JamieGainer wrote:
I, for one, am a big fan of long hair. I do, however, realize that not all of us can grow long lusterous hair, i.e.= me, that's why I use extensions, constantly, they let us short haired ladies have some fun too. I've been having the same dilemma you are, even as a stylist. For the past few months and decided to go for a mid-neck, 45 degree stacked bob - translation a cute, short cut that is low maintinance for my hair type and always has volume, which is a plus for me because I have the thinnest hair ever, it's SUPER important to determine what is the best cut for your lifestyle and your personality.

Back to you I see that you have generally medium length, semi-wavy hair. It's hard to give you the best consultation because I'm not actually touching your hair to determine it's thickness, volume, condition, etc. But I think the best idea is to utilize your best features and compliment your skin tone. To me, your eyes seem like the best candidate for emphasis on your face and your skin looks fair, by the way red was a great choice on your part for your skin tone if it's not your natural color.
I would love to see you put a little more excitment into your hair style, I'd love to see some chunky gold highlights to brighten your eyes and give some depth to your hair and I'd also love to see you go with a little more "choppy" cut that tapers in toward your jaw line and comes to a point near your chin, since your bone structure looks prominent there. Another important aspect of this particular cut would be to angle the hair in the back so that your top layer of hair almost cascades onto the middle layers and then those cascade onto the bottom part near your neck, as to creat height right at the top of the backside of your head.....sound confusing yet??? lol.

I wish I had an image in mind that I could refer you to but I don't, I'm actually going to look for one though because I see this in my head but realize it's hard for you to imagine it.

I'd love to hear what any and all other stylists have to say also

Jamie Michelle

I think i get the general idea of what your saying for the cut... my hair is really thick, which is why i have layers in it now and i basically always have, otherwise my head is just heavy...

by the way, I did choose the red and I'm glad you like it :-)... everyone seems to judging by the increase in shoots since I went red... i'll definitely consider the gold highlights once i have some money, seeing as being a college student doesn't really pay all that well ;-)