Hack Job!
I cut my pony tail off. I have finally had enough of it. I’ve been walking a lot for exercise and I can’t just twist it up quickly into a knot. I have had to wrap it 3-4 times. if I can’t manage to put it up while I’m parked at a red light, it’s too long. The other thing is having it stick out under my motorcycle helmet and dealing with that. I decided it could stand to be shorter so I cut it off on Sunday night. Trimming it wasn’t too bad. The egregious bits have been managed. But I can recall the voice of one friend from the last time I cut my own hair, “It’s a little, uh, blunt.” Yes, it’s not the prettiest haircut, but it’s alright. The left side is longer than the right, but I’ll have to go to a salon to get that fixed properly.
I look forward to using less shampoo for the next two months. I must remember not to keep globbing it on. In the end I had fistfuls of conditioner on my hair. Was it the money on hair care product that bugged me? Or was it the fact it was past my elbows? I’ll never know. Well, I won’t know for another year is more like it.
I cut off a decent foot of hair. It’s tied off and ready to ship. Now the problem is where to send it. After all the comments I got about the ethical dubiousness of Locks of Love, I am not sure if I want to bother sending to Pantene’s program, or Wigs 4 Kids. I mean, honestly, I could just throw it out and not think about it again.
plonkee wrote:
Wow, I’ve never cut off my own hair like that - I think you’re mad (not necessarily in a bad way). I’d probably throw it out myself.
Posted on 02-Oct-07 at 2:06 pm | Permalink
Single Ma wrote:
LOL @ you cutting off your own hair. So umm, when are you getting that fixed?
Posted on 02-Oct-07 at 5:42 pm | Permalink
chitown wrote:
I vote for Locks of Love!!! You give, you get back. =)
Posted on 02-Oct-07 at 9:32 pm | Permalink
Mrs. Micah wrote:
I’ve seen some fairly reasonable defenses from the Locks of Love folks. Trent Stamp of Charity Navigator has a couple pieces on this scandal: http://www.trentstampstake.org/search?q=locks
2 years ago, I gave my hair the hack job. Then some friends and I managed to layer it. It’s still good today, past my shoulders now but the layers are perfect! Congrats on taking the initiative.
Posted on 03-Oct-07 at 6:58 am | Permalink
English Major wrote:
I cut my own hair, too! In a real style! That is getting compliments!
…but I have curly hair, which doesn’t exactly need to be even, so it’s kind of a different deal.
Posted on 03-Oct-07 at 1:54 pm | Permalink
ms. m&p wrote:
Ummm, I can send you names of good hairstylists that are cheap…lol!
My sister cuts her own hair and it looks great. I’m not brave enough to try it myself, but to each her own!
Posted on 03-Oct-07 at 7:23 pm | Permalink