Hairstyle mavens - Help!

In My Humble Opinion
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I really like the colour on you a lot and it’s completely Maggie Gyllenhall…

I have no idea about what hairstyle you should get but my advice is to save up your pennies and go to an Aveda concept salon (use mostly Aveda products but have license to use a few other brands). It’s completely worth it! I have fine, long curls…the only people who seem to know how to cut it are Aveda people. They actually go through some crazyass training from the “Aveda Institute” (whatever that is). Just my opinion but my money has ALWAYS been well-spent. Also, many (though not all) of their products are the bomb. Just this summer my stylist convinced me to straighten my spiral curls for the first time…I thought it would be volumeless and flat but it looked amazing…I had no idea how delicate my facial features were before the straightening effect. Between my natural curls and my straightened look…I look like a completely different person with each type of hairstyle.

Just my personal opinion but your face isn’t suited by a short short cut…I think you would do well with a very well-layered medium length bob.

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I had to go look up Maggie Gyllenhall, since I never heard the name before. It’s eerie… I saw pictures of her, and thought “Wow… she reminds me of… me… kind of…” Not quite, but very close, like she could be family. Eerie.
Then I found several pictures of her with a man who I assume is her SO, and it was even eerier - he looks vaguely like my husband. Same features, calm face, even wears the same type of clothes in the same manner my husband does. I pointed out to my husband that if he only shaved his head, he’d look just like him. Then I found a picture of him with a shaved head. :eek:

Dopplegangers marrying dopplegangers! :eek:

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Love the new color, but get some warm honey THIN highlights to frame your face and your new cut.

My suggestion is this: Mid-neck length, choppy, shaggy, chunky layers - RAZOR CUT ENDS. Longer layers in the front to come about an inch or two below your chin. Shorter (but no shorter than the nape of your neck) in the back to add movement and accentuate your nautral body and fullness. I’m not talking about the wedge cut, but you do not want short layers around your face if you do not have a pronounced chin.

My face and hair are very similar to yours, but I have a pronounced chin. Long layers have always worked wonders for me. I used to hate layers, but my hair is so thick it either weighs down too much or I look like a mushroom.

I was thinking along the lines of something like this, but not as tame. Maybe some more dramatic angles towards the bottom to give it that fun but slightly messy look. Most importantly, you want whatever you choose to look natural and have lots of movement. Angular layers, longer layers in the front, thinner short layers in the back.

Here are some more ideas to help you. Although I couldn’t find exactly what I had in mind, there are bits and pieces about each of these that you can pick and choose.

1, 2, 3.

I love the cut of #3’s bangs; #2 is close to what I was thinking as far as choppy layers, except with more length and fullness; #1 shows how cutting layers with a razor can give more body and natural movement.

When you go in for the cut, make sure you take a few different pictures and point out what you like and don’t like. Use your hands to show how long or short you want it, don’t just say “oh an inch or two”, many people have very odd perceptions of the true length of an inch. Tell your stylist how much time you have to spend on your hair (or want to spend on your hair), your texture (course, straight, wavy), if you like to tuck one side behind your ear, etc. Don’t be shy, ask questions and have them explain things to you. You need to trust your stylist before you let them start cutting. A good stylist will have many questions for you before she even shampoos.

Please post pictures of your makeover!

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I’m going to agree with the suggestion for some highlights around the face. I don’t know about “honey”* though, as blondish streaks might look a little silly in that base color.

I would just get a few bits that are 2-3 shades lighter and work them through the top- front. Your hair seems to be a bit darker than mine is now, but I was about that color when I first dyed it. I’m up for another dying any time now, but here is me the other day. I have some slightly different pieces worked through the front and it really breaks up the color nicely (I think). I hope this helps? :smiley:

*Of course, that might be a nice, honey-toned, medium brown; but when I think of “honey” I think of this (What? I was sad that I had to leave Hawaii).