This is Beth. Reporting on August.
The straight bob seemed to be a hit. I heard, “your hair looks good” several times, all month. Thank you! Though I don’t think I captured red-carpet glam, probably came closer to run-out-the-door mom do.
Also got new jewelry:
(look closely at noses for twinsie piercings).
P.S. Happy birthday Kara!
This is Beth. With fabulous links from friends.
From Michelle and Angela: Guys with Fancy Lady Hair
From Kathy: Here’s What Getting a $1,200 Haircut is Like
Sam Grobart writes, “I’m not even going to try to judge [Ted] Gibson’s admittedly wackadoodle price for a haircut. I won’t, because the market already has: Even after raising his price to $1,200 from $950, he still has a two-month waiting list.”
Whoa.
P.S. Grobart’s article includes a link to a Prince video – his look is slightly reminiscent of the guy glam pics above.
This is Beth. With fun facts for straight bob month.
From The New York TImes Magazine July 21, 2013: “But the hairdryer didn’t didn’t seriously take off until the 1920s, which happened to be about the same time that utility companies began sending out salesmen with irons and toasters and hotplates, trying to push daytime consumer appliances to even out residential use, which was heavier in the evenings. It was also around the same time the bob came into vogue.”
The result – people (women) started washing their hair way more frequently. Slaves to electricity, to our appliances.
“Having clean, shiny, fluffy hair – that’s a 20th-century thing.”
P.S. Thanks Michelle!
In March we posted a series of hair transformations, starting with New dos abound. Here’s a summer do change worth documenting:
June
July
August
In Fran’s words: “I’m changing everything in my life- separating from my husband of 34 years, moving from a large home to a townhouse, changing my hair. Just because I can.”
And what a crappy month it’s been.
Helped a friend clear out part of her folks’ living room for hospice. Happened upon this in the bathroom:
Not as good as a printed Wynkoop sticky note, but still. Thank you Lew for sharing with me that you thought the name of this blog was inspired. I’m one of many with an aching heart.
This is Beth. And it’s August already.
1. The do—Straight Bob.
Inspired by the slick, modern dos of many celebrities:
My bob is a coppery-gold.
2. Music (what was playing at the salon during the doing of the do)—Note: music plays all the time at Bang, I don’t get to pick do-appropriate songs. This time I only remember what was playing at he pizza place when Liz and I went next door to order dinner – Karma Chameleon (gotta love Culture Club, Boy George).
3. Drink (what I sipped at the salon during the doing of the do)—Note: I do get to choose the do-appropriate drink. Had many ideas for this month’s drink but fell apart at the execution. Running out of the house in an attempt not to be late to see Monica, I made a quick lemonade and raspberry juice mixture (in stock thanks to my babes) and grabbed vodka, lime and ice.
4. The Theory—The bob. A classic hairdo with many variations that have evolved over decades. Currently celebrities sport sleek sophisticated bobs (above), it’s also a default haircut for moms who don’t have much time to do much with their dos. According to Glamour, “there’s a fine line between trendy bob and soccer-mom helmet.” I’m going for chic but might fall into frumpy.
5. Reactions—TBD.
P.S. Title song – in honor of an old but timeless style, sometimes a mom do: The Beatles Your Mother Should Know
This is Beth. Reporting. The curly bob held up fairly well through July’s journeys.
At home:
In Australia:
In Alabama:
P.S. Did see some sites, learn some stuff:
It’s summertime, time for vacation. Like Michelle, many of us traveled in July. Bill (of the facial hair series) provided colorful documentation of his Hawaiian adventures, with comb:
Aloha! (Thanks Bill)
This is Beth. Getting a jump start on July.
1. The do—Curly Bob.
Inspired by carefree-looking, fun-having, slightly-smirky free spirits:
Not sure why they’re all blond; mine will stay the same medium-to-getting-lighter brown for now.
2. Music (what was playing at the salon during the doing of the do)—Note: music plays all the time at Bang, I don’t get to pick do-appropriate songs. The solon bustled this week; I only noticed one song (playing when Monica switched off the blow dryer): Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror. All about more-then-hair change. Nice, relevant. “Make that change.”
3. Drink (what I sipped at the salon during the doing of the do)—Note: I do get to choose the do-appropriate drink. This time, gin and tonic. Classic, refreshing summer drink.
4. The Theory—The Curly Bob: it’s a little bit shorter, a little bit less labor intensive. A little bit boring in our anything-goes hair culture?
According to Wikipedia, a bob is “a short haircut…in which the hair is typically cut straight around the head at about jaw-level, often with a fringe (or ‘bangs’) at the front.” From dailymakeover.com: “This classic short hairstyle is low maintenance, high style and flattering to every face shape. Many versions can go from straight and smooth to curly and tousled.”
Fun, easy, happy, perfect for summer, perfect for vacation. We’ll see if I can keep the mood light and relaxed to go with the hair.
5. Reactions—This month they’ll be international. We’ll see.
P.S. Music Links:
Title song Curli Hair by Hawkeye and Hoe from He’s Got the Whole World in his Slacks. Careful, it’s a catchy one. From their website: “Hawkeye and Hoe are an English duo playing good time country, bluegrass, rockabilly, farmer folk, skiffle, rock n roll, pub polka, irish, cajun, folk roots and what they like to call ‘BEER DRINKING MUSIC.'”
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This is Beth. With reactions to the “mullet.” It didn’t come across as a mullet. I couldn’t tell if folks were more disappointed that I tried to do a mullet or that I failed.
The first pic I posted on facebook met with “pretty!” responses.
May have confirmed the stereotype: long hair = pretty.
These pics were deemed slightly more mullet-like:
The jean jacket (with changingthelocks.com comb in the pocket) helped.
The best reaction was the friend at work who busted out in a full belly laugh when she saw me, more then once. Comments included, “You going to play hockey after work?” A coworker asked, “Did Beth get extensions?” Huh… No, clinical study. At book group I got, “It looks normal from the front.” Well, it is business in the front… I turned around to reveal the party in the back, everyone laughed, we toasted, and proceeded to party like only book group can.
Many people wanted to touch the extra-long hair.
But the lack of reaction is what surprised me the most. Really, the hair looked ridiculous, no blending from the shorter layers and freakishly long. No one who didn’t already know about the little hair/blog project asked about it.
Alas, I continued wearing the (clip-in) extensions meant to approximate a mullet. Just as Liz couldn’t undo her duo-chrome do (even in the face of portrait taking for work), I had to see the month through. Okay, okay, I took weekends off. And luckily it’s a short month for me as I must get the new do done before leaving town.
P.S. Comb of the month pic, a new shipment:
P.S.S. The post headline comes from the movie Wreck it Ralph: Sarah Silverman as Vanellope von Schweetz asks John C. Reilly’s Wreck-It, “Why are your hands so freakishly big?“
Changing the Locks 