My hair-raising story, ala Laura Bower’s BEAUTY SHOP FOR RENT contest, proves that the Power of Positive Thinking is sometimes a big ol’ pile o’ hooey.
A few years ago When I was twenty, I dreamed about shortening my lackluster, shoulder-length locks into an airy, Princess Di ‘do. The more I thought about it, the more it made sense: no one would notice my new braces if I had a fresh hairstyle to distract their attention. That’s what I tearfully explained to those who asked me later, “What the heck were you thinking???”
Like most recent college grads, I was short on cash, so I ventured — for the first and very last time — into my neighborhood SuperCuts. (Need I say more?) Before I had time to explain the look I wanted, a scissors-wielding maniac spun me away from the mirror, grabbed a handful of hair, and chopped it into a senseless mess of short layers. I watched in horror as she unceremoniously dumped my shorn locks into the trash. Without waiting for a blowdry, I skulked out of the beauty shop, my dreams dashed and my self-esteem (temporarily) crushed.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you…scary picture behind the [hair]cut:
Nope, sorry, you did not scare me. You are adorable! Granted, it is not Di’s do, but you’re cute! One thing I have to admit, I like your eyebrows better in today’s photos. 😉
You’re too sweet. You like the eyebrows in the shorn-locks photo? I’m thinking I do, too.
Well, no, I meant that I like the eyebrows of your current, 2007, photos better. Seriously though, you could shave ’em off and get away with it.
Oh, well then…I guess the woman who does my eyebrow waxing knows what she’s doing. heh. Thanks for letting me know!
You’re too sweet. You like the eyebrows in the shorn-locks photo? I’m thinking I do, too.
If only you’d attracted more positive hair energy to you…oh, nevermind.
Supercuts couldn’t botch that smile though, could they.
My point exactly. I couldn’t wield THE SECRET magic on my hair that day.
I’m resilient, even in dire circumstances. 🙂
If only you’d attracted more positive hair energy to you…oh, nevermind.
Supercuts couldn’t botch that smile though, could they.
That’s not bad! Although, not having seen the before it might have been a huge shock to go much shorter. Can we see a before?
“Not bad” covers a wide range of meanings, from horrifying to tepid. I put it somewhere in the middle…you?
I can’t find a before picture that’s close in time to that photo. Sorry. 🙁
Hee–not bad as in it doesn’t look like a bad haircut! But like I said, sometimes it’s the shock of missing what you had before you got it cut that makes it seem bad to you.
You’re right about that. However…those bangs? *shudders*
At least you’re smiling. 🙂
Dang, girl, you’ve got some nice eyes.
How ’bout those braces peeking out from between my upper and lower lips, in that pretend smile? Hey, thanks for the compliment. Those eyes were all I had going for me that day. 🙂
At least you’re smiling. 🙂
Dang, girl, you’ve got some nice eyes.
I’ve seen baaaad haircuts and THAT is not as bad as you think. You look like a younger Drew Barrymore there. Poor Lady Diana. Her death still haunts me. She did have gorgeous hair. No one could replicate that look. (And now you know why the stylist laughs when I hand her a photo of Cindy Crawford’s/Christy Brinkley’s hair and say: GIVE ME THAT.) ;>
My dad came with me once to get my hair and bangs trimmed. I had lonnnng, straight hair and I was asking for the “Farrah”/wings look that was the rage of the day. Of course it was never going to work out right and what I left with was less hair chopped in weird angles… and one very upset, sobbing father. {}
I’d give it 3-outta-four a’s, as in Baaad.
Sad story about that trim job. Whoo boy, I’ll bet most of us can relate. But your FATHER was sobbing? Wow; he had a lot of emotion invested in Daddy’s Little Girl!
Loved the b’day gifts the Universe gave you yesterday, by the way. 🙂
Pshaw! You’re just being nice.
Oh, the misery we endure in the name of beauty…argh!
Hey there, you are still cute!
I sure didn’t think so then! The hair’s kinda choppy, but I’d love to still have that smooth skin… 🙂
I sure didn’t think so then! The hair’s kinda choppy, but I’d love to still have that smooth skin… 🙂
Is it just me or were you a dead ringer for Barbara Mandrell? (before the poofy hair look).
A lot of people have told me that. My husband told me that Barbara Mandrell represented his dream date (looks wise, anyway). How’s THAT for manifesting the Laws of Attraction. 🙂
Wow. Okay, can I say, your face has not changed much in 30 years–what moisturizer do you use (Vampire blood?!)? Whatever it is I need to be using it. Or maybe it is just good genes. 🙂 I concur with the majority who say the haircut is cute. I especially like the sides, not as crazy about the bangs and eyebrows. Super cute overall though! And you had me expecting scary. I should have known better than to underestimate a fellow woman’s toughness on herself…
LOL. For what it’s worth, I always use Neutrogena moisturizer, the kind that includes 30 SPF sunscreen, winter and summer. I think that helps.
I’m amazed by how many of you say it’s a good look. I was HORRIFIED! You may be right, though, that we’re harder on our selves than other people are.
Looks just like the haircut I used to have 🙂 But I didn’t have those gorgeous blue eyes to help!
I’ll bet it looked cute on you!
I’ll bet it looked cute on you!
Looks just like the haircut I used to have 🙂 But I didn’t have those gorgeous blue eyes to help!
Nice eyes. First thing I saw.
*blink blink*
Why thank you, kind sir!
Nice eyes. First thing I saw.
Melodye! That’s just plain overall CUTE. Now you have me wondering whether I have any pictures of my worst hair ever…
I would have been about 22 (I think…) I was working as the only ‘female voice’ on a Black (R&B) Radio Station. One of the other Disk Jockey’s wife was a stylist, who offered to do a hair ‘make over’ for me. Problem was, she didn’t tell me until after the fact that she’d never done Caucasian hair, before.
The cut was ok…but the first perm she put on didn’t take, the second one (applied at the same sitting…) fried my hair, and within two weeks it had all broken off 2 inches from the scalp. What remained had the texture of Black hair. Let’s just say that a genuine ‘fro’ doesn’t look good on a chubby white girl.
On second thought…if any of ‘those’ pictures ever surface – I’m gonna burn ’em.
Ha ha ha ha! Fun story. If ever you find a photo, you’ve GOT to post it!
Melodye! That’s just plain overall CUTE. Now you have me wondering whether I have any pictures of my worst hair ever…
I would have been about 22 (I think…) I was working as the only ‘female voice’ on a Black (R&B) Radio Station. One of the other Disk Jockey’s wife was a stylist, who offered to do a hair ‘make over’ for me. Problem was, she didn’t tell me until after the fact that she’d never done Caucasian hair, before.
The cut was ok…but the first perm she put on didn’t take, the second one (applied at the same sitting…) fried my hair, and within two weeks it had all broken off 2 inches from the scalp. What remained had the texture of Black hair. Let’s just say that a genuine ‘fro’ doesn’t look good on a chubby white girl.
On second thought…if any of ‘those’ pictures ever surface – I’m gonna burn ’em.
Aw, so cute. That haircut’s not even that bad. And those eyes… gorgeous.
I’ve gotta see if I can find the childhood pic of me with the lioness perm and enter that contest!
Aw, now there’s that Power of Positive Thinking, working on my behalf. Thanks, Sacha!
Yes, you should totally enter the contest. It’s fun to share our war stories, isn’t it? Everyone can relate… 🙂
Aw, now there’s that Power of Positive Thinking, working on my behalf. Thanks, Sacha!
Yes, you should totally enter the contest. It’s fun to share our war stories, isn’t it? Everyone can relate… 🙂
I’m also diggin’ the baby blues, Melodye! I’m sure that they dazzled everyone to the point that they didn’t notice the haircut (which, I must say, is not that bad at all!).
Ah, I guess it worked to play up my assets. Lord knows, that haircut stood out in the deficit column, no matter how nice you are about it now. (Thank you, though.)
Ah, I guess it worked to play up my assets. Lord knows, that haircut stood out in the deficit column, no matter how nice you are about it now. (Thank you, though.)
I’m also diggin’ the baby blues, Melodye! I’m sure that they dazzled everyone to the point that they didn’t notice the haircut (which, I must say, is not that bad at all!).
Aww.
You were adorable!
I’m not crazy about short hair either, but it looks good on you!
You are too kind, but thanks.
BTW, I love your long hair! 🙂
Thanks. I was sufficiently traumatized from my own years of Lil’ Orphant Annie curls and micro-bangs that I have only let a stylist at it once in the last 15 years or so…
Nothing like DIY to give you that sense of control.
And long hair is easier to deal with.
Aww.
You were adorable!
I’m not crazy about short hair either, but it looks good on you!
You–adorable. The cut–well, okay . . . not so adorable. 😉 I once had the same exact cut in the 80’s after a stylist did the same scissor-wielding trick, but oddly, I got a ton of compliments for it. From guys even! (Then again, it was the 80’s!)
Thanks so much for sharing this!
It was fun, in a oh-my-god, this-is-so-embarassing kind of way. Confession is good for the soul, right? 🙂
OK, I’ve seen worse cuts (I’ve had them myself, but I’d never–gulp–post PICS, LOL) but all you needed there was a lot of MOUSSE, baby, MOUSSE! And a blow-dry-brush-thingy, whatever you call them.
But you DO have the most gorgeous eyes, Mel! So who’d even notice the hair??
Ha ha ha! It’s easier to post pictures long after the tragic moment’s behind you. Er, or at least by a year or two. Ahem.
I don’t even think people used mousse back then, did they? Or, um, maybe you wouldn’t know… 😉
It seems like I’ve been using it forever, but the earliest patent date I can find is 1988, so…hmm. What the heck DID we use before that?
Oh, yeah. Frickin’ ROLLERS!!!!
oh my! but you do look so cute 🙂 – kind of like the early Di – when she was still a kindergarten teacher…maybe that’s what the manic hairstylist had in mind??
I had one trip to Supercuts. In the mid-90’s, I was given a Dorothy Hamill haircut – two decades too late. It was awful, since then, I’ve been cutting my own hair.
I do think that’s what she had in mind, but my thoughts weren’t synchronized with hers. You cut your own hair? Brave girl, you!
CUTE! ICON!
I do think that’s what she had in mind, but my thoughts weren’t synchronized with hers. You cut your own hair? Brave girl, you!
CUTE! ICON!
oh my! but you do look so cute 🙂 – kind of like the early Di – when she was still a kindergarten teacher…maybe that’s what the manic hairstylist had in mind??
I had one trip to Supercuts. In the mid-90’s, I was given a Dorothy Hamill haircut – two decades too late. It was awful, since then, I’ve been cutting my own hair.
I wish I had as much hair as you did after the cut.
I’m used to having tons of hair, so after this cut, my head felt nekkid.
New icon? I love it!
I’m used to having tons of hair, so after this cut, my head felt nekkid.
New icon? I love it!
I wish I had as much hair as you did after the cut.
Hey, what’s that on your head? 😉
Oh, it doesn’t look as bad as you claim. Sheeeeeesh.
Easy for you to say…you didn’t have to wear that hairstyle out in public. I was vying with Trump for worst ‘do of the decade! 😉
Oh c’mon now…. lol… You didn’t look like you had dead wildlife sitting on your head. Unlike Trump.
Oh c’mon now…. lol… You didn’t look like you had dead wildlife sitting on your head. Unlike Trump.
Easy for you to say…you didn’t have to wear that hairstyle out in public. I was vying with Trump for worst ‘do of the decade! 😉
Hey, what’s that on your head? 😉
Oh, it doesn’t look as bad as you claim. Sheeeeeesh.
The Hair
I’m seeing a little bit of Drew Barrymore under there.
Re: The Hair
One part Drew, but mostly a big mess! Glad to “see” you around these parts!
🙂
What are you talkin’ about, lady? You’re beautiful! Didn’t scare me at all =)
You must have a high threshold for horror! 🙂
Pshht! You’re beautiful =)
Pshht! You’re beautiful =)
I don’t have enough patience to be a practice manniquin. But then again, better slow-going than a quick and awful cut like this!
Aw! Like someone else said, I was expecting super-scary hair when I clicked behind the cut, but it actually looks really nice and flouffy. I love the sides. Your story reminds me of when I was 10 (or so) and I had a mall haircut. I don’t remember what I asked for or even if I did, since I was still horrifically shy then, but I came out with my hair shorn in a pixie cut. For someone who had never gone shorter than a bob, all I saw was that my hair was short like a boy’s, and I burst out crying in the middle of the mall.
Funny thing is, I got my hair cut in exactly the same way five years later and liked it. 🙂 Hi there, by the way. I’ve seen you commenting at different blogs before and have popped in now and again. ^_^
You’re too kind. :))
Glad you stopped by and introducted yourself, T. I took a peek at your blog, too, btw — fun stuff and well-written! Hope to see you ’round these parts again (and again).
I’ve added you to my f-list; feel free to add me back, if you’d like.
Aw! Like someone else said, I was expecting super-scary hair when I clicked behind the cut, but it actually looks really nice and flouffy. I love the sides. Your story reminds me of when I was 10 (or so) and I had a mall haircut. I don’t remember what I asked for or even if I did, since I was still horrifically shy then, but I came out with my hair shorn in a pixie cut. For someone who had never gone shorter than a bob, all I saw was that my hair was short like a boy’s, and I burst out crying in the middle of the mall.
Funny thing is, I got my hair cut in exactly the same way five years later and liked it. 🙂 Hi there, by the way. I’ve seen you commenting at different blogs before and have popped in now and again. ^_^
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