Weddingbee Blog

I did it … the post-wedding chop!!

I went to the fabulous Art & Science salon in Chicago (the Wicker Park location) where my stylist, Kim, cut off over a foot of hair. I’m really happy with it, but I still feel a little naked!

I had some seriously long hair before this. I’ve been pretty much growing out my hair since 2003. Not really for the wedding (although that may be part of the reason I didn’t cut it sooner), it was more a combination of being too lazy and cheap to get it cut, and being in some kind of personal contest with myself to see how long I could grow it out.

But my hair was just SO unhealthy and frizzy, and it’s naturally curly/wavy and thick so it was always in tangles and totally messy. I just couldn’t take it anymore. Not to mention I was shedding more than my cat!

I had similar hair when I was a little kid, and my little pet parakeet actually DIED in my hair. True story! I was playing with the bird and it was sitting on my shoulder when it got startled for some reason and flew into the rat’s nest that was my hair. It totally spazzed out, and got all caught in my hair. It worked itself up into a tizzy until it somehow choked itself (or maybe broke its neck) in my own hair! So you see, clearly this head of hair can be a hazard and I certainly don’t want to harm anymore pets or wildlife

And by the way, apparently, it’s not good to brush your hair out while it’s still wet because it will give you split ends everywhere! Am I the only person in the world that didn’t know this?! I just learned this the last time I went for a trim. The stylist was so perplexed at how I could possibly have so many split ends all over my head, and after some hair-detective work, she figured out that is what I was doing wrong. I’m so embarrassed…

Anyway here is a photo-montage tribute to my old, long hair. We had some good time together… (cue some sappy music)

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So who else has, or plans to, cut it all off after the wedding?