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For hair parted in the "middle" how far can you move the part off-center and still look "OK"? I have a prominent widow's peak (a point in the middle of my front hairline). I have thick, straight hair and have been growing it for about six months (with a setback when I got my hair trimmed three months ago(*)). I have moved my part from the side to the middle and now that it is longer and starting to get trained it is actually looking half-decent (I almost went without gel today). I have been experimenting with exactly where the part goes. Right in the middle is bad because parting the widow's peak results in wispy hairs jutting out from the peak. I have tried the part just slightly to the side of the widow's peak and that looks better but some stray hairs always seem to come loose from the widows peak. I tried the part a few mm to the side, aligned with the inner edge of my eyebrow. This looks much better to me and because there is more "normal hair" covering the wispy window's peak hairs they tend to stay in place much better (and are mostly hidden anyway). But on critical observation it is quite obvious (at least to me) that the part is not centered. I am wondering if this off-center part only looks better to me because it is closer to my normal "middle of eyebrow" part? What do you say about aligning the part off-center? How far can you go and still have a "middle" part? Thank your for sharing your experience.
(*) I got my hair trimmed because the back was so much longer than the sides I had a shaggy mullet.
Gollan, strictly speaking a center part placed exactly in the middle appears contrived because nothing is symmetrical about facial features and natural hair growth patterns. Why not consider using your "natural" part--located by combing your hair straight back while wet, placing your hand across the top of your head and pushing your hair forward. This should cause a "split" with the hair falling away to either side. Using this "natural" part is the way of least resistance; a part does not have to be artificially located and maintained--your hair will naturally fall this way. And from an artistic point-of-view the results are more appealing.
I didn't even know about the "natural part" or how to find it so you taught me something new. I'll be curious to see how close my "inside of eyebrow" part is to the "natural" part.
What a cool thing to know! Thank you for passing that on to everyone! I, for one, never knew such a thing.
The tip worked great. I ended up with a part that is just to one side of my widows peak. It will be easy to get the part in exactly the same place. My hair is now staying in place and looks pretty good, even with just a little gel. I'm starting to think my "awkward" stage is going to be mild. Thanks again for the great tip.