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Virtual Makeover and a GiveAway! *updated with a new style!
About once a year I get all “PPfffttt I hate my hair. I hate my body. I have nothing to wear and that bitch over there looks great in her A-line layered cut and I look like a mom!” Ok, maybe more than once a year. But I usually only post about it once a year.
This year is a little different. I’ve taken action! I’ve taken photos! I’ve uploaded photos to websites and tried hair on like a teenager with too much time on her hands! (How this is possible, don’t ask, because LB will tell you something about Sesame Street on a loop or some such nonsense, silly girl.)
And here I am as Jennifer Anniston. The resemblance is uncanny!
So, here’s how things are going down as far as I know:
- I have a few pictures here, numbered, for you to tell me what you like.
- Then, if you have a better idea or want to play along, you simply take this photo and upload it to a virtual makeover site
- Submit the new hair to me
- I’ll post it here
- And we’ll all vote on the best one.
- Whoever gets the most votes wins a fifteen dollar iTunes gift certificate.
That’s as good as MONEY. Hellzya!
If you decide to post it on your own site, let me know so I can link to you here. And if you decide to tell other people about it, lemme know so I can link to you and then brag to my husband that the Internet really is a nice place to hang out.
Because right now? I am fully aware I need a makeover. Because while IzzyMom thinks I’m hot (thank you, Izzymom!) I’m runnin’ the head of the awards with my one vote. ONE.
And, well, even LB thinks I need a makeover and coming from someone who wears yogurt in her hair, it seems like a bad sign.
Or! I can be Ellen Belkin, just a lot younger. Ok, a little younger. But less wrinkly thanks to my current sunless state.
(Please note I will not be a soccer mom because of this cut, oh, no, I’m already a soccer mom. I’ll be all actress like! Even if I am 100 years old)
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I look JUST like her younger sister, don’t I?
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Cool! I like 1 and 5. You actually look good in most of them. See, I can’t do that kind of thing b/c there’s so many things that my hair just won’t do. So, I’ve pretty much had the same hair since 1984.
I like 3 and 5 the best. Short hair is cool (although I’ve been growing mine out….) but does require frequent maintenance and upkeep. Must be ready for that. Otherwise, the cut looks great on you!
Les, you crack me up! #4 definitely. Or #6. I want to see how the hairstylist can pull off making your hair longer than it actually is.
In all seriously, I like #1, although it’s not much different than your normal cut.
Number 2!!!! Definitely #2! Stylish, hip, easy to fix with a newborn…
Damn, girl, you are HOT. I’m off to vote for you now!
One and five you hot mama you!
One and five both look great on you. Four is hilarious, I dare you to try it : )
I might have to try this too. I have an appointment next week and need a major change. I’ve used the whole ‘must fit into ponytail, I have a newborn’ excuse for way too long!
I’m partial to 3. I’m all about anything that looks and feels cool right now. However, I know it’s hotter where I am than it is where you are.
And for the record, I only have 1 “hot” vote as well. It is, in fact, from you. Since I think you’re hotter than I am, I better go vote for you. Seems I’ve had trouble figuring out how to get registered to vote, so I’ve given up three times so far. Not. Enough. Patience.
And lack of patience is precisely why I am headed out for my own haircut this afternoon. I cut it all off a few months ago. It has been great. Closest to wash and wear I’ve ever had. LOVE IT!
I like 3, which is, coincidentally, a lot like MY hair!!
4 is a RIOT!!!
One or five for sure! I got back and forth about wanting to grow my hair out again and wanting to cut it all off again- decisions decisions. Jay said he doesnt like it too short, but when we met I had short hair- he must have liked something about it
I like 5 the best and 2 second best. And I’m sorry, but that Anniston hair is too funny.
I’m diggin numbers 3 and 5, for what it’s worth. Now off to upload my photo to that website.
#1 makes you look young and hip! Seriously!
I vote for number 1 -Looks pretty good.
I like 1 and 5 respectively but pleeeesae don’t get 2 or 4. NOT GOOD!
One. Definitely. One!!
ONE! It’s definitely my favorite! Looks easy to maintain and isn’t far from what you have, but different enough to feel like you’ve gotten the update you want.
4 Les, all the way!!!
I like one and five the most, but I don’t know if you would have the patience to wait for your hair to grow out for #5. (a year+)
Now I have to try this site…too funny!
If you hate hair on your face (as I do) then No 3, if you dont mind then No 5.
I vote for #1. Not only is it adorable, it looks fairly easy to style with two kids underfoot.
So far #1 is in the lead. It’s funny, though, because I randomly picked those styles. Except #4, of course, which I was secretly hoping to adopt. (I’d have to go to the haristylist totally drunk to pull that off, by the way.)
OMG!!! I never realized how much you look like your mom until I saw those short hair pics!! (2 and 3) Whoa!! Also , I vote #1.
FOUR! You are HOT in #4!!
Okay, maybe you shouldn’t try that one. I say a modified #1. The same shape as #1 (side-swept bangs and layers), but about 1-2 inches longer. That way you can still pull it back on those rare days when you have no time for hair. (Ha! Who am I kidding? That’s everyday around these parts.)
I think #1 as well
I vote one, five, or “Before.” Because does style really count/matter when you put your hair in a ponytail 360 days our of the year? My hairstylist laughs at me every time I come in - like every 8-12 months. I think she only remembers me because our hubbys work together and I’m the only one she knows who’s had a homebirth. Eh.
1 or five
#3 is very cool. #5 makes you look like actress Hillary Swank! I say no on #6 - the full bangs will take FOREVER to grow out.
i like three. but i like short hair. (she says as she is growing her own out.) Lily again commented to me that I look like a boy. thanks darlin.
Lets get drunk and go to the stylist!
4 all the way!!!
I like one! Alot. 5 is pretty good too. But 1 looks way better.
Five….with some highlights or color streaks to jazz it up. It’s sophisticated but a little boring. Have some fun with color. Then I should talk, I have about 5 different colors in my hair right now.
Ok, so 1 or five. Now I have another cut similar to those that I need to upload that I think I like better. Hopefully the boychild cooperates tomorrow so I can do it. And please ignore that it’s on an OLD LADY. Cripes.
With two kids, you’re going to want as much of a “wash and go” style as possible, so I vote for either 1 or 5. I agree with Anne-Marie, though; some color would really jazz it up. Also, you ARE hot (and not just for someone with two kids).
I vote for #5, but I think you are HAWT just the way you are.
#3 and #5 look great!
#1 is hot.
I like one and three on you. The Jennifer looks good, too. I have worn my hair long ofr years to keep my hearing aids covered. Maybe it’s time to let go of that hangup and go short.
I vote for FOUR! No just kidding I don’t… actually i think I like one. At any rate you’re totally hot and I just voted for you to PROVE IT!!!
My vote is for #3 and #1 but it’s not the right colour.
I’m totally for #5. Awesome!!
1 is definitely my favourite of the ones you posted. I am loving this game!! I have done a couple for you myself, some serious, some er…. less so. Then I realise, I don’t have an e-mail address to send them to,,, oh well!
Ok, so I posted the picture of Ellen that I actually want her hair. It’s a wedge in the back. And it’ll make me look four thousand years old, but whatever. I’m thinking this is IT.
#1 makes you look like Clare Danes…where Jordan Catalano?!
The new cut is great! AND when you can get out of the house for a girls night or a DATE night, take a flat iron to the hair and it will be all ready for a night out on the town. Maybe, I’m getting old, but I sooo think that cut is pretty trendy…especially with the bangs.
I was not ablr to paarticipates, but I totally like number 4. I could totally see you as Cree Summer.
I can’t believe you didn’t go with number 4!