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I have recently changed my hair.
I'd had one length long hair but I decided to I'd have bangs. Soon I regretted.
Now I have to blow my front hair with hair dryer everymorning, otherwise my bangs get too flat and it makes me look like a elementary school kid with aged face.
With no bangs, it was easy to make hair, and most of all, I looked more like myself.
So I'm longing for my hair to grow back.
When you like your hair, you can feel better about yourself, don't you?
What is your hairstyle like, and do you like it?
I came across an article about how men think of women with bangs the other day when I was browsing on the Internet.
It said; "Bangs say to us that a woman is trying too hard to convey her intellectuality." And it follows "Almost every woman with bangs we’ve ever met has a screw or two loose."
I'm impressed how different people's views are when they are in different cultures.
In Japan, to my knowledge, at least, bangs are considered to make a woman look young and less intellectual, or even immature.
I know a beautiful woman who takes pride in her long black hair. With large almond-shaped eyes and firm lips, she looks intelligent.
She has something cool about her, maybe too cool and some people take it coldness. But she's not cold.
She didn't want to look intelligent and cold. Her solution to this was to make bangs. She's now happy that she looks more approachable. And she doesn't have any screw loose.
Hair and fashion can really change women and maybe men.
It can be really good to your soul.
But it's funny people take things differently, sometimes quite opposite.
I'd had one length long hair but I decided to I'd have bangs. Soon I regretted.
Now I have to blow my front hair with hair dryer everymorning, otherwise my bangs get too flat and it makes me look like a elementary school kid with aged face.
With no bangs, it was easy to make hair, and most of all, I looked more like myself.
So I'm longing for my hair to grow back.
When you like your hair, you can feel better about yourself, don't you?
What is your hairstyle like, and do you like it?
I came across an article about how men think of women with bangs the other day when I was browsing on the Internet.
It said; "Bangs say to us that a woman is trying too hard to convey her intellectuality." And it follows "Almost every woman with bangs we’ve ever met has a screw or two loose."
I'm impressed how different people's views are when they are in different cultures.
In Japan, to my knowledge, at least, bangs are considered to make a woman look young and less intellectual, or even immature.
I know a beautiful woman who takes pride in her long black hair. With large almond-shaped eyes and firm lips, she looks intelligent.
She has something cool about her, maybe too cool and some people take it coldness. But she's not cold.
She didn't want to look intelligent and cold. Her solution to this was to make bangs. She's now happy that she looks more approachable. And she doesn't have any screw loose.
Hair and fashion can really change women and maybe men.
It can be really good to your soul.
But it's funny people take things differently, sometimes quite opposite.
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I'd had even length long hair but I decided to get bangs.
"Even" is a good word to learn here. When you use "even" for measuring things, it means that it's the same amount all around. So an "even length" means that it was the same length everywhere. We also sometimes use it like ちょうど, if you're talking about money or change.
Also, when we talk about hair or other ways of changing your appearance, we use the verb "get."
"I got a haircut yesterday."
"This weekend she's getting a tattoo."
"Did you get a makeover?"
It's the same meaning as "receive."
Soon I regretted it.
Usually it's "regret it"/"regretted it" together.
Now I have to blow dry my front hair with a hair dryer every morning, otherwise my bangs get too flat and it makes me look like a elementary school kid with an aged face.
"Blow dry" is a very specific verb, it means "to use a hair dryer."
With no bangs, it was easy to do my hair, and most of all, I looked more like myself.
Another very specific verb (there's a lot here!) "To do one's hair" means to make your hair look good or how you want it to be. You can also use this for makeup. "Do my makeup" "Do your hair" etc...
She has something cool about her, maybe too cool and some people take it as coldness.
This has the meaning "take it to mean" or "interpret it as"
Her solution to this was to get bangs.
"Make" is okay, but like I said, "get" is usually what we say.
It can be really good for your soul.
It's funny, I saw you new picture and thought "Wow, Kaori's bangs look amazing!" and then I saw this entry where you say you don't like them! They really look great! For me, I actually really like women that have bangs. I don't think it needs to mean anything silly like "trying to be intellectual."
My hair now is much shorter than it used to be. I also started getting my hair cut at a Japanese salon, so I think my hairstyle is more Japanese and professional now. A long time ago, I had hair that was 30 cm long! I hated it! But I was growing it for Locks of Love, which is a charity in America that makes wigs for cancer patients. I looked really bad though! I like my hair now ^_^
I've known the word "even" but never used it. Thanks to you, now I know how to use it.
As writing this entry, I noticed I didn't know how to describe hairstyles. It's a bit difficult to improve everyday conversation skills.
I'm so glad you liked my new hairstyle! c(＞ω＜)ゞ ｲﾔｧ～、うれしい。
Is a Japanese salon different from ones in the State?
I think it's great you took part in a charity. I'd have liked to see what you looked like with such long hair!
ありがとうございます！
Japanese salons are different because I think you get more service, like shampoo and head massages! The man who cuts my hair is the father of two of my students, and he's very nice. He bought a dictionary so we can talk better!
Trust me, Kaori, you do not want to have seen my long hair. It was weird. でも、Kaoriさんのヘアースタイルは本当にきれい！
I like chatting with a hairdresser when I get my haircut.
A friend of mine once asked me to go to a salon with him. He wanted to get a haircut, but he couldn't speak Japanese.
The ladies who cut his hair couldn't speak English but tried to interact him, saying "あなた かっこいいわね。Tom Cruise に似てる！いや、Brad Pittかしら。Leonardo DiCaprioかな！".
I don't know which actor he looked like the most (maybe none of them). He was just smiling shyly, saying occasional "はい".
I haven't heard from him since he left Japan, but that's one of good memories about a salon.