Hacked off!

[vilakins]

I've had my hair in a sort of Christopher Robin style--short at the back and an almost chin-length bob in the front--for two or three years now, and it's a nice style when it's smooth and looking the way it should. It doesn't after a walk in humid or damp air though, sticking out and looking a real mess, so yesterday I decided I'd had enough and had it cut back to the tousled boyish style I've had most of my life. It won't matter if it sticks out, and there are other advantages: when I lean over my view isn't obscured by hair falling over my face, and I won't be blinded by hair on windy days like today.

I've got blonde streaks in the top too which look good, but the hairdresser wasn't as lavish with those as I'd hoped. I wanted a more sun-bleached look, but it is almost winter.

OK, here you go: photo.


Taken at an angle to minimise roundness of face. :-P

Comments

[toft]

Ooooh, it's foxy! I like it! Love the blonde streaks.

[vilakins]

Thank you! I should have used a flash though as it's actually lighter and brighter on top than it looks there. [uses old icon of pastede on hed]

[zoefruitcake]

Looks good :D

[vilakins]

Thanks! :-D

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Pics! I must confess that I thought the short style looked better on you somehow. Or maybe that's because it's closest to my mental image when I think of you or something:).

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'll see if I can take some decent ones! It really is more me, though it reveals more of my face.

[luinielle.livejournal.com]

I love your haircut! :o)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Welcome back, old short hair. :-)

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

It's very nice! I think it shows off your really nice eyes beautifully.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I like to emphasise my eyes with makeup anyway so people see them and not the rest. ;-)

[kindkit.livejournal.com]

Looks great!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's bit longer at the sides than it's been in the past, but I like that.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I do like it! (And the icon actually is pretty close. :))

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I should have used a flash though because the colour hasn't shown up. It's lighter and brighter on top than it looks.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Oh, it really suits you, and it looks like a very good cut. I like the effect on the sides too, très chic ;)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Merci beaucoup! My hairdresser is a great cutter: she cuts, dries, then cuts more when she sees how the hair falls. At first I thought she hadn't taken enough off, but she did a lot dry.

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

Very nice. :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! This will suit my hats more too, I think. How's your hair these days? Still shortish?

[ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com]

Great hair cut and style--I love it!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :-D I'm feeling more and more pleased with it.

[kerravonsen]

When I saw the title of the post, I thought you were going to top off your troubles with a computer break-in! So it's with great relief that I find you've just had your hair hacked, not your computer.

I'm so glad you like your haircut; that's even more important than other people liking it, because if you don't like it, then you won't feel comfortable, no matter what other people tell you about it.

\o/

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

That's all I need (along with the migraine and dead bird gift)! Nope, I just had it hacked off. :-)

I held on to the other style because people liked it, but in the end it just annoyed me too much.

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

Very nice! :-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

I like it.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's an old friend, really. [uses pasted hed icon]

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

I like your new cut very much! I am a shorthaired one too,and I definitely appreciate the advantages of it.
You have a lovely, friendly face with beautiful eyes.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I was getting a bit exasperated by the time I took this photo, so I'm not at my best. :-)

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

Now that is more the vilakins I remember in life. And lovely though the old one was this style is some how more you.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I think it is too. Now I'm not sure why I kept the old one so long. People liked it and my hairdresser kept saying it really suited me, but this really is much more my style.

[hafren.livejournal.com]

I think they both looked nice, but a change of style is a good thing sometimes for its own sake; perks up more than just hair!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I liked the look of the other one too, but it needed more maintenance and all that hair hanging on my face when I was doing things so annoyed me.

It has perked me up! I really needed a change, even a fairly small one like this.

[grins at your icon; bad Jenna]

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Nice 'do! :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It's more like what I had when we met, but a bit more bitsy. :-)

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

The hair looks good. You seem rather pensive in that photo.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

That's because it took several till I got a decent one with all my head in it!

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

It looks good! I hope you're enjoying the feel and look of it, too.

I can definitely sympathise at the moment about the problems of long hair: mine is driving me mad at the moment. Must...get...it...cut.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'm loving it! I'm now wondering why I put up with the bob for so long. Maybe because I've always liked the look of glossy bobs, but all that hair did annoy me so much. I'll admire it on others. :-) I do wonder how some people handle their hairstyle. There was a woman in the salon with a style that had her hair hanging heavily over one eye in an ear-length cut. How can she give up half her vision?