Liz here.
March is going to be a very labor intensive month!
(Pictures of the March look will be posted on Monday, March 4.)
This is Beth. Last month friends and coworkers expressed some disappointment when the new do didn’t appear on the first of the month. Liz and I promise to debut new dos within the first week [JJ].
Meanwhile, I’ll continue the February theme by sharing pics of dark-haired good guys – female characters – brainstormed at the bar:
I plan to see Monica at Bang next week (within the first week of the month). At that time I’ll share the “five elements” of the monthly do. However, I’m revealing the plan for March now – it’s Up & Accessory month for me. That started today:
Thanks to Bill (of the facial hair series), I have a hair planning tool that will come in very handy:
P.S. Some of you [JJ] may be disappointed in me this month. Perhaps up & accessories seems boring, lame, a bit of a cop out. I’ll try to keep it interesting; I hope I can make it up to you later in the year; I think Liz might reveal a more dramatic March do (!).
Liz here
I am finally posting about my February do, on the last day of February. (It’s a short month!)
The plan for February was to add blonde highlights. The blue from January was very tenacious, so we ended up with blonde highlights and bright blue at the bottom.
The tiny elk that I received as a birthday gift got in on the act:
Over the month, the blue slowly started to fade out, and looked like this by the end of the February:
I’ve really enjoyed the blue, and will miss it in March, especially finding blue hairs in my brush and on my clothes.
And while this may be the most under-recorded of my hair looks on the blog, it will be the most long-lived hairstyle, since this month I had to renew both my driver’s license and my passport.
The best quote of February came from the guy at the DMV: “It says green eyes and brown hair… you still want to go with that?”
This is Beth. Reporting on February Dark.
It was dramatic enough to elicit several “I didn’t recognize you”s. That’s as mysterious as I got.
I also heard, “You look like a different person” more than once. It made me think of Billy Joel’s The Stranger.
“They’re the faces [hair] of the stranger but we love to try them on.”
The “You remind me of”s amused me: Charlie’s Angels, Jersey Girl, Bono’s Sister (if he had one), and Madonna in Like a Prayer.
Friends sent me examples of dark hair:
Jewish celebrities (apparently a “type” some find attractive).
And:
Inexplicable.
P.S. Thanks to fabulous February guest bloggers
and baby
P.P.S. Random comb-on-the-street shot for February:
This is Beth. The little hair/blog project has spurred more-than-usual self reflection. A recent article about the “end of history illusion” further fueled my thoughts.
It says, basically, that most of us have a pretty good idea of how we’ve changed from who we were in the past into the person we are today. However, most folks don’t have much of a concept of how much we’ll continue to change in the future.
I’m 44.
I know I’m a very different person than I was at 24. I was… shy. Now I’m much more of a geek. The kind of geek defined here by Simon Pegg, reposted from George Takei by a friend on Facebook:
Evidence – the little hair/blog project.
Who will I be at 64? Will I keep changing in the same direction? Or revert back to quiet and private? And what will my hair look like?!?
P.S. The loves of my life are my babes (happy birthday!). I probably wouldn’t have predicted them when I was 24. When I’m 64 they’ll turn 27. I do know of the future that I’ll still love them, other family, and good friends. Some of those friends have been around since well before my 24th birthday, others appeared more recently. What newer friends will I have by the time I’m 64? And about the elusive life partner…? Isn’t that what The Beatles song is really about?
P.P.S. Link to the song. And a version with ukulele and dog.
Hola! Karen MacMeekin, new guest blogger, writing from La Peñita de Jaltemba, Mexico. A little background for those of you who don’t know me. My husband and I have been traveling, pretty much continuously, since July, 2011. We spent 2 months in Canada, one year in southern South America, four months on the back roads of the US, and we are now traveling through Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala for the next 3.5 months. Oh yeah, and all in the relative comfort of our camper, named “La Casa.”
Our “campground” in Cuzco, Peru – complete with llamas.
Beth and I have been friends for 20 years – we met at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, then Natural History, in 1993. When she and Liz started this blog, I have to admit, my first reaction was jealousy! I have always spent time and money on my hair and have been with the same stylist, Kim Muehle of Le Petit Salon in Boulder, for over 20 years.
Me, or at least my hair, after a visit to Kim. Notice the subtle hints of auburn highlights which complement the sassy, swinging haircut.
However, during the past 18 months or so, I have had two – yes two – haircuts; one in Cuzco, Peru (Christmas 2011) and one in Sucre, Bolivia (June 2012). My head has gone from being stylish and well-coiffed to a big hot mess of dark mousy brown with what I call sprigs of gray. Yuk. And here is Miss Beth and Liz going to the salon at least once a month, if not more. God, I hate them.
Traveling has done nothing for my hair. Or, really…I have done nothing to maintain my style. I pretty much wear it in a ponytail. EVERY DAY. Somedays, I’ll mix it up:
A messy bun…just messy, right?
The Babushka look is always a popular choice
The low sidepony is, according to the Top 10 Easy Travel Hairstyles on dailymakeover.com, an elegant choice when you can’t wash or blow-dry your hair. Not exactly…
Hell, whenever in doubt, just cover it up with a cap – just make sure you have penguins in the photo so people don’t focus on the hair!
So, there you have it. My testimonial that your stylist is indeed your god. Seriously, would I have given up a month of traveling (close to what my visits to the salon would have cost…) for better hair. Perhaps. No, not really. Maybe. Ok, definitively, no. But I cannot wait to get back to the states, get a job, and then go visit Kim for a day of luxury.
Like Michelle, here is a bonus pic of when I was a young girl – quite blond with no additional chemicals needed.
This is Beth. And this is a little friend who has lots of dark hair.
Her mom told me that when she was born instead of saying, “It’s a girl,” they said, “Look at all that hair!”
She had her first haircut recently.
Did Angel cry? Nope, she loved the attention. Quite the diva said Mama (who also didn’t cry as anticipated).
P.S. The professional kid haircutter recommended no bangs – little-girl bangs tend to grow out into little-girl mullets in a few months. Mama agreed, dodged one there. I may not be so lucky in a few months.
Michelle, with my monthly check-in. My hair is long. My hair is heavy. It takes a long time to wash. You laugh. It’s not funny. The last time I saw the hairdresser was December 21 and I swear she only removed about 3 strands. I go in on Tuesday for a trim and I’m looking forward to this like it’s a massage. Those of you with short hair know you gotta get your hair cut about once a month. I used to stretch it to 5-6 weeks by getting one short (free) cleanup in between.
It’s been a month of hats and barrettes, a couple good hair days and a few very bad hair days. I’ve never worn a hat into a restaurant before (why is this OK for women but not men?). Here’s us on a good day, truthfully about a month ago already. We’re not that cute right now.
Barrettes and hats:
What do I notice most? Color. Both of us are getting darker as we let it grow. For Brad, that’s good. Look at that band of dark at the bottom. For me, not so much. It’s interesting, though. Also, Brad’s hair is still kinda curly. And we are saving money. Feel I should contribute to the hair funds of Beth and Liz.
Bonus pic:
OK, my hair has been getting darker awhile now…
This is Beth. I once went curly on demand. For a guy. I was young. It was so long ago, in fact, that the straight do I had been doing was the Rachel. The relationship didn’t last, although a friendship did. The curly hair still comes and goes.
I think of it because a friend recently embraced her curls with the support and encouragement of her partner. She said, “he is pleased that in the past year he’s gotten me over my fear of my naturally curly hair. You may recall it used to be pin-straight all the time. I used to spend waaaaay too long on that! Now straight is an option, not a must.” He calls this her best hair year ever.
It’s a love story, with a hair component!
Happy Day.
P.S. Thanks Kate and Troy.
P.P.S. Happy Birthday Liz!
Changing the Locks 