A Bang-ography

Hi. Aren't I sexy with the sweeping bangs over my one eye?

Except now I'm a mom of two. And I really need both my eyes.

No one likes the "behind the ear" -- especially with ears like mine. I can hear them talking about me. In China.

Cute. But a little too 30 going on 2.

Do I make you horny with the gigantic poof on top of my head?

Hey y'all. Did you know they still make claw clips?

K-fed made me do it but I bet rehab will be better than the in-laws!

Like. Oh. My. Gawd. Becky. Look at her butt. It is like sooooo big.

Okay. So what you got? Post pictures of your own bang solutions. I'm happy to link. Extra points for anyone who uses a curling iron and aquanet.

PSA: It's finally happening. Tune it tonight! 9-10pm (646) 915-8634

My Sisters in Banghood

Her Bad Hair

Jen (Letters About Eve)

Annie

Tiffany (Snarkymomma)

dcrmom (Musings of a Housewife)

Lena (Cheeky Lotus)

Liz (Mom-101)

MotherofBun (Midwestern Mommy)

Julie

Christina

Dana

Kate

Joy

Comments

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[Denise C.]

After five years of long hair and no bangs, I was desperate for a change. I think celebrating my 35th (gasp) birthday sealed the deal. Took me a few days to get used to them. Now I like them. I never have to pluck my eyebrows again!!

http://pearmama.blogspot.com/2007/02/bang-bang.html

[Kate]

A little late, but my hair anthology is up!

http://eucalyptuspillow.blogspot.com

[Andi]

I'm behind on reading blogs and while I was reading this post, Sprout came over and climbed on my lap. "What is her name?" Because Sprout is obsessed with the names of things and people right now. "Her name is Kristen, sweetie." Which is usually all the answer she needs to wander off to the next thing of interest. Instead, Sprout looked at me and said, "Oh, Kristen is Beauteefuw!" (She has a head cold right now so her articulation is not up to its usual standards.)

I just thought that you should know.

[Dana]

Okay here's the link to my bangs....if you dare to see it!

http://thedanafiles.com/2007/02/27/bangstory-part-i/

[Christina]

OK, fine, I fessed up on my blog, with lots of visual proof. Not only bad bangs, but the horror of the perm is nearly too much to take. Enjoy my humiliation.

[Kristen]

Mom-101 bares all...

NOW WE'RE TALKING -- and yes. I had the baby in the sling.

YOU CAUGHT ME! :)

[Sandra]

So so great. My ultimate solution was to grow mine out.

[Lena]

OK, I did it just for you hot mama.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/404301893_178d12e71e.jpg

[Lady M]

My favorite is the "I really need both eyes" picture. I have bangs, but can never manage to get them to lie stylishly across my forehead. They always end up pushed back with the rest of my hair.

So here's the real solution to bangs: Goofy wigs!

http://nupboard.blogspot.com/2007/02/sparkly-things.html

[Jenn]

lol - love the pics.

one word: paperclip.

the plastic coated ones. I used them at my old job all the time. Didn't do much to add to my supposed sense of seriousness, but whatever. It worked. With no ear tucking!

[Girl con Queso]

I have no bangs. I'm bangless. And now that I'm typing it, I'm realizing that bangs is a weird word for something on your head.

[rhiannon esposito]

I do the behind the ear and pony tail look...that's it, same style since forever

[motherofbun]

Oh yeah, here's a recent pic. My neck really isn't as thick as it appears. And the hubby? He's not as pissy as he appears in that pic...

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u186/motherofbun/2-07050.jpg

[motherofbun]

Sorry I totally do the tuck behind the ear thing... Here's what I've done... My hair is longer now but I'm still doing the same thing with the bangs... Please don't laugh too hard. (Oh hell, laugh as hard as you like!)

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u186/motherofbun/Picture017.jpg

[BFF]

Okay,
So I'm totally going to out you and say that you had the baby in a sling on you while taking these photos, didn't you?! I see that beautiful sling you have peeking into the pic from your shoulder.

You rock the multi-tasking, attachment parenting and the laugh creating all at once. Very, very good, my friend.

[Mom101]

My bangs were already outed last week:
http://mahlersonsafari.blogspot.com/2007/02/hey-baby-come-here-often.html

Scroll down for the photo (and be gentle)

[InterstellarLass]

Sexay!

[Her Bad Mother]

Okay, FINE. I did it. Couldn't help myself.

http://badladies.blogspot.com/2007/02/her-bad-hair.html

[Mel )]

My bangs are my nemesis. Okay, that may be a bit dramatic, but they do suck. I had them cut in lovely sideswept style....that I haven't been ab;e to replicate since I walked out of the freakin' salon. I tried cutting them evenly across and looked like Moe from the three stooges. I am in the horrible process of growing them out and going back to side swept. I. Hate. Bangs. But I also hate my freakishly huge forehead. And I feel your pain about the ears, which rules out headbands for me. I've chosen not to leave the house....for you I say floof them 80's style. C'mon, you can bring it back.

[joy]

well *I* like the behind the ear--as long as it's not greasily forced behind ear.

I have an in between bang--it pushes back, tucks, does the tango.

[Alicia]

Too funny! Like the rest of the blog sphere, I want to know where you found the time to take all these lovely and fun pictures of your stylish bangs.

I'm a fan of the behind the ear thing... sure it may not stay there when trying to wrangle the little ones, but it's still that fresh faced, "I'm not old!" look.

[sinsamantha]

funny how the only thing i left were the bangs)))

http://www.ljplus.ru/img3/t/i/tiabaldo/_CIMG0026.jpg

[katie]

Oy you mother of two, just had her baby, still keeps writing and dealing with her infamous in-laws! Where d'you find the time for fooling around and having a laugh, making all them fancy pictures? Sheeeeesh! I don't know how you do it...

[Her Bad Mother]

I went through one - ONE - horrific period sans bangs sometime in the mid-nineties and that was that. NEED THE BANGS.

Sadly - for the blogosphere - I just got a haircut on Friday and the bangs are perf, so a photo would just be so much dullness, methinks. You, however, are ADORABLE in your hair wrangling.

[Tiger]

I use to use headbands, scarves, ribbons and things like that.

Something like this: http://thehousewife.blogsplot.net/?p=1362

I was thinking of getting bangs again, but since you reminded me of how hard it is to get them out of the way when you don't want to deal with them anymore... well now I am reconsidering!

[lildb]

a) is that a chip-clip you've repurposed as bang-monitoring-device in the last photo?

b) I'll see your aquanet/curling iron (or in some peoples' cases, a flat iron) and I'll raise you a real iron.

okay, not really, but I did try it a few times in middle school. it smelled really bad, p.s., because I sort of needed a spotter, and without one, I experienced HSR (high singe rate). it was sort of a hair-tastrophe.

p.s. you look super-cute in every single one of those snaps. snaps to you, cutie. :)

[Dana]

You are a mind reader!!! I'm suffering bang trouble and I'm going to post my photos tomorrow! This is TOOOO fun!

[Caroline]

My bangs from sixth grade: Curl half of them under, and curl the other half up, so that they make a poof on the front of your head. Apply copious amounts of hairspray, let set, and hope there isn't any rain in the forecast, because god forbid the poof should go flat. Then I might have looked REALLY silly!

[petite mommy]

My bangs are past my chin. Does that count? I tried semi- sideswept bangs back in the summer and they didnt work so well for me.

But I'll post some photos of my bad hairdo anyway..I need something to make it better.

You, BTW, are gorgeous and funny! Hey and I still wear the CLAW thing but not THAT way!

[dcrmom]

Oh, girl. Seriously. I had my hairdresser cut bangs back in December. I trip at least once a day b/c they're hanging in my face.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrmom/403656355/

[Damselfly]

I don't have bangs, so no points for me. But Kristen, you get extra points for all those fun photos!

[Tiffany]

I don't have bangs because my hair is too curly for them, but I do have a horrific cowlick that shows up within an hour or so after showering. By the next day I look like a hot mess, so I just do what I can to plaster it down: http://www.snarkymomma.com/index.php?/site/comments/i_even_washed_my_face/

[Jaime]

Oh I fight with my bangs every single morning but I still cant manage to grow them out. Every time I get my hair cut, i ask for them to be cut again instead of just letting them grow out. If you come up with the ultimate bang tamer, let me know!

[Mrs. Chicken]

I've been thinking of getting bangs, like the kind Amanda Peet used to have.

Thank you for showing me the error of my ways!

By the way, you are so cute!

[Jennifer]

After seeing how gawgeous Reese Witherspoon looked last night with bangs, I'm considering going down that bang road.

Sadly, I won't look like Reese with bangs.

[Jen]

Oh man! In the last 5 years I have all kinds of bangs, and some are worth remembering and some, well, not so much. Here are some of my bang pics (isn't that a porno?)
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p296/evilynmo/evelyn002-3.jpg
Okay that is the only one I can find, I think I destroyed the pics of me in my Betty Page bangs faze, yikes!

[Johnathan]

Yes you are, yes you do, and yes I did.

[mamatulip]

Dude, I'm totally horny after seeing that gigantic poof. Long live the poof!

[Jana]

I love that my bangs cover my wrinkles. (But it is a bugger to grow out.)

Whatever you do, don't bring the scrunchie back!

[Mrs. Chicky]

A scrunchy? Do they issue those when you move back to the New Jersey area?

(psst, don't tell anyone. I still have a couple of those in my bathroom closet.)

[Annie]

Is there some sort of bang virus spreading? I just blogged about this the other day, complete with retarded picture of my weird wispy short hairs combed forward. If I can remember to do it, I think I'm going to make an appointment to have bangs permanently installed this weekend. Wish me luck.

http://theaisforannie.blogspot.com/2007/02/should-i-get-bangs.html

[Erin]

LOL
you are just too funny.
and a little too perky looking for a mother of 2 little ones. I can't help you with the bangs. I haven't had bangs since 6th grade. Plus only insane people would take hair advice from the expert pony wadder. Everyday my hair is the same-step 1 take down from last nights pony wad step 2- comb step 3 put hair tie in and redo pony wad. same ole thing everyday. I am donating my 13 inches to Locks of Love so I am just living with it until I decided what short hair style I like.
Good Luck with your bangs!

[Erin]

LOL
you are just too funny.
and a little too perky looking for a mother of 2 little ones. I can't help you with the bangs. I haven't had bangs since 6th grade. Plus only insane people would take hair advice from the expert pony wadder. Everyday my hair is the same-step 1 take down from last nights pony wad step 2- comb step 3 put hair tie in and redo pony wad. same ole thing everyday. I am donating my 13 inches to Locks of Love so I am just living with it until I decided what short hair style I like.
Good Luck with your bangs!

[Nancy]

You are too funny.

I gave up on bangs back in college (they didn't work well for me) so I can't help you there.

[JChase]

LoL! I've been debating getting bangs myself. But I'm too scared...I think I'll hate them, and it's taken me years to get my hair the length it is now. So no pictures from me, but I love yours!