No, it's not Election Day, but I need your input on some thing equally important as picking the leader of the free world - my hair.
The summer is over, and this, like every summer, I spent the entire three months of June, July and August with my hair in a bun or ponytail. Because of this, I save myself some money and do not cut my hair for twelve weeks. The start of the school year was also particularly hectic and I had no time for a cut, so I have added four more weeks onto that and now...I have some serious friggin' hair. With the change in season, I am now faced with temperatures that allow me to wear my locks down without sweating like Saint Bernard in Vegas, and I am faced with a dilemma. Do I cut it or keep it?
In years past, the choice was obvious, since the straight, That Girl flip I do requires my hair be kept at a certain length, otherwise the flip is less flippy and it looks sort of flat. I have had this hair style in various lengths for quite a while, kind of since Jennifer Aniston brought I back with "The Rachel". But this summer, faced with an event where a pony was not appropriate, at the encouragement of my hairdresser, I tried wearing my hair wavy (pictured above). This involved a piece of equipment I had relegated to the Halls of Hair Regret years ago - the curling iron. I had feared wearing my hair wavy for years, after treading too closely to the Carrot Top 'fro category in college, but being a regular at my local hair salon with my monthly color appointments has its privileges, other than them shouting out, "MARY!!!", a la Norm from Cheers upon my arrival, and my hairdresser lent me her professional-grade, large barrel iron, and gave me a wavy-hair lesson.
I have sported this look a few times, and gotten compliments on it, but my fear is, people are commenting because it is just too much damn hair to ignore, much like if one met Crystal Gayle at a cocktail party. H, is no help at all. He LOVES long hair. But I don't truly feel I can trust his opinion since I kind of get the feeling this length of hair is his idea of porn and he is in favor of it for personal reasons. I would not walk around waering a French maid costume for the same reasons.
So who could I turn to, but you, my dear readers, for an un-biased opinion? What I need from you is to compare my profile picture and the one above and choose your favorite. Voting is open between now and Wednesday night, as I have a color and cut appointment Thursday morning. Now, I'm not saying I will necessarily let my decision be absolutely made by all of you, but I will strongly take your opinions into consideration. And, trust me , I know how ridiculous this sounds, but I thought it might be fun,
There are some rules:
If I see you on a regular basis - family members and locals - you are not allowed to vote, since this would cause awkwardness if you are in favor of the style I do not choose. This includes you - Dad, Big T, Mick, SG, BK, LB and all brothers in-law. K, I'd exclude you, but you fall under the Required Brutal Honesty of Sisterhood clause.
You may not identify yourself.If you choose to comment, Blogger offers you the opyion of anonymity. Please utilize this feature since, again, I don't want you to think my hair is ugly if I'm meeting you for coffee.
Please do not make derogatory comments about the style you so not choose. Accentuate the positive and only comment on what you like. Since I do not want to know you think the style I wind up choosing makes my head look like a helmet.
So let your voice be heard! Cast your vote in the poll created by my nerd, I mean husband. I will post Thursday afternoon about the choice I have made since I know you are all so deeply invested. Not.
*I was home alone when I got htis brainstorm. Please enjoy the picture I took of myself in the bathroom mirror.
2 comments:
First vote. Guess who.
you look older with the wavy hair...like a mom trying to be young and hip...
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