New haircut

It's been 6 months since my last haircut, and I was definitely due for another one. I had finally found a stylist that wasn't afraid to really thin out my hair, since she herself had thick hair. When I visited her at the beginning of summer (intent on losing the shag so I'd have an easier time washing my hair after swimming), she cautioned me against getting layers on top of the thinning. However, when she was done with the thinning, I wasn't wholly satisfied with how the hair looked, and asked for layers anyway, which she did, without complaint. It didn't take long for her prediction to come true-- as the thinned-out hair grew in, it pushed the layers outward (my hair also has a natural wave that causes shorter hair to flip outward) as the rest of the hair grew long and straight underneath it. I had a tough time taming it!

So I decided to go back to her, since she was obviously the type of stylist who would listen to her client, offer her opinion, but not insist on it if the client disagreed. It's been the most trying part of finding a good stylist-- many were too afraid of thinning my hair "too much", and some even insisted I shouldn't thin it and be glad I had such thick hair. But I ranted enough about that here: http://blogs.grab.com/hellykwee/105612

Anyway, last night she trimmed my hair and then explained what would happen if she thinned it more-- basically the same as what happened with the ill-fated layers. This time I decided to take her advice and stop right there. Even then, she gave me the option of returning within a month if I truly wanted to thin it more, and she'd do it at no charge-- basically completing this haircut. I think I'll be fine till my next salon visit :-)

Here's some shots of my hair today. First pic was taken by Allan on his phone this morning at the office, the hair showed up well but I didn't like the look on my face, I thought I looked too sleepy. Ah well, here it is anyway:



When I got home tonight I decided to give my own phone's camera a try, and here's the result:



And finally, I thought I'd try a side view. Kinda hard holding the phone at an awkward angle to the side, not knowing if you're even in the frame, but I thought I'd give it a whirl anyway:



All in all, I'm pleased with the haircut. Now that I've discovered a good conditioner for my hair (back to good ol' Pantene), it's a lot easier to tame even the thickest and unruliest of the tresses, so thinning isn't as important as it used to be. I can go a year between good thinnings just fine :-)