i'm a new woman!

eleven inches.

can you believe i could even get my hair that long? well...it's not that long anymore and i am loving my new 'do! i feel like a new woman and i'm really excited to send my 11 inches off to a good cause to help make a wig for someone who deserves it.

who should it go to? wigs for kids, beautiful lengths or locks of love? decisions, decisions.

ps. it's REALLY weird that my old hair is in my apartment in a ponytail in a ziplock.
pps. nick was 100% useless for helping me take pics so i had to make do with DIY bathroom mirror pics. he is such a man.

cold feet about getting my hairs cut

**update**
ARGH!!! so it snowed here in austin for about 45 seconds and the whole city practically shut down...so my hairscut has been postponed until saturday. thanks for all of the good wishes, it means a lot! will post a pic when finished!!

i've been growing my hairs out for about six years now. it grows sooooooooooo sloooooooooooowly and it has been a really long process. my intention has been to get it to the point where 1) i can't stand it anymore and 2) it's long enough to donate and not make me look like a texan kate gosselin. well, it turns out i'm there. and tonight's my hair appointment. and i have cold feet. can i really do it? it's.for.a.good.cause.it's.for.a.good.cause.it's.for.a.good.cause.

here's me now (well, from the summer...hard to find a pic without my hairs in a ponytail. that's when nick decided to go for a buzz cut...hilarious).


and here's what i'm hoping for (i mean...who wouldn't want to look like one of these beauties?).




i'll let you know how it turns out!

growing out hair with the help of braids and dry shampoo

braids have been back for quite some time now and i'm writing to reiterate how much i appreciate them. i'm in the process of growing out my bangs and could never get through the day without a handy little braid to hold them out of my face. the above are just a few of my go-to styles -- the top left of nicole richie is my absolute fave. according to the la times, the next hot look is the fishtail, but i'm not sure if i'll ever get back into that look...too many 6th grade memories, maybe (famous last words).

in addition to growing out my bangs, i'm also trying to grow my hair the final two inches i need before i can donate it to pantene's beautiful lengths. in an attempt to keep my hair healthy with minimal cutting and on the advice of every beauty/hair expert out there, i've been trying not to wash it everyday. so my new best friend is psssssst spray shampoo. it zaps up oil and makes hair feel instantly clean without "real" shampooing. available from drugstore.com (and i've seen it at regular old drugstores, too) for $5.99, it's the steal of the century. only words of warning -- i've heard that on dark hair it can leave white powder if you spray too much, so you may want to spring for the version made for brunettes. it's only an extra two bucks.