I need help. SO for those of you using a feed reader – click on through to this post!
My hair is driving me bat-shit crazy and I really don’t know quite what to do with it.
Normally, I would submit my hair dilemma to Whoorl at Hair Thursday and let her and the Internets make a decision but I have two small problems with that:
- The girl has a HUGE waiting list for hair help (hey she is good)
- I am impulsive and waiting even a week is too long for me when I get the haircut bug, it has to go ASAP!
So it is up to you (yes YOU right there!!!) my readers to vote on what I should do (also please leave a comment with any links/suggestions you may have for me).
First My Hair:
It is fine but there is lots of it, poker strait, shoulder length with some chin length layers (end of nose length bangs) and annoyingly soft (even if I tease the shit out of it the teasing and knots come out within the hour). Naturally dark brown with a touch of red in it, and about 10 -15% grey. My grey hairs are annoying because they stick strait up like a misbehaved pubic hair (lovely I know).
Currently my hair has these layers which I never wanted but some dipstick hairdresser cut them in to give me “movement and body”. All the layers have succeeded in doing is making my ends look ragged and sparse no matter how healthy they are. Sadly my regular hairdresser ran off to Australia for a year (hence the Movement and Body issue).
This is where I am at now, on a good hair day:
In the past 2.5 years I have also done this to my hair:
So it is up to you (yes YOU right there!!!) my readers to vote on what I should do (also please leave a comment with any links/suggestions you may have for me).
The Hair Low Down:
I currently wash and blow dry my hair every second day. I am partial to keeping it a dark brown color; mostly because I am too lazy to deal with the expence and upkeep of hi-lights.
I have a cowlick on the right side of my head right were my bangs should be. This cowlick can be blown out easy enough, and it lies pretty straight when my bangs are longer. If someone was to suggest bangs for me I would ask that they be at a length that will not get in the way of my glasses when I wear them, and that they are long enough to pull back into “The Yorkie” like in the above picture (especially useful on the day after I wash/blowdry my hair).
My hair will part wherever I tell it to. Obviously I am not afraid of cutting it all off (BUT I hate the growing out process) and I am very OK with keeping it long (because nothing is easier then a ponytail when hanging around the house with the kids). I just want my hair to look finished when I do decide to put the effort into doing it. I am also quite good with a hairdryer and a straitening iron so using tools now and then does not scare me.
What I like and You can choose from: unless you have a suggestion then go for it in the comments!
Now Go forth and Vote!!!
With the shape of your face, you could go with any haircut and it would look great. (Lucky bum). For the record, though, I went with #2. I think it’s super cute and would show off your eyes. I also like #1 and #3 though. I think #4 would be a nightmare to maintain (and who needs that with a newborn?) Good luck! Can’t wait to see the final cut. (pun intended).
I think your hair looks fantastic now. But you’re not feeling it so that doesn’t work.
First can I say, you look completely different in each of those pictures.
I voted to keep it long because I like where it’s going now. I think the layers also help to make it look finished. Have you tried flat ironing your hair to kind of make the layers flow?
I also think you looked great with a short bob so I think 2 and 3 are also options. I’m not a fan of teeny tiny short bangs.
I’m a lot of help huh? I also see that your blog has one vote for each option – heehee.
I voted for #2, I think #3 would be a nightmare because it would get in your face all the time! Just my thoughts…
I like your #3! I say chop it all off! 🙂
And I’m with you – when I want a haircut, I want it NOW.
I also went with 2 (but I am partial to shorter hair) but I think take it even further, almost like a pob (posh bob) but before she went really short – if you know what I mean? Good luck!
Your hair is pretty darn cute on a good day, but I like #3
Wow, you have had many different hairstyles. Mine has always been the same old same old.
Two little pennies here –
1. short hair makes one look younger, getting the focus on to the face.
2. round, or chubby faces don’t look so great in short hair because – it gets the focus on the face. Well, actually it doesn’t look bad provided the wearer feels comfortable about the face 🙂
Conclusion – keep it long, but maybe shorter in the front, as in option one. But ah, the lightness of drastically cut hair!
I was on Hair Thursday back at its inception. I felt like a complete dork, so this is a way better way to do it. P.S. I voted for #3 because it looks very fashionable, but also very doable. You know? Indeed.
I swear, you and I should never meet in real life – there is some law of physics that two people so similar can’t be in close proximity or something. Matter and anti-matter? Anyway, your hair description sounds REMARKABLY like mine. Although, I have never had the guts to try anything new like “bangs” or “layers.” I have had the same haircut for 28 years, and since Amelia was born I’ve been twisting and clipping it up to keep it OUT OF THE WAY. I’m voting for #3 – but mostly because I just want to see what it would look like on me. 😉