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

[archangelbeth]

I climbed trees and ran around all over the place with long hair. Put it back in a pony tail and I doubt it'll be a problem. (Or braids.)

Are girl-pants that troublesome? The Sears-brand ones we have don't seem to restrict our minx much -- heck, they're the only ones I've found that stay up on her skinny little hips. (Though we had to buy them in size 3 when she was 4; the age-4 ones tended to slide. At least they were long enough...)

I didn't even look at the other brands for pants, since we were trying to get winter-weight pants and I considered jeans to be A) too thin and B) too fond of snaps and zippers for a recently potty-trained kid.

I don't believe in piercing ears until the kid can care for them on her own. I got mine pierced at something like 13. Maybe 14. If the minx wants it when she's in the 10-13 range (or whatever), then we can do it. Till then, I'm not taking on the job of making sure the ears are healing well and not infected. (And studs for school-days, like as not. Hoops or danglies, meh.)

Hm. Depending on style, you might not have to have it with bangs. If it's all about the same length (maybe even a bit longer?), you can barrette it up to the side, no? (Okay, I have wavy hair, which actually grows out straight on top and only develops a wave lower down. What's in my LJ pic is with it pinned back... where's another pic... Ah!

http://www.io.com/~arcangel/Art/Photos/Wings.html .

*pauses and looks at last picture* *blink* Man, that's my mom's grin there.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

I have found girl-pants to be awful. Ride too low on the hips, the crotch is too low therefore restricting upper leg movements, the ankles flare which mean they catch on things. Overall not designed for an active child. I'll go with boy sweatpants with elasticized cuffs all the time. Now and then I end up putting in her girl pants that relatives have sent her, and generally regret it.

[archangelbeth]

Huh! Seriously, check out Sears and head into the back area for their store-brand. You can tell when you find it because it's $5-$7 per pants instead of $12-$20+. Some have elastic at the bottom (which is a problem for my minx, 'cause it rides up and then sticks at her calves), some don't. No flaring at all at the base. Come up to her belly-button or maybe a little lower, but not low-slung at all. Elastic tops, not snap or zipper or anything

It may just be that the minx is skinny, but there seems to be great ability to do all kinds of things with her legs. (She goes to gym class in them, and I haven't heard any problems.)

And they're so much cheaper!!