Hair doubts

[celticdragonfly]

I am having some serious doubts about growing out my hair.

I've had friends do their best to convince me that I'd look better without the bangs. And I've been working to grow them out, training them to get combed back, and letting it all grow.

But at the moment - at the moment it just looks awful, it's at that growing out stage where it sticks out sideways over the ears, and I feel like it always looks dirty and awful even if I've just washed it.

And I look back at the haircut in this icon, and think about how good that looked, and how good it made me feel. And how little it took in work from me. And I miss it. And I'm tempted to cut it again...

I've been letting Maggie's grow, too. I see so many little girls out there with pretty long hair, and it looks so neat. Maggie's looks like a bird nest even if I've JUST brushed and combed it, and it's constantly in her eyes.

I could use encouragement. (It doesn't help that I'm needing to grab a headshot of me for something, and annoyingly the good ones are from right after that haircut, so don't look that much like me right now!)

Comments

[technomom]

I hate the growing out process. Doesn't everyone?

I cut my hair short a few years ago because I didn't have time to take care of it well, and then I went shorter because I really like it. I don't want to have to worry about my hair! Of course, as you know, that means more frequent trims, but it's less trouble than daily "doing the hair."

You have such a delicate face, and I love being able to see it, so I'm biased about short hair on you. I don't really know how your hair looks when it's longer, of course.

Maggie's hair looks very fine and thick, in photos. Katie's is like that. It was a constant struggle to keep barrettes or something in her hair to try to tame it, but it was very cute. It hasn't been cut significantly since she was a tiny thing, and you've seen how it is now. I still have a desire to clip it back whenever she just lets it be loose, though.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

You have such a delicate face

Thank you. That's the argument used to convince me to get rid of the bangs

I don't really know how your hair looks when it's longer, of course.

There are very few pics of me in general, and even harder to find something with the hair. The most recent ones are of me heavily preggers or with a newborn, so that influences it, too.

Here's what I could find quickly:
http://www.kelthaven.org/baby/images/Dec03/2003-12-15c.jpg
http://www.kelthaven.org/baby/images/Dec03/2003-12-10a.jpg
http://www.kelthaven.org/baby/images/Dec03/25/2003-12-25j.jpg

The second doesn't show much hair but I include it because it's the only one with me in my standard everyday hairdo, which is to comb it and braid it in a single braid down my back, day in and day out.