Thanks! Yeah, I think I'm leaning toward keeping it long, I was looking in my mom's magazines and the models dressed in business attire had long hair (some pulled back and some with long layers-- granted they are models) and they still looked sophisticated (again granted that they're models and are supposed to look like that!).

I have the same problem! I love my hair -- it's straight and all the way down to my bra strap (hey, it's a measuring point! :p ), and I get a lot of compliments on it. But I'm worried about how professional it will look when I enter the workforce. But I figure as long as it looks classy and current and healthy, any length is okay. You don't necessarily have to slick it into a ponytail every day. I only do that around 4:00 when I can't stand my hair anymore. :)

I get "major haircuts" about once a year (after formal of course!)

I tend to get major haircuts after spring formals, and the rest of the year, I just get trims... I don't know what the deal is, but I've just now noticed that I do that every single year.

About three weeks ago, I chopped off about seven inches. I hate short hair, but I needed to revitalize my hair and get rid of the discolored and split ends. It's slowly starting to grow back and I am just aching to have it longer!

Day after thoughts

So it's been a little over 24 hours since the hack job.... I like it, but I miss my old hair somewhat.

In trying to get a more grown-up cut, I look more youthful - i'm betting that I'll get carded more.

Another unforeseen side effect: several guy friends told me that with my long hair I was sexy, now with the new haircut i'm "cute". Not sure how I feel about that............:eek:

the semester i rushed i chopped off just about all my hair :rolleyes: and that was last spring... but just a few weeks ago i got a perm, which is way big for me seeing as i've had very straight hair since day one and it has never been able to hold a curl.

Re: Major haircuts
 

I had about the same amount taken off a few months ago. I am loving my hair cut for the summer. It's easy and fast to do. The only thing is sometimes when I'm out at the bars I miss my long brown hair. lol.

MeLikey, wear it however you want! Long hair can be very elegant!

I keep seeming to go back to the same haircut, and I can never seem to style it right. Sigh. :( I think I need something to slick my hair down a bit but pomade seems to make it too greasy... I should really give the stylist a call and ask what she used, because she made it look perfect.

astroAPhi,

To get my ponytails looking really good (easy to slick back without using any gel), I wash my hair the night before, air dry it (I never blow dry), and go to sleep with a low ponytail. I wake up and brush my hair back and pull it tightly back and it's perfect every time... spray it with a little hairspray and you're good to go!

Thanks MeLikey, but unfortunately, my hair follows this equation:

Curly hair + air dry = astroAfro :(

Ah, yeah I have poker straight hair... I always wanted curly hair though... I like the way curly hair looks in a pony tail... I even started getting perms when I was in 3rd grade! I stopped perming in 7th grade though, then it was on to highlights!

I just got one. A little short but I still look good.

Three years ago I chopped off my hair (which was @ the small of my back) to shoulder length and gradually got shorter and shorter. And I hated it more and more. So now I'm in the process of growing it out. I am thinking about something drastic, so should I go for change in color or texture?? Any advice?

Beginning of my junior year of high school I chopped all my hair off almost as a rebellion against the uber-prissy attitude of what was feminine at my school (it was really long and layered). The back was shaved but it contoured in the front and looked very very cute. I would have kept it that way but my stylist moved to a more expensive salon that I couldn't afford and no one else could recreate it. So, I spent 2 years growing it out and I just recently cut it up to my shoulders. I'm seriously contemplating finding a stylist that can do that cut again, because it was easy to maintain and still looked very feminine.

I graduated and went to the workplace and I work at a very business attire type deal (think suits and slacks and for casual fridays, a logo polo shirt with khakis- no cargos!). Anyway, I still have my long blonde hair... and everyone here is envious. If I wake up late, I put my hair in a ponytail, pull it up so that I can clip it from above the pnytail holder and then arrange the hair so that my clip is hidden underneath.. it looks very nice,simple and classy and is so easy- takes no time at all.... so long hair is great for the work place! Buns are always easy and classy too!