Hi everyone. I always liked the look of long, flowing, straight hair. Curls are nice too but I don't like how they usually make my hair look shorter.
Do you have a certain preference?
I like them both. Hair can look so nice, straight, wavy, flowing, curly, short, medium, long, and then the colors!
I like fairly straight hair with big curls below neck level.
Thick hair, thin hair, bangs, no bangs. So much to choose from!
No chest hair though, Nuh uh.
Chrissy
Quote from: CosmicJoke on October 02, 2024, 05:06:07 PMHi everyone. I always liked the look of long, flowing, straight hair. Curls are nice too but I don't like how they usually make my hair look shorter.
Do you have a certain preference?
My hair is naturally curly. I've spent a fortune on burning my head with hair irons trying to get it straight. It works for like half a day, but it's not fun. :P I much prefer straight hair. I don't understand why it has to be curly. Feels like a deformity to me. No other hair on the human body is weirdly curly. :P
I used to straighten my hair so it would look longer. Now it has finally reached a length I'm happy with, so I just leave the natural curls alone. My curls are more like gentle waves, so straightening probably only adds an inch or so.
Love always -- Jessica Rose
Quote from: Jessica_Rose on October 03, 2024, 07:20:08 PMI used to straighten my hair so it would look longer. Now it has finally reached a length I'm happy with, so I just leave the natural curls alone. My curls are more like gentle waves, so straightening probably only adds an inch or so.
Love always -- Jessica Rose
To be fair, Jess, you are gorgeous. Don't tamper with perfection. :)
Quote from: Sephirah on October 04, 2024, 01:19:02 AMTo be fair, Jess, you are gorgeous. Don't tamper with perfection. :)
You really enjoy making people cry, don't you? ;D
It took a lot of tampering by my favorite surgeon (Dr. Ley) to reach this point in my life. It was quite painful at times, physically, mentally, and financially. I still see flaws, but I'm finally happy with the person I see in the mirror. Photos are surreal. When I see a photo of myself, my first thought is 'wow, she's beautiful'. After a few seconds, my brain kicks in and says 'no, it's just you'. When I began this journey, I told myself that I would 'make one ugly woman'. I'm still surprised at how wrong I was.
Thanks for starting my day with a smile,
@Sephirah .
Love always -- Jess
I usually wear my hair straight & avoid heat as it's fine & silver. I like both & have the ocasional curly blow dry from my hairdresser
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Quote from: Jessica_Rose on October 04, 2024, 04:49:09 AMYou really enjoy making people cry, don't you? ;D
I mean... if it's in a good way, lol. ;D Then I'm totally fine with it. <3 And think that more people deserve to know just how beautiful they are because most of us go through life trying to tell ourselves we aren't. It's the curse of the human condition. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The only reflection you can really trust is that which comes from the mirror of someone else's eyes. Someone who sees you outside yourself.
So yes, you're GorJess. ;)
Sometimes I will wear a straight long hair wig. I sometimes also gather that hair into two big long pigtails with small hair ties but I add ribbons. I have not gone to the office that way but it is just a fun thing to wear it like that occasionally, usually at home or on a walk.
At other times I will just gather the hair in the back with a single big ribbon. It is a nice look.
Mostly though I just like my own hair.
Chrissy
Quote from: ChrissyRyan on October 04, 2024, 05:35:06 PMSometimes I will wear a straight long hair wig. I sometimes also gather that hair into two big long pigtails with small hair ties but I add ribbons. I have not gone to the office that way but it is just a fun thing to wear it like that occasionally, usually at home or on a walk.
At other times I will just gather the hair in the back with a single big ribbon. It is a nice look.
Mostly though I just like my own hair.
Chrissy
Chrissy, I need to see you with anime pigtails. My life will be complete. Not even kidding. A lot of the time that's kind of how I picture you in my head.
Quote from: Sephirah on October 04, 2024, 06:49:15 PMChrissy, I need to see you with anime pigtails. My life will be complete. Not even kidding. A lot of the time that's kind of how I picture you in my head.
They end up not looking cartoonish but probably a bit too cute. But as they are fun at times for me, why not I ask myself. So I just do it. Same thing for wearing a ponytail and a baseball cap.
Chrissy
As I age, I see my hair thinner and curvier, especially in the 'M' area. I prefer straight hair. I used to visit the hair salon once every year, but I will go there every 6 months to straighten my curly hair. It is time to go to the hair salon before I visit Hawaii late this month.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x1tXqEhEQLQ
Cheers,
barbie~~
Quote from: barbie on October 05, 2024, 01:39:53 PMAs I age, I see my hair thinner and curvier, especially in the 'M' area. I prefer straight hair. I used to visit the hair salon once every year, but I will go there every 6 months to straighten my curly hair. It is time to go to the hair salon before I visit Hawaii late this month.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x1tXqEhEQLQ
Cheers,
barbie~~
OMG! I'm not visiting Hawaii later this month but next year with my parents. I have never been there before but my mother has.
I'm just dreading the long flight. We are from Pennsylvania.
Quote from: CosmicJoke on October 05, 2024, 08:58:43 PMOMG! I'm not visiting Hawaii later this month but next year with my parents. I have never been there before but my mother has.
I'm just dreading the long flight. We are from Pennsylvania.
Last year I visited Honolulu, staying for about a week, but it will be again exciting to be there for the 2nd time.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h3eVU1xM1Vk
Cheers,
barbie~~
I'm finding that my hair looks better with curls. Even after my balayage and putting waves into my hair, my hairstylist even agrees that my fine hair benefits from curls, since curls give me that volume that straight doesn't. And lately I've been doing some 80's-inspired styles and people find that I can pull them off and they make me look younger! Today I have a pink fleece scrunchie and even after brushing, my hair still had curls in it from shampooing last night and sleeping in a sleep cap that I couldn't comb out this morning and it's got that 80's look.
my hair is naturally curly, but they get very easily frizzy and dull... I've been straightening them with iron with not much success to fight the fizzy effect (straightening lasted just a few hours).
So i changed strategy and with support of my hairdresser I found good products to enhance the natural curls and make my hair look healthy.
So now... definitely curly (see my new avatar) !!
Roberta
My hair is thinnig a bit as I get older so it is nice having it be a little curly for more volume.
It is now long enough to reach the middle of my back. Fortunately I don't have male pattern baldness.
Marion
If I was wearing long hair I would like it to have big waves that fall down the sides of my face and over the front of my top.
My shorter hair is straight, and uniform length. Have to go to a salon about every five weeks to keep it just right.
Chrissy
My hair is naturally curly, but when it gets longer, the weight of the hair pulls it straight so I am left with wavy hair. After washing and drying, it is usually only curly near the ends.
My stylist says that women with straight hair often would like to have wavy or curly hair,
and vice versa!
Chrissy
Quote from: Lori Dee on March 25, 2025, 08:12:55 PMMy hair is naturally curly, but when it gets longer, the weight of the hair pulls it straight so I am left with wavy hair. After washing and drying, it is usually only curly near the ends.
My hair is down to just a little past the shoulders, and it seems to have a slight natural curl at that length, so it's not straight from the weight. But with how fine my hair makes it look straight. So when I wash my hair and sleep on it it just seems to enhance my natural curl.
Quote from: NancyDrew1930 on March 25, 2025, 08:22:29 PMMy hair is down to just a little past the shoulders, and it seems to have a slight natural curl at that length
Mine is just past my collarbone. It curls from just below my ears to the ends. The rest is mostly straight, sort of like my avatar pic. ;D
Quote from: Lori Dee on March 25, 2025, 08:43:27 PMMine is just past my collarbone. It curls from just below my ears to the ends. The rest is mostly straight, sort of like my avatar pic. ;D
Yeah, to be fair, Lori is genuinely gorgeous. Personal preference... girl you look far more stunning than your avatar pic. You have the most beautiful smile. And a light behind your eyes that I don't often see. <3
Aw, shucks. < blush >
I was thinking of changing back to my blonde avatar pic.
Quote from: Lori Dee on March 26, 2025, 06:11:26 PMAw, shucks. < blush >
I was thinking of changing back to my blonde avatar pic.
Lori, the real you is far more captivating than any avatar. You are legit stunning. You have an aura about you that screams wisdom, and beauty. I think you should show yourself more. You are beautiful. <3
There she is!!
Lori, you are honestly gorgeous!
The eyes are the windows to the soul. Your soul is mesmerising. Girl... you are stunning! <3 You have that half smile that says "I know a lot about a lot but don't presume to know everything about everything. I just know I am happy."
I love that avatar. <3 Hands down my favourite rockhound. <3
I wore a wig for the first 9 months or so after beginning my transition to cover the very short haircut I'd worn for almost 45 years. The length of the wig was just below my shoulders - a few inches longer than my own hair is now. I've embraced my natural gray and get a little curl under at the ends. I plan on growing it just a few inches longer...at least that's the plan for now. But, I am tremendously happy with this almost 70 year old head of hair.
I like my straight hair, some waves at most. I never cared for it to be too curly. Seems to me that it's a whole lot easier to curl your hair once in a while than it is to try to keep curly hair straight - even short term.
I've feathered my hair back for so long that, were I to cut it shorter or get long bangs, it would again feather back on it's own. It still feathers back fairly easy with my current length. Speaking of It's getting time for another trim&thin
I go off how i feel, i went through a stage of long blonde curly hair to using straighteners
(https://i.postimg.cc/xcxJfMHs/kat2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/xcxJfMHs)
at the moment i am going through a colour phase, with strawberry blonde, and copper gold
@kat2 Dear kat2I like your long blonde hair shown in your current profile photo...
"blondes have more fun"
The longest hair that I have had is about what you see in my current avatar/profile photo...
...just below my shoulders. No curls and not so very long makes it fairly easy to fix up
in the morning and after showering and washing my hair.
If I am being active, hiking, jogging, working out
and other similar activities I usually have it in a ponytail.
Thank you for sharing and posting...HUGS, DanielleQuote from: kat2 on April 02, 2025, 01:36:49 PMI go off how i feel, i went through a stage of long blonde curly hair to using straighteners
(https://i.postimg.cc/xcxJfMHs/kat2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/xcxJfMHs)
at the moment i am going through a colour phase, with strawberry blonde, and copper gold
I would just like to have enough right now to answer that. 😄 🤣
Thats next on my list after I get rid of all this nasty body hair.
Quote from: Northern Star Girl on April 02, 2025, 02:31:56 PMI like your long blonde hair shown in your current profile photo...
"blondes have more fun"
ty Northern Star Girl, My hair now is nearly down to my waist but its graduated if that makes sense? My hair is a colour mix of strawberry blonde, copper gold and I've added in Auburn. Hair can be fun but a pain too, sometimes when I go out and the wind gets up it blows my hair across my face and I cannot see where I am walking or my other pet hate is when hair goes in my mouth
Quote from: April Marie on April 02, 2025, 10:59:31 AMI wore a wig for the first 9 months or so after beginning my transition to cover the very short haircut I'd worn for almost 45 years. The length of the wig was just below my shoulders - a few inches longer than my own hair is now. I've embraced my natural gray and get a little curl under at the ends. I plan on growing it just a few inches longer...at least that's the plan for now. But, I am tremendously happy with this almost 70 year old head of hair.
If that's you in your avatar, April, you're so beautiful. <3
Quote from: kat2 on April 03, 2025, 05:57:13 AMor my other pet hate is when hair goes in my mouth
LOL this! The bane of long hair is when you wake up having had a particularly bad night's sleep, and wake up at 2am feeling like you're choking on something, only to realise it is your own hair.
Quote from: kat2 on April 03, 2025, 05:57:13 AMmy other pet hate is when hair goes in my mouth
Definitely. I stopped wearing lip gloss for this reason. Got more in my hair than on my lips. ;D
Quote from: Sephirah on April 03, 2025, 06:43:28 PMIf that's you in your avatar, April, you're so beautiful. <3
Yup, that's me...with the help of a professional makeover before the Gala. Bu, it's me.
Thank you for the very kind words.