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Short Hair Bangs . . . and the Winner is



Lissa Rinna Short Hair Style with Bangs

Lissa Rinna Short Hair Bangs

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Short hair with bangs (fringe, for of all you Brits)

Short and bangs are like peanut butter and jelly, they just naturally go together. Americans know them as bangs but much of the world knows them as fringe. If you are looking for a quick, easy way to update your look . . . try adding or changing the style of your hairdo. There are hairstyles with bangs to fit your face shape, hairstyle and hair type, just start watching for it.

A frustrating issue I hear often, is this:

“ I would like to wear short� bangs but can’t because I have cowlicks. Or, my hair is too wavy or curly to wear short hair bangs, they have a mind of their own. ,,

The frustrating part here is, I know these women could wear short hair with bangs if they just knew how to style them.

Cowlicks can be tamed and straightened with a flat iron. Because of the flat irons ability to lay on the forehead, without burning, these hair types can now achieve straight bangs easily and quickly.

If you’re having a hard time believing this one because of your past experience, have your hair dresser show you how it’s done. You may be pleasantly surprised!

The most favored choice of short bangs today is bangs that are styled forward in long chunky pieces and high lighted to add more texture and depth. Texturizing techniques give movement and airiness to the long layered bangs. Paris Hilton, Lisa Rinna and Sienna Miller show slightly different versions of this look.

Short Hair With Bangs
Sienna Miller in Long and chunky short bangs.

Short Hair Bangs
Natalie Imbruglia with short bangs

Another trendy, but less worn hairstyle is the heavy, blunt cut bang of the 60′s, (think early Cher.) It can be an extremely vogue look on woman who carry it off by dressing in vogue fashion. But others, beware, hairstyles with straight, heavy bangs can be the kiss of death in, oh, so many ways! Round face shapes and square face shapes should steer clear of the blunt cut bang hairstyles. These bangs will give the illusion of added weight to your face shape. Kelly Osborne wears this hairstyle, despite of her round face shape . . . but that’s Kelly!

The short-short, fringy bangs are soooo cute, particularly on petite women, or women with small bone structures and face shapes. These types of short hair bangs can be wispy with uneven edges, or, chunkier and uneven. If you have big round eyes, and a smaller frame, you must try this type of short hair with bangs. The only face shape that should not wear this is an oblong or rectangular face shape, this hairstyle will only make you face shape longer.

OHH . . . and this is important, you should have a nice face, because the short-short fringy bang hair style shows everything off! A well proportioned face is best, that means, if you have a large nose, chin or forehead, think twice about the fringe.

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Hair Extensions-How Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton use Them



Hair Extensions

Photo Credit: Glamour Hair Extensions
Hair extensions, help for women with thinning hair and spectacular looks for the rest off us

Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton have done more for the marketing of hair extensions than top selling manufacturers of these pieces could ever have hoped for. However, the problem now is, the damaging effects from wearing hair extensions has forced Paris Hilton to give up these long luscious hair extensions, at least temporarily, or risk losing her own hair! Eeek!! Here is the type of question that I get often my class Finding the Right Hairstyle for You!

“ Do you recommend hair extensions, despite the cost and high maintenance? “

In answer to your questions, of what I think about using hair extensions . . . I think they can be lots of fun. Hair extensions can be extremely helpful for women who have thinning hair problems and can totally change your look in an instant! Hair extensions can be used to add length, fullness, high light and texture to your hairstyle. Hair extensions are not limited to just adding length to your hair as some may think.

So, my answer is yes, go for it, but buyer beware, they also can be painful, damaging to your hair and they can get expensive. So you need to choose wisely on what is right for you.

My favorite hair extensions are the clip-on type. You clip them into your own hair style and take them out at night. ThHuman hair extensions can be curled, straightened or colored.ese are by far the most user friendly, most economical and most importantly, they are the easiest on damage to your hair. Your choices are real human hair or synthetic hair. Of course, the human hair is more expensive, but a much better buy in the long run. Human hair can be curled, straightened or colored. Synthetic hair extensions can’t be styled, heat will melt it and it won’t hold a set curl.You also have no in-salon costs of attaching, taking out and reattaching these hair extensions.

If you opt to go to a hair salon to have this done, consider this;

  • Cost most hair salons will charge by the hour for the service of sewing, braiding or gluing the hair extensions you’ve purchased into your hair. Although the hours it will take will vary, the average beauty salon seems to be 4 to 5 hours for a full set of hair extensions. This can easily go from $400 to $1,000 or more. The beauty schools in our area charge $25 to $35 per hour for attaching hair extensions to your hair.
    Now keep in mind the gluing technique lasts approximately 5 days, the sewing and braiding about 4 to 6 weeks.
    A good question to consider might be, how much are you willing to spend on upkeep?
  • Damage control gluing, braiding and sewing hair extensions into your hair style results in breakage.
  • Pain sometimes sewing and braiding can be done too tightly where some women report sleepless nights with the need to return and have them taken out. If you have a sensitive scalp, even the weight of the hair extension may cause considerable pain.

If you want to save money, at Sally Beauty Supply, you can purchase a human hair extension at approximately $1 per inch length. Hair extensions in a standard width, approximately 2 to 3 yards wide. You cut pieces to the width you want and sew in clips you can purchase from any hair product retailer. This can easily save you hundreds of dollars and the health of your hair.

I think finding a local beauty supply store, or wig store is the best way to go when buying extensions. They can help you in finding the color that works best, but checkout my article Chart of Hair Colors to get some ideas. Remember, extensions can be cut to be modified to your needs. The hair extensions you buy will look more natural if they are a shade or two lighter than your roots. If you then decide to shop on the internet, you will have a better idea of what to choose. The problem with buying on the internet is, if you choose the wrong color, they are non-refundable. My favorite, Folica has some good customer reviews to read. You can even compare prices on hair extensions at Amazon, eBay enter “hair extensions” in the search box.

Take a look at some of these sites and be sure to watch the “how to” videos and read “customer reviews” when given.

Beauty Trends Extensions and Wigs: $10 off Purchase of $60 or more. Coupon Code 035310

  

Got a question, war story or comment about this topic? Click on the "Leave Your Comments" link at the very bottom of this article. Some of my best ideas for future articles come from reading reader comments. I'd love to hear from you!

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Highlight Hair at Home?



Highlighting hair at home . . . there is very little margin for error

My heart breaks every time I read the comments on my articles on hair coloring, particularly those about highlighting hair and the disasters that stem from attempting to do hair highlighting or lowlights at home. Just don’t do it! It is a disaster waiting to happen, your chances of success are minimal at best. Even in the hands of a professional, hair highlighting can be tricky. My recommendation is that if you cannot afford to have it done professionally . . . don’t do it until you can.

The problem is two-fold in that, by trying to save a few bucks DIY hair coloring at home, you can easily end up with a problem only redeemable by paying $100 or more to get it repaired by a professional hair colorist. If money is a reason, go to a cosmetology school in your area. They will do better than you would ever be able to do yourself. The instructors will overlook and tell the student hairdresser doing the corrective coloring of the right hair color formula and application needed.

I choose a topic from time to time from the comment section that I think will be of interest to most of my readers, Here is such a comment:

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I recently got hair highlights using the foil method, I chose a medium golden brown color, it turned out looking copper, why is this? also I had a semi-permanent hair color a year ago, the top part of my hair got the copper tone but the ends remained dark, what do I have to do in order for the color to get to the ends?

Comment by Ursh — March 20, 2006

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I’m making a post from your comment Ursh, because it mirrors the problems of many do-it-yourselfers out there who attempt hair color treatments at home.

The best recommendation for you, at this point, is to have a professional hair colorist fix it. They will need to see your hair, before being able to tell you how much it will cost. Believe me, at this point, you will only make it worse by trying to fix it yourself.

So, why would a medium golden brown hair color turn out copper? The answer lies in what color your hair was to begin with. And if there was any hair highlights in it. With retail hair coloring products, if you had golden shades or gray in your hair to begin with, a medium golden brown will pull up reddish tones.

Now for the second part of your question; what do I have to do in order for the hair color to get to the ends?

You already realize the color you used had no effect on the ends. You will need a different formula to lighten the ends of your hair because they are a different color than the highlighted hair at the roots. Not only that, it will need to be matched to the color you have on the roots, and carefully applied as to not overlap onto the already colored roots. Does that make sense?

You can see it gets tricky, real fast!

I understand wanting to try this stuff at home, I did it too, before I had professional experience, but my best advice to you is this:

  1. Leave highlighting hair, lowlighting, or any major hair color changes to the professionals.
  2. Start slow with a home hair color, use, tone on tone, no peroxide colors and semi-permanent hair colors. Make no major changes, using home hair color treatment, unless you have experience.
  3. Read all directions.
  4. Do a strand test (this would have prevented the above problem.

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