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what is your favourite hairstyle at the moment

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pably15 Mon 14-Jul-25 11:53:04

what do you think of the hairstyles that we're seeing a lot of on the telly at the moment, the hair seems to be straight from the crown then half way down it's in a sort of ringlet. I always feel like taking a brush to it .

winterwhite Mon 14-Jul-25 11:57:53

I assume these curly ringlets start at jaw level because impossible to get the effect higher on the head. The fashion for long hair seems to me to have been around for too long. There are many more becoming styles.

Oreo Mon 14-Jul-25 13:56:57

winterwhite

I assume these curly ringlets start at jaw level because impossible to get the effect higher on the head. The fashion for long hair seems to me to have been around for too long. There are many more becoming styles.

I agree with that.
Also the trend for no fringe, when often the person would look a whole lot better with the forehead covered up.

Oreo Mon 14-Jul-25 14:00:23

If you see a group of girls in the street they all have indentikit long hair and slug eyebrows.

Oreo Mon 14-Jul-25 14:01:16

Where are all the girls and women with curly hair?

dogsmother Mon 14-Jul-25 14:02:46

Pixies please on older ladies, much more flattering.

Georgesgran Mon 14-Jul-25 14:08:17

Do you mean beach waves pably15 like this

Allsorts Mon 14-Jul-25 14:11:56

Ive tried every hairstyle going, now I have softly layered bob.

Mt61 Mon 14-Jul-25 15:27:49

Not them barrel curls. Older woman look like Bette Davis in ‘what ever happened to baby Jane’

pably15 Mon 14-Jul-25 15:31:52

yes Georgesgran, I never knew what the name was,I saw Rachel Riley on countdown, and her hair has always been lovely, but now she has this style , looks as if it needs brushed

Silvergirl Mon 14-Jul-25 15:56:58

I love this style. I think it suits everyone.

Freya5 Mon 14-Jul-25 16:50:37

Short, soft cut, easy to manage. Call it my wash and go style.

Mt61 Mon 14-Jul-25 17:15:52

My friend always asks for a Judy Dench, must say it always looks fab!

RosesandLilac Mon 14-Jul-25 20:28:21

I’m delighted with my curly perm, the easiest, least faffing style I have ever had!
Wash, condition and go, no hair drying or styling needed.
I wish I’d had it years ago.

Calendargirl Mon 14-Jul-25 20:32:19

GS’s girlfriend has long, straight hair, two hanks of hair hanging down either side of face, then pulled back with a great expanse of forehead showing.

Does her no favours, looks wise.

Blossoming Mon 14-Jul-25 21:56:35

A chin length Bob, which I have smile

It takes very little maintenance.

Allira Mon 14-Jul-25 22:27:50

But you have to have the right hair to have a lovely bob!
I haven't.

cornergran Mon 14-Jul-25 23:37:33

Or me. Short and layered is the only way I even look to have hair.

LaCrepescule Tue 15-Jul-25 08:36:29

I’ve grown my thick wavy hair into a tousled bob with a soft fringe. It’s been allowed to go completely grey too and I’ve never felt more liberated!

Skydancer Tue 15-Jul-25 08:42:55

What about young men. They all have very short hair at the back with longer sticky-up hair at the front. They all look exactly the same.

Kate1949 Tue 15-Jul-25 09:52:46

Not a worry for me. I have

Kate1949 Tue 15-Jul-25 09:53:38

Ooops. I have alopecia sad

M0nica Tue 15-Jul-25 10:21:00

Skydancer

What about young men. They all have very short hair at the back with longer sticky-up hair at the front. They all look exactly the same.

Remember all the young men with identical long hair in the 1960s, or the slaphead look that older men favour now. identical hairdos, may be, but indivdual faces and personalities.

The best hair style is always the one that suits you best and you feel comfortable with. it may be long, short, curly, straight, with or without a fringe. It is as individual as the individual sporting it.

Athrawes Tue 15-Jul-25 11:09:01

I used to have very long hair in my youth which I could do all sorts of things with it but these days I have a chin length bob which I'm very pleased with it thanks to my hairdresser - and she's not expensive!

Bukkie Tue 15-Jul-25 11:47:33

I find a fringe very flattering, it covers a multitude of sins. And it's much cheaper than a facelift. Shorter hair is my flattering on older ladies. Judi Dench looks fabulous. Helen Mirren always looks better with short hair.