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04 January 2009 @ 10:21 pm

CUTTING-EDGE DILEMMAS.

So I'm thinking of getting a haircut.

See, the thing is, I made a mistake the last time I went to the hairdressers', and I didn't get my hair trimmed all that much. Thus, less than four months later, it's long enough for me to need to tie it up on hotter days, which annoys me immensely. Since the Chinese New Year is round the corner, a traditional time to get haircuts (before, not during or after), it seems a good time as any to get the locks shorn.

Except that, with my trip to Japan coming up, I need to save money. And I certainly can't afford the five hundred dollar cut/color/perm extravaganza that happens each time I hit the hairdressers'. My solution: skip the color and the perm, and jazz up the hair by going for a really short cut.

Like, really, really short.

Rachel Maddow-short.

JUST LIKE THAT

The more I've thought about it, the more it appeals to me. Why not? It's easy to comb and maintain, and without the curls I won't have to spend an absurd amount of time in the mornings primping and preening and applying solutions. Plus, it might make a good conversation piece for a couple of weeks at least.

I still have my reservations, though. Not everybody can carry off a page cut, and I wonder if I have the bone structure, and the sass, to make the cut (pardon the pun). Will super-short hair make me look plain? Will it go with the berets I love wearing? Will everybody instantly assume I'm totally butch the moment they look at me?

DECISIONS, DECISIONS.

I shall not tempt myself by thinking of getting a Revive-style duck cut, goddam

Also, sigh. If only we could all be as intelligent, gorgeous, articulate and openly queer as Rachel is. She's amazing.

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cbeveridge on January 4th, 2009 02:23 pm (UTC)

Go for it. It's not like it won't grow back out.

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misshallelujah on January 4th, 2009 02:55 pm (UTC)

That's what I keep telling myself, but sometimes it helps not to be too rash with these things! XD

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nadiyah_sama on January 4th, 2009 02:36 pm (UTC)

My advice is to go with whichever hairstyle you want, regardless of what other people think or say. Besides, your haircut doesn't take over your personality or anything. XD It will always grow back if you don't like it! :)

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misshallelujah on January 4th, 2009 02:53 pm (UTC)

Yeah... my worry is just that it'll get terribly botched and I'll end up having to endure a buttugly hairstyle for months XD Like my dog! We shaved him and he looks SO ugly right now. (He's a Pomeranian. XD)

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logam on January 4th, 2009 06:58 pm (UTC) Expand

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onsenmark on January 4th, 2009 02:41 pm (UTC)

I like your hair as it is now. But then again, I have kind of a long hair fetish. ^^;

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misshallelujah on January 4th, 2009 02:47 pm (UTC)

LOL, my hair isn't long now, not by the way I count it. I kept my hair really long for most of my teenage and early-20 years, which amounts to nearly a decade. There was one point my hair extended beyond my waist after I got too lazy to get a haircut for two years in college. I only got a cut that was above the shoulders a couple of years ago, much to the shock of most people who knew me...

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aestalitz on January 4th, 2009 02:42 pm (UTC)

My first reaction was "Huh, that's a lady?"

Uhm... just cut it? Go for a simple one. Are you planning to just cut your hair or go for treatment?

If you're not too happy with your hair after the cut, try a different style. Use your hair creams and stuff! I didn't like how my hair turned out when it was cut (I don't like having a fringe cuz the hair falls over the eyes), but all I did was switch from a centre-parting to a side one and I like the hairstyle better.

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misshallelujah on January 4th, 2009 02:56 pm (UTC)

Yeah, I find pictures of Rachel Maddow to be oddly confusing. She looks a lot more feminine on her TV show, though, so maybe it's just the pictures. But she's v. pretty.

I have a feeling that me with short hair == every morning a new adventure with hairgel in front of the mirror! XD

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pigtail78 on January 4th, 2009 02:43 pm (UTC)

Just be aware that short hair can be prone to cowlicks that curl or stick out in odd directions, especially if you've slept on it
wrong. XD Then you'll need to tame it down with some gel/mousse and blowdry it.

Since it's short, you can't avoid or hide from a bad hair day by tying it up. XD But a hat would work...hehee

And maintaining the shape of the short hairdo also would mean regular trips to the hairdressed to trim. But that depends of course how fast your hair grows.

But go for what you like. :) I'm sure your hairdresser will give lots of good suggestions on the length and shape that'll suit you best. No harm, cause your hair will definitely grow back.

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misshallelujah on January 4th, 2009 02:59 pm (UTC)

Just be aware that short hair can be prone to cowlicks that curl or stick out in odd directions

OMG REVIVE HAIR

And that is also one of the problems, as I do want my hair to grow out a bit when I go to Japan. So I need to be careful and find a short hairdo that will grow out nicely, and not turn into some horrendous mess.

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kitsune_no_ame on January 4th, 2009 02:52 pm (UTC)

Three tricks to find out if it'll suit you:
1) PC-nerd option: Get one of those fancy PC programs that allow you to modify your appearance, or picture manipulator and use a photo of yourself.

2) Risky option: Ask someone in an aesthetic salon, these people usually know what looks good according to your facial structure etc. Problem: they might not be as qualified as they should or have crappy tastes.

3) My favorite: Get a wig. Either go to the shop and try it on, look at yourself in the mirror and decide. Otherwise you can buy it (if it's not expensive), and check out people's reactions to it. Carrying a few days might get you used to the new style or make you realize you're about to make a terrible mistake.

Whenever I need to change haircolors I go for wigs, sometimes buying them too (I have a small collection here, so I can just swap styles according to my moods)
Useful Y/N???

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misshallelujah on January 4th, 2009 03:03 pm (UTC)

What I've been doing is gathering my hair up and pinning it down at the nape of my neck, so that I can get a better gauge of what I'd look like without hair framing my face. It's not bad, but then again perhaps I can't really tell until I've done the actual cut.

Wigs are kinda expensive, and IDK how well they'd work for the length of hair I'm trying to achieve. On the other hand, having megashort hair will make it really easy for me to put on my sister's fabulous purple Tieria wig!

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kitsune_no_ame on January 4th, 2009 03:10 pm (UTC) Expand

WTF advice part deux: -

kitsune_no_ame on January 4th, 2009 04:58 pm (UTC) Expand

forochel on January 4th, 2009 03:19 pm (UTC)

CUTCUTCUT!

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misshallelujah on January 4th, 2009 03:26 pm (UTC)

*HOLLERS INTO ROLLED UP TUBE, SNAPS STRIPEY BOARD THINGEY*

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frode_sky on January 4th, 2009 03:22 pm (UTC)

No. Just no. Only a select few people can pull off the short hair look successfully, and that short a style is.. yuck.

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misshallelujah on January 5th, 2009 03:15 am (UTC)

Well, I don't know. Plenty of men of all sorts seem to have absolutely no problems pulling it off, yanno?

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serabut on January 4th, 2009 03:40 pm (UTC)

I'm guessing your hair currently is either permed or semi-permed now? (I'm not too sure, if judging from the most recent pic I've seen, if that's permanent or you muck with curlers daily) In which case, geting your short cut would still require some major cash to get your follicles sorted out again. It comes down to your personality also - if you fuss with your hair now (and if you regularly spend hundreds at the salon, you seem to be), you'd still be the same with short hair methinks. Look at Rachel Maddow off screen and on-screen - she looks more ... 'stylish' in front of the camera because there's people working on her (which she admits).

Of course, whatever cut you wish to have, a major way to save money is just be strong and say no to all the add-ons, which I'll admit, incredibly tempting. The other way of course, is to work with your currently growing length and experiment with various ways to put up your hair, beyond the ponytail. Initial investment for bobby pins = much cheaper than the salon.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents. In my case, I hate putting styling products aside from defrizz/smoothening lotions, so 1)I just get the basic cut+wash at the salon; and 2)I put my hair up a lot. Good luck!

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misshallelujah on January 4th, 2009 03:54 pm (UTC)

Yeah, my hair is currently permed, but the curls only take up the bottom half of the 'do. See, the last time I went to the salon I paid for a treatment package that has 7 tokens, so I don't have to pay for the next 6 hair treatment regimes. Essentially all I have to do is to pay for the cut if I decide not to perm and color.

The problem for me, as I just realized only a few years ago, is that my hair is quite thick and heavy, so if I keep it past a certain length I tend to shed a lot of hair because the roots aren't strong enough to deal with so much weight (I have a naturally oily scalp, which makes the problem even worse). So anything below the shoulder is bad for me, and my annoying hair has decide to hit shoulder length already, sigh. Therefore: time for a cut.

Because of the shape of my face, I tend to look really staid and auntie-like with plain black hair, which is why I always perm and color it. Long black hair is the worst, which is why I want to try the really short spiky cuts that I can just jazz up with judicious use of hair mousse XD

TL;DR er what was my point again? XD

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yanagiken on January 4th, 2009 04:58 pm (UTC)

I think your bone structure, sass, berets, etc. are fine. Butch, however, is probably going to be unavoidable if you wear anything unisex.

~~DO EET. REVIVE.~~

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misshallelujah on January 5th, 2009 05:08 am (UTC)

Well then maybe it'll be easier to find a girlfriend. XD

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plaids on January 4th, 2009 08:32 pm (UTC)

OMG, DO IT. I KNOW TOO LITTLE WITH A CUT LIKE THIS AND I ADMIRE THEM FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO DO IT ... NOT BECAUSE I KINDA HAVE A THING FOR GIRLS WITH SHORT HAIR BUT IT'S OKAY, IT'LL ONLY BE ONLINE FLIRTING. ♥

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misshallelujah on January 5th, 2009 05:55 am (UTC)

Not so much courage as it is practicality and a touch of batshit insanity. I'm too curious for my own good :3

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logpoes on January 4th, 2009 08:44 pm (UTC)

Having worked at a salon, and having pretty much every length/colour/texture possible, I always say: "Go for it!" Like another commenter said: "Hair grows back". A good hairdresser will be able to adjust pretty much any style to your type of hair & face shape. Of course there are limits, but from the pictures I've seen, you'll be fine. :-)

Tiny "warning" we always gave at the salon: shortshort hair still needs styling. Granted, probably less than you do now, but the whole "wash-and-go"-thing is a myth. Unfortunately. ;-)

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misshallelujah on January 6th, 2009 01:47 am (UTC)

Yeah, I do spend quite a bit of time styling my hair, as the curls that I have are gorgeous, but only if properly curled and treated, otherwise they degenerate into a huge ball of frizz around my ears XD I suspect that with short hair, I'm going to attempt sculpting the spikes in every possible direction I can think of.... XD

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sxyblkmn on January 4th, 2009 08:52 pm (UTC)

i have no advice to give, i just wanted to say i love rachel maddow :)

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misshallelujah on January 6th, 2009 01:50 am (UTC)

She's awesommmme :3 <3

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nightcoffeebean on January 4th, 2009 09:13 pm (UTC)

If you do cut it be prepared to get mistaken for a guy in the bathroom. Two of my friends have short hair (and it's not as if they have a guy-ish face or body) and regularly get stares when they go to public restrooms.

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misshallelujah on January 6th, 2009 01:52 am (UTC)

I'm actually thinking people are staring not because they think they're guys, but because they suspect they're either a) lesbians or b) transsexuals.

I shall report back on the starage when I get the cut :3

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volley on January 5th, 2009 12:25 am (UTC)

I say try it out! It'll grow out anyway, so no worries if you don't like it. I think having hair like that plus wearing girly clothes would look really cute, personally. *A*b

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misshallelujah on January 6th, 2009 01:54 am (UTC)

Heeeeeee.

The only problem is, I don't do the girlyclothes thing well. XD I almost always wear a t-shirt, jeans and ridiculously-colored Crocs everywhere. I have very few skirts or dresses, and I avoid wearing them because it means I can't sit any way I like on my office chair...

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izuro on January 5th, 2009 01:42 am (UTC)

I need a haircut too, and I always end up getting not much trimmed off and then I get dkflkdlfj after only a couple weeks when it's already starting to bug me. Personally, I say go for it, too, but I can understand some hesitation if you've never had it that short before |D;;

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misshallelujah on January 6th, 2009 01:55 am (UTC)

Yeah, I've only had short hair recently, but I've been loving it. I'm a bit thrilled by the prospect of getting it cut really super-short, actually. It'd be something new...

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strawberrypenis on January 5th, 2009 02:43 am (UTC)

WTF $500? I would have to sell my organs on the black market

I say do it, I cut my hair myself last time and it came out well okay lol you can always get orihime type pins and make it look so purrdy but I also think your right about some who can and can't because of facial structure, maybe this might help

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misshallelujah on January 6th, 2009 01:58 am (UTC)

Hmmm, then again I have problems telling what sort of facial structure I have exactly... it's either long or rectangular, I think. Oh well, we'll see!

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koyuki_san on January 5th, 2009 02:49 am (UTC)

Your face is shape is similar to hers so it possibly could work out.

Still short hair is equally high maintenance since you need to trim it once in a while to keep that length and then there's the cowlicks and it curling up the wrong way. I've had short hair before, though not that short, just something similar to Louise's style and if I don't slap on mousse or wax, it'd stuck out everywhere. |D

Though, wouldn't it be great if it stuck out like Revive's or Healing's style?!

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misshallelujah on January 6th, 2009 02:10 am (UTC)

I actually intend to cut it short and let it slowly grow out-- the whole saving money thing. But yes. I am sort of addicted to using hairgel/mousse, so I don't see it as much of a problem XD

I'd totally get Revive's style except that it's too long in the back. I live in a hot country, I want to keep the back of my neck as hairfree as possible XD

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swirling_chaos on January 5th, 2009 05:02 am (UTC)

DO IT DO IT DO IT

I love having super-short hair myself, it's so easy to maintain. All I do for mine is comb it out, iron my bangs and spray it with a little hairspray. It takes all of five minutes.

And yes, you do have to get it cut once a month (give or take a week or two) but it's still way cheaper than a full-blown salon 'do. Plus, I think it'd look really cute on you. ♥ Be sure to post pictures if/when you decide.

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misshallelujah on January 6th, 2009 02:12 am (UTC)

Hehe, I'm actually thinking of cutting it, and letting it grow back out... I do want sort of chinlength hair by the time it's May and I'm going to Japan, so. XD

Will definitely post pictures :)

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michanu on January 5th, 2009 05:49 am (UTC)

You never know until you try!

I loved having really short here before, but right now I'm trying to experiment by growing out my hair. I haven't had long hair in about...6-7 years? So I'm going in the opposite direction.

Personally, I find page cuts really hot ;x

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misshallelujah on January 6th, 2009 02:30 am (UTC)

Hehe. TY babe. I will post the results, one way or the other XD

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hopelikefever on January 5th, 2009 11:25 am (UTC)

That woman is BEAUTIFUL!

GO FOR IT~

As for your worries, I had the same ones when I cut my hair short, but you know, I think if you're thinner (and you are!) it's much easier to make it work than a heavier person like me.

Short hair is a lot of fun because there is so much you can do with it in terms of cuts and dyes because it can grow out quickly if you don't like it. I haven't ever regretted cutting my hair off.

And yeah, people pretty much do automatically assume you're some level of gay when you have short hair. But! There are way more pros to short hair than cons!

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misshallelujah on January 6th, 2009 02:54 am (UTC)

She IS :D

people pretty much do automatically assume you're some level of gay when you have short hair.

That's good, cos I kind of... am :D Well, bisexual, but yanno, we count too!

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bip_bebop on January 6th, 2009 06:52 am (UTC)

My mom recently got her hair cut insanely short by accident--like, Ann Lennox short--and she hated it at first, but over a period of a week and getting compliments from every which-where, she's gotten really attached to it and because she likes it, it looks good on her.
Whoa, run-on sentence alert. My point is, if you like it, generally you can pull it off. It all comes back to how you feel with it. If you feel good, people sense that and like it too.
That said, if all else fails, there are always wigs XD;

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glazzal on January 6th, 2009 03:24 pm (UTC)

That was... fascinating to read. Am verra interested now in what your final choice shall be. I tend to forget how controversial short hair can be, and only occasionally when I wear especially androgynous clothes and find people looking twice, I actually get a little disoriented. Also, there is a certain charm to having longish hair that I miss sometimes... and it can make people look a bit more unapproachable than they really are too, but maybe that's just for standoffish introverts like me. :3

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