• That Time I Decided to Chop Off all my Hair [Confessions of a Twenty-Something]

    That Time I Decided to Chop Off all my Hair [Confessions of a Twenty-Something]

    If I get more than a small trim, I cry. It’s not just hair anymore. It’s suddenly become part of my identity, and I don’t like it.

  • CC Beauty Live: The Faux Bob

    CC Beauty Live: The Faux Bob

    I’m always debating whether or not to cut my hair shorter when I get sick of dealing with my long locks. My hair is pretty high maintenance because it has a mind of its own. I cut it pretty short at the beginning of my freshman year and loved it, but I’ve been growing it out ever since because I missed the versatility.

  • Newsflash: Anne Hathaway Gets a Haircut

    Newsflash: Anne Hathaway Gets a Haircut

    First Emma Watson and now Anne Hathaway. It seems that the new hair trend in Hollywood is having barely any hair at all. And I gotta say, I love it!

  • Weekly Wrap Up: It’s a Hot Mess Up In Here

    Weekly Wrap Up: It’s a Hot Mess Up In Here

    You know what’s cool? Pit stains. Or not. But thanks to the summer sun, I’ve got ‘em and I have a feeling they’ll be sticking around until September. That oughta be good for my social life.

  • My Love Affair with Short Hair

    My Love Affair with Short Hair

    One of my favorite movies is the 1954 version of Sabrina. It’s a beautiful romance only enhanced by crisp black-and-white film and the charm of Audrey Hepburn. Her character, the fledgling Sabrina Fairchild, leaves Long Island to study cooking in Paris and comes back a glamorous woman. But what always bothered me about the movie is what signals the transition: Sabrina cuts off her flowing pony tail. I mean come on! That’s the only difference?

  • Top It All Off: Hair Trends, Fall 2008

    Top It All Off: Hair Trends, Fall 2008

    So you’ve got your fashion, make-up and nail trends all lined up for fall, now to top it all off, yo…

  • It’s On: Battle of the Boy Cuts

    It’s On: Battle of the Boy Cuts

    Boy cuts are all the rage…at least for Scientologists. First Katie Holmes chopped her lo…

  • Can’t We All Just Be Feminists? (Yes)

    Can’t We All Just Be Feminists? (Yes)

    “You’re a feminist, aren’t you?”
    And with that devious rhetorical…

  • America’s Next Top Model Gets Hairy

    America’s Next Top Model Gets Hairy

    What’s more comically traumatic than getting a rash “cut it all off” haircut that makes you look…

  • Hairy Situation: How to Grow Out Short Hair in Style

    Hairy Situation: How to Grow Out Short Hair in Style

    After rocking a boy-cut shag à la Natalie Imbruglia’s early career for two years, I started to ge…

  • Cut It Off!

    Cut It Off!

    I was never really attached to my hair until I spent three years growing it out and discovered how…

  • Going to Great Lengths

    Going to Great Lengths

    A lot has changed in a year: world conflicts, the senate majority, Lindsay Lohan’s rehab status