goodbye french bob?

For the past few weeks, I’ve avoided looking at the profile view of my hair in the mirror. The hair on the back of my scalp grows like a chia pet and it’s outpaced the length on the sides, creating a strange neither-here-nor-there look. A note on permed hair: the sides of your head you sleep on (the back, the side if you prefer one side) are going to flatten at a faster rate than the rest of the hair. Overall, my hair is looking a little torched these days. Every day, I need a little more product and more scrunching to get my hair looking the way I like it.

the flat side of my hair. the overgrown back.

I’ve been getting the same haircut for a while now, a french bob with bangs. I love it, but I also love novelty. For my next cut, I’ll get the back cleaned up but I also want to start thinking about a gradual hair change.

It’s like this: I know a bob and bangs work for me, and I feel a personal attachment to it. But if I don’t try other hairstyles, how will I know what else could also work for me, or suit me equally well?

Here’s what I’m thinking my next hair transformation will be: