I’ve had my hair the same style since I was 16, with two brief interludes. It’s all one length and quite long, bra strap length. I tried a just below chin length bob about 4 years ago which made me look like I was wearing a helmet 🪖 and in my early 20s a strange bob type layered thing (late 90s so maybe a short Rachel?!) but I looked like a fox. Not a cute sexy one but an actual fox 😂. I hated both and grew them out as soon as I could.
My hair is naturally ginger/red, and I absolutely love the colour. My hair has always been the one thing about myself I truly like and it has always attracted compliments. But now I’m 47, the natural colour is fading (the odd true white hair at the parting but mainly just so much paler than it used to be) and so the fact that it is actually a pretty boring style is more obvious, as the colour isn’t there to be an outstanding feature if that makes sense. It’s also drier these days than it has been before, perimenopause I guess.
I like the idea of something a bit choppier, maybe longer at the front than the back, but I have a really round face and so don’t want something that will make me look like I’m wearing a strange helmet again. It was really awful 😂😂
I have thick hair as in there are lots and lots of individual hairs and my hairdresser always needs to schedule extra time to colour it as it takes so much longer. But the hair isn’t thick itself, is wavy (but not in a nice enough way to wear naturally, I blow dry it straight and occasionally run straighteners through it or use them to curl the ends).
What can I do with my previously lovely tresses? I feel like my hair has been one thing that physically makes me stand out but now I just feel really meh about my whole appearance.