layers. My daughter, being polite, said “if you think I should” and I quickly commented “would that work with the ponytail she puts her hair into EVERY SINGLE DAY even though I would die to have her beautiful hair?” needless to say, no layers were cut!
Aren’t you just a little worried all these commenters are checking out your butt in jeans vs your pointy hair? just sayin!
February 12th, 2010 at 2:14 pmYou crack me UP!
February 12th, 2010 at 2:15 pmTake your fine ass back to the salon and show the OWNER how bad the cut and color are. Though from the back I like the color and the going to a point is a style thing and emphasizes the aforementioned fine ass. The important thing is that you’re not happy and it’s your money and your hair — YOU SHOULD BE SATISFIED WITH THE SERVICE THAT YOU ARE PROVIDED IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR PAYMENT. You’re not asking a favor from a friend or taking a gift from a family member, you are paying for a service! And it’s not being rude to say you are not satisfied. Be assertive to set a good example for your daughter. Do you want her to end up crying in a hair salon and then in a BK someday?
February 12th, 2010 at 2:26 pm“Duggaresque”
you crack me up…
My hair got butchered last time I went to the hairdressers as well, so I totally get you. I told her I didn’t want layers, and yet the moron gave me layers. I could see her doing it, yet I didn’t say anything, just thanked her, paid, tipped, and left … guess that makes me a doormat too.
Can’t believe that Burger King order - wow!
February 12th, 2010 at 2:26 pm(for here or to go - bahahahahahahahahah!)
I refuse to be the doormat… I go in with a ruler and a one dollar bill. I tell them upfront if they cut off more than one inch all they get paid is the one dollar bill, if they keep it below an inch then the dollar is the start of their tip and they don’t have to explain to their boss why I made a scene.
February 12th, 2010 at 2:27 pmI’ve had several cheap haircuts to say the least but I wouldn’t call any of them bad… I even had one stylist cry the entire time…
So sorry for the crappy haircut, find a new hairdresser to fix it. I had a horrible experience a few years ago I went in for a cut and color she gave me a mullet and turned it green. I wore a pony tail for about 2 years unitl it grew out enough to make a good cut. It took 6 months to fix my color and even then it is just getting right again and that was 4 years ago. I was nice though and paid for it, though everytime I get my hair cut now (never by her) I tell that story so they won’t screw it up again.
Love your jeans!!
February 12th, 2010 at 2:30 pmI’m so sorry you hate your haircut! I’ve got curly hair & have had a hard time finding the right stylist. One time my cut was so bad I called my coworker & (crying) left her a message to tell everyone to not even mention my hair the next day at work - sympathy or “looks nice” or ANYTHING! - or I would probably break down and sob right then and there.
I totally agree with everyone who says you should go back & have a manager there fix it (for free!!!) and then never go back to that stylist. I found my best, favorite stylist when a woman in my dance class came in with a haircut & color that made her look cuter, younger, & more fun without being fussy or too trendy. I complimented her and immediately asked for her stylist’s info! So, start looking at folks with similar hair and ask the ones with good cuts where they go!
February 12th, 2010 at 2:57 pmAdding that you are a great spoekperson for Gap as I will be checking out those Long and Lean jeans myself.
I’m in the process of getting a referral to get my Duggeresqe hair chopped and styled as well. Hope mine goes better… But really, I don’t think it looks bad, although it’s not what YOU wanted, and that’s what is important!
February 12th, 2010 at 2:57 pmI’m getting a haircut today! That I bought in Columbus Circle months ago. The guy assured me I would be given complimentary wine. That suddenly sounds horrible.
Fast food?!! Complaining about haircuts and clogging your childrens’ insides, what kind of horrific mother are you?!!?!
February 12th, 2010 at 3:01 pmp.s. WHAT brand of jeans are those? Talk about flattering!
February 12th, 2010 at 3:01 pmHappy Chinese New Year! It’s the year of the Tiger (not the ponytail). So, no more doormats. This is hardly any consolation for you, but if it weren’t for that haircut, I would not have had such a wonderful laugh about the Burger King story. Thanks for your wonderful writing!
February 12th, 2010 at 3:02 pmI feel your doormat pain because I have been letting my cosmo student daughter practice on my head for over a year. As soon as she earns her license I’m running back to my hairdresser. Paulette has years of experience and understands perfectly how to cut mom hair.
February 12th, 2010 at 3:09 pmOh Honey, please find yourself a better hairdresser even if you need to threaten someone for the name of one. This maybe predjuice, but I always go for the slightly older homosexual male.
Also, you need to brush up on the fine art of Southern Belle talk. Like when said a certain way, Ma’am could mean bitch. Or say, “Bless your heart, you tried” said with a big smile which could mean, “You are the devil and should never come near my hair again.” Extra points if you add a Ma’am to the end.
Seriously, rent you some Steel Magnolias or Gone with the Wind and eat an entire carton of ice cream. Nothing but good can come of it.
February 12th, 2010 at 3:15 pmi have to agree that the arrow shape in the back doesn’t work for you and most people with straight hair like yours. i always warn my hairdresser about “the point” and how i do NOT want it. here’s to hair that grows fast!!
February 12th, 2010 at 3:17 pmSorry to hear about your experience. Glad to know your hair grows quickly. Whenever I get mine cut too short, I tell myself, “Just try to enjoy being ’sassy’ with it!”. That usually helps.
February 12th, 2010 at 3:38 pmA hairdresser once told me to stay WAY away from stylists who use razors. Razor cuts grow in unevenly and then it’s hard for a hairdresser to replicate the same razor cut again…so then it ends up getting more layered, etc. I always tell them, “Scissor cut only!”.
Hang in there!
Ok, this may not sound compassionate enough, but if my butt was as little as cute as yours is, I wouldn’t care if I was bald. ( :
February 12th, 2010 at 3:50 pmSorry about the hair - what an awful hairdresser! Especially since you showed her exactly where to cut it. Don’t go back to her again!!!
-Holly
February 12th, 2010 at 3:50 pmI’m dying this made me laugh so hard. I’m sorry to be laughing at your expense — the idea that you’re supposed to be thankful that you even have hair made me laugh the hardest. I have a daughter who is severely disabled and whenever I’m feeling really, really shitty about it all, someone inevitably says that “things could be worse.” I like to think that “things could have been a whole lot f’ing better, too!” Anyway, the Burger King scene made me fall off my chair and roll on the floor. Really. I seem to remember that you were worried that you were not longer funny. Well, I’m a pretty good judge of humor, and you ARE.
And I hope your hair grows out FAST.
February 12th, 2010 at 4:02 pmOh, dear… If there’s one thing I miss the most about living in Georgetown (other than my parents), it’s my hairdresser!!! Go see Rachel at Razmataz in Georgetown http://www.razmatazsalon.com/ She is the owner of the salon, and absolutely AMAZING!
February 12th, 2010 at 4:06 pmI just broke up with my hair dresser b/c she did not listen either. My new hair dresser (maybe former very soon)did a great job the first time I went. Unfortunately my second visit did not go so well - her “a few shades darker” apparently means a few colors darker - I looked in the mirror and thought - wow, I am going to fit right in with my goth students. It has been 2 weeks and I still startle when I look in the mirror. I am going to go back next week for damage control and to give her a second chance but I am afraid I may be looking for another hair dresser soon… Feeling your “pain.”
February 12th, 2010 at 4:35 pmYeah, what is it with those hairdressers and the stupid layers all the time? Lots of good advice in these comments - I’m sure something will work for you. Good luck!
February 12th, 2010 at 4:47 pmI really don’t think it looks bad. I would love to see the front though, but I get you not wanting to show us ( but please show us!) Please? You said you were a doormate so I thought I could talk you into it.
February 12th, 2010 at 4:50 pmYou poor thing. I hope it grows back faster than ever. And I think your daughter could do a better job than that hairdresser!
February 12th, 2010 at 5:31 pmI hate it when this happens and I’ve had it happen to me once too often.
February 12th, 2010 at 5:37 pmBut I must agree with everyone else: your ass does look great!
I’d kill to have a butt like yours!
February 12th, 2010 at 5:40 pmAnd your hair does look thicker…. but we must see a pic of the front. Oh and the whole BK scenario made me like actually laugh almost loud enough to wake my sleeping babies.
I’ve had that haircut! Except mine was even more extreme. This will date me, but I ended up with a Jane Fonda in Hanoi haircut. Stringy and hard to grow out. It’s devastating to watch someone doing that to your hair.
February 12th, 2010 at 6:15 pmAnd I was traumatized by ugly haircuts as a kid too. Could my mother have given me a more unflattering haircut? I think not. I HATE to have my hair cut and so I’ve learned to do it myself. It’s shoulder length and has a little wave in the back which makes cutting the back a little more forgiving.
Chin up Chris, it makes you hair look longer!
February 12th, 2010 at 6:32 pmYou are not alone. I’m not sure what it is about my hair that screams, “PLEASE! PLEASE! CUT AWKWARD LAYERS AND WHEN YOU’RE DONE, STYLE IT LIKE AN 80′S COUNTRY SINGER!” but hair appointments are stressful for me also. I had a wonderful, amazing, fantastic stylist back home but have switched states twice now which has resulted in many salon trials, bad cuts and an episode of neon yellow and salmon colored hair that they were worried to fix because it “might fall out.” I saw that stylist a few months later, sitting RIGHT NEXT TO ME at the symphony. I am convinced that God hates me.
Here is something to make you laugh though:
http://www.nataliedee.com/022209/horrible-at-my-job-PLEASE-DONATE.jpg
http://www.nataliedee.com/070708/haircut-time.jpg
I am eagerly awaiting the day when I am old and can get by with wearing a wig.
February 12th, 2010 at 6:39 pmChris,
Can’t see the front, but I do like the back- and I like the color, too. BUT…if you are unhappy, I would go back and talk with the manager. If you paid to have your hair colored and still have roots showing, I would complain AND ask for either a partial refund or have them touch it up. If it’s a larger salon, I would see if the manager could have someone else fix as much as possible the cut. You SHOULD NOT have to live with bad hair if it can be fixed.
February 12th, 2010 at 6:43 pmI agree with all those who have said yes, it’s only hair, and yes, it will grow back, but it still STINKS to get a haircut you hate, and then feel obligated to pay and tip for it as well.
My husband is/was military, and one of my least favorite things about moving so often was constantly being on the lookout for a new hairdresser. About the time I found one I liked, who understood exactly what I wanted, we would move again. (sigh) Sounds like you should keep looking, too, if she can’t do what you want. It’s only hair, but we walk around with it sticking out from our head and we should at least like it!!
February 12th, 2010 at 6:46 pmI’m shocked that she took your money after you cried. Please do not go back to her. However, the color looks really pretty. It will grow very fast and you can go to a better hairdresser and have it fixed. Plus you are really tiny and have a darling figure even after have more kids than you can count on one hand. Sorry for the craptastic haircut.
February 12th, 2010 at 6:49 pmI know others have said it too but I wouldn’t be nearly as upset about my hair if I had your tiny size 2 butt.
Go somewhere else and have it evened out and you’ll be fine!
February 12th, 2010 at 6:52 pmChris, the after picture looks far more better than the before shot. I dont get what you are talking about short layers?? All I see is long layers in the back. It looks cute and actually thick. Maybe you should post a picture of the FRONT of you so we can see the outgrown mullet you are talking about.
February 12th, 2010 at 7:06 pmHuh. OK, I must be completely devoid of taste. I looked at the pictures before I read the text and thought how CUTE your hair looked at the end - only to read and find out how upset you were about it. (Believe me, I totally get that feeling.) I think it looks great. Uh, sorry?
Chris says: I think it is difficult to capture the horror that is the layering going on.
February 12th, 2010 at 7:21 pmI am sorry you feel so down about your hair, but I swear I would shave my head if it meant my butt would look half as good as yours! Sorry, is it creepy that I was looking at your butt?
February 12th, 2010 at 7:38 pmOh Sweetie…I know exactly how you feel…..I hate the hairdressers and feel like this 9 times out of 10 so ‘m with Carmen and not going back there!!!
February 12th, 2010 at 7:44 pmFrom the chick who gets repeated bad haircuts at a cheap place and TIPS regardless…I take one of those icky hairpin things and put what is supposed to be “blended whisps of bangs” into a “slicked with gel bobby pin side-swipe thing” and hope to god the fucking hair grows out quickly.
I always vow never to spend $14 plus tax and tip on my hair again.
Or $34 plus tax and tips…that place doesn’t know my hair either.
No one knows what my hair is supposed to look like. And it’s my fault apparently because I do not spend 150 smackaroos on hair.
I hear you sister.
February 12th, 2010 at 8:28 pmAs someone with very long hair, who would also cry over having it cut, I have to agree with the others: all I noticed was your arse. I’m sure that’s weird to hear from a stranger, but seriously. Amazing.
February 12th, 2010 at 8:44 pmIs there hair in that 2nd picture? I’m just not seeing it. I am, however, seeing a GORGEOUS, PERT ASS. And I want one just like it.
I mean, MAMA! Nice trunk there!
(fans self)
Chris says: Hahahaha. I am wearing these jeans everyday until I die.
February 12th, 2010 at 9:06 pmOn the bright side, your butt looks fabulous, so, yeah, there’s that.
February 12th, 2010 at 9:20 pmYour hair just needs a little tweak. I love the length, though. The color is gorgeous.
Lastly, your ass is amazing!
Chris says: I think I am going to have to buy more of these jeans.
February 12th, 2010 at 9:51 pmBless my buttons. Please don’t go back to her.
I have long, thick red hair that most every hairdresser I have ever seen in my four decades of life has wanted to butcher, and so has done. Hair envy, maybe. Who knows? The only person who ever trims my hair now is my 20yo son. Does a great job, too.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:20 pmI feel the pain. Two years ago I had a moron with scissors do unspeakable things to the back of my hair when all I wanted was a 1 inch trim. I now trim my hair myself, middle part all the way down the back like pig tails, brush evenly in the front and trim, it works! The stress of having to explain to a hearing/comprehension challenged stylist is gone, and the money I save can be used for a great bottle of wine.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:23 pmSo, we have very similar hair; same color, really straight, and same cut with the layering thing going on.
Now my advice. Remember when you were curling your daughter’s hair for a holiday party and you mentioned that you briefly had a love affair with you curling iron back in high school? Time to rekindle the affair.
Use a 1 inch iron. Work with large sections (no tiny pieces). I do my hair in layers. Bottom layer, middle, top. They spray with a LIGHT hold hairspray (only a little though, you aren’t going to the Country Music Awards). Then run your fingers through your hair to break it up.
I know this sounds like a lot of work, but its not. Maybe an additional 10 minutes after you blow dry. You end up with that “hey, i just came from the beach” look.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:23 pmSince I’m normally a total disaster with hair and my son usually likes to throw a temper tantrum whenever i attempt to have some alone time to groom myself, I’m positive you’ll be successful.
It is NOT just hair that will grow. It is HAIR! For goodness sakes, it is VERY important. I would have cried too.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:33 pmI can’t tell about the cut, but the color is fabulous. And your hair looks so healthy! May it grow as quickly as possible so you can have a cut you like.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:55 pmUntil you prove it with a forward facing photo, we are just not going to believe you. The color looks gorgeous and your hair (other than the slight point, easy to fix) is better than mine WILL EVER BE SHORT OF A WEAVE….not to mention, I also have those jeans and my ass DOES NOT look anything like yours and you are just getting no sympathy here at all!!!
February 13th, 2010 at 12:37 amUh, I have those jeans and it is not quite the same effect. So, you’ve got that going for ya.
Also, have been through multiple bad haircuts, (The Demi Moore from ‘Ghost’ after I had my first baby trauma still sends shivers down my spine…which of course led to MY Duggar hairdo, ’cause it was 2 solid years before I cut it again after that!)but am now REALLY worried about these layers I just got cut in my blonde highlighted, very fine, straight hair. Uh-Oh!!
February 13th, 2010 at 1:08 amI can not tell you HOW many times I have had a shitty cut. EVERY time I direct them how much to cut, just as you did - and every time, somehow I get the impression no one has ever gotten a bad haircut with them…just me. And I am not a poker face, they always know… I have tipped after a crappy cut (she even cut my necklace chain!) — This is the year of grand and tremendous change for me.
God love ya, Chris!
February 13th, 2010 at 1:13 amUM yeah…my dh just looked over my shoulder and said, “Butt…” — sheesh!
February 13th, 2010 at 1:14 amOk, here’s my story…I’ve had long hair forever and since it’s starting to get a little gray in it I’m having to color it, stylists hate dealing with it because it long and thick and blah, blah, blah. So, over the last year I’ve been having it cut shorter and shorter until it’s past chin length. Monday I was HAD to have my hair cut (now I think it’s just an addiction) and I went to someone who used to cut my hair years ago. I really didn’t want to go there but they were the only place open. I walk in and she’s like…Miss Norma! You’re too…(and she actually stopped to think of what word to use)… you’re to tall to have short hair! I know, I’m “big boned”, I’m tall but I was actually kinda liking my shorter, more modern, easy to style hair! Now, I got nothin’, bubble has been burst!
February 13th, 2010 at 1:42 amI haven’t been to the hairdresser for six months because my hair was butchered the last time that I went. I do have layers cut into my hair, but my hair is quite thick and wavy. My usual hairdresser was busy, so I went with a younger girl and I hated it, hated it. I walked out of the salon and within 5 minutes I had pulled it all back into a tight ponytail and had to use clips to keep the layers (which she had cut into a virtual fringe (bangs)from hanging in my face. It’s only now, six months on that the layers actually look nice.
I feel your pain Chris, I really do. Although I did want to cry and cancel the debit card payment to the salon, I did console myself with the fact that it was hair and would grow back
Carol
February 13th, 2010 at 3:34 am1.) Been there, done that with horrible haircuts. I am so sorry you had to go there too.
2.) BK guy? Hilarious.
3.) Buy stock in GAP. We are ALL going to go buy those jeans!
February 13th, 2010 at 8:04 amThis is why I have never in my life let a “professional” touch my hippy-like, Duggaresque, graying hair. The ratio of horror-stories to positive stories is just too terrifying! Oh, OK, I’m too cheap too. But very scared!
2010: Year of the Ass Compliments? ;-D
February 13th, 2010 at 8:47 amDid you get a haircut? I never would have noticed… (wink wink)
February 13th, 2010 at 8:58 amSo sorry. But I was going to say the same thing, your butt looks amazing in those jeans! If mine could look like that I would have a few more kids too, lol.
I know what you mean about the straight hair, mine is super straight, layers only make it look flatter and terrible.
February 13th, 2010 at 9:47 amWOW you gave her a tip? No freakin way! I would be going back getting the manager to fix it FREE! And perhaps more.. If you ordered a stainless steel refrigerator and they came to your house with a white one would you let them install it? NO!
You just taught that hairdresser that NOT listening to her clients is acceptable and rewarded.
Think about it, and do go back.. It is not acceptable.They can’t give you your hair back but they can even it out and make it less mullety!
February 13th, 2010 at 10:04 amMy God, do I feel your pain. I was once traumatized for a bad haircut. I couldn’t stop crying for days, it was so fucking depressive. I’m so sorry about your hair, but, at least from where I can see, it looks pretty good to me. Slap 2010 a bit harder to see if it WAKES UP AND MAKES UP FOR THE CRAP BEGGINING.
Hang in there, sister.
February 13th, 2010 at 10:40 amOMG Chris, I feel for you. I’ve been there. Hopefully it will grow quickly. It doesn’t look bad though. I’m sure you think it’s worse than it actually is.
February 13th, 2010 at 11:36 amI am totally feeling the last line.
Your hairline might be (temporarily) uneven, but you look like a teenager in those jeans!
February 13th, 2010 at 12:15 pmForget the damn beautiful long blonde hair…I would be bald if my ass were that small! LOL
1.) Cancel that damn appointment with her and NEVER go back.
2.) Ask around for someone who is good at blending…you didn’t let us see the front…it looks great from the back and pointy in the middle is a ponytail cut…go get your front mullet blended.
3.) Go back the burger place and order all the food you did before from the tattooed guy and then go sit in a corner and inhale it cause it just ain’t fair that you’ve got a kid in high school when you look like you should be in high school.
Hang in there….hair is important because dang, it’s with us wherever we go and our society puts so damn much importance on it. Get it to where you feel confident about it and can write more hilarious posts like your BJ one. On your knees, Amelia Bedilia! BJ’s at Breakfast, Magic Tree House…..The Lion, The Witch and the Coming Out Closet….oh good grief, I’ll never, ever be able to present Amelia to my reading group again!
February 13th, 2010 at 12:54 pmYES! ME TOO! Why can they not HEAR “no layers” - and if I ask for the same length all the way around (no point in the back) it is always way shorter in the front and a couple inches shorter on one side than the other, this is called “face-framing layers” but means “hair that won’t go in ponytail”
February 13th, 2010 at 2:06 pmWe need to switch hairdressers because I keep asking for layers, and she keeps my hair long and bulky. As long as I straighten it, it’s fine. When I attempt to leave it curly I look like Roseanne Rosannadanna.
February 13th, 2010 at 3:49 pmSo - the woman has 7 children and still wears the “long and lean” version of jeans … talk about GAH!!!!!
I’m not sure why you have a hard time finding a person who will do your hair - it is a common thread in your blog (like once or twice a year - which is all the stress you can handle) but thanks goodness it grows back! From the pics - it looks nice - but if the front isn’t pony-tail capable - you have a problem. Next time you go ANYWHERE - you tell her - NO RAZOR, NO LAYERS and if this isn’t at my bra strap when you dry it - I will not pay you! You can bet your GAP covered butt you will have what you want or she won’t work on you. Even better, find yourself a male sylist. They are often better at the job!
BK - “for here or to go?” Bahahahahahaha!
February 13th, 2010 at 4:04 pmI have had so many bad haircuts when I had LONG hair…we’re talking short short short cuts that WERE NOT supposed to happen! They see the long hair and they think “oh! I get to experiment!”
I have now made them take out a ruler or show me what THEY THINK 2 inches is before even getting my hair washed.
It will grow, thank god, until then, do as I do and invest in some bobby pins…yeah I went for bangs cause I wanted to keep the length…they didn’t turn out as I had expected.
Damn it.
February 13th, 2010 at 4:31 pmOh and the color is awesome!
February 13th, 2010 at 4:31 pmMy advice? Find a hairdresser who LISTENS. That said, I should add - it’s not the jeans. You have a great butt, deal with it!
February 13th, 2010 at 6:20 pmLayers are nasty!
February 13th, 2010 at 7:57 pmSpeaking as a hairdresser, can I strangle that woman? When a client shows me, tells me, and explains to me that they want their cut at a specific length, I LISTEN! “Don’t worry, it’ll blend” is a cop-out too. I haven’t said that to a client since beauty school. That’s what you say when you make an oopsie and you don’t want the client to know you just did something ridiculous to their head. If only you still lived here in New England I’d fix it for you, free of charge. *hugs* Here’s hoping for fast growth!
February 13th, 2010 at 8:20 pmOkay, so I know it’s all been said already, but seriously, the first thing I did was think “How the hell does her butt look that good after SEVEN kids?”! Maybe I’ll look that great when I’m 40! I can only hope so, cause man, I don’t look that great now! And as for the color, I think it’s gorgeous! Is that a ton of highlights or just solid all-over color? I would love for my hair to be that color, but everytime I go for highlights, I end up barely “sun-kissed.” Bummer for me! Sorry you don’t like the do, but from the back, it really looks cute!
February 13th, 2010 at 9:49 pmoh my word, what hair salon do you go to? Don’t you dare go to that appt and go to WET hair salon on south congress. Its a little pricey but hey, for a good haircut that will grow out well; its worth the price!
February 14th, 2010 at 12:51 amI noticed the great butt too, first thing, and was thinking- “i can’t comment on that!” ha ha!! Everyone already did! You need a new hair dresser. I have blonde baby fine-but lots of it-hair too, and my genius of a stylist uses a razor to create the best cuts of my life consistently. It’s slightly different each time, but I’ve loved each slight variation. My last one was very short (by request) and she somehow created a cut that looked awesome at each length while it grew out for 4 months, without so much as a trim along the way! I know I’m jinxing myself because she goes on maternity leave soon. Find a new stylist, and wear those jeans in the meantime to distract from the unfortunate cut!!
February 14th, 2010 at 4:17 amIf that rearview is really the result of the jeans, then I’d never take them off either. Somehow, the skinny waist — after FIVE children — betrays your assertion (get it, ASSertion, ha!) that the jeans are responsible for your hot-mama-ness. I’d kill for your figure, and I only have 2 kids to blame for my own flabby self
Give yourself a little credit.
February 14th, 2010 at 5:50 pmBut she has SEVEN children, Karen! Seven! Now isn’t her figure even more amazing?!
Chris, I feel your pain, I really do. I think most of us have had a disastrous haircut (or two, or three) in our lives. Aside from true life-and-death tragedy, there is nothing worse! I have cried and cried over bad haircuts as well! I am so sorry this happened to you–and you have such gorgeous hair, too. Shame on the woman who did that to it!
Good luck. I think you should go back to the salon, ask to meet directly with the manager, explain that you were blindsided and mistakenly paid and tipped the stylist who clearly gave you an inexcusably bad cut, and that you expect ALL your money back. Then go somewhere else and get it fixed a little bit, if you can’t bring yourself to get it cut a lot shorter to even it out. And then do the (almost) ponytail as much as possible, and remind yourself that your hair grows faster than anyone’s I’ve ever seen!
Also have a glass of wine or two.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:59 pmI think you should just start walking backwards. The hair looks nice from the back and, besides, everyone would NOT be staring at the hair! They’d be ogling that ass. Who knew a post about bad hair would create such jealousy?
February 16th, 2010 at 4:44 pmI’ve been sitting here for three days trying to decide if I’ll cut my hair in half. Now I’m even more confused. But I agree with everyone that it doesn’t look as bad as you think.
February 16th, 2010 at 9:51 pmI don’t know about your hair…. I was too busy wishing I had your a$$!! lol…
February 17th, 2010 at 3:58 amOh seriously…reading a lot (not all of the posts) I have to agree…Pity the hair. =-)I recently decided to chop mine all off…I’m blaming a hormonal roller coaster from hell. You know one of those trendy wedgie things? And now, I’ve got a two year wait to have my hair back. I am taking every vitamin known to mankind. Also I would like to personally explain to you how painful those jeans are to those of us who haven’t birthed 7 kids and workout constantly to NOT be lucky enough to sport that ass. I agree, you could shave your head and walk backwards…no one will notice. Lucky girl!
February 17th, 2010 at 10:37 amSorry about the haircut. Anyone with a bad haircut is entitled to cry. That’s just the way it is. On the bright side, you look great in those jeans. There isn’t a haircut in the world that would make me look that good. **sigh**
February 18th, 2010 at 2:31 pmOh dear lord….that stylist is lucky you didn’t strangle her with your bare hands. I hope it grows out FAST. Until then? I guess the ponytail will be your best friend. My sincere condolences.
February 18th, 2010 at 4:07 pmOkay I am thinking that post from “laziza” is … well, let’s put it this way - she is actually the stylist who cut your hair! I feel your pain. I had the haircut-from-hell in early October, and never got it cut again until the beginning of FEBRUARY. And I have short hair that normally requires cuts every 4 weeks … but let me tell you, this was SHORT. I kept reliving my self-inflicted childhood haircut ~ does anyone else remember ever cutting their bangs so short they were stubs? Well, this haircut was close to that … and what’s worse? I have a FAT ass.
February 19th, 2010 at 12:56 amMy long mullet is slowly growing out, but better. Had it cleaned up by a woman who does wonders with my kids’ hair. I got to choose between the taxi, the airplane, or the police car chair. I happen to be partial to taxis. Any way, it is not good, but better, and while styling this evening (getting in my one shower every 3 days routine), I happened to think of you. Are you doing better? Finding any peace with the tragedy of your haircut? Boy. Do I know how that can make a woman feel. Although, I feel obliged to say it really doesn’t look bad from the pics. I just know how it is to feel badly about it, yourself. Here’s to a long growing spring season…
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:41 pmallison
I have had a haircut about 8 years ago where I cried. I paid the top stylist in a ‘hot’ London salon (when I had more money than sense) as I was bored with the guy who had cut my hair since I was 11. I asked him to cut it into something ‘i don’t have to do ANYTHING with’. He translated that into ‘only takes an hour and 2kgs of product’. It was more pixie than a pixie cut. OHMYGAWD. I rang up my old hairdresser in tears, apologising that I would even THINK of going to see someone else. I felt like I had two-timed him. He fixed it (just) and I never left him again… I feel your pain.
March 4th, 2010 at 6:26 am