Shoulder | Armpit

[piratejenny]

I wonder if my hair qualifies as shoulder length. I'm growing out a pixie, I have loads of layers and if I had to describe my hair style at present, "mullet" would probably be closest . The shortest bits are just beyond chin length around my face and the longest at the back a bit longer than shoulder.

I seem to understand that a lot of people here consider layers as bad. I'm not quite sure if I subscribe to that for myself. Granted I don't care for what I have at present, but I wonder if a few longer layers would look all that bad. My hair tends to be quite voluminous and easily looks like a "tent" if cut straight...

For now I'm still caught between gaining length and losing a few layers, though. I think I might go for a trim in January...

[jaine]

Well I like layers too and I plan to keep them ...triangle-head isn't a good look for me.

[CrisDee]

...I seem to understand that a lot of people here consider layers as bad. I'm not quite sure if I subscribe to that for myself. Granted I don't care for what I have at present, but I wonder if a few longer layers would look all that bad. My hair tends to be quite voluminous and easily looks like a "tent" if cut straight...

I think it totally depends on your hair type, PJ - those of us with finer hair tend not to be fans of layers, as they make our hair look artifically thin, and they tend to stick out of updos. Those of you with thicker hair tend to need layers to avoid the dreaded "triangle head" look.

[InTheCity]

I just got a hair cut, at a REAL (read: expensive) salon for the first time ever and believe it or not, she didn't cut enough.

I can't complain too much, since she answered my "you can cut more like 1-2 inches" with "you won't like it" and it's nicely cut. She stuck with .5-1" as best as I can tell (haven't measured) which did not get rid of the layers the way I imagined.

I had gotten *really* depressed with my layers making my thin hair look thinner so I went through a series of rash ideas like paying $50 for a haircut and getting a Japanese straightening done. I stuck with the former, thinking it would mean some magical haircut making my hair look super thick.

I also found out that if I committed today, during a holiday special, I could get a Brazilian Blowout/Keratin Smoothing treatment for about 1/3 the cost of where I live. My appointment is Saturday, in smalltown nowheresville (part of why the cost is low.) I now sort of wish I did not spend the money on a cut, since the texture change will (hopefully) come out nice, and would have shaken my bumminess. I also know the damage potential I'm facing and decided that I am willing to take the risk and see what happens, since I have no damage to speak of at present.

Sheesh, I just turned an "I got a too-tiny cut and I'm getting a treatment done because I'm bummed" reply into a super long ramble. Whoops!

[CrisDee]

OH, ITC, so many of us that are twice your age can relate! We want some magical cut/chemical/process to give us the hair we've always wanted - while reality is, we have the hair that we have. I guess the upside of age is that we've learned that - the downside is wrinkles. Ugh, that's a pretty sucky downside...

[Roscata]

I really like your color! Lovely.

Aww thank you!

[akilina]

I plan to be at APL by january! well, Im hoping so....im not quite as far off as i thought and i recently started coming back on TLHC so ive been taking even better care of my hair.
Im taking my supplements again, ive started using henna rather than chemical dyes i was using, and ive been wearing my hair up alot more (most of the week) also i never stopped CO-ing every other day with shampoo here and there . So i really think ill get there!

[Jimothea]

Hello from the wings of the thread!

I'm hoping to get my characteristic cold-weather hair growth boost this winter. Maybe I'll get to APL by January too! (Doubtful, since I chopped all that damage off in September.) Wouldn't that be fab? Oh, it would...

*happy, unlikely-to-be-fufilled sigh*

InTheCity, how nice to hear for once a stylist who didn't quite cut enough! Frustrating, I'm sure, but that's a much easier fix, erm, than one who cuts too much. lol. Also funny that her reply was "you won't like it." Did you go to a long hair salon, or did she just make a guess? Hope the blowout works for you!

piratejenny, I'm a layer-liker too. My hair is super fine, but it's also pretty wavy, so I still get triangle-head without them, only floaty, if that makes sense. After about waist-length I have enough weight to make my hair lay nice with fewer layers, but from here to there? Forget it! lol. I was surprised when I first started stalking this site that so many seemed to dislike layers, but then, I had assumed everyone got floaty-triangle-head like me, before LHC. Derr, lol. (No, Jessica. It's just you!)

And OMG (I hate that I just typed that, he he he, but the moment called for it) Jaine, what a ridiculously simple/great idea about steamed foam rollers. Have you tried it yet? (I'm very excited about this idea!) Would the heat make the foam rollers harder to remove, you think?

[dmarie63]

my hair is just a couple months away from reach APL!

With this Thursday being Thanksgiving here in the states, I am trying to think of a cute hairstyle to do that will work with my folded-collar sweater. I would do a sock bun, but I don't want my hair pulled back so sternly. I'm thinking some kind of braid 'do.

Any suggestions?

[Jimothea]

Hmmm... double braids with the ends tucked in? You could put pretty decorations into the bumps (I'm a geek like that though, it may not be your thing! ), and would have a little more volume that way.

Or, if you still want the sock bun, you could braid the front, around the hairline in some kind of a partial crown braid/accent braid, and then smooth it back into the sock bun (does that make sense?). That way you'd still have some visual interest around the face, and you'd get to do a sock bun and a braid.

Or a crown braid all the way around...they always seem so flattering. A lot of work--for me at least--but worth the effort.

Don't forget to post what you decide!