I cut my hair short two years ago after a particularly bad breakup and while initially I was all Mary Tyler Moore about it, thinking I was going to make it after all, I soon realized that I looked completely stupid so I picked my knit hat off the ground and immediately put it back on. Since then I’ve been trying to grow it out and have accepted that there will be a tedious slog towards having hair that doesn’t look like a cheap Halloween wig. It’s been months since my last haircut and although it was a bit more damaged than I would’ve liked, I was pleased with the fact that it had grown well past my shoulders. Today, I made the mistake of getting it trimmed because now, not only do I look like Bobby Brady, but I have to start all over again.
Here I am minutes after getting home, locking the door, closing the blinds and thinking what now. I wasn’t particularly keen on documenting this milestone, but I made the mistake of ranting to my boyfriend about how the stylist probably would’ve fared better with an electric knife and hooks for hands. Since everyone loves a car wreck, he pleaded with me to send him a picture. So I did. And he told me that I was crazy because it looks “great”, but I think he was just saying that so I would blow him.
Believe it or not, I am actually looking away for a reason other than the fact that it makes me look cool and aloof. I was reading a message from someone who told me that they “get so hard looking at your picture, lovely you” which is weird for many reasons, but mostly because the only picture I know of online is me with MSPaint cat ears. The expression on my face was captured upon realizing that I actually got an email not from Peter fucking Shankman, but once I got to the part about this guy’s dick, it progressed to a little something like this:
So, if anyone has any tips, about either how to expedite hair growth or how to get the ball rolling with Mr. Lovely You, I am open to suggestions.
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the picture with the cat ears is hot, actually
Oh dear. This is why I have sworn off hair stylists. I trim my own ends. They want to hack it all off bc it’s so fine and thin and all that.
Here, read this girl’s post, I follow her on Twitter, she says she got some really great hair growth: http://sexorcism.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-hell-have-you-done-to-my-hair.html
Also, If you think that having any texture or lift at the roots will help, I present to you my Hair Holy Grail: Aveda Pure Abundance Hair Potion.
The Hair Potion is pricey, I admit. Like close to $30. However, you truly don’t use much at a time, so it’s going to last at least 2 months if not more. Using it takes a bit of practice but it’s worth it.
The only other option to trimming it yourself is find someone else, a friend, to help you out, do the back so its straight, etc.
*sigh* I am in cosmetology school right now, working for an Aveda student salon and as funny as it is, you get some better quality when going to a school. you have instructors hovering close by (aka more than one set of eyes) and a thorough consultation WITH an instructor so silly mistakes like this don’t get made. But once in the real world, very often we stylists think that we know best in all matters hair, but knowing whats best is a lot different than understanding what the client wants. Either way, I apologize on behalf of the dummy stylists out there with half a brain.
Hair Potion is GREAT. I work for Aveda so I have to whole-heartedly agree. If you want volume, the entire Pure Abundance line(Shamp, Condish & hairspray too!) is aaaamazing. BUT as for actual hair growth the best thing is increased circulation. When you shampoo, really get in there with your fingers and give yourself an invigorating scalp massage. You’ll relieve some tension and your hair will grow much faster.
Hope that helps ;0)
P.S. If anyone is trying to grow their hair out and/or just wants to remove the damage at the ends that just accumulates between cuts (w/o removing length), the next time you go to a salon specify that you want NO length cut off and that you only want your hair to be POINT CUT into.
You can thank me later for this handy tip.
I have nothing to contribute to this conversation. All I know is that your BF is a smart one. On a scale of 1-10 in terms of effective damage control, telling a female her haircut sucks is a negative eleventy billion.
lol you’re so cute
a true master of MS-Paint
Agreed.
THANK YOU for all of this–I will definitely look into the Hair Potion. Also, I can’t relate more to that post, went in asking for an inch off and instead, sent back to square one.
I actually think I’m going to follow your lead and just try trimming it myself–I can’t do much worse.
This is a great tip–thank you so much. I have always wanted to know the lingo so I don’t go in there saying CUT IT HERE.
You’ll never know how much you just flattered me.