Raegan & The Hair Cut

Raegan is anti-hair cut. She wants long hair, but she's been needing a trim for a while. For starters, her hair got a touch brittle (not bad at all, though) with the bleach & dye job last week. Then, she has a small section on the front of her head, where a small section of hair mysteriously disappeared. Yeah, it was cut, right down to the scalp. I kept telling her bangs would cover them up.

She doesn't like thick, straight across bangs. I talked her into a side swept bang, loose and chunky, so they can be pushed to the side, but still cover the missing section (it's growing in, and is at that 'not long enough to lay flat' stage). Today, she finally agreed to a cut.

Wasting NO time, we went and got it done tonight. The Great Clips in our town is horrible. When I went in last and asked for long layers, and chunky sideswept bangs, I got almost no layers, and horrible thick, straight across bangs. It's taking me 6 months to get them grown out to a point where they blend in. Ugh. No way I was taking her there.

That left going into Lansing, though. Nick and I decided to cheat for dinner, and eat out. Fire Mountain is a family favorite- tasty food, buffet, and as much as we want. Buffets are nice with kids, because they get antsy waiting for food to be delivered. With Gilly being almost 8, it's not AS big a deal, but we still love it.

Well, Fire Mountain is in Lansing, so as we were eating, I realized we could go down the road to my favorite BoRic's, and get it done there, so we did.

I was thinking she wanted something a bit edgier, but it looks super cute on her. They put layers through out, lost about 5 inches of length, gave her cute side swept bangs, and then thinned the overall thickness for me. Raegan was "blessed" with naturally thick, wavy hair. It gets hot in the summer, and it's harder to deal with. I think she'll really like being able to deal with this easier.

I also had them wash & condition it there, since she was due for a wash tonight anyway, and I think they must have used some sort of clarifying shampoo, because her hair looked a LOT more blonde to both Nick and I.

Here's a photo of her hair from the front & back last week:

And here she is tonight, hair down & in a pony tail:

Comments: 19

Priscilla (wishing I was in Costa Rica) ~. Aug 20, 2009, 9:50pm EDT

Her hair looks really blonde! Guess I missed the post about her getting it dyed. The hair cut looks nice, but I do prefer her natural hair color.

Princess Spanky Pants ~ The Real, Original, Heather T Aug 21, 2009, 11:11am EDT

I love her natural color- she has so much gold to the brown, but she hates it. I figure it's dye, it'll come out. Sooner or later. ;)

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heather "chickenlips" g. Aug 20, 2009, 10:00pm EDT

It's super cute! I'm glad she likes it!

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Marci M. Aug 20, 2009, 11:28pm EDT

Oh I love it. So cute. In that picture of her looking at the camera in her pony tail she looks oooooooo much like YOU at that age. OMG. I hope she likes it too, so much better now.
Auntie M

Princess Spanky Pants ~ The Real, Original, Heather T Aug 21, 2009, 11:10am EDT

I think she looks like what I look like now. I don't think I looked like that as a kid, but I didn't see myself nearly as often as others did. ;)

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Jenn P. Aug 20, 2009, 11:31pm EDT

I like her hair better like this

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Janet "Jax" B. Aug 21, 2009, 12:14am EDT

I like it better shorter, as it looks healthier....and it is cute. I wish Angela could have her hair a tad shorter, but with dance, it has to be long.

Princess Spanky Pants ~ The Real, Original, Heather T Aug 21, 2009, 11:10am EDT

I agree, it looks a lot healthier on Rae now. She loves the long hair, but doesn't do much upkeep for it. I keep telling her if she won't do upkeep, she needs it shorter. I actually did cut a bunch off last fall because she wasn't brushing it -at all-. Because it's so thick, she would brush the top layer, and that's it. So, under that, was a mass nest of tangles. Ugh.

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timi A. Aug 21, 2009, 12:34am EDT

The hair cut is nice.

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Elaine A. Aug 21, 2009, 1:17am EDT

Nice hair cut, Regan is getting older, wow!
She looks so much like you Heather.

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Jeana Hamilton Aug 21, 2009, 1:18am EDT

She does look much better, however with your bad experience(everyone has them*sigh) it is always a good idea to tell the cosmetologist what you want, and ask her to repeat it back to you in her word to make sure you are on the same page, a good cosmetologist will do this without being asked. If you are still not sure you are seeing eye to eye, get a picture, and if she/he messes it up after that, well may i suggest coming to Emporium and I will get you in rite away:)

Princess Spanky Pants ~ The Real, Original, Heather T Aug 21, 2009, 11:08am EDT

Oh, I do repeat what I want when they get to a point. Part of my problem is that I'm blind as a bat without my glasses, which can't be on while my hair is being cut. I have "blind" faith in the person doing it. We had 2 different stylists at that salon mess up, so we just don't go back. With Nick, they gave him a standard clipper cut, then, guys tend to have hair that grows down the sides of the back of their neck, which gets shaved. Not only did she shave that, she shaved a good inch UP into the hair line, then had to even it out, so he had an inch of the back of his head shaved all the way around.

Neither stylist was good, and while the place is cheap, it cost me money to go to another salon to get it fixed when she butchered my hair. So, I just avoid that place now.

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Shawnee G. Aug 21, 2009, 2:58am EDT

My 6 year old has that messy wavy, dirty blonde, THICK hair. It is HORRIBLE to deal with as a mom trying to rush kids out the door for school, but I bet as a teen and young adult she and Regan will be the envy of most of their friends for that thick mass of hair.

Shawnee G. Aug 21, 2009, 2:59am EDT

Oh, and we LOVE LOVE LOVE hair straighteners around here...
I think the salon used a shine treatment on her hair, or just an amazing conditioner because I think it looks lighter because how shiny it is. Could also be from getting so much dead junk off the ends.

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Heather ~of the Whippets~ M. Aug 21, 2009, 6:54pm EDT

I think that her natural color looks better, but I guess she's at that age where she needs to test out the hairstyle "waters."

Heather ~of the Whippets~ M. Aug 21, 2009, 6:56pm EDT

Actually, I think she could go darker and "edgier" with her hair.

Princess Spanky Pants ~ The Real, Original, Heather T Aug 22, 2009, 4:18am EDT

I agree, actually- I think she'd look good with a choppy style in a dark chocolate brown. We did both agree tonight that she doesn't look good in blonde (her hair with the new cut almost looks more like a wig than a real hair style).

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