@Maria from the front my hair's about the same shape (maybe a tiny bit shorter) as your first pic. But from the back not so much, because it would be too much to ask it to be the same texture throughout. so I get icky flatness with a tiny bit of wave in back. Naturally a medium to darkish brown but currently dyed red.
@mrsozzy I have fine hair even though I had amazing thick hair when I was younger - down to my butt long. I love John Frieda shampoos. I also love Bog sexy hair but can't find it in the UK
If you have dark hair, dry shampoo makes it look grey...
I color my hair light brownish red (naturally very dark blonde), and as long as I brush dry shampoo through thoroughly, I don't get the grey look. There are also colored dry shampoos for brunettes and blondes. However, for me they didn't seem that different, and the brunette stuff is messy-gets under your nails, in your ears, etc. It was annoying, so I went back to the original.
I've not had any luck with even the dark hair ones. All looks grey
Oribe makes a "dry texturizing spray" that is similar to dry shampoo, except it's allegedly clear. It didn't work that great for me, but it's worth a try. Pricey though, about $30 a can if I recall correctly. If you weren't in the UK I'd send you the rest of mine!
My wife has uber-thick dark (almost black) long Native American hair, which I've noticed is usually the first thing other women comment on when they meet her, sometimes asking if they can touch it. She's always putting some kind of cool new braid in it. I don't take notice of other women's hair very often (unless there is something wrong with it), but I always dig hers.
"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy, if not, you'll become a philosopher." -Socrates
Dry shampoo has never worked for me. It gives me an Afro that makes O. J. Simpson (of Naked Gun times) pale with shame.
Last hair pic for a long time, promise: Going out today, so I washed and de-frizzed my curls.
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@Maria - your hair has grown, it looks longer to me! Have you ever had it straightened at the salon just too see how long it really is?
I am afraid to do so - because I don't think straight hair suits me. I've got such a small, narrow face and long neck and need all the volume I can get. But if I stretch out the longest layer with my fingers it's a bit below bra strap length.
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@MILF_in_training, I agree with Lost. A rich chestnut brown colour would be beautiful and I'd also add a few caramel highlights. It looks quite heavy so I'd also have a layered style with good bit of length removed. Says the woman with the most boring hair in the world.
Whoops, I see you want to keep your length so please disregard my unhelpful advice.
I love superlong hair, and anyone who can pull it off should. Unfortunately with my half-assed curly I can't myself, the length weighs it down too much and then the whole thing is frizzy but flat, instead of just the back :P
Jane Seymour's hair. Ugh, how does she do it? I want to know and I want to know now. Living proof that mature women can wear their hair long and look fabulous. I do hate her just a bit.
@MILF_in_training Though I can only see the back I agree that long layers and fringe around the face would go a long way in sprucing up your look. You could put up your hair and have those sexy wisps of hair around your face.
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The universe doesn't give you what you ask for with your thoughts; it gives you what you demand with your actions. ~ Steve Maraboli
In fairness if we all had loads of money a nanny, a cook, the best hairstylist, personal Pilates trainer and loads of free time, we'd all look just as fab!
Try going with an ash tone or cool as opposed to golden or warm, that will get rid of the brassy-ness. As for me my hair grows way too fast. If you knew how often I color, it you'd faint !! The problem is not letting it get too long for my age.
I need to do something with it, but I've never played with my hairstyle. Help wanted. People say I have great hair, but I'm getting a bit tired of the granola look.
I do want to keep it long and fuss-free. [So it looks good in the morning if I do nothing but brush it.] I love my long hair and see it as being one of my best features.
You can keep it long AND get it trimmed. I'd also suggest you think about a blunt cut - the only downside would be that the tips need to be trimmed on a regular basis for a neat look and you'd lose some of your length. I don't think this would be a bad idea, because your hair is really very long and the tips seem to be quite frizzy.
Another option would be getting rid of the frayed tips, but keeping layers. That would mean no U-shape, but two or three blunt layers in different lengths if you know what I mean. This way you could keep practically all of your length.
Third alternative: Look into the classic Vidal Sassoon round layer circle cut (Currently star hairdresser David Babaii is giving it to most of his clients: Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman and Kate Hudson love this look). It's basically one length all the way round in a very slight curve that gives you subtle, almost invisible layers. You don't need to get it re-cut very often.
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@growingafamily, that's what my hair is like, too! It's wavy when I want it straight and it's flat when I want it wavy! What I wouldn't give to be either one or the other, like @JLB or @Maria!
(Just learned from my suddenly hair-conscious 12 yo DS, of all people, that wavy hair has oval-shaped follicles, vs. round ones for straight hair. He got it out of the science encyclopedia.)
I used to wear mine kinda long (halfway down my back) and put it up/braid it when I met DH. Unfortunately, I also have a high forehead, so bangs/layers around my face are imperative, but after years of those i'm beginning to worry about thinning around the top of the bangs. I'm growing it out now from a mommy cut, hope to be shoulder-length by summer, but am afraid it will go flat again on top and puffy at the bottom - like a cut-off cone shape, if that makes sense. Plus I have zero time to fuss with it on workday mornings.
Any good hair vitamins out there? Or are those just a fad and don't work?
@Tiger_Lily, I'm taking Biotino Complete, which is the best hair supplement currently available in Austria according to various pharmacists I've asked. Don't know about other countries. It contains L cystein, Vitamin, Silicium, zinc, Vitamin B5, Biotin, copper, Vitamin B1, 2 and 6 and folic acid.
I also have a high forehead and used to wear real bangs up to my mid 20ies, but I never was quite happy with them. Then I changed to side-swept cheek-bone length bangs that frame my face loosely. Looks much better.
I also know the horrible triangle look; it's especially common with curly hair and a blunt cut. For me the solution is longish layers. Just make sure that none of them is more than an inch and a half shorter than the overall length of that section. (Last time the hair dresser cut the layers a bit too short and gave me a very 80ies look, lol).
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My wife has uber-thick dark (almost black) long Native American hair, which I've noticed is usually the first thing other women comment on when they meet her, sometimes asking if they can touch it. She's always putting some kind of cool new braid in it. I don't take notice of other women's hair very often (unless there is something wrong with it), but I always dig hers.
"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy, if not, you'll become a philosopher." -Socrates
Last hair pic for a long time, promise:
Going out today, so I washed and de-frizzed my curls.
If you want us to be unapologetically feminine, be unapologetically masculine.
But if I stretch out the longest layer with my fingers it's a bit below bra strap length.
If you want us to be unapologetically feminine, be unapologetically masculine.
Whoops, I see you want to keep your length so please disregard my unhelpful advice.
"Spotted dick is a pudding" - Mandrill.
"Spotted dick is a pudding" - Mandrill.
When the going gets tough apply lipstick.
The universe doesn't give you what you ask for with your thoughts; it gives you what you demand with your actions. ~ Steve Maraboli
"Spotted dick is a pudding" - Mandrill.
Tell that to Oprah.
I'd also suggest you think about a blunt cut - the only downside would be that the tips need to be trimmed on a regular basis for a neat look and you'd lose some of your length. I don't think this would be a bad idea, because your hair is really very long and the tips seem to be quite frizzy.
Another option would be getting rid of the frayed tips, but keeping layers. That would mean no U-shape, but two or three blunt layers in different lengths if you know what I mean. This way you could keep practically all of your length.
Third alternative: Look into the classic Vidal Sassoon round layer circle cut (Currently star hairdresser David Babaii is giving it to most of his clients: Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman and Kate Hudson love this look). It's basically one length all the way round in a very slight curve that gives you subtle, almost invisible layers. You don't need to get it re-cut very often.
If you want us to be unapologetically feminine, be unapologetically masculine.
I'm taking Biotino Complete, which is the best hair supplement currently available in Austria according to various pharmacists I've asked. Don't know about other countries.
It contains L cystein, Vitamin, Silicium, zinc, Vitamin B5, Biotin, copper, Vitamin B1, 2 and 6 and folic acid.
I also have a high forehead and used to wear real bangs up to my mid 20ies, but I never was quite happy with them.
Then I changed to side-swept cheek-bone length bangs that frame my face loosely. Looks much better.
I also know the horrible triangle look; it's especially common with curly hair and a blunt cut.
For me the solution is longish layers. Just make sure that none of them is more than an inch and a half shorter than the overall length of that section.
(Last time the hair dresser cut the layers a bit too short and gave me a very 80ies look, lol).
If you want us to be unapologetically feminine, be unapologetically masculine.