having super short hair again has RUINED me.
ruined me, i say.
it takes 1 minute to wash, 7 minutes to dry, and 4 minutes to style.
thats 12 minutes hair time. then of course, there's make up and stuff which usually takes me hours,
but i've cut WAAAAAY back on the amount of mascara i wear, so make up time is like, 10 minutes or less now.
what takes the MOST time, is finding an outfit. i always think im gonna be cute, and then end up wearing my
favorite jeans, happy face t-shirt and flannel. so 2 minutes to get dressed.
lets add this up.
7 minute shower (unless i'm not in a hurry. then that number goes up to 45)
12 minute hair.
6 minute make up.
2 minute outfit.
that's 27 minutes TOTAL to get ready, as opposed to my former hour, hour 15.
tell me then, WHY am i still ambitious about when i will rise?
an HOUR ago i posted "WELL! i'm off to my show! bye!" aaaaaand im still in bed.
why? because it takes me half an hour to get ready.
i love how short hair and a TOTAL lack of care about how the world perceives me
has allowed me to catch up on my sleep time. and by sleep i mean tv time...
HERE'S TO SHORT HAIR ATTITUDE!!!!
to see my entire hair transformation, check this out.today is oct. 31, 2011 but you'll be reading this on nov. 1, 3015.just kidding. wouldn't that be weird tho?i've cut my hair again. i've actually cut it twice since the above "check this out" link/blog happened...i just can't seem to stop cutting my hair. 1: because it never really looks right to me, and 2: because every time i cut it, i feel more and more free, and more like my old self.... but the new version of my old self. does that make sense?its a GOOD feeling. very very very good. very inspiring. very independent. very healing. and very hopeful...and hope is good right now. its been in short supply this last year. but here it is in the hair-falling-out-hand-ful :)here's what i did today.Chop and Dye: 5 to be fair, my hair hasn't looked like that since the day i dyed it and cut it like that.
about a week after i dyed it dark brown, it was fading to blonde again. it just REALLY wants to be blonde right now.
which... upon further consideration... is okay with me. i wanted to go dark to be dramatic and different, but i feel i look my best with blonde hair. so im just gonna let it be blonde. so... anyway... from the above style, i cut it up to the bottom of my ears. then i trimmed it even a little bit more... and even a little bit more...
until today; i just went crazy and cut & dyed it into this: and i gotta say... i know for a FACT im not done cutting it. there's going to be one more dramatic cut.
im really, honestly just going to go full bore and chop it ALL off, rosemary's baby/mia farrow style.
i LOVE having super short hair. i didn't think i would, honestly. i HOPED i would... but i didn't know it would make me feel SO incredibly myself again. with long hair, i felt pretty, but i always felt like i was hiding. plus it was hot, and unmanageable... and i just got SICK of it. chopping all my hair off has been ENTIRELY therapeutic for me... which it always is. but more so this time than ever before. maybe its my age... maybe its what i've been through lately... but i feel like i know EXACTLY who i am. EXACTLY what i want. and EXACTLY what i can offer. i have NOTHING to hide from- and i have NOTHING to hide. and chopping all my hair off really represents just fully opening myself back up and being comfortable with myself.
phew.
i did it.
i found me again :)
it's no secret that my favorite color combination is cobalt blue and mustard yellow.
basically, ANY shade of blue and yellow. yellow is my FAVORITE accent color.
i've had this cobalt blue short coat that i've worn every single year for like, 7 years.
im still super obsessed with it. let's hope it still fits this winter, stomach...
but exciting exciting, i have a YELLOW COWL this year to add to the mix. omg.
my stomach just jumped. HURRY UP WINTER. GET HERE.
here are some ways people are NAILING it this fall. i can't wait to be one of them.
word.
im thinkin' about, while my hair is short enough to handle any dying catastrophicsies,
going a different color every week in november.
that is... if i can find an amazingly bright and healthy hair dye system
that only lasts for 5 days at a time...
here are the colors i'm considering, in no particular order. Week 1: Crayon Red Week 2: Mint/Aqua Green Week 3: Cotton Candy Week 4: Light Purple what do you think? any suggestions that might be more fun?
any dye brand suggestions? :)
ps- which color should my hair be for my birthday at the end of november? immortalized forever in pictures...
;)
this one to check off my list was going to be a big one.
i hadn't really done anything to my hair (except dye it various shades of blonde and brown and thin it out) for 2 years.
and i went big or go home.
(i actually started this one back in august before my summer check list finished up...
but i knew i was going to put it on my fall check list, so i stuck hard to every 3 weeks...)
Chop & Dye: 1 BEFORE AFTER *click the pics* Chop & Dye: 2 BEFORE AFTER Chop & Dye: 3 BEFORE AFTER Chop & Dye: 4 BEFORE AFTER i'm almost out of hair!
whatever will happen 2 weeks from now?!?!
:)
i can't do it.
i can't figure it out.
i think i was a LOT closer to the perfect bohemian hair when my hair was really long,
but now its all gone. i got a step further away with my cool, hip haircut.
then i got even further bleaching it all out blonde again, although i truly, truly LOVE being blonde.
i have thinned my hair out again, and dyed it dark brown, and am deep conditioning it within an inch of its life-
so hopefully, one day, it will heal and the wavy/curly will return and the damage frizz will retreat.
sigh. one can hope. also an interesting fact- this hair-do does NOT look good day 1.
it needs to be slept on for a few days, and a little dirty and oily before it looks good. true story.
it looks best day 3, and if i could STAND it- it'd look the absolute best day 4, but i CAN'T make it that long between washes. i can't stand dirty hair, and day 2 is hard enough. all im thinking all day 2 and 3 is "i smell like a man on a train... i smell like a man on a train..." THANK YOU first boyfriend for THAT little charming neurosis....
so okay. here it is.
my transformation from blonde to dark brunette again.
do please enjoy. Before During After
im obsessed with jewelry- i know you are too. we all are. we're girls.
we can't help it. its written into our genetic code.
when i made the decision to chop all my hair off, throw all my clothes away and start wearing tons of eye make up,
i knew that i needed all new accessories to go with my new look as well. so i packed or gave away all my old jewelry (except for the REALLY special pieces) and i have started from ground zero.
here are some new items that i have either already purchased, or are patiently waiting in my etsy cart.
i like to buy big beautiful jewelry that is not necessarily inexpensive. because i want to be one of those old ladies in the corner with the hip hair cut and young kids swarming all around them going "omGAHHHHHHHHD. WHERE did you get that ring?" and i can say "oh, when i was in my 30's i decided i kick so much ass that i would henceforth be rewarding myself and my friends with every single beautiful thing we wanted. this is from paris. this is from germany. this is from italy. you like it? here. take it. i'll be dead soon." :)
here we go <3 My New Earrings My New Rings My New Necklaces ... and these are just the ones i've been able to find pictures of.
i should have a fashion shoot blog soon :)
im doing my research. im trying my hardest.
and today was a big, fat failure fashion wise.
i really have nothing cool in my wardrobe.
nothing that i can't wear without my 4 year old ratty black sweater. (4? i mean 5? 6? goodness. who even knows.)
so i went shopping today. i returned those other clothes i was talking about, and i set a strict limit for myself.
i could buy NOTHING that wasn't a jewel tone,
and i could buy nothing that i wouldn't be comfortable wearing alone- NO LAYERING.
that is hard for me. im the layer queen. i think i'll remain the layer queen, but i put that limit on myself today anyway ;)
i wound up purchasing 3 great tops. one raspberry, one red, and one teal.
i got 3 new pairs of shoes. 1 pair of yellow heels, 1 pair of orange heels, and a pair of brown comfy heels.
i also bought 2 new pairs of pants. 1 pair of cargo pants, and 1 pair of jeans which i will cut off into long shorts.
next week im going for purple. i figure if i add 3 new items to my wardrobe each week in september, i'll be set.
armed with my pictures and guidelines, i am creating my new wardrobe.
and today, im focusing on yellow.
here are just a few of my (over 800) inspirational photos :) HOW TO WEAR: YELLOW
my wardrobe needs an update.
and here's what im thinking....
(scroll past the pictures for the full story) <3
boom. here we go. from tip top to pinky toe..... hair eyes earrings necklaces bracelets outfits shoes
i've worn the same pieces 4 times a week for the last 4 years.
i've added new pieces here and there, mostly dresses, mostly jewelry, but the basics stay the same.
same pair of jeans, same black sweater (which i LOVE and im not getting rid of, just adding some updates) and never a make up change because i know what i think looks good on me and im not changing.
WELL. since this is the year of the lady (yes, it still is even though i haven't written about it in forever, im also going to finish writing about the positive psychology i've been practicing this summer- like i was SUPPOSED to write about it every week but didn't... i've been busy. shut up....) and as part of my year of the lady, i was supposed to embrace a new personal style. well, i did. i got even sloppier. i let my hair grow out and didn't do it, it was a flaming mess. my clothes got even MORE casual... ive started almost exclusively wearing t-shirts- but i cut the necks out of all of them and pair them with a sweater and tight jeans and flats. i think i look cute most of the time- but the other day my mother was like "um, do you WANT me to buy you a regular shirt?" to which i responded by looking down at my shirt, and no joke- my boobs were hanging out. the necks on my cut-off t-shirts are SO HUGE AND LOW, they just fall down without me paying attention. i look. like. a. SLOB.
its time for an update.
so when i started the year of the lady, i thought i would really clean up my act. go back to wearing lots of fitted, black, fancy clothing like i did in my 20's... but that's just not me anymore. i've loosened up SO much, im like, a total hippie now. ive even monstrously loosened up in the last MONTH. chopping all my hair off and going platinum was a HUGE success for my self confidence. well, when i went to dye my roots the other day, i thought i'd brighten up the rest of the blonde as well, and oops- you can't put dark blonde on platinum. it all mixed and now im mousy brown again. WELL. back to ombre it is. the only thing about that is my hair is SO short now... its just below my ears... i think i can make it work.
i also vowed to start wearing it straight in an interest to clean up. WELL guess what. shorter hair automatically makes me look not so sloppy, so back to wavy hair it is.
i have decided that my new personal style is going to be called "Colorful Clean Bohemian Chic".
none of this olson twin-homeless-thing happening.
in my summer check list, part of it was to collect new hats and sweaters, and boy did i ever. i am SET for fall/winter.
and they are ALL bohemian-esque. now that i can sew, i have been adding and subtracting from my shirts and pants as well, and they all seem to have that bohemian feel now. so it's natural that i'd just go full bore into bohemian chic.
the ONLY things about the bohemian style that i'm not sure about, are the make up and the shoes.
for a "natural" look, bohemian chic sure wears a lot of eye make up, which i never do. massive mascara, and im done.
but im going to give it a whirl. ive invested in some pretty shimmery eye shadows, and some no-smudge eye liners (which NEVER work for me because im so sweaty, but fall is coming so hopefully the sweat will take a vacation...) and we'll see how it goes. and the shoes- LOTS and lots of sandals. i hate sandals. i do however love boots. so im going to focus more on the boots, and im including a few sandal options because i will incorporate some of those frilly touches into embellishments on my flats :) woo!
so here it is! <3 my inspirations for rebuilding my wardrobe.
i don't always get it right. i dropped $100 on new clothes the other day, and upon reflecting on my inspiration pictures, im taking more than half of them back. that's ok. embracing a new personal style has got to be a learning process, right? thats why they call it EMBRACING. you just go for it. wrap your arms around it and watch a giant marsupial take your old man to brown town. (hugh jackman on SNL anybody? anybody?)
WHAT DO YOU THINK?! <3
so its no secret that i'm mildly obsessed with my hair.
its always changing, always trying to get it just right.
and totally gasp- i think ive done it.
until the last weekend of july, my hair looked like this: seriously- NOT okay.
i couldn't WAIT to cut it all off and dye it blonde again.
so the DAY my show was over, i did. now it looks like this. FAR more acceptable, i find. i feel better so i look better, and ultimately, that improves my ENTIRE attitude.
yeah. im one of those.
the bangs are SO long. almost down to my chin now. YEAY! GOODBYE BANGS FOREVER!
ok at least until i get bored. but i gotta tell you- i really like not having bangs anymore.
technically i still do, they're just not short on my forehead. i have a long swoop now.
and i think i'll keep it for awhile. i super dig it. the only thing is- i HATE hair in my eyes.
i have come to terms with it always flopping onto my face, and have even started to enjoy the feeling a bit.
but when it gets all mixed up with my eye lashes, look out. i rage.
so in my quest to tie them back but look normal, i tried the side braid for awhile, but its REALLY hard for me to do.
i tried the straight back bump, but that doesn't look as good on me anymore.
and finally, i found something i super like, and i think looks at least ok- on me.
it's what i call- the Renaissance Roll. i call it that because im preeeeeeetty sure it's how we all wore our hair to the stinky renaissance faire in 11th grade.
ooof that was a horrible day... nothin' like old man beer burps, meat waft, b.o. and saggy old lady boobs to turn you off dungeons and dragons FOREVER. anyway, this hairstyle is SUPER easy to do, and looks great from different angles. trust me. i look at my hair from every angle before i leave the ROOM, let alone the house.
and then, inevitably, i end up shrugging and walking out the door looking like a mess ;)
i like to pretend i'm vain, but really- i couldn't care less. there are much more important things in life, than hair.
but it's SO hard to find the right hairstyle for yourself. some people wear their hair the same way their entire lives,
like my mom and dad. they found styles that worked for them at an early age, and have ridden the wave the last 60 years. thats amazing. unfortunately, im just NOT one of those people. i am a perpetual mess.
but i think i've found one that's gonna stick around...
at least for a little while ;)
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