Hairy stuff (but not Hairy Git).

[puddingcat]

Talking (well, MSNing, which is as close as I usually get) to redshira last night, I'm getting more enamoured of the idea of cutting off all my hair. I'm not *quite* brave enough to go for a 2" crop & bleach what's left all at once, but I do quite like the idea of something Too Short To Put Up.

I don't want one of these styles that's gelled flat & sideways to the face at the front, and spiked up at the back. Nor do I want anything that requires skilled use of a hairdryer to keep from looking dreadful; I can just about blowdry a fringe straight, and do the upside-down-with-mousse thing, but anything that requires 3 elbows per arm is beyond me. I reckon I'll need a fringe, since I have a narrow face. My hair tends to stay flat to my head down to the tops of my ears, then has a definite kink from there on - and in the last inch, however long/short it is. Realistically, this icon is my day-to-day hair - fine and refuses to go properly straight.

Does anyone have any style suggestions that won't make me look like a middle aged potato? I have a fear of getting suggestions from haridressers, since they're all painfully trendy or drearily frumpy, or so alternative I'll be asked to stay at home until I look normal again.

Comments

[pink-weasel.livejournal.com]

You should buy a HAIR magazine. I find that helpful.

While I understand the need to chop off one's hair from time to time I actually think your hair rather suits you that length. The same only blonde with curled up ends might be the most devastatingly sexy thing.

[pink-weasel.livejournal.com]

Oh and with a thin satin alice band from Claire's Accessories. Peachy.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

I second buying HAIR or similar

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Yes'm! *touches forelock*

Heavens. I'll turn nto a Real Girl at this rate. I'll have to ask for a short back & sides to compensate...

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) It's a little long atm; if I chicken out completely, I'll still get about 3" off next time.

Bleaching it all would leave it horribly, horribly dry - I'd need to get the black stripped out first, as well - and then it won't stay longer than shoulder length (from what i rememebr of having it ginger). Also, I can't do the curled up ends thing.

Hair magazine might be an option. And irritate me at the levels of styling competency rquired, but it'll be a start.