Some people worship celebrities. Some people follow the gossip or watch what celebs wear. I admire celebrities for their hair.
Hair is a hard thing for me to pull off correctly. I can do make-up, and clothes are always something you can learn. You either have a knack for hair, or you don’t. I envy celebrities simply because they can hire a hair stylist to follow them wherever they go and control bad hair days. If you’re Jennifer Aniston or Jessica Simpson, they also fill in as a best friend when going through a major crisis.
For the past few years, I’ve envied Reese Witherspoon’s hair. She has similar face shape and hair like mine, so I’ve pretty much copied Reese’s hair. As she’s gone shorter, I’ve gone shorter. Reese gets choppy layers, I get choppy layers. It’s worked out well for us. I have a cute hair cut, and she has a loyal fan that goes to all her movies to see how her hair is styled.
Then I moved to DC and wanted to update my look.
Over the past few months, Bebe has run extensive ad campaigns in major cities. Since moving, I’ve seen huge posters of Mischa Barton for Bebe at every bus stop at least twice a day. Perhaps it’s my job field or maybe I’m just too materialistic, but those ads got to me. Forget the clothes. It was her hair I noticed. Suddenly, I found myself wanting Mischa’s perfect bangs. Her layers were tousled, but sophisticated. It was time to dump Reese and move on to Mischa.
Now I have no delusions. I look nothing like Mischa Barton, nor will I ever, but I love her hair in those ads. So I hunted the ads down on Google, printed them out and brought them to the salon yesterday.
Hair stylist: Oh you brought a picture today.
Me: Yes. I love this hair cut.
Hair stylist: Mischa Barton?
Me: I realize I sound like a 16-year-old wanting to be on The OC, but I like her hair in the Bebe ads.
Hair stylist: Bebe ads, huh? So you found it on the Internet and printed it out?
Me: (feeling really stupid by this point). Yeah. I googled Mischa Barton and found them.
Hair stylist: Well at least you just want her hair and don’t want to be Mischa.
After the hair cut, which turned out really cute! I jetted over to campus for a reception and met up with some friends. One of the first things said to me upon unveiling the new Mischa-inspired cut:
“You Got Bangs! Now, you look more like Reese Witherspoon than ever!”
