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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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Is it impossible for some people to have bangs ?

Hey everyone!

So basically, I have a problem with my bangs. I got my bangs in my home country and it was really cute, but I didn’t know how to style it properly. However, when it was done by their hairstylist, it looked really cute !

But now, I’ve moved to a new country, and I wanted to get bangs again, but the hairdresser said that with my hair it was impossible. She said my hair doesn’t grow the right way for me to have bangs ? Honestly, I am a bit surprised. Is that an actual thing ?

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2024/11/14
16:34 UTC

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My hair is always very frizzy I don’t know what to do about it

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2024/11/14
16:43 UTC

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Is there any way to undo a straightening perm?

I have loose wavy hair. I went on holiday to a very humid region of the world and my hair was extremely frizzy. I thought I would get it restyled/cut while I was there and went to a hairdresser. I was asking her about the friz and she said she can smoothen it. I said yes. She asked me if I wanted it to be permanent and because I am a bit of an idiot, I said yes.

It was a straightening perm.

Now I have extremely shiny, extremely flat , chin length hair which I hate. I have washed it, but it has not had any effect on the straightened hair. Internet searches say that all I can do is wait for new hair to grow. Someone on reddit suggested K18. Is there anything I can do to undo this? I am desperate.

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2024/11/14
14:28 UTC

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One side of my bangs refuses to sit normal. Other side always perfect

I have tried everything but since my last cut to make my bangs a bit shorter, one side refuses to actually sweep to the side like it does on my right side (which always sits perfectly) I style to the opposite side, I’ve blow dried up/down left right everything I can think of. It ends up sitting further out on my head and not flat.

Help!!

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2024/11/14
08:28 UTC

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using sally’s box dye at home

okay so, i havent dyed my hair at home since i was in high school and have been going to the salon for like… 13 years. but i just moved to a big city and it is signiiiiificantly more expensive to get your hair done here. i want to buy some box dye from sally’s to color my virgin black hair a light shade of brown. my question is, how do i maintain it when my roots grow? i dont remember how to do this. is the developer something you mix in the dye? would i only touch up my roots with the developer? and then dye all over? or how does it work lol. any tips would be appreciated as well.

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2024/11/14
02:14 UTC

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Help with getting hair to be more healthy and shiny

Hi! As of late, I keep on seeing all these things on my feed showing like smooth or glossy hair. My hair is really thick and a little bit wavy, and all these girls I see have like straight, thinner hair. How do I get my hair to look nicer and be healthier?

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2024/11/14
04:22 UTC

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what’s my hair type?

what’s my hair type? My hair does have a little wave pattern. BTW This is my hair air dried.

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2024/11/14
01:29 UTC

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Products for damaged hair?

I've had this problem for maybe 4-5 YEARS and I have no idea what to do. I have bangs that lay right on my eyebrows and naturally wavy/curly hair, so I usually straighten my hair and bangs. My bangs now won't grow past my eyebrows because they break off. The ends/middles look as if they were lit on fire. I use protein and keratin masks weekly, hair oils, trims, etc and absolutely nothing has helped.

Even if I go heatless (which I did for about a year) NOTHING changed. All of my face framing hairs won't grow past a certain length, the rest of my hair will though. What do I do?

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2024/11/14
00:22 UTC

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Would V line bangs look good on me?

Heya girls of Reddit! So, tomorrow I’m getting a haircut, I’ve been growing it out for a year straight, I’ve been thinking about getting one of those witchy V bangs, or widows peak bangs (idk what they’re called). Other suggestions for haircuts are also welcome <3 big love

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2024/11/14
00:15 UTC

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I feel like this color is too warm/orange - will purple shampoo help?!

I have had blonde highlights for years, I am a natural dirty blonde... and I'm trying to go back to my natural color. I got low lights and a root melt about a month ago and it's finally faded into a more likable color... but to mate it's so red/orange. How can I make it more neutral/cool toned?!

I have purple shampoo but I'm afraid to try it with my low lights! Any advice is helpful!

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2024/11/13
23:59 UTC

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Shampoo & conditioner for hair that tangles easily

I have straightish medium length hair with fine strands, but there is a lot of it. It tangles behind my neck over the slightest movement and pisses me off!

I don't heat style but when I did, even if I straightened my hair with a flat iron, it tangled fast and just kinda flies all over the place, It's like I need to add weights to the ends of my hair.

I went back to Dove (Cool Moisture one) because I was like "maybe I do need silicones" and it honestly is better, but the conditioner isn't cutting it. My hair feels light and clean and while it's air drying it's great but as soon as it's dry I'm like "time for a claw clip."

I feel like people talk about "soft" hair with key words like "lightweight/won't weigh down/volume" and I swear I need the opposite. I need my hair to have a bit of weight to it so it just falls nicely and stays.

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2024/11/13
23:36 UTC

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Postpartum regrowth has me feeling disheveled

I am 9 months postpartum with my second child. I typically have fine, thick hair but since my postpartum hair loss and regrowth I have so many baby hairs/flyaways around my face. I have tried a wax stick to essentially glue them down but that just leaves my hair looking and feeling greasy, and the flyaways pop back up.

I've been feeling down about my sloppy appearance lately. I feel like I've let myself go since having my baby and don't look like I take care of myself very well, and my hair plays a big role in this.

Does anyone have any advice for how I can better manage these and help myself feel more put together? Or is it just a matter of waiting for them to grow longer? Thanks in advance for any advice

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2024/11/13
21:08 UTC

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Does all Goldwell Shampoos/Conditioners smell the same?

I bought the Curls and Waves and loved them, but I didn't like the smell. So I wanted to know if all Goldwell products have the same smell or different lines have different scents? Thanks!

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2024/11/13
21:42 UTC

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Environmentally safe/animal cruelty free products for wavy hair?

My hair looks a hot mess without some kind of smoothing or curl enhancing product. However, I don’t want to use anything that has major impact on the environment. Suggestions?

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2024/11/13
18:16 UTC

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Any chance of getting the lowlights back out of hair?

I had my hair done recently with silvery blonde highlights and absolutely loved it. There was a slight problem with banding though so had an appointment booked to correct this with an option to have lighter or darker pieces through to fix it. I chose darker as didn’t want to damage my hair by adding more bleach. But now honestly I much preferred the original colour even with the banding!! I have very long hair and already had a big chop through the process so I’m really protective of the length and condition of my hair. Have I got any chance at all of getting these lowlights out without another round of bleach? They aren’t too dark, they’re a light brown. I’m so gutted I loved my hair it’s the most confident I’ve felt in ages.

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2024/11/13
14:31 UTC

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Super bleached hair won't hold dye

I bleached my hair at home but now that my roots are grown out I just wanna dye it back to a more natural blonde and stop destroying it. I used 2 packets of ion pre-color treamtment and bondbar permanent color and it definitely dyed my virgin roots but the rest of my hair looks exactly the same. The dye didn't stick at all. Does anyone have any suggestions? I did try Overtone on my ends just to see if that would hold and it did but they don't offer a natural looking blonde.

Has anyone tried this IGK mask? I was hoping it's something similar. Thinking about trying that in Cali Cali

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2024/11/13
19:58 UTC

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Frizzy hair solution

My hair has been extremely frizzy for over 10yrs and i'm sick of it now. I have fully virgin hair, now I'm thinking of getting a permanent treatment like hair botox, keratin treatment, etc. Which one should I go for?

5 Comments
2024/11/13
06:53 UTC

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I'm struggling with what hair suits me

Hello! I'm struggling with what hair I suit, my mum took me to cut my hair once and the hairdresser messed up my hair, my mum asked him to give me layers, it made me look like Dora the explorer whenever the wind blew, then I went to China, and my mum asked to get my hair fixed and it looked good for about a day, I'm currently growing out my hair to cut off my layers, but I want to change my hair as well, I was thinking about getting long curtain bangs, but I don't know if it will suit me or not, so I'm here asking for your advice and help.

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2024/11/13
06:34 UTC

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New to long hair and not sure what to do with it.

I'm a trans girl, and up until 2.5 years ago I just buzzcut my hair. Since then I've just been letting it grow. Now that I have the growth I'm not really sure what to do with it. Since then I've gotten a couple trims, but that's it. Never been dyed, never used anything in it other than shampoo and conditioner, I almost never blow dry it, and I've never curled it.

Any helpful tips would be great because at this point all I know how to do is let it keep growing.

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2024/11/13
04:23 UTC

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