I cut my hair.

[pebblerocker]

I had hair past my waist and I had it cut off and I'm quite happy about it. It's cooler in this hot weather and it's easy to wash; most people said they like the way it looks now although a couple said things like "You've got guts, I couldn't have done that" and "What did you do with the hair??" (implied: you shouldn't have cut it but since you did, you'd better be making some poor cancer patient happy with it).

The haircut went: tied at back of neck, cut off just below elastic, trimmed for evenness a bit. My sister did it for me which is because of my extreme stinginess. Result: a chin-length bob just long enough that most of it can be tied up under a bike helmet. I was so pleased with the way it looked that I wore it untied for the first couple of days and put up with it falling in my face as part of the adventure.

I may possibly want some other type of haircut later; looking through hairstyle books and websites is no help at all because they're in another language using words like "mousse" and "rollers" and "blow-dry over round brush" as if any person owns any of those things, but if we go at it with scissors and enthusiasm I'm sure something will come of it. Originally I was going to have it cut a lot shorter so no part of it could get in my eyes ever, but the bob at the halfway stage looked so good that we stopped there, so I am full of confidence in the making it up as you go school of hairdressing.

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[vilakins.livejournal.com]

That sounds great! Any chance of a photo? :-)

I had a chin-length bob and I loved the look, but I got fed up with the hair swinging into my face when I leaned forward. Obviously this doesn't bother others with bobs, but it does me. I had mine layered a lot more so it's not as heavy and it modtly stays off my face.

[pebblerocker]

I try to keep real-life things separate from LJ, but I'm sure there's a way of showing you a picture without showing the whole world...

Yep, the hair in the face is what I'm trying to avoid -- have been keeping it tied up in a silly little shaving-brush ponytail most of the time because of that, though it can be trained to stay behind my ears if I'm not doing anything physical. I found your hair photo from May and what I want is probably close to what you have (it looks great on you!) but it probably needs skilful cutting to achieve that look :-P

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

You could PM me with a link to a photo. Or email me on my LJ ID at gmail. :-)

The Shearing Shed and similar are pretty cheap but still have good cutters.