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How should I style my hair?
squeefish
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So, this is my hair (I'm pondering my next Scrabble move in this photo :P):
I have a formal event on Friday and I'm not sure what I should do with it. I don't really want to leave it down, and pulling the bangs back looks a little strange to me. Any suggestions?
I have a formal event on Friday and I'm not sure what I should do with it. I don't really want to leave it down, and pulling the bangs back looks a little strange to me. Any suggestions?
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They know best, unless someone in here has a sense of your hair and body and can tell you what you will look good on you. A stylist will be able to get an "understanding" of your hair and your body type to get a good look going.
I mean I think it looks good as is, but that's just me. By the looks of things it's a very full/thick head of hair so it should open up a lot of different possibilities.
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Anyway, why not spend a few hours browsing hair styles, select a few you like, then print them out and take them to a stylist and decide what'll work?
Whatever you pick, I'm sure you'll end up looking great.
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ah yes I like this, it elaborates well what I was saying. Not every hair style will work well with your face.
Oh that sucks. Well in that case try giving it a good back-comb and curl it a bit, it will give you some volume, and will give you a different look. With that extra volume it could show your face a bit more, which I agree is a little too covered. From what we can see you have a very good looking face, so show it off, pull the hair back off of it a bit.
If you had any particular styles that you really liked, you should post pictures of them and we can try and direct you in recreating them. If you were looking for a simple solution, you could curl sections of your hair with a curling iron. Use a good heat protectant on your hair first, and make sure you don't use anything that adds extra volume or if your hair is anything like mine, it will poof out and go all frizzy.
Another suggestion is to put your hair up in a sleek elegant high bun, or french twist. They look absolutely adorable with bangs like you've got and are really easy to re-create and there are plenty of websites to tell you how to do it if you don't know. You could also put it up in a messy bun and curl the very ends/pin them so that you have ringlets falling down.
I'll look around for styles online that I like. I did find a few that I thought were very pretty, but it seemed most of them were designed for girls without bangs. I'll keep searching though. Thanks again!
If you've got a slimline hair straightener you can also use that a bit like a curling wand, but it takes a bit of extra work to do, and to get the curls going in the right direction. If not, you should think about getting a curling iron at some stage anyway. Adds loads of variety to your hairstyles and every girl should be armed with one!
You also need to invest in a heat protectant for using your hair straightener if you don't already, it will add lots and lots of shine to your hair and keep it in great condition.
Googling "updo" along with "fringe" or "bangs" gets okay results
You can also find a celeb with the same style hair and search them by name (Lily Allen has heavy bangs, among others)
Color. You know you want to.
I'd definately try tying it up, with the glasses you'd look very cool & 60's retro! Love that look, i went swing dancing on the weekend and a girl there had that kind of look.
I also used to have a friend with hair about your length, and she curled it occasionally. It looked fantastic. You can do mild curling with a hair straightener if you twist the hair around the tongs as you pull, try that before investing in an actual curling iron. This is more effective if your straightener doesnt have big broad plates though. If you're nervous about it, go to a shop that sells straighteners, that also has a dummy head with hair for demonstrations. Ask them to show you how to do it. If they dont know, say you've heard it can be done and ask if you can try. Not many stores will say no. A curling iron gives much tighter curls though, depends on the look you're after.
*edit - beaten on the straightener curling!*
Medopine, I searched for updos with bangs on google and found this (which is a little low to be an "updo," I suppose :P):
Looks like it would probably be pretty easy, but I'm not sure if I have enough hair for it (lengthwise, that is). What do you guys think? Could I manage something similar?
yeah I was just going to suggest this
the picture you posted shows us your hair, not your face
we need a better idea of what you look like before we can even give you proper hair-wear tips
some do's just don't suit on some faces
Okay. Here's what I look like with bangs pulled back. I'm worried it's kind of a severe look with the glasses (which I'll still be wearing on Friday.)
If you go to a good stylist and ask them to re-do your hair, I'm sure you'll get something great out of it. It may be expensive though.
Squee loves expensive haircuts.
Hurr, hilarious, Munacra
Heh, no problem. Compliments don't bother me too much :P
What wonderful advice!
Oh wait...
:P
I've found it pretty helpful. I'm terribly sorry you don't like it.
Back on topic... are curling irons like straighteners, where you have to spend a fair bit of money to get anything half decent? If my mom doesn't have one I might consider picking one up if I can get it for, say, around 40 bucks, but somehow I'm guessing that's not realistic. I bought my straightener for about that much but it doesn't work very well (and it's huge and clunky, so trying to use it to make curls is out).
And yes, I know I could just go to a stylist for that price, but as a curling iron is something I could use many times, I wouldn't mind buying one.
http://katemoynahan.googlepages.com/hair6.jpg/hair6-full.jpg
which is basically just curled pinned back somewhat randomly...and keep your bangs down or pull them back and pin them.
As for curling irons, you can buy one that's not too expensive, since it sounds like you won't be using it every day. I'd recommend a 1" curling iron, because anything bigger will make pretty big curls, and ore often than not they 'loosen' a little after styling -- aka get a bit bigger. 1" is what I used to use when I had hair your length. Anything smaller makes too-tight ringlets, and anything bigger is just too big.
Here are a few different models that you should be able to find for under $20:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10153816
http://www.target.com/dp/B00194CEW8/sr=1-1/qid=1232492345/ref=sr_1_1/190-5863120-8504840?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Acurling%20iron&page=1
they're obviously not super nice or anything, but they're definitely good enough for your needs. And yeah, get a heat protectant if you straighten every day, it can def. do a number on your hair.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI7WthQybvM
edit: is it because you prefer the way your hair looks with bangs? after rereading your question, i'm not sure if you mean, you don't want to just pull your bangs back, or if you don't want to pull the rest of your hair back with your bangs hanging down, or if you want a hairstyle where your bangs will not be down. if that makes any sense.....
your bangs are cut very short and very horizontal, so the slanted-bangs look you find in a lot of up-dos will be very hard to pull off... consider pinning your bangs back and using the mid-length hair at the edges of your face to frame and take the attention away from your glasses
I would suggest go with an up-do and pin your bangs back to show off your face and jawline, but towards the front, let loose a few locks of longer hair and twist them very slightly with a curling iron
kinda like this
either on both sides or just one, depending on your preference
from your first picture you have hair of medium length that blends the length from your bangs to the rest of the hair... that'll work in this case
for the actual updo, go with a style that has plenty of fly-aways (i.e., not all the hair is clipped in place), and this will help soften your look some more
amelia_kate, I think I understand your edit about the bangs - and I meant that I'm not crazy about how they look pulled up with the rest of my hair down, even though I see a lot of girls wearing theirs that way. I would think that having all of my hair pulled back would make the effect even more severe, but curling the side pieces and leaving them down should help a bit.
Back to curling irons - my mom's is pretty thin (less than an inch, I'd say) but I know curls tend to loosen after a while. I just don't want to end up with little sausage ringlets or something. If I curl it a few hours in advance, will they relax a fair bit by the time I go to the event? I could put the hairspray in right before I left or something.
and other similar ideas:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221046/mediaindex
This may have been a dumb post.
Totally depends on your hair type. In my case, for instance, my hair is straight but holds curl pretty well, so if I curl it, it stays curled. I'd try it out beforehand to make sure. Just do what you wanna do to your hair and see how it looks, see if it is all little-house-on-the-prairie curls or if they loosen up nicely. Then the day of you don't have to worry about it.