Can you help me with my hair?

[zibazinski]

Have you tried a keratin treatment?

[zibazinski]

It will make it silkier and smoother and easy to care for. Also makes it dry faster.

[zibazinski]

Well, at the risk of sounding strange, I think it looks HOT.

[GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl]

A Mohawk would be really easy to take care of.  

Otherwise, I can't help you--I have lots of fine, poke straight hair.  I am jealous of thick straight hair.  

[ArchietheDragon]

Jul 15, 2014 20:48:23 GMT -5 @wrongsideof30 said:

I am jealous of thick straight hair.

People think having thick hair would be great, but it totally sucks. It's too heavy to put into a ponytail or to use any type of clip or barrette. I can't do anything with it.

Chop it off and donate it.

[zibazinski]

Archie, she has beautiful hair, she just needs it to behave better for her. Ask about a keratin.

[zibazinski]

Don't hide that face with bangs! I mean it. Your hair is gorgeous, too.

[Cookies Galore]

Hmm... I have thick, wavy hair and I have a similar problem - I feel like I can't do much with my hair! It's just past shoulder length, I have side bangs, and long layers to keep it from looking too heavy. That's all I can do. It's too high-maintenance otherwise.

ETA: you're gorgeous! I don't see a problem with your hair. I totally get how you feel, though.

[ArchietheDragon]

Jul 15, 2014 20:53:50 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

Archie, she has beautiful hair, she just needs it to behave better for her. Ask about a keratin.

Cancer patients and bald men deserve beautiful hair too.  Sounds like she is sick of it to me.   She can shake things up and do a nice thing.

[ginpin]

Your hair is awesome.  Maybe trim it up, layer it a bit...but I wouldn't change much! 

[zibazinski]

Give it a try. The worst that could happen is that your hair feels like baby hair for several months. So soft. DF always pets my hair after I get it done. It feels like virgin child hair. Like silk, so soft. Like you never touched it with chemicals or other stuff.

[zibazinski]

If you do it, let me know. There's a lot of people who say they know how to do it but they do not. I have had 3 people up here in Michigan CLAIM they knew how to do it. It isn't cheap so you don't want to throw your money and time away. I get mine done in Florida because they know how to do it there. 

[zibazinski]

Pm me.

[Cookies Galore]

Jul 15, 2014 20:57:17 GMT -5 @wrongsideof30 said:

Jul 15, 2014 20:54:59 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

Hmm... I have thick, wavy hair and I have a similar problem - I feel like I can't do much with my hair! It's just past shoulder length, I have side bangs, and long layers to keep it from looking too heavy. That's all I can do. It's too high-maintenance otherwise.

Can you post a picture of what your side bangs look like (not asking you for your pic, just a pic of the style)?

I would say right now my bang is Nicole Richie/Emma Stone length. Since it's summer I'm not bothering with the hair dryer, so I'm letting my hair go natural! I can't have any short pieces, unless I want to look like I'm in Megadeth.

theglitterguide.tumblr.com/post/8519418412/via-current-inspiration-hair

www.zimbio.com/Side-Swept+Bangs+Gallery/notes/1/Nicole+Richie+Side+Swept+Bangs

hairstylesweekly.com/medium-wavy-hairstyles/medium-brown-wavy-hairstyle/

[busymom]

Just wanted to say I think you have very pretty hair! 

I wondered if you've ever had your hair professionally conditioned? Otherwise, maybe consider changing your hair to shoulder length to reduce the weight.

[Cookies Galore]

Jul 15, 2014 21:21:53 GMT -5 @wrongsideof30 said:

Meghan, those side bangs are really cute. How do you keep them on the side?

They're cut that way. I like a side part so my stylist parted my hair, cut a chunk, and then defined the bang. When I comb my hair after I shower I will make sure the hairs are where they should be so they dry correctly.

[drivingaround]

You have a beautiful jaw line, what about an inverted bob with layers that fall to your shoulders/on your shoulders and frame your face?

I also agree side bangs would be ultra trendy and cute but they can be a pain if you aren't good about keeping them trimmed.  My co-worker has them (we work in an office with heads bent over desks), she's always complaining they're floppy in her eyes and ends up pinning them back.

[Peace Of Mind]

Jul 15, 2014 20:48:23 GMT -5 @wrongsideof30 said:

I am jealous of thick straight hair.

People think having thick hair would be great, but it totally sucks. It's too heavy to put into a ponytail or to use any type of clip or barrette. I can't do anything with it.

That was how my hair was before I started bleaching it.  Bleaching it gave it more body but made the hair strands finer.  So now I have tons of fine bleached hair. 

DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITH YOUR HAIR!  It's beautiful, healthy and you look young enough to have the hair you currently have based on the few pictures I've seen of you.  I would kill for my heavy, healthy, straight hair now.  Everybody always told me I had gorgeous hair but I was sick of it too so please trust me that you want to hang on to what you have or you will regret it.

At MOST you can get it cut in long layers (that's what I have now) to give it more style and sway.  I'll pm a picture if you don't remember it but the shortest layer is about chin length and then it goes down from there.  I do have bangs though so I'm not sure how you'd feel about that but I'd not do anything before a reunion IMO. 

Just ask for more info. about the tons of layers and perm I decided to do before my first wedding.     <---- That was everybody at work's expression when I arrived the next day.  Not to mention that it was mine every time I looked into the mirror.   I looked like a freaking poodle and not in a cute way!  I had to wash it 2 and 3 times a day to get it to look human and another stylist said if anybody else had done what was done to my hair they'd have been bald as it would have melted off.  She said I should be grateful I had such healthy hair and to NEVER do that again. 

[ArchietheDragon]

Your shoulder is awesome, as well.   Do you use a loofah?

[drivingaround]

What about a "Rachel" from the early 2000's, I think that's when she had long, layered gorgeous hair.  I'll see if I can find a link.

[Deleted]

I don't know about anybody else but from a guy's perspective I wouldn't change a thing.

[Peace Of Mind]

Jul 15, 2014 20:31:29 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

It will make it silkier and smoother and easy to care for. Also makes it dry faster.

Wouldn't it make already healthy silky hair limp though?  Keratin is for dry or overly processed hair, I thought.  I thought she wanted more body and I thought Keratin would make it heavier (healthier).  No? 

Wrongside - This is a hair cut with long layers and she has highlights that would look good on you if you want to try doing that to change things up a bit.

[Apple]

Archie has to keep his sentences short since he's typing with one hand

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

I also have a lot of hair, enough such that when it is all one length, I can't find a barrette to hold it back and if I use an elastic, it is too freaking heavy.   I've not worn it that way for years as it takes too long to dry.

Right now, I have it cut just past my shoulders with long layers around my face?  So now, it is long enough to pull off my neck, and by cutting the bangs and layers, there is enough less that I can find a few barrettes to clip it back.

I lost about 50% of my hair when I was sick, and when it started growing back it left me with hairs at different lengths, so it is straight frizz.  A few licks with the flat iron keeps most of the frizz down now, but I can't wait until they are all caught up.

Oh, and I have gotten a round brush tangled in my hair too.  I wound up having to cut it out.

[cronewitch]

You and your hair are beautiful. When I was young with long hair it was thick and straight too. The hair dresser always thinned it to make it easier to deal with.

[busymom]

Jul 15, 2014 21:34:33 GMT -5 @wrongsideof30 said:

Jul 15, 2014 21:24:33 GMT -5 busymom said:

Just wanted to say I think you have very pretty hair! 

I wondered if you've ever had your hair professionally conditioned? Otherwise, maybe consider changing your hair to shoulder length to reduce the weight.

Thank you. I don't ever have my hair professionally done. My mom cuts it for me.

What do you think about highlights? My hair is actually darker than it appears in that picture. It was really sunny that day.

  Based on your picture, I don't think you need highlights, but it IS a personal preference thing.

  I've had highlights done (I'm a natural blonde, but working indoors made my hair darker over the years).  My only beef is, it made my hair dryer. 

[Deleted]

Don't touch your hair! It is beautiful! (Coming from a person who just cut off about 10 inches down to shoulder length and regretting like crazy ). Don't color it and don't cut it. I wouldn't do the bangs, they are a pain in the butt if you are not used to taking care of them.

[Peace Of Mind]

Jul 15, 2014 22:28:00 GMT -5 @wrongsideof30 said:

Jul 15, 2014 22:19:41 GMT -5 @bunnysmom said:

Don't touch your hair! It is beautiful! (Coming from a person who just cut off about 10 inches down to shoulder length and regretting like crazy ). Don't color it and don't cut it. I wouldn't do the bangs, they are a pain in the butt if you are not used to taking care of them.

So just keep washing it and letting it air dry? Lol. Obviously, I prefer to keep doing as little as possible (and thank you for saying its beautiful), but don't you think there is a certain age where I won't be able to get away with it anymore? What if I wanted to look "professional"? Wouldn't I need a more polished look? 

May I respond to this?  They say pictures are worth a thousand words so here are my thousand words:

  <----- Not young but still GORGEOUS with hair like yours! 

[Deleted]

"So just keep washing it and letting it air dry? Lol. Obviously, I prefer to keep doing as little as possible (and thank you for saying its beautiful), but don't you think there is a certain age where I won't be able to get away with it anymore? What if I wanted to look "professional"? Wouldn't I need a more polished look? "

There is no rule that says professional hair should be short or older women (which you are not ) cannot have long hair. So yes just keep doing what you are doing. Why mess with something that is already beautiful? You can always put it in a ponytail or bun (is that what it is called?) if you go to an interview or something (but you certainly don't need to). Again, do not mess with it

[billisonboard]

here is all I got