After well over a year of talking about it — and talking myself out of it — I finally put on my big girl pants and got lobbed last week. {Nothing like waiting until a trend is almost dead to jump on board, amiright?}
Two years ago, I turned my hair an unfortunate shade of orange with a permanent “light brown” boxed dye I bought at the drugstore.
A note for my brunette friends, taken from advice my stylist, April, gave me when I showed up in her chair with a brass-tastic hair color emergency in the spring of 2013: if you can’t resist the siren song of the home hair color aisle, stick to formulas that wash out with 28 shampoos, and/or always go a shade darker than your natural color; otherwise the peroxide in the dye will lift your brown and leave you orange.
April did her best to professionally camouflage my mess-up with heavy highlights, which I slowly grew out into a pseudo-ombre because I can’t be bothered with the maintenance of full highlights. After two years of growth, I was finally comfortable enough with my natural length to cut off the majority of the processed hair…
Fast-forward to last Thursday: April razor-cut nearly 10 inches from the back of my head and about 7 from the front. {Insert wide-eyed emoji} She textured the asymmetrical cut with soft wispy ends and layers that are super easy to style into messy waves or a sleek straight lob.
Here’s a run-down of my new routine:
- My hair is little dry from over-styling when it was long, so I’m using the Moroccanoil Restorative Hair Mask as my regular conditioner and washing every other day with a hydrating sulfate-free shampoo.
- After washing, I put a little Moroccanoil into my ends and let my hair air dry, usually overnight.
- In the morning, I use my generic Chi flat iron from Sally Beauty to quickly straighten or add waves.
- I finish off the style with Joico Texture Boost Spray Wax, Oscar Blandi ‘Pronto’ Texture and Volume Spray, or Redken Fashion Waves Sea Salt Spray, depending on the texture I’m going for.
What do you think?