I’m looking for a picture of a particular hairstyle, which Emma Thompson had in a movie I watched the other day so that’s my Google starting place.
I understand many of the non-Emma-Thompson results that are coming up – but why so many of Audrey Hepburn?
Probably something to do with Thompson saying that Hepburn was twee, and couldn’t act or sing. Caused a mini-scandal about a year ago.
I love Emma Thompson, so as far as I’m concerned she can “dis” as many Hollywood icons as she wants.
What was the movie? That is probably a better way to get a picture of her with the haircut.
I missed that one. Makes sense.
Yeah, I realized that for the next search. It was Dead Again. This is not a great view of it – but basically it’s kind of chopped and very full underneath. Any idea how that look is achieved? Is it all in the cut or is there a lot of blow-drying to get it to look like that?
I’m guessing it depends on the kind of hair you have. My last butchery…I mean, haircut…is now looking similar to that, after 3 months of growing out some very short-but-very-layered locks. I also have kinda floofy hair…very wavy, somewhat coarse. For straight or thin hair, I’d guess the right cut + mousse would do the trick. Or some of that salt spray, which is nice but not in my opinion worth the 20 bucks at the salon. O.o
Hm. Yeah. I was afraid of that.
I have very, very straight hair, and don’t really like to futz with it, so I rely on a good cut. This means, of course, that my hair always looks more or less the same, just longer or shorter. It would be nice to have something with some volume to it, but I fear anything with volume would involve a certain amount of futzing. I need to think about whether I’m willing to do that.
It’s called a Bob, just tell the stylist how long you want it.
The pic that’s linked of Emma Thompson, yes that’s a fairly simple medium-length bob, but to look like that it requires either naturally curly hair, hot rollers, or a perm. (And, no offense, but it’s a dated look)
Here’s a basic bob done straight, curly, and a couple other ways. An updated bob is always in style. A layered bob would give you more volume.
If you like no-fuss, but like it’s doing something, which is what I usually aim for, try a choppy-layered shag cut. Mine usually looks pretty OK either air-dried or blow-dried with no product, or I can style the heck out of it for events with a flat iron and hairspray. I usually just do the air-dry and no-product thing, though! Seriously, if it takes more than about 5-7 minutes, forget it. (unless I’m taking time for that event and putting on makeup and wearing something besides running shoes) I have fine, straight hair with a little “bend” to it when it’s short, but a lot of it. I get a “long shag” and my stylist also does a LOT of thinning shear work, leaving a lot of hair on the floor even if my length isn’t changed much.
Yes and no. I started by googling “bob” and was getting all kinds of stuff that isn’t what I want. For one thing, there’s no way in hell I’m going to start teasing my hair, which seems to be the starting point in 2011.
Yeah, I know it is, which is why it took me a while to find, and I had to go to a movie that came out, what, 10 years ago? I am, however, not a super trendy person, so the fact that it isn’t the current style isn’t necessarily a deal-breaker.
I suspected “stick straight hair won’t do this without some help beyond the cut” was the situation. Oh well.
Here’s my thinking. Other than a perm back in the '80s that I have destroyed all photographic evidence of, I have very, very straight hair (that is the envy of women who don’t have very, very straight hair). It’s fairly thick, but it doesn’t do anything but just kind of hang there. Since I’m a wash-and-air-dry gal, any shape it has comes completely from the cut.
For the last ten years or so, it’s been shoulder length or longer, which is nice because I can clip it up when it’s hot, or put it in a ponytail when it’s not as clean as it could be. I have reached the point where I can wash it every third day without looking like a greasehead (as opposed to every other day, and the second day was usually a ponytail), so I’m thinking about going somewhat shorter for a change. I would, however, like something that has some volume to it, and I’m trying to figure out what to tell the stylist.
I used to have that haircut. But I have quite curly hair. I don’t think it would work on straight hair. Keep us posted though–my 11yo has hair like yours.
How about aninverted bob? (seventh picture down is the best example, IMHO.)
My hair sounds pretty much like yours–very straight, very thick, very fine. I got the inverted bob a few months ago and I love it. You can go as mild or extreme with the length variation as you want, but with the short in the back you get some automatic volume without having to style it in. This is also a hairstlye that I can pretty much wash and go with, but if I want to look extra nice I can style it.
Another benefit is with the longer hair in the front, you can pull the front pieces up in a barrette to get it out of your face or whatever.
I envy you your thick hair. I have very very fine hair that is thin. Gwyneth Paltro looks bushy next to me. It sucks a lot. No body and it has to be sprayed into submission to keep from being stringy, no matter how clean. Bleagh.
Hm, yeah, PeskiPiksi, that might be the ticket. Let me meditate on this some more. (We’re not done with the hot weather quite yet, and I’m not doing anything till we are.)
And singular1, yes, I’m very grateful for my hair, which is absolutely one of my best features. And since I don’t worry about the gray, it’s got this one gorgeous silver streak in a sea of very dark brown.
But I’m human and I’m female, and sometimes I just want something different.
I wanted an inverted bob for years, but never had one because two or three different hairdressers interpreted my request for “shorter in the back” as “shorter in the front”. I don’t know if they just decided on their own that an inverted bob wasn’t right for me, or if hairdressers at the cheap places I was going to didn’t understand what I wanted. I wouldn’t realize what they’d done until they were finished, and by then it was too late (hair in front was already shorter than I wanted, and short enough that the back couldn’t really be made shorter than the front) so I just dealt with it. Eventually I gave up.
I’m telling you this so you know that if you do want an inverted bob you may have to be really assertive about it! Although I do see women with that hairstyle around, so obviously it can be done.
When my hair was that length it would pretty much do that on its own. It helps if your hair is reasonably thick.
A good way to find a good hairstylist if you need one is to ask your Facebook friends. That’s how I found mine and I love her–she’s very good. It’s also a good idea to bring a picture of the cut you want.
