So, I've been putting off important things like workout, sleep, study, etc. Workout is happening. Sleep, somewhat... except for today! Or tonight, whatever. Study? Don't talk to me about that or I'll drown in a puddle of my ambitions (NEED TO HIT UP THE LIBRARY)
But yes, I'm supposed to be sleeping but instead I'm watching hair videos on Youtube and blogging o_O. So in an earlier post I had said I'd post current Youtube video obsessions from time to time.
So here we are... (Also, scroll all the way to the bottom if you'd like to skip the long hair ramble and go straight to the inspiration pics)
Actually this one has been my obsession for some time now but I actually did it quasi properly today and let me tell you, it was awesome. It was so cute it made my really strange haircut look lovely. I definitely recommend. If you have short hair or are a guy... grab a victim. That's what I do when I can't try something on myself. It's great to have sisters...
Right, I called my haircut strange. You know, my haircut is great (I talk about this latest one way too often and the verdict is always different. You can ask Le Royal Best Friend.) except for one random section, well two since my head has two sides obviously, but yeah two sections on the side. They're the layers that don't really show since they lie under the crown hair. So imagine this, you have a perfect haircut... except two random bits of hair. This may not bother a lot of people (who cares, it doesn't show, etc.) but it bothers me. I'm a perfectionist and a neat freak and I still haven't forgiven myself for screwing up that section.
Here's how it happened. It's late, I'm a night owl so it's normal for me, but I'm in the bathroom cutting my hair, no wait, I was trimming it. Aha and a trim is what it'd be if I wasn't rudely interrupted. And then as I reach this magical section, someone tries the bathroom door. And of course I'm annoyed because one of the reasons I'm a night owl is because in the night most people sleep and I can have peace and relax and not be bothered by people who want to tell me to do stuff and have objections with me doing my own thing and not joining them in the circle of life or whatever other stupid philosophy of life they're running on (I love the Lion King). So I get annoyed and mind you we have two bathrooms but still I vacate the bathroom with my hair half cut since someone clearly has a preference for the one I'm in. I pace around my room irritably and debate just going to sleep.
Eventually, (I think, details are fuzzy now) I head back to the bathroom and even out what I've done so far. The next day I finish the cut. Oh I also did bangs for the first time. Those came out wonderful though I find hair in face terribly irritating. But at some point in all this fun, I am seriously distracted and cut STRAIGHT ACROSS instead of diagonal. Mind you, I was layering my hair. And I've done this before so I know I can do it. The thing is, when I get var thumbnail_mode = "float" ;absorbed in something and then I get interrupted, I get thrown way out of wack and end up with things like my current haircut. So I managed to fix everything except the random different size section cause obviously I have to wait for it to grow. Trust me, it's infuriatingly frustrating.
This is obviously ironic since, as I mentioned in a previous post, I've had super long hair like always. Haircuts, like actual haircuts, have entered my life during this past year. And it was always long without me even trying. Or maybe it was because I didn't get cuts past... hm... some grade in elementary probably. When it got gross my mom would chop off and inch or maybe two as it got longer sometimes more. And to me it felt like it grew back like instantly. And now that I want it to grow, her highness mane is taking her sweet time. Not really, I think I'm still getting an inch a month which is a lot.
But anyway, I am now about to share some hair horrors with you. Which is why this blog is fairly anonymous, mind you, for moments like these. I'm kidding, but anyhow, there is maybe one, or two actually people who know me who know of this blog and to them I ask... to not read this post? I'm kidding, just don't decide you don't love me anymore <3
So... back when I had hair of dangerous lengths; longest length was I believe up to my waist? Maybe longer? Can't find that picture of it in it's finest state of neglect. But yes, those were days of true hair neglect. What I now consider neglect is just laughable compared to what I used to do (I deep condition once a week and wash/condition twice). It wasn't because I was trying to do anything specific with my hair. It was because I didn't like my hair and I thought it was too long (no, cutting it was not an option, trust me on this one) and I didn't know what to do with it and I didn't like how it looked on me. So I ignored it. My best friend can attest to this as well, I told her once or twice in high school that I didn't comb my hair until things got crazy. And if they were only a little crazy I'd just shampoo it and a lot of the major tangles would go away. I would just put it in a ponytail or a long braid or something and go. My shampoo schedule was based on when my hair needed it. The shampoo I used to use used to dry out my hair so I could go a while between washes. That is so not the case now... Conditioner? I didn't use it. At all. Instead I used crappy Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and who knows what other crap infused shampoo because I simply didn't care and that's what moms bought and put in the bathroom. I found my hair frustrating to the point where when I tried to do something with it and if it was more complicated than a half up half down then I'd actually lose my patience and give up. I wear a lot of ponytails now too but then I used to wear them because I didn't know what else to do.
Crap. I forgot to do my face mask. That has nothing to do with this post though, obviously.
But yeah so I was watching videos about growing hair tips and what not and I can't help but laugh at some of the tips. Not because I think they don't work but because clearly my hair grew just fine and fairly quickly without this stuff. Getting trims every six to eight weeks? Try once a year. Getting 8 hours of sleep? I've been in school for most of my life so far, fat chance. Even in high school when I didn't study I didn't get enough sleep. And I ate all kinds of random stuff so yeah so much for healthy food. Though dark greens, dairy, eggs, wheat, that stuff has always been in my diet so maybe that helped. The dairy in particular I have a lot of. Maybe it was genetics, maybe it was luck. Maybe it grew out of the sheer power of how badly I didn't want it to.
Anyway, now my hair is three inches away from hair victory (BSL) and six inches away from me growing out my layers and going for a blunt cut (it's nice to start from scratch).
And now... the latest in my hair inspiration folder. I apologize but I don't remember where all the pics are from so if they're from your site, let me know, and I apologize.
(Pic from Allkpop, i think)
The blonde looks good on Luna but what I like about her hair here is how her hair is parted to an extreme side of her face and her hair on that side is voluminous with a beach wave kind of texture. It may or may not be braided loosely in the back or maybe just in a lose ponytail.
(Pic from ASOS)
I've always liked having the hair that frames the face curled. I think it gives you a very elegant look. And side parts I find are usually flattering.
(Possibly from DailyMakeover, maybe from somewhere else?)
I'm a sucker for curls. I love curly hair and curly styles. Big curls like these are so (for lack of a better term) romantic and pretty. I also like how voluminous her hair is especially in the crown area and the fact that it is multi-toned. Stunning.
(Pic from Karmaloop)
This is an incredibly cute look and though it is common to do it with long hair, it has a whole different look when done on short hair. On long hair it would be maybe a little dressy or bold but on short hair it's playful. I've done this before with my shorter layers pulling my longer layers away and it's very cute.
(Pic from Me2day or Allkpop, not sure exactly)
There might be a lot of Dara pics since I like her style and in particular her hairstyles. This is a very cute cut, thinned out from the bottom with big heavy side swept bangs.
(I honestly don't remember, sorry! :()
Well that was quick. As much as I find bangs annoying, they look very cute. And for a person like me who is unable to get away from ponytails, they work. Like in this pic, they can make an updo very pretty. Of course if you have no forehead like me, your face may disappear. But that'll have to be a wager you'll have to make, won't it? Face? or hair...
(Pic from Allkpop)
I haven't forgotten about you, boys. Well I have, this is just a consolation prize. I'm kidding. But yes there hasn't been a dude related post in a while. I should get on that. Bangs I feel are very important to a guy's haircut. If you don't want to grow it long you can just play around with your bangs. Some slick it up or do a brohawk (that's the one that frat boys do, haha, I'm kidding... sort of ;). Hyungshik's are at an angle and jagged and seem to be coming from further back on his crown than usual. And it does look like either his hair back there is shorter or they slicked it up.
(Pic from Tumblr or somewhere)
Nowadays people are more into super straight and sleek and blah blah hair but I still love BIG HAIR :D. I swear they need to make a remake of Hairspray called Big Hair and make it about big hair. And dancing. Two of my favorite things, heheh. I was a little kid in the 90's so theoretically I've experienced more of the 90's in the 00's than I have in the 90's but I think they were a fun time. Though I feel hair like this is timeless, not a 90's thing but whenever I see big hair I have to go into my 90's big hair rant :).
(Pic from HellzBellz Blog)
His hair looks like soft serve ice cream. Now I'm remembering Sylvia from the Nanny asking Aunt Freida, "How do you achieve that height?" Kurt's hair is kind of like this though he has more gentlemanly waves in them haha. And his hair doesn't look edible. He does. I'm kidding, heheh.
(Pic from Lulu's... or was it ASOS?)
If this is the real hair color and not photoediting it's pretty awesome. I also like those big curls. I also like how lately people leave their roots instead of dying them. Of course it depends but a lot of times it's very cute.
(Pic from Allkpop or Eiffel in Seoul)
It's Dara's brother! (And he is just as cute :) I like to call this Spyro hair. You know, Spyro the Dragon. It's not even that similar but for some reason I always remember (somewhat inaccurately, I might add) Spyro's hair looking like a flame on his head so when I see someone with this hair; Spyro hair. I like it, and I like how Thunder's hair is long from the back along with the flame hair and the sideburns are also long but not in that odd colonial beard style.
(Pic from DailyMakeover)
This is a very adorable side braid and I like how the hair is left out in the front. Also, Zoe Saldana is beautiful. A friend and I were discussing this earlier in reference to the reasons why we want to watch Colombiana. Also I like how her hair color seems to range from soft black to dark brown though it's obviously the light.
(Pic from Allkpop)
I would love to do this color but I think it would never stop looking like I'm wearing a wig. I also like her cut. I suppose I would look kind of like Storm... which is awesome :D
(Pic from Allkpop?)
LOVE LOVE LOVE this hairstyle. And again, it's really pretty how her roots are showing. I have a clear Dara bias and with good reason.
(Pic from Eiffel in Seoul)
Her hair is teal. Do I need to say more?
(Pic from Eiffel in Seoul)
A non gelled style. I love the volume and messiness of the crown hair. I think hair parted at the crown is very flattering in general.
(Pic from Kstyle or Allkpop)
I really like how Yubin has a little blonde underneath. It looks very nice with her almost mahogany hair. Sohee's hair on the other hand is another example of all the different ways you can wear a half up half down hair style.
(Pic from Allkpop)
I'm a big fan of Taeyang's hair. He doesn't switch it up much, it's usually shaved on the sides but it's always incredibly smooth (a word that describes Taeyang like it does no other). I like how it's slicked up kind of like flames. As for Daesung, this has to be his best haircut ever in life. I think it suits him incredibly well. More proof that bangs make all the difference. Though he looks kind of like Se7en here haha. That is definitely a plus ;P.
(Pic from somewhere...)
The somewhat textured, full, hint of wavy hair looks very good on Minwoo. I'm a big fan of this hair in general. I'm sure it's not too difficult to achieve with a blowdryer and some product. Though I never expected it, this hair color also suits him very well.
But yes, I'm supposed to be sleeping but instead I'm watching hair videos on Youtube and blogging o_O. So in an earlier post I had said I'd post current Youtube video obsessions from time to time.
So here we are... (Also, scroll all the way to the bottom if you'd like to skip the long hair ramble and go straight to the inspiration pics)
Actually this one has been my obsession for some time now but I actually did it quasi properly today and let me tell you, it was awesome. It was so cute it made my really strange haircut look lovely. I definitely recommend. If you have short hair or are a guy... grab a victim. That's what I do when I can't try something on myself. It's great to have sisters...
Right, I called my haircut strange. You know, my haircut is great (I talk about this latest one way too often and the verdict is always different. You can ask Le Royal Best Friend.) except for one random section, well two since my head has two sides obviously, but yeah two sections on the side. They're the layers that don't really show since they lie under the crown hair. So imagine this, you have a perfect haircut... except two random bits of hair. This may not bother a lot of people (who cares, it doesn't show, etc.) but it bothers me. I'm a perfectionist and a neat freak and I still haven't forgiven myself for screwing up that section.
Here's how it happened. It's late, I'm a night owl so it's normal for me, but I'm in the bathroom cutting my hair, no wait, I was trimming it. Aha and a trim is what it'd be if I wasn't rudely interrupted. And then as I reach this magical section, someone tries the bathroom door. And of course I'm annoyed because one of the reasons I'm a night owl is because in the night most people sleep and I can have peace and relax and not be bothered by people who want to tell me to do stuff and have objections with me doing my own thing and not joining them in the circle of life or whatever other stupid philosophy of life they're running on (I love the Lion King). So I get annoyed and mind you we have two bathrooms but still I vacate the bathroom with my hair half cut since someone clearly has a preference for the one I'm in. I pace around my room irritably and debate just going to sleep.
Eventually, (I think, details are fuzzy now) I head back to the bathroom and even out what I've done so far. The next day I finish the cut. Oh I also did bangs for the first time. Those came out wonderful though I find hair in face terribly irritating. But at some point in all this fun, I am seriously distracted and cut STRAIGHT ACROSS instead of diagonal. Mind you, I was layering my hair. And I've done this before so I know I can do it. The thing is, when I get var thumbnail_mode = "float" ;absorbed in something and then I get interrupted, I get thrown way out of wack and end up with things like my current haircut. So I managed to fix everything except the random different size section cause obviously I have to wait for it to grow. Trust me, it's infuriatingly frustrating.
This is obviously ironic since, as I mentioned in a previous post, I've had super long hair like always. Haircuts, like actual haircuts, have entered my life during this past year. And it was always long without me even trying. Or maybe it was because I didn't get cuts past... hm... some grade in elementary probably. When it got gross my mom would chop off and inch or maybe two as it got longer sometimes more. And to me it felt like it grew back like instantly. And now that I want it to grow, her highness mane is taking her sweet time. Not really, I think I'm still getting an inch a month which is a lot.
But anyway, I am now about to share some hair horrors with you. Which is why this blog is fairly anonymous, mind you, for moments like these. I'm kidding, but anyhow, there is maybe one, or two actually people who know me who know of this blog and to them I ask... to not read this post? I'm kidding, just don't decide you don't love me anymore <3
So... back when I had hair of dangerous lengths; longest length was I believe up to my waist? Maybe longer? Can't find that picture of it in it's finest state of neglect. But yes, those were days of true hair neglect. What I now consider neglect is just laughable compared to what I used to do (I deep condition once a week and wash/condition twice). It wasn't because I was trying to do anything specific with my hair. It was because I didn't like my hair and I thought it was too long (no, cutting it was not an option, trust me on this one) and I didn't know what to do with it and I didn't like how it looked on me. So I ignored it. My best friend can attest to this as well, I told her once or twice in high school that I didn't comb my hair until things got crazy. And if they were only a little crazy I'd just shampoo it and a lot of the major tangles would go away. I would just put it in a ponytail or a long braid or something and go. My shampoo schedule was based on when my hair needed it. The shampoo I used to use used to dry out my hair so I could go a while between washes. That is so not the case now... Conditioner? I didn't use it. At all. Instead I used crappy Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and who knows what other crap infused shampoo because I simply didn't care and that's what moms bought and put in the bathroom. I found my hair frustrating to the point where when I tried to do something with it and if it was more complicated than a half up half down then I'd actually lose my patience and give up. I wear a lot of ponytails now too but then I used to wear them because I didn't know what else to do.
Crap. I forgot to do my face mask. That has nothing to do with this post though, obviously.
But yeah so I was watching videos about growing hair tips and what not and I can't help but laugh at some of the tips. Not because I think they don't work but because clearly my hair grew just fine and fairly quickly without this stuff. Getting trims every six to eight weeks? Try once a year. Getting 8 hours of sleep? I've been in school for most of my life so far, fat chance. Even in high school when I didn't study I didn't get enough sleep. And I ate all kinds of random stuff so yeah so much for healthy food. Though dark greens, dairy, eggs, wheat, that stuff has always been in my diet so maybe that helped. The dairy in particular I have a lot of. Maybe it was genetics, maybe it was luck. Maybe it grew out of the sheer power of how badly I didn't want it to.
Anyway, now my hair is three inches away from hair victory (BSL) and six inches away from me growing out my layers and going for a blunt cut (it's nice to start from scratch).
And now... the latest in my hair inspiration folder. I apologize but I don't remember where all the pics are from so if they're from your site, let me know, and I apologize.
The blonde looks good on Luna but what I like about her hair here is how her hair is parted to an extreme side of her face and her hair on that side is voluminous with a beach wave kind of texture. It may or may not be braided loosely in the back or maybe just in a lose ponytail.
I've always liked having the hair that frames the face curled. I think it gives you a very elegant look. And side parts I find are usually flattering.
I'm a sucker for curls. I love curly hair and curly styles. Big curls like these are so (for lack of a better term) romantic and pretty. I also like how voluminous her hair is especially in the crown area and the fact that it is multi-toned. Stunning.
This is an incredibly cute look and though it is common to do it with long hair, it has a whole different look when done on short hair. On long hair it would be maybe a little dressy or bold but on short hair it's playful. I've done this before with my shorter layers pulling my longer layers away and it's very cute.
There might be a lot of Dara pics since I like her style and in particular her hairstyles. This is a very cute cut, thinned out from the bottom with big heavy side swept bangs.
Well that was quick. As much as I find bangs annoying, they look very cute. And for a person like me who is unable to get away from ponytails, they work. Like in this pic, they can make an updo very pretty. Of course if you have no forehead like me, your face may disappear. But that'll have to be a wager you'll have to make, won't it? Face? or hair...
I haven't forgotten about you, boys. Well I have, this is just a consolation prize. I'm kidding. But yes there hasn't been a dude related post in a while. I should get on that. Bangs I feel are very important to a guy's haircut. If you don't want to grow it long you can just play around with your bangs. Some slick it up or do a brohawk (that's the one that frat boys do, haha, I'm kidding... sort of ;). Hyungshik's are at an angle and jagged and seem to be coming from further back on his crown than usual. And it does look like either his hair back there is shorter or they slicked it up.
Nowadays people are more into super straight and sleek and blah blah hair but I still love BIG HAIR :D. I swear they need to make a remake of Hairspray called Big Hair and make it about big hair. And dancing. Two of my favorite things, heheh. I was a little kid in the 90's so theoretically I've experienced more of the 90's in the 00's than I have in the 90's but I think they were a fun time. Though I feel hair like this is timeless, not a 90's thing but whenever I see big hair I have to go into my 90's big hair rant :).
His hair looks like soft serve ice cream. Now I'm remembering Sylvia from the Nanny asking Aunt Freida, "How do you achieve that height?" Kurt's hair is kind of like this though he has more gentlemanly waves in them haha. And his hair doesn't look edible. He does. I'm kidding, heheh.
If this is the real hair color and not photoediting it's pretty awesome. I also like those big curls. I also like how lately people leave their roots instead of dying them. Of course it depends but a lot of times it's very cute.
It's Dara's brother! (And he is just as cute :) I like to call this Spyro hair. You know, Spyro the Dragon. It's not even that similar but for some reason I always remember (somewhat inaccurately, I might add) Spyro's hair looking like a flame on his head so when I see someone with this hair; Spyro hair. I like it, and I like how Thunder's hair is long from the back along with the flame hair and the sideburns are also long but not in that odd colonial beard style.
This is a very adorable side braid and I like how the hair is left out in the front. Also, Zoe Saldana is beautiful. A friend and I were discussing this earlier in reference to the reasons why we want to watch Colombiana. Also I like how her hair color seems to range from soft black to dark brown though it's obviously the light.
I would love to do this color but I think it would never stop looking like I'm wearing a wig. I also like her cut. I suppose I would look kind of like Storm... which is awesome :D
LOVE LOVE LOVE this hairstyle. And again, it's really pretty how her roots are showing. I have a clear Dara bias and with good reason.
Her hair is teal. Do I need to say more?
A non gelled style. I love the volume and messiness of the crown hair. I think hair parted at the crown is very flattering in general.
I really like how Yubin has a little blonde underneath. It looks very nice with her almost mahogany hair. Sohee's hair on the other hand is another example of all the different ways you can wear a half up half down hair style.
I'm a big fan of Taeyang's hair. He doesn't switch it up much, it's usually shaved on the sides but it's always incredibly smooth (a word that describes Taeyang like it does no other). I like how it's slicked up kind of like flames. As for Daesung, this has to be his best haircut ever in life. I think it suits him incredibly well. More proof that bangs make all the difference. Though he looks kind of like Se7en here haha. That is definitely a plus ;P.
The somewhat textured, full, hint of wavy hair looks very good on Minwoo. I'm a big fan of this hair in general. I'm sure it's not too difficult to achieve with a blowdryer and some product. Though I never expected it, this hair color also suits him very well.
