Liz here.

At the end of 2013, our book group was discussing our “Three Words for 2014.” Mine were “grow, grow and grow.” I’m not sure how well I’ve done on the personal growth front, but the hair growth has definitely proceeded, if slower than I like.

Here’s the 2014 Hair Year in Review:

January: Lizard Mohawk to Fauxhawk

The first month of 2015 was all about getting the mohawk to grow out (and seeing how much gray I actually have!)

February-March-April: Spring Green

I was a little sad that I didn’t do green in the big hair year, so February started out with a dark green:

That was much more minty by March:

And nearly gone by April:

May-June-July: Red and Growing

I decided to go read again, and got another trim.

Looking back and the pictures, the summer was a fruitful hair growing season, because this picture was in early June:

And this one was in late July:

August-September-October-November: Back to brown and growing, growing, growing.

By the end of summer, I went back to something close to my natural brown, and endured/enjoyed variations on the curly-puff, almost-afro, as my hair got longer and longer, but still wanted to stick up.

December: Burgundy and almost grown?

Did a quick dye job with some off-the shelf ‘Burgundy.” It’s finally long enough it hangs more than it sticks up.

It even hangs from under my hat, which was not the case a year ago! So lots of growing, but still a bit more to go

2015 Hair Goals:

1. To be able to pull it back into a ponytail when I work out.

2. More fun colors.

3. Straighten it again, temporary extensions maybe?

Hello 2014 (nearly three weeks in). Liz, Michelle and I measured 2013 in new dos. What will this year bring? Hopefully lots of love and fun for everyone. And change, because change is good… and if it’s not, find what’s good in it.

I won’t be changing dos quite so much this year, the options seem a bit more limited – and that should force creativity, right? We’ll see. And we just may write about it occasionally too.

For those of you who’ve asked – it took me this long to settle on my favorite do from the little hair/blog project – July:

Probably most similar to what I’ve looked like most my life. Have I become nostalgic? The more things change, the more they stay the same?

Happy 2014! Thanks to everyone who voted in the big end of year poll, here are the top  looks for 2013:

BETH

1.  December- Pixie (34 votes)

2. October- Mohawk (21 votes)

3. May- Shag (10 votes)

LIZ

1. October- Red and short (32 votes)

2. December-Lizard mohawk (24 votes)

3. August-Rainbow swirl (9 votes)

MICHELLE

1. May- longer and longer (19 votes)

2. Three-way tie! (7 votes each)

July-long enough to pull back

October- two more months to go

Thank you to everyone who has come along on this journey!  You’ve listened to our hair adventures and shared your hair stories–here on the blog and in person. You all have lots of opinions on the different styles, and  now that the year is almost at an end, it’s time to vote on your favorite ‘dos! 

Beth’s Best Hair  (Review the ‘dos here.)

Liz’s picks: “My number one favorite hairstyle that Beth had this year was the fierce mohawk, and I’m not just saying that because I have one now. It looked awesome spiky and straight, curly, and flattened out. My second favorite was the shag,  which was a different look.  I loved the hairstyles that made Beth look like the rock star  that she is!”

Michelle’s picks: “Have to agree with Liz on the mohawk.  I was almost as nervous ahead of time about that one as for the mullet!  But it turned out great.  Monica, Beth’s hairdresser, and Beth are both rock stars!  That girl can sport a mohawk and still look sexy.  Tied for the mohawk is the pixie. Again, Beth surprises.  She looks stunning in that short do – in fact, yesterday a stranger told her she looked Hollywood!”

Vote for your top three:

Liz’s Best Hair (Review the ‘dos here.)

Beth’s picks: “Liz rocks the Lizard – it sums up how incredibly bold and full of personality she is. She set her sights on that do from the start and ultimately executed it with flair. However, my favorite Liz do would have to be… well, can I vote for all of summertime? I loved June’s half-and-half, July’s tricolor, and August’s four-color swirl. And her trip to KCON captures the brilliant fun side of this whole hair blog project.”

Michelle’s picks: “Hate to be a dittohead, but yep, Beth’s right.  Liz is the only person I know who would even think about doing the Lizard.  And then, she went and did it.  And it looks awesome!  I, too, loved all the crazy color months but I think Liz looks amazing in October with that deep red color.  It shows some of the little devil inside her.”

Vote for your top three: 

Michelle’s Best Hair (Review the do’s here)

Liz’s pick: “I’m going to go with month five– that was sweet spot of the same length front and back, cute!”

Beth’s pick: “Michelle may be the strongest, most committed person I know. She vowed to let her hair grow for a year and she did it, no matter how uncomfortable it got. I think the process proved much more painful for her than it was for Liz or me and she endured – the only grower-outer to make it to the finish line. Bravo. My favorite was midyear – Month 7: Colorado Hair. It was just becoming unbearable for her by that point, but looked great! And it was July – warm and sunny, and she was blonde and smiling. Nice!”

Vote for your top three:

Ginni here,

I work with Beth and Liz and asked them a long time ago if I could write a guest post and here I am at the end – finally getting around to it.  I think I have had almost every haircut between pixie and bob and I really love changing my hair, so I thought it would be fun to do a little post about all the haircuts I’ve had in the last 30 years.

My motto of haircuts has pretty much always been “it’ll grow back”!   When I was in grade school I was always jealous of my friends with long braids – but not jealous or patient enough to grow it out.  Here are some examples of grade school do’s.

I’m pretty sure my mom picked the kindergarten mullet.  Although that is a pretty cute mullet, if I do say so myself.

Here’s a senior picture then the pixie cut I got right before I left for college.

Shortly after starting college,  I started cutting my own hair. Mostly because I was cheap, but then I decided I could cut my hair exactly how I wanted it without having to explain it someone else.  

This cut is my go-to self do.In the last 15 years I’ve probably been to a salon about 10 times.  Even when I go, I usually fix it when I get home.  

Here are my attempts at growing it out a few years ago.  I had to get bangs and then dye it in order to keep from cutting it all off.

After growing it out, I chopped off 9 inches.  Since then it has been various stages of short to bob, in various colors and accessories – even feathers for about a year.

Most recently my friends Amy and Casey and I got our haircut in Iceland!

They have to go to school for 4 years in order to cut hair there.  So if you ever go, get your haircut.  It’s an order.  I still haven’t touched my hair with a pair of scissors in over a month – which is a sign that it was an excellent haircut. 

But since it’s been over a month – I’m ready for something new.  Silver/purple-ish? Dark again?  hmmm.