Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, Part 3

Just like two years ago after Jacob was born, I realized it was time for my long, overgrown mane to BE GONE. And given to someone else who needs it. And unlike the kids' haircuts a couple weeks ago, I knew this was one cut I could not handle myself. So off I went to a professional who did the chop-chop for me.



SO much fun for Samantha to grab on to in the middle of the night...I literally have to PRY her fingers out of my hair, one by one.



(self-portraits)



10", 11", and 10" ready to be donated:



One side ready, one side gone:



It's definitely shorter!



You may notice that while I was at it, I donated $10 to Pink Hair for Hope (by the American Cancer Society and the National Breast Cancer Foundation) and got that fun little streak of pink hair fused in. Figured I was already donating my hair - why not spread the love?

Overall, I liked the last cut better two years ago:



(How cute is little Jake peeking out of the Ergo?!)

But this one's a little longer and doesn't fall out of my pony-tail (my only requirement: long enough to pull back). I may futz with the hair around my face if I get the time...so probably not ;)

Related Posts:
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, Part 2
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (the original)

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, Part 2

The Hobbit a.k.a. Jacob Before:





During:



After:









Lily Before:



Long, but an awful, tangled mess!



Too bad she would never let me brush it and preferred to run around with a rat's nest on her head...

During:



(her blonde locks were too light to photograph against the floor alone)

Not Quite After:



Shorter, but still a tangled mess...







Next: Into the tub for some No-More-Tangles shampoo, followed by No-More-Tangled spray, followed by lots of, let's say, adamant protesting while I brushed out the MASSIVE clump of knots for what I hope will be the last time.



After:





SO CUTE! I love the end result. I was surprisingly not sentimental about cutting her hair for the first time, especially since we waited SO LONG for her hair to grow when she was a baby. I think it really helped that I couldn't take it being a horrible mess anymore, and I'm hoping now it will be more consistently manageable. If only she had let me brush it, I wouldn't have had to cut it at all...

This was my first go at cutting Jacob's hair, too. Not sure why I waited so long because I've been buzzing Ryan's hair for at least 10 years now, and Jacob's wasn't much different. Though Ryan holds still a little better ;)

I'd better save a little bunch of Lily's hair and frame it, like we did for Jacob after his first haircut over a year ago.

Related Post: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (the original)

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Locks for Love came a'callin'. Before:





After:





I have three bundles to donate - one 9" and two 8". I wasn't expecting it to be quite this short, but it had to be in order to have enough hair to donate. I don't think my hair has been this short since elementary school.

The only thing that bothers me is that I can't pull it back in a ponytail. I told the lady cutting my hair that was a priority, so don't "shape" it too much shorter, but apparently she didn't realize I meant PRIORITY. Oh well, it's just hair - it will be long enough to pull back soon enough.

Other than that, I like it a lot. It feels healthy and easy to deal with and way less hotter than before.