My sisters and I hate, hate, hate our hair!
Posted on Mar 10, 2008 12:36 PM
My sisters and I have been going through the same thing for years. We are all in our 50's and absolutely hate our hair! We just don't know what looks best on us, so we try coloring, perming, cutting, letting it grow out, and we just get so frustrated. I am the youngest, and I think I have the most hangups about my hair. I am 53" and a little overweight. Well, I honestly feel that my head looks like a pea on the top of my neck. My head just looks so out of proportion. I have a round head, and when I was younger, "kids" called me volleyball head and cueball, so that does not help my case! I am getting very light blonde/white/gray, and I tell myself to not try and color any longer, but, I don't think the natural color of it all makes me look any better! So, I had it cut short, colored it strawberry blonde, and the color didn't hold more than two weeks. I then started to leave it grow out, and it was in the inbetween stage, so I went and got a perm, then colored it two weeks later. I am now back to the thin, light blonde/white/gray again, and hardly any curl at all, and the length is over my collar. My sisters go back and forth the same way I do. We just have no clue what looks best on us! If bald would be in, I swear I would just shave my head, and then not have the worry, but then again, I would have cysts showing on my scalp, and that wouldn't be pretty either! One of these days, I will shave my head and post my picture. You'll all know I went over the edge at that point!
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Re: My sisters and I hate, hate, hate our hair!
Mar 13, 2008 4:57 AM
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In response to:
ohbother66
Ok so I'm not sure if you where looking for suggestions but i'd like to offer my opinion. first of all you have to decide if your unhappy with your hair or if your unhappy with your hair on your head! If its your hair then you have to decide what style and color you like and learn how to maintain it! Any stylist that does your hair can teach you how to do that in 20 min! Now if its your hair on YOUR HEAD then that makes everything different! You must always draw attention towards the good and away from the less desirable. If you have a smaller rounder face and head, a perm is probably going to make your head look even rounder than it already is because the curls are uniformly rolled to your head. this is even more true if you have light thin hair. If you want your head to appear more proportionate you need to make your hair shorter, darker and bigger!! You either need to make it very short with some height on top or something similar to bob but very short in the back that gets longer towards the front of your face. I've always called it an "a-line" cut but everyone calls it something different. It gives thin hair much needed body and height in the back and the front is going to make your face appear to be longer. The next thing is if your hair is thin and kind of dull or life-less light colors are only going to point it out for you! Darker hair appears to be thicker than light hair!! If you feel like you need it to be light then try a golden to medium brown with dark blonde high-lights. Hope I was able to help you out some and best of luck with everything!