moosh in indy.

May 28, 2008

How do you decide when to get your hair cut? Or colored? I personally find that one day I look in the mirror, see nothing overly redeeming about my hair except for the fact that it is growing and that it is growing out of my head. Much like it was on this day:

I then make an appointment about a week away, so I can think about my decision and wear my hair up in a ponytail all week so I can show it who’s boss. Problem this time around was I decided to style it on Sunday before I got it cut off on Tuesday. Big mistake.

My hair always behaves itself when it knows it’s going to be cut off. Kind of like how a three year old behaves when she knows there’s ice cream involved. But I know it was just a show, and it went back into ponytails for the next 48 hours.

Then there’s the dreaded “so what are we doing with your hair today?” question. I dread it. “Cut it off! NO! Long, but not frizzy, but I need body! But I don’t want short. I want to do it curly, but straight too. I spend a lot of time outside so I want something that can be pulled up, but funky you know? I don’t want to look like a calico cat but I don’t want to leave here looking like a normal haired person. But I don’t like cool hued colors, I need warm, but not orange! I like a lot of colors, colors that remind me of food. I need to go dramatic or I’ll regret it after I leave! WAIT! Not too dramatic! I am a mom you know…” Blah blah same thing every time. Some of you may remember the last time I cut off my hair. Gah. Nightmare. I was told by four different people I looked like my mom. Which isn’t bad but when one of those four people is your husband, well. Then things get a little iffy. I wanted to go to Whoorl but when I read in the New York Times she had 150 people in queue for hair Thursday, I figured I’d better start praying.

Thankfully I was referred to a genius of hair and from her nimble hands I am now caramel, copper and ruby with the ability to fluff, curl, straighten, pull back and funk up in a hundred different ways. I wanted to wait until I had all! sorts! of! styles! to show you, but I’m too excited.

So without further ado, the new moi.

I’ll keep you updated on any new follicular discoveries around these parts.

Comments off.

beautiful

feener’s last blog post..Don’t forget the giveaway ! photo/stationary question

Hey, foxy lady!

Angella’s last blog post..Even Superman Gets Tired

Love it!

She Likes Purple’s last blog post..A Few Things, In No Particular Or Coherent Order

Wow! So cute!

Janssen’s last blog post..Stuffed

This is the second time we’ve blogged about the same thing on the same day. However, I’m much more impressed with your hair (and pictures) than mine.

Anna’s last blog post..Hair today, gone tomorrow…ba-da-dun

wow.

love it.

and just so you know, you are the best self portrait taker ever. and i mean ever.

erin’s last blog post..the halle bean.

I thought I was the only one with “hair who behaves with threats of removal” syndrome. The new ‘do looks fabulous!!! And it’s not so short that you can’t use that pony holder to show it whose boss again.

Kris’s last blog post..It’s mine! It’s ALL mine!!!

Love the new cut! Alas I have curly hair, not completely unlike your daughter – I would need a magical flat iron for a look like yours…oh and an extra hour a day. You lucky girl you can do both!

Sarah’s last blog post..Sprinklers

I love it. Sophisticated, yet able to get casual when needed.

And thanks to you I just bought Orville Redenbacher’s LIGHT and also SMART POP. Two for $5.

Ya little brat. I was doing perfectly well without popcorn.

You’re just flat out cute. I hate you a little.

kristi’s last blog post..Motivation (part 1)

That’s gorgeous! I love the new do.

Gorgeous! Your new do is perfect!

Domestic Chicky’s last blog post..WW Wednesdays

Holy crap, that looks good!

whoorl’s last blog post..Volume 2.16.2

You look fabulous!! Yowsa!

Barb @ getupandplay’s last blog post..Happy Birthday, Steve!

Good lord, woman, you have hit the gold mine of hair dressers! You look magnificent. I have huge hair envy. My hair desires are in exactly the state you described to your hair dresser, and I too am in sadness over the length of Whoorl’s list… I might just take my computer to my hair dresser and tell her, “Make me look as good as moosh’s mom” — do you think that would work?

MommyTime’s last blog post..Ten (More) Random, Useful Things

I LOVE IT!

Lou’s last blog post..The Stranger

YUMMY!

Isabel’s last blog post..In which my married friend gets a crush on my gay older brother

Holy Moishe Key Bobbleah!!! your b4 =me/blond, bafter=vavavoom.. wow wow I want the stylist’s number now please. and the colorist – yow

Nice! Where did you go? I’m always (well, twice a year that is) looking for a miracle worker. Since I live in indy, maybe I could borrow yours!

Jeanelle’s last blog post..One more day

LOVE the new do. I only color my hair in the fall, because the sun bleaches it in the summer. I wish I had hair like yours. sigh.

Kristin’s last blog post..A Monday Tuesday

Lauren @ Natural Concepts in Greenwood, IN (it’s an Aveda Salon, luuuurve.)

Absolutely AMAZING! You have to give me a name & number. I live in Fort Wayne but that hair is worth a babysitter and a two hour drive!

awesome! i love it!!! i have the same problem of wanting long, but funky, but curly, but straight, but cool, but easy… very nice!!!! i might have to steal your photo to take to my stylist!

kristin’s last blog post..going crazy.

*Wolf Whistle* It looks awesome!

Rachael’s last blog post..100 Things About Me

Too cute! I can’t decide if I like the cut or color more – it suits your face shape perfectly. You look great!

the mrs.’s last blog post..Gimme S’More

so cute!

Amy’s last blog post..Preschool Graduation

I love it!

Mrs. Schmitty’s last blog post..Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

In the new words of my 2 year old:
“Holy Schmoly!” That haircut looks “Neato Burrito!”

Beautiful!

nicole’s last blog post..May 6th is right around the corner…

The new vous looks mah-verous! But then again, the old vous wasn’t bad.

Can I borrow some of your genes, please? I’ll take some photogenic, even skin tone, and all around cuteness genes, plzkthnx.

But the real reason I’m commenting is because, as hot as you look little Ms. Self-Portrait, I had to laugh at the ponytail holder on your wrist

the prologue of my life’s last blog post..Day 28: Smile

Very pretty! Isn’t it wonderful when a hair appointment turns out lovely?!

Kristin’s last blog post..Warms My Mommy Heart

Wow, that looks awesome! Sexy Mama!!!

Jen’s last blog post..is there such a thing as too much weekend?

Oh my word. You are so very beautiful, even before the cut/color change but this makes your eyes pop and your skin glow.

WHoo-hoo!

I just cut about 8 inches off and colored. I too feel all new and sassy…

Woooo Sexy! Nicely done!

Reese’s last blog post..Kitchen Adventures

You look gorgeous both ways, but the color is a really nice addition.

Suebob’s last blog post..Secret Key to Happiness #12

It looks amazing! I have to ask…from one curly head to another. How do you get it so straight?? Iron? Products? Would you share your secrets?

Clink’s last blog post..Game Day

Gawgahas. Like Janelle, you’ve gotta drop me a tip on who did this fabulous work. The shape is fantastic, and the color is really flattering.

Must be Motherhood’s last blog post..Pitter’s Birth: Part II

LOVE LOVE LOVE it!

I will drive down to Indy to have that person do my highlights. DAMN.

You go girl!

Amy @ http://prettybabies.blogspot.com

Amy’s last blog post..There’s No Such Thing as a Free Puppy

What great colors! I liked your hair in the first picture and was thinking, “What could she possibly do to look better? It looks great!” and then I saw the next photo. Wow! Looks really great. I really love the highlights. Great do!

Rhea’s last blog post..To Do or Not To Do; Expressing Oneself through Bumper Stickers, Car Art & Vanity Plates.

Yowzers! You look hawt, girl!

andi’s last blog post..The illusion of choice

WOW Casey! This style seriously looks a.maz.ing on you!!!!!!!! You make me want a new do – you are beautiful!!

You so pwetty!

HOT!

Super duper HOT!!!!

Prologue-
THE GREEN ONE IN BOTH PHOTOS? I know. I’m such a mom.

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

Now take that hair elastic off your wrist!

xo ~K

karla ` looking towards heaven’s last blog post..Dear friends:

okay, dude. i thought i saw you on ’so you think you can dance’.

Awesome! The cut and color are perfect for you!

Musing’s last blog post..How the prom date who dumped me still ended up in my wedding

I love hair. Your stylist did a great job. This reinforces my desire for change, pronto.

Wow, that’s an awesome look for you!

Krista’s last blog post..A Day of Remembrance

Hair-styling must be in the air! My appointment looms to far from now! You look super-sexy!

dana’s last blog post..The all important doctor

Ack! That’s “too” not “to.” I’m such a nerd.

dana’s last blog post..The all important doctor

Ooooh. I love the new hair! Love it. It’s so bright and stunning really. You look fab.

Love it!!

Adria Sha’s last blog post..The cancer ward is the place to be

LOVE IT!!!!

meow! that’s like the best cut and color… um, evah!

jenica’s last blog post..trip of bridges: lincoln city, oregon (days 8 & 9)

Love your new cut and color. I got asked today if I just had my hair done – as usual my appointment is next week! Why does my hair get so many compliments when I’m about to cut it off?
Once again, love your hair

Casey, That is the most incredible transformation ever! You went from a beauty to a goddess! What does Cody think?

It looks really good. The colour suits your complexion more, and the thinning he/she did (did they use a straight razor in the back?) gave it a nice shape.

OK, I probably know too much about hairstyling. There’s a reason a friend in university said I had enough fashion sense to be a gay man.

I’m shutting up now.

SciFi Dad’s last blog post..CPC

i just let my 15 year old color her hair. she chose red. like red red. it actually looks pretty cute! i am thinking i need to do mine like yours though. really nice!

natalie’s last blog post..Happy hair

I love it!!! I just recently got blond and red highlights in my brown hair! And I absolutely love it!!!!!

Sarah’s last blog post..Go Arts Go Karts

It’s gorgeous!

Frema’s last blog post..It all started with jelly beans.

Glamma Mamma!

Antonette’s last blog post..Can I Have a Tissue Please?

I have a crush on your hair.
I miss my old stylist so much it hurts. I’d say “Courtney, today I need something that will make me want to get up in the morning. What can you do for me?” or “I really need to be the hottest person alive” and I’d walk away looking like a million bucks. sigh!

EMama’s last blog post..Best Birthday Ever, episode II

Totally cute hair, but that’s now why I’m here

I thought of you watching SYTYCD last night… Did you see the “Joseph Smith is my Homeboy” t-shirt one of the wannabes was wearing? Is that sacrilege? Or would you totally wear it?

Jill’s last blog post..Can’t talk about it anymore

That looks SO AMAZING!! I love it!!

Amy’s last blog post..Where Do You Draw The Line?

Gorgeous! You actually look a lot like Ashlee Simpson in that second picture. (That is a compliment. She is HAWT.)

Karly’s last blog post..My Vagina. Let Me Tell You About It.

Looks great! Looking forward to seeing what else you can do with it!

LOVE it!

In the Trenches of Mommyhood’s last blog post..I’m (Diaper) Free and Lovin Every Minute of It!

it’s fierce, baby!

ali’s last blog post..dites bonjour à mon petit ami**

Your hair looks FIERCE! I bet Cody was happy!! Beautiful!

Casey’s last blog post..A Pleasant Surprise

I love your new cut and color, so pretty!

Nicole’s last blog post..T-Ball Take Two

Ooh, it looks great!

By the way, it’s “without further ado.” You know, like Much Ado About Nothing. Adieu means goodbye, so that wouldn’t make sense. (Not that some sayings do!)

Looks awesome! Can I borrow your stylist?

Spiffy! Love the new cut and color.
And the header is cute, too.
Aren’t you just all snazzy and whatnot.

rachel’s last blog post..Bebe and The Brain Cancel

I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! You’ve inspired me — I’m SO in need of a change …

mommypie’s last blog post..The O-Man Cometh

Amazing, love it..your hair rocks!!! It looks very versatile, you’re going to have fun with it.

I have grown my hair out, out of sheer frustration. I’ve tried the best of the best around here and apparently I have bad luck. I like my curly hair, but it really stinks when getting it cut. I’m always wanting something fun and funky but the outcome always leaves much to be desired. No one has ever gotten it right.

It looks amazing!

Wow! Looks so good. *sigh* I need mine done terribly bad!!

ashlee’s last blog post..Mouse > Dog

Sassy! Love it! Send me the stylists info, please.

Sarah @ Ordinary Days’s last blog post..He’s A Poet And More Beautiful Words I Have Never Heard

lovely hair! you reminded me I need to do something new too

Casey’s last blog post..I remember those days…

fabulous!!!

pgoodness’s last blog post..tickety, tickety

ooh sassy! I like!

looks fabulous! I usually decide to cut/color my hair when I look in the mirror and say to myself, ‘wow..my hair looks like that of a tabby cat.’ Then I make an appointment.

Shamelessly Sassy’s last blog post..I’m Going To Eat Your Skin Off.

Beautiful. I hardly recognized my BFF. I love it. WOw!

Kim’s last blog post..Prepare ye!

Ooh, la la! That’s nice, and it’s just provided me with all the motivation I need to get mine totally overhauled. Looks great!

Camille’s last blog post..A Winner Announced (Plus a Story for the Weekend)

Love the new look. Thanks for the visit and not minding that I linked to you as wicked funny! (:

Toni’s last blog post..Haiku: In My Husband’s Words

Fan-flippin-tastic… so THAT’s why people get their hair done… I always wondered!

Vivian’s last blog post..Lost Finale: Who is in the coffin? and more questions…

you look great!!!!

staciesmadness’s last blog post..Bring it…

hot. babe. hot. hair. hot babe hair!

Emily the Nutcase In Utah’s last blog post..Monday Morning Antic: The Destruction of a Dress

Super cute hair! I’m way overdo myself…I hate deciding what to do with my hair.

Totally printing out your picture and asking for the same exact thing. It looks great!

It is so gorgeous!!

This may be the spur I need to finally get my hair professionally cut after 20 years of self hacking.

Why you are not a model I’ll never know.

h.o.T.

erika’s last blog post..With June comes…

I {heart} your new hair. The color is amazing.

[...] last week, my mouth DROPPED when I saw her new hairstyle. She looks AMAZING. (Be sure to check out her before photo at her [...]

I’m in Indy too, so I HAVE to know: Who is this genius of hair? Your coif looks unbelievably great!

Laura’s last blog post..Vox Hunt: Purple Ribbon Project

SMOKIN!

Anna at Hank & Willie’s last blog post..Two boys and a bag of gummy worms

I just realized who you remind me of…

Deborah Winger

Auburn Gal Always’s last blog post..Sunburn Showdown

Brilliant, I love it! It’s beautiful and frames your face wonderfully.

Smokin hot mama!

Coming out of lurkdom to say hello.

Auds at Barking Mad’s last blog post..Is It Bedtime Yet?

Looks awesome!! Came over from Whoorl-

I love that cut/color on you! Fabulous!!!

love love love it!

and? i SO need a new do

biddy’s last blog post..i’ve been thinking….

woah!
stunning.
seriously, you look a million dollars!
(just popped over from whoorl’s too lol)
mwah
kate in NZ

kate5kiwiss last blog post..knitty gritty

[...] of a sudden.) One of the example pictures I took with me when I got the cut was this one of Casey (Hi Casey! Hope you don’t think I’m a stalker for printing out your picture and taking it with me [...]

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