Gorgeous, KeeptheKey! I love that it's just a tad past natural color, very pretty.

I think my hair does reflect my style. Changing my hair was a big turning point for my style. It used to be way past my shoulders and curly. I cut it when I realized it looked a little too much like my high school style (and I'm waaay past high school). I wanted to look a little more sophisticated and modern, which for me translated to a sleek (or sometimes wavy) bob.

I think my hair gives me a bit of an edgy look. I strongly disliked having long hair and being super girly. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrr.

@ AlaskaGirl: "My hair is naturally sleek and polished, so it takes effort to RATE it up, which seems against my RATE philosophy of not making too much effort."

very interesting, to me, RATE is an aesthetic, not an idea of how much work you want to put into your look. for me, shorter, RATE hair is always more work and fuss than a longer, sleeker 'do - but i love that rougher, more antique-feeling aesthetic so for me it's no contradiction at all.

i've gone back and forth between short and long - either way i like it curly and rowdy! right now it's shorter and has more of an 'edge' to it, it is much more in keeping with my overall style than it was before i cut it. it's not that my previous look fought AGAINST my style, just my look now reflects it more. and it's encouraging to see so many here agree with me that your hair and makeup choices are an integral part of your personal style! steph

Mine is not a reflection of my style. It tends to look either very "soccer mom" or very "16."

I am much more edgy and artsy and like something more angular that shows off my more masculine, angular facial features because I like playing up the contrast between my jaw and my full lips or my bone structure and my curvy figure.

However, I am currently letting my insecurities and people in my life keep me from doing what I want with my hair.

Mrs. e, you are right. I don't know that RATE is necessarily less effort, though one may contrive to look one just rolled out of bed looking attractively disheveled.

However, for me I think it originally grew out of my desire to make less effort (i.e. "I like the scuffed look because I can't be bothered to polish my shoes" or "I don't feel like tucking in my shirt all the way"). I hate ironing, and I remember someone saying to me once, not very nicely, "Wow, you pull off the wrinkled look really well." There is such a thing as too RATE!

Such interesting responses! I have a hair appointment first thing tomorrow morning to try to tweak my hair style a bit so it's more in line with the direction I want my style to be going. I'm actually going to use my style adjectives to describe to her what I'm looking for.

KTK - thanks for the photo of your gorgeous red hair!!

I think my hair does express my style, in fact my hairstyle seems to be part of my "signature". I have worn a short bob for years. I have at times tried a new style for while but always come back to the bob. For me the bob is short, sharp and neat I like nice clean lines in my clothing and I think my hairstyle works in well with that. I am very OCD re my hair and wash and style every morning. I also have it trimed every 4 weeks and coloured about every 6. I agree with a comment earlier that it can be difficult to achieve a stylish look if your hairstyle doesn't work for you.

yellowgirl, best of luck at the hairdresser, look forward to seeing the new 'do'