What does dress your age really mean????

This_Year

My shoulder length hair is wavy with a tendency to frizz in damp humid conditions.

I have a double crown so my hair goes in 2 directions just at the top of my head and a cowlick at the side. If I don't get the parting exactly placed I am forever moving a stray lock because it isn't right wherever it is.

I can't have a fringe as the cowlick invariably turns outward 3 seconds after I leave the hairdressers and I look like a mad scientist with half my fringe standing up and pointing to the right.

I generally sport the dragged through a hedge backwards look.

I've 2 hair styles I can do that look ok.

My hair drawn back and in a barrette clip but with my glasses it's a very school marm look (OH likes this? )

Simple pony tail. Bit boring!

I do enjoy the 3 seconds of nice hair before I leave the salon. But just not worth it for 3 seconds, maybe 4 so I rarely go now. The stylist always reckons she knows my hair better than I do. It's been attached go my head a good few years now so I might just know what it will do!

lostinrates

This year, pony tails rarely look good on me, Every now and then I try one and DH chuckles.

Messy Buns and chignons and updos of all sorts look fine, down looks fine, I braid in a few different ways which looks a few degrees of ok to well...practical. The one thing I wich worked for me easily was an easy pony tail!

neverdespairgirl

lostinrates wrote: »

Its also not far off hoe my hair was as a child and DH's, and we both have crazy curls now. NDG, does your oh have curly hair? I think its funny when you are nonchalant about ds, you know how gorgeous he is;)

Yes, OH has really curly hair. He said he tried to grow a greasy-Nirvana-style long mop in the 1990s, and he ended up with a ginger afro instead.

I do think he's gorgeous, and wonderful, and lovely, but it's boring when parents go on about how wonderful their ankle-biters are (-:

jellyhead

MrsE wrote: »

Yes, are you going to tell me to get it cut:rotfl:

No, it suits your face, and you look young and youthful anyhow

catkins

maman wrote: »

What I particularly don't like is the opposite end of the spectrum, women that have a sort of 'short back and sides'. It may be wash'n'go but I think it looks very masculine.

I have thick but dead straight hair. Over the years I it has been long (didn't really suit me as I have a longish face), permed (wouldn't stay in!), bobbed (pain to keep it like that). A hairdresser suggested about 20 years ago that it would suit me short and it did. The hairdresser uses clippers on the back and sides (pretty short) and then the top is a bit longer and it is spiky (it stands up on its own) with a choppy fringe.

All my friends and family think it suits me. It is very easy to look after - wash it every morning in the shower and then do nothing to it!

jellyhead

I know a couple of people who look masculine with short hair, but others who look nice. I've got a round face, and short hair really doesn't suit me. When I had a bob it looked horrible unless I straightened it, because it's thick and wavy.

Person_one

jellyhead wrote: »

I know a couple of people who look masculine with short hair, but others who look nice. I've got a round face, and short hair really doesn't suit me. When I had a bob it looked horrible unless I straightened it, because it's thick and wavy.

I think I posted something ages ago in response to someone who said all women looked better with long hair. Hang on, I'll search...

Here we are!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=45425174&postcount=31

I look terrible with short hair, the double of my dad! But a friend has lovely petite feature and looks amazing with a pixie style cut.

Pechow

I'd like to get my hair cut-I'm actually keeping it undyed etc so it can be donated when I finally summon the courage, since it's so long-but wouldn't have a clue where to start when it comes to finding a style that suits me. It's always been long and straight like it is now. Short hair like in the link above looks amazing but it probably wouldn't look nice on me

I'm also afraid of it changing in other ways, like never being able to grow long again, or becoming wavy, or something like that.

*max*

Mine's very long now, waist length. I'm 35 and I'm very unapologetic about it.

I've been growing it for 4 years after my mum got cancer, so I can do a fundraiser for the Little Princess Trust when I have it cut.
I look unbelievably stunning either way, so it's ok.

~Chameleon~

*max* wrote: »

I think long hair can look great at any age, as long as it's "good" hair and not a mop of coarse, dry, damaged straw. I think that kind of hair looks horrible at any age (usually due to over-use of bleach and straighteners).

Using straighteners doesn't actually damage the hair, unless of course you burn it! They actually help to protect it by closing the cuticles and sealing in moisture and natural oils. The negative ions created by the ceramic plates also help to neutralise the naturally present positive ions, preventing it from becoming dry and frizzy.