Hair Rut

Bahhhhh humbuggggg 

(Are you only allowed to say that around Christmas?)

Thats how I feel about my hair. 

 I'm bored. 

It's fried..

what ever shall I do?

Let me tell you a little story.  I love the natural look, like girls who never have to wear make-up or can leave their curly hair just so and still look beautiful.  In my attempt to achieve that "natural look" I vowed that I would never dye my hair.  I wanted to be 60 and say "Yep, I've never dyed my hair in all of my 60 years!".  Oh, and I was always afraid that dying my hair would seriously damage it.

Then I got married, and 3 months later I figured I should do something fun!  I was due for a haircut so why not try some highlights?  I went to a salon that my friend recommended and showed the stylist a picture of what I wanted.  Well because I had virgin hair (plus, it is probably the darkest pigment out there) the dye didn't hold.  So the stylist decided to add a "lifter" to bring out the color.  Do any of you know what a "lifter" is?  It's bleach.  

Hardcore bleachity bleach.

Do you know what that "lifter" did to my hair?

It made it crispy, like bacon.  And then it started to fall out.

Did I mention my hair was a yellowish-orange tint.

So much for natural.

It was bad, I wanted to cry.  I'm the kind of girl who thinks a girls hair is her best accessory.  Sure, it'll grow out.  But my hair is slower than a lemer so whatever I do to my hair, I want it to look good.  

My hair is still recovering.  My "bangs" are actually pieces of hair that are slowly growing back.  The bottom half of my hair is straight as a board because it is so damaged, while the top has grown back into the naturally insane afro curls I've known all of my life.

So I'm a bit hesitant when it comes to doing anything major with my hair.  I wish I could get a bob but I hear they need a lot of maintaining.  Anywho, I like my long hair.

Soooo my question for you is what do you think about front bangs?  

Yay or Nay?

What I'm going for: 

Cute & not overdone..

These next two are of Arabic singer, Nancy Ajram.

 I loveeee everything about it.  And I think I may give the dye thing another chance and go for the same color of her hair.

Here's the music video so you can see how cute the hair style is

But I noticed later in the video Nancy had side swept bangs.  I think I'm going to experiment and see if I can fake front bangs.

What I am NOT going for:

I don't want to look like I'm 5 again.

Questions?  Comments?  Hair Advice?