No Honeymoon!

Yeh - I've made it to Friday with not too much grief!

My fringe is now officially too long to blow dry under - I tried last night and it was a disaster, so I'm no longer in the honeymoon phase - this is real!  Crappy fringe, driving me nuts and the only way I can deal with it is to pin it back.

I've had lots of positive comments this week - apparently I look younger and the kids seem to like it - I worry that my nose looks beaky, but there's not much I can do about that!

So a bit of a success I think - I've made it to the 2 month mark and am seeing considerable growth.  It helps to see the day one picture:

and the 2 month mark:

So CHEERS!!! Here's to the next 2 months :)

Finally Given In ...

... and realised that I can no longer continue to blow-dry my fringe forwards.

Every day last week, I needed up looking "scruffy" by morning tea time which meant that I spent all week feeling less than chuffed with my hair!  Not good and left me sorely tempted to get my fringe cut.

The problem is that it's now too long and so needs to be blow-dryed with a large brush but then the wave drops.

SO, this is the new every day style for now:

I've clipped it back at the top with 2 large slider type clips (one from each side so that the ends don't fall out)

I think I can cope with this - let's see if I make it till Friday without changing my mind!!

Quick update:

Yesterday I was hating the fact that my fringe was breaking up and looking like "rat's tails"... you know, all stringy and clingy - probably the humid weather.

However this was easily solved by a fresh wash and blow wave this morning - so I'm feeling much more human.

Anyway, it's definitely growing.  I've had the back trimmed a bit to keep it in shape and the layering through the ends has definitely helped...

It's naturally breaking in the middle more now, and still looks ok.


PS, last week I was in a shop in Auckland.   A shop assistant commented, "I love your hair cut" ... I explained I married to a hairdresser, was growing my fringe out (as you do to complete strangers in shops) and that I felt a bit scruffy.  "Oh well," she said, "it looks great from the back!"

"Maybe I should walk around backwards then?" I retorted ..... confused look and nervous giggle from said assistant ..... LOL!!!

Note to self:  Not everyone shares your weird sense of humour!

Have a great day everyone :)

Officially a Shaggy Dog!!!

hmmm .... the hair is resembling a wig!!

In fact, I think I am starting to resemble the Dulux dog  ....

Can you see the resemblance!! Thank goodness I don't have grey hair :)

So, Kim The Bald Englishman (www.baldenglishman.co.nz) to the rescue.  I wanted to keep the length, after all it's taken a lot of pain to get this far, so I was paranoid about "going for a trim".... but true to his word, Kimbo kept the length and layered the ends.

He reckons that it will be easier to grow out , "you'll end up with a blunt shelf traveling down your face unless I layer it" ... OK, not the look I was after, so trim away.


And voila!!

Trust me...  I've measured it (Yes, I'm pretty anal! - poor old Kim :) )  it's still the same length, but altogether lighter and more manageable!

I think I can cope with the next couple of weeks now :)

Thank's Kimbo!!