Neato! I'll definitely pick some of those up; looks like I can find them at Target, easy peasy!

Do those spin pins work for straight hair too? My hair is so slippery - nothing seems to hold it.

Aida, I'd love to offer advice, but I honestly love your hair when it's down and wild and curly.

Hehe I know you do I was going to chop it all off at the beginning of summer, but so many of you liked it long and wild so I left it! I'm going to just get it trimmed a couple inches and re-layered for fall, and then perhaps next spring see if I'm in the mood for short hair again. I'm going to try to find some curl cream that I can use to coax the curls to come back on the non-wash days so I can leave it down more!

I do think you would look great with a modified flapper bob angled toward your face... and that would be fab with curls. Think Julia from Brideshead Revisited (the original version)...

I generally can't do bangs shorter than nose length (tiny forehead+curls+I'm lazy), but for fun here's a photo of one of my favorite longer bobs from like.. 6 years ago?

Oh, sorry, what I meant by modified was without the bangs - what a great look that is on you in that photo! And easier to straighten at this length.

http://worldhairstyles.com/tag/curly-bob-haircuts/

http://www.google.com/imgres?i.....CBwQ9QEwAQ

That top one in the first length is close to how this cut started I think. I love that second one! Will clip to keep in my "short hair" file for later

Aida, your hair looks quite a bit like mine when I let mine dry naturally. Mine was terribly thick when I was younger, but it's thinning as I age. I welcomed that for a while, but I hope I hang onto what I have now.

I've been straigtening mine (mostly just by blowdrying) most days for a few years now, but during the summer months, I let it go more wavy. I'll dry the bangs and a bit of the top, just so I don't get weird lumpy bits, and let the rest go it's way. This works better on me the longer my hair is. I actually find longer hair to be lower maintenance for me than shorter hair.

My hair is getting long now, but I must admit I feel more stylish with a layered shorter cut, straightened and sleek. Maybe it's time to try a new cut? Do you have a stylist you'd trust to make a dramatic change?

Janet, apparently my hair maintenance is just the opposite of yours; the longer it is, the more effort I have to put into it! I have a very good stylist who usually does dramatic things because when go in (usually only twice a year) I just have him do whatever's current that he thinks will look good, but I haven't had my hair this long in YEARS (skipped my spring cut, oops!). I definitely want to keep the curls though, having them gives a nice organic element that my style generally lacks

Aida...you are a beautiful woman with fabulous hair...you know what works for you:)