Sunday, December 14, 2008

Vanity (part 2)

My mom was Assistant Vice President of a bank when I was born. By time I turned 5 she realized that I was spending more time with my nanny and at daycare than I was with her. So, she got her cosmetology license and started hair styling. By the time I turned 10 she bought a salon around the corner from our house. This gave her a flexible schedule and me an after school job once I became old enough to help around the shop. I was her guinea pig. I got my first perm when I was 5 ... the curls fell out in about 5 hours. My hair has been bleached, purple, red, blue, all shades of brown, permed, straight, high lighted, low lighted, bobbed, layered, and shagged. I think the only thing I my mom has never done to my hair is given me a boy cut.

When I moved to San Francisco I delivered the news to my mom that I was going to start seeing another hair stylist. It was a really hard decision, but it marked my new found independence. I loved the stylist I had there. She was the kind I could say "Do whatever you want" and I would walk out of the salon two hours later looking fabulous.

Since I have lived down here I have bounced around from stylist to stylist and occasionally had my mom give me a trim. Since finances have been a challenge the past few years my hair has not been kept up. Early this year I participated in Hair Thursday. That was the last time I got my hair cut and colored. It has been 6 months and my roots were looking pretty bad. Bad enough my mom asked me a couple of weeks ago when I was going to get my hair done and offered to pay for it as a Christmas present.

So, today I saw the stylist that consistently did the best cuts and colors for me. I left my hair long with layers, but got rid of the bangs. I decided to get rid of the crazy blond and red high lights and returned to my natural color:

my new 'do


I did get some rock star blond and caramel peek-a-boo highlights to give my hair some movement and so that when I pull my hair back you can see them:

peek-a-boo highlights


This style will be much less maintenance so that it will be ok if I don't see my stylist for another 6 months. What do you think?

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10 comments:

  1. Your hair is SO shiny. Gah. I love the cut, it looks so healthy and easy and of course, foxy. (the shirt also adds to the fox status)

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  2. One lesson I learned, many times it is best not to do immediate family (the women especially). It was money spent well. You look great and hope it gives you a much needed lift.

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  3. You look marvelous. I am so happy to see the whole face, as opposed to the 'eyes only' from your last post - even though the shot was great and the eyes ARE GORGEOUS!

    You look GREAT!

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  4. Is that your Mom commenting? So sweet. I love long healthy hair. Love.

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  5. It looks lovely! I like it! I rarely make it back for my hair any more than 6 months, either. My husband actually gets his hair cut WAY MORE (like every other week), but he has to...MILITARY. Yay. I tried regular allover highlights once and was surprised by the cost and how often I'd have to keep them up! WHOA! Money!

    I love your hair and your solution with the peek a boo highlights...nice!

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  6. The cut and the color looks fabulous!! Always beautiful!

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  7. You look GREAT.. but you already know I thought that because I stalked you on flickr.. hehehe

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  8. You're as pretty as ever! It's hard to take care of ourselves when we're taking care of everyone else. Good for you!

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  9. Looks great!! I love the peek a boo highlights :)

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  10. I'm a sucker for dark hair. LOVE the updated look!

    The brows are quite nice as well. Feels good doesn't it?

    I need to cash in on a gift certificate soon. I'm in major need.

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