Too old for long hair?

[reji]

OK, let me ask all of you with very definite opinions a question. I have hair down to my bra strap, and I'm willing to get it cut--BUT it's stick straight and not very thick. There's absolutely no wave, curl or body to it. And that's not a factor of the heaviness of the long hair--I've had it cut to chin level and it still just hung there. So can someone please suggest a style for me that would look good? With the absolutely annoying caveat that I hate to style my hair, and most likely won't do it most days?

I would love to find something that would look good. Most days I just twist it up into a sort-of chignon with a big clip, which is fine, but I'd love some actual style. I have an oval-shaped face, with cheekbones, if that helps anyone.

[crimsons]

Would you look good with bangs? You could get some layers cut as well. Do you know how much time girls spend flat-ironing their hair? And you've got it naturally. I think the layers would give it some movement and frame your face. You could also find some long-hair dos like two-part French braids that frame your face that you start from either side of your part, then gather into a pony.

I just moved to the beach, am growing out my hair, and am delighted to find out it naturally falls into those "beachy waves" I was unable to get farther inland. Yay humidity!

[luciddepths]

do you have a pic i'm suer we could suggest a few things after kind of seeing your face and hair color..etc

[LovebirdsFlying]

Originally Posted by reji

OK, let me ask all of you with very definite opinions a question. I have hair down to my bra strap, and I'm willing to get it cut--BUT it's stick straight and not very thick. There's absolutely no wave, curl or body to it. And that's not a factor of the heaviness of the long hair--I've had it cut to chin level and it still just hung there. So can someone please suggest a style for me that would look good? With the absolutely annoying caveat that I hate to style my hair, and most likely won't do it most days?

I would love to find something that would look good. Most days I just twist it up into a sort-of chignon with a big clip, which is fine, but I'd love some actual style. I have an oval-shaped face, with cheekbones, if that helps anyone.

Have you ever had an all-over layered cut? It is supposed to add volume to thin hair, and keep overly straight hair from looking too blah.

http://www.thehairstyler.com/hairsty...edium/straight

[PeanutsMom704]

Originally Posted by reji

OK, let me ask all of you with very definite opinions a question. I have hair down to my bra strap, and I'm willing to get it cut--BUT it's stick straight and not very thick. There's absolutely no wave, curl or body to it. And that's not a factor of the heaviness of the long hair--I've had it cut to chin level and it still just hung there. So can someone please suggest a style for me that would look good? With the absolutely annoying caveat that I hate to style my hair, and most likely won't do it most days?

I would love to find something that would look good. Most days I just twist it up into a sort-of chignon with a big clip, which is fine, but I'd love some actual style. I have an oval-shaped face, with cheekbones, if that helps anyone.

As others have suggested, layers are your friend. As far as not liking to style, I'm the same way. I wash my hair daily (a necessity with straight, fine hair!). And then I use a bit of Redken Guts 10, which is a spray foam. I spray it onto my finger tips and then run them through my hair and sort of push it up and into place. Then I don't touch it again until it's dry. I just air dry on it's own during my commute, not using a blowdryer or anything. Once it's dry, it feels a little bit stiff, but I comb it out with a wide tooth comb, and it then keeps some style and a bit of fullness for the whole day without the stiffness.

I have been very happy with my hair since I started doing this - I get the benefit of having a layered style which gives me a bit of fullness, but I'm not spending a long time fussing with my hair every day, it's less than a minute.

[Wannabeskinny]

Originally Posted by PeanutsMom704

As others have suggested, layers are your friend. As far as not liking to style, I'm the same way. I wash my hair daily (a necessity with straight, fine hair!). ...

No, not so. I thought it was a necessity too because I have stick thin straight very fine hair. My mother who has gorgeous luscious hair and my hairdressers were always telling me not to wash everyday but everytime I let it go for a day or 2 it would get greasy and gross so I couldn't make it work.

But I found a way to do it. I rinse my hair everyday, but only wash it once a week, maybe twice. My hair has changed completely since doing this. It was difficult at first because it would get greasy but over time it adapted to the new schedule and wasn't overproducing oil anymore. It's nice to get away from the chemicals. There's been other threads about washing hair if you want to see more posts about this.

[reji]

Thank you all so much for your suggestions. Next time I go to the hairdresser, I will talk layers. And I loved the hairstyler.com site--thanks, Mrs. Brady!

[cocomama]

never too old for long hair go for it! ... In my culture women in their 50's an 60's have lovely long flowing hair