I'm so vain

[aprilstarchild]

I have an appointment with that staffing agency in Lake Oswego early tomorrow morning. Have sent resumes/cover letters for like five jobs. Mostly medical records. This is progress. I'm insanely qualified for most of the medrecs positions I saw, and some of them are offering higher pay than my last job.

But the real reason I made this post: Do you guys think I would look good with bangs? Not the long ones that get in peoples' eyes (I'd go nuts) or the even-longer ones that you have to push aside all day (ditto), but the shorter ones. More like joyful_grrrl's.

The more I see people's bangs the more I like the idea. I don't want a short haircut, I love my long hair, but I think it looks boring the way I pull it back every damn day. Bangs would just, y'know, add visual interest.

(A picture of me and her together, for comparison.)

What do you guys think?

Comments

[emilytbm.livejournal.com]

I say yes, and get some nice layers to frame your face leaving length in the back.

[medievallass.livejournal.com]

I think that style of bangs would look cute on you if you wanted to go for it.

Hayley :D

[mudita88.livejournal.com]

Yes!

[joyful-grrrl.livejournal.com]

no dude, it takes SOOOO much work to keep them cute. you can't let it go, ever. it's tedious. seriously!

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

I am searching the internet madly, for a haircut with bangs that won't drive me apeshit crazy.

[joyful-grrrl.livejournal.com]

IT DOESN'T EXIIIIIIIIST!!!!!

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

Is it just having to wash them more often and get them cut all the time that makes them irritating?

[joyful-grrrl.livejournal.com]

i cut them at least every other week. i have to wash them every single day. every single day. (this could be my hair-type) after that i have to blow-dry them down, and then i have to curl them under with a curling iron. nothing else works for me!! i've been doing this on-and-off for 12 years :)

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

Dang.

I have to wash my face every day--I'll have to be even more careful about that if I have bangs because they'll make my forehead break out otherwise--so washing my bangs at the same time is no big deal.

The rest of it, though, that does sound like a pain in the ass.

[joyful-grrrl.livejournal.com]

yeah, i mean, it all depends on your hair-type... but something to think about is, not only your bangs making your forehead greasy, but your forehead making your bangs greasy!!!

[nux-vomica.livejournal.com]

i have bangs and i do not have any of these probs. i cut them pretty short so i do trims about once a month, max. i say it depends on your hair type and how high maintenance you are about it in the first place. i am one low maintenance chica and it works for me.

[joyful-grrrl.livejournal.com]

yeah, like i said, it definitely depends on the individual, their preferences, and their hair type.

;)

[weeona.livejournal.com]

I've got long, side swept and angled bangs. Sort of. I mean, they aren't in my face at all, they just add softness to my hairline. The only time I am annoyed with them is when I've just trimmed them up and go too short. Then I have to tuck behind my ears and the shortest bits won't tuck. My hair grows so fast it's not too long until they are back to normal, though.

I'm camera phobic or I'd show you what I mean.

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[weeona.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I'm ridiculously lazy.
I just wash, brush and go. So, it's a very low-key easy going style with bangs.

I cut my own hair so I don't even have a clue what style you'd call it. LOL.

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[weeona.livejournal.com]

Oookay... it's against my better judgment that I post this, as it's a Not Good pic of me (though my hair is shiny and nice).

I'm the brunette.
My bangs aren't normally in my eyes at all.
I think I fluffed them for the pic and was trying to hide behind my hair.
Camera phobic! Boy, I look like rubbish here (and I'm not just saying that so you'll say "no, you don't!"... I hate how I photograph).

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e229/weeona/?action=view¤t=melissamandy.jpg

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[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

OH hey! An herbivore tshirt! I have one of their track jackets, a brown one with a light blue "herbivore" logo on it.

Anyway.

Yeah, I was thinking of getting shorter bangs. I'm getting more into Japanese "lolita" fashion (lots of examples at daily_lolita and so much of the stuff just looks better with bangs. Sometimes shorter, sometimes longer, but usually cut just about straight across, and somewhere between "help I can't see" and "shorter than Betty Page."

Plus, these days, everywhere I look, I see bangs!

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[nux-vomica.livejournal.com]

i have a friend who has a t-shirt proclaiming he is a 'vaginatarian.'

funny stuff...

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[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

...which is about on the same level as having a tshirt proclaiming you're a "cunning linguist," eh?

[nux-vomica.livejournal.com]

i'd say yes or you will wonder forever till it becomes all you can think of (i have done this over bangs, several times). after all...it's hair! it grows back!!!

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

Yes! Hair grows back!!

[eleika.livejournal.com]

Go for the bangs! They are so cute and so perfect for you.

[alicia-stardust.livejournal.com]

Just an FYI: every time I have ever had bangs it makes my forehead oily and I am otherwise *never* oily. I think it's just the presence of the hair and a touch of styling product coupled with some random fiddling that I would otherwise not be doing without the bangs. Just a thought to consider. (The only product I use is Self Control styling stick from Aveda; it keeps things from being fly away and gives a bit of hold/anti-static without making me use hairspray.)

Also seconding the fact that there's extra daily upkeep to keep them looking decent and trimmed and, in most cases, un-styled bangs that are meant to be styled look like crap. LOL!

With all that said, if you're really curious about them I'd give them a try. My artist's aesthetic tells me you'd look better if the bangs hit somewhat close to your brow as opposed to an inch or two up. Just my 2 cents, tho. ;)

[ourglasslake.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I agree with Alicia that I think bangs would look, well, bangin' on you, but especially longer/closer to your eyebrows.

YES!

[5minutelimit.livejournal.com]

I love my bangs, and I have oily skin. I just wash them each morning with my face, no big deal.
I've been thinking you should get bangs ever since I started looking at the Lolita pictures.
You should try about a half inch above your eyebrows, and then you can go shorter or longer from there easily.
I think the really short bangs take a certain kind of face. They look terrible on me. Every time I get mine cut professionally they cut them too short.