Hubby and I went looking at wigs today. Rather than the Blue Bob, I'm thinking about cutting my real hair much shorter and maybe even playing with the color.
This is the style I liked... (the ones that are more the way I wear my hair made me feel like a chimpanzee. Strange that I don't usually feel that way in my own hair!)
And, I think I'm going to go red. Or at least reddish. I've never colored my hair. But this seems like a good time to "play" a little. Rather than a flat red, I'm planning to get a 'frosted" red so that it is lighter on top and darker "underneath."
Isn't the wig model pretty... Sort of Sharon Stone-ish. No matter what i do to my hair, I don't think I'll have cheekbones like her (--or as firm a chin!!) .
Nevertheless, this is a way for me to venture "outside the box" of consistency and conservatism and even idolatry when it comes to my hair. If I like it, great, I'll have more and more options. And If I don't like it, well, it'll always grow back. (My son reminded me of that. I'd forgotten!)
I found out at the wig store that somebody bought a red, white and blue wig for July 4th. Maybe red and green for Christmas?
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Through the magic of photography and airbrushing, you can have any sort of photographed face you want. :-) Truly though, would it be as beautiful as the real you?
I really like the hairstyle and LOVE the idea of red.
Nice choice! maybe i should get one too! well-because my hair is to not so healthy to handle short hair.
Just wanted to let you know that I know a little bit about what you're going through, and if you ever need to talk, I'm here.
Also, if you read the book "Garlic & Saphires" by Ruth Reichl (which I recommend) there's a section where she's talking to a wig-seller who says she wishes more women who were going through chemo would be brave enough to take the opportunity to really go crazy and play around and find something completely different from what they've been before, but instead they just want to feel normal and like themselves again. It was just a small segment of the book, but you made me think of it just now. Be brave, be strong, and take this opportunity to become the woman you've always wanted to be.
You aren't alone.
A perfect opportunity to have a little fun. Bad times can have some good times mixed in.
Can you believe the number of people out there who shouldn't be parents? And then think about all of the families out there who can't have kids who would be great parents.
Life is unfair. No doubt.
I second Amie's idea of reading Garlic and Sapphires - I just finished it and it's great (and interesting in its own right)...
Wigs are for messing around with - be Cher for a while if it feels good. Your real hair will come back soon enough, and you'll be stuck with it again.
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