It’s been my experience that with an hourglass figure, the most flattering rise on trousers is two fingers’ width below the navel. It makes it much easier to fit (even if it has to be taken in) and it helps to disguise any belly bulge you may have (it certainly disguises mine). I have also seen that waist-high trousers (that end ABOVE the belly) accentuate the bulge, and can create one where one never existed.

My hair is now long enough that the cat sits on it if I’m sitting down and he’s in my lap. I had a friend who had hair almost as long – nearly waist-length – for as long as I’d known her and her daughter. When her daughter was about 16 or so, Mom got a new boyfriend and cut her hair. It’s … a nice enough cut, I guess, and it doesn’t uglify her, but she no longer looks like herself. She does look like someone’s Mom, and she always simply looked like an adult woman before that. Somehow, a lot of sparkle and individuality seemed to go with those clipped hairs. I’m not saying it would for anyone else, necessarily, but it sure did with her.

Since I’m short, I buy low-rise jeans and half the time they come to my waist anyway…ten inches too wide.

And I REALLY loved that haircut. LOVED. IT.

Basically, she cut off about five inches, leaving the longest length to the top of my shoulder blades. Then, she layered a second “level” if you will, with face-framing layers that can either flip up or be scrunched wavy if I want. Since she cut off a lot of length, my hair will do a slight wave now.

I like it a lot, and so does my husband. It was a nice compromise, as it doesn’t just “hang there” like it did before. It has lots of movement, but still qualifies as long.

Says the man with the easy military high and tight and who has *no* idea how hard it is to take care of hair longer than a half inch. So, I’ll get a trim and then it’s grown out to mid back length, again, where it is now. Not flattering to my face but can’t tell him that. Love him. I want to look good for him but, my hair? Has been known to attack people. I call it the Kraken. Two days ago I found a few strands wrapped around my baby’s neck. Really.

Last week I told that I’m cutting my hair and I showed him three pictures of preapproved by me styles I like. Actually it was the same style just short, medium and long. He picked the medium! Wow! Color me surprised!

Now I have to find someone who can cut curly hair and who won’t try to blow dry it straight. I might just do it myself.

Having just had a baby three months ago I can’t even begin to think about new clothes. I’m still stuck with all this baby weight.

Would you post a pic of your new ‘do? We can caption it. *grin*

I so have mom hair, though. I just got it all cut off again….