Ginny and I arrived early at the Ulta Beauty Salon in Tulsa. Penny, Deena, Nancy, my niece Ellen and my mother arrived later. It was great to have them all there, especially Mom. I took about ten pictures on our digital camera.
As soon as we got there they asked us if we were "locks of love". I said yes. They mentioned that there was a small mistake and they usually don't do the free haircuts on Saturday but since there were several of us they let us keep our appointments.
Rachel cut my hair. I told her I was nervous about this. She understood and kept as much extra length on it as she possibly could. She also understood the big change in my appearance. She did nice work. She gave me a shampoo and I also had her give me a moisture treatment. She cut it just like I wanted it. After she blow dried it she double checked to see that there weren't any stray strands that managed to escape her scissors. After it all was done, I was satisfied how my hair fell into place. I like a comment she made. She said it's okay to take risks in life your hair will grow back. I made cutting my hair a big deal but it wasn't so bad after all.
Deena (the hairstylist) cut Ginny's hair. She put her hair in a pony tail and then cut it. She planned to make Ginny's hair into a bob. And she did. It was short and at the top of the neck and slightly rolled under. It was tapered around her little face with a few wispy bangs. Ginny looked cute with long hair but now she looks cute with short hair. They are totally different looks but still nice. Ginny was happy as she hung around with her cousin Ellen. Ellen also has long hair, not quite long enough to remove 10 inches yet but it will be a good length in 4 or 5 months. Ellen has pretty blonde hair with long curls.
Deena had intentions of cutting her hair but it wasn't quite long enough yet. If she's not too busy she might want to go with Ellen in a few months. In fact, by then there will probably be a few more females in our huge family who would want get their hair cut too.
Penny had grown her hair for more than a year to get it at a nice length. She also took vitamins and it was really healthy looking. I don't remember seeing her hair that long since she was a little girl. I'm glad Deena snapped a picture before her hairstylist, Autumn began to cut it. Penny's leaving for a 15 hour trip back to Russia to stay there for a year and she's leaving the airport early this coming Monday morning. She intentionally grew out her hair so she could teach her students about Locks of Love.
Everyone kept commenting on Ginny's cute hair while we were at Ulta. But when we got in the car suddenly Ginny started crying. I asked her what's wrong. She said they cut too much off of her hair but the ladies were so nice she just kept smiling. I explained to her that her hair was cute and what she did was for a good cause. After a bit of time she calmed down.
When we got home. Danny looked at my hair and said,"Well, its short." At least he liked it well enough. When he saw Ginny's hair he said he liked it and Ginny started crying. So Danny also explained to her that she did a good thing and it really did still look nice.
Later Saturday night we went a family swim party that my sister-in-law, Rachelle put together. My family was making comments about our hair. While Ginny was standing near and we were talking about her hair I noticed she had a few extremely short hairs cut in the front. I asked her about it and she said the lady cut it like that. A little later Danny asked her about it and she told him she cut it because some bangs were hanging down and bugging her. Danny and I had given Ginny permission to cut her dolls extra long hair after she had gotten hers done but she sure didn't have permission to cut her own. Oh well, I was able to part her hair on the side and hairspray it to where the small burred area doesn't show. It'll be okay now, more importantly I've got to help my daughter to understand you don't lie! Especially to your parents!
Posted by Linda at July 31, 2005 05:53 PM