I am sorry for you ladies who wear wigs - I really empathize because I wore wigs for years and I hated it.... but I guess this question applies to the grrls here who have real hair.

I finally grew my hair to shoulder length - and it is all wild and curly, lol. It is not poker straight like most Asian hair tend to be. It was long enough to put it in a French Braid and I wore it to work. People commented on it - that I looked good with my hair pulled back, let it be in a French twist, updo with a clip, a ponytail, or a French Braid, because of my features.

IT surprised me because I always felt I needed to cover up my strong jawline.. thus be more passable.

Do you wear your hair up or pulled back - or down all the time to cover your "masculine" features"?

I have rather curly hair also    I'll usually do a ponytail up on top of my head and let the hair frame my face or pull it back like a ponytail but with loop of hair pulled through so the curls point up rather than down (not sure what it's called) This is mostly to keep the hair out of the way while I wash my face but I've been told it's a cute style as well 

For some reason I look more girly when I pull my hair back and clip it

tail or the front pulled to the back and cliped

Up or back in a pony-tail is usually reserved for when I'm working out or doing some sort of physical activity... otherwise, it's down 99% of the time.

Quote from: JennX on December 09, 2011, 10:43:51 PM
Up or back in a pony-tail is usually reserved for when I'm working out or doing some sort of physical activity... otherwise, it's down 99% of the time.

Ponytail for me. Looks 100 times better that way.

Even if my jawline and chin is über male looking.

Quote from: MsDazzler on December 09, 2011, 08:14:44 PM

IT surprised me because I always felt I needed to cover up my strong jawline.. thus be more passable.

I agree. But despite what others have said about sex updos, I can't leave the house until I feel 100%. Which means often my hair is down or in a snooki pomp.

My stylist(he cuts hair in the Castro, btw) told me I had a good jawline and neck to wear updos and short hair if I wanted to. I just don't see it... I hate my jawline. ...Nose, brows, eyes, chin and cheeks are perfect in my eyes though...except that fookin wide jaw. The guys like updos for some ungodly reason though.

Here is a photo, also I believe thats my face uncontoured:

My hair is shoulder length, but I actually look way more passable with my hair up or partially up.

I think having my hair down hides my natural heart-shaped face and makes the jaw look wider.

I wear it back and up.
Leaving it hang down looks messy and like some dude out of the back woods that can't get to a hairdresser. Also it's then much more in my face.

Axelle

mine is dead straight and a bit sparse at the fron so mostly let it fall from acentre parting but I do tie it back on occasion and am happy so see I don't have such an awful male jaw.
just wish I had the thick strong hair that a lot of GGs have.  but my two GG bosses also wish they did too and my mother lost a lot of her hair quite young too so maybe I'm losing to my genes.

Quote from: Carolina1983 on December 10, 2011, 03:00:17 AM

Ponytail for me. Looks 100 times better that way.

Even if my jawline and chin is über male looking.

Hehe, but why are you wearing your hair down in the avatar pic  assuming that is YOU heh

Quote from: MsDazzler on December 10, 2011, 11:17:23 AM
Hehe, but why are you wearing your hair down in the avatar pic  assuming that is YOU heh

I was at home and did not bother .  My friend took the pic when I played PS3

Quote from: Carolina1983 on December 10, 2011, 12:47:07 PM

I was at home and did not bother .  My friend took the pic when I played PS3

Did you hit them with the game controller after they took the pic? LOL

Quote from: Mahsa the disco shark on December 10, 2011, 07:40:42 PM
Did you hit them with the game controller after they took the pic? LOL

I wanted to but I am very careful with expensive items like that .

I found that when i pull my hair back it opens up more room on my face and detracts from my jaw / chin. The exact opposite happens when I wear something that covers my forehead (it places more focus on my brow ridge and jaw / chin...which I think isn't that flattering).

I dunno if pulling the hair back helps with the feminine thing... but it definitely looks better from an aesthetics point of view (which is what I am going for ideally... I want to look nice, I don't care too much about the gender).

I tend to wear mine down, except for when I am at work. then I will wear it in a ponytail. Although,  Pre-transition, I wore my hair in pigtails for a while at work. And wore a glittery red baseball cap, and a hat with bunny ears... cowgirl hat too. Not all at once. Just to make people smile ^_^

Quote from: Keaira on December 11, 2011, 03:47:50 AM
I tend to wear mine down, except for when I am at work. then I will wear it in a ponytail. Although,  Pre-transition, I wore my hair in pigtails for a while at work. And wore a glittery red baseball cap, and a hat with bunny ears... cowgirl hat too. Not all at once. Just to make people smile ^_^

Pigtails! Aww.. cute! I have not tried that one yet! With ribbons? heh

I think I look good either way, but prefer to have it back in a ponytail most of the time.  I used to look really bad with my hair down, so I got into the ponytail habit and haven't really felt like changing it since.

Quote from: MsDazzler on December 11, 2011, 12:33:25 PM
Pigtails! Aww.. cute! I have not tried that one yet! With ribbons? heh

Lol. No, I don't have any ribbon to use. Otherwise I just might have done that too

i never go out with a pony tail... my jaws look horrible