Am bored of my hair. And get frequently annoyed by it.
Currently below shoulder length, dark brown, with a fringe. If i can be bothered to wash daily, blow dry, straighten and keep a check on it all day then it looks good.
However - i do a lot of exercise, so I often end up just washing and tying it up in a ponytail.
The length means that if I am trying to get dressed or undressed in hurry, it gets caught in my sports bra. If it is windy outside then I look like Wurzel Gummidge.
Also am noticing a few 'silver' hairs sprouting. (I am late 40s, so done pretty well really).
So fancy a total change.
To go from .. um a Davina hair on my best styling day
to short, blonde and totally different.
Something like Charlize Theron. Unfortunately I am not quite as pretty as her. 
anyone else done anything so drastic?
I know, it's only hair -and will grow again - but I suppose you get used to having long hair. It was quite a big deal getting a fringe cut in!
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Long and dark, to short and blonde
iwantgin · 09/03/2015 08:34
Liberating, isn't it!?Thanks Eliza it really is, isn't it? liberating i mean, though i agree it looks ace too honestly this hairdresser is amazing. my neck's a bit chilly though, have to dig out a scarf ilook i can't see your profile but i don't know if that's because i'm on the ipad which i can't work properly. see i agree that it's really quite shocking the first time you do it but that's why i think the best thing to do is just get it all off and not think too much about it - you could be undecided forever fretting about what a drastic thing it is to do. once it's done you love it and away you go. and it is just hair, it does grow.
Am resurrecting this thread as I have my appointment this week.
Still having a bit of a wobble about it, particularly as I had a salon blowdry at the weekend for a party, and it looked lovely.
But - today it is in a ponytail, windswept and untidy.
Will update my pics after the event.
Yes. I like it. the pic doesn't do it justice - i don't look like that- nor do I have one eye half closed in rl.
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Wow - looks amazing - you can really see your eyes, elegant neck and cheekbones. You look fab!
You are going to have soooo much fun....
Though be warned - you will find yourself tweaking stuff like your makeup - I finally succumbed to eyebrow pencil/shade stuff as without my old hair flipflapping over them I needed to define them more. I had always thought the "define your brows" think was rubbish...til I exposed mine to view
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I've had short crop for a year now (bored with my one length brown bob) and re-discovered my hair has waves
I've gone a bit lighter/redder (the last dye Light Golden Brown did turn out darker than I thought it would so no real colour change but I can cope)
It is much easier to manage, just a quick wash and rub or spray a wax/mousse/serum depending on what I want.
Cut every 6 weeks means I don't get colour build up.
Your hair looks grat gin really suits you. ( I agree re the eyebrows, mine need to be enhanced but they do frame the eyes nicely)
Make sure you book your trim in time , mine goes from "Hmm okay" to "Blinking Flip I look like Arthur Scargill on a bad day" in about 48 hours 
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