https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 07:21:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275796 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:27:30 +0000 taylor 275796@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry for the delay...been tied up with house guests all week! I have scarcely Been on the forum :(</p> <p>Maya, pull your bangs straight up...let the bottom layer fall out...that is your length....trim about a1/4 inch off the remaining. This will remove bulk and keep the length:)</p> <p>I am sorry this stylist didn't work out for you </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275780 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:03:40 +0000 greenglove 275780@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can sympathize. I am growing out bangs and it takes forever. Lots of times I want to just cut them because they are in this awkward curly stage.</p> <p>I would probably not go back but sometimes changing stylists does not work. I think it is about communicating when she gets it wrong. A stylist should be happy to get you exactly what you want- she loses customers if she doesn't. I have often had to tell my stylist if I didn't like something, bring in pictures and give her another chance.I always wait for my next appointment- nothing has needed immediate attention and I do not want to make an extra trip. Now I can say whatever I need to without any discomfort. I would think a stylist would want to know why you do not come anymore. How hard is it to get a textured bang? Did you ask her for textured bangs and she gave you blunt bangs? Then that is a real problem and I am surprised she has any customers. (Just trying to save you time) Maybe it is time for a new stylist. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275777 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:39:44 +0000 Maya 275777@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Audrey Hepburn can get away with lots of things mere mortals can't. Alas, I am a mortal.</p> <p>They are too short to clip out of my face and my hair never stays in clips or pins anyway. </p> <p>I think I'll just let them grow a bit for now. If I try to texturize them it will just make them appear even shorter. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275674 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:45:28 +0000 Ljubica 275674@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd find the best stylist around and go for a complete makeover.<br /> It happened to me a few times, and I couldn't wait for it to grow - I changed the whole look.<br /> I found going shorter much easier than putting up with the hair I hate. How about some nice messy crop? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275624 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:57:23 +0000 Scarlet 275624@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good call, Kari--I have been obsessed for years with those Audrey short bangs. I would also think of going back, Maya. Since the lady apparently had good technique, maybe it is a communication problem. Bring more photos? Even of your original cut that you liked. I am finding personally that due to weather changes I have to wear my hair differently in winter. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275615 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:05:33 +0000 londonkiwi (now back in NZ) 275615@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, I have never seen you with bad hair, but I know how it feels when you get an unsatisfactory haircut, especially because you have generally invested a lot of time and money.</p> <p>If you can bear it, I would try and go back and express your dismay, even if it is only by phone call. From what I remember you do visit a fairly reputable salon - they should offer to try and fix it for free, or give you your money back, or comp you a subsequent visit. If it helps, I would mention that you were encouraged to do this, rather than not visit again, by a forum that you frequent (you don't have to mention which one) - any business should hate any sort of bad online publicity. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275611 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:59:32 +0000 Kari 275611@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, this is completely out there and I don't know if it would work with your bang length, but given your wavier hair texture, short bangs on you made me think of Audrey Hepburn's super-short fringe in Roman Holiday:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKs-0eIMAGA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKs-0eIMAGA</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275567 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:49:45 +0000 Angie 275567@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Barrettes? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275566 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:48:29 +0000 puffenstuff 275566@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How annoying Maya, I can sympathise since I had my fringe I just dont like my hair much at all. Mine is kind of ok but I would prefer it on someone else just not me. I brought a razor comb and hacked into mine to give it a bit more texture without sacrificing too much length. But apart from that I am resigned to trying to cajole it into some semblence of looking ok or pin it up off my face until it grows out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275518 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:28:31 +0000 Maya 275518@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Indeed. Oh Taylor, where art thou... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275490 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:23:58 +0000 April 275490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, dear. Sorry, Maya -- it's so true that hair issues produce those feelings of helplessness. Maybe our Taylor will have a brilliant suggestion. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275483 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:17:09 +0000 Maya 275483@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I keep meaning to go to H&amp;M and trawl through their hair accessories, but haven't had the time. I think it's the combination of bad hair and bad fringe that makes me feel a bit helpless </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275482 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:16:23 +0000 LeahJanes 275482@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hairpins and scarves. Also, parting on the side and sweeping across will help. Or blow drying with a really large barrel brush so they go all bouncy might do the trick. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275479 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:09:42 +0000 hanna 275479@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>boo maya, what bad luck. i know how hard it is to find a really good stylist. </p> <p>how short are they now? would a variety of cute hairbands help? clips? anyone? bueller? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275470 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:57:00 +0000 cloud9 275470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>you can buy a pair of "thinning shears" from walmart/target, and put in some layers. Those are the scissors that have teeth, so it won't cut evenly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/disguising-a-botched-fringe#post-275469 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:55:17 +0000 Maya 275469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm unfortunately going to have to find another stylist yet again. I don't know what happened to mine. She was fabulous the first few times, then gave me a horrible cut. Thinking it was just a fluke, I went back for a bang trim and even that managed to come out horrible. She just cut them straight across. No texturizing. Nothing. I could have easily just done that myself if I wanted to look like I'm getting ready for my first day of kindergarten. </p> <p>I don't have the time or patience to go back and have it fixed, and anyway, they are too short so I didn't want to risk them getting shorter. I made a few vertical snips with scissors to try and break them up at the ends a bit, but they still look pretty blunt and stupid. </p> <p>Is there a way to deal with them gracefully until they grow out? </p>