Hair advise

[drvotion86]

Hi everyone I have been trying to figure out how to style my hair when its short... I worry about passing with short hair i tend to get staired at more... It is exactly 4 inches long all around. I am at a loss how to style it. I dont wanna cut it since im trying to grow it out. I usually glue in extensions which does get expensive, which i dont have a job atm. Any tips would be welcome... I do wanna get comfortable with my short hair... I am very uneasy about it, i feel like i dont pass at all without my extensions.

[Joeyboo~ :3]

Google Lil Debbie.

Her hair is gawjuss,
and it undeniably female.
I know that its hard to make short hair look girly.
it all depends on the cut you have, you might wanna go to a hairdresser and tell them to help you figure out a way to keep a cute fem cut even when the extensions are out.

[drvotion86]

Thankyou, That hair does look great! I think i need to add more body to my hair.. I'll experiment with it.  Guess I'll have to train my hair more. Also what can help hair growth i feel like its so slow.

[Annah]

im personally fond of shorter hair.

I know this sounds crazy, but I have seen a lot of trans girls who had a harder time passing because they had long hair. So many of us has this mindset that long hair equals instant or better femininity. It all boils down to your face shape.

I have shorter hair...well shortish hair and I do not have a passing issue. With long hair with my facial shape, I am sure I would get clocked a few times.

[drvotion86]

I am not sure what face shape i have? I know i have a baby face and dimple chin.

[Torn1990]

Thankyou, That hair does look great! I think i need to add more body to my hair.. I'll experiment with it.  Guess I'll have to train my hair more. Also what can help hair growth i feel like its so slow.

Well i saw your short hair and i generally do not pass yet (not on hormones yet 1 month away), but i feel like my hair looks much more feminine when i tuck it behind my ears and generally try to add body to it. Otherwise if you can pull it back into a very short pony tail in the back which i sometimes do and just tie it back with one of those small rubber bands you can find at drugstores it can look really cute with my short hair
I HATE my short hair i'm thinking about getting extensions put in soon, but for now i do enjoy these styles.
For growth I've been taking biotin, and prenatal vitamins and eating alot of jello >.> apparently it helps your hair grow out
i just started. That mixture of vitamins is what pregger ladies take. It helps with nails and hair.

also you have the beautiful rectangular shaped face from what i can see in your avatar

[Annah]

i have a dimple chin too. If you have a pear or roundish face, short hair would look great on you. Go to any salon....tell the stylist you are straight up trans and ask for hair recommendations based on your facial shape.

I had a gay guy get all excited when I told him i was trans.....and I was still sporting a beard. He gave me invaluable information and I am in his debt to this day. I didn't get charged a dime for it.

[Mahsa Tezani]

Natalie,

I saw a transgirl with a very femme face on BART yesterday. You could easily pull off short hair.

I had a gay guy get all excited when I told him i was trans.....and I was still sporting a beard. He gave me invaluable information and I am in his debt to this day. I didn't get charged a dime for it.

I was working at the ballpark back in 2009. An ultra masculine environment and I'd say 75% of the people back then assumed I was female. It may have been in SF, but most people said "ma'm". I had minimal makeup on. One time this jock guy came up to the stand and I was like, "May I help you?" and he told his friend OUT LOUD, "That looks like a girl, but I think that's a man" then I asked him why and he said, "You have a really femme face, but I saw the stubble and heard the voice". That was a definite ah-ha moment. I wish I had started refining the look back then... then I could have kept short hair and been chica.

Google Lil Debbie.

Her hair is gawjuss,
and it undeniably female.
I know that its hard to make short hair look girly.
it all depends on the cut you have, you might wanna go to a hairdresser and tell them to help you figure out a way to keep a cute fem cut even when the extensions are out.

Googled her... Makes me want short hair.

[pretty]

You have to balance the face! Balance!!

Find your face shape and use the hair to make it appear more oval or heart-shaped.

[Mahsa Tezani]

You have to balance the face! Balance!!

Or else the Sith will rise again?

[pretty]

Or else the Sith will rise again?

Uhhh, definitely. And they will clock you so hard! 

And then they will kidnap the princess. 

[Mahsa Tezani]

Uhhh, definitely. And they will clock you so hard! 

And then they will kidnap the princess. 

Princess Amidala was my hero in high school.

[pretty]

Princess Amidala was my hero in high school.

Yea... I always loved all the fab headgear, whether or not it looks maybe kinda dorky in retrospect.

Plus, idc if it's weird, but I want snow white skin. Like full geisha mode, I don't care if it makes you look like a ghost either.

[Lily]

Plus, idc if it's weird, but I want snow white skin. Like full geisha mode, I don't care if it makes you look like a ghost either.

I want that too, so much!!! Pale white with jet black hair is the best look ever.

[drvotion86]

i dont feel like there is much i can do to my hair...

[V M]

i dont feel like there is much i can do to my hair...

Who are you trying to kid girl? Go to a few salons and ask what curling iron etc. they recommend, then go to a Sally Beauty store or .com and get a decent quality curling iron... The gals at Sally Beauty will have good advice also, but it's a good idea to check around first so they don't up sell you on something

I have curly hair, it's truly the stuff that you can't do much with other than trim the knotted split ends out 

[drvotion86]

i cant go anywhere no ride and no money...  Im stuck at my parents for now until i get back to my bf. i have a thick curling iron. I dont go out much here since my attack (dont ask). I really dont like it here i prefer home (tx) and i go to a really good sally's where everyone knows me. Guess ill just mess with my hair some more myself and see what i come up with.. i do like how i have it in the pic but idk how it looks to eveyone else...

[lilacwoman]

wash and brush the short hair until it shines and just have it as a short bob off your face and spend your money on good foundation and powder and blusher to emphasize the nice girlie features and then walk out with your head held high.

[drvotion86]

my hair isnt long enugh for a bob.. but i do have nice makeup (mac) =)

[V M]

What's keeping you from getting back with your bf?