A Memior of My Hair.

Okay! Today we shall talk of the life of my hair. It shall be very pictureful. Not all good pictures, but they all serve their purpose. Now, in the past few years, at least. As a child, I also have interesting stories, because I was born with a large congenital nevus (basically a mole) that took ten operations to remove. I have some crazy scars hidden in my hair. However, this is another story for another day. Today is about from 2005 to now.

I always had long hair, long being from a few inches past my shoulders to a few inches above my waist. In eight grade I got straight cut bangs, and kept them for many years. In tenth grade, my hair was quite long, as you can see. This is me playing the piano in Toronto in the summer after tenth grade.

It was a very fun trip. Now, at the end of junior year, about a year after this with no hair cuts, me and two other friends with long hair, Jess and Krista decided to cut and donate our hair to Locks of Love. Minimum is ten inches of hair. They measure out the hair, braid it, and chop it off. Then they proceed to cut your hair. The result was the shortest hair cut I ever recieved.

May of 2006. It is above my shoulders. That was a new experience for me. Also, it used much less shampoo and conditioner. Either way, having had a shocking, though not unpleasant, hair cut, I didn't cut my hair for all of senior year and into some of freshman year of college.
Me in October of 2007. My hair has grown, and I stopped cutting my bangs, so they are some sort of side swept in my face hectic bangs. My friends tell me to go get a hair cut. So, into the Wal-mart salon we go!
This is me later than very day. They gave me real side swept bangs, and some nice layers and such. I was quite appreciative. However, it wasn't long until I got bored, and wanted more. Now, I had always wished my hair would curl. Curlers and curling irons had no effect. The best I could do was sleep in french braids.
February of 2008. I slept in french braids. See the very inconspicuous waves? I wanted more waves, and less difficult to recieve. So I decided, "Hey! Why not get a perm?" I was, after all, an indepenent college kid who could make expensive somewhat irreversible decisions about my hair!
So, for March of 2008, I got a perm.
This was a horrible picture from when I first got back. Perms take a few days to calm down. This was maybe an hour after the perm. My hair was crazy. It was all over the place. I was still sort of full of adrenaline from the change, and hadn't yet gotten depressed about the state of my hair.

This is me a few days later. My hair calmed down some, though still much tighter and curlier than I previously anticipated. However, I was no longer appalled at my hair, and began to appreciate it again.

I began to realize that I missed my straight hair. It had been quite nice and convenient. Also, my hair was less wavy, and sort of falling flatter, which was good and bad. I liked it not being crazy, but it was growing out straight. Also, the perm made my hair lighter, and working as a lifeguard all summer gave me these weird blonde streaks in the front of my hair.

See the lighter streaks of hair? I have yet to ever dye my hair, yet they appeared. Crazy perm.

This is me in November of 2008. My hair is very flat, though still curly. I had gotten quite bored of the curls, and really missed my old hair. You can't run your fingers through permed hair, or brush it. And I could straighten it, with a blow dryer, a straightener, and 90 minutes of free time, but that was so much more difficult than it just being straight. So, I decided to get my hair chemically straightened. Like an anit-perm. This time, being back at college, I went to the Wal-mart hair salon. They cut a few inches off, then straightened my hair quite nicely.

I am so happy to have my straight hair back! And it's an interesting somewhat shorter than usual cut, with less layers than usual. They also trimmed my bangs. Which is nice, because I trim them myself if they get too long, and weird things happen. They were long enough to go behind my ears, no problem, so I really hadn't had bangs the past few weeks since they were always behind my ears.

Anyways, Wal-mart salon is wonderful. Also, I prefer my natural hair to any way I ever changed it. I seriously hope that it stays, although if everything went horribly, wouldn't it just go back to how it was naturally, not the perm? I also can't wash my hair for three days after the perm chemicals, which wasn't a big deal when my hair was curly, but it's more noticable with my straight hair, and today is day three. A few more hours and I can use shampoo again!

Appreciate they way you are. If you don't, you'll change, and then you'll appreciate the way you were.