Before & After

You ever notice how every time you see a "Before" picture, the person looks all sad and the lighting is like awful and then for the after, they have a smile, make-up and great lighting? That is especially true for those mineral make-up infomercials (Maybe ProActive is the worst). Well, this one wasn't really planned but it turned out great that way. Chloe just had her first, real haircut. By real, I mean she actually went to a hair place. Previously in her life, either I'd trim it or my sister did it. I had been telling her for a while that she needed a trim because her hair was taking over our lives. She woke up ratty and unless there was some major hair-do intervention (which we regularly scheduled), she looked like a coo-koo bird. She was a little resistant to the idea because as all the disney movies will tell you, princesses have LONG hair. So I was surprised when she approached me randomly one day and said, "Ok, Mom let's get my hair cut today." We talked about how much we could cut off and she said she didn't want it shorter than her shoulders. So off we went. She was so cute and so grown up about it. She was just chit chatting away with the hair cutter guy about her Halloween costume and how even though her hair will be to her shoulders she'll still be a princess and how now she can look like Nancy Drew because she is a detective and super sleuth too [I watched the new teenie Nancy Drew movie and she actually watched it with me. If you know Chloe you know that is a major shocker. We also recently found this cartoon with Christopher Robins little sister, Darby, who is a super sleuth with Tigger and Pooh. She's got her detective kit (a magnifying glass and pretend camera) and just goes around "investigating" everything and looking for clues. It is fun. Honestly it is a nice break from ponies and princesses.

The Before:


And the After:



Her hair is so bouncy and fun now. I can just brush it and it falls all perfectly. Plus, with the new layers, it awakened all her cute little waves.