Long hair over 40?

Finally getting to reply to all these answers after work. I have plenty of grey, too. Most of the time I just let it go--it really wasn't as noticeable when my hair was longer. Once we cut it, though, all the grey really stood out and looked bad--not at all what your's looks like, TK! So we put in a semi-permanent, wash-out kind of color thingy. Most of the time, though, I don't care enough about the grey to want to bother with it.

As for my stylist, I actually like her and trust her work and have for many, many years. Am just wanting to try something other than the usual chin-length cut. Long hair probably won't be my best look, but it will be different at least. For me, though, long is just near shoulder-length!

I think that on the makeover shows, all the short haircuts are at least partially for dramatic effect--they have to do a really drastic change that has impact for viewers.

Oh, I have to add: I hate having to go to get my hair cut every 4-6 weeks! I'm really lazy about it and also don't like spending a small fortune on haircuts and color. So that's another thing against shorter hair for me!
 
Am just wanting to try something
>other than the usual chin-length cut. Long hair probably won't
>be my best look, but it will be different at least. For me,
>though, long is just near shoulder-length!

How about a style that is chin-length in front and gradually gets a bit longer--shoulder length--on the sides and back? That will give the "lifting" effect (or at least counteract the dragging effect of long hair around the face) and the longer length at the same time.
 
Bunbun,

Your saying that you trust your stylist but need a different length would be like a client coming to me and saying that their attorney is great but they think they'd like to try a will instead of a trust. What I've learned is that styling hair is so highly skilled (they're like engineers) that few people can "see" what a great stylist can see. People come to me all the time and say "I need a trust" and I say "No, you don't" and set about disabusing them of their preset notions. A great stylist can do that too, if you just give her the chance.

The one area of life where you should DEFINITELY not do that is when you're dealing with the medical profession, where the opposite seems to be true. You have to go in armed with every piece of information you can find and ask all the right questions, and you still might not get the right answer. But a great stylist is like a skilled artist/engineer. They know what's best for you better than you do.

At least that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. :+

-Nancy
 
True, hair stylists have to have an artist's eye, basically. And I like to be very well informed when I go to my doctor, too.
But I also try to find a doctor whose training and experience give me enough faith that I can trust his or her educated opinion--in fact, rather more so than my hair stylist, whose opinion is ultimately based on what is in fashion, whereas my doctor's opinion should be based on keeping up with the overwhelming volume of current medical literature. :)
 
I know, BB, but the HMOs and the PPOs make it difficult for even the best doctors to spend the time they need getting to know each patient, and to do their jobs properly. Because medical care is considered to be a basic necessity, and most people can't afford to pay for it, it is controlled to the point where you enter that system at your own risk these days if you expect to use insurance. Most other services in our society, however, are free market capitalistic services, where you can pay more and get more.

I tried going outside the insurance system and just used a doctor who was fabulous and didn't take insurance. I was willing to pay a few hundred for an office visit instead of a $15 co-pay. Then I found that insurance wouldn't pay as much if I had to go into the hospital, even though it was the same hospital my HMO doctor used. I couldn't take the risk of an enormous hospital bill, so I had to go back into the system.

Okay, talk about getting off topic. I think it's the PMS. This is a bad month. :-(
 
Amen......whoever you are aquajock, I dig your attitude. Always enjoy your comments and your perspective on things.

Lisa
 
Yup, managed care rots, and most doctors really hate it. *morphing the thread here...sorry!* We have Oxford at work, though, and have an expensive option that lets us go outside the system and still get coverage. I don't have that option--too much money--but I've found some good docs on the in-house system.

Back to the hair part: my stylist has actually said to me that if I want long hair, she would cut it to make it decent looking--but that it would take a lot of work every morning for me to get it to look good with my face and she would advise against it. Definitely that time of the month here--crabby all week and for some reason I was glum about having decided to cut my hair a month ago!
 
Carolyn-

That's my conservative economic streak showing. I majored in economics in college in a "Chicago school" economics department where they taught us about the "horrors" of regulation and interfering with a free market economy. I then went to a VERY liberal law school, and thought I had all that conservative stuff out of my system, but apparently a bit still lingers here and there. Apologies for the hijacking rant.

Anyway, BB, I don't think there's a particular length of hair for a particular age. I do tend to feel that VERY dark hair on a light-skinned woman (like me) beyond a certain age can tend to exaggerate wrinkles. That's why I finally gave in and started highlighting last year at the age of 48. I don't think that you need to start to worry about that yet, though. I also tend to think that the length doesn't matter so much, as it's the part that frames your face that matters most. Hair should be a frame for the face, accentuating cheekbones and eyes, etc. This will sound weird, but if someone says to me "I love your hair" I think there is something wrong. If they say "you look pretty" then I know the hair is right. Strange, but then I'm strange. And I post WAAAAY too much for a person with so much PMS......

:+

-Nancy
 
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