Perhaps I should've thought this through

[jianantonic]

As I mentioned earlier, McKenzie and I were both way overdue for haircuts.  It was sort of a spur of the moment decision to get shorn, so we couldn't get an appointment with Anthony, my favorite stylist, who is awesome.  Instead we just went to the local chop shop at the mall.  His hair is pretty impossible to fuck up, and I just wanted mine shorter.  How hard can that be, right?

Well for some reason, the girl cutting my hair just couldn't picture what I was trying to tell her.  I kept telling her to go shorter, and it's like she didn't trust me that I was not going for a bob.  I asked for "short all around, with longer, sideswept bangs."  Can you picture it?  It's this:

Pretty cute, right?  So that's what I asked for.  And after a million, "No, shorter than that"s, I *almost* got it.  But she fucked up the sideswept bangs bit.  Instead of a longer bit of hair that sweeps to the side, I got bangs on the right side of my face.  Short ones.  Not sideswept, not long enough to be swept at all.  Just half a forehead of bangs.  Other than that, it was a pretty cute haircut.

What to do, what to do?  Well, I'd seen a thing on TV a long time ago about giving yourself bangs, and I remembered the simple instructions.  Pull a clump of your hair forward, twist it, and cut.  Then when you untwist, the bangs are even.  The girls who did it on TV were very successful.  So I figured I'd fix my bangs issue that way.  I haven't had real bangs since fifth grade -- it could be fun to bring them back.  And by the time I'm back in town, they'll have grown out and I can get Anthony to give me a real haircut.

I'm actually sort of confident that after a shower and some time spent with my hair straightener, these will look moderately OK.  If I can't get them to look right, I'll just get a friend to fuck with them in Vegas.  If it all goes horribly wrong, well then fuck it, I'll shave my head.  Or start dreds or something.  But despite the fact that it was pretty stupid of me to go to the chop shop in the first place, and then try to fix it myself, I'm keeping a positive outlook on the bangs factor.  After all, John & John like them. 

To be honest, I know they're uneven and lumpy, but they've grown on me already.  I don't hate it at all.

Comments

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

I can't really do the accent, but I can be a bitch.

[flamingophoenix.livejournal.com]

I don't remember her being a bitch. But it's been a billion years since I saw that movie, hmm...

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

No, Amelie's not a bitch. I'm just stereotyping the French.

[capriciousbee.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think it looks pretty cute! And don't worry, they do grow out very quickly, you will probably be able to pin them to the side in a month or so.

[quandary87.livejournal.com]

I feel like you lost a few years doing that.

Like 5 years, or 7 years. You look a lot younger.

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

From sassy professional to perky barista. I'm 25 and I've been carded more this year than all my previous years combined. I'm reverse aging. Except the grey hair. I have lots more of those now.

[kixeldorado.livejournal.com]

I think they could be evened out a bit, but they look cute!

I thought about going that short again, but decided I didn't want to deal with the 'fro. :)

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I actually have to use the straightener every day (at least on the front) if I want to look human, so that's kind of a drag, but my little sis made a very good point the other day. I've been debating cutting my hair or just letting it grow for a while, and she reminded me that letting it grow is a big commitment and that by the time it's long again, I'll probably want to cut it immediately after waiting so long, and I wouldn't like the in betweens at all. She's a smart girl.

I have pretty straight hair in all the pictures I post of myself, but in reality it's incredibly curly -- I just use the iron on it a lot, especially when I'm going to be photographed. Funny how people with straight hair wish for curls and curly haired folks always want to go straight.

[flamingophoenix.livejournal.com]

I like the top haircut better, but your current one is all right too. Next time maybe bring the picture with you? I've heard that that's a good way to do things with a hairstylist you don't know.

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Like I said, it was sort of a spur of the moment thing, so I accept responsibility for this mess.

That said, I've decided that my new hair is my favorite haircut ever. I'm able to do really cute things with it that weren't captured in the pic that first night. I'll take some pics in Vegas and Falcon Ridge so you can see:)

[flamingophoenix.livejournal.com]

Yay! :-)