RE: the mop

[2eclipse]

summer is here and with it all sorts of thoughts about hacking my hair off. the reasons for this are legion. it's hot and my hair is 26 inches long at last measure. i'm starting a new job and want to look professional. i'm playing a character with short hair and it would be less confusing. locks of love needs hair. i haven't had a haircut since october - yes, october. just think about what that means in terms of split ends.
shaving my head again is unfortunately right out. i am starting a new job where a severely alternative look would probably not be appreciated, but ross would also probably disown me. shoulder-length is also a no-no. it just looks awful on me. but that still leaves me with options. i'm up for opinions.

[Poll #1011323]

Comments

[crowyhead.livejournal.com]

I am always a proponent of hacking it off.

[sidhebear.livejournal.com]

The only problem I had with shorter hair is that there was SO much less I could do with it.

In the pic I'm using for this post, I'd just had 9 inches taken off. I was wretchedly uncomfortable for months until it grew another 4 or 5 and stopped flopping in my face and refusing to ponytail, bun, or braid properly.

The heat thing is irritating, but after that experience, I decided to learn to find ways to live with it.

Obviously, your mileage may vary. Enjoy whatever you choose!

[2eclipse.livejournal.com]

ya know, i should have figured that....
but there are some people on here of whom i can predict the opposite, so maybe you'll balance each other out.:)

[2eclipse.livejournal.com]

there is a lot you can do with short hair if you are a girl...and it's not TOO short. once it gets long the ONLY things you can do with it are braid it, ponytail it or bun it because it will no longer fit well into a french twist or most chignons.

Must Grow Hair Long!

[corwyn.livejournal.com]

*growls*

You simply must! You are simply too Sexy & Lovely with long hair!

[spiralshell.livejournal.com]

I think your hair looks lovely long, but I hear you on the split ends thing. So I vote for hacking off a good chunk, but still leaving it past your shoulders. You can still do almost all of the "longhair" stuff with it, and it will feel healthy and sassy.
:)

[linacandle.livejournal.com]

Hack it off and donate it. All the way. You may not be able to do as much with it in terms of braids and all that, but there are so many styles you can do as well. And it takes a lot less time. And it's cooler. And it will always grow back. It took me quite some time to hack mine off because people kept threatening me about it. None of them went through with their threats, and I didn't lose any friends over it. And I'm still sexy. Rar.