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Anonymous
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I've been wearing my hair in a chin-length angled bob for years, I love it and it looks GREAT on me. But alas with a baby I just never want to take the time to style my hair any more, and it looks AWFUL without styling. It's best length is too short for a ponytail or even most hair clips. A little longer and I can get a clip in but it looks silly, and longer still like right now (because I haven't been to the salon in 5 months) and I can get it into a ponytail, which looks better than bedhead but thats about it.
I have very fine, very slightly wavy hair, and a lot of it. I won't perm it (well I would but DH has told me its the only style he's ever actively disliked on me) or cut it shorter than chin-length. Longer is fine as long as I have some options for quick-pulled-together-casual vs. pretty/dressy. I'm 31 and go for more classic than trendy looks. Oh, and I hate bangs (shorter than my ears), they make me look 12. Only thoughts I've had are to grow it out a little more and have a few layers put in, so I could wear it in a bun or twist, or blow it out for special occasions. Anyone have any other ideas, please?? |
Anonymous
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Get away from the angled bob. It really doesn't look good unless you have tiny, delicate features and then only if it enhances those. So many people that think they look good with them have no business wearing them. It strikes me as "John and Kate Plus Eight", the same category as a huge, hideous tattoo! I think you can see what I am trying to get at?
Well, maybe someone else has useful suggestions on what might be appealing. |
Anonymous
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I believe I have hair similar to yours. I have the rare and treaded "very fine but a lot of it." I searched for years for the perfect "wash and wear" cut. The closest I have come to it is what I have now. The longest layer comes just past my collar bone and the shortest layer is at my jaw line. There are a LOT of layers. I always balked at lots of layers because somehowI associated it with sort of ragged and trashy. It is definitely not that. It is just enough to encourage the little wave that I have to do something and to give it some body without poofiness.
That being said, you have to be willing to have not perfect hair if you are not going to spend time styling it. Part of me liking the current look is realizing that you can't "have your cake and eat it too." What I do have is hair that looks presentable when I just throw a little product in it and go and that looks really great when I spend some time on it. Good luck. |
Anonymous
I have very curly hair but its long now and thin in general so when I do not blow dry it, it turns out wavy. I use about a dime size amount of Bumble and Bumble Hair Creme (for thin hair or the lightweight one) and I put it in and I love how my hair turns out. Its not crunchy like mousse and it holds well. I had a bob a while ago and I also found that taking a mini clip and putting the front of my hair up in a little pouff looked really cute when wavy. I still do it 
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Anonymous
| I wear my hair a little longer than yours (3 in shorter than back bra strap) and in angled layers with side swept bangs. I rarely blow dry it. It is a little wavy if I air dry it and put a little product in it. The day after washing, I just comb it and put a little water on it. It alwas grows out nice and is very low maintenance. I do get compliments w/ very little effort. |
Anonymous
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OP here. 11:05 I appreciate what you are saying, but I really am one of those people who look good with it. Every time my hair is freshly cut and styled, I get SO many unsolicited compliments, from family, friends, coworkers, complete strangers, etc. I have a doll face, and it just works (and is one of the few styles that doesn't make me look super young). (Also, it looks nothing like Kate + 8's hair, so maybe we're thinking of something different. It looks like this: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_y2Pxq1jHI8A/SgwxYPWvPcI/AAAAAAAADKU/Nw6mJUsMgMU/s400/short+bob+hairstyles.JPG )
Alas, it is unmaintainable at the moment, so thanks to everyone else for the suggestions. Can anyone, especially 11:11, post pictures? Either of your hair (w/ features blurred/whited out) or a similar celeb/net photo? |
Anonymous
| OP again, I'm fine having less than perfect hair--I wear it in a boring low ponytail all the time now, I just want something a *little* better than that! I'm even fine with a little finger-blowdrying, just don't want to pull out the big round brush EVERY day. |
Anonymous
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Do you have a really good hair dryer? I mean a really good one. I am able to blow out my curly shoulder length hair style in 10 minutes. I use this dryer:
http://www.folica.com/tools/hair-dryers/sedu-revolution-pro-tourmaline-ionic-tgr-4000i-hair-dryer |
Anonymous
OP here. It usually only takes me 10, maybe 15 min max to do my hair, but it's time I really don't want to take. Happy to do it on occasion, just won't do it every day any more. Just no longer a priority. |
Anonymous
(Also, a $150 hair dryer is DEFINITELY not a priority.) |
Anonymous
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I personally think the blah straight one length look looks far more trashy and far less pulled together than nice, stylish, polished, pretty layers. The former is almost as if you have given up or don't have the money to spend on your hair. Which is fine, you just don't have to look like it. I think Asian women and the model OP showed look great with the bob. If only I was a model. My head is too huge! |
Anonymous
| Beauty takes time. 10 minutes isn't much to have your hair look nice. How is that not important? And 10 min is so long. You aren't a dude! |
Anonymous
| I have straight hair that needs to be blow-dried, otherwise I end up with weird bends at the end. I am actually growing out a bob. Anyway, on days that I don't feel like getting out the round brush, I use a paddle brush to dry my hair and it takes half the time. Basically, you brush/blow all the hair from one side of your head around the back to the other side, taking care to go all the way to the ends. You are essentially using the curve of your head to smooth out your hair and keep your ends from flipping out. You end with with a little body and straight hair. Not as much volume as with the round brush, but again, it's less effort and takes half the time. It's perfect for bob length hair. |
Anonymous
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OP, I have hair like yours and I kind of think a no blow dry attractive hairstyle is impossible. I have one friend who doesn't blow dry her hair and it looks good but it is really, really long. I think you could try growing it out long enough that it weighed itself down and thus didn't need blow drying to tame. But I don't think that would ever work on my hair.
Also, I have another friend who decided that she hated blow drying and it wasn't necessary, so she just quit. And I have to say, I just thought she looked like a mess! I hate it but I've decided to keep blow drying. How often do you wash your hair? I switched to every other day a few years ago and that is a lifesaver so I have to blow dry half as much now. |
Anonymous
jut trying to helpful. I'm sure any hair do will look lovely with your attitude. |