/r/femalehairadvice
Welcome to r/femalehairadvice! We are a community focused on hair advice for women, non-binary, trans, and gender non-conforming individuals. We have a zero tolerance policy for hateful or negative content and hair fetishism.
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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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I have a chubby oval shaped face with big flat forehead and my cheeks are asymmetrical. Which hairstyle would look good on me?
If i don't wash my hair about once every two days, it gets stringy (oily?) Do I simply just wash it more often, or is there an underlying problem? Should therefore be conditioning? I've heard bad things about using shampoo too often, any remarks?
I know women can use the 5% topical minoxidil. However can we also use it twice daily or should we use it only once daily?
I really want to cut my hair short. It’s extremely overstimulating and I’m just ready for a change. I know my face is long but i’m also a little chubby, and my hair is thick does anyone have recommendations? Any apps i can test it out on? Pinterest is soooo AI generated lately I feel like I can’t get a good idea of what would suit me. I’d consider myself a tomboy but i also like getting ready and tapping into my feminine side. But i’m not crazy into make up and jewelry. I’m probably oversharing but just looking for some advice on what style.
I used to dye my hair blonde, but have grown out my natural over the past couple years. I generally keep my hair in the long pixie/bob realm but I am so bored now. Should I cut it? Should I dye it? I'm not scared to go short. I feel as I'm getting older, it's harder for me to figure out what is good on me. I appreciate any help!
I want to try to get a wolf cut or shag because my hair is fine but gets wavy at the ends so more layers should add more volume and I just want to go for something a bit edgier. But I realistically can't commit to styling a lot each day other than of course brushing my hair. So I'm a little concerned that it will look like a trailer park mullet or something on days where I air dry and brush.
Hi! Does it damage the hair? I want to get rid of some unwanted copper and darker tones from semi permanent color and return back to medium blonde.
Every single time i wash my hair the ends always have residue in it. I have tried multiple different conditioners, even made my own at one point, use small amounts and distribute it with a comb, rinse out very well with hot water to the point that my fingers become wrinkled because ive been under the water that long, and yet the ends always have residue left in it. I also have a shower filter and checked my water and they said its soft water. Today i used a clarifying shampoo, washed twice and i washed the ends as well, and while my hair was better than usual, i can still feel a tiny bit of residue on the ends and when i comb through you can see waxy residue on the comb. I did use a conditioner but again a small amount and rinsed out very well. so it obviously is the conditioner that is the problem, but if i dont use one my hair is harder to detangle, it also looks frizzy and dry and i also have slightly wavy hair so when it combed through without any conditioner used, it looks even more poofy. i tried one of those heat cap things too and it didnt really work.
i have no problem with the roots of my hair, they always look and feel clean its just the ends.
im really at my wits end. i feel like i have tried everything.
hi, i have slightly wavy jet black hair (typical south asian/indian). recently, i have been noticing my hair becoming thinner AND hair fall as in several strands fall out when i run my hand through it. now i know that losing about 100 strands a day is fine, but it feels slightly more than that. the hair loss isn't obvious as of now, but can be a problem in the future i think. i have started applying coconut oil overnight, with gentle scalp massages, so any tips for that + any other advice would be much so great :)
Hi! First time here, I’m desperate.
My hair is very dry and damaged due to bleach. It should have fallen out like 16 bleaches ago, so it’s a miracle it’s still on my head.
But the back of my head, JUST the back, keeps matting and tangling super easily. I can detangle it and it will be full of tangles within maybe 2-4 hours despite not even touching it. I have tried wearing braids, pony tails, buns, it always matts. I now wear it down and it still gets awful.
I just don’t get why it’s only happening in the very back, from the roots in the bottom of my neck to the outer layer. I don’t have much hair left there now, as it just makes me so mad I just rip it out. I’m tired of this and I just want to shave it all off. I know I’m the one who damaged it, but why only the back??? What can I do? I’ve tried all kinds of oils etc, nothing works:(
i want to grow out my natural color and i hate the color my hair is now, but i'm not sure if it's too short to cut it off.. would dyeing it darker just delay the inevitable? it's already pretty damaged. thanks!
I am in my mid to late 30s and probally about a year ago, but more recently I have started noticing that when I get my foiled I am always left so disappointed because I have still have areas throwing off so much gold. When I try and tone it it ends up just picking up the lighter bits and making the gold more noticeable. I thought it was hair dresser so I have tried going to do different ones every time now but basically still the same ( some worse then others) is it Age, Hormones or just the hairdresser? lol