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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: You look like your edgier sister https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 16 May 2026 03:30:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php TraceyLiz65 on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/3#post-1687850 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 21:45:08 +0000 TraceyLiz65 1687850@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Fabulous, a well deserved confidence boost!  Eliza on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/3#post-1687849 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 21:41:41 +0000 Eliza 1687849@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ How did I miss this? You look amazing and the hair is stunning. Gorgeous shape and color. Edgy indeed, but Suz's way for the win.  Vicki on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/3#post-1687844 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 21:38:01 +0000 Vicki 1687844@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ What a great strategy, Suz, and your family hair history, too, was insightful. I'm actually going to talk to my colorist about your process of using the ashy highlights. I've mentioned this over and over to two people who did my highlights saying I "wanted my greeting roots to play nicely with the highlights used." Alas, they ignored me and made me a bright California blonde creating a strong line of demarcation when my hair grows out. I had to laugh at JAileen's and your comments on siblings. Yes, I have a brother and both he and my father are bald and have been for many years. My mother is very dark-haired and still colors her brunette hair. Thanks for the time you took on this to reply to my question, Suz. citygirldc on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/3#post-1687633 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 13:25:06 +0000 citygirldc 1687633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ You look amazing! Suz on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/3#post-1687630 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 13:05:40 +0000 Suz 1687630@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Skylurker, it really varies. I always wear a lot of navy, ink, and charcoal grey (with sprinklings of black) in winter. In summer I used to wear a lot of medium blues and white. That may or may not change. We'll see.  skylurker on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/3#post-1687587 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:15:20 +0000 skylurker 1687587@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Wow, great outfit, you do look incredibly good in dark colours and metallics. And haircut looks terrific. I say "incredibly" because, like Angie, you seemed to favour a lighter palette until now ? Sally on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687561 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 09:48:29 +0000 Sally 1687561@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ You do look edgy. You make me want to go out and cut my hair. Cococat on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687543 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 08:10:03 +0000 Cococat 1687543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ This is an amazing look on you Suz, very Annie Lennox. Sveta on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687474 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 02:27:49 +0000 Sveta 1687474@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ This is a statement to your style when "whipping" something quickly results in such success! I think this outfit perfect with your new hair (and yes, now when it is longer I like it even better). Staysfit on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687473 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 02:22:10 +0000 Staysfit 1687473@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ You absolutely deserve the complements! Edgy indeed! YLEF! (You Look Edgy & Fab). Maneera on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687472 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 02:19:29 +0000 Maneera 1687472@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ That's a fab outfit! And you put it together in a few minutes??!!! The black & silver are just gorgeous together....and you deserved all those compliments and then some more! Anonymous on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687466 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 02:10:18 +0000 Anonymous 1687466@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ That compliment had to come from a writer.  You look amazing and I love the hair! merwoman on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687460 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 01:37:11 +0000 merwoman 1687460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ STUNNING Suz!!! Love you in black and silver! Style Fan on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687455 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 01:24:30 +0000 Style Fan 1687455@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ You look fantastic.  The silver accessories really look amazing on you with your new do.  Aziraphale on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687436 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 00:31:56 +0000 Aziraphale 1687436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Super late to this thread, but I agree with all your friends! Your new hair only adds to your fabness Suz on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687428 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 00:20:03 +0000 Suz 1687428@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Yup. Still some dye in mine so this stage is a bit frustrating. But not as bad as if I'd left it longer. For me I mean. Everyone finds a different path. Elizabeth it sounds as if you have a low volume foot. My foot is not large for my height and has characteristics of low and high volume so overall medium. The straps on these are loose on the top but not too loose and a bit snug on the very first one but only when it's humid and my feet swell. I have high arches also. Elizabeth P on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687418 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 23:57:25 +0000 Elizabeth P 1687418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Holy crap Suz-sis, you look A-Mazing.  The dark dramatic colours really really suit you.  Just thinking about those shoes... they didn't work for me, way too loose all over.  Just like the Steve maddens that you and Shannon love.  Note to file... Vicki, from all the reading etc I did before and while I was growing out, I think the only way to really tell unfortunately, is to go for it.  Not only the pattern, but the colour.  Silver hair tends to reflect back the dyed hair, so even traces of dye can throw off the overall look.  It's very hard to judge how it will even look on you until its totally all gone.  Windchime on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687413 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 23:46:13 +0000 Windchime 1687413@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ That was a fab compliment! And a fab outfit! I remember--was it about a year ago--you were struggling with how to put some edge into your look. It seems like your "new" hair has kind of been key to your adding edge in a way which fits with who you are. Anonymous on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687384 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:48:47 +0000 Anonymous 1687384@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ The shoes were such a good choice with your hair. The silver necklace also adds a bit of sparkle. The high contrast (dark) short looks fabulous. This is how I want to look. I think I might need to get myself a pixie too. Lyn D. on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687372 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:25:16 +0000 Lyn D. 1687372@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ What a Fab outfit Suz, with spot-on compliments! So nice to read the positive ones to lift our spirits. I too have found that black is better (though never as good as navy) with greyer hair. Suz on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687365 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:00:01 +0000 Suz 1687365@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ ETA: I think my own colouring is closer to my dad's, and my brother is closer to my mum. His hair was always lighter blonde than mine and had less variegation. Some of mine came from highlights, of course, but it was always there even before highlighting.  Suz on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687362 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 21:57:32 +0000 Suz 1687362@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thanks for the kind words, everyone. I'm in a rotten mood today (for other, unrelated reasons) and this is helping me beat it! :)  Carter, the necklace was a 25th anniversary present from Mr. Suz.  Vicki, JAileen pretty much hit it on the head. I have a brother. His hair  turned grey over a period of a few months in the past year. He's a few years younger than me. It looked good on him. True, his colouring is not identical to mine and his hair colour was always a bit different, but people would often say we looked like twins, so...not that different. :) Then I remembered our parents. I looked up photos of them. It's hard to tell with old photos, they fade or yellow over time...but photos and memory combined persuaded me that while their hair was different and their greys grew in differently, both had looked great with grey hair. My dad was a childhood towhead whose adult hair was an indefinable colour that I used to think of as almost black...it was actually a kind of charcoal or ultra-ash brown. He greyed at the temples first, then front, then all over and finally turned pure white.  My mum was a honey blonde, then mousy brown (she never coloured), then steel grey, then pure white. At my age she was completely grey and it suited her.  And I knew I was very cool in complexion already, and the blonde was beginning to feel "off" especially as it faded. It seemed to clash with my skin somehow. I felt inauthentic and disharmonious. (Not saying that all hair colour is those things; I firmly support a woman's right to choose! Just that this is how I was beginning to feel.)  If you wait for about 2 months with no colour you can see the base colour very clearly.  My strategy was 6 weeks no colour; one set of very ashy highlights with no base colour added, 8 weeks of that, then cut it off.  I think if your parents were/ are grey that gives you a good idea. Ditto a sibling. If everyone in the family dyes, that's trickier. In the end I think the "pattern" matters less than the "proportion." My hairdresser used to say I wasn't "ready" (I think they say 50% is ready) but in the last year I went a lot greyer and knew it was time.  Bonnie on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687351 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 21:39:46 +0000 Bonnie 1687351@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ You do look great - hair, outfit, and those shoes are perfect!! carter on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687341 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:59:45 +0000 carter 1687341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I love the edge on you! A lot! Great look. Super necklace. JAileen on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687338 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:55:47 +0000 JAileen 1687338@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Vicki, it helps if you have brothers. ETA: ...who haven't lost their hair, that is! Vicki on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687331 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:45:50 +0000 Vicki 1687331@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Love the compliments you received, because you wear it well and how the heck can you jump into something so perfect in minutes!  You look amazing.  I'm sure it was lots of fun and how clever of you to have a sweater to go in the cute backpack.  I always need to take a "wrap" wherever I go. Separately, and a question I wanted to ask on your other thread is that I wonder if there is any way to discover the pattern of grey on each of our heads (for those of us who have them), and is making this discovery only possible by the s-l-o-w grow-out method?  Or, can one have their dyed color removed?  I don't think the latter is possible and I was simply curious in case anyone has greater knowledge on this. I smile every time I see your photo these days, because of your pure, natural beauty. Anonymous on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687326 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:33:15 +0000 Anonymous 1687326@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ That's it exactly. Truly beautiful. And special admiration for the person who took the picture. Sal on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687323 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:22:45 +0000 Sal 1687323@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Lovely pic and I am pleased you went along, it sounds like a fun night. I can see where the comment came from - I loved your short blonde hair too and felt that was a totally modern current style.  But I think a great cut, grey hair and gorgeous skin does have more "edge" to it.   Firecracker (Sharan) on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687308 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 19:51:33 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1687308@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Super cool look! Glad you got lots of nice (well-deserved) compliments! texstyle on "You look like your edgier sister" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/you-look-like-your-edgier-sister/page/2#post-1687305 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 19:47:06 +0000 texstyle 1687305@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Looks GREAT Suz - all around but especially the new hair!