Bang!

I'm a real freak when it comes to my hair. 

I think it all started in the fifth grade. My mom, who was maybe just pretending like she knew what she was doing, tried to give me a cute chin-length bob haircut. It didn't work out. We decided that we needed to have a professional fix it, and so we ventured out to Great Clips, or somewhere equally high-end. I brought with me, as haircut inspiration, this book: 

I loved the new Mary Anne. That's for sure.

I'm not sure if it was because my hair isn't as thick as Mary Anne's, or if it was because the picture is just an illustration, but my hair didn't turn out like that at all. Instead, I looked like a boy. A boy who wore oversized panda sweaters with hot pink leggings. It was a horrific haircut, and it honestly took a long time to recover from such a scarring event. 

Since then, with only one exception, I've always grown my hair out long. The exception was over 8 years ago, during my freshman year of college, when the chin-length bob turned out to be a success. (Mom and I left that one to the professionals.) So lately, whenever my hair stylist/BFF Ashley cuts my hair, she knows exactly what I want: only a couple of inches trimmed off, long layers, and simple low-maintenance hair. 

And that's what I thought I was getting today. I went in to Bang Salon to be Ashley's hair model for her class. Truth be told, she did listen to what I wanted. And, no, I don't have a chin-length bob. But something else did happen: Ashley's teacher came to look at my haircut and mentioned something about bangs, then Ashley said something about bangs, and then I said, "Oh. I've been thinking about bangs." All of which lead to this:

Goodbye hair! I love you! 

I've had bangs before, but these are different. My past bangs have been whispy, swoopy, and far less committal. These bangs are something completely new for me. So that is why this counts as completing my scariest goal of all: #50 - Get a haircut that's out of my comfort zone. I thought I'd have to work up to this one, or that I'd at least put it off for awhile, but then, all of a sudden, it happened! I know my hair is still long, but I assure you this is definitely out of my comfort zone.

Ashley is taking appointments for haircuts.
She'll only give you bangs if you want them.

It's going to take some getting used to, but I know it's good for me to have a change. Plus, it really makes me want to start wearing red lipstick. New goal?

At least now I can part my hair in the middle.