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This has been a tough hair week for me…. The problem is that I feel that naturally I’m a short-hair girl. I felt more like myself and I felt unique with my short-hair. I had a different style every day with only a few inches of hair and I felt like it defined me! Now that I’ve been growing my hair out, I feel like every other woman in the world and I really don’t like that feeling  Medium length hair seems so basic and I really have been confined to different variations of a bob..BORING!
Anyone can rock a long style, but it takes some real gut to go to the barbershop and get a shape up and still feel FLY! lol
I initially decided to grow my hair out, because I wanted to focus on hair health. In addition, my hair has been short since 5th grade and I wanted to see how my hair would look with some length, so I challenged myself to let it grow. Now that it’s growing, I just feel BLAH!
I think that part of the problem is that I haven’t been able to find any fun, unique ways to style it. Right now, I’m faced with either finding some fun styles or cutting my hair! Shannon, if you’re reading this, I promised that I wouldn’t say the words “cut my hair” in 2010, but it’s one of those days :( If I wasn’t so stuck on having my own hair, I could get extensions as a temporary style, but wearing weave isn’t an option - I’d rather rock my own tresses (no offense, just my personal opinion). I never thought this would so challenging, but I can’t live with boring bobs much longer!
I think somewhere along the line I got caught up in, “ok I’m tired of having short hair, long hair is more feminine, etc”, but who am I kidding.. I’m not and never was “normal”.. I’m a risk taker!” So pretty and petite, with hair that’s always neat (inside joke, but it was meaningful)! Luckily I’m having this crisis on a Sunday and I have hours to Google and play with my hair, because there’s nothing else to do.
Today I am truly discovering hair!
Should be interesting……
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You can ONLY imagine that my obsession with hair has carried over into wedding hair. I despise veils covering up my hair, so I’ve been somewhat stressing over wedding hair. The fiance reads the blog, so I won’t reveal which of these styles I plan to wear, but I did want to post some pictures of some fantastic hairstyles I found.
Today we explore…Chignons!
Chignons in short are buns with a twist! Chignons are great for weddings and they allow you to have an “updo”, but the more modern style of updo. This is not your mama’s hair blog, lol. I LOVE chignons for weddings, because they show off your neck, shoulders, makeup, jewelry..you name it! They’re quick, fun and still give you a sleek, elegant look on your big day! These styles work for both inside and outside weddings and can be glammed up or made messy to fit your style of wedding - and let’s not forget that chignons are easy enough to DIY!
Chignon
 
 
 
 
These images are courtesy of http://www.projectwedding.com and you can find more here. Throughout all of my wedding blog searches, they have the BEST hair pictures.
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I’ve been gone for awhile - got engaged.. lost focus.. but I’m back! I haven’t lost focus on my hair growth thankfully. Besides, now I have WEDDING HAIR to focus on! New Years is always a good time for a fresh start and to get back in gear, so I wanted to share with you my hair care regimen for 2010.
* I will wash my hair every Sunday.
* I will deep condition every time I wash.
* I will wrap my hair EVERY night (this is a BIG one for me)
* I will only use my flat iron on special occasions (never exceeding once a week)
* I will not blow dry with a handheld dryer.. only rollersets or air dry
* I will pay closer attention to the ingredients in the products I use
* I will stretch my relaxer for 5 months minimum
* I will take a hair care vitamin
* I will drink 8 glasses of water a day (another BIG one for me)
* I will change of the style of my hair every week (I’m gonna have to get creative)!
seems simple right?! we’ll see and pictures of my journey to come…..
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