Magnificence and scissors

Here is a short and visual story about how you can’t inch your way into magnificence.

I rarely do videos, but this was too good an opportunity to miss.

What are your thoughts? Tell me in the comments!


39 Comments - What do YOU think?
  • http://www.renewabelle.com Anonymous

    Oh my gosh!!!

    What an excellent visual to go with your point. I can’t believe you totally did that!

    Rock on. xo

  • Stephanie Stroter

    Seriously, I have been thinking about doing the same thing. I’ve bee doing the ‘fro for about 8 – 10 years now and I am bored with it and have always thought the african american women I see with very short, near bald, dos, look magnificent(to use the word from the video). I have been hemming and hawing because I don’t have the “right” wardrobe to go with this hairdo and I don’t want to look “manly”.

    All of this may be all in my head(as most things are, right? LOL!) but I could just go with it and make myself new clothes, seeing as how I sew and all, for goodness sakes!!

    I also like those tribal tattoos, but that’s another story for another time. LOL!

    What was the inspiration behind this video? Were you already contemplating cutting off your hair or did you see it as a great way to make an impactful example of the difference between half-stepping and magnificence?

    Great video! Definitely do more!

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    *double rock hands*

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    Do eeeet! Although you might want to wait until summer. :)

    Some singlets now make my shoulders look a bit broad, but that’s about it in terms of effect on my clothes. (You can tell that I don’t look AT ALL scary – even with seven piercings and a mini-mo, and wearing a heavy metal shirt, I still look unthreatening!)

    I was already going to do the hair – it was too long, too hot, and I was very bored with it – so I thought I’d throw in a bonus video.

    I’ll do more videos if people want them!

  • Stephanie Stroter

    Definitely wait for warmer weather. Yesterday it was spring like and I was thinking, “yeah, no more sweater and hats and coats and boots and…..” and then..I open the door this morning…

    WHAM! Hit in the face with a COLD blast of air…..

    Stupid Mother Nature, I’d like to drop kick her. :-)

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    *shudder*

    My grand plan is to go to the Northern Hemisphere every June to August so I never, never have to endure winter again.

  • http://www.grammarjunkie.com Glad Doggett

    You are brave, bold and beautiful. In a word: Magnificent!!!

  • http://happyfuzzyyarn.com Riin

    Awesome haircut and awesome metaphor! I went from shoulder length hair to 1/4 inch hair about a year and a half ago. Eventually I got tired of the super short hair and have been growing it out a bit so I’d have more of it to dye purple. I love my purple hair!

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  • Stephanie Stroter

    I am checking out Jacksonville, FL as we speak!!

  • http://www.miss-britt.com Miss Britt

    Holy cow!!! You rock it, girl!

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    Thank you, Glad dearest! I can but try. :)

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    Your purple hair is fantastic! I was tempted to go with colours, but it was easier to pick up The Dude’s clippers and go at that.

    May try purple later! Or fire engine red!

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    Thank you, dearest!

    *pleased grin*

  • Anonymous

    Smack!

    That’s the sound of my jaw on the desk :)

    I love it and the piercings go perfectly. I’m a veteran of many different hairstyles and lengths so it makes perfect sense to me to change it when it doesn’t suit you anymore. After all, it’s just hair :)

  • .niemczura Szymon Niemczura

    Brilliant! Thanks!

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    I was so pleased with how much it made the piercings stand out. This hair was made of win!

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    I aim to please. :)

  • http://tangerinemeg.com Tangerine Meg

    Way to go, Catherine! And point well made :)

  • http://www.wicked-whimsy.com Michelle

    HAHA! Awesome visual & of course I’m biased as a former mohawk-wearer myself, but I like the results. :)

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    Thankee. :)

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    I missed Drama Hair. It’s so very good to be back. :)

  • http://omshantihandcrafts.com/ Kate

    OMG I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

  • Russell Lundstrom

    Magnificent! God, if only you had your help blast LOG as you fired up that razor, full blast, and then, throw the horns and stick out your tongue when done, then you’re talking

    Super Mag.

    Nice job tho. love it.
    Russell

  • Jodi Henderson

    And, see, my grand plan is to move to Oz June – August so I don’t have to deal with the Texas summers. They suck! :)

    Re: the video – Great way to use something you were already planning to do to make a point for us readers. It looks great!

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    Triple kudos for that comment.

    I was very tempted, but what track could I possibly play? Laid to Rest? Pathetic?

    Ooh, I know! Redneck!
    :)

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    LIKEWISE! :)

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    LIKEWISE! :)

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    Maybe we should swap? :)

    Thanks! I thought, “Hell, it can’t hurt to film it. If it sucks, then I won’t upload it.”

  • Ashleyinzer

    Hello sexy mama!! You look MAGNIFICENT with a shaved head! Thank you for sharing the video and story (and for wearing the perfect shirt). I feel honored to have witnessed such courage. Did I tell you that I have mustered the courage to get dreads? Even though, according to others, I have “dream” curly hair? Next week!

  • http://andydolph.com Andy Dolph

    Amazing! Brilliant! Wonderful! and also fun that one of the steps in my magnificence was deciding to let my hair GET long…. short hair never really felt right, but I wasn’t sure what I wanted, and it was what I was “suposed to do” to look “profesional” whatever that means… but long hair feels good to me, so this is fun.

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    Dreads are hard work, but I miss them nonetheless. :)

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    And that’s what it’s all about!

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  • Anonymous

    Simple. Brilliant. I can now carry the simple picture of you shaving your head in my mind when I am faced with the choice of being ‘safe’ or being extraordinary.

    And you look stunning with your head shaved…your whole face lights up now. Beautiful.

    Thank you.

    J.

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    Thank you, Jenna! I look forward to seeing what magnificence you create!

  • Chloe Walker

    Darling, that looks fucking fabulous. Hot damn.

  • https://CashAndJoy.com Catherine Caine

    *blush* :)

  • http://www.anencouragingbird.com BirdyD – Roving Robin Reporter

    Bet all your avian-type neighbors loved you after that one! :-D

    You have a point, and it is not, in fact, on the top of your head.