I bet your hair looks beautiful!

Did your stylist warn you that red is very hard to maintain? I've had red hair since I started going grey in my early twenties, and if you aren't careful about using the right shampoo, it will either fade or go brassy. Also, leave-in conditioner is better than the wash out kind.

I went through something similar early this year---got tired of my long hair and had it chopped to just below chin length. This 30 year old awful girl/child at work said to me, "oh you got your hair cut." Nothing else. In front of everyone in the office. sheeesh. Anyway, I didn't care becase I liked it because I'm a no maintenance type of gal, just like Rock'n Roll girl. I'm the bane of my stylist's existence because I refuse to blow dry my hair or consider anything other than a layered bob. I wash, run a comb thru it, glob in gel (by the way, Shikai makes a great gel for colored hair), scrunch the waves/curls and go.