A couple quick thoughts on hair. For nearly a year, I've been suggesting to Mylie that she cut her hair, but with no success. "No, Mom. I'm growing it down to my knees!" Well, about two weeks ago, Tony said to Mylie, "I really liked it when you had that cute short haircut. It looked so cute on you." That's all it took. The next day, Mylie and I headed to the hairdresser and she got the chop. What is it about a dad's opinion of his daughter's hair that has such power? It made me think about some of my "hair" memories growing up. I don't usually remember anything specific that anybody said 15 or 20 years later, but I remember two very specific times--one on a Sunday morning before church when I was about 9 years old, and another my freshman year in high school--when my dad told me that my hair looked nice. So, dads, compliment your daughters on their hair. I don't know why, exactly, but it matters.
Secondly, I'm having a major hair dilemma. About three months ago, I dyed my hair dark. I hated it for about a week or two, then have really liked it since then (after it toned down a bit). However, it is MUCH darker than my regular, so by mid-November, I had some nasty roots growing in, which looked gray. It looked to me like somebody had emptied their vacuum right onto my part. Yuck! So, I went to my hairdresser and she touched up the roots for me for just $20, which is much better than paying full price to have it all done again. But now it's been a month, and my hair is still growing (dang hair!) and the roots are changing much too quickly. I can't decide whether to keep paying $20 every two months to keep this up, or to just go back to my regular color (a big cost all at once), and then not have to pay for maintainance. If I hated the dark hair, this would be an easy call, but I'm having fun with the change as well as the compliments (I've never had TWO hair compliments from married men before!) so I don't know what to do. Right now I can hardly wait until my little sister, Olivia, goes to beauty school so I can let her "practice" on me and get my hair done at a fraction of the cost! But until then . . . what do I do?
The Hearts of the Children
3 weeks ago
5 comments:
Hi Taffy, I saw you from a distance the other day in good old Wal-Mart, it was crazy with my kids so I didn't get a chance to say hi, but I think your hair is so cute, dark. I have been meaning to tell you. I love it, but I know what you mean about the cost it gets expensive,Thats why I changed mine back to my natural, but your hair is dang cute. I say keep it for a while!
Isn't there a way you can do your own root touch up for less? I think Heather used to to that? Maybe ask her or somebody who would know how you could do your own.
that is the down side of dying your hair, the keep up. I spent years keeping my hair the light blonde it used to be though it gets darker the older I get. I finally went a little closer to my natural and now I dont have to worry as much about roots. It is the price we pay I guess. But your hair is cute in the pics I've seen. You can always keep it up for a little while if not forever.
That is very tricky!! You look so cute with the dark hair, but it is a pain to get it colored all of the time. You better hurry Olivia along. It's so nice to have Traci in the fam to color my hair every couple months!!:)
I love it dark! It looks so shiny and sophisticated. But the cost and upkeep can be a pain. That is why I have vowed never to color my hair again. JK. Just not for a while. I say keep it dart for a while. Maybe until the sun comes out again in the spring. :)
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