You may have heard of mom jeans, mom voice, but have you heard of the mom bob? It’s a relatively new term that MAY describe my recent haircut. What do you think?
With all of this uncharacteristically hot weather in Wisconsin, I wanted a shorter haircut. My hair was getting longer, but for the most part has been shorter than shoulder length because that’s what my fine, poker straight hair can tolerate. I told my hair stylist that I wanted to go shorter and indicated the length that I wanted. I also explained that I wasn’t sure if it should be all one length, or if we should angle it. Ultimately we went for one length, and I left thinking, “Okay, I can work with this.”
My hair stylist also mentioned very casually that another client comes in and requests the “mom bob.” Oh great – now I have a mom bob too. That’s exactly what I wanted (insert sarcasm here).
Little did I know that I would be trimming stray bangs the next day, and looking critically at my new “do” in the mirror, thinking, “What have I done?” My bangs were crooked, and the cut was so blunt and plain looking. Even a few days later, I still feel a little disappointed, so I made an appointment to have it repaired this week.
Ugh…have you ever had your hair style labeled as a mom bob or mom hair? How do you address a bad haircut with your stylist? If she can’t fix it to my liking, do I make the difficult switch? Why does switching hair stylists feel like a break-up?!
Here are some past pictures of my hair in better days:
go mama o. 
I recently had a disappointing haircut. I went back to my stylist the next week. I was nice about it because I really like him and he also cuts my daughter’s hair really well. I took some of the blame because I was so nonspecific about what I wanted. He fixed me up and didn’t charge me, though I did tip him. Great, no breakup needed.
Cool – I HOPE that can be the case for me too because she also cuts my kids hair too. She does what I ask for…so hopefully it can be repaired!
Time for a change –
New stylist – definitely
Change good
I’m going to see if she can fix it on Wednesday, but if not, may make a change!!
My friend got her hair cut like that a few years ago after her third child because she said she needed something easy. I guess it is a “mom bob”!! I had a lot of hair cut off a few months ago to make it easier but since I have such curly hair it only made it more difficult to manage. With this humidity it just blows up into a clown hairdo so I just have to pull it back in a clip!
As a straight haired girl, I think curls would be kind of nice, though I know they have their own challenges. No one wants their hair to be labeled “mom hair.”
Cathy, I too have fine, stick straight hair. What it lacks in quantity, it makes up for in limpness, haha. I always go no more than chin length with gets lots and lots of layers. Curling the layers, then using a waxy cream at the roots, and lots of John Frieda Frizz Ease hairspray (a must for my hair!) is the only way I can get volume into it. I just got it cut today with a new stylist and I’m very happy with it. You’ll see it on Facebook today!
YES – your new haircut looks really cute! I guess mine just feels too plain right now. I’ll have to try some of your tips on products. Thanks Rebecca!
I´m waiting for the update, Cathy! Do you have to break up with your stylist or did she fix your cut?
Well, it WAS fixed. She was so nice about it too. I think I’ll stick with her for now!
I have a mom bob! I have always had one sort of. I miss my shoulder length hair that I can sometimes tie up into a pony tail =)
Hey, whatever works, right?! I am embracing my mom-bob (but did add some layering on the bottom, so it’s not such a blunt cut). 🙂