How do I get my hair like this? (Pics and all)

You're in luck, now is the perfect time to grow out hair from short to long.  (The worst part of that was always that in-between stage, but these days more and more guys are wearing their hair in that stage all the time, as its currently the style.)  Just let it grow, then when it gets long enough to all fit in a ponytail, you'll be almost there.

If your hair is really thick and mostly straight, it will look much like his when it gets that length and you get it blunt cut, as his looks thick also. That length is a couple of inches past shoulder length.   If your hair is curly, you'd have to straighten it (something you can either have done at a salon or do yourself with a flat iron).  Heat is not good for hair so it will be fried if you have to do either of those all the time, but that length is not terribly long so if your hair is normal to coarse, you can probably pull it off.  If each hair is fine, it may be a little harder, but even then probably still possible.

I might call that color medium to dark ash blonde, looks natural, not yellow or dyed looking.  The first picture looks more medium, the second more dark ash blonde.

Hmm, well, is there a chance that your memories of that time are coloring your view?  It doesn't look that bad really, but you seem to have bad memories of it.  You look like you were a pretty young kid in that photo, so if you got teased, well, we all got teased for something or other, so just because you get the same hair style now, doesn't mean there'll be little brats around you make you feel like you look bad.

All that aside though, you can try styling it different ways to keep it from looking any way you don't like.  You can use gel or spray or other styling products to style it .  Here's a post on how to use hair products if you've never messed with them before:
http://talk.hairboutique.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=61913

You can also go to the gallery here (hit the gallery tab at the top of this page) and find photos that are the in between length on guys with a similar hairtype to yours if you need any ideas of styles to imitate for the growing out phases.  You can do a search for "male" and "medium" or "long" to find some photos of that length.

Or, just have fun with it.  Get some gel and do different things with it in front of a mirror until you find something you like. 

You can also get the lower parts trimmed off, just don't let them cut the top, so the top will grow out.
 

Rofl, yeah seriously man agreed. That is exactly how I want my hair, like no other than The Game himself. He's just a pure bad ass. But, my hair is like REALLY curly and then poofy as hell when it gets longer, kinda hard to explain, but I hope you get the general idea. Curly, poofy (just expands/afroish). However, all of this changes (like Triple h's hair) when I apply like water to it, so that's the only cool thing.

Edited by Triple H - July 29 2008 at 5:19am

Well I noticed, when I have water in and when it just looks wet with like mouse (would this work in place of like oil..?) or something it really does kinda look his (except much shorter). The problem is also the sides, what did he do with the sides when he was growing his hair? I noticed you said leave the top to grow up and cut the sides, but would it grow right like his did? That's where I don't understand as I haven't touched my hair and the sides/back part sorta are what look bad or overly long. Also, wouldn't stopping using shampoo cause a lot of dandruff to build up? As I can have problems with that sometimes.

Edited by Triple H - July 30 2008 at 12:31am

Is that jojoba oil a permanent, longer lasting affect? Because like said, my hair just keeps really poofy, especially when I wake up it's all messed up. It's also EXTREMELY thick too. And what about the mouse idea?

I might try the conditioner thing or ask around about it, thanks.

You said when your hair is wet, it already looks kind of like his, so you might not want to go to all the effort, as it will straighten and pull flat as it gets longer and gets more weight. You could do things to straighten it but those all have their drawbacks. 

Using the straightening iron takes a long time in the morning (I know one girl who says it takes her an hour in the mornings to do her whole head).  Otherwise, not too many drawbacks to that - heat is bad for hair that you want to grow, but you only want below shoulder, so that ought to be fine. 

Straightening chemically might work for you if your hair isn't very curly and is flat on top.  If its very curly, you will get curly roots you'll have to get redone.  That should really be done by a pro too, to avoid frying your hair.  It can be a bit costly, depending where you go, and damaging, (but not so much that you can't get shoulder length hair.)

As far as his hair type, there is a typing system:
http://homepage.mac.com/annsofie.henriksson/hairtyping/Personal27.html

If you click on 1C at the top you see photos, I'd say his is 1C.  Maybe 1B, but probably 1C.  As far as whether his is fine, medium or coarse, you can't tell that from a photo.

For washing with conditioner only, I'd really advise you to just try it.  Put some on your wet hair and scrub it around really well on your scalp and throughout your hair.  You'll need a good bit of conditioner.  It will clean your head, but it won't strip it of moisture.  It works for some people, but not for others.  It depends how your own skin reacts.  Just try it on a day where you don't have any plans the next day and don't have to leave the house if you don't want so you can see if you like it without wearing it in public just in case.

If you don't already own conditioner, I'd suggest just trying it with a cheap one, like V05 (the advantage to that one is it costs a buck and it doesn't have stuff in it like silicones.)  Any brand would do though, really.

Using shampoo, especially straight (not diluted) dries the hair out a lot.  It removes all of your natural oils and any moisture in your hair (which is why you replace the moisture with conditioner).  Conditioner isn't as good as your natural oil though.  That's why you can still have poofy hair if you shampoo and condition that you may not have if you used only conditioner to wash it. Your scalp's natural oil will weigh your hair down a bit, keeping it from poofing out.  Your hair's natural oil will get cleaned (won't smell) if you wash your hair with conditioner, it just won't get stripped away like with shampoo.

If washing with only conditioner does not work for you, I'd suggest at least trying diluting your shampoo with water (in a small bottle, roll to mix, don't shake).  Shampoo is usually over concentrated and overdries hair and scalp.  Often diluting is enough to get rid of dandruff because when diluted, shampoo still makes suds, but it doesn't over dry your scalp, which causes flakes.  If that doesn't work, there may be another problem, such as fungus, but in many cases this is all people need for dandruff.

Also, to grow it out like that do I just let it grow and that's it? (Bar the sides and bottom)