How Was Your Week? Hair Disaster. Re-Styling with AI and a New Art Project!

If we were having coffee, I’d tell you I had my hair cut and coloured this week, and the hairdresser made a right pig’s ear of the cut. I usually have my hair styled in a long bob, so what did she do? Cut my hair almost level with the bottom of my ear lobes! Why? I have no idea. She’s been cutting my hair in the same style for years, so she had no excuse. I am livid as I have neither a swanlike neck nor a pixie-shaped face to carry off the style. I like the style but it’s just not me. Growl…. I am not happy

AI to the rescue? Not quite, but I thought it might be time to experiment with a new style once my hair eventually grows. I typed in my age, face shape, hair length required, hair colour, etc, and this is what she/he/it/they/them suggested. Interesting.

AI Question: What is the best hairstyle for a woman with a fat, round face and thick neck?

Suggestion

• Soft layered bob — about chin to collarbone length, with a side part. It frames the face without clinging too close.
• Tapered pixie — short at the back, slightly longer around the crown and sides. Gives lift and shape.
• Feathered shag — light layers and texture to add movement, easy to grow out.
• Curved fringe — a soft, side-swept fringe that follows your brow line can open up your face nicely.

If you want something low effort, styles that can air-dry into shape (a layered bob or feathered cut) will probably feel easiest day to day.

Do you prefer something you can just brush and go, or are you open to a bit of styling?

Question: What is a Feathered shag?

AI: A feathered shag is a layered haircut where the ends are softly tapered instead of blunt — like feathers rather than straight lines.

It usually has:

• Layers all around (especially near the crown and sides) so the hair moves and doesn’t sit flat.
• Soft, flicked ends that turn slightly out or under on their own.
• Light fringe or face-framing pieces that blend with the rest rather than forming a heavy line.

The overall look feels relaxed — not overly “done.” It’s forgiving as it grows because the layers blend into each other instead of forming a harsh edge.

Question: Please share a photograph

AI thought about it for a while then came back with this.

Okay, this is NOT me, but you get the picture. What do you think?

NOTE: While I find AI fascinating for problem-solving, I would never use it to produce blog posts etc. To me, writing, like painting, is a personal and creative endeavour.

POT PROJECT

Talking of creative endeavours, last Sunday morning I attended a local art group to learn how to decorate a terracotta pot using a certain technique. Hmmm, pooh. I’ve forgotten the name, but the end result looks sorta like this.

It was great fun as we added the texture (molding paste). As you can see, I embraced the project with enthusiasm.

This week we painted the pot. More to follow next week when the pot has been varnished.

Do you enjoy attempting new techniques?

SMELLY Dracaena plant

Finally … do you remember my smelly plant? We have solved the problem.

Sadly, despite digging out the plant and replacing ALL the soil a week or so later, the musty smell gradually began to return. I then had an A-HA!! moment (as you do) and smelt the pot. Yep, the Terracotta pot was the culprit. I’m not sure why, since the plant has been in this pot for years. Now we will need to invest in a heavy plastic pot.

How Was Your Week? Physio, Painting, Portuguese and Poorly Plant

that’s it for this week, folks. I hope I’ve just slipped under the wire on the Natalie’s coffeeshare time frame.