Junior Curie Sarkar styles with self-cut bangs and bob
As a middle schooler, you’re trying to find yourself, which might lead to a new look. So, when it comes to haircuts, is it smart to experiment or better to leave it to professionals?
Junior Curie Sarkar said she was a seventh grade student who believed in expressing herself through fashion and hairstyles, continuously trying new haircuts throughout her life. Whether it was a bob or past her shoulders, she had never cut her hair by herself, she added.
Coming right out of COVID-19, Sarkar was bored and trying to waste some of her free time. She said she decided to cut her hair and try a new style.
Sarkar began cutting her hair when she would find random pieces of her hair that frustrated her. She would then end up cutting it off in the moment.
“I cut it shorter and shorter over the past year because I didn’t like how my hair looked, and I thought I could take matters into my own hands,” she explained.
While her hair continued to get shorter, she ended up hating it more. “At that point, my hair was in my own hands, and I couldn’t do anything about it,” she said.
Sarkar was upset, but it was a bit too late to turn it around. Her mom encouraged her to just let her hair grow out, she added.
“I think my friends thought it was a vibe, but it wasn’t,” she added. “My mom hated that I left hair all over the bathroom and wondered why I would continue to cut my hair.”
She learned your hair changes your appearance and personality, and more than likely, cutting your own hair will turn out to be a horrible decision, Sarkar explained.
“I wouldn’t do it again and definitely wouldn’t wish that on anyone,” she added.
Locks of Love haircut gone wrong for Latin teacher Jackie Hillman
As a first-grader, Latin teacher Jackie Hillman eagerly awaited the day when her hair reached a full 10 inches, the amount required to donate to the charity Locks of Love. Although she’s proud of her donation, Hillman said she was disappointed with the final look.
She wanted a shorter haircut because it was difficult to detangle her long hair, Hillman added.
“I had a very tender head as a child,” she explained. “I would cry anytime someone would brush my hair, and I refused to do it myself.”
After arriving at the salon, the hairdresser proceeded to braid Hillman’s hair and chop each braid off. Hillman said her final look was a choppy pixie cut.
“There are plenty of celebrities that pull off short hair, but I did not rock this look,” she explained.
Hillman added she was featured in an article recognizing her donation.
“The Atlanta Journal-Constitution covered it,” she explained. “I don’t know why they cared that a 6-year-old was growing out her hair to donate it.”
Initially, Hillman’s parents tried to convince her not to donate because they didn’t think short hair would suit her, but they were supportive of her final decision.
Although her parents praised her, Hillman said her peers ridiculed her haircut.
Hillman went to the pool often that summer, where numerous people confused her for a boy.
“I was very self-conscious,” Hillman explained. “I definitely got picked on for my bad haircut.”
Hillman said her new haircut made her anxious to enroll in a new school the following year. She added the haircut lingered for much of her time in elementary school.
“I had a really unfortunate bob for most of second, third and fourth grade,” she added. “By fifth grade, I had relatively normal hair again.”
Snip scaries: Senior Jack McMaster misuses scissors during trim
We’ve all had difficult times with our hair, trying to style it in a rush, being tangled or running out of product. But, sometimes you simply just want a new look to improve your appearance.
It was the same story with senior Jack McMaster. One morning, he woke up not liking his hair, struggling to style it and make it cooperate.
“My hair was being difficult and was especially curly, so I cut my hair myself with some scissors,” he explained.
McMaster said the unintended look was done by taking scissors and cutting straight down the middle of his forehead, giving himself uneven bangs.
“The curls in the front were what specifically bothered me, so it made sense at the time to cut them off,” he added.
McMaster immediately realized the mistake he made and felt disappointed and frustrated, not recognizing himself. He said he hated his hair so much that he decided to stay home from school instead of facing the embarrassment.
“My mom thought it was so bad she suggested I should stay home, while my sister just laughed,” McMaster explained.
While he stayed home that day, he soon had to go back to school. He said he wore a hoodie and covered his hair for the first few days, leading people to get curious. Friends soon found out, which led to teasing and torment, he added.
Going through such a humiliating experience and ending up not liking his hair, growing it back out was a positive experience. While it only took four weeks to grow back, it’s safe to say he’ll go to a hair dresser to get his hair cut next time, McMaster added.
“It was a tough couple of weeks that I will never live down, and it was just really bad,” he explained. “I promised myself to never cut my own hair again.”
Sophomore Nico Ronis strikes out with bowl cut nightmare
Many people have “experimental” phases when it comes to appearance, whether it’s through hairstyles or clothing. Sophomore Nico Ronis decided to switch up her haircut at 10 years old, cutting inches off her long hair.
The haircut was loosely modeled after her cousin who had received a similar haircut years earlier, Ronis explained.
“She told me she didn’t think it would look good, but I didn’t believe her and got it anyway,” she added.
The finished haircut was similar to a grown-out bowl cut, Ronis said.
“It looked how I thought it was going to look,” she explained. “It just didn’t look good on me. I have a smaller forehead, so it kind of fell into my face.”
Ronis said she concealed her true feelings about the look while she was in the salon.
“I felt really bad because it was totally my fault,” she added. “I told the hairdresser I liked it because it wasn’t their fault.”
Her brother and dad didn’t comment on her new haircut, but her mom subtly expressed her true distaste for her new look.
“My mom didn’t want to say she told me so, but I feel like she was kind of smug about it,” she added.
She said her friends were shocked at how much hair she cut off, and they didn’t really mention the style or shape.
Ronis said she was determined to grow it back to a more acceptable length.
“It took about five months,” she added. “I didn’t cut my hair for a while after that.”
