The three images in the top row are of my hair, as it is naturally after I blow dry it. It's nice, cute, manageable, healthy. I love it. In the following rows I added two tracks of clip-in extensions. If you would have asked me a year ago I would have probably said that I would never be 'one of those girls' that wears hair extensions, but honestly that would have been silly of me to say. Hair extensions are a simple solution to wishing you had longer hair, it's not some big, life-changing decision, I didn't need financing, and I didn't go under a knife.
Disclaimer! That being said, if getting surgery is something you want to do in order to change something about yourself that is your business. I have a friend with fake boobs, I have a few friends planning to get fake boobs, friends that tan, friends that have fake nails and have had laser hair removal. Currently I don't think that I would ever get a boob job or any kind of plastic surgery but I have no idea what is going to happen tomorrow so I try to never-say-never. I might all of a sudden want to make money by posing for sexy pictures, I'd be lying if I said I didn't like being in front of the camera - Hell I blog about my wardrobe, but tomorrow I might have different needs! Or I might get into a car accident that would scar my smile holder (my face!) or I could have a mastectomy because of the breast cancer history in my family and while doing so I would most likely put in a new set of round bouncy boobs?! You never know what your life is going to look like a year from now, your beauty journey is no different. My main point is that I feel bad that I ever would have ever thought "I'm not one of those girls" because now I am one of those girls and I realize that it is not a representation of my lack of confidence, not any more than putting on mascara or a form fitting dress is any way.
I could take this approach to explaining my decision to purchase hair pieces and clip them to my already existing hair:
The longer hair has purpose beyond vanity. It helps the photos for my outfit posts, being that I am a petite 5'0' the length helps me to appear taller and more proportional. The longer hair helps me appear closer to standard of beauty that fashion magazines and high end labels have laid out for our society to unhealthily embrace.
Or this...
Recently I chopped a good three plus inches off of my hair and I had a slight panic when I realized my hair wasn't long enough to cover my nipples. (Admit it, it is a fairly normal thing to do after you get out of the shower.. cover your nipples with your long hair in the mirror?! Come on? Admit it? Yeah.. I'm the only one? Not a chance. Liars.)
The honest, to goodness truth, at it's core... FAKE HAIR IS FUN, it's one more way to outwardly express yourself.
It might be a little bit of the first two reasons but more importantly I THINK IT'S FUN and makes me feel more like myself, I've had long hair for pretty much my whole life. The most dramatic thing I have ever done to my hair was cut it all off to my chin right after at the beginning of my only semester of community college. I am as old as I have ever been and for once I really don't know what comes next, I am excited for the next chapters but also a bit of nostalgia is creeping up. If modern hair technology can make me feel more like my youthful self so that I can move forward with an extra swag in my strut than I'm in, judge if you will. I don't have time to care because I am doing a hair flip out the door.
Disclaimer! That being said, if getting surgery is something you want to do in order to change something about yourself that is your business. I have a friend with fake boobs, I have a few friends planning to get fake boobs, friends that tan, friends that have fake nails and have had laser hair removal. Currently I don't think that I would ever get a boob job or any kind of plastic surgery but I have no idea what is going to happen tomorrow so I try to never-say-never. I might all of a sudden want to make money by posing for sexy pictures, I'd be lying if I said I didn't like being in front of the camera - Hell I blog about my wardrobe, but tomorrow I might have different needs! Or I might get into a car accident that would scar my smile holder (my face!) or I could have a mastectomy because of the breast cancer history in my family and while doing so I would most likely put in a new set of round bouncy boobs?! You never know what your life is going to look like a year from now, your beauty journey is no different. My main point is that I feel bad that I ever would have ever thought "I'm not one of those girls" because now I am one of those girls and I realize that it is not a representation of my lack of confidence, not any more than putting on mascara or a form fitting dress is any way.
I could take this approach to explaining my decision to purchase hair pieces and clip them to my already existing hair:
The longer hair has purpose beyond vanity. It helps the photos for my outfit posts, being that I am a petite 5'0' the length helps me to appear taller and more proportional. The longer hair helps me appear closer to standard of beauty that fashion magazines and high end labels have laid out for our society to unhealthily embrace.
Or this...
Recently I chopped a good three plus inches off of my hair and I had a slight panic when I realized my hair wasn't long enough to cover my nipples. (Admit it, it is a fairly normal thing to do after you get out of the shower.. cover your nipples with your long hair in the mirror?! Come on? Admit it? Yeah.. I'm the only one? Not a chance. Liars.)
The honest, to goodness truth, at it's core... FAKE HAIR IS FUN, it's one more way to outwardly express yourself.
It might be a little bit of the first two reasons but more importantly I THINK IT'S FUN and makes me feel more like myself, I've had long hair for pretty much my whole life. The most dramatic thing I have ever done to my hair was cut it all off to my chin right after at the beginning of my only semester of community college. I am as old as I have ever been and for once I really don't know what comes next, I am excited for the next chapters but also a bit of nostalgia is creeping up. If modern hair technology can make me feel more like my youthful self so that I can move forward with an extra swag in my strut than I'm in, judge if you will. I don't have time to care because I am doing a hair flip out the door.
All me.
Extensions (me). Jess Mama's Hair is all her own.
Extensions. All three.
Liza Stinton (BB Canada) + Me + Kaitlin Barnaby (My bestie who was on BB 15 US)
Before Kaitlin ventured into the Big Brother 15 house, like me, she had never used extensions. Once she was out living it up in Vegas, all bets were off and the extensions were clipped in. When she visited Minnesota a few months ago she showed me her updated fake hair, they were some fancy-dancy kind that were sort of hooked onto her real hair. She said something about having them tightened.. sounded like too much maintenance than I would be able to handle but they looks great and Kait loved 'em so they were awesome!
All my hair.
Mine.
All mine.
Extensions (me). Rustbo's her own.
FYI, people (namely boys that are of interest to your heart) aren't neccesarily going to be overjoyed or turned on by this...
So if you are doing the long hair thing as a means of gaining attention from gentlemen..
THINK about the end game.. is the allure of long hair going to be enough positive points to outweigh the grossness of seeing this kind of scene around your apartment, it's like a well-groomed dead animal?
"Hair extensions are the 'I Can't Believe It's Not Butter' of cosmetic products."
- MF (My BFF, who happens to also be a man)
The unfortunate news is that I don't wear the lengthening locks to please MF or anyone else for that matter, my brother, my other roommate, MF, my dog, they all think it is disgusting, which it totally is. Actually I do it - KNOWING how gross it is, I wash the tracks less often than I wash the hair that is attached to my head. (Which isn't that much to begin with :/)
If you want to have longer hair then grow it out, if you're impatient and fried your ends or whatever reason, if you want to buy some extensions THEN BUY THEM. Don't lie about them, or be ashamed because then you are just reinforcing girl judgement. Even if you have short, frizzy, totally undesirable hair, LOVE yourself any way because the world is trained not to love you.
xoxox, kp
xoxox, kp
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