My bangs are back. Honestly, it was only a matter of time.
TLDR I just didn't feel like me without them.
Welp I really tried you guys. I went almost 5 months without bangs as I’ve known them most of my life. It feels ridiculous to post about this but I already brought you all on this journey with me so I may as well give you closure too. I never promised to write about anything ground breaking here.
Today I went back to Melinda, my excellent hair stylist, and told her I wanted my bangs back. “Are you sure about this?” she asked, like any good stylist would. I was certain. She commended me for really trying (I did!). We talked about how to bring them back and she said she’d leave them a little more open this time, because I do like letting my forehead be seen a bit. She gave me a superb cut per usual, and she didn’t even charge me saying it was an early birthday gift (Monday!)— giving me the best present I could ask for, to feel totally like myself again.
There were definitely moments where I liked the look of my bangs more grown out. Like this photo where I’m looking like a bad ass on Oscar night:
But I fussed over my hair way too much during the grow out. I also talked about it too much as my very sweet boyfriend can attest to. I must have asked him 500 times if he liked how bangs or no bangs looked on me, and he always said I was beautiful either way even though I told him he could be honest. He reminded me I never thought about my hair this much before and I just seemed more confident about my hair with bangs. He was right.
It took longer to style my hair in the morning and I’m a real get out of the shower, air dry, and maybe a little product type person so the extra futzing in the morning was not something I was feeling. I didn’t feel like me. I just want a haircut I don’t have to think about and for me I guess bangs are it. Blame my parents, I have had bangs since I was a toddler.
Except for a brief stint in high school and maybe a few years in my 30s.
Mostly I just don’t want to think about my hair this much anymore. I do not have time to keep worrying about my weird cowlick and getting my middle part right in the morning and feeling like I don’t look like me in photos. Bangs are my natural state of being I guess. For better or worse. I will return to writing about the more important things like the new rose perfume I’ve been wearing (Dusita’s Rosarine and it is sublime) and sharing interviews with interesting people (very good one coming next week!).
Thank you for going on this journey with me. And if you’re a friend IRL thanks for tolerating my silly bang talk every time you saw me the last few months. I’ll leave you with this excellent photo of me and my friend Michael, also from Oscar night, taken by Josh.
Thanks for reading! Back to more serious business next week. xo
Ugh there are too many good photos in this. Obviously you look fab either way, but I am keen on bangs. Also thank you for going through this journey so I don't have to. A true hero in the bangs community.
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