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Inspired by /r/malehairadvice, I present you /r/femalehairadvice. A place for girls to ask for advice on all matters hair-related. All readers welcome.

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Androygnous/versatile hair style for square face?

Hey everyone!

My face is rather square due to jaw surgeries. I don't see much feminity in it sadly, so I've went with a men's haircut for the past years. I do want to embrace more of my feminine side.

My hairtype would be between 1a/1b, very stubborn with styling, doesn't hold waves or curles at all, and overall more like silk! I'm quite pale but with an olive undertone. Picture does show my natural hair color (light ashy brown with golden highlights depending on light).

I enjoy pixie cuts, any color (was thinking about going for blonde again?), but would be down for longer haircuts aswell, as long as they can be worn in a more androgynous style too (I'm AFAB, but non-binary)! Needs to be easy regarding styling.

Thanks in advance!! :)

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2024/11/05
17:47 UTC

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What shade of red should I go for? (Also haircut suggestions plz)

I feel like a warm red wouldn’t flatter my skin tone but I want to do another colour before going back to black

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2024/11/05
17:19 UTC

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How do I keep my Bellami clip ins sleek like when I first got them? This is all the same set of extensions, I wore the ones on the right once. They’ve been oiled and straightened to try to get them back, but they’re still frizzy.

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2024/11/05
17:27 UTC

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recommendations on box highlights

Hello!
I am hoping to do front framing highlights and in the past I have used revlons" Frost & Glow Highlighting Kit" in HONEY.

are there any similar products on the market that anyone can recommend from past experience? I can get to stores such as supermarkets, Walmart, Target, ETC.

thank you so much in advance for your answer. I am finally clearing a 6 year depression fog and id love to start with a some effort on my hair. I just need a little help.

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2024/11/05
07:47 UTC

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Japanese straightening 6 MONTHS after dying?

Hi, I want to dye the under-layer of my hair with Garnier Nutrisse, no bleach required. (It is a permanent hair dye that fades in 4-8 weeks) I want to get a Japanese straightening perm 6 months after dyeing. Is this long enough to wait?

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2024/11/05
04:24 UTC

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Should I get curtain bangs?

Over the years I have got a lot of bangs variations but blunt, side bangs didnt suit me, as my side fringe grew out I had longer face framing layers and actually it looked good. I have got a big forehead and grew out my hair very Long because I like hair on the longier side more. What would you say about my forehead?

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2024/11/05
10:37 UTC

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Very flat hair

Hello my hair is very flat from the title it lack volume, my hair was about 6 inches down my waist cut it 4 months ago about 18 inches, my hair grew back about 8 inches the red line is what grew back I have thin hair I’m Asian white and black but pin straight hair, I have a Dyson air wrap but am having trouble finding easy hairstyles to do everyday with it, my hair also gets oily QUICK, so I like light products, I’m also thinking about getting another haircut to make my hair shorter again, will shorter hair help, also my hair is different lengths cause I got layers like crazy it was like a 6 inches down deference between the longest layer and the shortest. Any tips would help!

Also wondering does my hair look healthy? Any tips to deal with oil would be amazing too!

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2024/11/05
10:29 UTC

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Why does my hair look so dry?

No matter what it always looks and feels like straw.

I use all Monat products and have been for over a year:

Black shampoo twice a week Advanced hydrating conditioner twice a week Advanced hydrating masque one a week Bond fortifying leave in crème after every wash Either air dry or blow out cream

I get regular trims and colour (every 8 weeks)

2 Comments
2024/11/05
07:18 UTC

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Need advice on thinning hair

My hair is brassy now and black roots are grown. I have PCOS and my hair has fallen out like 50% is gone. I had thick hair before now this is all what's left. I usually get a balayage but not sure if it's worth it anymore. I don't want to damage my hair more and risk more fallouts.

Should I just dye it black and wear extensions? Though I find it hurts my scalp overtime. I am thinking of buying a new wig (Yes I wear wigs) or something but most are too thick from what I currently have and I have a small head. It just looks like a helmet on my head though I keep looking online.

Anyone have thinning hair? I just want to look good when I go out. Please help!

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2024/11/05
06:56 UTC

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A GOOD hair setting spray?

I've got a family wedding coming up where I really want to do my own hair bcz I just don't trust the salons around me. I'm looking to do a wavy blowout with hair rollers- preferably without heat.

So, 2 questions-

  1. Is it even possible to achieve a wavy blowout that will last me all day and maybe even night (something like https://pin.it/2IU64qyIZ) without heat and just setting spray?

  2. If yes, please recommend some good setting sprays under ₹1000 ($11.89) and If no, some good heat protection sprays (in the same price range) along with setting sprays

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2024/11/05
05:47 UTC

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I need some hair care advice. My hair gets dry sometimes and becomes very frizzy because I braid it a lot

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2024/11/05
02:48 UTC

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Can i fix this myself?

My bf paid a large amount of money for my hair to be done and I kinda hate it. I don’t like how it looks horrible when i don’t curl it. It requires me to heat style it every time in order for it to look decent and i just think it’s too light for me.

I don’t want to waste my bfs money so do you think I can put some light brown over this to make it look less damaged and more dark? or will that ruin it? I would appreciate any other opinions or ideas please!

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2024/11/05
02:00 UTC

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Tips to help my hair

I feel like i’ve never known how to take care of my hair. i feel like if i don’t style,brush, or blow dry my hair it’s just so flat and gets greasy so fast but if i do do those things then i feel it’s frizzy and puffy. i do need to cut my hair too but😭😭

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2024/11/04
23:02 UTC

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I don't know what to do with my hair :(

I feel like my face shape is super weird, and my big forehead doesn't really help. My hair is currently pretty long, but also super straight and lacks volume on top. Does anyone have an idea what hairstyle I could go for?

3 Comments
2024/11/04
19:28 UTC

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Trying to Un-Patchify My Coloring - Please Help!

Natural Hair Color: dark brown
Bleach Used: Zotos AgeBeautiful Ultra Bond Crème Lightener (w/ 30vol developer)
Color Used: Ion Color Brilliance Brights Semi-Permanent (pink)

TECHNIQUE: used an applicator brush, started at the roots and brushed through with the applicator brush, then combed down with a comb (mainly only used the comb for the bleaching), squished the hair with my hands to "mush it through". Tried to keep the sections pretty small. I cover my head with a plastic grocery bag to keep the heat in. Rinsed for a bit, then used shampoo (once or twice), then dried fully in between steps). For the first step: I did have some hairspray in my hair from the night before (I brushed it a lot to get it mostly out) so that may provide context/explanation for step one but I don't think that was the main issue here & it doesn't really explain the other steps.

  1. YESTERDAY: I started with bleaching my hair with one 2oz bottle of the bleach but it wasn't enough and seemed to be too lightly applied so it came out patchy.
  2. YESTERDAY: I bleached it AGAIN to fix the patchiness (trying to saturate more than last time in the darker spots) & it mostly fixed it but there are still spots of my natural color left.
  3. YESTERDAY: I then dyed it with the color and heavily saturated it, but it seemed to wash out a lot and never really ran "clear", so it seemed like the color was just not sticking. The color came out even more patchy with a lot of blond (& brown) left.
  4. TODAY: I tried a test strand with the color again on one of the blond parts of my hair and it seemed to take the color better & eventually ran "clear". It didn't seem to be 100% in the blond spots of this strand still but definitely is better.

GOAL: I am going to get a darker pink color (same brand), permanent instead of semi, get 3 bottles, and make sure to very heavily saturate all of my hair with it so that all of the blond is covered with pink. I've accepted that there will be some brown left at this point, but there was a lot of blond that didn't take the color at all. I would rather have my hair be two colors (pink & brown) than 3 colors (pink, brown, & blond).

QUESTIONS:

  • What can I do to prep my hair so that I don't run into the same issue of the color not taking to my hair? Can I try re-pinking it today/tomorrow or do I need to wait?
  • Is there anything I should have done differently?
  • I need to get a haircut as well, should I do that before trying again or wait until after?

Have dyed my hair on my own a bunch of times & never really had many issues (color usually doesn't come out super bright but that's because of how dark my hair is, is more of an "overlay" onto my natural color). This was the first time I tried bleaching it on my own & am trying to figure out where I went wrong.

Thanks in advance for your help! Just really want to make sure I do what I can to make it work this time.

This was yesterday after steps 1-3

this was today's test strand

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2024/11/04
19:58 UTC

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