The last time I cut my hair was in 2006- I did it on a whim after Alyssa Milano cut her hair into a fantastic pixie and I was droooooling over it. I bought a hair magazine to flip through and Chad suggested that if I wanted to cut my hair I should just do it. So I called up my hair dresser and made an appointment to get my hair cut. Did I get my hair cut into an Alyssa Milano pixie? Well of course not!! Why would I get the haircut that I had been fantasizing about for weeks? Instead I got a jaw length bob and loved it for exactly 1 week, then I totally regretted cutting my hair! It had been in long layers (not nearly as long as it is now) and post cut it was just this short-ish length that required work and time that I didn't want to put into it. I immediately decided that I was going to grow my hair out. My first "maintenance" haircut was good, it shaped it up nicely and it was tolerable. The NEXT trim I got was a disaster. The left side was an INCH shorter than the right so I couldn't put it up into a ponytail, I had to wear pigtails and bandana headbands to keep it out of my face. I officially HAAAATED my hair. Deciding to not get another trim for about 6 months was probably not the best (or cutest) decision but I didn't want to have more length taken off so I just dealt with ugly hair. Finally I went to a new hairdresser who was appalled at my horrible hair cut and the fact that I had kept it for so long. It really is sad when a hair dresser tells you your haircut is awful, but she straightened my hair situation out and finally I had almost shoulder length hair that was cute. Fast forward 6 years (that's today) and my hair is super duper long and thick and shiny and I'm totally over it.
I have been fairly content with my hair for a pretty long while, it was mostly one length for what seems like forever. I recently got some layers put in which gave me a little bit of a change. BUT last week while lying in bed falling asleep an image of me with short hair kindof floated into my mind. The next morning I saw a "Pantene pony up" ad posted on facebook and thought, "hmm- I wonder if I should cut my hair?" It seemed like a sign, you know? Obviously after my impulse cut debacle of 2006 I want to be sure that I'm sure that I'm sure that I want to cut it before going under the knife. So I've been thinking about it every day, seriously considering my hair and what can be done with it, scouring the internet for pictures of pixie cuts AND researching the growing out stages of said pixie.
I can already hear what people will say... "Why would you cut your hair? It's soooo long, do you know how many people would love to have your hair?" "Do you know how much money people pay to have hair like yours?" "Do you realize how long it will take for your hair to grow back?" The answer to those questions are all a giant Yes! In theory lots of people would love to have my hair but dealing with it day in and day out becomes a chore. Yes, people spend CRAY-ZAY amounts of money for hair... I actually looked into cutting and SELLING my hair and donating the money rather than donating the hair but since it's not virgin hair (not virgin like THAT) I have dyed my hair so it is worth far less to a hair buyer. UNLESS one of you ladies or gents would be interested in purchasing some premium long dark brown tresses, pay no attention to the aforementioned complaining about the length and such! And yes, I know how long it takes to grow out a pixie cut. I'm guessing not too many people reading this have seen or remember or even knew me when had a pixie waaaay back in 1999 for a brief time. I loved it, it was fun and funky and easy to style. The only reason I didn't keep it was because I had just started college and moved away from my hair person and also couldn't really afford the maintenance cuts. So I grew it out.
I have come up with somewhat of a pro:con list
PRO:
- Pixies are sooooo cute and in style!
- It's funky and edgy- a definite change from the same ole same ole
- Very quick styling
- Very quick washing and drying
- Will eliminate the ponytail/messy bun rut I've been in for years
- How cool would it be to donate hair to someone who's battling cancer? Right?!?
- Might force me to be more trendy in other areas?? I'm so not trendy.
- I won't be able to hide behind my hair- with long hair you can easily kindof hide behind it. With NO hair you're all out there in the open with your face-nothing to disguise flaws. (Unless I went for one of those giant bows that all the trendy babies are wearing these days, but who am I kidding? I'm waaaay less trendy than a baby! )
- Since I'm so crafty I can make cute hair accessories to wear in my no longer tangled heap of a mess hair!
CON:
- Will take years to grow back to it's current state-probably 5 years by my unscientific calculations, and it will take at least 1 year to grow back to a bob.
- No ponytail or messy bun to fall back on when I don't feel like doing anything with it
- I will DEFINITELY have to accessorize more (earrings, necklaces, barrettes etc) and by "more" mean "more than never" because I currently wear zero accessories ever (this probably goes in the "trendy" category).
- I will have to be more conscious of what I wear, it's easy to lose the feminine look when you have a pixie cut and can easily just look like a boy- don't want to go that route (this, too, probably falls into "trendiness").
- I will have to wear at least a tiny bit of makeup every day instead of zero makeup most days. I'm mainly talking about just a tiny bit of eyeshadow and mascara plus some lip gloss. Not necessarily a "con" but it's a con in that I don't currently wear makeup on a daily basis. I'm more of a 2 times a week kinda girl.
I scoured my facebook page for a recent picture of myself with my hair down and out of HUNDREDS of pictures of me there were maybe 8 of me with my hair down- that tells you how often my hair is in a ponytail, bun or braid. No bueno people, I'm definitely in a hair rut!
here are 2 pictures of my hair, the casual one in blue is from June, the one from the back is from last year so my hair is probably 3-4 inches longer now.
Initially I was going to cut my hair as a total surprise to everybody (except Chad) and just see what people said, but obviously since I'm writing this blog it's not really a secret. So, what are your thoughts? Give me your honest opinions. I promise I won't hate you for too long if you tell me that I'll be the ugly duckling.
OH and for those of you who may be all like "What's a pixie?" (Sorry, I forget that you're not all up in my head.) This, is a pixie cut.
p.s. Comments other than the one listed below are not showing up so... I don't know what's up with that.
Update: I did it, for some reason I never posted here that I DID in fact chop off all of my hair and donated it to Pantene Pony Up
