When your teenager daughter agrees to let you trim and thin her hair instead of a professional hairstylist, consider yourself honored and trusted. Right? And when your teenager daughter asks you to cut her hair a certain style, it is natural to hesitate and feel anxious about saying, "Yes." Right? Especially when your daughter is bigger and more physically fit than you are. Well, I found myself in that position yesterday, and I can tell you with relief that I lived, and that my teenager is happy with the way her hair looks. True, it took about four hours total, with Melanie returning to the hair-cutting stool three more times after the first trim, and me running to the computer from time to time to consult the web on current teen hairstyles for thick, medium length hair (note: the bob cut is trendy again). But it was time well spent, and money saved. Melanie received the nods of approval from her friends today, I was told in less than six words. She probably felt excited and slightly apprehensive about going to school with a new hairdo - woke up at 2 am and did not go back to sleep until 5 am. So typical of Melanie. But I am glad it all worked out. I do not know if I can repeat this feat. We did have a big heap of discarded hair, mostly from thinning out her thick hair. I certainly do not give Audrey a consistently good haircut. Sometimes she looks just great, and sometimes I thin out her bangs a bit too much. But with the economy being the way it is right now, I suppose it is time for everyone in the family to occasionally take a chance with me and my scissors, and console themselves with the promise that hair will always grow back. Chong Lim asked, "Why not get a clipper?" Heh-heh. I am not sure I am ready for a motorized hair-cutting tool.
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LM,
Nice try on Melanie’s hairdo. Looks good from the pictures and the most important is that she feels good about it. I know how it feels about satisfying our young teens. Mia does not trust anyone with her hair either. I have been her hair stylist since she was young and she only had her hair cut by professionals twice and only because I prodded her so I can get ideas and learn from it. I am not sure if she still feels the same about my cutting her hair now. It has been 10 months ago since her last haircut which was done by a professional. She is now more certain about how she wants to dress and look. So far, she is more conservative than me in style and seems to trust my suggestions on what to wear. Hopefully that will be true for many years to come.
How do we know if you updated your blog? Will we get an email announcement every time? How come Lim comes after Kim in your blog address? Just wondering.
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