It's truthfully surreal looking back at ALL THAT HAIR now. Did you guys know that it was giving me headaches and neck pain? Yeah, horrible neck pain and I was so over my long hair that I nearly took scissors to it one afternoon. That's when I knew it was time to a) book a salon visit and b) donate that junk, ha! But in all seriousness, I'm blessed to have hair that grows pretty fast so naturally the cycle of growing out and cutting starts all over again, now.
So you voted HERE and told me what style you thought suited me best (thanks for all the wonderful comments and votes) and I heeded your suggestions! So I finally caved and purchased a Groupon offer (are you on Groupon yet? If not, click HERE to sign up because it's amazing and you'll never pay full price again) for a $90 cut at half off...cha-ching! Right when I stepped into Elan Hair Salon, the whole place just gave me this really warm feeling.
There's one more before pic for ya!
I totally told my stylist, the wonderful Terry Curry, that this was absolutely a possibility for a runway hair. Just imagining all the top teased and tousled and this funny lil' rat tail braid in the back. Yep, I could totally see this on Marc Jacobs catwalk. Oh and about that rat tail mention...RWD Hubby used to totally want one when he was younger, how hilarious is that?
CHOPPED! I actually told Terry that I'd be happy to walk out of the salon with my hair just the way it is, right here, with the ponytail bluntly chopped off. It felt so freeing, so light...I just wanted to swish my head and hair back and forth, back and forth. Any other long hair lovers out there who have opted for a shorter 'do totally know what I'm talking about!
Zah braid.
There's cute lil' Terry, doin' her dang thang, ha! This was called 'texturizing' and I'm glad she did it because I couldn't even keep up with how fast her hands were moving. Terry has been a stylist for over 25 years so if you're looking for someone in Austin who knows hair, face shape, etc...go see Terry at Elan. Make sure to tell her I sent you, k?
Terry was amazing and styled my hair two different ways and showed me, step-by-step, how to get each look. This look was accomplished with a round brush and flat iron and RWD Hubby loves it!
Then it was back in the seat for me as Terry wrapped individuals sections of my hair around a medium barreled curling iron and spritzed the curls with setting spray. When she was all done, she lightly ran her fingers through some of the curls giving my hair a more tousled look...that's much more my style!
Here's my iPhone hand-held shot! Love those chitty chitty bang bangs!
Of course RWD Hubby had to get in on the action...silly boy!
And here's my first attempt at styling the 'do all by myself. Not too shabby, but definitely not nearly as great as Terry's options above. How come every time you leave the salon your hair never looks that good again? I think they sprinkle magical fairy hair dust on you and send you on your way...secretly knowing the dust wears out in 24, ha!
Oh and remember, it was our 5th anniversary last weekend so we headed to San Antonio to celebrate. Naturally, I'll do a Personal Peek post of our trip (and eats...oh our delicious eats) over on CasaCullen in the next week, but I just had to give our RWD readers this sneak peek at my new 'do all over San Antonio. I really tried to style it in a few different ways but I'm also totally digging the length while donning a fun spring hat. Hope you enjoy and we'll be back to our regularly scheduled fashion/beauty programming tomorrow!
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