Two years ago this weekend, I had my hair cut. Trimmed up around my ears, scissors only, Jose knew how to make it look good. A month later, as we were getting ready to go to Ireland I decided another haircut could wait a couple of weeks until after we returned, two years later, it has not been cut yet.
Shortly after we returned home, the shops were closed for a while, and when the shops reopened, I questioned if being in hands on contact with a person who is hands on with lots of people every day was worth the risk. I decided it was not.
Most of the time I keep it pulled back and tied up, if I really work at it I can get a "top knot" to work. But once in a while, especially on weekends I let my freak flag fly, and let my hair down. When it is wet it hangs down between my shoulder blades in the back. It has NEVER in my life been this long. My hair is naturally wavy - curly - a mess. I have often kept it cut shorter than I like to avoid the texture issue. The longer it gets the easier it is, the more it fluffs out. There is not much left in front, and over the top. It is thin, really not much bulk to it. I'd like to think I am carrying off the aging eccentric look, but it is probably more like the mad scientist look.
I say let your freak flag fly. Besides...its like the old saying...business up front and party in the back!
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DeleteI love Maddie’s statement “business up front and party in the back”. I was tempted to do the same these past couple of years. And the sign said long-haired freaky people need not apply.
ReplyDeleteMay we get freakier as we get older
DeleteI can only think of the potential of a wonderful slicked down combover.
ReplyDeleteOh no, not trying to make it look like something it isn't
DeleteI kinda like the freaky mad scientist look, and you wear it well!
ReplyDeleteHope so
DeleteMy husband only had fringe around the sides so I finally convinced him to just shave it all off. So that is what he does every day - the electric razor just goes all around his head - except for his eyebrows - and he looks much younger that way!
ReplyDeleteMy father kept his cut really short, and I have a lifetime of pushing back against
DeleteYou look like a damn hippy! LOL "You be you!"
ReplyDeleteIt's looking good, very professor-like. I went a year and then finally went back to getting it cut.
ReplyDeleteProfessor, mad scientist, that works
DeleteI like it! It makes you look younger (not that you need to, just an observation). You also have smiling eyes, so it gives you a rakish look (so much better than a hoeish one).
ReplyDeleteIt has taken me decades to age like this, aging to perfection.
DeleteYep, like a stinky old cheese! That may be just me, though.
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