Hair Carnival: Happy Halloween Hair and Costumes (Picture heavy)

We are at it again. My fellow bloggers and I thought what fun it would be to show you all our Halloween hair of Halloweens past. I have a thing for pictures so I have pics of all but one Halloween Des has taken part in up to the point. Here we go down Memory Lane to the land of witches, fairies, princess and such... hope you enjoy the ride.

I am missing Des' 1st Halloween picture, she was a Lady Bug. Des didn't go out that year cause it was sooo cold and she was little.

For Des' 2nd Halloween, she was a Fairy. I made her flower halo and also her wand. She took the pictures at a photography studio. Des' hair was just moisturized and left in it's natural state.

The 3rd Halloween was a little more laid back. Des picked out her costume for the first time. She wanted to be a witch. We did nothing special to her hair since she was wearing a hat.

Des' dad had a say in her 4th Halloween costume. She was a Green Bay Cheerleader. For this costume we just put her hair in a side pony tail and did finger curls with a bow.

Des' 5th Halloween happened after the stylist did the hack job on her hair. She was Cinderella and I tried my best to make her hair look like Cinderella's did on the medallion of her dress. I put her head band in and made the hump and the back is just finger curls.

The costume for her 6th Halloween was pink and at that time that was Des' color. In the pic you don't see the lil bolero jacket that came with the costume cause Des didn't like the way it felt. Her hair was just put back in the front with a clip and the left alone otherwise. No creativity this year at all.

Tinkerbell was all the rage when Des' 7th Halloween came around so guess who she was. For Tinkerbell we did a bun on her hair, nice and simple.

So you may feel a bit of De Ja Vu going on for Des 8th and 9th Halloweens but it's not. Des wanted to be Belle so Belle she was, twice. LOL. Thankfully we got our fair share of wear in this costume. Her hair the first time was just finger curls with the top part pinned back.

The second year Des wore the Belle costume I put the two ponytails on her, one on the crown of her head and one a little lower, and then did finger curls. The way the ponytails we situated it looked like a mass of curls. The newspaper actually went to her school that year and she ended up in the newspaper the next day.

Well last year, which was Des' 10th Halloween, she wanted to be a Vampiress. We were definitely not in character for this one. We were in a rush so Des had a wash n go with Eco Styler and some makeup.

This year Des already has her costume picked. If you wanna see what it is, you are just going to have to come back. Until then, I really hope you enjoyed your journey down Memory Lane with us and continue to Stay Blessed.

Long Then Gone...

So the title was kinda strange I know but I have heard this for the last two days... 'but it is soooo long and now it is gone." People are talking about my hair when they say this. I have been hemming and hawing for a couple of months as to when and how much I was going to cut so Sunday I decided to "Just Do It."

Night Before the Big Cut

Right before the cut.

After much protest from Des and even tears to see my hair go, she sat with me at the hair cutting place and watch the stylist put all my hair in a pony tail. The stylist measured it and told me it is about 15 inches to the rubber band and I am cutting above that. I said okay and it was over before I knew it, 16 inches of hair off my head.

Hair ready for donation. 

I have done these kind of cuts before because I enjoy knowing that I can help a child. See the reason I cut my hair is to donate it to Lock of Love. I know there are many children afflicted with things outside their control that leave unable to grow their own hair or cause them to lose the hair that they do have so I can play a small role in helping a child by giving them mine. The last time I donated was in August of 2009 and I gave about 14 inches that time. I consider it a blessing to have hair that grows fast and the patience to wait for it to get to the length needed.

Immediately after. 

The back. 

Later that night, hence the sleepy eyes. 

I know not everyone has the patience or the ability to grow hair as long as 10 inches so I recently heard of another cause called Pantene's Beautiful Lengths. Beautiful Lengths assist women who are dealing with hair loss due to cancer and they only ask for donations of 8 inches, for information see their website. I heard about them through a fellow blogger and good friend of mine Rae from Tweeny Hair.

Rae decided to do a donation to Locks of Love as well you should definitely go check out her journey. I am sure you will love her regular blog post as well. Stop by, read and tell her hi for me.

Hope you all enjoyed this post. Until the next time...Stay blessed.