You Know Your Hair is too Long When...

...your friends try to strangle you with it.

...you manage to only smack yourself in the face when you try to do a hair flip in the water.

...you see a loose hair on your shirt, pull it, then realize it's still attached to your head.

...your Physics teacher says it's too long. :)

...it takes two friends 20 minutes to flat iron it.

December 30, 2010. I walked into the Sears hair salon at Ala Moana, and sat down in the chair. An hour and ten minutes later, I walked out with a much lighter head, and a plastic bag full of a whopping 18 inches of hair. 18 INCHES!

Where was my hair going? Locks of Love, an organization that turns the hair into wigs donated to children suffering from long term or permanent hair loss. My sister and I have donated hair for the past 8 years alternating every year. This year was my turn. I cut off much more hair than I had anticipated (or wanted...), but I think my hair came out nice, and the layers are a change from my normal straight across cut. Do I look older, Doc?! :D

I admit, this will take some getting used to. Instead of using three pumps of shampoo and four pumps of conditioner like I used to, I now have to use one pump of each. Plus I actually had to figure out how to wash my hair. Brushing my hair takes two seconds instead of two minutes, and drying is so much faster!