2/25

I got my hair did. When I get my hair did, I like to dress extra T3 so the stylist will know who's showing up.

I didn't put on makeup, though.

I told my stylist I was looking for a change, and that I really loved the fauxhawk I've been rocking since July. She said let's go for the fauxhawk.

She then cut it super short, I think planning on a different type of shorter fauxhawk, which my fine hair doesn't really DO.

So I'm back to a pixie, which I guess is what I really wanted in the first place!!

I bought these jeans from ThredUp, and they were WAY too long plus had a huge flare. I had them hemmed by a tailor, but I'm not certain if the cut is right for my small frame, though it's certainly better balanced than they were!

1/7

Got my hair did finally. Went to a new stylist. She cut it pretty straight, which is a bit annoying, but I like how it turned out.

Summer

I haven't posted in forever, because we moved! Soon after my last post, we got an offer on our house and everything was a whirlwind.

I then decided to go for the fun and wild color in my hair I've been dreaming about for years. I got a double process... And hated it. I stopped the teal color after I saw the platinum blonde.

Again, my own indecision and inability to communicate what I wanted had me in hair I hated.

I hated looking in the mirror.

Don't get me wrong... the cut was amazing but I just couldn't see past the ice blonde hair.

I have never in my life had the issues with self loathing as I have had this summer. I don't know if the hair color is related.

It was better when I wore makeup and when I dressed in dyt colors...which I generally don't do in the summer and on weekends.

Fed up, I went and bought a box of due to make it a warmer blonde. I hated it less, but it didn't last long.

I actually liked once the roots grew in, and it looked better when it started to go brassy... With dimension.

Finally decided to do it with a pro. New haircut is amazing, but way more than I've ever paid for a haircut before. How unlike me.

Color was the next day. Before....

And after....

1/26

We had a crazy snow storm this weekend.
I also got my hair cut yesterday.

I almost donated this sweater when I KonMari-fied my closet. It didn't feel right and I could never select the correct pants. But then I got a ton of compliments when I tried it yesterday.

So my hair is short, it's angular. I said to my stylist that the short hair shows that I need a brighter color now! I'll have to save some pennies for it...

Snow day/haircut day #ootd. Left was last week, right is today! #whattheteacherwore #teacherootd #dressingyourtruthtype3 #dyt #dressingyourtruth

A photo posted by @feisty_yoga on Jan 26, 2016 at 3:06pm PST

The Great Pixie Grow Out

I looked through old posts and decided to post an update on my Pixie grow out process. It's not really a process at this point; my colleague who often commented on how long my hair is getting has officially stopped commenting!

Here's the entire series. Post 1 documented the first six months, Post 2 the second six months, Post 3 documented two years from a very short pixie, or 18 months from deciding to grow out.

Now, it's long. It's to midback. I haven't gotten it cut in I don't know how long (I know I didn't get around to an August/September back to school cut, and haven't cut it at all this school year.. it's raggedy and I need a trim!). It's almost three years since I decided to grow it, in April 2013.

Now, to determine what NEXT! 

Back in the midst of my #pixiegrowout I thought it would never happen. Buy I assure you, it will, and you'll be itching to do it again (then wonder if the grow out is worth it). Top left: April 2013 Top right: November 2014 Bottom: today, January 2016

A photo posted by @feisty_yoga on Jan 15, 2016 at 3:33am PST

Hair, updated

I've been obsessed with my hair lately. Not really in a "wow, my hair is so awesome" obsessed way, but in a "I can't figure out what to do next" way. I have been admiring short hair for a few months, and I'm pretty sure I'm really just a short hair kinda girl, but I really love being able to toss my hair up in a pony, and I'm digging the tossing it over my shoulder thing too.

If you've ever tried to grow out a pixie, you know it can be a miserable experience. #firstworldproblems much? Yes.

I documented my journey, part 1 and part 2.

When this Timehop picture turned up today, I figured it was fitting to update with a November 2014.

So, without futher adieu, here's the November 2014 update. From super short pixie to below the collar in 2 years:

This photo was really taken in October, but so close to the end of the month that it totally counts as November.

Growing out the Pixie, Part 2

In October I decided to document my journey from pixie to below the shoulders.  This is the picture of the haircut after which I decided I was going to start growing out, in April 2013:

Here's the next 6 months worth of progress, after the first sixits 5th end of March 2014:months documented here.

November 2013:  

I had just gotten my haircut by a new stylist, who suggested the side bang.  I really liked it!

Here's my haircut as of November 7, about 7 months after the "I definitely decided to start growing out" picture, seen here:

December 2013:

I didn't get my hair cut at all in December, and it clearly looked scraggly, though I love the way it looks in the Christmas picture.

January 2014:

In January, I was starting to think about something new, and that I wouldn't make it to February as planned.  The doubt of should I just go short again is creeping in.

February 2014

I went to the same stylist in mid February as in November.  She was super excited about how great my hair is coming, and how much swing it has.  

I'm now 4 weeks beyond that cut.  I admired my yoga instructor's French braid on Saturday and on Monday admired my coworker's short and choppy cut.  Another colleague said my hair is getting longer, and I agree...it FEELS longer and more swingy.  But it also feels flat and blah.  I'm back to headbands and clips often and am starting to get frustrated.  I'm heading into mullet territory again, so i'm considering a short bob to change things up and also get rid of some of the bottom length.  Photo taken February 14 (I've now been growing for 10 months.  It's frustrating, but I've also tried to keep it clean and not too straggly.)

It's funny how quickly this cut grew out.  Looking back, it looks so sleek and smooth on the haircut day but now looks so choppy and, well, scraggly.  I keep pulling on it, and playing with the rough ends.  If only I had skills with a blow dryer!

Now its the end of March 2014:

Growing out the damned pixie

I've been trying to grow out my pixie.  It has not been going very well.  I'm frustrated, feeling UGLY, and staring at short haired girls.  My hair has not been long in quite some time.

August 2009

April 2010; not my most flattering shot ever.

And has varied in length since...

August 2010

It hung out in that bob for awhile in 2010 and 2011 until I chopped it all off sometime in July 2011:

July 2011

August 2011

I think this was one of the last times it was super short,

October 2012

For this cut, I went to a beauty school and said I wasn't sure if I wanted to grow it or stay short and the stylist said she was going to give me a pixie.  Ok.  But the idea to start the grow out process was there and this is starting to let it grow a little too.

April 2013

So I let it go.

May 2013

June 2013

July 2013

August 2013--I rocked that headband all summer.

Here's the cut I finally got at the end of the summer, after realizing it was in mullet territory for sure.  I definitely told the stylist I was trying to grow it out.

August 2013

So here's where I'm at today:

October 2013

I wanted to change things up, so went for this side thing, but am typically wearing my hair bobby pinned like this:

September 2013

In that August 2013 picture, I can see the bump that represents my shortest layer.  I think I'm going to ask for something like this next (and I am in need of a haircut already); fitting to link to Maybe Mathilda, who of course inspired this post.  She definitely had much faster progress than me!

Here's a style I loved, and it looks so great in the picture.  In my head, this is what I'm growing toward, but I really don't know what I want.  Advice?  Suggestions?  Which of my hairstyles over the past few years do you like best?

August 2007