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Help - hair crisis!

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CurrantBun · 19/10/2007 16:13

I feel middle-aged and frumpy. My hair has always been dead straight, fine and completely lacking in body but since DS was born 7 months ago it seems to have got worse. While I was on maternity leave I tried to grow it from a short crop to a bob, but it was taking ages and seemed to look a permanent lifeless mess, so just before I started back at work I decided to go back to the crop.

Disaster! I think this is possibly the worst cut my stylist has ever given me. It's not short enough to be a crop, the layers on top are too long and sit flat to my head, and the sides around the ears are too long and kind of flick out (not in a flattering way). My highlights really need doing again too.

I'm booked in for next Saturday - highlights, cut and blow-dry - but haven't a clue what to do with it. Thinking of leaving it long on top to tuck behind my ears, then tapered into the neck at the back - had this once before but means that the back hair is dark while the top hair is quite blonde and not sure I'm keen on the two-tone look.

I need something low-maintenance, trendy and easy to manage as I am useless at blowdrying and only have 5 minutes in the morning to spend on my hair. Can any of you wonderful ladies help me?

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allhallows · 19/10/2007 16:20

Get the layers reduced as much as possible & get some natural looking highlights. I've got superfine hair & the current idea that layering gives body to fine hair is so wrong... it just flattens it.

fishie · 19/10/2007 16:30

have you got this week's grazia? michelle williams has new hair and i really like it. too short for me, but i have fine hair too (mine curly) and i think it is highly suitable style for the wispy among us. i like the 30s aspect of it. here is a pic which does not do it justice.

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