I now have 1994 Jennifer Anniston hair FML

[chibi]

I asked for something different that would suit me and this is what I now have.

Can anyone who had this hairstyle 20 years ago give me an idea as to how long it will take to grow out?

Also, fuck my life

Isn't the 90's look back in fashion now?

Ha ha ha

No.

The best part is it is so choppy and layered I can't tie it back

Wow that sounds like a short version.

When you get the top layers at a decent length do a Westminster Bob. Currently sported by Teresa/Harriet.

When this happened to me, I had all the wispy bits cut off and ended up with a short bob and started from scratch. It sounds drastic but it was better.

90's fashion most definitely in at the mo!

Westminster Bob?
(I'd Google but I don't think it's A Real Thing somehow )

the Rachel might be okay after you've washed it and let it settle?

I'd trade the Rachel for the growing -out-Pixie I;m sporting (looks a bit White Dee at the moment)

It is beyond shit.

the best part is I have thick curly hair so will need to style this fucking mess within an inch of its life if I am ever to leave the house without making small children cry

2015 and I gave the fucking Rachel

I am never ever going to a salon again ever ever ever

I asked for 'a few layers at the front' last September. I got the Rachel but WITH a weird fringe.

Almost nine months later, the fringe has just about grown out and I am wearing my hair down again (only JUST)...layers have grown out enough that I dont feel desperate about them. And my hair grows quite fast, sorry to say.

Fuck that evil hairdresser!

I made the Westminster bob name up. I think it's the new Lady of a certain age replacement for a Man's haircut that overtook the blue rince.

Nine months, bloody hell.

My hair had only just recovered from some mad stylist taking thinning shears to it

Oh man, I did this on a recommendation from a friend, today's original plan was to go see mad max

Try having it curly, I have what sounds like similar hair to you and I would never be able to straighten it with lots of choppy bits. I hate hairdressers that don't think about how you will dry it yourself

Oh no!!

I have frizzy hair and always sling it back so I know how you feel!

Sad times!

I had though about getting the wispy bits chopped off but I think safer to pin back what I can and just will it to grow

The pain eased, chibi. I'll be honest...for about two months I choked back tears every time I looked in the mirror. I wore my hair pinned up in an odd sort of chignon style for a long time. It was just SO shit and took forever to blowdry to look only slightly less shit.

I still hate Jennifer Aniston.

I asked for "the Rachel" back in the 90's (don't judge. I was youngish and stupid). I came out looking like the love child of Rod Stewart and Anthea Turner

Many years ago, I went in and asked for my hair to be cut "like Natalie Barnes" (Coronation Street Landlady, they knew who I meant)

I left looking like Hayley Cropper

This was in the 90s, the decade that style forgot.

Anthea still has that hairstyle.

the worst part is how very stupid I feel

And I am 40, so on a downward spiral looks wise anyway. By the time this grows out, I'll be 45?

Might as well just get some sensible mum cut and wear polyester slacks ffs

Why dont you show us a pic so we can offer some constructive advice?

I really want to shave it off

Just awful. I think if I pin back the front it is less terrible?

Maybe?

Maybe get hair extensions and go for a Katie Price instead...?

Is it like this? Can you just get the bottom 2 or so inches chopped off so it's like an inverted messy bob thing?

Joking aside you could manage a Westminster bob in a couple of months, then grow it all down.