How to hair post-pandemic?

[olivermoss]

Having a standard undercut that I did myself during the pandemic was cool. But, I am not sure what I want my hair to be after this. I am sort of over the whole undercut thing.

I am sure my feelings aren't at all affected by watching 10-20 year old shows and wanting a very dates floppy haircut. Nope, not at all. My hair is also thin and terrible and most cuts don't look good on me. The undercut actually works better than most cuts. I can finally get a real haircut in a week and will need to like tell them what I want. If I want to start growing my hair out a bit in places, I need to decide that. I just wish I knew what styles would look good on me and what my hair can actually do. Arg... the endless problem.

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[writedragon]

I got my hair completely chopped off in a pixie cut, as a mostly-symbolic act (Begone, 2020! Begone hair!); it's shorter than I've ever had it in my life. Honestly, it looks really cute on me but growing it out is going to be a pain -- it's reaching the "long enough to be in your eyes but not long enough to put up" stage. So I have to decide whether to keep it short, or live with headbands and bobby pins/barrettes for awhile until it grows out a little. Jury's still out -- I haven't decided yet. Good luck with whatever you decide.

[olivermoss]

I shaved my head at the start of lock down, then gave myself an undercut that worked surprisingly well. When I try to look up haircuts, all I can think is 'my hair wont do that'.

Not quite long enough to put up is annoying. I've grown out my hair a bit a few times just to be able to put it up.

[mistressofmuses]

I sympathize, though sort of from the opposite side. I tend to just leave my hair long and never even trim it, just because... I don't know what to do with it. I've had it cut shoulder-length, and I think it looked terrible, so I'm afraid to go shorter. It's also horribly uncooperative (thin and slightly wavy but mostly just prone to tangling and breakage.)

I like 10-20 year old dated floppy styles, though. Combine floppy and undercut and go for a fauxhawk?

[olivermoss]

Breakage wrecks my hair if it's too long. Shorter hair is a lot harder to maintain, though.

My hair lacks the thickness that makes floppy styles work, though. I don't think I could pull off a fauxhawk. I wish I didn't have to know things and hairstylists could just also be image consultants. Every time I've asked for advice on what would look better they either flail or give terrible advice.

Could be worse. I had a stylist decide to give me Vulcan bangs even though I was very clear that I wanted bangs that style to the side. The whole haircut was so specifically Vulcan-looking that my roommate died laughing when I got home. I briefly posted a picture and everyone thought it was a joke. I dyed my hair that night and had it re-cut the next day.

[mistressofmuses]

Hard cosign on hairstylists being image consultants. I've *always* gotten bad advice when I try to ask, lol. Or they're like "look through the style books and see if you like anything! :D" and it's all stuff from before I was born and/or extremely avant garde like... sharp 45 degree diagonal cuts, lmao.

Oh jeez, that sounds terrible. Especially when it went so counter to what you'd specifically asked for! I'm glad you had it redone right away.

[olivermoss]

If I ask they just try to do the latest trend on me. I've had hairstylists style my hair so badly that I once asked point blank 'does this look good on me, at all?' and the guy said 'No, but it's the fashion and I need my customers to leave here looking up on fashion'.

I think I know what I want for now at least. I looked through a bunch of styles online and it was all slight variations on undercuts. I want to do 'longer on top but not an undercut' ... I think. It's what I am going to try for at least.

Next I need someone I can ask 'this sort of shirt I saw in TV show, where do I find things in this style IRL?'.

[mistressofmuses]

Wow, that's blunt. And pretty shitty. "The Look is more important than if it looks good!"

I'm glad you found something you want to do! I hope it works out and that you like it!

Next I need someone I can ask 'this sort of shirt I saw in TV show, where do I find things in this style IRL?'.
That would be a great resource.

[olivermoss]

Certain cuts of clothing work a lot better on me than others. A lot of my wardrobe is ten years old just because I stocked up while things that worked for me were in style.

I actually didn't realize how much wardrobe upkeep I do until this past year when I couldn't. Always running my eye everything in Target regularly to look for stuff that works, etc.

[luthienberen]

Good luck with choosing a hair style! I never know the names of various types of cut so usually leave it to my hairdresser who is fortunately an excellent trustworthy lady. We discuss what I like and don't like and have settled into a the "norm" as it were - can you trust your current hairdresser or do you need to make up your mind definitively prior to your appointment?

[olivermoss]

I never have a regular stylist. They all pivot to another career or leave for a city where stylists make more. Almost every stylist I've dealt with is young and like 2 years out of school. Even at the spendy places it's constant turnover of new people. You really gotta direct them here.