I made my haircut decision almost two weeks ago–but time is something rather hard to find. So Mr. Husband had over a week to “speak now”. He not having spoken, the deed is now down.
My hair before:
Gena brushes my hair out and tells me not to freak out as she suggests where she’ll cut.
She sticks her hand on the spot and I say “Okay”. I’m thinking “Isn’t that how long my hair already is?”
I say this out loud and Gena laughs “No, your hair is down here.” This time, her hand chops into my back below my waistline.
Oh. Okay.
She holds out my hair for the first cut while N. (Gena’s daughter) works to get the right angle. They want to coordinate to get a picture of that snip. I hear the camera auto-focusing, then the flash goes off and the snip is complete.
My hair is now at its finished length. There’s no going back.
Gena takes a picture so I can see the results.
Gena asks me how I feel about layers.
I give her the go-ahead.
We take another picture so I can see what’s happened.
Layers in front? Gena searches online for an example so I can see what she’s thinking.
I tell her to do it, but not too high. A few snips are enough for me.
She shows me myself again and asks if I want more.
This time, I’m ready to be done for the day.
My hair, in its new raw form.
But Gena doesn’t want to leave it raw. Can she curl it for me?
Sure. A few minutes later, I emerge–a totally new me.
My hair may have been longer than I thought–but I definitely recognize that some of it’s missing now. Scratch that–a lot of it’s missing now.
As C. (Gena’s son) said, “It’s short.”
Not actually–but short for me. But it looks nice, and I’m eager to enter into the world of healthy hair. If I can keep it up until it’s long again…
Thanks, Gena, for offering to do my hair and for holding my hand throughout the process.
Brave lady! I love your hair!
It looks great!
I like it!! I was hoping you would show us pictures.
I really like long hair. (I like it even more after having a BUTCHERED short cut which I did NOT request or like.) I’ve been growing mine steadily out but I think the only way to keep it looking fresh and healthy is also to layer it. Helps with curls also. ;D
Thanks for sharing! Enjoy your new/old hair! ;D
I like it! My hair is short now, but I used to have really long hair. I remember the trauma of having mine layered for the first time when I was about 16. ;-)
I like it! It’s still long and looks healthy and attractive. Love it curled!
Bekah!! I had no idea! I mean, I saw the post on facebook, but really didn’t think you’d do it. (haven’t been on the blog in a while, been so busy!)
Can’t wait to see it in person! It looks so much healthier! And with it curled you look a lot like Grace. (:
It looks great! I love long hair…mine is getting there.