Choppity Chop Chop

I am never going to do that again, I said. 

I love my hair long, I said. 

NEVER AGAIN, I said. 

& then I did it. 

& I have never been happier!!

I decided to chop off all my hair when the baby started really pulling on it. 

I was constantly throwing up my super long hair in a bun, and since I have SO much hair it constantly just fell down and I looked awful!!

SO I braved the fact that I never wanted to cut it off again. 

I started somewhat mildly. 

Kept that for a couple months and then chopped even more!!

The Before:

The After:

The After After:

I literally love love love love it. 
Next time I may have her leave the front just in a little longer and make the angle a little more drastic, but otherwise I am so happy I made the cut. 
It is freeing. Easy to do & looks adorable curled!!
So glad I went for it!

Wedding Wednesday # 23

67 days left.

Meaning 2 weeks and 6 days until I marry my best friend!!

♥

So after going home this past weekend we tried a new hairstyle!!

& found the one!!!

Down for the Ceremony.

(Please ignore my eye, we still are working on the makeup)

 and up for the reception

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Amazing!

Also a few things we crossed off the list this week.

Addressed the invites.

Mailed the invites

Bridal Shower invites mailed

This Weekend:

Ceremony Musician Appointment

Flower Session Preview

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Wedding Wednesday # 21: Hair Trial # 1

When I went home for my dress alterations last week, I stopped by my bridesmaids house to try out our first set of hair trials.

I Have any idea of what I want, but I am not really sure exactly how.

So we didn't have much to go on.

I am leaning towards having my hair down for the ceremony and then since my bridesmaid is hairstylist and we have 1.5 hours between the end of the ceremony and the reception I am thinking I am going to wear my hair up for the reception.

So this is what we have so far:

(excuse the tired face, I had been driving all day)

So tiral number one was pretty good.

I would like the curls to be a little less curly and more like a wave.

I also want the front a bit more loose and not pulled back as tightly

& I do NOT like the twists, I would like them to just be straight.

Also I would like the updo to be a tiny bit lower like directly behind my ear.

But for the first time with no direction to go, I think it turned out pretty well!!

♥

What do you guys think!?

A good first start?

Life is Very Unpredictable

Updates:

Life has been quite unpredictable lately.

After graduating, working constant 75- 100 hour work weeks each week, and then moving

I pretty much win the worst blogger award.

However, things are finally starting to settle and fiance and I are getting in a routine!!

Which means I can finally find time to blog.

Wedding:

I'll have a good post for this wedding wednesday we are down to 10 months 1 week and 3 days

and I have quite a bit to cross off my list of things to do!

I will discuss this more in detail, but I may have completely planned out honeymoon ♥

Running:

Ugh, I hadn't run in like a month due to my ridiculous schedule, but finally I was able to get in a 2 mile run today.

I am going to have to plan when I can run on the days I only work one job and stick to it. 

Today was a little 2 mile run to get back into things.

I could really tell I was out of shape as the I being cramping up after the first 200 yards. 

My new shoes however, were amazing and I felt really good after a while and was able to pull out a decent time for 2 miles.

Books:

Finished two more books off of my book list and can not wait to start my next one. One thing I love about the summer with no textbooks is that I can actually read books for fun. Such a relaxing thing to do before bed!!

I will book review these next Friday.

Movies:

Fiance and I went to see XMen First Class last night and I loved it!!! I am slightly nerdy in the idea that I love these type of movies. Xmen, Harry Potter, Resident Evil, Lord of the Rings, I love them all. I especially loved this movie. It put all the other xmens in to context, and helped to understand them better!! 

Lastly before I head off to work.

Once my hair grows a few more inches this is how I want to cut it:

Yay or nay?

xoxo.

Hair Extension Help!!!

Help, 

As most of you know. I donated about 10 inches of my hair a couple of months ago and am slowly waiting for it to grow out!! 

Well, fiance and I are getting are engagment pictures done this weekend and I would like to have long hair in them. 

To have this, I purchased hair extensions. 

So they are a little bit lighter than my hair because strawberry blonde is apparently a hair color that people do not like extensions for. 

I am having my friend dye it soon though so bare with me. 

However, my issue is I can not for the life of me get the extensions to blend when they are straight....

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See, curly looks fabulous and you can't even notice the color difference, but when straught they do not blend at all.

Does anyone know what to do?

I am following the directions exactly...

Ugh!

xoxo.

Bye Bye Luscious Locks!!!

So maybe some of you know, maybe some of you don't.

But in 2007 I donated 12 inches of my hair to Locks of Love.

Although I am not fond of myself with short hair, it is for a good cause & my hair grows back so why not!?

Well here we are more than 3 years later in 2010 

& my hair is finally long enough to donate again!!

This time I chose to donate to Pantene Pro-V Beautiful Lengths.

 This organization takes hair donations to make wigs for adults who have cancer!!

 "In order to make the most beautiful, realistic and durable wigs, donated hair must meet the requirements below.
Donated hair must be a minimum of 8 inches long (measure hair from just above the elastic band of the ponytail to the ends).
Wavy/curly hair texture is fine—you may straighten hair to measure.
Hair should be freshly washed and completely dry, without any styling products.
Hair may be colored with vegetable dyes, rinses and semi-permanent dyes. It cannot be bleached, permanently colored or chemically treated.
Hair may not be more than 5 percent gray.
Here's why:
It takes at least six ponytails to make a Pantene Beautiful Lengths wig; in general, each ponytail comes from a different person and is a different color. Even though some hair colors may look similar, including gray hair, each is completely unique.
For a realistic-looking wig that has consistent color throughout, donated ponytails must be processed and then dyed to the same shade. It is critical for each ponytail to absorb dyes at the same rate in order to create wigs of consistent, natural-looking color.
Gray hair, as well as some chemically-treated or permanently-colored hair, does not absorb dye at the same rate as other types of hair. It is much harder to color and, once colored, fades more quickly.
Most permanently-colored hair, once it is processed and re-colored, is too fragile and breakable under the rigorous processing required during the production of a Pantene Beautiful Lengths wig.
In appreciation of the sacrifice that a hair donation requires, Pantene Beautiful Lengths only accepts hair it knows can be used for its intended purposes."

From Pantene Pro-V Beautiful Lengths.

 Before!! Its super long!!

9 Inches Later!!

 

Eeep, the hair felt so weird to hold!!! It felt fake!!

It was awesome because I just went to a super cuts because I was just getting a simple straight cut, and the salon didn't even charge me because I was doing such a great thing!!

What do you guys think!?