Now Taking Apps for a Daddy Warbucks!

Hello, hello! It's the post you've all been waiting for, the big hair reveal. But first I'll tell you a bit about my experience at the salon.

I concocted the initial idea to get my hair chopped off when a deal at a local salon came up on my Groupon. I love, love, love Groupon! Because of it I have become a practicer of Bikram yoga, gone hang gliding, and eaten at some amazing restaurants that I would've had no idea existed.

Back to my hair experience:

I arrived to my appointment a few minutes early to flip through some books to see if any hairstyle struck me. The interior of the place was so fun, vibrant, and eclectic. All of the girls had edgy and super cute hairstyles. I loved that many were very "out-of-the-box" and had lots of color! I was ecstatic and felt confident that these creative minds could come up with something for me.

I gave my stylist full-reign. She asked lots of questions, being in unfamiliar territory with having a customer tell her to do whatever she thought would be great. I was open to anything. Once she started cutting we both relaxed, she got into the process and my Chatty Cathy side came out. I firmly believe that cosmetologists deserve to be awarded a degree in psychology. They can get you talking about even your most long-harbored, deep, dark secrets in a matter of minutes. I connected with the chica transforming my tresses instantly. In the hour and a half that I was in her chair we discussed our careers, childhood memories of growing up in small town WI, our boy problems, our pets, both of our desires to be more hippy-dippy-ish and eat more organic if it weren't so flippin' expensive. We even solved Greece's economy issues, got to the bottom of Iran-US relations, and concluded that pumpkin anything (scones, pies, ice cream, soup, etc.) makes the world a better place. The most important thing I learned of the night came about when she suddenly stopped cutting, looked at me through the mirror and said, "I just have to say that you have the most perfectly round head! It's always shocking when you get someone with a 'normal' head!"

 

I giggled and thanked her...it's not every day that the shape of your head receives admiration.  Leave it to head-shape to make me think about how radically different everyone is, even if on the surface, literally and figuratively, they are all sporting the same perfect, fly-free bob haircuts. And on a less serious note I got to thinking, "what causes all of those different shaped heads?" Hey, I'm not Aristotle.

Before I knew it, I was being handed a mirror to look over the 'do because she was finished. I hesitated to put up the AFTER pic until now because I, quite frankly, had a bowling ball suddenly drop in my stomach when I initially saw it. Overall, I liked the cut, but the way it was styled made me panic, and I wasn't expecting to see that 8'' had disappeared. The girl could tell that I was apprehensive despite my "I like it's" and "it looks cute's." I figured I would just give it a few days, play around with it, and do some of my own styling before I concluded that it was atrocious.

It has now been 5 days, I like it, not love it. I have had long hair for as long as I can remember, so I am just getting used to finding new ways of playing with it. I can say that I am so excited to be getting into using more and more hair accessories. There is an amazing store in the West Towne Mall called Charming Charlie's. Each time I walk in there my vision goes foggy, an angelic glow surrounds everything, and I can hear violins and harps playing from above...THIS PLACE IS HEAVEN!!! Every accessory, in every color is here; it's like crack for women- gives you a rush and quickly becomes an addiction. I dropped about $100 just on new headbands, clips, and scarves to jazz up my new coif.

Last Saturday evening I styled my hair to go out to meet my friend, David. He was the first of my friends to see it, so it couldn't disappoint, and here is what he got (drum roll, please):

AFTER:

(for the BEFORE pic see post "Getting My Ears Lowered!!!")

What do you think? First thoughts?

The funniest reaction that I have received so far was from my close friend, James. James is my completely uncensored and unbiased gay friend. I can always trust him to give it to me straight (uhhh...) and uncut. The second he saw it he started singing, "It's a hardknock life for us, it's a hardknock life for us!" I have gone from being called beautiful to being cute and adorable...ehh, I'll take it. I could've come out looking like I got stuck in a garbage disposal.

Tomorrow I'm going to hash out my weekend and my Saturday evening with David. Every time I see him it gets me thinking about guy-girl relationships. Can there ever be a strictly platonic relationship between a heterosexual couple? I have to do some more thinking and organizing of my thoughts. So come back tomorrow to find out what I have come up with. I am so interested in hearing what you think on the subject too!

Stay curious!

RagazzaC

Carpe Diem