The Looks I wish I had the guts for

I get bored easily.  I need constant change, and a creative outlet in my life.  And since with adult hood comes responsibilty, there are only a few things in my world that I can change up regularily when the mode hits me.  One of those things, is my look.

This is my current look:

But over the last couple years I have had many other looks:

Much to Ben's dismay, I tend to get the "hair change itch" every couple months, and I feel like I need to do something to change up my look, and I do.  One day after straightening my very long hair I got the itch to make a change, and picked up my scissors and just started loping off chunks of hair - it was awesome!  There is something so liberating about giving yourself a sporatic haircut!  When I was half way through, I messaged Ben (we were still long distance then) and I said "you love that I"m so spontaneous right?"  By the end I was left with this:

The thing about all these looks though, is that they are safe.  There's nothing about any of these looks that would really make me stand out in a crowd.  And thats okay.  There's nothing wrong with that, but now and then, I wish I had the guts to really go for a big change.  Something drastic, something creative, something... different.

And until the day comes when I reach for my scissors, and really go crazy, for now I will just blog about the looks that I would love to rock.



Dreads:

There's a lot of bad dreads in this world.  Dreads that would make me cringe at the thought of touching them, but every now and then, I see someone with the kind of dreads I want.  The thin uniform style.  I love the look of them.  Like the picture above - I love that.  I would LOVE to have her hair...for like, a couple months (then I would get the itch again, and want a change).  Until then, I'll make my hair into temporary dreads at 1am on a saturday night:

The Short Faux-hawk:

I love a girl who can pull off a faux-hawk.  I went to school with such a girl in university.  I only had one class with her, but I swear I must have spent most of it loving her hair.  It was daring and yet feminine and striking.  I was so sad when she grew out her hair that summer, but I suppose I'm not the only one who gets the itch to change up their look, so I really can't blame her.  If my hair was straight, I probably would have done this years ago, but because of the natural curl, I look less edgy, and more like my mom when my hair is really short.



Unusual colors:

I love silver hair.  But more than that, I love purple silver hair.  It's unusual, but it's beautiful!  It's not neon, or florescent, it's understated and subtle.  I think it's gorgeous.

 I've always wanted purple or blue peek-a-boo highlights in my hair.  I love how they look mixed in with dark hair, and I would love to see them on my head when I look in the mirror.  I like color.  Brown hair on me is boring, which is why I prefer to have my hair at least red.  But I could probably deal with the brown just a little more if I had a little chunk of bright blue underneath :)

Sometimes I feel like blonds have all the fun!  If I want to put color in my hair, it's an ordeal that starts and ends with a lot of chemicals!!




Shaved Head:

Yes, this is on the list.  I've wanted to shave my head for a while now.  I will do it one day, but at the moment my own vanity has gotten in the way of me taking that step so far.  I do like my hair.  I couldn't exactly become a hair stylist if I didn't get some satisfaction from styling my hair.  I like having my hair look good - I like when people compliment me.  I'm also afraid of what I would look like without hair.  Do I have a lumpy head?  do my ears stick out?  would I look chubbier?  The only way to know the answer to these questions, is to take the plunge and get out the razor - but by that point, there is no way to take it back if the answer turns out to be Yes. 


So there's my list.  Maybe I'll do them all.  Maybe I won't.  Only time will tell.  In the mean time I'm going to enjoy my blunt cut bangs and long auburn hair, until the next time I get ....itchy.