BellaOnline Forums Beauty and Self Hair Choosing the style for your life

Check out my latest article, Choosing the style for your life and tell me what you think is your hardest challenge for your style, and what is the easiest thing about your style.

How did you come up with your style???

I loved your article, Jase. It was exactly on target for me right now. All I need now is a style.

I should probably say up front that I am absolutely helpless when it comes to my hair. I'm a woman that never learned to do it and never spent hours as a teen in front of the mirror experimenting. I know this comes as a shock to someone in the hair business, but if baldness was in style for women I'd be thrilled, no more hassle for me.

I found a stylist about a year ago that I love, she did what I asked and gave me a style that was easy for me to do and maintain. The last time I went in for a cut she was gone and they wouldn't tell me where she went. So I took a chance with another one there and I've been unhappy ever since and I won't go back. So I guess I decided to let it grow for now. My DH is happy with that decision, of course.

My problem with hair professionals is that they speak a language that I don't speak, so we don't communicate well. And, it's been my experience, that since I don't speak their language, I end up getting the style they want me to have, instead of what I thought I asked for. I try to be honest up front and tell them that I'm terrible at doing my hair and I don't like doing it, either, so I need a style that pretty much does itself.

I work in a preschool, in the infant room, so having it long enough to tie back will be a benefit to letting it grow. Right now I have short layers in the back and chin length at the sides. I love the style on other people, it's just a pain to have to do it every day, and I already have to get up at 4 AM or 5 AM every week day. So I would love a wash and wear style, which seems like growing it all out would be the easiest.

I apologize for rambling, somehow the topic of my hair turns my brain to mush!

Great Article, I can't wait for more!!!

Happy Birthday Helen!

I am helpless also with my hair. Up it goes in a pony, every day. before I decided to grow mine out, I would just tell them, "go as short as you can with all one length that can still be tied back in a ponytail."

Strangely enough, that was always a winner for me.

Now my hair is crazy long and I know it doesn't look good. But I am afraid to cut it, somehow. :-)

Thanks, Jilly!

I know what you mean. Long is not the best looking style for me either, but it is so much easier. And, strangely enough, it's cooler in the summer if I pull back long hair than have it cut short and it hangs in my face. At my age, (menopausal, darn it) cool is very important.