I had been meaning to grow out my natural, i.e. gray, color for quite a few years. I made attempts to stop dyeing my hair a couple of times, but always relented at the 5th month mark when my roots got terrifying. My 20-year journey of hair coloring had gone from semi-permanent dark strawberry blonde… Read more »
Posts Tagged: haircut
Dorothy Hamill’s ‘Short & Sassy’ Wedge Haircut 1976
Dorothy Hamill became America’s Sweetheart after her gold medal ice-skating win at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Dorothy had developed a new skating move – a camel spin that turns into a sit spin – which became known as the “Hamill Camel”. Not only was this new spin dramatic, but it perfected showed… Read more »
Do-It-Yourself Haircutting
Last summer I took scissors in hand and hacked 6″ of my long hair into a bob cut. It was just about the shortest I’ve ever had it, barring the Dorothy Hamill wedge cut I had in 1976. It felt rather liberating to cut all that hair off – even more so that I did… Read more »
Confession: I Cut My Own Hair
I recently saw a profile of famed hairdresser, Frederic Fekkai, on CBS Sunday Morning. What caught my attention was not his success, fame, family, or debonair handsomeness; it was the fact that he charges $750 for a haircut. A bloody haircut! I just had to laugh because despite all the luxurious surroundings in his salon,… Read more »
I'm Marilyn, and I'm obsessed with vintage clothing, thrift stores, clotheslines, and Chanel. Welcome to my down-to-earth world!