Thinking of going short.

Hair update:
Looking pretty shaggy here. It’s grown out again and I have an appointment for next week. I just can’t seem to ever get the nerve up to go shorter than a just below the chin length bob. 😔 I don’t know why I get so anxious and stay “stuck” in this rut — it grows out, I get a shorter bob, but I never go as short as I hope to or push myself to do it.

Awesome!

So today a vendor at my workplace said, “I just Love your hair. It’s so pretty.” I then said, “thank you, but l’m planning on cutting it quite a bit shorter this week.” She gasped and said “but why?!” I said “it’s just time...”

It is indeed past time.

Good luck and most important - HAVE FUN; and please let us know the results

It's been about a year since that first cut, but I never did go shorter. :( I just kept getting it trimmed periodically. I have been looking for new hairstyle inspiration pictures. I don't want a stacked haircut, but I do want some length in the front.

It was just below my shoulders in the back with some shorter face framing pieces in the front.

Thanks!
Small update... After washing & wearing the style, I found the cut just wasn't quite sitting right and felt a bit too heavy & dense in certain spots. :( So I had another minor haircut to tweak it a bit. Keeping the overall length about the same -- with just a trim there. But removing some of the bulk in the back & sides left it with a swingier look & more of a lighter feel to it.    

Last week I chickened out again -- with just a baby trim. Ugh. But today I I found some courage and got it cut! I took in all my inspirational pictures -- with various stages. I showed her where I wanted to start and where I hoped to eventually end -- from longest to shortest. I then told her to start with a neck length bob (again being so nervous!). She agreed that was a good length. We did color first, and I was worried I would chicken out while sitting with the color processing. But once I got to her chair again, she said -- are you ready to lose some of this hair (holding a hunk of it in the air) and I said YES! She actually cut it shorter than the neck length bob -- and I am positively thrilled! I got an a-line bob just a bit longer than chin length (when curly). I am so glad she pushed me outside my comfort zone.

I have my next appointment set for 7 weeks. I love how light it feels and I love feeling the air on the back of my neck. I am already looking forward to my next appointment and going to the next stage in my short hair journey.

Thanks for listening.

Edited by Curlz - June 16 2016 at 5:05pm

Let us know please

Feeling a little more nervous as the week has went on, but I think that is surprisingly more over the color than the cut! I had a couple of bad color jobs done in a salon in the last year or so that make me a bit more anxious. Looking at Karlie Kloss' longer wavy bob as in inspiration for tomorrow's appointment -- minus the bangs.