A Woman’s Hair is Her Glory

One of the elderly men at the home told me that a few weeks ago. I seriously LOVE the things they say. They make me laugh every day. And it happens to be the perfect title for this post, but you needed the back-story. That title would jus seem like I was bragging about my hair. Which I wasn’t. And I’m not. So there it was. Totally awesome, right? Right.
Ok here we go forreal.

I am constantly going back and forth between growing my hair out and cutting it all off. My hair has been changing lately and it doesn’t get as curly as it used to, its not as thick as it used to be – blah blah blah – all girls hate their hair. We wish we had somebody else’s and they wish they had ours :) I was going to color it darker, but decided to spend that money on a quality pair of boots. And mostly because I chickened out. The last time - the only time - I ever colored my hair it turned out really bad. Here’s a look back…

Senior Year: Long, long, long hair that had never been colored before

In March, I donated it to locks of love:
 

And I let it grow through the fall of my freshman year… Until I decided to color it.
I was going for a deep deep deep red, almost brown red.

 
And it came out like this…

And by Christmas it had faded to this…

So, as you can see. I was much more willing to buy a pair of boots.
We still joke around about the time I dyed my hair red. And it was horrible.

But I still go back and forth between hacking it all off and letting it grow out. I want it longer, but I feel like growing it out is taking forevvvvver.

Which do you think looks better: my long hair or my short hair?
Do you ever go back and forth between hair changes?

One of these things does not belong…

Did you guess which one it is?

Nope it’s not the 11-year-old having a pre-teen freak out session with her best friend. And it’s not the super fabulous mirror pic or Philadelphia city sky line from last weekend. It’s not the flower that we’ve been waiting ALL summer to see that finally decided the 102 degree day would be the best day to bloom. It’s not my old workspace that I got to revisit on Friday for a special project at work, either. And it’s definitely not my curly hair – cause I am loving the humidity for blessing my otherwise straight mane.
SO that leaves one option.

The.Dead.Cicada.

Thursday night it was about 97 degrees at 9:05pm and I was already starting to sweat as I walked from my car to the front door. I had just driven home from class and was tired, so I wasn’t really paying attention to where I was walking and BAM. I almost stepped on this guy. Who landed smack-dab, dead-center, in the middle the sidewalk that goes to my front door. I am actually really surprised to see him laying there because we usually don’t get cicadas until August. It’s the August symphony – their constant clicking from the trees. But they started last week and evidently they don’t have very long life spans… I almost felt bad for the little guy if he hadn’t been so ugly and gross…

Anyways – that was the one thing that definitely did not belong in my week :) I’m just glad my sandals were spared :) Hope you’re staying cool in this wicked heat!! In a few months we’ll be shaking our fists at the sky when we’re shoveling our driveways of snow for the zillionth time…. so live it up!!

Bandwagon Wednesday: Center Parts

Yes. Center Parts. And more specifically: center part  pony tails. This is such a random post but within two days I saw all three of these pictures. So I figured the trend was starting. Remember when LC wore that braid across the front of her head in the place of her bangs on The Hills and every girl from age 16 to 26 started doing it? Yeah. The center part pony tail could be the next LC side braid.

But back to the pony tail. If you’re like me you instantly think of yourself in second, third, or fourth grade. You didn’t really care too much about your hair and weren’t too aware of your appearance. So you hopped out of the shower, brushed your hair, parted it down the middle, let it air dry, and then swept it back into a bumpy pony tail after it got on your nerves. It definitely was not stylish. It was haphazard and comically cute.
After all, you were in the third grade.

Well my friends, that totally hot hairstyle is making a comeback.
And it’s being worn by Hollywood's sexiest, most confident, and most adored ladies.

Gwyneth Paltrow – singing Adele’s Turning Tables on Glee

Beyonce – promoting her new single in Paris

Kim Kardashian – on some red carpet promoting something

Now I think all three ladies totally work this hairstyle. Why? Well they have amazing faces. During Glee the camera kept rotating around Gwyneth's face and her bone structure is so amazing that it was great to have her hair back away from her stunning face. The center part worked because her face is really symmetrical. And same for Beyonce and Kim. It’s also really important to remember that someone else is doing their hair and make-up. So do I like this hairstyle? I suppose. I’d rather see really pretty natural flowing hair, but this is pretty too. I just think it should stay in Hollywood. It’s one of those things we common people can envy from the middle class :) Plus – if we tried this on a sunny day we’d have awful sunburn on our scalps. And when that starts to peel it is not fun. Just ask my sister :) Sunburn aside, I kind of hope this doesn’t catch on. Some people can definitely pull it off, rock it, and whip it back and forth ‘cause they’re that fabulous… but I’m not a humungous fan of this. Who knows… maybe it’ll become the girls night out ‘do like LC’s braid and in a month I’ll be kicking myself because I didn’t “own that pony tail, work that up-do”. Have you ever worn your hair like this? Send me a picture!! I want to envy your symmetrical face and amazing cheek bones :)