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Runcarla

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...plus c'est la meme chose.

Feeling spring fever, I was looking forward to my appointment with my hairstylist for a cut. Appointments are usually 3 months apart, but this time it has been 4 months. I have been growing out a much shorter do for the past year. Today I had it changed up from a stacked/inverted bob to a layered bob with graduated layers up the sides to help blend the fringe (which is cut to the tip of my nose). I could see the difference when blown dry and straightened, but air dried (after gym) it reverted to curly type. It got a little 'rounder' (which I like) over the course of the day.

This length seems to maximize the curl. Shorter, and it gets cut out. Longer and it gets pulled out. Believe it or not, it is almost long enough to pull into a stubby ponytail when straight. However, since we are going into the humid season (May to October) I'll be keeping this easy care style for the foreseeable future. It 'feels' very ME! All I do is wash it and rub a dab of leave in conditioner through it, and let it air dry.

For the record, I'm very happy with the stylist I found locally after I retired. I've had more good hair days than I can remember, in this past year.

Is your 'do signiture to your style? what is it about your 'do, that makes it 'you'?

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Angie

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I LOVE THE CURLS in #3 and #4, Carla. KILLER to the Power of KILLER.

Barbara Diane

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Me too! I'm jealous that that's all you need to do to have such fabulous curls.

Bonnie

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Love your curls. It's great to have a hairstylist that understands your hair.

Anonymous

In my dreams I’d have hair like yours. You clearly have a talented cutter with a great eye .

As to your question , my hair is absolutely signature to my style . I’ve tried every version of short hair and all the trends from long bangs to undercuts and everything in between . I’ve been blonde , white , brown and red . Yet my go-to is the disconnected pixie with short bangs . My go to colour changed from red of many , many years to a bleached /toned /shadow root combo . I can’t see changing it at this point . It works with the clothes I prefer and projects the image I want to project . Pretty simple .

Runcarla

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No worries that I'll go straight, Angie. Just didn't want to leave the shop with a wet head!

Bonnie - the stylist is a red head, but her hair is straight. She volunteered that her DH and young son are curly haired guys. She cuts their hair, and says she 'gets' curly hair. She promised never to cut my fringe too short or let things get into 'pyramid' territory! We talk about our non-existent eyebrows and transparent eyelashes and other woes of being a red head!

LisaP - I LOVE the high contrast look of dark roots and light hair!

Joy

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My inverted bob has been my go-to style for a few years now. It is very easy care although I do usually blow it dry and smooth it some with a roller iron or flat iron. I wash it every day or every other day with kelp cream rinse. It is me because it is easy, works for my straight hair and can be styled in different ways if I want to fuss with it. If I don't want to fuss but want a change, I can part it in a different place or put on some hair gel and let it dry on small rollers for a more curly look. It does not get tiresome or boring.

Gigi

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Love the curls! Your cut has a beautiful shape.

I finally went to a special curly-cut stylist a year ago, and it's made such a difference in my hair. I'm trying to get up the courage to go shorter with it (chin length), but I get scared to get too much cut off because I like having the option to put my hair in a ponytail when I don't have time to style it. But my hair is much more "me" when it's chin length.

I suppose I could just flat iron it if I didn't have time to style the waves, hmm. At my next haircut, I will definitely have to get quite a bit chopped off.

rachylou

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Great cut!

Jane

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Love those curls! It’s a super cut! I’d love to see the back too!

I like to change my hair a little every time it’s cut. I trust Adam (in my home town) who cuts my hair. I did have a moment when I thought I should change to someone near where I work but the price was 5x (staggering!) what I pay and more importantly I couldn’t really live with my lack of loyalty!

So I try and give a bit of direction and Adam has good imagination so we get along just fine and I largely like my hair!

Cardiff girl

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Fab new do!and lucky you to have the choice of straight or curls.

Adriana

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Love your curls. Great signature look.
I have short hair for many years now. I like it and it is easy, which is important for me. Wash every day, 5 minute blowdry.
I have a cut every 4/5 weeks. Because my hair grows fast it is never completely the same. Short bangs week 1, a lot longer at the end.

krishnidoux

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Fantastic! I have a personal preference for you in the curls.
Thank you for detailing your experience so well and with such care.
You know I wear wigs now on a daily basis. Although I did have a signature look with my bio hair (short straight bob), I find that I haven't settled for one yet with the faux hair.
The reason might be that bio hair, with its specific characteristics, will dictate what is and is not possible.
No such thing with synthetic hair, of course. And suddenly I find myself enjoying the crazy shags or long flat, or curly manes I had always only dreamt of before. And consequently I can't commit. For now, anyway.
So for me, plus ça change, plus ça change!

carter

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Fabulous! I love it both straight and curly. Great length. Great cut. Great style.

RobinF

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Your curls are great! I have curly hair but not nearly as curly as yours - probably more wavy - but I know what you mean about too short and it's cut off, too long and it pulls the curls out, mine does the same thing. You are lucky to be able to just condition and go. I am always on the lookout for the perfect product to bring out the curls without being stiff and crunchy.

Jaime

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Love the curls! It is so interesting how different the cut comes off curly rather than blown straight. No contest!
Variations on my salt and pepper, asymmetrical, curly haircut has pretty much defined my look for the last 4 or 5 years I think. Which is funny for me, since my hair was completely boring until then.

gryffin

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Cut looks fantastic on you as always! Perfect and so flattering. Hair is integral to my style. Inverted bob that angles from down my jawline, side part, very choppy spiky bangs - as I call them the "toddler hack" and it's surprisingly difficult to get just right. I wear such formal clothes that my edge comes from hair and footwear. Because my hair is wedged up so much in the back, I have people recognize me routinely from behind. Plus it's super cool in summer but the sides keep my face warm in winter if that makes any sense, the best of all worlds. It took forever to find this style, I'm sure I'll tweak it slightly over time, but a bob is just part of who I am and yes, there is no meaning to life without a blow drier!!

Anonymous

Wow! I like both versions-though maybe the curls a little more since I'm
used to seeing you with curls
My hair is not a signature at all anymore sadly. I have very hard water so it just doesn't grow as I'd like. I want it to be a foot longer, but it's bland mid length for now.

Elizabeth P

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Looks great, Carla.

Preppy Pear

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I have serious curl envy, you lucky woman! The straightened look is great, but the curls are everything. Adorable, chic, sexy, cool - all the things.

nemosmom

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Oooh I envy your curls! Mine is not nearly as curly as yours, but it is super thick and coarse with substantial wave. I get what you say about "too long and it pulls out". For me, if it's too short I look like Bozo. It needs a certain amount of weight, in the right places, to help it hold it's shape without fuzzing out.

I don't have a signature hair style, but did have the same-ish style for about 7 years. I want to try a shaggy long bob for summer, but haven't found a stylist I trust to execute my "vision" yet.

Bijou

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Carla - you have beautiful hair and enviable natural curls.

In relation to your question, I would say that my hair is likely to be my most defining feature. I am average height and weight and have rather regular facial features - so my hair and how I dress is how people who don't know me well recognise me. I have had people confuse me with other girls who superficially look similar to me (if they have the same hair and dress in a similar style), this happened to me with a girl at work - so many people kept confusing us, it was hilarious.

catherine

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Your cut is lovely. You have such great features and this seems to allow them to take center stage.

smittie

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Gorgeous hair, you lucky duck!

AviaMariah

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I love the curls!

JAileen

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You have such gorgeous curls!

karen13

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Beautiful ‘do, both curls and straight. I’m with you on needing wash and go. After a very short pixie for about 6 years, I having been growing out a bit and am also seeing a bit of wave come back to my hair; it is approaching the Goldilocks length. I am strawberry blonde so commiserate with you and your stylist about brows and lashes!

I just purchased some Bumble & Bumble Don’t Blow It to see if that helps control the waves where I don’t want them as I rarely blow dry.

Anonymous

I love the length on you as well as the straight and curly look. I am jealous!

So I grew out my pixie last year and right now am sporting a bob that ends at my ear lobes. I like the length, but something is just not right. I think I might like more of a bang than just swept across bangs. Might do something else next haircut.

Sal

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I love the curls but both look good.

I have had a wide variety of hairstyles - and a few colours - but mostly variations of blonde, brown and red. I see myself staying with short messy bobs and relaxed short hair for a while, maybe until I grey. What is signature that it is relaxed and not too styled - I don't like my style to look too done. Due to slackness sometimes it looks too undone though.....

anchie

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I love your curls. Beautiful cut that emphasize them. Both my DH and DS20 have similarly curly hair and it is real struggle to find someone who knows how to cut this type of hair. My husband always go for very short so that curls are not visible and DS tried different haircuts but was never happy with the results.

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