thanks for your feedback!

well, i normally would agree with the waiting. it is sensible. i already snipped a couple of spots myself - where there was obvious and very bad discrepancy. i did that the 2nd day and 3rd day afterwards. i've left it alone since... saturday? 3 days so far. i have been keeping it in a tail - and pretty much ignoring it. but yesterday i had to go to the dentist and was acutely aware of it looking horrible - felt so embarrassed.

it was almost to waist, and pretty much one length (not perfectly even because i had done it, but not terrible either). now, the longest part is down to my scapula, at the point where they jut out when moving the arms? the shortest layers are shoulder length. it's already a lot shorter than it was.

before, it looked good if partly gathered with one barrette/clasp, or in a pony tail (various ways), or in a bun or up (various ways).

she used this sort of razor-comb for the biggest cuts. then snipped at it some with scissors. i think that shavy thing makes the lengths all uneven, not cut with any rhyme reason or flow, but chaotically. my hair is wavy, but now these weird ends stick out like straight wisps all over.... awful!!!

i can get it into a bun, only just barely, and i haven't tried to see how long it will stay. it looks crappy in a pony tail. i can use one barrette, but, i suspect that just like a pony tail, that is going to look pretty cruddy now, because the shorter layers will "stick out" i don't like having bunches of things in my hair so more than that is not acceptable.

ok well for starters i will try the clasp in the back dealy and see if i can get it placed to not look bad. then i will stick it in a bun and see how long it holds. if either of those two produces acceptable results, i may let it grow out a bit more. otherwise, i think i will probably re-cut it.

another option is not to try to fix the layers - just cut it all shoulder length (essentially a long bob). it won't be puttable up but might not take too long to get there...

i feel bad this was a tgif thread and i've turned it into a hair thread.

~ waves ~