The Hair File

Like any woman who surfs the internet constantly and semi-dislikes her current hairstyle, I have created my own "Hair" file. Some of these inspiration photos are realistic (i.e. my hair might someday look similar) and some are totally unrealistic (someday I might magically have the opposite kind of hair that I have now) - Never the less, that has not stopped me from amassing a large collection of hair inspiration.

Let me start by telling you about my hair as it is now so that you know where I am coming from. Last summer I cut my hair into a pixie cut a la Jean Seberg in Breatless, then for several months I labored through the extremely awkward growing-out phase... Now I have finally reached a sort of 20's flapper style bob, which has been really fun for wearing this season's popular headbands, but ultimately I painfully miss having long hair.

So, through these photos I have been plotting my return to long, gorgeous hair!

This is wear I am hoping to be in the next couple of months (They say hair grows faster in the Summer!):



Then once I get to this point I will be able to pull it back into a chignon which was always one of my staples, and I miss it:



And around that same time I will be able to start wearing lovely little braids like this:



This would be the ultimate end result, although I don't think I have ever had my hair quite this long:



And finally since I have been a brunette for most of my life, I am thinking of trying a dirty blonde like this (and the bangs are always a must for me!):



(Sadly, I have not done a great job of recalling the sources of all of these photos, here's the best I can do: Elenita, Pixie Market, A lovely Etsy vintage shop I can't remember the name, I don't know where either of the braid photos are from, The Rockstar Diaries, and Stye Clicker - Apologies to those I have not sited!!!!)