This is Beth. Readying for the final cut Wednesday, wondering what to drink. Suggestions please…
What I consumed previous months:
January – whiskey & ginger:
February – tall dark Russian:
March: Bellini martini:
April – red wine:
May – rum & coke:
June – PBR:
July – gin & tonic:
August – kitchen-sink punch:
September – last-minute wine:
October – whiskey. straight:
November – sounded-good bloody mary:
December – It’s gonna end up pretty darn short!
This is Beth. Celebrating.
Exhibit opening 2012:
(That’s me on the left.)
Exhibit opening 2013:
(That’s Liz on the right, me next to her sporting a spiky version of this month’s do.)
What strikes me (besides dramatic do change): how fortunate I am to work on projects like these, with fabulous people.
You probably already know that the word of the year, according to Oxford Dictionaries, is selfie. It’s been all over the news. In some related report, I heard about variations on the “word,” including helfie or hair selfie.
I guess that’s what we’ve been doing all year – helfies…
In honor, here’s my November helfie. Please note that hair is touching my coat. And it’s wet. And I’m wearing a coat. Just how I roll.
This is Beth. Last year, after we started blogging but before we started cutting, I posted about what I was willing to do with my do. At that time I said no Kate (from Jon and Kate Plus Eight), yes Katy (Katy Perry blue bob, or any Katy Perry really).
I also drafted a post way back then when I met a woman whose do so moved me that I asked her if I could photo it. Kate agreed to the pic, and offered without prompting to send her inspiration/haircutter instruction image and did so immediately. She followed up with even more visual material. I like this woman. And her hair. I like everything about this story.
Kate at work:
Kate’s inspiration pic:
Past pics of Kate and more inspiration:
I hadn’t looked at the pictures in months. Now I realize that I’ve gotten pretty close to her do. Though it looks better on Kate, and she didn’t need a hair/blog project as impetus!
Liz here, and time for the November hair.
Now that we are looking ahead to the longer winter nights, it seemed appropriate to go dark. The plan was to go with a dark brown, and I was feeling a little bit sad that I might have “normal” hair again for the month. Fortunately, the hair coloring had other ideas.
How much more black could my hair be? and the answer is none. None more black.
Hard to believe this is already month 11. The last time I wore this dress was in the spring, I looked down and thought “whose blonde hair is that?” and realized that it was mine, from the April platinum do.
This is Beth. With this month’s do – the Pompadour.
1. Inspired by pomp – Presley and plenty of pop:
2. Music (what happened to be playing at the salon during the doing of the do)—All over the place. But, included We Are Young by Fun. with Jenelle Monae. Also When I Was Your Man by Bruno Mars. And Crimson and Clover but I don’t even remember what version.
3. Drink (what I sipped at the salon during the doing of the do)—Had trouble deciding again, so settled on what happened to sound good: bold and spicy bloody mary with a pickle (particularly good since I forgot to eat lunch).
4. The Theory—Look at the photos above, kinda all over the place with a healthy dose of glam. I need to do some research. Meanwhile, a few more pics – Madame, Greaser, Rockabilly:
The definition: a hairstyle in which the hair is combed up from the forehead without a part.
5. Reactions—So far, sushi pal said she liked it and her daughter said “Pink” when she saw a pic. Yes. Oh, and the babes didn’t react.
P.S. Title song – Raise Your Glass by P!nk (Slam slam oh hot damn)
This is Beth. Reporting on Mohawk Month. I liked it. Others seemed to like it too. After the first day of feeling a little self-conscious on the elementary school playground, I settled in and enjoyed it.
At the bar:
At the ball:
With a bow:
Boring, down:
It grew out a bit and I played just a little with styling. At the beginning of the month:
Toward the end of the month:
And, the result of wearing a Little Cat B (cat-in-the-hat) hat on Halloween:
Comments:
From the girl-child the first day – “It needs to be spikier.” And, “Wear a skirt so you don’t look like a boy.”
From people at work – “You look young enough to pull it off.” “Flock of Seagulls.” “It’s the middle finger of haircuts.” “Girl on fire.” “Movie star.” “Billy Idol.”
I got a lot of positive comments about the color. Monica’s an artist.
After riding the elevator up to the dentist’s office with a woman and a teenager I encountered the woman a few minutes later in the bathroom. “I love your hair,” she said, “I didn’t want to say it in front of my son.”
The day I wore it down a friendly mom on the playground accused me of cheating. She was right. The following week she asked me where I work. When I told her she replied, “I knew you had a cool job!” Yes, yes I do – I’m a very lucky girl.
This is Beth. Sharing photos by fabulous photographer Neal Wallace who brought his professional equipment to work, set it up (twice), and captured the memorable mohawk. Thank you Neal!
The friendliest guy at work.
Before:
After:
P.S. Go for the cinnamon caramel latte, stay for the infectious good mood.
Liz here,
October and autumn are here, and the leaves are starting to change colors.
In honor of fall colors, this month is red, short, and once again curly!
It reminds me of that red that goes with cinnamon flavors:
But everyone has different associations. My mother thinks I look like Little Orphan Annie:
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People at work said Carrot Top and Ronald McDonald :
As always, there’s a k-pop connection for this month’s hair. Rapper P.O. from the group Block B, showed up with this hair style at their concert on October 3. I got m hair done on October 3. Time zones, yada yada, but I’m going to say that I set the trend this time.
Mostly, I’m very excited that my hair is capable of curling again!
Changing the Locks 