I had been contemplating a minor change for a while.. At first I was thinking well maybe I'll change the color and just add some bangs but as it got closer to going to see Arlan (Who is the BEST by the way!! When Jen moved to LA I was worried I'd never find someone as good as her and I'm really glad that Todd (her fiance who I've known for a million years) posted a link to her hair page on the book of face. Here's the link so go check it out and if you are in the area seriously go see her! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Passion-for-Hair/181075972029795)I didn't really decide to cut it all off until probably about 5 minutes before I showed up at Todd and Arlan's house (I had only decided to cut it to just below the collar bone). While I LOVED my long hair it was starting to break a lot and it was really dry at the ends and super unmanageable. It was driving me crazy. I had started to make a few changes to help out my hair but I'm one of those instant gratification kinds of people and it wasn't enough.
Here's what I had started doing: I kept seeing pins on pinterest about Biotin and how it helps your hair, skin and nails. So I thought what the hell and picked some up to try. I've been taking it for about a month and I can see a difference. My nails are stronger and grow a little faster and my skin feels a little better too. I hadn't noticed much change in my hair but that's probably because it was so wrecked that it would be impossible to detect any changes. I've also started to use coconut oil as a mask in my hair about once or twice a week. I have really course, thick hair and I've noticed that its not quite as frizzy but again the change wasn't that noticeable. I'll keep up this particular regime and give you an update along with how much my hair has grown in a few months. Lets see if this actually helps make your hair grow faster as people claim...
OK! Back to Arlans house. When I got there we chatted for a minute about what I wanted to do and I told her I didn't want it any shorter than just above my collar bone. So after we washed my hair and made our way back into the bathroom she got it all pulled up except for the first bit she was going to cut. I hemmed and hawed for a few seconds and then just told her to cut it before I changed my mind.. After she cut it all and added some straight across bangs (I've always had textured bangs before so this was a HUGE change for me.. hadn't had straight across bangs since I was 3.) I felt better. I got home and jumped in the shower and washed all the little hairs off and I started to second guess my decision to chop the bangs like we did. Seriously took me about a week to get used to it. LOL here are the before and afters... You can see it was a pretty dramatic change.
Here's the before
and the after!
I'm going to grow it out and donate it to locks of love. I won't cut it as short next time thought.. I have noticed after going through some old pictures from the last 10 years or more that I tend to go back to this style or similar about every 5 years.. Last time I cut it about this short was a year or so after my dad passed away. Before that it was just after the birth of my oldest Monster..
I'm pretty happy with it over all and the comments have been mostly positive.. Although I don't think anyone is going to tell me to my face that they hate it. LOL I'll blog again in a few months with an update on how the Biotin and coconut oil are working and post a new picture of my hair to see how long it has gotten. I have a few other blogs to write as well once I get enough time to do them all.
Please leave a comment and tell me what you think! I'm thinking after I donate to locks of love I may try out a totally new color!!
Till next time kids!!
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