my face looks long!

I tried this once before and stupid mozilla closed my broswer on me. 

I will keep it short:

• My face looks long in my current "style"
• I am growing my hair out to a little bit below shoulder length and I am about an inch away from it touching my shoulders
• My face does not really look long if I pull it back or from older pictures

I want a style with texture (but I hate bangs...except long side swept) that is a little below shoulder length or longer! Anything between 2-5 inches below the shoulder is what I was wanting. I'm just so lost on what I want. I'm afraid it will all make my face look long. I have somewhat thick hair that is mostly straight.

Picture of how I always wear my hair (face looks droopy):



Other pictures that show my face features better:







Maybe I have a long face and I do not realize it. But my hair makes me look terrible! Suggestions...comments...anything!
always_alone38719.5367013889

I agree with your assumption that the style will make your face look longer.  Bangs will shorten a face, but you don't want those.  MMmmm...I guess the only thing left that I can think of would be to get the long swept bangs and some layers swept back around the cheek to mouth area.  This will open up the face and make it look wider thus having a shortening effect to the length.  The straight hair covering the sides of your face in the first pic only helps to lengthen your face (and make it droopy)

Good Luck

 

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always_alone38719.5456828704

The difference main between your top picture and the older ones is that you are smiling in the two old ones - and look fantastic.

Nobody looks good staring po-faced into a camera, (without make-up?) - its how they take the "before shots" in makeover articles!

That's terrible about what "zeljo" said,  just totally ignore it, he's a moron.  You are a lovely girl.  I've read that people with long faces should have their hair cut a little above chin length or a little below.  Anything longer will make your face look longer.  All the celebs you see with long faces (Jennifer Aniston) that have long hair and it looks great is because they have fashion/hair stylists working on their hair to keep is looking so good.  Goodluck!

I really like the pictures of your hair length in your pic with the pink top and curly hair, and the one next to it, and you are wearing a white top and black skirt.

[QUOTE=zeljo4never]damn uz an ugly bitch!!![/QUOTE]
glad you are banned. I hope it is permanent.

Moving on. I've been looking at cuts that frame the face. I know the bob I had looked cut on my when I last cut my hair to straighten out it while it grew. I might go in soon and get a cut. Oh and I went back and fixed my picture...it's happier looking.
Here's the style I've been looking at (shorter though):


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Zeljo is a ass, glad he is finally banned. He has been calling everybody ugly, which of course you aren't! You have a very pretty smile by the way. Long hair does make people with longer faces make them look even longer. Since the eye goes down the length of the hair, pulling the face with it. I would go with shoulder length hair with the long sideswept bangs, and some long layers. And you look super cute with the curly style in the pink top picture.

First of all, I agree with the other posters: you look very cute with the curly hair. This wouldn't be an option? Otherwise I like the two pictures of hairstyles you've posted, a cut like that would probably make your face look less long. Currently I have a fringe as I think my face looks too long without it (even though it is too long and too thick at the moment - I badly need to cut my hair!) and it really helps. As you don't want a fringe, I think you should go with either curly hair or a shorter style with a side swept fringe. If you've got a longish face, you shouldn't have too heavy(?) hair as it pulls the face down.

Good luck!

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First of all, I agree with the other posters: you look very cute with the curly hair. This wouldn't be an option?

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That curly hair was for my oldest sister's wedding. She wanted us to all get our hair done! Anyway, it involved a ton of hair products to get it to stay like that.

As for fringe...I am very picky about it. But I love these bangs:

AND

Always_alone,

I think the last top pic hairstyle (the one with bangs and (great) green eyeshadow) would look awesome on you. 

You would look great with the newest posted pic of the girl with green e/s!!!

I agree with everyone about the pic of the girl with green eyeshadow. 

But her hair looks choppy! Looks like someone really butched her hair. I love her bangs though...but not as much as the second picture. But my hair is THICK. And it can't be styled like that.

Well both their hair has a ton of styling products in it to make it choppy. 

[QUOTE=WhisperToScream]Well both their hair has a ton of styling products in it to make it choppy.  [/QUOTE]

Yeah, but personally I have been getting away with using less hair products in my hair. I use just a little product to keep the frizziness on top from sticking up.

I was just saying your hair won't look all choppy if you don't want it to. 

Ya know, in the 2 older pics you actually look like you have a square jaw and wider face.  Is your head angled downward in the 2 pics where your face looks longer?  Either way, I've said before and I'll say again, I don't think people should worry over their face shape.  That is one of the things that make us look different from each other and unique. (And another way the salon industry tries to convince us we need to change our hair).  I have a long face and I tried what they said.  I had the chin length bob with bangs, and it did make my face look less long...but that didn't make me look better, it made me look worse because my long face suits my features.  We don't all need to strive for oval.  You will look good no matter what you choose.  Good luck.

[QUOTE=Susan W]And another way the salon industry tries to convince us we need to change our hair. You will look good no matter what you choose.[/QUOTE]

I second that!

[QUOTE=Alayney]

[QUOTE=Susan W]And another way the salon industry tries to convince us we need to change our hair. You will look good no matter what you choose.[/QUOTE]

I second that!

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Yeah, but I was chatting with my younger sister about if she thinks my face is long. She told me no it did not look long but my face looks so droopy is because I have no texture. My hair just hangs there. I need some bangs or something to break it up. Now I wish my hair would grow faster.

You can always cut but can't put the hair back, so I think if you really want to grow your hair out, just keep a smoothly (I don't like choppy layers either) layered style throughout like the long hair pic and you will have more demension. I do like the sideswept bangs, though. mine are cheeklength and keep my hair from looking too boring (my hair is about the same length as yours.)

Wendy

Okay what do you guys think:
These layers:

But these bangs (long side swept):

Layers are ok, but the bangs I don't like.  I think you will be fighting to keep them out of your eyes - unless you are going for the cyclops look.

I like drastic color mixes like those.  The first one looks cool, but you will have to be prepared to straighten it to get that pointy look. 

[QUOTE=loveshort&blonde]Layers are ok, but the bangs I don't like.  I think you will be fighting to keep them out of your eyes - unless you are going for the cyclops look.[/QUOTE]
LOL! They do that so if you take it to teh stylist they can see what was done. It will not be in my face. A lot of people do not understand that and will be like "I hate all those styles...all of them have too much hair in teh face". But I had bangs like that and no problem keeping them out of my face unless I looked down and them up. You will also notice that they brushed her bangs in front of her face. Look at where the bangs start.
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Oh and I am looking at the cut people...not how they styled it.