Warning: Superficial

I just have to vent a little, and is REALLY petty and dumb...probably because I feel like I don't need one more frustration in the midst of everything else...are you ready? I warned you...superficial, remember?

I have tried twice now to get my hair trimmed to keep up the style I had cut back in March that I LOVED...and both times have just left me for months with frustrating hair. This last time I brought in pictures to try to help. It is not that I don't like the lady...I just can't figure out how to tell her how to cut my hair. I just know that I get home and it is not the way it was when I first got it cut. One frustration that I addressed was her layering my hair on the sides...which after blow-drying ends up in this nasty, feathery look instead of curling under - YUCK! It just doesn't lay right no matter what I do. Here is a picture to prove it...

When I showed her the pictures of how it was cut the first time, she saw what I meant and said she would keep it longer on the sides - but the damage was done from the time before. But it still doesn't look right - so it is more than just the sides. There are other things that I know I don't like, but I have no idea how to tell her what I want...I just know what I DON'T want!! I am going in one final time to this lady, and then I am either letting my sister, Kara try to cut it even though she is not a beautician, or I will just have to try a new style. I don't feel like bouncing from person to person, and plus I am cheap and getting my hair cut all the time is expensive. I just know I can't take it this way anymore!!

Katina, I need you to come back down here!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :)