The New Bob is Back

After 6 loOong months, I finally had my hair cut. I was hesitating at first, but i actually liked how it came out. I have a heart shaped, often mistaken as round shaped face.. so i have to make sure i get myself a cut that would not further emphasize my cheeks or the roundness of my face. If i weighed a little less, I could wear whatever hair cut and and I'd carry it off, but eversince I gained weight, I had to be more careful. I have ignored my hair was dull, limp and no style because I was scared that the probability of me ending up with a good cut VS. having my hair murdered/massacred was 1:5. I kept saying my hair was like 'weeds', they just keep growing. ;p I actually forgot how it feels like to wear you hair proud. And Today, I remember. :P

It feels good. I dont know if maybe its simply because of the minus weight off my neck and my head.

Ladies, If you have a round shaped face or heart shaped, go for the cut that would give our face imaginary edge or corners. Usually the complains are, my cheeks are too wide, my face looks fat especially in my ID pictures even when you're not really all that fat and you start thinking what more if you were?...they are all unhelpful paranoia, which i sometimes also tend to fall victim to. hehe ;p.

Cuts that elongate the face and reduce the roundness a little bit by hiding the cheeks a little, adding more volume to the top part of our hair, adding layers and wisps at the bottom part, bringing the focus to our eyes and even brows should help do the trick. Also, Dont be afraid to comment even while your hairstylist is already cutting away, if you think he/she is cutting too much or not, you may say so. Of course they wont always react positively, some will just look at you, nod their heads but aren't really listening. Others would simply ignore you or worst some may even feel insulted, but hey its your hair, save it while you can. Its not like they're cutting it for free and you were rude. Always be polite and nice, give a little encouragement to the person who is to cut your hair (or else, they might butcher your hair in revenge..ikaw rin :P) If you liked the cut, show it, if you did not then just be quiet, although you can show a little remorse on your face, wait until you get home, have a mirror infront of you and then vent it out "AaaaaAAAAhhhh!!!!" (except when they totally frankensteined your hair, maybe you could give the salon hell right then and there).

So what to do now? I usually turn to CoLoR. I always believe the right color could give it a little boost or if not, at least distract the beholder. Note: Avoid colors that would make you look cheap or colors that do bad for your skin tone. I have had my experience of ridiculously bad hair color that didnt work for me. I wore Japayuki-looking blonde, over-bleached hair once, so yellow you'd think im always at the end of the rainbow and the leprechaun is probably looking for my head for his bag of gold coins. ;p (in fairness to other people, they can carry off super blonde and look good, sometimes it just depends on the way your hair was colored,the distribution, the skin tone, and even your racial features) so anyways I tamed down my hair color crisis by applying a darker tone over it, which worked but my hair was already damaged due to too much-too soon application of hairdyes (you usually have to wait 3-4 months before dyeing your hair again). I remember the days when even on a strong windy day, not one strand of hair would budge to stray away, as if each strand was glued to the next, like a hairy helmet. Thankfully after a year or so, i regained a head of hair dancing to the tune of Pocahontas theme song "colors of the wind". :) Im no pro, and definitely not your hair expert, Im learning as I go myself.

Anyways,Its too bad i dont have a photo of me yet wearing my new bob, but i'll probably take some this weekend and upload it on Multiply. :)