To cut or not to cut?

I have to have a fringe. Enough wrinkles to screw my hat on!

Think hard before giving up your fringe. I love mine because it covers all the forehead wrinkles!

Its a messy one in this picture but kind of like this?

Mine is nearly always tied up in one way or another - or in plaits, which with my dark hair, fringe and large glasses makes me look like something out of St Trinians!

How about an asymmetric bob, where one side is shorter? I'm near Southend too, and I do tie my hair up. too lazy to do anything else with it.

I'll look out for the mattifying powder too - mind you Schwartzkopf translates as "blackhead" which is a bit off-putting!

Jalima I object! It's the Croydon facelift. Us poor Essex girls get the blame for everything!
Oops, sorry cavewoman!
I knew it was somewhere east of me!!

Whether or not to have a fringe depends on face shape too - a long face probably looks better with a fringe and a round face without?

I've just chopped my fringe and I think it's a bit short, but it was starting to get the Claudia Winkleman look, in my eyes.

petra - I was brought up near Southend - I lived in Hadleigh and went to school in Rayleigh. I had my singing lessons from Madam Freda Parry (niece I believe of Hubert Parry) in Southend - I also worked there for Rossi's Ice Cream during the school holidays - and got my bum pinched by the Italian waiters!

Icyalittle - that's just what I would like - but the fringe would turn upwards! I get it in place, then leave the house and it has turned up again!

elleks - that is weird about the large frames - I too am very short-sighted and need the very high index lenses or they are like bottle tops/bottoms. I have varifocals and they always say I cannot have the small frames as I need them deep enough to accommodate the different prescriptions within the lens for distance/middle/reading. Try a different optician - you can take your prescription away with you and tout it round any optician you choose - and online. I have had some success with online opticians, even with my difficult prescription.

Mine is very fine (since it grew back) I use caffeine shampoo was told by hairdresser not to use conditioner it makes hair limp especially if using Argan oil products . I also sometimes use styling powder . Must say I'm just glad it grew back I definetly didn't suit bald look. Like some people I have seen ?

Can't bear my very fine, but lots of it, hair touching my face so never had a fringe. Have it layered on the top and the rest goes behind my ears. Thank goodness for the variety of hair sprays on the market.

Luckygirl
I have to agree with what some have said: oil is not your friend on fine hair, as is leave in conditioner.
We have a hairdressing academy here in Southend and to go with that there is a big shop that sells everything you could want appertaining to hair, there lies danger for me

I think an urchin cut would look great on an older person - think Judy Dench. Easy to look after. That said,I have been trying to grow my hair a bit longer after years of having it pretty short. But mine is thick and heavy so finding it hard to manage. I will probably have it all cut off again.....

I think all that oily stuff is the problem. Just use basic shampoo and conditioner and then a bit of gel to tame the fringe. Use hair spray as well if needed. I have short hair. Rarely brush it. Bit of gel to put it in place with fingers and then light spray.

Sorry, it didn’t seem to have worked, and now I’ve done it twice. Bother!

Like this.

I just googled some haircuts for fine hair - several good images came up such as the actress Robin Wright with longer top and side swept fringe. Worth a look?

Jalima I object! It's the Croydon facelift. Us poor Essex girls get the blame for everything!

I don't use product. I have fine straight hair and product such as mousse looks okay for a couple of hours then goes very limp and greasy.

Not hair-related, but I'm jealous that you can wear large glasses; I'm severely short-sighted, and have had to go for smaller frames, as they can't do my prescription in the size I prefer.

I use Schwarzkopf Vivo mattifying powder on my fine (short) hair and it's brilliant. Don't need any hot brushes or other boosters. I wash it using Pantene shampoo and conditioner for adding body, dry it then put rollers in. Take out the rollers, brush and add Vivo and it's good to go. Lasts for days too - I only wash it once a week and it looks good even until then. Best thing I have ever found. Saw Lisa Armstrong recommend it on Strictly this last season when she was doing a makeup demo.

Thanks for all these tips. I use the argan oil ones because otherwise it is just a mess - a bit like a cloud really! It either flies about or sticks to my head with the static. Great!

I clip it up most of the time - which is why the fringe takes centre stage!

Short hair does need some effort, Luckygirl, otherwise it will lie flat to the head and that usually looks dire. I agree with Glammanana, go easy on the oil. Use mousse and a vent brush for body.

Luckygirl I am no expert but could you be using too much argan oil product with the shampoo & conditioner both being oil based,it could be giving your hair that "limp" texture,I would try any conditioner just on the ends of your hair and use a firm hold mousse then dry with large barrelled brush for some extra volume
Is your hair long enough to clip up in a bulldog clip it will always look tidy then even if your fringe has a mind of its own,I keep mine up or plat it down my back I very rarely have it loose it is too long to keep neat and I don't suit it short.