https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:10:07 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/3#post-1623320 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 17:33:19 +0000 Mochi 1623320@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this on you, Shannon. You were very cute in the pixie cut, but this is even better. I think it makes you look even more youthful...or something...just that it brightens up your face! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/3#post-1623226 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:00:15 +0000 Thirkellgirl 1623226@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks! Inspirational. You've really grown it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/3#post-1621966 Sat, 27 Feb 2016 20:08:55 +0000 Kari 1621966@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aida, I love those pictures! Massive curls and texture make this so fun and playful. You are brave to try bangs but they REALLY work well with this cut. </p> <p>Thirkellgirl, here's a taste of the growing out process throughout the last year in order from what I could pull up on my photo library. There were some legit growing pains here, hair isn't always styled, and I don't have great pics from the side/back. The difficulty is that I want a relatively smooth taper from back of neck where it's cut short and tight, to the front where it's chin length or below. My stylist helped ease the transition when there were some bare or shaggy spots growing out along the side. I go in every 7 weeks. My hair also behaves much better when freshly colored (which I do myself.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/3#post-1621823 Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:50:40 +0000 Thirkellgirl 1621823@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kari, I'd love to see photos of your hair in process and now. Sounds like you're working toward the same style I am. This is the longest the sides of my hair have been in a very long time, and I have been getting the back cropped (I guess that's what you'd call it, pulled in tighter on the bottom half of the back). I'm still growing out the "make it messy! make it shaggy!" layers but I am really feeling a strong desire to even out those ends. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/3#post-1620870 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:38:26 +0000 Aida 1620870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOVE this on you Shannon! Very flattering at this length, perhaps will actually be better shorter like this than longer. Curious to see how it turns out. Very in line with your desired style direction and would also lend plenty of the new direction to the older artier pieces, too.</p> <p>Seems like many of us are in the midst of hair changes. *looks around and whispers* Mine is currently in a modified mullet <i>with bangs even</i>. Can't decide if I like it or not, keep going back and forth (looks better now that it's grown in a bit; it was <i>legit</i> 80s at first). Haven't posted any photos here yet but here's how it looks today. Shhh!</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/3#post-1620813 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:29:33 +0000 Anonymous 1620813@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your hair is looking fabulous! Love the style direction that it's heading. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/3#post-1620810 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:25:41 +0000 Kari 1620810@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Me too Shannon. My texture is more "limp" instead of "straight." There aren't waves, there are just spots that like to flip or bend and look weird. If I air dry I don't have a "shape" to my hair and that bothers me. But right now I'm enjoying the change, and I hope you are with your locks too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620764 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:55:04 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1620764@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Kari</b> - it is definitely much more work than my pixie. My pixie I would just wash, towel dry, throw in some styling gel and head out the door. The longer hair I need to blow dry and then flat iron if I want it straight. I have neither straight nor curly hair - I have poker straight sections and then other sections with weird bends and kinks. If I let it just air dry now, it is nothing short of bizarre looking. I have started using more conditioner and I also use a heat protective serum. Hoping my hair stays healthy.</p> <p><b>Una</b> - yep, color right over the grey. About every 3 months, after my stylist has given me my latest trim, she mixes two colors (purple and red) and then paints it onto the one section, wraps it in foil and sends me home. She doesn't charge me for this because there's no processing - I wash my hair out 40 minutes later after I get home and voila - done.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620757 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:31:26 +0000 gradfashionista 1620757@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful! You pull off both cuts really well, but bob gives you a very sleek vibe and frames your face nicely. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620737 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:43:23 +0000 catgirl 1620737@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Shannon! The hardest thing to get used to has been not changing up the color, which I loved doing. Ironically I get more compliments on this (including "how did you get that hair color?", to which my response is "I got old!") than any other color I've had. I am thinking I will either dip dye the ends a color - easy fix if I tire of them - or do a small streak like you. Do you just do the color over the grey? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620724 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:17:03 +0000 Kari 1620724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon!!! You're back, and you look lovely! I wouldn't know from the photos that there had been any awkward growing out phases. I'm glad you are keeping the colorful streak too. </p> <p>I have been through that journey myself this year. Went from a long pixie, tight in back and longer but choppy in front, to an angled bob. I'm very nearly there but the grow out phase has taken a lot of maintenance-not only to clean up the shagginess and get the sides to angle DOWN vs. angle UP in a way that's flattering, but also because I have all these flippy ends that go their own way. My stylist is great so if I ask her to thin out certain sections that get heavy, or if we can shape a section that tends to flip, she knows just what to do. But with humidity I'll confess it can go haywire. </p> <p>The longer bob requires more effort-I started drying my hair again and using a straightener. I'm babying it with conditioner (again, not something I had to use often when it was short) and have a few staple products I love:<br /> Lush Hair Custard (UK product.) It's like a cross between leave in conditioner and pomade-and smells like vanilla. I apply a tiny bit to WET hair and it gives me the volume and control I crave. I sometimes use a TINY bit on dry hair for extra texture.<br /> Lush Roots: scalp treatment, removes buildup and stimulates growth. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620685 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 16:06:24 +0000 Thirkellgirl 1620685@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My daughter has been my cheerleader through the growing out process. I've only just gotten to the point where I can see the possibilities for a just-past-chin-length layered bob - until now it's all been my relying on her vision (or freaking out and getting it cut). I've regressed in my resolution to grow it so many times that I probably extended the growing out process by a factor of three. You look fab! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620641 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:02:12 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1620641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow...I was busy last night and couldn't get back to this thread until now. What an explosion of comments! Thank you all so much for your feedback. </p> <p>What I found most interesting in the comments is the theme that it looks good at the length it is at now. My last trim did finally start to give the extra length some shape so that it looked like a style on its own and not like I just didn't get to the hairstylist on time, you know? I am going to continue to grow it to the length I originally planned but am leaving myself open to the option of cutting it back a bit more if I find the extra length doesn't suit my narrow face.</p> <p><b>El Cee</b> - the hairstyle is indeed my interpretation of Parisian chic style in my way - timeless but modern, not hard edge.</p> <p><b>Una</b> - oh good grief woman! Your hair is positive MAGICAL!!! Your grey grew in beautifully and the style is so you. How are you liking being a Silver Fox???</p> <p><b>Aliona</b> - pic 6 is actually the inspiration photo my stylist is working off of. We both have it on our phones as reference.</p> <p><b>Shiny</b> - I think that's what I'm looking for - the versatility of a bob. You can wear it straight, behind the ears, wavy, longer, shorter - your hair always looks beautiful.</p> <p><b>Beth Ann</b> - "modern and softness" - exactly what I'm going for.</p> <p><b>Shevia</b> - I'm so glad to be back sweet lady :)</p> <p><b>Deborah</b> - how did I manage to get past the horrendous part? Gritting my teeth all the way! Seriously...there was a time at the end of November where I was ready to give up. For a few weeks, it looked like it had no actual style at all. My stylist showed me a few cute ways to use bobby pins (yes...good old bobby pins) to keep the fringe out of my eyes (it kept going between my glasses and my eyes) that worked quite well and didn't look completely ridiculous. It was a lifesaver. </p> <p>Thanks again for all the positive feedback.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620621 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:07:10 +0000 anchie 1620621@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks gorgeous. I actually prefer this length on you and would not grow it any further.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620614 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 12:42:13 +0000 Janet 1620614@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the idea of growing it out, too, but I agree with Jenn -- what you have now looks very intentional and does not at all have that look of "I'm growing my hair out." Well done. I think it looks really great now, and it will be fun to see the final result! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620612 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 12:27:53 +0000 LaPed 1620612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do love me a good pixie-to-bob grow-out! YLF! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620608 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 12:18:45 +0000 Anonymous 1620608@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your new longer hair looks terrific Shannon!! (Love the red specs too) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620588 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 10:51:40 +0000 Summer 1620588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your patience has paid off, Shannon. &nbsp;Your new bob is beautiful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620519 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 04:39:15 +0000 Deborah 1620519@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon your hair looks fantastic! &nbsp;It suits you and your natural colour is just beautiful. &nbsp;How did you manage to get through that 'not a proper hairstyle' stage?? &nbsp;I am sure the regular cuts helped but did you just have to push through and accept it wasn't yet your version of perfect?? &nbsp;I am two days away from a cut myself and cannot decide if I should go shorter or start growing into a short choppy bob lol. &nbsp;I always go back to the bob!! &nbsp;Signed Inspired and Confused.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />BTW you are look fabulous. &nbsp;Well and healthy and you have skin to kill for </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620513 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 04:29:51 +0000 Gigi 1620513@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh, I love it! It looks really great on you.</p> <p>I am growing out my hair as well, from a bob to shoulder length. I know how hard it is to be patient! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620473 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 03:24:42 +0000 Meow 1620473@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats on sticking with the grow out process!&nbsp; It looks great.&nbsp; I'm also growing my hair.&nbsp; When it reached the "poofy" phase, I used a hair straightener and damaged my hair.&nbsp; I think my hair was damp and I'm impatient.&nbsp; Fried the ends.&nbsp; So my growing out has been halted until the fried parts are cut off - I think/hope - 2 more hair cuts.&nbsp; But what I've been learning and doing is conditioning like mad and my hair feels hugely better (except the fried ends - nothing really to be done there).&nbsp; So my advice is to really deep condition regularly&nbsp; (I do every time I wash - which is about 3 time per week).&nbsp; Also use a heat protectant before using any blow dryer or other styling tool.&nbsp; Oh - and my newest thing (which I love) is a silk pillowcase!&nbsp; Really cuts down on the frizzies.&nbsp; Good Luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620469 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 03:22:17 +0000 Jaime 1620469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love,Love,Love! You are such an inspiration Shannon - I'm glad you're back! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620465 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 03:18:52 +0000 Beth Ann 1620465@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You hair looks terrific!&nbsp; Your stylist is working good magic -- it already has great shape, with a bit of modern and a bit of softness. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620460 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 03:10:46 +0000 TraceyLiz65 1620460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely fantastic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620447 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 02:48:26 +0000 Suz 1620447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG it's <b>GORGEOUS!!</b>&nbsp;</p> <p>I actually love what you have now better than the inspirations. You look sensational. Those specs are magical on you, too.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620446 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 02:46:03 +0000 shiny 1620446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Heh, my daughter shaved her head bald in November, so I can absolutely understand the task and the patience!&nbsp;You are like my daughter -- you look good in <i>any </i>length. OR color!</p> <p>I've had the chin-length asymmetrical bob now for over a decade, and although it never grows as long as Una's, and isn't as thick either, I have worn it shorter and longer. I have worn it as short as yours is right now. I like tucking it saucily behind the ears when it's that length.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620434 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 02:33:48 +0000 SarahTheWhite 1620434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always enjoyed your super short hair, but this is just gorgeous on you! You will look wonderful in the style of tour inspiration photos, but I am also loving it as is. I am still such a fan of the cranberry streak! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620400 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:41:34 +0000 Anonymous 1620400@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's gorgeous, Shannon, I LOVE it. I can totally picture you with that second inspiration cut (pic 6). At this point, it doesn't look like a 'growing in cut' at all; you look downright amazing! Can't believe how fast your hair grows. You are a woman transformed </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620398 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:37:10 +0000 Style Fan 1620398@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your new do.&nbsp; It really suits you.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/chin-length-bob---a-work-in-progress/page/2#post-1620298 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 21:25:59 +0000 Bonnie 1620298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The original cut was great and the new do is even better. Nice to have a change, isn't it? I'm always tempted to try something new. </p>