A Girl and Her Hair....Series of Self Portraits-Day 1

I've always been a little OCD about my hair.  I've always worn it long(except for a few occasions), and it is BONE STRAIGHT.  When I became pregnant with my son, I started to neglect the Salon purchase because I knew I had to "save money"  As the days became weeks, and weeks became months, my hair just got LONGER AND LONGER!  I wish I could say that my son is only a few months old, but no, I'm that woman, and he is 9 MONTHS OLD.  So Basically I haven't had my hair trimmed, colored, or just plain gotten rid of the nasty in a LONG TIME.

If you know me personally, then you know that I was not blessed with independent wealth.  But I was blessed with a giving heart, and very good (and for my sake) managible hair.  I always like to find ways to give back to the community and those who are less fortunate than I am with my abilities.  After many days of the same ol' pony tail, actually this was more like MONTHS of pony tails, I decided to follow in my older sisters footsteps and donate my locks!  My sister Brenda, who is a very loving individual, donated her long locks this last summer.  With my OCD about my hair, I get nervous doing any sort of change to it.  I now only have 1 more week of these long strands.  With this deadline,  I decided to do what every normal, sane photographer would do.  Let's do some self-portraits!!

Today I started and was just going to try to take some "nice" shots with my hair just straight. But instead it turned into "model-esque"  wanna be photos.  Don't judge.  I know many of you try to do those Tyra Banks "Smile with your Eyes" Photos too.  I have to give those models credit though as it is tough to fling your head around and try to make a "sexy" face!  I did not accomplish this very well, but I really enjoyed doing this.  I decided to make it a daily project until I chop off my hair! Each day I will do something different with my hair and make up! Gives me an excuse to learn new make up techniques, and try some new fun lighting/backdrops/props, etc!  I will then do some after photos with the new style!

Today's session was a head-flipping experience.  I seriously made myself SICK from whipping my head around to get the hair going!  Little extreme, but still quiet fun.  Hope you all enjoy.  Please leave a comment if you like my photos, like my blog(I'm not the greatest writer), or just want to laugh with me!