I wear stuff pretty stuff...on my head.

I've never been much for head wear...mainly because I'm SUPER self-conscious. I feel like everyone is LOOKING at me and thinking "does she think she can pull that off? seriously?". So I buy pretty headbands and head wear, put them on in my home, and then get cold feet and put them back in the dresser before going out.
Stupid I KNOW.
But now that I LUV my hair, my feelings towards head wear have changed a little. NO longer do I look at photos of pretty mamas with their super cool boho headbands and WISH I could wear them...now I want to know where to get them because I want one too! Not that I think I look supercalifabulous in them or anything....But I just feel PREEETTTYYY when I wear one now...and not so stupid.

So when The Headband Challenge popped up on littlemissmomma.com I decided I must participate. Wait...have you been to littlemissmomma.com? NO? for shame...she's awesome to the enth power. Seriously...she makes gorgeous thingies and she named her kiddo (who is the SAME age as mine) W too. That's all kinds of cool. Go check her out right now.

So here are the photos of my week of banding my head:

 Going out with my super sister headband

 Running errands in my new Heidi Klum Loved Top & DIY lace headband

 The "Yes I'm a total BUM" Headband

Sunday vintagey headband (I made it all by myself!!)

YES I look tired in all of these pics...and i was wearing makeup....Genes/2 year old that screams/ 6 months prego is not a good combo on me! I have LUGGAGE under my eyes-ain't taking those babies carry on!

Do you wear headbands? I am totally going to be rocking them lots now. I'm even participating in the http://www.pinklemonade-blog.com headband exchange. Her blog is also awesome...lookie.                                                                  

I Am Not My Hair....or Maybe I Am

:Sigh: HAIR. For a man it's just something on the top of your head. Something that itches occasionally, makes you sweat, and needs to be cut every couple weeks.

But for a woman...it's pretty much her identity. Women spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars on making their hair the focal point of their beauty.....they obsess, scrutinize and cry over their locks.
 
I am a woman...ergo I love hair. Ask my friends and family, and they'll probably tell you that I'm constantly looking to change my hair. I never stay with the same hairstyle for very long, and I'm always dying it different shades of brunette!
But last fall I took a plunge I had wanted to since I was in high school, and now..well I feel like I've found the "me" hairstyle. The Pixie.
Oh the pixie, how I love thee. For YEARS now I would look longingly at girls with tightly cropped hair, and wish that I could look as cute and chic as they. I would always say "I just don't have the face for it" or "She's so delicate and graceful, and I'm so NOT". Pretty much I made excuses to NOT do it because I was afraid.
But then miss Emma Watson aka HERMIONE chopped off all her signature locks and I fell in LOVE. As soon as I saw her on the cover of Vanity Fair I KNEW...it was TIME.
Some people balked...."but I LOVE your long hair, it's so nice" "it's taken you so long to get your hair this long!". But I just DID it.
And I'm addicted. I have never had a haircut before that I felt was ME more than this.
And it got me thinking....how many of us women are afraid to do something different or shocking with our hair? We're afraid of looking bad, or not being attractive...or a million other reasons. So we stay in a hair rut. We fall prey to the Hollywood version of beauty...aka Long and BLONDE is the only way to be gorgeous. YUCK!!!
Not to say that Blonde hair, or long hair isen't pretty. But EVERYONE has it. Brunettes and Redheads alike are destroying the natural beauty of their hair to look like a beach babe celebrity. Or at the very least they're playing it SUPER safe, and are paranoid to let scisors touch their hair for fear of looking un-sexy with shorter hair.
And it makes me so sad! And angry! God doesn't want us to all be the same...or he would have MADE us that way. Nor do I think, does He want us to follow what the WORLD says is attractive and beautiful.
There is a horrible stigma that floats around that women with short hair aren't attractive. SOME people even think that having a pixie cut is well...denoting of a certain lifestyle choice. OH LADIES!
What's my point here? Don't be afraid! Find the hair, that is YOU. You're NOT a Kardashian sister, or Jennifer Anniston, or Posh Spice. You're YOU. Don't be afraid to express yourself with your hairsyle-because you'll be most attractive when you love the way you look!!

And now for some unashamed short hair obsessing: