What I did while LJ was down

[girlyswot]

I cut my hair!

I haven't cut my own hair since I was 13 or 14. I did it while my parents were out as an act of great rebellion, which completely failed when neither of them actually noticed (despite the fact that I'd taken off several inches) and even after I'd pointed it out, weren't cross at all.

Today I just hit a point of suddenly not being able to put up with it any more. It hadn't been cut for about 18 months and for at least the last 9 months or so, I've been meaning to get it done. I always have it cut into a shortish bob and wait until it grows long enough to irritate me. It's very straight and flat and grows out fairly evenly, so it's fine if I leave it six months. I hate the experience of having it cut (for lots of reasons, but particularly the helplessness of having to take my glasses off. Which, actually, I've never understood since I always wear my glasses, so surely they should take them into account when they cut?) and I resent spending money on it. So I'd kept putting it off.

Until 7.15 this evening when I suddenly couldn't bear it a single second more. I grabbed scissors and a mirror and went into the bathroom to do the deed. It's not perfectly even, obviously, but it is the same length on both sides (something which not all professional haircutters have always achieved on my hair) and I love it. It's light and bouncy and it dries in a flash and it makes me smile when I catch my reflection in the window. And I haven't had to spend a single penny on it. I'm definitely doing this again.

Comments

[frankie-ecap.livejournal.com]

That's fab!

Cross-post to s_y?

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I suppose so. I tend to think of it as mainly a clothes community, but I suppose hair can be stylish too (or not).

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I am feeling very accomplished.

[amamama.livejournal.com]

Great icon! Not that we ever doubted it. *g*

[crumplehornedki.livejournal.com]

Good for you! I only ever cut my fringe when I was younger and had long hair and now I cheat and get my hair cut at a mens barber shop since it only cost $20 instead of $80+ at a women's hair salon. (I'm sure people think I'm gay when I do that) *giggles*.

I would never be brave enough to try a whole style on myself *is impressed*

[gabrielladusult.livejournal.com]

After massacering my Skipper doll's hair as a girl, I wouldn't dare even take a pair of scissors to my children (whom I can see the back of), let alone my own. A fellow mom told me her hairdresser once told her the secret to turning longer hair into a cute layered bob is to comb it all forward and up, securing it with a rubber band at the middle top of your forehead and giving it a whack. What remains is supposed to be a cute layered cut. My friend says that it worked on her daughter -- but neither of mine had long enough hair for me to experiment.

I am getting to that point, though, where I need a new cut too. I don't think I've had one since July, and it is definitely getting on my nerves.

Was Live Journal down? I had no idea.

[amamama.livejournal.com]

Heh - that's almost just what I've been thinking about doing - but I hadn't thought about the rubber band. Great tip.

Live Journal was down about three hours because of a server move. I noticed, because it was in the afternoon here, when I actually had some surfing time...

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

There was a TV programme a while back looking at old toys, and there was a doll that had growing hair that you could cut and style. They were taking to a few (female) hairdressers, who said that when they were young they used to practice on these dolls. They then talked to a male hairdresser, who said that he used to practice on the dog! ;-)

[amamama.livejournal.com]

Yay! I've been meaning to do mine for ages, because like you I resent spending money on it. (Especially as a woman's haircut cost way more than a man's, even if it's an easier one. In the same salon). And it grows fast. It's not that long ago since I chopped off 20 cm, but now I need to find the scissors again. I've been wondering if I should just bend over and comb it all forwards before cutting. Surely, that should make a nice graded cut? Pic?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

.. photos ... ?

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

I don't do photos...

[brownfach.livejournal.com]

I understand photo reluctance, but pretty please for a quick faceless pencil sketch - I'm intrigued!

Since my mobile hairdresser moved - £10 for me, husband, and two little boys! - I have invested in clippers and cut husband and boys' hair. I'm getting better at it every time (which isn't saying much!). This has to be done to fund the cost of my haircut - the £24 salon does such a better job than the £17 one ...

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

Well, it's just a short straight bob, much like I always have it cut when I get round to it.

Clippers frighten me!