Male Teenage Hair Advice - Not looking dorky.

Revolutionary

Hey guys, I'm looking for some advice as to what to do to with my hair. I look and feel like a dork and I'd like to change it.

The new style must not:

-Have any colouring.
-Be long enough so that it touches my collar

Those are the school rules.

Other notes:

-I'm willing to grow it further, so feel free to make suggestions assuming it is longer. However I want to do something now, at least as a place holder between now and when it's longer.
-Money shouldn't be a problem.
-Try stay below ten minutes maintenance in the morning, but I'm flexible in that regard.
-These pictures were taken today.
-Your help is truly appreciated.

THANKS FOR THE HELP GUYS - PIC REMOVED FOR PRIVACY REASONS


Again, thanks for your time.

mooshoepork

I'd grow it a bit, put some product into it. Seems a bit flat. For the moment, I'd buy some product (like a surfer's hair paste or something similar) to give it some volume. Pull it out, and up with said paste, just experiment. But yeah, definately get some product.

ChicoBlue

Shave it all off.

It's cheap, and it takes less than ten minutes every morning to maintain.

mooshoepork

I'm not sure...Hard to pull off a shaved head for some people. You either look like a pumped muscleman, or a serial killer.

ChicoBlue

Either way, the ladies will be all over you.

Revolutionary

Thing is I don't want the 'big cheeks' look. I don't have it to any major extent, but I still want to avoid it.

That said, I'm satisfied with short hair (not like in the picture.)

Mooshoepork can you be more specific as to what I'd do? Step by step? I'm a newbie at this. You can tell I'm not a fashion guru from the pictures alone.

mooshoepork

holy shit. I just realised. Melbourne, Australia. Howdy:| I am in Melbourne too. I'll be able to tell you the exact product I use. It is in a green container, made by Garnier, and has a guy with blond hair on it. It's a surfer's hair one. Basically you apply some in your hands and just put it through your hair. Pull the front up a bit and put it to one side. Put the back up a little too. I'll see if I can find a pic.

http://www.makeupalley.com/product/showreview.asp/ItemID=59751/Fructis_Style_Surf_Hair/Garnier/Styling_Products/ review



edit: sorry if I am a little vague, but you will see when you put it in. You really just put it in your hand, run it through your hair, and mess it up a bit. It gives you some texture and volume.

bsjezz

man, stuff garnier, you're in australia - use one of our national icons:



i've used this stuff for years, and it's great. just make sure your hair is dry when you apply it - it'll run like a melted candle with water. but it gives you heeeeaps of volume without a glossy, shiny look or any sticky clumps.

you'll probably want your hair a bit shorter for best results. i'd ask for a number 4 on the sides, with an 8 (some places do eight - if not, just say 'pretty short, but long enough to play around with some product') on top. it's fantastic stuff for really malleable hair. feel like a faux-hawk? too easy. swept fringe? 80's front heavy bouff? good old 'just woke up' mess? fudge is the stuff.

Revolutionary

You're not being vague - I just don't know the lingo of this stuff. Don't worry yourself.

And yes, find me a picture! It's sort of hard to imagine descriptions for me.

Edit: To the poster above - I missed your post!

Right now I'm getting a number 4, with a 'broken front' and a 'tapered' behind. Do you have a picture of what you're describing? It sounds pretty short.

bsjezz

8 is like... maybe an inch and a half? i'm not sure, actually, i haven't actually gotten an eight in ages. these days i just get a 4 on top and have to wait a bit to do anything fancy

i used to ask for a scruff cut, i don't know if that's a regularly used expression. fudge is pretty easy stuff, anything that's not too long will work, but as soon as it grows out you start needing far too much and it gets a bit wild and unmanageable. at the moment you look good to go but it's nice to get a cut that will work for a while to come

Revolutionary

A link I found: http://www.about-hairstyles.com/short_hairstyles_for_men.html

I sorta like the second one. Wouldn't a longer version of that look good? A bit like in my pic. Would that style be very realistic to obtain?

The first one looks good too. Probably easier to get.

SkyGheNe

If you want to make your face look longer, thus avoiding the round faced chubby cheek look, you could always put your hair up using puddy of some sort. I'm not at home so I can't look up my brand, but it doesn't leave flaking in your hair and is strong as hell. You could also just pop up the front (but you need it to be reasonably short, otherwise it looks like you've got a tidal wave on the top of your head).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v341/skyghene/n9000803_35218885_3794.jpg

EggyToast

Dude, before you worry about product, you need to at least try different styles. If you just grab some product and stuff it in your hair you'll look like a guy who just stuck product in his hair.

Try a part; pick a side. Try a subtle part, where you keep your current style mostly intact (combing it all forward) but the part gives it a little definition. Or try the full-on part where you brush each half away from each other. The subtle part will probably look edgier.

Also, try styling your hair with your fingers, rather than a comb. You get less definition but for men's hair that's often a good thing. Play around with your hair while it's wet, and settle on a style you like. Then see what happens when your hair dries. if it gets ugly, you need product. And start with a little, not a lot -- the shiny spiky look is, in my opinion, not that different in looks from what you're doing now.

Dulcius_ex_asperis

I'd say try to get it like this (try to ignore that it's OMG! JTT!):

http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/856870.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1936808AB6AB7C5FBABB971EB3ECE824D76284831B75F48EF45

if you can. Seems like Fudge should do it, along with the proper haircut. I'd recommend against having bangs, they look good on very few men. And don't do the little flip-up...it's kinda dorky (sorry if there are any flippers reading this). Just go generally messy all over. Heaps more attractive to us female types, I'd say.

Trowizilla

You might want to go with some layers in the back. Right now, it's just kind of shapeless, which is blah. Experiment with product (surf wax is excellent, but if your mom has some hair gel or something, borrow about a dime-sized amount and just scrunch it through the front.) Product is great to play with, since you can just wash it right out if you dislike it.

Also, if you're going to have short hair, keep the bit above your ears trimmed. The shaggy bit there contrasts strangely with the rest of your hair.

squirly

I kind of go through different products, seeing which I like the most which at the moment is Schwarzkopf Elastic Fibre Gum, it's just a kind of putty/wax/gel esque thing and over here costs about $9AU at Woolworths but there are other good brands/products which are a couple of $ cheaper. I stick with the 'gum' or 'wax' stuff because it holds your hair well, doesn't give it that wet look and doesn't make it ultra hard like gel does. Also, since it's not ultra hard if it's really windy or someone runs their hand through your hair a bit it will mess it up but you can kind of 'restyle' it without using more, just make sure to put some wax/gum in the parts where it's the thinnest/easiest to stick up like the the back part of the top of your head (If that makes sense).

What I usually do is hop out of the shower and dry my hair a bit with a towel than use a bit of the EFG to start styling and than usually mess my hair up a bit with the towel (And drying it more) and than continue styling (Just using my fingers). My hair is kind of thin and on the shorter/normal side and I have a sort of general shape I go for, but I just kind of use product with my fingers and use the towel till I'm happy.. it can take 2 minutes to 15 but usually nowhere near that long, usually like 5.

As for the shape/style, well, I don't know if they have this at hairdressers elsewhere but over here a lot of them have these things at the front that have a ton of styles (Photos of models with said style, just the head not full body shops) and see if there's anything you like and than try it out at home. Edit: Just realised you are in Australia. Be kind of conservative too, don't try and do some crazy massive spike thing, possibly just mess/rough it up a bit (So it's not so straight), make the front part kind of go to the side or something..

If you are going to go this way, or for general using a product to do something, I'd say your hair is a bit too long, especially around your ears and the your fringe. Edit: Actually, it might be good to go to the hairdressers and get it cut but make sure to mention that this is your first time thinking of styling it and they'll offer help and depending upon where you go, they'll style it for you after cutting it making suggestions, etc. I kind of remember doing this, I went for a haircut but than mentioned I want to style it so the lady (Well, some girl in her 20s) offered suggestions and what not. One thing, ask them about "layering" your hair so instead of just being flat, it's kind of, well, layered - they should be able to explain it better and I'd say layering is very important in regards to styling your hair.

And if you want, you can call up, make an appointment so they're expecting you, etc and it's sort of a more "real" thing than just wandering off the side of the street. So yeah, I'd recommend actually talking to a hairdresser for your first time, they can be insanely helpful.


Edit: Insanely long post for freaking hair, but I swear I'm not gay, I'm just vain and have done this for years. I don't know how well your fashion is or what you wear, but that's another area you might want to also look at after figuring out something with your hair.

FirstComradeStalin

Just grow it out and experiment with it. Get some volume in there. I agree with everyone else who suggested hair product, your hair is going to still be flat as you grow it out, the only difference is that you'll have more to work with.

Use Crew Classic Wax


I like it because you can use it on dry or damp hair, and it never gets really stiff. You can't spike your hair with it, but it'll do perfectly well at slightly curling edges and adding volume.

desperaterobots

Grow it out and spend some time fooling around with it. I'd suggest letting your sideburn bits grow a little longer and your fringe come down to your brow. Then you can sweep the fringe to the side or part it or even quiff it on the odd occasion.

or maybe even:



???

I actually googled 'emo hair' to find the above (except for mr quiffy), and while I think most will agree the more extreme emo-hair cuts are fucking naff, the more subtle, non-coloured, non-straightened, non-ridiculous takes on a fringe and longish bits looks pretty darn cute on a lad.

EDIT: Also, shiny hair looks bad. It's kinda out of fashion unless you own a pizza or kebab store. Go for products that give your hair a matte-look.

corcorigan

Go for the Che look? Women love revolutionaries.