WhichOneWednesday: Hairy do or don'ts

Well, it's up to you again, my friends, to help me decide on something.

For the past year, I've been growing my hair out. It's reached my shoulders, and fits comfortably in a ponytail and even topknot (the motivation for my grow-out in the first place), but now I'm feeling like I'm maybe ready for change.

So help me decide:

Cut it into something more like this?

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Or keep growing it out in hopes of something like this?

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FiveThingsFriday: Reasons I wish I had long hair

For the past, oh, 10 years or so I've been in a perpetual state of "growing out my hair." What that actually means is that I grow my hair to that really annoying shoulder-length-and-it-doesn't-look-good stage, find a cute short haircut and bring it to my stylist with a sheepish smile and say, "I'm ready to just cut it all off." Yes, all three inches of it. So anyway, I'm back on my kick of wanting long hair and here are five good reasons why:

Fishtail braids:

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Top knots:

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Long braids:

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Ombre ends:

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Milkmaid braids:

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MondayMust: DIY headbands

My hair is at that awkward, between-cuts stage and I need some serious help. Headbands sound like a nice solution.

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FiveThingsFriday: Pink

I've never been a pink girl. In fact, I've always kind of disliked it. Maybe I'm getting more in touch with my girly side, or perhaps it's just so chic this season that I can't pass it up. Either way, here are five ways I plan to use pink in my future:

Pink heart top: 

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Neon pink lipstick:

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Pink sequined J.Crew dress:

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Pink ombre hair:

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Neon pink Vans with black laces:

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And a sixth for good measure ...

Pink lemonade bars:

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StoryTimeSaturday: Wedding hair and makeup (Part 6)

This is a weekly, eight-part series where I'm going to share just a small part of my wedding with you: the invitations, the photos, the decor, my dress, my makeup, my wedding party, the music and the dance. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Whole series


This week we relive my hair and makeup. Kristen B at Salon Why? in downtown Fargo did my hair, and it turned out absolutely the way I wanted it. She is my regular stylist and also responsible for this, this and this haircut.







For makeup, I did my own. I knew that since I had a New Year's Day wedding, it was going to be hard to find someone working on a holiday morning.







I wore mostly Clinique products and followed pretty closely to my daily makeup routine, just using a little more than usual. I didn't want to look too made up.

Here's a rundown of my makeup:
Foundation: Clinique Perfectly Real Makeup in Shade 18
Blush: Sonia Kashuk Shimmering Loose Mineral Blush in Fairy
Eyeshadows: Clinique Color Surge Eye Shadow Duo in Double Date; and Sonia Kashuk Eye Shadow Quad in Brown-eyed Girl for a holiday shimmer.
Eyeliner: Clinique Eye-defining Liquid Liner in Black
Mascara: Clinique in black
Lipstick: Red-y to Wear in High Impact with Clinique long-last glosswear in Black Honey over top

New hairs

Thank you to the lovely Kristen B at SalonWhy in downtown Fargo for giving me this fantastic new do.



I love it, and so appreciate you encouraging me to embrace by curls.

WhichOneWednesday: Haircut

I'm getting my haircut Thursday, and I'm so excited to have my stylist back in town. I've been going to random people, and the trust level has just not been there.

So here's the question. Which haircut should I get? Should I go in for more of a shaping up or should I go shorter and straighter?

Currently:

(Attractive face, I know)

Choice No. 1:

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Choice No. 2:


 Oh, and for those of you who are wondering which holiday card we chose:

Stationery card

View the entire collection of cards.