What haircut do I need to ask for?

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If there is one that will fix this. I have added photos (hopefully) that show my hair. My hair seems to have decided to be really kind to me for the last couple of months and fall very nicely without blow drying or straightening. I’ve been really busy with work recently so have gotten into a habit of just washing it and going out with it wet. For a while it was drying all puffy and fluffy and poodle like but I’ve noticed recently it’s drying slightly puffy on day one but by day two it looks like this which I think is pretty nice for no styling? (All my life I’ve had wavy frizzy hair so couldn’t leave it natural as it looked awful) my only issue is the bits flicking out at the bottom. From the front it looks fine but the sides and back flick out which I don’t like. Do you think it would be possible to have it cut in a way where I can still dry it naturally but don’t end up with the flicks bits at the bottom? I would love to carry on washing it, running a brush through it and walking out the door.

How about a slightly graduated bob? Keep the length at the front but have the flicky bits trimmed off? Your hair is so shiny!

Firstly, your hair looks fab, wish I could pull of short hair. Had mine long for over 5 years and only now looking for a hairdresser to chop this mess! But I was a hairdresser back pre-kids so happy to help out a bit if I can.

Personally I think maybe asking for a few inches off the sides and back with some light layering and thinning to keep it light. You could possibly go for a slight angle so the parts at the front are longer than the back, you could defo pull that off. But I’d definitely take of at least two inches and try to not let it grow out to your shoulders as the hair will start to flick up again at the ends. And as your hair is frizzy, you can always ask the hairdresser to cut it dry (always recommended for curly or frizzy hairs!) let me know how it goes x

My hair does that too. I've found a blunt lob to be the answer, I don't let them layer my hair at all and the flicky biz has stopped. I also air dry and as long as my conditioner has some good moisture and silicone it looks fab.

I had an old school hairdresser a while back and she used to cut ends at a special angle so they would turn under. I think she’sretired now, she trained in the late fifties/early sixties.

She said that technique fell out of favour and lots of old tricks about how to cut hair to minimise styling/increase versatility and make women’s lives easier fell out of favour when “cutting a look” became king, and then later when hairdressers starting flogging their own product lines it became worse. She used to say “Enter Vidal Sassoon” in a sarcastic tone and then sigh and shake her head a lot.

Anyway, she said the technique is called inverse layering but not everyone knows how to do it.

Thank you everyone!

I was worried if I get it cut the flicky bits will just start higher up. Glad to know there are ways to prevent that. I feel so lucky that it’s finally doing a nice thing with such little effort so I really want to go with it while I can.

More layers will make it worse in my experience.
Get the hairdresser to nip off the very ends of your existing layers, so that they aren't dry. Get some taken off the length and ask her for it to be blunt.
You need the weight to stop it kinking out. A little serum applied to the back might help too, but only a tiny bit and not all over.