Just looking for some ideas/help

howdy everyone!

I just found this through some online searches...what a nice place!

anyway...i'm thinking of going short...short is not pixie to me, but more bobbish....maybe SLIGHTLY shorter...

The thing is in the past two years, each time i've gone in for a cut, no one will cut it shorter than around my shoulders, usually a bit longer than that.  I have had a bob in the past and loved it, and i think it looked great!!  but everyone says my face is too round for shorter hair.

I have lost weight and my face has thinned out in a noticeable way so i'm hoping someone is willing to trim my hair shorter now!  my husband LOVES long hair so he's not happy about me going short, but he's seen it in a bob before and he loved it then too , so my guess is he'll recover!

my question is....do bobs only look good on thin faces? How thin does a face have to be? i don't have a round face at all, and its not SUPER long, but i have a well defined chin and shorter forehead.  I will try to do a photo if i can...would i use img codes here to get it to show up???

I want to know what shorter do's will look good on me, so i'd like to get some suggestions!  i also plan on getting red highlites like i've had in the past and loved.  the last ones i got bak in august have faded and my hair has grown out. 

i like how bobs look on other ppl which is why i have thought of getting one (and i've had one before ...longer in the front and shorter in the back) but i'm open to suggestions because i know NOTHING about hair. 

most of my life my hair has been long or longish (midback now) and so i am a ponytail, french twist, bun wearing chik :)  unfortunately this means i have NO IDEA how to deal with hair. i suck at even trying to blow dry it or style it. i've tried and bought tools to work with it, but i never have it in me.  Two cuts ago i got long layers (not really long, just past my shoulders) and tried to kinda curl it some with the blow dryer for a nicer finished look and i'm just clueless and don't have the patience for it...

am i stuck with ponytails? is there a short cut that doesnt require lots of attn???? (and that isn't SUPER SUPER SUPER short?

HELP! :)

Thanks ahead of time for the ideas, photos, etc.  I'll try to find a pic and come back and post it!

hope this works....a few photos







keep in mind these were almost 20lbs ago so my face looks different...no recent pics yet.

I think a "pob" would look great on you. Don't worry too much about the rules, just follow whatever makes you happy. I don't think you have a round face, anyway.

Good luck!

I had to look up 'pob' cuz i had no idea what it was! lol

i like katie holmes' hair right now and the do she had before this one..but the current one looks a big dramatic...i was hoping for something more fun and funky...i really like what you posted snipette!

esp those last two!!  Some more along those lines would be great.

with the red red highlights (not brownish read but red as they can get my dark hair without stripping it)...i think either would look good!  I have only done red highlites before...seems to suit me.  only started to do that last year and the first effort was such a weak one you could barely tell!  i know that means it was GOOD cuz good highlites look natural but that wasnt what i was going for. 

thanks for the responses all :)

Most definetly the last one is you.

paper wrote: Love the highlights!   Good luck on your hair cut.

who are you talking to aish??  i dont belong to 'traditional' society i guess :)  and i'm not Sihk either :)  guess that is good news if you guys don't do all those things you listed! I hate not having my eyebrows done!!!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE the photos esp the first few you posted here conrad!! really getting excited. about to call and make an appt. going with a high end place cuz i dont have a local place yet as i've only moved here  afew months ago and have never had my hair cut.  family and friends are no help becuase they don't do hair cuts and dyes....my gf just got hers done at supercuts or something so no help from her either!

The last time i had it done it looked a little like the girl in the last photo except it was more of a straight edge and not choppy at the ends like hers is. and the more i'm seeing of the NONstraight edge (is there a name for that???) the more i'm liking it! like in the first three you posted!!!

i want to be able to reference something to the person doing my hair...so what do i call those kinda cuts???  i havent found anything like that in a magazine yet and if i print these out they probably wont look too hot (in b&w and all).

great site btw!! still looking at it now.

thanks!

Good luck. Just keep your eyes closed and take a nap. When you wake up it will look fantastic no matter what cut you decide.

To get the photo, just save it to your desktop and go to Target.com   Go to their photo site on line and upload the photo, enter your zipcode and Voila, the print can be printed in color at their store within the hour.  Its cheap also.  You can do that for just about any photo you want, just be sure about copyrigth laws!

It look good.