I'm growing my bangs out and it's a real journey.
I know there are more important things happening in the world. But here in this space I can and will be frivolous.
It started with an excellent wig on Halloween. The wig was ordered from Amazon and was $23.99. Everyone thought it was my real hair. Everyone said I should go grey — which for the record, I will never do. Just like my mother, I will dye my hair forever until my last dying breath. My mother is very much alive but she will never go naturally grey or quit having bangs. This is the wig in question.
I am not a Halloween person but I loved this Halloween because I loved my outfit. Which was really just an amazing dress and pair of gloves I got from Fashion Brand Company months ago when they were on sale because I have always coveted this dress. It’s amazing. I didn’t know when or where I would wear it but I knew I had to have it. And Halloween seemed like a fine time to bust it out. Would I like to be the type of person who would wear this dress to non-costumey events? Yes. Yes I would. Will I ever be that person? Unclear.
But I digress. The wig. Everyone loved the hair. And beyond the color I think the style of it just looked better on me than my normal hair - especially those longer, more open, wispy bangs. So that’s when I decided to grow out my bangs. Well, that and my most snarky friend (I adore snark) Michael has been telling me to ditch the bangs for years now. I weirdly trust his fashion advice. He’s a creative director and a good designer but don’t tell him I said any of that because he already has a big ego.
Anyway, the bangs. Have you grown out bangs? Have you grown out bangs with a cowlick? Because I have a section of hair at the front of my head that curls and likes to stand up straight. It’s making this whole growing out of bangs much more complicated than it needs to be. My hair stylist is a genius and shows me how to manipulate this stubborn section of my bangs while we patiently wait for it to grow longer to see if this whole thing will work. I still want bangs I just want more open Farrah Fawcett style bangs. I think we’re getting there. Here’s a photo of my most recent cut. I’ll tell you about that amazing necklace in another post.
We’re giving it a couple of more months, and then my hair stylist and I will assess the situation and see if this longer bang thing can work on my head. Pray to the cowlick gods for me.
Love the bangs evolution. Just whatever you do don't ditch them altogether. Bangs bitches 4evah
My mom said for the longest time that she never dyed her hair. We used to ask her every few months if she dyed it. “Never”. Decades later, she quietly released this zinger: “I rinse it.”