Getting a whole new image....

esmy

I like styles 3,4,and 5 in your pictures. Not keen on the colour of 6 as I think the more red colours suit your colouring better. Not keen on 1 at all. Overall I like 5 with the shorter fringe as you have very pretty eyes and it's a shame to cover them!

JennyP

Thank you for all the lovely comments! It's all making a lot of difference to how I feel about myself!
I think sometimes - when we're trying to save money or even when we're not - we can feel guilty about treating ourselves to stuff. Well, I do. Like I don't deserve it. And then perhaps we absorb that message psychologically too - we believe the opposite of the L'Oreal ad and think we're not worth it!

murphydog999

Can I vote for No.2, I think a fringe suits you, but not the shorter one, or the longer one that comes too far over your face (wouldn't it get on your nerves?). Not keen on No.1, but that could be the length, I think it makes your face a tad too long. Good luck with your choice, you could always take your 2 favourites to your new hairdresser to see what they think?

JennyP

Went to a posh salon that was recommended. They said I had my colour exactly right - it's coppery red - and that I should stick to that but that the length of my hair now wasn't good for my face - I suppose similar to Murphydog said - too much weight dragging my hair down. So...a week on Saturday my locks will be a lot lighter and my wallet too!

If I stick with new hairdresser (assuming it's good) it'll be another £400 a year but actually I don't think that's too awful really. I mean, IF it makes me look loads better I think it'll be worth it. Since I work freelance, it might even pay in the long run - if I feel more confident, I might get more work!

JennyP

Thank you, Running Woman!
I have a really good mascara already so that's sorted. Nearly died at the checkout when handing over credit card but it is the best one I've tried.
Have some lovely neutral lip glosses I never wear so maybe they'd be better than lipstick. I do like Clinique foundation - it's very light but evens out my skin tone so I might get some more.

Not very good with eye shadow and think that pale green on the virtual me looks better than the dark green I wear in real life so I might go and ask for an eye shadow lesson. I can't do blusher either - I don't think I even have any so maybe I should ask about that too.

I now have a wardrobe full of clothes that make me look bigger than I am and bags full of make-up that isn't great that I don't know how to apply!

Might do an ebay auction of stuff perhaps or a car boot as I'm trying to raise money for a nursery school in Uganda at the moment! I think it'd be easier to bite the bullet and get rid of stuff if it was going in a good cause. My best mate says I have to get rid of the stuff that doesn't suit me - he reckons otherwise i'd wear it again when I was feeling down and then make myself feel more down!

rachbc

Love the shorter styles on you - esp 4. I had a great hairdresser in leeds who I went to for years - then 1 day she gave me a mullet and I never went back!! Then a found another near me but she's just gone on mat leave so I've struggling a bit!

Camelina

Have taken a look and I think styles 2 and 6 look fab and really suit your face, the colour in two is the one for you
Def not style 5, it makes you look mumsy and makes your face look rounder.Style 1 just looks like an 'easy' option Style 3/4 look like you have tried too hard to be trendy but not really carried it off.

I think I need to go and have a play now
Anyone else find that you can look at someone else and you get an automatic like/dislike reaction but when it comes to yourself you just can't decide?

JennyP

The new hairdresser saw photos and said no. 5 puts 20 years on me!

The colour in no. 2 isn't unlike my colour now (though you can't see in the original photo of me!) - it's less copper / red than my colour now.

I'll put a new photo on the site when it's done!

Talk about money saving - I was thinking I'd like an eye-shadow in the shade in the photos (that's obviously "virtual" eye shadow). I was looking in my old make up bag and found a brand new Mac eye shadow in the exact shade that I never realised I had. Great!

asparagus1968

i liked 3 and 4! (have commented on your blog)
the longer side fringe really make your eyes "pop".

i tried to do my hair on that site- i must have the best hairdo already because i look bl**dy awful with the rest!!!

godd for you anyway,looking forward to seeing your new 'do

foreign_correspondent

murphydog999 wrote: »

Re hair, I had a brilliant hairdresser who would come up with all sorts of new ideas, then we moved and I thought I'd found another good one, but after a year she seemed to loose interest. As it happens, 'groupon' were doing a really good deal with someone else, so I went for it and got a fresh pair of eyes. I've now got a style I never would have thought suited me and everyone says I look 10 years younger.

The common denominator for both innovative hairdressers was that they were male - a much preferred option, I think they have a different way of looking/judging you.

My mum said years ago that she felt male hairdressers were better at cutting women's hair, because there is no natural competition / rivalry going on, even subconsciously....:D

Many years later, I tend to agree.. it is a generalisation, but overall, the best hairdressers I have had have been men.

As for the hair do's - I think something like three, with a long sideswept fringe, but a bit shorter than the one in pic 3 would look lovely. A bit of drama and style, but wearable and easy to style. The coppery reds look lovely on you - wish I could wear those shades!

As for the clothes - why not sell them on ebay and put the takings towards the 'new you' fund? I've lost almost 5 stone, and all my 'big' clothes are gradually going on ebay to subsidise the new clothes! Even a few quid here and there helps...

...although my 'new' stuff is mainly charity shop, so much of the money still goes to a good cause ultimately! (I am currently wearing £3.50 Wallis dress, and £4 Jigsaw cardigan!)