The problem with celebrity hairstyles

{This was originally posted on the Weddzilla Blog yesterday.}

My sister Leia and I got into a small argument the other day about how I'm going to wear my hair on my wedding day.  I have super straight hair that does nothing, and my plan has always been to wear it down with a headband or a simple clip.  I almost never wear my hair up, so I definitely don't want it up for my wedding day.

Since Jeff and I are getting married in June in notoriously muggy DC, I have been planning on getting a shoulder-length haircut so I don't get overheated.  Gwyneth's sleek and simple style is my inspiration:

Wherefore art thou perfect? (source)

So I have been set on a shoulder-length bob and that's that.  No discussion.  Except my sister  stubbornly insisted that it needs to be longer if I'm just going to wear it down.  'You don't understand!' I wailed, thinking of Gwyneth's perfect hair, 'It will be chic'.  But she kept insisting that it would be better long.  And when we parted, I just agreed to disagree.

Then I decided to take a walk down memory lane via old Facebook photos.  Let me preface this by saying that it was really difficult to find good hair shots that weren't completely humiliating. In chronological order:

Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Spring 2007 the dweebus is my  littlest sis :P
Summer 2007	Spring 2008	Summer 2008
Winter 2008	Spring 2009	Summer 2009

As much as it pains me to admit it...Leia was right.  I really don't like photos of myself with shoulder-length hair (also: it's three years later, and I still regret my experiment with bangs).  Shorter hair seems to emphasize my chubby cheeks.  I somehow forgot that each time I get my hair cut to that length, I feel miserable until it grows out.  Damn you Gwyneth and your long, slender neck and stunning bone structure!  I really shouldn't use celebrity photos as hair inspiration.

I don't think my hair should be any longer than it is now for my wedding, so I'm eventually going to have to decide on a length between shoulder length and my current length:

 Taken last month

Have you decided on your hairstyle yet?  Did it help at all to look at old photographs?