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I'm looking for a feminine cut that I can make look a bit masculine when i go to work.
Thanks,
Tim
Tim,
I've been taking pictures of women's hairstyles to beauty salons and getting my hair done according to my pictures for years, and none of my coworkers has ever commented. I've even played with perms and subtle color. I haven't had sideburns since puberty, and I've found that it's not unusual for men to go without sideburns when they're not trying to look feminine. I've alternated my cuts between wedges and bobs with lengths between mid-ear and chin length. The only trick that you need to look like you're not trying to look feminine is to brush your hair over your ears and back and spray it for hold. It works for just about any style no matter how severe. The one below isn't too extreme. Be comfortable going more feminine.
-Chris
I don't think that that the style that is in your pic is all that "feminine". More and more men are wearing their hair long and styles that only a few years ago might have seemed feminine are being worn by men and women seem to like it.
I've been working on a site on this subject for the past 9 months and for the most part people want to see more men with long hair but not if it is not kept up.
A link to my site is below.
Bill
Bill,
I'd agree that the style isn't overwhelmingly feminine. I recommended the style as one that could both be styled to easily look feminine and also look like a clean masculine style with a little effort. I recommended it as something that could be a first step and let him get comfortable with trying for a feminine style. I agree that there are many long styles that used to seem feminine that are now being worn by both men and women, but I don't think that Tim was looking for an androgynous style. By what he said, I think that he wants something that can look undeniably feminine and then be restyled in an way that is less than shocking. I think that what your site illustrates is that hair length no longer has anything to do with femininity or masculinity. Women can look feminine with hair length from butt length to bald, and men can look masculine with hair length from bald to butt length as well. There are indeed many styles that can be worn by both men and women without raising an eyebrow, if not looking absolutely sexy on either. What some people are looking for is styles that still are completely incongruent to their gender and not what's congruent to both. For a man this probably involves a style at least longer than the average males cut, but as you illustrate, this isn't enough. What's probably the major factor now in an incongruent cut is the shape of a style and not the length. The fact that length longer than average is required for a feminine style means that men looking for an incongruent cut will look here. What your site could use to aid men looking for styles that are undeniably feminine are some images that show cuts that today would be distinctly feminine and not androgynous.
-Chris
What a fantastic idea!
Because, let us see the difference between a masculine and a feminine hair style. Most woman style her hair proper and decent, this is what we feel as female. And a man has to wear his hair unclean, wild and tousled. Is this the only way?
No, the opposite is right! Nobody want to have a unkempt colleague or a unkempt friend.
The truth is, everybody likes neat and attractive people even if a man appear a little feminine.
I decided to let my hair grow certainly chin length over all
with a bob style and possibliy much longer.
Today it covers my ears as well and belongs over my chin in the front. I fixe it to the back with spray or gel at work
but I wear it mostly open at the evening and on weekend.
My wife likes my long hair mainly if i wear it open and my bang slides down and covers the half of my face.
I would say, this is a very female style especially with a very exact cut!
Sometime it takes a long time to fix my hair the right way, but at all it is worth the trouble.
You can wear long hair with most styles and fix it with gel or spray to look very masculine and if you let it down and your cut is very exact it looks very attractive and female.
What about bob style for you ? Possibly a very long bob?
Is there anybody else out there who wears a female style?
Hello,
Yes I also have a feminine hairstyle that is much like yours. My hair is cut in a one length bob at the bottom of my ears, but I have bangs that fall right at my eyebrows. I love the style because it can be very feminine or masculine with just a brush and some hairspray. I can actually style mine in my feminine bob and brush it back, hit it with a little spray gell, and it looks masculine. And when I leave work all that I have to do is brush my hair, getting rid of the spray that is holding it, and I have my feminine bob back. It's great.
I have thought about what delineates "masculine" and "feminine" styles in the past and came to my own conclusion: I wear mine long just for the reason that I like having the capability of change and style versatility. I do not categorize or think about any particular style as being masculine or feminine - whatever style I choose is my own preference. I have had cuts in many so called "feminine" styles. It's just me, and just that - my own style. And I have never had a person come up to me and say "oh, you look so feminine today". I have had nothing but positive reactions whatever style I wear.
Yes,why let the women have all the fun.I have set my
hair in ways that I love and it looks great,but nobody
at a salon would do it for me because it's "not proper".
The sleeping in curlers part can be handled,but avoided
since it is "out of the norm".A good salon set is what
I look forward to when we can finally cut the gender
hair care block aliittle.
So styles are "EASILY FOR WOMEN ONLY" but many others can
be done--AND LOOK GOOD--both ways. : I have thought about what delineates "masculine" and "feminine" styles in the past and came to my own conclusion: I wear mine long just for the reason that I like having the capability of change and style versatility. I do not categorize or think about any particular style as being masculine or feminine - whatever style I choose is my own preference. I have had cuts in many so called "feminine" styles. It's just me, and just that - my own style. And I have never had a person come up to me and say "oh, you look so feminine today". I have had nothing but positive reactions whatever style I wear.
Yes,why let the women have all the fun.I have set my
hair in ways that I love and it looks great,but nobody
at a salon would do it for me because it's "not proper".
The sleeping in curlers part can be handled,but avoided
since it is "out of the norm".A good salon set is what
I look forward to when we can finally cut the gender
hair care block aliittle.
Some styles are "EASILY FOR WOMEN ONLY" but many others can
be done--AND LOOK GOOD--both ways. : I have thought about what delineates "masculine" and "feminine" styles in the past and came to my own conclusion: I wear mine long just for the reason that I like having the capability of change and style versatility. I do not categorize or think about any particular style as being masculine or feminine - whatever style I choose is my own preference. I have had cuts in many so called "feminine" styles. It's just me, and just that - my own style. And I have never had a person come up to me and say "oh, you look so feminine today". I have had nothing but positive reactions whatever style I wear.
I found your sight and I relate to it. I have had my hair cut, set and dryed in beauty salons many times. I colored it for a few years, and now I have let it gone gray. The cut is about 4" and wears very well both ways.Lately I have been advised to highlight and I am anxious to try it. I am now a mixture of dark brown and gray. I am afraid that highlighting will be too "blonde" and when male it will stand out and be noticeable. Does anybody have any coments.
I also have brown hair. I'm going for highlights next time that I go to the salon, and my hairdresser is doing a mix of red highlights and
colors close to my natural color, so that it won't be a radical change.