Nope. There are posters from all over the world here. I think you can edit your posts as a guest, but only for five minutes. ETA: I mean to say, everyone can only edit their posts for five minutes, not just guests.
^^ That was meant to sound friendly, but the big help part reads as kind of pissy XD
Edit: Oh wow I can edit now! I’m a guest, but I have an account? Weird.
It’s only as weird as you make it. 
I don’t style my hair like a retard, though. I have long hair. I just wake up, brush it and go.
As someone else mentioned, you can edit any post for a while after making it. But after a few minutes you can’t. That way you can quickly fix typos but not change your old posts in the middle of an argument.
The label “Guest” means you are a poor prole like the rest of us. Only the nobility can afford to pay for the right to wear the label “Charter Member” under their names. A lofty honor that’s well worth the money indeed.
Plus, you get “favours” from the mods, if you know what I mean.
Yup. Go check out About The Message Board forum to see the class wars. Think French Revolution.
Definitely cut it shorter. No question. I skimmed the OP, looked at the pics, and then was confused by the rest of the thread because I thought you were a girl. I was this close to suggesting you get a nice bob! Don’t futz around with mid-length styles, either. You need a super-masculine face to pull that off. Gaius Baltar can do it (actually, I think he looks like a douche) because his face looks like it’s made of rocks.
Something spiky on top would help make your face look less round. You would have to spend about five minutes a day running gel through it and mussing it up. You can spare five minutes a day, right?
I’m going to dissent and say that while your hair is a beautiful color, it may not be the best color for you. If I were you, after cutting it, I would try once- just once- dying it a darker color. You might even try some of the week-long or month-long dye they sell at the supermarket. I think having darker hair might make your features stand out a bit more and keep you from looking like a big bunch of pale. Right now your features seem a little indistinct, but only because everything is so light and then you have these big black glasses.
I think the glasses are okay, although if picking out new ones I would focus on something a bit squarer- the ones you have flair out a bit on the ends.
I would pay money and go to a good stylist the first time. They can design something good for your face and show you how to style your hair. These guys are pros. Later on you can get it trimmed at Supercuts.
Final words of advice- buy yourself some nice clothes. Your tee-shirts are looking a bit sloppy. I could really see you in a hip stylish button up shirt, sort of a retro-ironic geek thing (like your glasses.) I’m assuming your goal here is get some action. People are attracted to people who look like they put some thought into their appearance, and a tee shirt isn’t sending that message.
Please post pictures when you are done!
It’s MAKEOVER time!
By the way, when your hair is short, it’s not weighted down by its length, and it might be easier than you’d think to get it to stand up more the way these hairstyles do.
Welcome to the SDMB. In addition to the new hairstyle, it seems that you are now getting into changing your appearance overall. As (one of) the resident asshole(s) around here, let me offer the following piece of only somewhat solicited advice: one of the best ways to change your appearance is to lose some weight. You’ll feel better, too.
I never worked out in college or law school or for a few years thereafter, so I went through a bit of a chunky monkey phase myself. After losing about 50 pounds and putting on some muscle, it’s nice not to have stuff jiggling around when I walk. Shopping for clothes is more fund now too. I wish I would have started at 20.
I’m getting psyched up for short sided, long topped hair. Thinking about the spiking and all, what sort of stuff am I looking to be getting? Is mousse what I want or do I need actual gel? Is there more to it than ‘rub in hands, run hands wildly through hair?’ Do I need to comb it in or up? I know I’ll get instructions from my stylist, but there are going to be lots of options for this kind of cut it seems. Anyone have input on shampoos? I’m sure there will be things to be said about my $2 shampoo and conditioner (but I do use separate shampoo / conditioner!)
Don’t ask your stylist about shampoos and conditioners - they’ll just sell you the most expensive line they’re pushing in their salon. Shampoo just needs to clean the oil and dirt and stuff off your hair and scalp (I think a lot of people actually recommend diluting your regular, drugstore brand shampoo with water). Conditioner is to make it easier to comb - it doesn’t actually repair any damage, no matter how much money you paid for it. My personal preference is for a leave-in conditioner after I wash my hair because it’s so terribly dry here - my hair is a big ball of static electricity without it. Now that you’ve got me thinking about it, I’m wondering why I use conditioner in the shower, too.
Oh I forgot to ask - what should I be planning on when I go to the salon? Should I feel comfortable dictating to my stylist, or will they feel like I’m stifling their creativity? How much should I look to tip? A percentage or just an amount? Should I go for a shampoo when I’m there or is that just a girly/upsell thing?
Ha! I don’t know about the awesome 'do of Gordon Ramsay
See, Gordon Ramsay can get away with that because he’ll tell you to shut yer fuckin’ gob then cockpunch you.
If you know what you want, you should tell them. Bring a picture if you can. Some people do just tell their stylist to do whatever, but this is not common and I wouldn’t recommend it, especially not if you don’t already know and trust your stylist. Let’s just say I have a bad story about the time I let the stylist do what she wanted.
Tipping is about the same as for a restaurant, around 15% – 20% if they do a really good job.
I’ve never bought shampoo or other hair products from a salon, and I don’t see much point in springing for fancy shampoo. As far as styling products go, since you don’t have a lot of experience dealing with these things, if they try a product out on you that you really like you may want to go ahead and get it. I don’t think salon prices are much higher than elsewhere for the same product, it’s just that they tend to carry the more expensive products. There often are cheaper equivalents, but you’d have to research that on your own.
I hope this isn’t too late, but I agree with this re: your hair color. It’s a neat color, but it’s kind of fading you out. However, I would suggest that if you do decide to make it darker, that you have it done at the salon for the first time, because it’s really hard to find the right color for your skin tone by yourself when you’re looking at the huge shelf of home hair-dye kits at the drugstore. You have to take into account if your skin tone is warm, cool, olive, pink, yellow, etc. etc., and then find a dye that compliments (complements?) that, which is hard to do even when you’ve been dyeing your hair for years. Much better to have someone trained and experienced select the color and then do your hair for you, at least for the first time so you can see what they do (and if you don’t like it, many salons will fix it for you for free).
I’m with the shorter-is-better crowd. Part of this is because you have had a relatively easy-to-maintain hairstyle all these years (wash it, brush it, put it in a pony tail) that adding lots of “product” to the picture may become a pain, in which case you’ll revert to some style that isn’t what you wanted.
I’m thinking of something simple, like: (removed link)
Just so you know, they seem to dislike hotlinking images and turned that into some hardcore porn. Nicely done.
Now, see what you’ve done? I’ve lurked for years, and had to register today to respond to this.
I’ve done a Q&D makeover on you, and posted it here. The URL to the hairstyle is on the pic. Your hairline is higher than the model’s, so you may need to pull forward a few spikes and adjust it. A consultation with your hair stylist will tell you whether this is feasible. In general, though, you should go with a cut that has some volume at temple-to-crown level. Be sure to observe and ask the stylist about how to fix it at home, and then practice. Volumizer and spiking gel will be your friends, and you should be able to pull off a look like this in 10 minutes once you figure out how.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35970237@N06/4532935458/
As for your glasses, go with something more angular, and probably that extends slightly outside your face, or with some visual weight on the sides. If you can wear styles without a bottom frame, definitely try some.
Good luck with all your changes. And, please post the results!