all about hair

This week the "this is who I am" challenge is all about hair and hair flicks.  This photo isn't particularly recent - it was taken at a wedding I attended in Australia back in November last year, but it's a pretty accurate depiction of my hair at the moment.  

I  have thick hair.  Really thick.  It's thick enough that throughout my life hairdressers have always commented on it.  Without fail.  Even hairdressers who I've been going to for sometime still, at some point, need to emphasise the thickness of my hair.  

Anyway, due to it's thickness I've had quite a few unfortunate haircuts through my life.  At one point my 'friends' gave me the nickname "mushroom", which they tried to tell me was endearing, but really had a lot more to do with the state of my hair than anything else.  I've tried to grow it long to remove the volume and for a brief period had a pixie-like do.  No matter where I stray, I seem to always come back to the bob.  I like the bob.  Cut properly it'll sit nicely and be able to take you from wavy, fuss-free "mop" to sleek straight do with a simple blow dry.  It's short enough to keep your neck cool in summer and long enough to keep your ears warm in winter.  And then, at a real stretch you can still get it back into a ponytail with the help of a few bobby pins. The Bob - classic, versatile, simple, sleek and easy.  My version of a great hair cut.

And, one more thing about hair.  I believe in a good haircut.  I would sooner do without new clothes or new shoes before I abandoned a good haircut.  You wear your hair everyday.  It is your most consistent fashion accessory and it should look good.