- What possessed me to do this!? Why did I ever think that bangs would be a good idea? I’m never, EVER doing this ever again. (Side note: If I had a dime for every time I said that during this process I’d be a rich woman, LOL!)
- What the hell!? My leg hair, the hair on my big toe, my mustache, even MY CHIN — why does the hair grow so fast everywhere else EXCEPT for where I actually want it to grow??
- I should invest in a company that makes bobby pins, seeing as how I’m probably keeping the entire bobby pin industry in business. I walk around leaving a trail of bobby pins in my wake! I find them in the shower, the corners, the kitchen counter, my nightstand, and I may or may not have found a bunch around my feet in HIIT class at the gym.
I also may or may not have seriously considered picking one of them up and using it to put my bangs back.
- This freakin’ cowlick! How many cans of super extra hold hairspray will this take!?
- If I put on this cray-cray pair of false lashes, it’ll distract people from looking at my cowlick. Yeah, that seems perfectly logical…
- Good grief. I’ve only been growing out these bangs for five days, but it feels like FIVE YEARS.
- I feel like a shaggy sheep dog…
- I am starting to feel personally offended by my baby hairs, because they absolutely refuse to listen to me. RUDE.
- What should I do today to get these out of my face? Braid them? Twist them? Slick them back? Wear a headband? A hat? F*ck it. Maybe I’ll just wear that itchy blue wig I got from Party City, since that would be easier than dealing with these bangs.
- I’m never, ever, EVER getting bangs ever again.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
The itching. THE ITCHING!!!
Hahahaha I haven’t hand actual straight across bangs since 6th grande when I grew them out yet I STILL have baby hair. I don’t even understand what that is except its super annoying when I want to wear my hair up in a ponytail or bun.
That’s just your hair line. Some people just grow very fine hairs around the hairline. Learn to love them as they are really cute and as they tend to be more common in the young, it keeps you looking younger!!
haha thanks I’ll try!
Oh Karen this cracked me up….I’m so with you! I have side bangs and I swear the amount that is trimmed is different EVERY time I get a hair cut. So now I have this odd “layered like” jagged side bang that is SO annoying. I only keep them to somewhat hide the forehead wrinkles….maybe I’ll just grow them out and embrace the aging process!
YES! That’s one thing I’ve noticed too about my bangs. They never quite look the same after a trim, which drives me kinda nuts. Christine in the comments mentioned clip in bangs… When I grow mine out (if that ever happens, sigh), I’m going to get some!
I had bangs for years! Basically up until I was 21. I had had enough of them! They’d get greasy, I’d be a slave to the wind, and if you don’t get it right with a hot tool the first time then you are doomed until you wash again. I grew them out and now I can be extra lazy with my hair. I love it!
Ahhh, so jealous Savannah! I miss being able to put my hair up and not worry about pinning back the front. You’re so right about the wind. The second that it hits the bangs it’s all over. YARGH!!!
Karen! I go through this when they get below the brows. My hair is thinning in the front anyhoo so I may as well grow them out for good. I have fake clip in bangs that my sis gave me from a photo shoot. Maybe I should hold onto them if the urge to trim overcomes me. 😀 You look great with fringe or grown out, btw. 😉
Thanks, Christine. I’m going to try my best to grow these bad boys out but I dunno… I think eventually I’ll end up with a side swept sort of thing because it’s going to take TOO LONG.
Do you remember who makes your fake clip in bangs? I should buy a pair for the next time I get the urge to choppity chop chop.
Side swept is definitely a good way to transition. I still love to pomp mine out or French braid them back. I will pull out the fake bangs tonight and get back to you! 😉
Baby hairs are furry twerps, I swear it.
OMGosh! I hear you! Especially #1 and #2. I haven’t had bangs in ages because the last grow out was so painful and I couldn’t stand the hair falling into my eyes.
Every time I sit down with a new stylist I make they understand that the hair closest to my face cannot under any circumstances be cut shorter than the top of my jaw line. Period. I don’t care how cute they think a different hair cut will look, I am never cutting bangs (or a fringe as they say in England) again.
It’s terrible! I’ve tried a few times to wear them down but it’s such a mess. The only way I can take them is by pinning them off my face. YARGH! It’s going to be a long six months. When was the last time you had bangs?
More than 6 or 7 years ago. I can’t recall exactly. My hair grows so slowly now that I’m older, so not going there again.
I feel your pain! I have been trying to grow my fringe (bangs) out for ages! Its eventually grown but now I need to grow the rest of my hair. Its a nightmare!
Hey Shelley,
Seriously! I haven’t been growing mine out for long but yet it feels like it’s been forever! Where are your bangs right now? Mine barely graze my eyebrows.
Bangs are cheaper than botox!
This post is spot on!? I just finally finished growing mine out after getting frustrated that my grey hairs wouldn’t obey the style.
I love the clip in bangs idea from above comment!
Girl, this was me last spring. It was such a mistake. Do you take vitamins? Biotin is supposed to help.
I do! Just regular pre-natals. How was Biotin for you?
Haha, yes. Been there, done that…
Well, thank you for giving me another reason to sing Taylor Swift in my head. My boys love that I break into song whenever someone says “Never, ever”. And by “love”, I mean cringe in horror and shame. HAHA! I hear you on the bangs – mine are almost always long enough to pull into a high pony or I’d be insane while working out. And one bobby pin would hold them back if they weren’t, but I realize that your hair is much thicker. Try a side part and an actual barrette. I know, but it’s for function not fashion, right? 🙂 And I also hear you on the cowlick because mine is atrocious. I usually say #2/#6 about my eyebrows. I feel like I’ve been growing them for 5 years.