https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:54:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair/page/2#post-993139 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:43:09 +0000 lynne 993139@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My hair is very much like yours, Carla, and I wear it both curly and straight. It depends on climate conditions and regrowth conditions (of the color). I read somewhere that the more "texture" one has on the face ie wrinkles, etc, that more texture in the hair is flattering. Food for thought. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair/page/2#post-993090 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:02:54 +0000 Anonymous 993090@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like both on you.&nbsp; I prefer the curls if the frizz is controlled which I know is difficult in humidity.&nbsp; I use various curl creams to keep my waves softer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair/page/2#post-993080 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:57:32 +0000 rachylou 993080@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both look good, but I prefer the curls. You look more fun, like you will have a mad cap adventure before tea time and then a good cup of tea at tea time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair/page/2#post-992944 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:33:24 +0000 Aziraphale 992944@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What are "marionette lines"?</p> <p>I prefer your hair&nbsp;curly, but it looks good straight, too. &nbsp;It's great hair. &nbsp;It's nice to have options. &nbsp;I have very wavy, nearly curly hair, and I think it looks slightly better au naturel than when I straighten it, yet I do straighten it once in a while just for a change. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair/page/2#post-992943 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:33:18 +0000 TraceyLiz65 992943@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i love my straight hair but sometimes would like it to be more wavy and messy...&nbsp;<br />I think it's wonderful that you have both options and could just let whatever mood you are dictate which way you go!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair/page/2#post-992935 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:26:26 +0000 Thistle 992935@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the curls. I like it straight as well, but I really like those natural curls.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair/page/2#post-992879 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:07:35 +0000 Sarah A 992879@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the curls!</p> <p>The straight is a fun occasional switch up but that amount of maintenance daily would drive me crazy </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair/page/2#post-992871 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:56:22 +0000 shedev 992871@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like both the curly and straight. I always wear my curly hair natural. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair/page/2#post-992787 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:55:35 +0000 krishnidoux 992787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are so lucky to have such wonderful, naturally curly hair!&nbsp;<br />I spent lots of time in the bathroom making my hair curly like this when it was longer.<br />I like both looks on you. I would play around with the curly version, with pastes or shines, once dry, to get less casual looks without having to flat iron it every time.&nbsp;</p> <p>Although the flat iron version looks very professional and smart. You so-called ML are not showing at all, I promise.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair/page/2#post-992770 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:16:24 +0000 lyn67 992770@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love your hair Carla, both ways, but agree going natural is more convenable and healthlier and you have a great cut!. I'm sooo jelous on your volume, and curls....you already got to know my hair is fine, thin, flat and straight all the way...the gras is always greener it seems, indeed..:-)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair/page/2#post-992765 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 09:57:03 +0000 peekaboo 992765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it both ways, but I prefer the curly! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair/page/2#post-992755 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 08:18:59 +0000 Jaime 992755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well I have a sugar eye for curls so there is no contest for me! Love your naturally curly hair! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair/page/2#post-992737 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 05:43:02 +0000 rae 992737@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am so jealous of your curls - please continue to show them off!</p> <p>My natural hair is so heavy and straight and limp... it has no mind of its own and just conforms to the shape of my skull. So I have started using a flat iron to at least run with the straight look. Guess that puts me closer to Team Natural, if not Team 100% Natural! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992704 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 04:05:22 +0000 elpgal 992704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carla, You lucky gal! You rock both looks and I am very envious. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992675 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 03:02:35 +0000 marit 992675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like your hair both flatironed and natural, Carla! I rather envy you your styling options. I have straight hair that will not hold a curl or a wave so I leave it be. I don't have time to fuss with it &amp; I am not a fussing type anyway. Luckily as I've aged (or maybe the hormonal shift from having children) my straight hair does not turn into an oil slick after 12 hours as it used to. I have it cut with some layers, although (confession time!) I haven't gone to the salon in a year now so it's really long and probably rather shaggy &amp; unstyled. I pull it back in a bar clip most days! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992656 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 02:39:37 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 992656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have wavy, slightly curly hair that is also frizzy. I have to use products to tame the frizz and make the curls look their best. Whenever I move, I have to find a hairdresser who can really cut wavy and curly hair. I know what you mean about layers not always working well; if not cut right, layers in my hair can end up just sticking out funny. Sometimes they do anyway, if that's what they're feeling like doing on a given day. <br />I prefer your hair curly. Your haircut looks really great in the side view; love the angled cut. From the front view, it looks like your stylist could do a bit more shaping around the face, or maybe you could try styling it a little more around the face--blow dry just a few strands to straighten them, and tuck one side behind your ear, maybe. I used to let my hair dry naturally on my way home from the gym, too, and I find it now looks better when I dry it at least part way with a diffuser. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992641 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 02:13:21 +0000 Cindy 992641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that you look good either way and would go natural for the most part while straightening for "date night" or other special occasions.</p> <p>My hair is extremely straight. When I was young I put a lot of time and money into curling it. Several years ago I realized that working with what nature gave me was a heck of a lot easier! LOL My hair is currently cut into an angled bob. I usually let it air dry then smooth the ends with a flat iron if needed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992600 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 01:29:24 +0000 Lisa 992600@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not a natural gal when it comes to my hair.&nbsp; I have enough wave to be frizzy but not to be lovely even with product.&nbsp; Straight is best on me, which means daily blow drying and then flat ironing to get it that way.&nbsp; In the summer months I have no patience for sweating while I style my hair, so I just wash and then put it up everyday in a clip.&nbsp; In cooler months I style daily. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992593 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 01:18:07 +0000 velvetychocolate 992593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bone straight hair here - and have come around to "working with what I've got," rather than trying to spend all kinds of time coaxing my hair into something that it isn't. I used to spend a lot of time curling my hair with a curling iron or hot rollers.</p> <p>These days? I just go with the fact that it's naturally straight and do the best I can with that situation. If I had curly hair, I'd recommend finding the best cut/styling routine for curly hair instead of trying to coax it into something that it isn't. </p> <p>That said though, you look gorgeous with straight hair. Recommend doing this once in awhile at the salon, for a night out or special occasion. For regular daily stuff? Don't fight your hair - just go with what is. I can't see fussing with a flat-iron any more than I can see spending all that time with a curling iron. Not worth the hassle, imo. </p> <p>That said - I'm jealous of your gorgeous curls! My hair is super-straight, flat and kind of ho-hum. Like I said, I have spent a lot of time trying to create curls....</p> <p>These days, I'm embracing my boring, flat-looking, straight hair. </p> <p>If I had a special occasion happening or felt like I change, I would go to the salon and have them come up with something a bit different. Me doing all that work myself? <i>No, not happening.</i> Been there and done that. Too much hassle!</p> <p>Embrace what you have, and if you feel like a change or something fancy, go to the salon and have them do it. </p> <p>Sounds lazy, but ....I can't tell you how much time I've spent trying to get those exact curls that you have. Grass is greener, indeed. </p> <p>You have <i>beautiful</i> curls - the kind of curls that I'd spend a whole hour with a curling iron trying to get!&nbsp;</p> <p>PS - editing to add: I do have a flat-iron, but I just use it just on the very outer layers of my hair for going out. I *do not* spend nearly as much time as the pros might, clipping up hair and flat-ironing it all....if I use my flat iron, it's only to tame the outer-most layers, smooth them out a wee bit and get rid of fly-aways. This takes two minutes, rather than 45 minutes with a curling iron, trying to get curls I don't have. Can't help but wonder if your "flat iron" might be a curling iron - something to just get the curls to go where you want them to go and only takes a few minutes? </p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992589 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 01:07:24 +0000 Deborah 992589@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carla, I <b>never</b> go wavy lol </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992588 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 01:03:47 +0000 Marley 992588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have lovely hair!&nbsp; If I were to wear my hair in its natural state it would be a disaster pretty much everyday.&nbsp; I have some straight hair, some wavy hair, some curly hair, and a lot of frizzy hair.&nbsp; If I let it dry on its own and/or encourage it to be curly, it is frizzy within an hour - so, I pretty much straighten mine everyday - or style it wavy.&nbsp; Either way it doesn't take me very long - and I get my hair trimmed every 4 weeks, so I don't have to deal with split/dry ends. </p> <p>In your pics - I think that the straightened version of your hair looks better than the curly - because it looks more intentional, and I think that as women age (not that you look old!) we need to make sure that our hair looks like it is cut into a specific style, rather then just kind of left on its own!&nbsp; IMHO, when we&nbsp;let it do its own thing - we start to look like the "crazy/eccentric" little old lady!</p> <p>However, I can appreciate how much easier it is to let your hair go naturally curly.&nbsp; So, I would consider getting it trimmed with just a few more shorter layers - and then when you do decide to blowdry and iron it for special occassions it won't have the bouffant effect!&nbsp; Also, a curl definer will help in "taming" the curls just a bit! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992587 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 00:58:42 +0000 Carla 992587@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The grass is always greener....like Joy says. My curly hair never seemed to grow very long before the ends appeared thinner by half. Long curls a la heroine in 'Brave' would not happen. As a teen, I wanted waist length straight blonde hair. That stage didn't last long, and I'm happy with what nature gifted me. As the colour fades, and I get more whites, I aspire to the clean white short bob. Chances are I'lll look more like the cartoons of Mrs. Santa Clause with white poodle hair, *sigh* but I shall fight to be stylish.</p> <p>Lyn, layers around the face and bangs don't seem to work. The hair springs up so much that I get strange colicky whirls and straight bits that look for all the world like 'spaniel ears'. </p> <p>Better for me is what Clearlyclaire suggests, tucked behind the ear, or help back with a clip of comb. (See aspirational style below!)</p> <p>Alexandra, I love your hair! A key to pixie hair and short styles, is a defined brow, in my opinion. Due to fair colouring, I'm in the Kristen McMenamy no brow camp! I depend on glasses to Add some eye def. </p> <p>New specs pending! The dark ones are older, and from when I had less white and coloured for a bit. I agree that they are now too dark. I should have new specs in 2-3 weeks....but that is another thread!</p> <p>Caro, ClarT, Unfrumped, and others...straight and flat ironed IS a date night look! Funny, I could never master. Curling iron (to 'define' the curl!) but I managed a flat iron right off. Don't like to use it too much though. So hard on hair.</p> <p>MaryK, I think you did wavy for a weekend look a week or two ago, and it was fresh and appropriate (was it with camo?). Deb, do you never go wavy?</p> <p>Annagybe, loving your recent 'updo's'. Haven't seen the back, but you have such a beautiful face, and the pulled back hair showcases it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992560 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:58:17 +0000 tarzy 992560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My hair is also very similar to yours. The only time I wear it straight is when I get it done at the salon, maybe once or twice a year. I can not do it myself, no matter how I try. I have a lot of hair, and it's really curly, so it takes forever.</p> <p>I'm torn on this issue. I always feel so much more polished and sophisticated when my hair is straight. I've also found that at my age (56) I prefer to keep it shorter. Longer curls just feel wrong on me these days, for some reason. I feel more stylish and modern with shorter curly hair at the moment.</p> <p>I love your cut, by the way. I love the length and the layers! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992558 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:57:19 +0000 Deborah 992558@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you look lovely with both styles and I think it is nice to have the option and choice to wear it either way.&nbsp; My hair is wavy/curly naturally but I have been straightening it since I was in my late teens.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992557 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:55:33 +0000 unfrumped 992557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay for natural as the norm and styling for fun change. Same as straight hair being mostly straight &amp; then curled for fun.<br /> The different styles do affect things like glasses and neckline styling. Have you thought about lighter spec frames? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992555 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:54:12 +0000 annagybe 992555@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have wavy hairs. I used to flat iron every day. My hair would only grow to a certain length and ends were pretty damaged. I now wear it naturally. Devacurl helps a lot&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mydevacurl.com/">http://www.mydevacurl.com/</a></p> <p>Also I think super straight hair is not on trend right now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992544 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:21:29 +0000 Neelie 992544@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My hair is so similar to yours. &nbsp;I leave it curly all the time except when it has just been cut or coloured, then I have it blown out. &nbsp;Or for very special occasions. &nbsp;I cannot straighten it well myself and I really don't have the patience! &nbsp;I love yours both ways! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992537 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:13:23 +0000 ClaraT 992537@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I vote natural except for the odd day when one feels like a change.</p> <p>There are so many things I like to do more than fuss with my hair that I try to minimize the hair routine... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992536 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:05:31 +0000 Caro in Oz 992536@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the curls on you -straight is nice for a change though </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-hair-vs-un-natural-hair#post-992534 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 22:59:00 +0000 Raisin 992534@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your curls look great, and because I can only imagine it's so much easier to style them that way, I think I would opt for the curls on most days. &nbsp;It does look great straightened too, so I think you could do that once in a while or for a fancy occasion or something. &nbsp;That way too, you don't damage your hair too much by straightening it everyday, and of course, you save a lot of time. &nbsp; </p>