It looked gorgeous pre-new 'do and it looks fabulous post-new 'do. You are lucky to have such beautiful hair.
This part just cracked me up, with the sudden descent into insanity. That’s how I get when I’m clothes-shopping.
I think the bangs look great, but they sure can be annoying at that length! I’m growing mine out until it’s all the same length, and I’m not far beyond that point. If I had a nickel for every time I comb the bangs back with my fingers, during just one day, I could buy enough pizza to feed everyone posting in this thread.
Ahem. Some of us have work to do this morning, and this is very distracting. Is it suddenly hot in here?
Your hair looks great.
Mine on the other hand started thinning when I hit my mid 20s. I decided that I wasn’t going to be one of those guys with a bad comb-over and shaved my head. I keep it somewhere between Michael Jordan bald and Capt Picard short.
I like it but if I could do something about the thin spot on the top of my head, I’d grow it back out.
Mine does that too! I need it to grow more though. Its too short, only halfway sdown my back… 
As a professional guy, my considered opinion is that you. are. hot. As in gorgeous, or as in you look perfect. Really. Makes me wish I were 20 years younger. Your hair looks very good on you because it frames your face nicely. Plus, you’re just lovely to start with.
So don’t sweat it. Haven’t you wondered why guys keep smiling at you as you walk past them?
Vlad/Igor
haze, it looks great. Oh, and to combat the bangs, headbands, they’re all the rage these days.
I’ve mentioned here before how much I hate that Photobucket is blocked where I work?? Huh, have I?
Oh well, I’ve seen you in person anyway, so until I get home I’ll do some kind of mental/imagination thingee and work from there.
No, it’s her.
HazelNutCoffee, that is an awesome haircut on you (although I love the longer “curling iron” one as well). And, I hope you won’t take this the wrong way, but I’m sort of glad that even someone as gorgeous as you has some quirky insecurity about her looks. Makes me feel like less of a self-involved troll.
I’ve been contemplating a drastic hair change. I’ve got past-ass length hippie hair now, with a few layers around the front. The bottom half or so is red from henna, and the top half my own boring brown (the nice thing about henna is it doesn’t leave a really obvious line of demarcation, so it doesn’t look as weird as it sounds.) But I think I’m kinda over the hippie fashion thing. Lately I’ve been coveting Yvonne Strahovski’s hair on Chuck, and thinking about going back to my old golden-blonde dye job.
I know I should just do it and stop agonizing - it’s only hair, and mine grows so fast, it’ll be past-ass in less than 3 years if I don’t like it. But it’s just such a drastic re-write of my character, so to speak. I despise bubblyheaded Lincoln Park yuppie chicks with hair like that. But it’s so purty!
I hate my hair too, so I understand. Mine’s long, flat and drab right now. I also think it’s hit the longest it will get, so I shed a lot.
I am completely terrified to get it cut. Not because I have any love for this boring mop on my head, but because I haven’t found anyone worth paying to cut it since I left NM. I have paid lots of money for cuts that didn’t work. I have paid medium amounts of money for cuts that didn’t work. I have paid little money for cuts that didn’t work. All of these were in DC but college student terms. Then I went home to NM, and my wonderful and lovely hairdresser there stayed late to squeeze me in one night. And I paid (including tip) less than I paid any of those people in DC (base cut), and still managed to tip her very generously. Now I’m in Chicago, and seriously contemplating waiting until I go home to visit for my next hair cut. And living with drab, flat and boring until then. I refuse to think about the fact that this doesn’t solve my lack of hairdresser in Chicago, since I can’t go home every time I need a haircut. Thus, I understand hair issues.
Also, it’s funny how perspective changes things. I bless my hairdresser in NM for being so good and so cheap. My mother loves her too, but feels she’s way expensive. I think she is expensive for NM, but damn, she’s worth every penny. Especially coming out of DC (possibly Chicago).
HazelNutCoffee, you look very nice in those photos. Some of the photos, though, make you look incredibly young. The one linked to in “the”, in particular, as well as the pinned back one. You look amazing in the “behold” photo. I think it’s a very good look for you, and you shouldn’t be surprised if you get carded next time you go out. But skip the pinning back. It gives you mental issues and isn’t as attractive as the original 'do.
Or, pin it back on top, instead of on bottom, with really cute or glittery bobby pins. Something that the Korean schoolmarms would never have allowed on anyone!
IMHO, you look better with the bangs. It softens your face. Get used to it without the bobby pins…you look very cute!
I agree with all the various forms of “HazelNutCoffee, you look fahbulus!” And this from a guy whose sense of style is limited to wearing whatever is (1) clean and (2) on top.
I can comment on this, though:
It’s almost a truism that Orientals tend to look like they’re in their young 20s from age 13 (ish) to their 60s – after which they look like they’re over a thousand.
Thankee, everyone, for the compliments! I feel appreciated; all my friends here (all guys at the moment, for some weird reason) just say, “Hey, you got your hair cut” and then resuming grunting about football and chugging beer. 
I guess the bobby pins gotta go, huh? BlueKangeroo, I was wondering that myself - if the bobby pins make me look too young. Another reason to go without - I get mistaken for a student enough as it is. I’m already getting used to the weird sensation of hair over my eye.
WhyNot, I think that hair would look great on you. I’m sure you could pull it off without succumbing to the evil taint of Lincoln Park yuppiness. 
(And don’t get me started on insecurities about my looks! I used to get so much crap from my relatives on how I needed to lose weight and how my face was too round and my eyes were too, er, Asian. I’m mostly over it now, but when I was younger I stressed out a lot about stuff like that. Stupid relatives.)
threeacres, unfortunately I don’t have pictures from that time. Or I do, but the colors don’t show up very well. I didn’t get my hair dyed bright green, but more of a mossy color that showed up like highlights. Ditto with the purple and red. It was the height of rebellion for me though. :rolleyes: Guess I am Asian after all, heh.
Nzinga, thanks for that especially lovely compliment. I guess that means I should smile more. But unfortunately I also have issues with my teeth. Don’t get me started.
Oh, and thanks to everyone for sharing hair trauma. Nice to know I’m not the only one with hair issues! We should start a group or something.
Well of course we guys would mutter something about hair and keep on going. You’re lucky they even muttered anything about the hair.
sigh…Women…can’t live with 'em…
Definitely ditch the pins as you have them. I still think you can find a way to pull the bangs back when needed and look adult. I’m no hair person, though, so I don’t know how. I relied heavily on headbands when peering into microscopes, which made my hair stick out at odd angles, but as a scientist I can get away with a “slightly crazy person” look.
Anyway, if you’re already getting used to the sensation, then just go with the flow. You look great, and then you don’t have to invest in more hair products.
Oh, wow that is SUCH a cute haircut. I wish I was ever happy with my hair after a cut!
I think a hair club sounds like a fabulous idea. It would be so much fun…we could challenge ourselves to try something new and different every month. Post pictures and get ideas, help with issues, bask in hair glory…
Go for it!
:mad: I hate myself for having such hair envy! I wish I could grow hair like that but mine is just… just… wimpy. If it gets much past my shoulders it all breaks off and just hangs there. I refuse to post a photo. WAH! :mad:
I had a girl roommate for over five years and I think I noticed when she got her hair done … twice maybe? Without her telling me first, anyway. It’s just our way.
OMG!
Hair LOVE.
Seriously.
I would kill the nearest fuzzy bunny to have hair that straight.
I live in Florida.
My hair is naturally this curly. Me in 100 degree humidity is NEVER a good thing.
sigh