When you’re preparing for a haircut, do you gather pictures to show your stylist? I do.
When I was a college student in New Mexico, I took this photo to a stylist:
Was it the most amazing, stylish hairstyle I’d ever seen in my life? Nay, but it looked feasible, and feasible is all I hope for. I came home looking like this:
I named the style “the Aging Rockstar” and loved it for ages.
(My keenest readers will recognize that noisy, polyester shirt from 2001. Some will even recognize that bathroom, which got waaaay more screen time than any ugly, public washroom deserves. Anything to avoid practicing, apparently.)
Last summer, I cut this picture of [actress whose name I've forgotten] out of a hair magazine and took it to a Pennsylvania stylist—
—who sent me home with this look, which you’ve seen:
Today, thoroughly fed up with my scraggly hair, I printed this photo from Google Images (from here? No idea.), slathered myself with sunscreen, and hiked to Salon Bliss for an overhaul:
Ready for the new look?
No, wait, that’s a total strike-out with the camera timer. As usual.
Look, it’s Rebekah the slightly stunned flapper/pageboy/Prince Valiant!
I was afraid the bangs would be a washout, but assumed the rest of the cut would be uneventful. In reality, I’m pleased with the bangs and unsure about the rest of my head. I wasn’t expecting such a blunt cut, such straight edges, such flared hair… but I’ll mess with it for a few days before fretting too much.
Let’s go in a little closer, first with a semi-flattering shot…
…and then in honor of Autumn’s post, I present a complete absence of Mirror Face:
Now you know what I really look like. If my subscriber list plummets suddenly, I’ll challenge you ALL to a duel.
Love it! I’m still a diehard fan of “Aging Rockstar” but this new look also shows promise. Good on ya!
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Rebekah Reply:
June 6th, 2011 at 10:24 PM
Thank you, Brother Jay-Mes!
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Welcome to the curly hair with bangs club!
First off, LOVE that dress, lady! Just gorgeous. And I think the hair looks loverly, too. Your last two cuts have really highlighted your curls beautifully.
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Rebekah Reply:
June 6th, 2011 at 10:26 PM
It’s such a lovely club. Can I be treasurer?
The dress is thrifted AND comfy, two serious pluses.
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I love seeing the photos of what you took in and what you got (which wasn’t bad in any case, but interesting to see the differences). In my shaggy-bob days I carried around a photo of Mandy Moore in my wallet because she had an amazing cut that I would show stylists, and then I became paranoid that something would happen to me and when “they” went through my belongings they’d find this picture of Mandy Moore and I’d forever be known as That Girl Who Really Liked Mandy Moore.
But anyway.
Yay for no mirror face! Your mirror face isn’t particularly contorted but a big smile makes anyone look even better, I say.
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Rebekah Reply:
June 6th, 2011 at 10:29 PM
Ha! The things we find to worry about.
My real mirror face is more egregious than anything I post— head carefully turned to hide whichever cheek has the most acne while still showing some cheekbone and hiding half my nose, eyes wide but wary, brows arched….
…truly ridiculous.
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I like the flapper bangs. I’m glad you went for it after all your researching – I still haven’t settled on an idea…
How does the new cut make you feel?
I agree with Katie, that dress is lovely…
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Rebekah Reply:
June 6th, 2011 at 10:31 PM
No hurry, lady, you’ll find something you like. Better to dally than to hack off a foot of hair and regret it.
How does the cut make me feel? It feels… dumb. At best, it feels gamine and cutesy, but I don’t WANT to be gamine or cutesy. I expect to hack it off again before the month ends. Possibly before the WEEK ends. =)
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Oooh, I really like this. The bangs draw attention to our eyes somehow, and like all your fans I love the dress too. Let us know what happens when the ‘new’ wears off and you’ve messed with it for awhile.
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Rebekah Reply:
June 6th, 2011 at 10:32 PM
I like the bangs, too! I can’t believe I didn’t try them sooner. Not wild about the rest of my head, though, and I JUST DON’T LIKE having to mess with hair every day to look acceptable.
Recently, Duane said “Well, I hope you and Bridget are past your head-shaving phases.” I said, “No promises!” Ha!
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