and my mind went BLANK.. That's right, completely BLANK!!
For one I'm not the "WILD AND CRAZY" kind, until I get around a bunch of my friends at different gatherings we all go too, then things get kind of crazy.
So I've been thinking some more and well, I'm sorry to say I have NOTHING in mind.
As many of you know I have LONG, LUSCIOUS (at least I like to call it luscious) Brown, slightly wavy hair and it's a complete difference from when I was married.
One of my Senior Pics ... and I still have the jacket. This was fall of 1995!!! So for those who don't want do the math... I graduated in 1996 so I've been out of school FOREVER now. Can you tell I didn't want to do the math either... I hate the reminders that I'm getting older everyday!!
So my hair wasn't extremely long, like it is now, but it wasn't really short either. Then: circa 1998 (to be exact June 24)
This was Fall of 2005 before I got this haircut I had long hair at least to the
middle of my back. So I liked the hair cut like the first day, and then I hated it.
I couldn't duplicate how she styled it at the salon, and then ... well I like my
hair longer. So I grew it out, and it grew, plus I got pregnant with my 5th kid and
my hair grows a little accelerated then, and ....
.... And here I am circa 2010 -- nearly 12 years later. (To be exact March 20, 2010)
My question then is .... Do I do something extreme to my hair?
Would you, if you were in my situation?
And what's your take on coloring hair?
Do you let your daughters do that?
I want to go lighter again, but I don't want to
explain to my tweens why they can't, if I do that.
So back to the first question... do I be daring and bold .... ??
** Hint: NO WAY IN HECK!!!
See what did I tell you.. I'm not WILD and CRAZY
all by myself but put me in a room with other attention
starved ladies and we can all be quite a riot.
And that does a body good.
And PS... don't knock the pictures, we only used disposable cameras to take pictures and I really REGRET
that now, do you hear me... I REGRET NOT HAVING A PHOTOGRAPHER on the professional level
there to capture our special day together. So it wasn't a very good image to begin with, but
it's all we have. And for that I am grateful.
Secondly, the current picture is taken with my piece of junk point and shoot camera that is on
it's way to camera heaven ... just as soon as I get a better one. (Crossing my fingers..remember
my birthday is on Saturday -- just two more days ) Oh my.
So I'm now curious as to "Extreme" hair changes for you over the last 12 years.
So go ahead and create a crazy post like this one, and show us the changes you've been through with your hair, and what you did or didn't like about it.
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Momza · 779 weeks ago
So here I go...I don't think long hair does much for older women to enhance their beauty. As we get older, our hair changes in thickness and texture. I saw a gal yesterday at a store with hair down to her waist. It was brunette but mostly gray, dry, fly away. It did nothing for her face but make her look older than she probably is.
If I were her friend, I would've told her to cut it to her shoulders and trim it to frame her face. As for dyeing hair, I don't do it. I like my gray--feel as though I've earned it! lol But that's what's right for me. I don't allow my daughters to dye their hair when they're young, and while my 2nd oldest daughter went thru a phase in HS where she dyed it, she doesn't anymore. What I do wonder about is the myriad of bottle blondes I see everytime I go to Utah. it's like they all have Clairol or LOreal sleepover and they share the same bottle of hair bleach. No originality. But that's just me. Hmmm gues I had more to say about this than I thought!
Pearl · 779 weeks ago
Second, my hair as seen all and done all. When I was in high school, I had long blond hair, and my dad loved it. I got mad at him and knew that cutting my hair would really get him mad. So...I cut it pixie short + platinum blond=yikes! Then I grew that out. 3 years ago, I was tired of the blond upkeep so I dyed it almost black. Yep, almost black and I loved it! I just recently (like 2 weeks ago) changed again to a more natural brown/blond. I'm not sure I love it yet, but everyone else does. As for style, I haven't had it longer than my shoulders since High School, it's always chin to shoulder length.
Anyway, long story short....I'm all about change! Do something drastic!!! Heck, it's your birthday!
Lisa Wood Bingham · 779 weeks ago
Now about that Utah blonde~what you may not realize is that we STRUGGLE with dark, cold, ugly weather for a good five months out of the year. And probably the only thing we can do to feel "sunshiny" inside, besides going tanning and turning into that aforementioned Crypt keeper, is to lighten our hair. Makes us feel like summer is right around the corner (oh please, please, please let the sun shine today.) And every time I've gone darker, I've felt more depressed. It's about THE LIGHT...from our hair to our countenance. :) That might help explain things.
Ruth · 779 weeks ago