oface and others who have hair

hmonkey

i want flat, straight bangs like zoey deschanel.



instead, i end up with weird poufy bangs like tay tay.




HOW DO I FIX THIS?  do i need a flat iron?  if so, which one?  please don't make me spend a frillion dollars. 

does this also mean that i need to get haircuts more frequently than twice a year?

6fsn

Bangs require hair cuts.  I am growing them out for this reason.  Mine had about a 2 wk period where they looked good and didn't annoy me.

nicoleg1982

I think you can blow them down, right?  Also a flat iron will help.  I have a $30 from Target (Remington, I think) that gets hotter and works better than the nicer one I have from Sally.

Cant_wait!

I tried to have zoey bangs in 2010. If I didn't flat iron them they looked awful. I needed to round brush them, but i didn't learn that in time. I flat ironed them. When my niece saw me she said, "Auntie, are you wearing a wig?"

I didn't cut my bangs for an entire year.

**O-Face**

Actually I think you want to dry them in the opposite direction until they're about 70% dry.  Then let them dry, and use a skinny flat iron to fix.  If you blow them straight down they will look really really flat.

Cant_wait!

hmm. maybe that was my problem. I hate how flat the top of my hair is.

**O-Face**

I had the same issue last year.  Bangs:



No bangs:




I just love that picture.  HAHAHA!

hmonkey

also, i have a weird part just off center so i look like countess von weirdo.  well, because i am asian, i guess i look like weirdo-san.

how do i fix THAT?  do i have to get "more" bangs cut?

:: SIGH ::

having hair is hard, yo.

**O-Face**

Yes...you need more cut.  Have her part it further back...don't do the..."I can't commit" bangs.

hmonkey

.. dammit.

**O-Face**

I know.  If they're too thin, no matter how you style them, they will look stringy.

hmonkey

YES YES YES THEY LOOK STRINGY THAT IS MY PROBLEM.

everything else looks fine, but then you get to my bangs and BAM -- vagrant.

**O-Face**

Plus, I know dry shampoo helps a lot with texture and creating that blocky look at your bangs. 

hmonkey

dry shampoo is not an option, sadly.  i got the bangs to deal with some of my psoriasis; the bangs help camouflage the dryness right at the hairline.

**O-Face**

Have you tried Lush snake oil?  Just wondering.

Or Eucerin calming shampoo?

hmonkey

my dermo asks that i use a pyrithione zinc shampoo, so i'm using the garnier one.

i just read reviews for the lush one, and it sounds horrifying!

**O-Face**

Horrifying?  LOL.

I need to see these reviews.

Grits8812

Have your stylist cut more bangs.  Mine are pretty chunky, and while they aren't "real" bangs (they swoop to the side) they look a lot better from when I first got them cut