i love style needs to get their hair did

Oooh, I like that! I am getting my hair chopped again on Friday and may have to ask him to thin it out. It's too poofy and boring at the moment. I am really tempted to get the cut Lauren recommended last time I just don't know if I have th guts!

ugh i still need to make an appt. schefter needs to send me info for her colorist!

enbb, get the cut!!!!

OK I got my hair did and it's so short! I think I like it but am still in shock. I was just really bored with old hair. I look a little startled and sleepy cause I just woke up so ignore that. I'm gonna play around with it when I style it tomorrow.

eek.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/Picture32.jpg

I didn't get the Lauren cut because I didn't print out the pic before going in. :-( If I can go this short though I can probably go that short. Maybe next time.

the one i posted might be a bit shorter on the sides, but i think it's actually longer/thicker in the front. in any case - cute!

I got a wig (bagged) at Ricky's for Halloween. It is supposed to be a chin length black bob, but when I tried it on at home, it looks nothing like that. It's sort of a mop, with some longer pieces in front. And it cost $20!

ugh! can you return or exchange it? if i were you, i'd go back and complain.

yeah definitely! e, i think if you are willing to do that cut, you should DEFINITELY get lauren's suggested cut next time!

Well, they told me when I bought it that it was non-refundable. When I asked if I could open the box and try it on, they said I would have to pay $2 for a hair net. But I think I will bring it back anyway, just to let them know that the actual wig looks nothing like the picture.

Today on St. Marks I happened upon the wig I really wanted, which was not in a box, which they let me try on, but which unfortunately also cost $20. So now my Halloween-costume expenditure is $40, for the top of my head alone.

For the record, Rubie's Fashion Wig, Super Model, looks nothing like pictured:

http://shop2.aol.ca/ss/media/9458000/9458739.jpg

what is your costume?!

Sigh. I got a haircut last week, a glorified trim for almost $100. This hair thing is a total rip-off, isn't it? It looks totally fine, but I suspect it would have looked fine for $30 too.

I paid $32 including tip for my last haircut. It's been a week or so and it's staying strong, I love it. I was just very specific with the hairstylist (and ensured I picked someone with funky hair of her own.. but of course you really want whoever CUT the hair of your hairdresser, right?)

So happy not to be paying $100+ as I was doing with my previous hairstylist, ugh.

my last haircut (also a trim - to the extent that no one even noticed i'd done anything) was $68 + tip. and the dude fucked up my bangs. total fucking joke.

I'm going to try one more person before Christmas, at Lauren's suggestion, and I'm going to give her free reign and see what happens. For $110. If that doesn't result in something notable, I'm going to either b+b student days or Crappy Chain Salon for my trims 4eva.

yeah, I don't know what kind of chains are available in your area, but I went to a Trade Secrets one. I was also drunk. It was kind of a silly, spur-of-the-moment thing after a couple too many drinks at dinner with my stepfather. Thankfully it turned out alright!

laurel - you're entitled to a free consultation at my place before you commit, btw.

Oh, rock.

Ok - now that I'm styling it myself I actually really like the length of my hair but am unsure about a couple things. Is it really really rude to go back and ask them to fix something you don't like?

i used to have an amazing stylist who was just some chick who worked at the mall regis salon in rochester. i wish she was here.

oooh lauren, i am intrigued by this consulting! laurel - i had a really good cut for $20 at the aveda institute. the bonus is that the teacher comes through and makes sure everything is perfect, so you basically end up w/ a really good cut that was mostly done by the student and finished off by a really good stylist. only problem: i recently called for an appt and was on hold for 10 years. no one ever picked up.

not at all, e!

My newish haircut looks exactly like the wig Virginia posted! Tombot does not like the bangs :(

i had that haircut for a brief period!

bangs rule!

TRUTH!

Bangs are best! I have managed to eradicate my cowlick almost completely, I had Bettie Page bangs the other day. Yay bangs!

tombot doesn't like bangs, period, quincie. i wouldn't be too bummed about that review.

I love bangs. And they are quite convenient as you get older and need to mask forehead lines. Mine grow out way too fast though--I am going to put my foot down for '50s bangs next time. My costume is Trixie from Speed Racer, but the original wig had me looking more like a Beatles fan in anime clothing. Laurel, where did you go?

Lovemore & Do, in the EV, but with a stylist who lives upstate and is only in the city occasionally. She was awesome and I would love to be her friend! But my haircut, it is perfectly adequate and I think not really suited for complicated stuff that ought to cost so much.

i am seriously considering just stopping in at supercuts for my next cut. my hair is looking so so so shitty right now, and i have no idea about any of the salons round here.

L., I think for just a trim, you might not get much difference with the pricier place. I think the pricier places are good at layers, styles, angles, color, etc. I think also if you say "just a trim" the stylist assumes you don't really want anything different to be done to your hair. When I used to have long straight hair, I never went to an expensive place, and I used to always ask for just a trim.

some crappy stylists can end up changing your style with 'just a trim' though. like, they fuck up the layering or angles, or just don't follow how it's already cut/shaped.

The bowl-cut mistake-wig might come in handy after all. Any ideas for a costume that could make use of it for a dress like a rock-star karaoke event?

so today, while waiting for my bf while he was at the dentist, i walked into a slightly dodgy looking asian hair salon and asked if they could cut my hair on the spot. now i somehow have ended up with a 'bob'.

I bet it looks cute!

with my mousey brown hair, it looks kind of 'suburban mom'

guys. im thinking seriously about chocolate brown. talk me out of it. quick.

You are the ultimate blonde! You love blondes!

no wai sunny!

black!! go black!!

i tried on a black halloween wig and it seemed to look better. like WAY better. I have a photo. maybe I'll poll this.

i have seen the photos of you with black hair! that's why i think you should go BLACK BLACK BLACK. dude you looked like a way foxier version of pj harvey.

i am about to blowdry my new haircut and am kinda dreading it. i just KNOW it's gonna look A+ atrocious.

I can see why brown would be really flattering on you Sunny and don't acutally think it's a bad idea. I just love to think of you as a blonde. :-( If you do do it, I would go medium to dark brown rather than black because black might be a little too harsh.

you haven't seen the photos of her with black hair!

The ones from High School? I did! It looked awesome but I think it's easier to pull off extremes at that age and gets a little harder when we're older. I know I couldn't do really extreme light or dark anymore. Then again I could be totally wrong - it might look awesome on S still.

ok it's not really a bob now, it's just... short hair:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/2988835067_5327418ca4.jpg

positives: it cost me $32 + tip ($8 - is that about right? i had no idea how much is the norm), and that was a wash/cut/dry

it takes about a 1/4 of the time to dry my hair

it feels a lot nicer now that there isn't a ton of split ends

$8 is fine for the tip. and your hair doesn't look mousey in that photo! i think it's a really nice color.

sunny, what's your natural color?