This is my sassy new do. At first I loved it so much that when I got home from the salon, I made Craig take one hundred pictures of me. (It takes that many shots to get one in which my eyes look normal and not terrifyingly uneven.) During the shoot, sweet Chase said, “Mommy, you know what kind of model you should be?”
Craig stopped shooting and I smiled at Chase and said, “Aw, what kind, honey?”
And Chase said, “An acne model! You could be the lady that shows what faces look like before you put on your medicine!”
Anyway, I don’t want to talk about that child anymore. Good luck back to school shopping, buddy, really.
So now it’s been a week since my haircut and color and now I hate my blackish hair so much that I am convinced I have ruined my life forever. This is the general pattern of the fall out of hair changes for me….Euphoria followed by agony.
I know how this happened. It’s because as Bubba mentioned a few posts back, I tend to be the teeniest bit impulsive. Just the teeniest bit.
When I went to the salon last weekend, I knew exactly what I was supposed to say to my stylist and therapist, Shannon. My friend Joanna told me what haircut I was supposed to ask for, and Joanna insisted that I was NOT TO CHANGE my hair color because she was very pregnant and did not have the time nor temperament to listen to me cry about it for weeks. Joanna made it very clear that I was NOT TO GO ROGUE in the salon. I was to STAY THE COURSE. And I totally did for the first 45 seconds. But then as I walked to my chair, I saw this lady whose hair I loved so much that I forgot Joanna’s plan and I accidentally pointed at the 19 year old rock star lady and said to Shannon, “I want HER hair.”
But I think maybe the color and cut don’t translate as well as I thought they might. Because I am not a 19 year old rockstar. I am a 34 year old acne model and soccer mom whose kids don’t actually play soccer because she can’t commit to finding her car keys that many times a week.
And now I have Joan Jett hair which looks a little strange matched with my ten year old Gap Kids holy sweatpants.
Tell me true. Should I go back and ask Shannon to lighten it up? Someone will have to go with me so I don’t get distracted again. Or perhaps I could wear blinders like those horses that pull carriages. They seem able to maintain focus well. Yes, that’s it.
Love, G
P.S. Yesterday I was out and about and a lady approached me and said, “Excuse me, can I ask your name?” And I said, “Sure, I’m Glennon.” And she said, “Oh my Gosh, I read your blog! I love it!” And I tried to act very nonchalant like this happens to me all the time but really I was jumping up and down inside because that has actually never happened to me before. And so I think, actually, that I might be wildly famous. I just thought you should consider this possibility before deciding whether or not I should keep my rock star hair. That is all.
Love again,
G
I say you should keep it. I think the color really makes you eyes sparkle and pop. Not like Pop Rocks, more like full of life...
ReplyDeleteIsn't that color close to your natural color? In the picture, it looks like it matches your eyebrows nicely, which is always what I notice in women who color their hair. I think it looks really nice on you!
ReplyDeleteAs for me, I have to color my stupid clear-colored eyebrows, but that's another story. Forget about your hair and be grateful you have eyebrows.
Yes, I'm obsessed with eyebrows.
:)MK
MK. I actually don't have eyebrows due to a tragic over tweezing incident in the early nineties.
ReplyDeleteI fill mine in with fancy pencils too. Thank you for casting your votes, lovies!
Gosh, you look so much like your mom Glennon.I love the style and the color is good too. Perhaps you could put in a few highlights to really get that pop rock star look! I also love your eyebrows! :)
ReplyDeleteAhhh Glennon! You are one hilarious woman. I wonder how you come up with this stuff...it just flows naturally from you like your BEAUTY does! You truly are and no hair style, hair color, or skin blemishes can change that.
ReplyDeleteBut I really do wonder if you are that scatterbrained at times? Thanks for sharing an insight into your life!!
And for the sake of our very regular down to earth husbands out here, please, please share some of Craig's flaws!!! Seems like you might have to search really hard and even make some of them up, but for the sake of the rest of us, will you pretty please?
I love love love the P.S. :) I remember fondly the book-store-flirting-guy-possibility-? post, hehe (where you had a thousand stickers stuck to your back but thought he recognized you from the blog). The cut is super cute! I think I prefer the color in your blog profile pic, but I've always wanted to experiment with super dark hair, so rock it while you've got it, sista! It gives you an allure of mystery, which as we all know, is super sexy ;-)
ReplyDeleteLove the hair Glennon, I would keep it- you are a rock star! It's not to dark and is perfect for the fall:) Jen Z
ReplyDeleteLoVe it!!
ReplyDeleteDo you by chance have a freckle in your eye? Because if you do, we are twins, born 5 years apart!!!
xoxo ~ kristi
oooh! I think it is SEXY. yup, I said it.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with MK. Your eyebrows match and it looks natural. It will look gorgeous, too, when the the weather cools and you have a chunky light colored sweater on that will contrast your dark hair and light eyes.
Seriously, I think you look gorgeous in it.
Also, I love that you are asking everyone's opinions. The other day I considered taking pictures of me in a couple of outfits and posting them on fb and asking people to vote. NOT AS A JOKE, b/c I truly wanted some female advice other than my 3 and 2 year olds who think if it twirls and is pink or purple then it is right on.
Love the hair. It's like reinventing yourself temporarily. Keep it for now. Then change it when it's time for winter. And, I'm struggling with the pregnancy breaking out, which makes me confident it's a girl. My kids asked me if I got mosquito bites all over my face. Right after they asked me if my stomach would "stay that fat after the baby comes". They're precious, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteLove the color miss the bangs:)!!
ReplyDeleteKeep it. You're a rockstar. As Joan Jett herself said, "A girl can do what she wants to do and that's what I'm gonna do. And I don't give a damn about my bad reputation...oh no...not me." Yeah.
ReplyDeletekeep it rock star!
ReplyDeleteRock it out! Blonde highlights, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteBut this is coming from a 35-year-old Mama who just used Loreal Couleur Experte Chocolate Mousse on my pitch black hair.
PS. You're a rockstar in my book, G.
love the cut, love the color, love the eyebrows. keep 'em all.
ReplyDeleteand you are most definitely a rock star (obviously! people are stopping you on the STREET!). i actually took a break from typing to give you a jersey shore fist pump. there really should be an emoticon for that.
have a great day, everyone!
Glennon, I think the hair color looks good on you. Put a sock in Chase's mouth! (kidding). I like you as a basic blonde or what you are rocking now.
ReplyDeleteAs I get older, I am giving up on lightening, getting golden tones (which always turn brassy), reddish highlights, too dark, etc. My natural color was your basic brunette (dark brown) which has evolved as I get older to Ash brown with lots of gray. Well I tried every color to cover up that "ash". But every other color, professionally done or at home, didn't look good. So I decided to actually tray a bottle of "Ash Brown" for the first time ever. It works. It made my "old, tired" hair look better. It looks natural (cause it IS my natural color now at age 48). The best part, for some reason this one really covers my grays..... the others did not for long AT all.
Anyway. Just thought I'd share. Sometimes trying to have the "latest" color and streaks and stripes just doesn't work - is what I'm saying.
Change your makeup if you have concerns about your new color. You can't go from blonde to brunette without a subtle change to your facial features, you know? Different blusher?
You're adorable. I love it!
ReplyDeleteI love the cut too and I think the color is excellent for fall. I did the same thing a couple of winters ago and got rave reviews, but after a few weeks everyone loved it but me. So then I had Shelly (my awesome hair person, something special about those sh ladies) put some highlights in and it was the best of all worlds for me.
ReplyDeleteOh and I think it makes you look so much like Sister!
Stick with it a while and see what you think after a few weeks - I think you look hot! :)
Keep it b/c I sort of think you might do something different and then long for this...just saying...it's a slippery slope. I mean look how great your bangs look now!
ReplyDeleteNow I have a complex about my eyebrows...thanks, MK. Can I get those highlighted?
It happens in a blink (Julie), really? I must see it!
MK! I, too, have 'clear' eyebrows. I, too, have a complex around this issue. In fact, I have a very distinct memory of being about 3 years old at a large family dinner, and one of my cousin's boyfriends leaned all the way across the table and then yelled 'HEY, SHE'S GOT NO EYELASHES OR EYEBROWS!!' At 3 this was traumatizing. (it's still kind of traumatizing) If I had the time/money/energy I would get them dyed to match my hair every 6 weeks. But I never have all three, so it's never happened.
ReplyDeleteG - LOVE THE HAIR. The colour, the cut, etc. And you DO NOT look like an acne model. Children have no idea what they are talking about. Most of the time. This is obviously one of those times. I need to get my hair cut and I get gripped by indecision every time I go to make an appointment and then forget about the whole thing. Maybe you do house calls? Where you drag me into a salon and help me make an impulsive decision? That would be better than this indecision. See, my problem is that I have had two REALLY bad hair cuts where the only thing left to do was pull out husbands clippers, put on the half inch guard and buzz it all off. Yup. Twice.
I love my hair, I hate my hair, I love my hair, I hate my hair, I lo.....
Tova
I love the haircut and the color. You should totally rock it. And you should ignore Chase. There's a reason why we don't let kids vote-- and it's not because they are too short to reach the levers.
ReplyDeleteI just got bangs last week. Didn't really want to, but I had burned part of the front of my hair off (as well as part of my eyebrows and eyelashes) while deglazing a pan with cognac and forgetting to take the pan off the gas burner. That's what I get for being fancy.
The upside of the story is that I did not scream or curse. Our dinner guests ('cause who would make a cognac-based pan sauce for herself?) only saw the flash of light from the fireball.
The downside was the DINNER GUESTS. One was a very dear friend who has moved away and I was being fancy in her honor. The other was a priest in town to interview to be the new Rector of our parish. He's since been hired-- so that's my first impression with the guy. That and sitting next to him at dinner while my 9 year old points out the places where my eyebrows and lashes are fried.
Tova-- wish we were closer on the West Coast. I LOVE my hairdresser and would totally take you there to be impulsive.
hair looks good--does make you look like Sister! i agree that you should "do the do" for awhile & then bring it back from the dark side ;-)
ReplyDeleteMK--i TOTALLY remember you coming to my apt once to drop something off (report cards?) & you were sick & had not "done" your eyebrows & eyelashes--I barely recognized you! Sara
G - When I go from the lighter to very dark hair color transition I noticed I have a minor freak out....and you know what fixes it? Adding a little more color to your lip gloss! I swear the colorful lip gloss balances out the shock of the new dark hair. It's much cheaper than having your hair redone...and dark is always good for the fall.
ReplyDeleteK, I'm not going to read ANY posts before I comment. I think you should lighten up a bit.....honeyish brown on the darker rather than lighter side. I do like your hair darkish, but more like golden amber or maple syrup :) Maybe a few little highlights. Great picture by the way!
ReplyDeleteAs for the little less thirteen bit....you know I've been on Accutane TWICE and always struggled with it. Turns out, it was my birth control ALL ALONG. YASMIN makes my skin so perfect that I almost tear up just thinking about it. Oh, and Differin mixed with Duac are the two medicines that also help out, but they don't do the trick on their own. I thought they were the answer, but it was the hormones in Yasmin that kept it clear all along. I'm willing to put up with a fatal blood clot or two after 35 if it means clear skin, dammit. And Differin is supposed to zap the wrinkles too! (Not that you have wrinkles my love, I am speaking for myself here...)
Abbey B.
Andrea, you're beautiful. It's much better to have eyebrows that don't exactly match your hair than to have none at all. :) You can dye them, though, if I've given you a complex, but I think you're just right just like you are.
ReplyDeleteTova, so sorry about your "incident" at age 3. That completely sucks. My "incident" was middle school, when I was voted ugliest. (I overheard a conversation that I wasn't supposed to hear during recess.) Miraculously, when I put on some mascara and discovered the eyebrow pencil, I was no longer shunned by the boys. Damn boys. Oh, and there was the time I was too lazy to apply makeup before I went to the cafeteria during college and every single stinking person who passed me asked if I was sick. Damn people with eyebrows.
Also, you must be completely gorgeous to be able to pull off a buzz cut with clear eyebrows. I'm impressed.
:)MK
(PS - Glennon, didn't your hair turn green once during our days at ATES? I have a vague memory of you calling in sick . . . or staying up all night to fix it . . . or something? I can't remember, but I swear it happened, didn't it?)
Ha Ha! You are my personal rock star. I know I have to share you with others, but in my mind you are MINE. I'm cracking up b/c I'm toying w/ going dark for fall. So let's make this about me-- should I do it??? Or does gray look worse w/ dark than w/ light???? Chase should get together w/ Molly.
ReplyDeleteI vote no for highlights. The color looks great on you!
ReplyDeleteI think the color looks great too! I think it is perfectly acceptable to shake it up a little.
ReplyDelete((hugs))
Tricia
Oh, MK! No worries about my eyebrows. I am not that concerned!! I was just joking!!
ReplyDeleterock it! Perfect for the Fall.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it!!! It looks great on you! :)
ReplyDeleteAndrea - :) I still think you're hot.
ReplyDelete:)MK
Oh, poor, poor Joey! Can only imagine the post-calls and emails :)
ReplyDeleteG, way to distract her in the last trimester.
Okay - lovin the longer bangs! Glass half full. I think the color is great for fall ~ but if you don't feel like yourself then lighten it up a bit. I still remember watching Regis and Kelly one morning when I was home on maternity leave years ago and she had gone from brown when she was pregnant to blonde again. She said "I just don't think I was smart enough for all that dark hair." Cracked me up. (Of course, I also thought she was my real friend b.c I spent so much time with her while I was home).
I like it! Rock it baby!
p.s. When you came to see us in Old Town last year one of Kathleen's friends was there and she comes up to me and says "Is that Glennon?" I said, "Yes." She said - "I feel like I'm seeing someone famous!"
I feel like a VERY bad friend for forgetting to tell you that.
oh my gosh, this is so fun. where to start with all these awesome comments...
ReplyDeletefirst, i have to correct Life with Love. I prefer "half brained" to "scatter brained."
although in college i was voted "biggest woofer" which means you are very sweet but also most likely to make a huge fool of yourself constantly. also i added the sweet part. anyway, while walking to the stage to accept my woofer award, i tripped over someone's foot, fell down face first and ripped my sequence dress up past my bottom.
so, there was that.
yes, i have died my hair green, purple, and pink. the pink was right before halloween so i waited to fix it and i made a fabulous strawberry shortcake.
remember c and d?
i DO feel smart in my brown hair. and mysterious yes. also sort of ugly.
mostly when i think about my beauty (and all other types of) blunders. i always think of one of my favorite Homer Simpson lines, which he says to himself while tripping on some kind of magic peppers:
"NOTE TO SELF: Stop. Doing. Everything."
Love, G
MK...I can't believe those jerks said that about you.
ReplyDeleteBOOOO. That makes me mad. I am glad you showed them by turning out wildly beautiful and successful. Meanies.
G - longtime reader. Very infrequent poster.
ReplyDeleteAre we on the same Crazyville Cycles - I also went to a new salon with the intention of saying "small trim and a partial highlight" as per usual but what came out was "I WANT TO BE KRISTEN CAVALLARI FROM THE HILLS! BECAUSE I AM JOYOUS LIKE A 19 YEAR OLD REALITY STAR!
Oh. No.
I now have the swoopy bang by previous stylist told me to avoid...because of my humongous cowlick and all.
I have hair that ends at my ears...which my previous stylist told me to avoid because of my Dwayne Johnson-like jawline.
I keep telling everyone how "very Sienna Miller" I am...and then go home and cry because it's very Ellen DeGeneres/Chris Farley-like. However, I do like YOUR hair. You don't have to change it at ALL - instead please use your new hair time to research discounted weaves for me. That is all. Hugs, Brie
Brie - Oh no, sister. okay.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, you are hilarious.
Second, must see pictures. Going to google Cavallari (didn't know she cut her hair) and Farley right now to try to put together a mental sketch of what you might look like right now.
MONKEES. Everyone pray for Brie. During times like these we must all pull together.
Okay...when you said black, I thought you meant BLACK. It's sooooo good!! I LOVE it. In fact, you look so much like your sister in this pic...it's kind of like her hair color. I LOVE IT. You look gorgeous girl. The cut is perfect. It's really good. Job well done.
ReplyDeleteGlennon - I love the BOOOO part more than the wildly beautiful part. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteBrie, you made me laugh out loud and I almost never do that while reading. I would love to see your Chris Farley hair because it can't possibly be as bad as I imagined while enjoying a laugh at your expense. I'll say a prayer immediately.
:)MK
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ReplyDeleteMK - Thank you. Solidarity of the facial hairless sisters! Wow, that sounds so much better than it is. :) And I never said I pulled off the buzz cut, it was just necessary to start over, so to speak. I think I look very cancer survivor with my hair buzzed. You have inspired me to dig out pics and post them on my blog. Give me a few days.
ReplyDeleteIt is a horrible thing that you heard, I agree with G: BOOOOO! to those meanies. What do they know, anyway?
G! - I had green hair once too. I earned the nickname 'frog' from the experience.
Also, I may need a momastery intervention. I have not been to get my hair cut in (GASP) about 5 years. I hack at it myself when it's gross, but today I noticed all sorts of split ends and other general grossness.
VRWfox - How far must I travel in order to come to your hair dresser with you? I am desperate here.
Tova
Tova-- I'm in the SF Bay area. Come on down, sister. My beloved Margaret is very talented. And she did a semi-permanent haircolor for me for free last week, just to thank me for the folks I've referred to her. I'm seeing the gray again 6 days later, but at least I got to remember how I looked before I had all these kids.
ReplyDeleteI read this post to my kid, he laughed and laughed. He also said you're still beautiful. Also I read him the Dharma and Craig and he found that one hilarious. I don't know why I must read to a 19 year old but your blog has become one of our favorite "together activities" (aside from beer pong which of course he's too young to play and I'm just dreaming of the future). I love your hair. I'm down with brown.
ReplyDeleteI, too, am a long time reader...but infrequent poster.
ReplyDeleteI loved this post and the comments. I needed some laugh out loud time.This is all just too, too funny. Partially because I need to be doing a zillion other things than considering my own hair color but I have been struggling with mine for weeks on end.
I have gone way dark, felt sort of smart, back to what nature intended and then, just ugly. So, I lightened (or darkened) my lip color, got new blush, and nothing has ever worked but putting some honey gold highlights back in. Now, I am too light b/c those golden highlights have gone brassy and the vicious cycle begins anew.
You look great however, Glennon!
If anyone needs any more laugh out louds...watch anything by this lady. SO fun.
www.anitarenfroe.com Her Romeo and Juliet is awesome...and 'Don't Breathe'
Talk to me
ReplyDeleteTell me your name
You blow me off like it's all the same
You lit a fuse and now I'm ticking away
Like a bomb
Yeah, Baby
Talk to me
Tell me your sign
You're switching sides like a Gemini
You're playing games and now you're hittin' my
heart
Like a drum
Yeah, Baby
Well if Lady Luck gets on my side
We're gonna rock this town alive
I'll let her rough me up
Till she knocks me out
She walks like she talks,
And she talks like she walks
And she bangs, she bangs
Oh baby
When she moves, she moves
I go crazy
'Cause she looks like a flower but she stings
like a bee
Like every girl in history
She bangs, she bangs
I'm wasted by the way she moves
No one ever looked so fine
She reminds me that a woman only got one thing on her mind
Talk to me
Tell me your name
I'm just a link in your daisy chain
Your rap sounds like a diamond
Map to the stars
Yeah, Baby
You know my story with when I dyed my hair black so i won't go into it. Black scares me. I'll be honest, you are still beautiful but I think a lighter color makes you look younger (not that you look old), I just think a lighter tone will look better.
ReplyDeleteThe most important question I would be asking is "Christy is getting married next month, do I want to see this color hair in pictures for the rest of my life?" Just a thought.
You know I love ya, just being honest, don't hate me :-)
G, it's beautiful, you're beautiful! It's so healthy and sassy and shiny. And your skin looks flawless. Baby skin, dark hair and green eyes...um, gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteThis makes me smile extra hard. I am constantly soliciting hair advice from Joey. I always start my conversations with the stylist with a, my friend Joanna says.... : )
G-
ReplyDeleteLove this because I did this a while back and stuck with it out of stubbornness (which really means, couldn't tell my husband I was going to spend another $120.00 to put my hair color back like it was before the experiment). After all, he's a policeman and gets his head buzzed for $5.00 every 3 weeks and can't really understand my salon bills.
Anyhoo...I love it. After a few washes it will lighten up some. Maybe wait a few weeks to get used to it? My hair dresser still tells the story to the whole salon when I come in, about how I screamed out loud when I saw my newly dark "Fall inspired" hair color...and I mean LOUD! It took me a while to adjust. I empathize!
As for the acne...why do children have to point it out? My kids are in huge trouble if they keep asking about the bump on my forehead or chin (or mole on my cheek or shoulder...ugghh), when they are teenagers. I will try to be a big enough person not to seek revenge for their torture, but I make no promises. This is why they are cute, it's sometimes what helps us keep them around.
Happy Friday everyone!
Kristin
Glennon,
ReplyDeleteI think you should know that you ARE wildly famous. I was visiting a friend last weekend who's family has a house on the "river" in Heathsville. We went to dinner at the Crazy Crab in your little town and my heart started racing as we entered the town limits...I was sure I was going to spot you and then I'd walk up and say, "Glennon, you don't know me, but I read your blog and I'm visiting all the way from California. Please have dinner with us!!! Bring Craig and the kids!" Lucky for you, I did not spot you...but I do think I saw your house, which was like being on the Star Tours in LA and seeing Britney Spears' house. Or at least it was for me. Everyone else was just looking at me funny, wondering if I was a stalker. Rest assured, I'm not. Your corner of the world sure is lovely though, so if we ever get around to having that Monkee sleepover, I may just make the trip east:)
Have a terrific weekend and go ahead and rock the rock star hair for a while!
Erin
I think you should keep it, it makes you and sister look a lot alike!
ReplyDeleteYou are adorable!!!!!
ReplyDeleteShannon
G-
ReplyDeleteYour hair looks fabulous and will DEFINITELY show off your beautiful light colored eyes! Besides dark hair is very dramatic and noticeable, which will make you more of a rockstar!!! And Chase was right, you look like a model-- a supermodel!!
You should definitely keep it for a few weeks before deciding if you want to change!
I used to hate my dark black hair and sh** brown eyes, and longed for light eyes and light hair! Now in my old age of mid30's, I embrace it!!! :)
GPS
Great post, great laughs, great comments with many more great stories and last but not least, great hair! Keep it all :)
ReplyDeleteG - liking the hair. As a few people have said, though, a little change in makeup will make a big difference - a tiny bit more blush and some colour on your lips will definitely help balance it out a bit.
ReplyDeleteI've had to change up my makeup when I've changed my glasses - stuff that looks natural and lovely with discreet half-rimless glasses looks washed-out with dark purple frames, which needed much stronger colour ... it makes a HUGE difference. Play about with makeup for a bit - it's probably cheaper than getting the hair redone!
Also, I would like to say that I am officially jealous of the "hairless face ladies." But that's for another post.
ReplyDeleteGlad you mentioned my notice of you Glennon-wish I could have chatted with you without the distractions-it was nice to see you enjoying your kiddos amongst the chaos-next time someone notices you-definitely act excited!
ReplyDeleteJess
This is the best cut you've had from any of your pictures and there is nothing better than brunette... striking.
ReplyDeleteJackie
Oh my goodness! Jess! You're the noticer!! Hi Jess! Thank you for noticing me!
ReplyDeleteAnd Thank you, too, Jackie!