I have crap hair. Ideas please.........

[TooTicky]

I seem to be constantly growing it out. When it's long it's shiny and healthy but v. thick. I quite enjoy having it short but miss having it longer. I HATE going to the hairdresser which I think is half the reason I keep trying to grow it. I want something casual and hassle-free. I'm so fed up with the in-between stage!

Mine has ebded uo down to my bra strap because I don't know what style I'd like!!

Mine is thick and wavy which drices me insane.

Where are all these style gurus?

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go for the posh spice cut, bobbed but long at the front and cut into neck at the back, think it looks stunning and if i could loose 1 stone in weight i would have it myself

I hate going to the hairdressers too, and also have very thick hair. I can't wear it down atm because it just looks like a big bush. There should be a chain of hairdressing salons for hairdresser phobics

One with "people who cut hair" as opposed to "stylists". No animal-tested products on display. No big windows.

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Oh come on! All these thousands of women out there and no more opinions on my hair dilemma? I am sitting here looking crap and nobody cares!

I am a hairdresser, do you still have a phobia of them?

have you got GHDs, Tooticky? I got my hair cut into choppy bo thing at dd's kids' hairdressers (it's really thick, but they cut dd's so well I thought they must 'know my kind of unruly hair!), it cost £12 and it looks amazing now I have GHDs (she says modestly!)

best £90 I ever spent!

I wish they did barber shop type places for women - dh has it so easy - he strolls up, waits for a slot and he's out in 5 minutes. That's the sort of place I would like. No booking, you turn up when you feel like it, they spray your hair, chop a bit off and let you out again!

I don't know what to suggest for your hair - have you thought of getting someone who comes to the house to cut your hair?

Foxinsocks - that's like going to kiddies hairdresser - dry cut, lol

I would suggest having a choppy layered style and get the hairdresser to drastically thin your hair. I had mine done like this and it looked great and grew out "gracefully".

get highlights!

What are GHDs? Giant hairy daughters? Great hair days?
Yes I suppose I am a bit phobic.
I couldn't have a hairdresser coming here, the house is too untidy - they'd be judging my housekeeping skills as well as my hair.

GUFFAW! That's exactly why I don't have a hairdresser come to my house too!

I would love that dinny. Can't stand all this head massaging bollocks and I can wash my hair perfectly well myself!

Tooticky, you just need one room tidy - they don't have to see the rest of the house.

Good Hair Days (amazingly brilliant hair straighteners that all the slebs use). they transform thick frizzy hair into beautiful sleek tresses - seriously. believethehype!

I can confirm that GHDs are a bloody good investment if you have thick unruly hair. But poker straight hair is not a good look any more! You can use them to curl your hair too though

Don't get GHD's I got some Charles Worthington ones (recommended by my hairdresser) they have such a wide plate that it takes a quater of the time to do my thick tresses. Best thing is they only cost me about £18!!!! (they are ceramic ones BTW)

Ah, my hair isn't frizzy, just thick. I was trying to grow it long enough to plait a while back but it kept getting thicker, and I thought by the time it was long enough any plait would be about 4 inches thick. So I had it cut v. short but still crave the plaityness.
foxinsocks, I'm not sure I could manage one whole tidy room. Anyway you can see straight through to the kitchen from the front room.