Sweet Bangs

I have had a fear of haircuts as far back as I can remember. Maybe it started back when my mom used to ask me I wanted her to cut my hair longer or shorter. I always replied longer yet once she was done, it was always shorter.

Maybe it stemmed from when my mom gave up chasing me around the house to put me in the haircutting chair and started letting my sister cut my hair. Let's do some math: 4th grade --Emel Age 9 + Damla Age 12 - cosmetology school experience = Yet another traumatizing haircut for Emel.

Or maybe it's due to the fact that my dad used to trim my bangs out of my eyes in the garage with your everyday scissors usually resulting in a very retro crooked bang look.

Regardless, I usually avoid cutting my hair as much as possible. And when I finally go in, I usually request that they only cut an inch off...or just the ends. I did go through some brief brave spurts in my life. I went super short my sophomore year of high school. I liked it for about a day until I realized that short hair is actually harder to style because you have to do your hair every day since it doesn't fit in a ponytail. More tears. I cut it to my chin around the end of my senior year of highschool. And during my senior year of college, I really wanted dreadlocks for a semester but clearly that never happened.

At the end of 2008 my hair was getting pretty ratty and I had my hairdresser in Midland cut off a good 6 inches. That was actually a success...except for the 3 weeks immediately following during which I was in Turkey and without a working straightener. Short, curly hair during rainy season isn't a good look for anyone.

I managed to get through the rest of 2009 with minimal haircuts. Having moved back to Indiana I was on a search for a new hairdresser. I took my roommate Laura's recommendation and went to her girl Emily. She is AWESOME!! And for anyone in the Indianapolis area looking for a great hairdresser, she's your girl. I liked her for many reasons. 1. She was super friendly 2. She asked some good hair history questions to get a feel for what worked and what didn't. 3. She explained how to style my hair as she was doing it and 4. She's a Krannert graduate. :)

So now I have sweet bangs. #1 reason for getting bangs? They look good with my winter hat.