/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I'll post my bang inspiration folder
I'll try to find the videos I liked about cutting your own hair, too. It's crazy easy

>>7025482
When I went in for my haircut, they told me that I should have the thickness 'point' of my bangs be about 1 inch from my hairline. I thought it looked incredibly thin like this, so when I got home I used the bangs I had as a guide and cut I think 3 inches in? I love how my bangs look now.

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>>7025484
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWFcP_AJ79I
This is a nice video. It also isn't 13 goddamn minutes long.

Something that I'm not seeing in a lot of these videos is the biggest step beforehand- Sectioning off your hair. A lot of this is 'touching up bangs you already have'

You make a triangle with one point at your hairline above each pupil (it seems narrow, but your hair'll spread out) and the final point in the middle of your head at the distance you want. Start small, maybe 1 inch back, just like how I started. Brush your hair out, maybe even take a shower, and see how you like that thickness. You can always section out more hair.

Now for my sidelocks, I made a new triangle. The base two points were at my hairline straight above the outer edge of my eyebrow bone. I sectioned off this hair and clipped them to the length I like. I have curly hair, so I cut while my hair was dry, which I'd really suggest for everyone. You don't know how much your hair'll bounce up if you cut it wet and it dries afterward.

Don't cut your bangs straight across, hold your scissors up and down and cut parallel to your nose. I sometimes hold it at maybe a 30 degree angle since I'm lazy and a straight up and down sometimes takes a while. Choppier bangs look better on me anyway, since it makes it seem more at home with my curly hair.

>>7025489
You might think not to look at wigs since it isn't natural hair, but it's still a nice inspiration in what you like. For example, this girl here has bangs whose 'point' isn't very far into her hairline. Maybe an inch, and inch and a half.
cont.

>>7025491
Now I don't know if this one is a wig, but it's a fairly common sight for lolita hair. See how the bangs go deep deep deep, I think even to the crown spiral of her scalp? From what I've seen, bangs are typically thick in the hairline.
Mine aren't this thick in, I think I'm a little past the halfway line between my hairline and my crown spiral. If you don't know what I mean, look at short/guy hair that doesn't have a part. All the hair comes from this spiral at kind of the point of the skull dome.
I wouldn't suggest going this deep in first. If your hair is super thick it could end up looking silly and taking away too much hair from the rest of your head

>>7025496
More inspiration (very obviously wig) about how deep to go with your bangs. My hair is pretty heavily inspired by this wig

>>7025497
Just remember, your hair flares out, so never never never make the base points of the triangle where you want the bangs to end up, because it'll flare out way past your temples and look ridiculous
That lockshop wig would make sense with the inside bangs starting at the pupils and the itty bitty sidelocks starting at the eyebrow

Also here's another video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFNDuUFL7j4
Instead of their fancy do-hickey, I bring a comb underneath my bangs to hold the strands steady. Don't cut straight across like how they do most of the video
at 2:25 it talks about what I mean with cutting at at 30 degree angle, though they exaggerate it to a 45 degree. I take much more much smaller clips much slower than the hacking they're doing here. But it gives you an idea of what it's supposed to look like. If you take it slow and don't cut a lot of hair at once like they are, it won't look so incredibly choppy.

>>7025499
Also you'll need to decide if you want your bangs to fall skimming your eyes, just under your eyebrow, just above your eyebrow, or fully showing your eyebrow, or short bangs.
The nice thing about bangs is that they grow back pretty fast, so don't worry too much about where they fall.
A lot of these posted are past eyebrow or skimming eyes, but sometimes I like to cut over my eyebrows since eyebrows are a very expressive part of your face

>>7025506
Here's a natural girl (admittedly small, I'll look for a bigger one) who has rather thick in bangs. Mine are like these.

Also rewatching the videos, they say outside of your iris to iris? Not too different from pupils but just a thought

>>7025507
Better picture

Here's the twisting technique:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkWlCUtJhs

I'm not a huge fan of the V it makes in your bangs, but if that's what you like, it's real easy.

>>7025510
I'll post some shorter bangs now.
These ones are the same texture as mine, though the ends a little neater. If you were curious how naturally curly might look with bangs.
I'm blessed with hair that wants bangs- I've been cursed as a long hair girl with curly hair everywhere except for the parts next to my face which were wavy. I would try to get them to curl or everywhere else to be wavy.

but then I got bangs and all the straight/wavy hair went there. I'm very lucky.
This story about my hair might not be helpful. Sorry if it's just in the way.

>>7025514
The nice thing about having deep in bangs is that you can cut your bangs a little shorter without doing the whole micro-bang look.

>>7025515
Although micro-bangs can be very cute, pic related. This isn't the shortest of the short when it comes to short short bangs, but it's still close.

>>7025516
So if you're not sure if you should go exposing your face or covering your eyebrows, just do both! Maybe rock the longer one for a bit and then cut it shorter, or cut it short and see how you like it when it's longer.

I like cutting it short though because I like every length, and that means I can wear them all while also being lazy about not needing to cut my bangs because they're poking me in the eyes

Eye poking bangs, ugh.

>>7025523
Ok I ran out of straight bang pictures (the rest I have in that folder are side/fluffy bangs) so I'll post some relevant lolitas
I'll do my best to avoid posting wigs

>>7025532
Personally these bangs go too far out to the temples for me, but it's a taste. Maybe it flatters her face.
But it kind of looks like she went to the edge of her eye rather than her iris/pupil for the bottom points of the triangle. Though if you like this look, take note.

>>7025533
And these bangs, same, the points are too far out.
I would have liked it if she kept the edge of her bangs here longer and into sidelocks
But again, it's a style. I used to think that micro-bangs were ridiculous. Now they're adorable to me.

>>7025536
Fairy Emily I think is this girl's name? She has the cutest bangs and sidelocks with fantastic long hair

>>7025539
Oh my god I'm writing so much, I'm sorry.
Here's my final thought:

In pictures there's going to be something you like, don't like, and don't care about with the cut. Be sure you understand exactly what those are and express them to your stylist.

>>7025542

any bang-less lolita hair? I look bad with bangs...

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>>7025545
More Fairy Emily

>>7025544
I'll see what I can do. I think I've spammed enough bangs, unless anyone disagrees

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>>7025562
Third girl in

>>7025568
Third girl in again. This one actually shows her part and hairline.

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>>7025576
Second and fourth girl in

>>7025579
Second row, first column

>>7025580
Um, the one with the bear

>>7025583
Fourth one in, I think

>>7025581
First row, second and third girl in

>>7025579
holy crap that must be an ooold picture of shelby clouds (2nd girl, and it is a wig fyi)

First row, first girl. Second row, fifth girl.

>>7025598
Googled the name and got a picture of a girl in that easter egg print. Who is she?

>>7025600

You guys seem to know your bangs. I'm planning on getting bangs, but I have no idea if it will suit me at all. I have very long, thick and wavy and sometimes a bit curly hair. I want these straight cut ones like in the pics here. Anyway, some tips before taking the plunge?

Will it even work with my hair? I have no idea how my hair is going to react to being "short". Am I going to have to use a straightener to make my bangs flat? Is it just a trial and error and is it okay to show a pic like >>7025497 to the hairdresser? Also one of my biggest concerns is that I'm going to look like my face is hiding between all the hair, and m hair is just going to "take over". I've had the same cut for the past like 10 years so I want some change.

Sorry for all the stupid question but I'm totally clueless in this matter.

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>>7024952
The biggest scalper in this fashion.

>>7025600
Just a really well put together lolita who used to do a lot of videos and has a semi big following and has been active for several years.

>>7025616
If you go to a legit hair studio they will be able to tell you what's going to look best with your face shape. Obviously this all relates to their experience and opinions but I'm sure they will be able to talk to you and understand the look you want and then give you an opinion of how it will look with your particular face shape.

>>7025625
She ugly, obviously scalping is the only thing going for her?

>>7025616
Sounds like my hair but a bit less curly. You are going to need a flat iron, and it's better if you show the stylist pictures of what you want. Bring several of them and point out what you like about them (I want them thick like these, with this width, this length...).

Also, don't get discouraged because the hair doesn't want to settle and your bangs open at your part, it's frustrating but patience will set those in place. I heard blow drying in different directions before ironing them helps with this, but mine didn't take that long for me to go out of my way and blow drying them (I don't blow dry my hair anymore).

Pic related, my hair 6 months after getting bangs.

>>7025630
Bull. Hairstylists will do crazy shit to your hair. Find what you like and ask for it. Because there's this subconscious thought of what you can look like in your head, and you need to figure out what that is. Because if you get stuff that falls out of that realm you will be disappointed in what you get

>>7025625
Bunnykitty?

>>7025616
It's definitely okay to show that picture to a hairdresser. All the tips given in this thread about how to cut your hair also doubles as how to request your hair to be cut. (eg "For my bangs I'd like a triangle section of my hair to go this deep and the bottom edges to start at my irises")

If you're worried about getting lost in your hair, have your bangs cut above your eyebrows. It'll really open up your face. You're going to be naturally pushing hair out of your face, so the hair next to your face shouldn't migrate over.

A rolled brush is also nice, bring it up under your bangs and roll them in. Some brushes you can heat, too, to act as kind of a curler of sorts.

Thanks for photos Anon! Appreciated

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>>7025672
Woah thank you guys! This is amazing. Really inspires me to get it done and not chicken out this time.All of your advice is so valuable, can't thank you enough!

>>7025787
Hi anon, I'm the same as you in that I've had very long hair for a long time and have always wanted to get bangs. But I chicken out every time.
If you do get them, please come back and post before/after photos?
One day I will get it done, but I'm still looking around.

(I hope no one minds my personal photos! Sorry! )

I wear my hair naturally with lolita. I personally love it, but I don't know if others think it's good enough.

>>7025917
And other days I wear it up.

Hope these are alright and are of some help!

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>>7025922
You're a cutie patootie

>>7025879
Aw you should do it! I will, even though it might look horrible. You go, girl!

>>7025879
Do it! My hair was waist-to-hip (tapered) and I was very afraid of cutting them and regret it since I had never had bangs before. Just to make sure straight across bangs would look nice on me I ordered fake ones from Silvi (a taobao shop), they blended pretty nicely but you could see in the sun that they were synthetic, so I ended up cutting my own and I don't regret it one bit. In fact, me cutting my bangs made my elder sister do it too.

This is a pic taken while I was wearing the fake ones.

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>>7025922
Looks nice! Fluffy and sweet. Do you trim them yourself?

>>7025618
More no bangs

>>7026242
I don't know if this girl is clipping back her bangs or just clipping back the hair at front, but the same look can be achieved bangs or no

>>7026246
Pretty sure this girl is clipping back her bangs to, but again, it'd look the same with just slicking back your long hair

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>>7026256
Second girl in

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>>7026257
Top girls
I also have this saved as 'kpop'. Anyone know who this band is?

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>>7026264
A personal favorite of mine. A real nice picture, I guess.

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>>7026267
Non bang hairstyle in the top righthand corner, one from the right

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>>7026293
No bangs makes it also easier to do a vintage look

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>>7026298
Okay, I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel. I'll leave it at this.
Any lurkers, thanks for putting up with my dump and long-winded ramblings about cutting bangs.

As >>7026097 did, if you're worried about committing to bangs, grab some fake ones!
I think most people look great with bangs, and that if they don't, it would look better longer/shorter or with/without sidelocks or arched upwards, downwards, or perfectly straight.
Take a leap! It'll be fun. :)

Does anyone have any tutorials for how lieschenr does her hair? Here's an example of the style I'm talking about: http://lieschenr.tumblr.com/post/35777404476/by-snowmice

Any suggestions for extremely fine hair that aren't shorter than shoulder length? Or am I stuck dealing with wigs when I want long hair?

>>7026349
She said once on her blog that it's a combination of hair rats and carefully matched extensions. I'll see if I can find the post for you.

>>7026302
Thanks anon! I'll take the leap eventually!
I have some fake ones but it doesn't really affect my feelings, weirdly.

Thanks for all your images also, you made a really big effort and it means a lot.

>>7026238
Thanks! Yes, I do. I've been cutting my own hair for the past 3 years or so.

>>7025959
Dawwwww thank you.

I'm I-want-bangs-anon from here >>7025616 I wanted to contribute with pictures of examples with lolita without bangs so here I am. I'd also like to ask as how to cut the bangs. It seems like a whole science when I read through the thread but are there any special looks that would flatter my face? I guess the whole iris thing won't work at me sense I have very close set eyes but I'm not sure. Also, regarding sidelocks, would it look absolutely redicolous?

If I get bangs and it turns out it looks horrible, are there some cute tutorials/hair styles that would incorporate like braiding them away or something?

>>7029739
hnnnng, those freckles <3

Thank you, bangs-anon! I always cut my own bangs without any guide but next time I'll follow your advice!

>>7029739
Dammit, she's freaking cute, why did she had to put on all that horrible eye makeup

>>7029752
Oh anon that's sweet you could have some of mine!
>>7029811
Thank you and sorry for the eye makeup. It got messed up after a long day and a sudden shower of rain.

>>7025483
It really depends on the thickness of your hair I guess? I have extremely thick ass hair and I've just learned to do my own bangs because hairdressers always want to start bangs in the middle of my damn scalp and I'm like "No... no this will not look okay 90% of the time." an inch into the hair live is about perfect for me.

found this one on a taobao site.

>>7026259
that's not a band? these girls were active lolitas on egl years and years ago. I still remember when that picture was first posted there; it blew my mind

Found this picture, thought I'd share.

>>7026259
It was part of a photoshoot from about four years ago.

http://zemotion.deviantart.com/gallery/1968743

>>7030368
Dunno why the filename was sitting like that, then. Thanks for replying!

>>7029739
You don't have really all that closeset eyes, but you're lucky since it's less of a problem that way than if you were wideset
Go ahead, if you think your bangs are too narrow, you can always cut more.
My hair is pretty similar to yours in consistency and in color too, coincidentally. I gave myself sidelocks, but instead of how some straight asian haired girls do it with longer and longer hair connected with the bangs, I cut two curls to between cheekbone and chin length to frame my face. I don't know about you, but the hair over and behind my ears are very tight curls and prone to intense frizziness. If you're the same, make sure you grab hair above that section, the hair alongside your bang hair, for your sidelocks. My hair above the ear hates being short, and a little strand got in with my sidelocks. Ugh. Bad news.

Personally I think you should cut your bangs above your eyebrows. You have such beautiful eyebrows. You've got this air of ambiguous youth, where you could be a teenager or in your mid 20's and this maturity and wisdom. And a little bit of whimsy and silliness. And then your eyes and mouth bring it back down to make you seem kind of like a quiet girl. But that's enough about your eyebrows and face, I'm embarrassing myself

If you're the type to be proud of your freckles, which I think you should be because the're adorable and add to that ambiguous youth feel I was talking about, bangs will be fun because they'll but an emphasis on your freckles. Since your freckle-free forehead won't be there for contrast, you'll just look that much more freckly.

If you hate your bangs, you can pin them to the side just like with how you did with your picture here

>>7029931
That's funny, I had the opposite problem. They were terrified to cut any farther than an inch in. I wanted it in the middle of my scalp because when they cut an inch in, my bangs were stringy and weak and disgusting.

>>7025618
What dress is that? It's really cute.

I uh... I have a problem.

I really like side-swept bangs, got them, but my hair is so thin on my non-part side. well, I guess even with a straight part my hair was kind of thin looking on top. flat? Well at my temples I tend to look really flat and wispy, and I don't really know how to handle it. I started parting to the other side, but I have a cowlick that makes my bangs go left, so it looks... bad.

>>7031160
Use products that add fullness to hair. Use a straightener to style your bangs in whatever direction.

>>7031170
My bangs pretty easily fall to one side without hassle, I meant if I parted it the other way it's fucked. I was straightening and blow drying but half-way through the day my bangs would fall and flip, where they kind of stood up weird and then flipped to the other side... yeah it was bad.

What kind of products should I be looking at for fullness? I'm kinda bad with hair. :|

>>7030718
Thanks for the advice anon and very interesting regarding the sidelocks! I'll probably not get sidelocks now at first, but maybe in the future!

Oh anon you make me blush haha! That's so sweet of you! <3 I'm probably going to do as you said, that way I can just let it grow out and see how that looks. Pinning the bangs to the side sounds good too, thanks!

Bampu

>>7030692
>http://zemotion.deviantart.com/gallery/1968743
Oh shit, this was my favorite lolita photoshoot back in the day. Much better than other... unmentionable photoshoots.

I have such straight bangs that I have had people irl ask me if my bangs are real or not haha. You have to maintain it though, I cut it about 1-2 times a month.

Just recently bought this, because it seems like it would save me time when cutting my bangs, and I also want to trim my hair. Still waiting for it, so it would be nice to hear if someone has tried it before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtaaPvEAe_k

>>7034201
Also, they sell at ebay for $4 or something, so it's not $30 like the video says.

>>7034201
Dat sexy music.

>>7034208
I know, all their videos have that music and I love it.

>>7034208
Forgot to sage, sorry.

>>7025542
I know this is kind of ita but it's soooo cute.

>>7034229
It's not ita, it's just casual...