To Cut or Not To Cut...

[kimmi]

My hair seems really dry and brittle, you could even say crunchy LOL!!! 

Mine has always felt like that.  It is slow growing.  I take vitamins but it doesn't seem to do much.  Back to the drawing board I guess.

[Sandy Eggo]

Wheat germ is supposed to be good for your hair. I had a friend w/thin hair who ate it religiously on everything she could toss it on. I don't know if it worked or not, because we lost touch..I haven't seen her for years.

[me]

Don't think this will help the thinning any but for the dry crispy hair you might try a mayo conditioning.  Just use some cheap mayo, I use Helman's.   Wash your hair and then put it on and use either saran wrap or a plastic bag to put over your head and leave it for at least an hour then wash it out.  When I was getting perms every 4 months or so the lady that does my hair had me start doing that and the perms took more evenly and didn't frizz.  Of course the kids and hubby made fun of me when I did it, called me the mayonnaise monster, but hey the results were worth it...lol 

[kimmi]

Wheat germ is supposed to be good for your hair. I had a friend w/thin hair who ate it religiously on everything she could toss it on. I don't know if it worked or not, because we lost touch..I haven't seen her for years.

I put it on my ice cream!  It is honey nut flavored! 

[Sandy Eggo]

Time for my spring/summer cut. I LOVE her bangs and I've been bangless for a while. I like not having bangs because I think it makes your hair more versatile, but I always go back to bangs. I also like the fact that it looks "windblown", but it's still pretty. Seems like a good style for someone who likes to blowdry, roundbrush and go. It has lots and lots of layers, which I don't mind. I just hope it works well for thick hair.

I've thought about the color too. I just don't have the guts to do it, but if I did, it would be this color.

[kimmi]

It is cute.  Mine is similar but not as long.  With naturally curly hair, mine takes much more time because I have to straighten it before I go or I look like a poodle.  Some days I can get away with just the bangs though. 

I have decided that I have to tap into my inner ginger.  My hair is going red.  I just have to come to terms with it.  The next time I go in for color I'm just going to go for it!

[Sandy Eggo]

You should! and I should follow my own advice.

I'm afraid of two things. 1) Having hair that looks dyed. Obviously, since I have light brown hair now everyone will know it's dyed, but I mean the stiff and chunky look that some people have. I'd go to a hairdresser, but it still makes me nervous - then I'm stuck w/it for a while and 2) That it will destroy my natural hair color when it grows out. I guess there's a fix so that it can grow back to your natural color w/out going through the widening part thing? You know where you start w/a strip of your old color at the top of your head and eventually that strip gets wider until the dye is all gone. I hate that. How often must you get dyed hair touched up?

[kimmi]

If you are going that much darker then probably every 6 to 8 weeks depending on how fast your hair grows.  My color is darker than my natural and I only get one all around process, no highlights, but my hair grows so freaking slow that I can go 3 months without looking like a skunk.  Usually my ends will need a major trim before I really have roots.  I just need color redone because my hair seems to get really dull after a while.  My natural color is like that too.  Mousy brown and red!

[Dexter Morgan]

I finally grew mine out to its natural color. I had dyed it blond since I was 18. I now have a full head of dark brown hair. I like how it looks, but Hubby absolutely HATES it. It was getting sooo thin on top,I was afraid to color it.I was fearful I'd go bald. 

[kimmi]

That is the one thing I don't like about my hair being dark is that my scalp is neon white under it!!

[Sandy Eggo]

Well, I did get my hair cut today, but I didn't get this:

I got this:



'Cept with bangs.

Not because this ^ is what I asked for, I asked for the top picture, but somehow it translated for the stylist into this:



I'm a lil' pissed because I had grown my hair specifically so that I could have a longer style. I'm also mad that it's no where close to what I wanted and much shorter. If it were similar to what I wanted and it just didn't look right on me, that wouldn't bother me, because it's what I asked for.  It's a cute do, but I was trying to get away from the bob-like styles. 

[Dexter Morgan]

That is the one thing I don't like about my hair being dark is that my scalp is neon white under it!!

My thin spot really stands out now. I saw a friend I hadn't seen in a year, and she commented on it.  How totally embarrassing. 

[smokeykat]

I just got mine cut a week ago.  It is similar to Katie Holmes or Victoria Beckhams hair...the bob look.  I love it!!!!!

[kimmi]

Ohh I want to see a picture! 

PIYA - too bad about the length.  It is a cute cut though.

[Sandy Eggo]

I did get a new Sak at TJ Max...that helped my torn soul a lil'