Seeking a Hair Makeover

Do you ever feel in a hair funk? That is where I am right now.

My hair is super long right now, something I love, but other days it is killing me.  Above is me a few weeks ago at a Mardi Gras party, where I fully loved how it looked. But then below is me a week later at The Hubby’s Birthday party and I hated how flat and limp it was starting to look…

While working out I need to make sure my long hair is up in a high bun and secured with a strong elastic band, otherwise it is falling out all over or sticking to my body, covered in sweat. Gross.

Halfway through most days I have the urge to pull my hair out of my face so it is tied back in a pony or messy bun. I hate the way my hair looks pulled into a pony. I think my head looks weird or my ears stick out too much, just not my favorite look.

In the last 2 years I have grown out anything that was once a bang, causing my 4 finger forehead to be more prominent, especially as my front layers get longer.  I push my hair behind my ears and that again makes my forehead look like a moon landing space. Bla.

Have I mentioned, I am in a hair funk.

I have tried many different things with my hair over the years. Although most people still think of my as a long hair girl. Most don’t remember that time {or 2 times} I decided to cut all my hair off to donate to charity. Yup, 10 inches and 13 inches all at once. Those were super sad, but motivating days.

While in China in 2007 I decided I wanted it even shorter, and it was chin length for a hot minute.  Having my hair cut in another country was a really fun experience all in itself.  Living in a pretty rural area of China, where foreigners seldom live, or have their hair cut it was quite the honor for the salon to have “American’s” hair to cut.  I received the royal treatment during that cut.

The next summer my hair was making its way back to long, and I added some color. I was just getting out of a super serious relationship at the time. We all know how that goes, you want to change something drastic, and hair is easy to do that to. So I added bright, chunky blonde highlights. The Summer tan helped them blend in, but I did have a friend tell me once that they looked like painted in stripes. She was not a fan obviously.

What can I say, I was going through a phase…

Then a year later when I was graduating from college, my hair had grown back and I was all about wearing it with long bangs and some slight volume. My hair always seemed to look better when I was going out in college. I wonder if the water was better there? 

From there I never really turned back from the long hair, it just got straighter and straighter for a while, post college.

And then I thought the asymmetrical bang thing looked nice… No photos of that. Let’s just bury those in my Facebook albums.

But then for about the last 3 years I have been in this lots of curl phase, where my bangs have been short, long or non-existent, but with lots of curl.

My hair curls really well, so this has been easy to maintain for years on end.

And most recently, last summer I finally jumped on the bandwagon and did the Ombre look with no bangs, and my trusty curls.

My engagement photos looked awesome with all the curls and the color. I think the photos made my hair look better then it did in person. My stylist did a fabulous job, and I constantly received compliments on the color, but it just never felt perfect to me. I could not get over the transition from dark to light, I think it was mainly when my hair was in a pony. I looked like I had super dark hair, and then just a pony of blonde.

Oh but I dearly love how my hair looks in this photo. My photographer said I had hair of a mermaid. {so sweet}

And yes that is how long it was, and how long it is today. Crazy insane long!

I am so up in the air on what to do with this mangy mop on my head. With Spring in the air, the need for change is truly upon me.

So now that I have ranted about my hair, gone down memory lane with my hair….

I need to make an appointment with Prairie to get my hair done. Like this weekend!

Let’s hope she is free 😉

Do you have any suggestions on what I should do with my hair? Cut it short or keep it long? Bangs or no bangs? Color change or o’natural?