Just 'Do It

I finally forced myself into a new look for my locks. The hair has looked like soggy spaghetti long enough. I didn't know exactly what I wanted, but I knew I wanted it shorter and more textured. Thanks to my account planner last quarter, and the fact that I could go there immediately and impulsively, I decided to check out the Aveda concept salon down the street.

I was placed in the magical hands of Mark. I expressed my deep-seeded fear of scissors and he said he could make it different, but not drastic, because "he's not into crying clients." LoL. I guess you can always cut more off easier than you can put it back. Turns out he does a bunch of peoples' hair here that work at Crispin.
Anyways, his inspiration was this chick from Gossip Girl. I've never seen the show, but I'm guessing this is her:



So here's the before and after:



There's a lot of super-short layers on top and he used this powder stuff called pure abundance hair potion to give it body and texture. The stuff is so good that the place was sold out and i have to go back next week to buy some.


Definitely happy with this hair; beachy blonde, low maintenance and it more matches the nosering. :)



Maybe I'll even get brave enough to cut off a couple more inches or play with the color...

my new haircut...commercialized

yea, this video is super-old in you-tube years (just over one year old in reality) but it is still one of my favorites. maybe because it describes like one out of every three guys that went to my university. it has almost 19 million hits, but i'm still surprised that it's spawned an online merchandise site. i'm even more surprised that i kind of want to buy something from it.



and my favorite knock-off, my new haircut: asian edition by the duke university improv.


i think after the number of hits a video has, another measure of success is how many imitations it inspires.