Hair styles for fine, straight hair

[Mazzatron]

Hello,

Just wondering if anyone can advise on some good styles for a woman in her late 30s with fine, very straight mousey brown hair!

Currently have it shoulder length with a slight side parting. All one length as layers look bad or even thinner due to it being so lank. Haven never been very adventurous. Wondering about a fringe but will it look scraggly with fine hair?

Any suggestions welcome! Thank you so much 😊

I’ve got very fine baby hair and I have it in a pixie cut like below. Using volumising powder helps to give it more lift and add texture. If you’re brave enough it’s a good cut to have for fine hair. You just have to be careful not to use too much product like wax as it can weigh down fine hair.

I'd go for a super blunt, well above shoulder one length bob with middle parting. And either go darker or lighter dependent on your colouring.

Colouring it gives in more texture. Get some highlights and a good cut. Then run a bit of mousse through it and get a babylliss big hair or equivalent. Sometimes I use the tongs fo curl mine. I do five quite big ringlets and then they drop and give my hair a kink. Or I dry it so the ends turn up a bit and this gives it a bit of texture.

I have exactly this hair.

Highlights definitely help - they thicken the hair shaft, and also break it up visually so it looks thicker.

You’re right to avoid layers.

I have a fringe, I like it, suits my face shape —hides my massive forehead—. However it does mean I have even less hair (because some of it is cut short to make the fringe iyswim) so I would say only have a small section cut into a fringe, not a large amount.

I don’t have the jawline for a pixie cut sadly!

Oh - I have also recently been taking supplements (in theory to help with my thyroid and anaemia) and they have really helped my hair! Hairdresser confirmed I have lots of new hair growth. So maybe worth considering?

I tried to grow my fine limp hair for years, finally took the plunge and went for a pixie cut and wish I'd done it years ago. It looks so much thicker! Similar to this photo.

Gotta agree with pixie cut
Use one of those cone brush dryers to give lift at the roots with a bit of mousse. Then a tiny bit of wax on the tips to give it definition.

And yes to high lights.

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Pixie cut is fine if you have the face for it, I tried it once and looked like a hairy potato.

Yes and I have a round face didn't suit me. Plus unless v good skin I felt had to be made up all the time.. I thought I was going to look like Kelly from 90210 at the time (96) but instead looked like my brother

My hair is very fine, over the years I've tried growing it and it always looks worse. Now I have a short choppy pixie cut with some highlights and it looks much better.

@Heygirlheyboy

Good point. When I had a pixie cut I used to wear more eye make up. And red lipstick.

And I used to wash and dry much more frequently - no more ponytail days.

I still wear red lipstick with long hair now.