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Bangs or no bangs?

Mander

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I want to get my hair cut so that it falls to shoulder length, perhaps some more layers. I want to encourage it to curl more (see inspiration photos). Right now my hair seems overgrown, frumpy, and unkempt. I have a hard
time getting it to look like I have any kind of style and I'm just a bit
bored overall.

Almost everything I've pinned for inspiration has no bangs. I had them for a long time but they have now grown out to chin length. Bangs make my forehead look less like a billboard, but they are always getting caught in my glasses and tend to get greasy quickly.

So, what do you think? Bangs or no bangs?

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trekkiegirl

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Bangs!!! If you do, there are lots of ways to solve the problems you've had before with them. Also check out naturallycurly.com it's a great resource

Anonymous

I have the same forehead as yours, and prefer bangs. I think you will, too, once you get used to them.

celia

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Can I be the nay sayer and opt for no bangs....I think that if you do a cut like #3 the cut will balance out nicely your features.
I also have a big forehead and although bangs cover it up and make my hair look fuller I also feel that the look than looses movement.
Also(and this might be just me) it is kind of a trade off between bangs and having a cleaner/less oily forehead.

Mander

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Yeah, the oily face thing is definitely an issue. I have annoyingly oily skin despite various attempted solutions. Still, that supposedly helps prevent wrinkles, so I guess there is some benefit...

approprio

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I think you'd suit bangs. I wear a fringe and I also have the greasy skin and glasses problems. I've found that short with layers helps keep it off the face, and tucking hair into specs looks kinda cool.

AM

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Another nay sayer -- no bangs. I really enjoy the two pictures and if your gut keeps calling you to no bangs -- I'd listen to that gut reaction.

crutcher

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I love the look of wispy bangs...You can style up with an already finished top or you can just let it go and have a casual do..I always have bangs and loveth the look...smile...

Suz

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You have gorgeous hair and a really pretty face. How about trying with no bangs and see how it works? If it doesn't, you can always cut a fringe.

Aziraphale

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Your forehead does NOT look like a billboard!

You have a very pretty face, and I think the no-bangs look is lovely on you. (Your current chin-length bangs don't really count as bangs). Why not go for a no-bangs style for a while and see how you like it? It is definitely true what you say about them picking up oil from your face. I have the same problem.

Style Fan

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I love the looks you have chosen and I think they will work well with your hair. I also do not think your forehead looks like a billboard. I like the no bangs look on you and I would think it would be easier to deal with for you. This is coming from a die hard bang lover.

deb

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I prefer no banks with glasses. Your forehead does not look large to me. Your glasses break up the expanse of sin on your face, IMO.

Anonymous

Another one for no bangs! If cut the right way to encourage the curl I don't think you will need the bangs since the width due to the curls will balance out your facial proportions

Also, my DD uses rice paper (Palladio) to blot her oily skin through the day and it does not disturb her makeup. She recently bought some oil blotting sheets from NYX.

Sal

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Like the cuts! I say no bangs but a soft layering at the front that can merge in. I think the cut will suit you very well.

Aziraphale

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(Deb: 'the expanse of sin on your face' -- hahahaaaaaa, awesome typo)

I think I might have an expanse of sin on my face, too.

rachylou

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Don't you look pretty with your curls! I like the inspiration pics and so I say no bangs. I don't feel bangs would add. But I'm no hair stylist.

Gigi

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I like the no-bangs look. I just recently grew mine out after having them my whole life. Sometimes I think about going back to bangs, but I am not sure, so I keep on with what I have. I think that you just want to be sure that you have the hair covering up a bit of your forehead at the part (as you show in your own pic, and like the inspiration pics show), as that helps minimize a large forehead (I have one too). Or you could go with very long bangs and sweep them to the side ("sideswept bangs"), which are supposed to be good for a large forehead (although I think that requires quite a bit of product and maybe touch-ups throughout the day; not sure).

The problem I run into with bangs is that my hair is only wavy, not curly. I don't know how curly your hair gets, but if I have bangs, they are straight and not wavy, so they don't match the rest of my hair. I don't know if that would happen in your case. For me, that would be an argument against having bangs.

Anonymous

I'd start with no bangs for the reasons you described and also because, like Deb I prefer no bangs with glasses, too much going on. I think you'll find the shorter length really refreshing and especially suited to your very pretty hair.

Firecracker (Sharan)

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I like your curls; you look pretty with them framing your face. I can envision you really rocking the looks in your inspiration photos. I would not go for bangs immediately. Once you get the length you want, see how you like it for a bit and then if you still feel inclined to try bangs, you can always do so. This is from someone who is I still growing out bangs that I got tired of within several months, so you can keep that in mind.

Caro in Oz

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Agreeing with Suz

Jenava

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agree with Firecracker.