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Hair Dos and Don'ts for Your 30sYou're not old, but your daring 20s are behind you. Here's how to wear your hair during this style-transition time |
Your 30s can be weird. You've grown out of those wild, try anything, up all night times of your 20s (you have, right?), but you're not quite ready to sit at home with a PBS special and a mug of chamomile tea. What you're really after is something in the middle — a fun evening with friends with a dash of adventure, but without the mysterious "bar bruises" and a wicked hangover.
It's the same thing with your hair. In your 30s you need a hairstyle you can still have some fun with, but you can't get away with some of the, uh, experimental styles you had in your 20s.
Rest assured that you don't need to chop off all your hair into a "sensible" cut the moment the clock strikes midnight on your 30th birthday. Instead, try one of the fun, chic, and easy-to-wear hairstyles in this roundup and follow the advice we got from Mika Fowler, a stylist at the Gavert Atelier Salon in Beverly Hills, Calif. As long as you also steer clear of the major hair mistakes Fowler filled us in on as well, it'll be smooth sailing until your next milestone birthday. And don't worry, we have hair dos and don'ts for your 40s too.
Image via Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
SEE NEXT PAGE: Don't: Get a "mom" cut
It's the same thing with your hair. In your 30s you need a hairstyle you can still have some fun with, but you can't get away with some of the, uh, experimental styles you had in your 20s.
Rest assured that you don't need to chop off all your hair into a "sensible" cut the moment the clock strikes midnight on your 30th birthday. Instead, try one of the fun, chic, and easy-to-wear hairstyles in this roundup and follow the advice we got from Mika Fowler, a stylist at the Gavert Atelier Salon in Beverly Hills, Calif. As long as you also steer clear of the major hair mistakes Fowler filled us in on as well, it'll be smooth sailing until your next milestone birthday. And don't worry, we have hair dos and don'ts for your 40s too.
Image via Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
SEE NEXT PAGE: Don't: Get a "mom" cut
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I personally find that the red colour makes Christina Hendricks face look very pale. Her face is only saved by her blush.
by Zeaundra Friday, May 3, 2013 at 03:15PM Report as inappropriate
I liked it. Completely random but Drew Barrymore reminded me of the Mona Lisa in the one pic
by lpn4lyfe13 Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 08:41PM Report as inappropriate
As a full-time stay at home mom I find this article lacking focus. Moms' can have long hair, and often may choose to do so. Why all the negative attention on moms? I feel like I can still do sexy even though I'm not "supposed to" for some reason?
by chenoa_f_mace Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 05:41PM Report as inappropriate
I will never get a 'Mom" cut! I cut my hair short one time when I was 17 and never again will I do it again! My hair has always been long and even if I am 60 it will stay that way! It all depends on how you style it.
by brenda_lea Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 08:55AM Report as inappropriate
Yikes Fergie!
by LittleBunny Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 08:44PM Report as inappropriate
Im pretty sure when i et in my 30s these will change. It will probably be the total opposite.
by nicky22 Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 02:59PM Report as inappropriate
No "mom" cut for me yet!
by EricaC123 Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 01:47PM Report as inappropriate
Why do you have to cut your hair shorter as you get older? I really think that's outdated! Your hair should be a reflection of you and how you feel, not a number.
by unfamiliargirl Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 03:08PM Report as inappropriate
lmao, rude
by aishak55 Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 02:54PM Report as inappropriate
Ok, big problem Christina Hendricks hair is NOT a natural shade of red at all. I am a hairdresser, for 19yrs, never have I seen a natural redhead that shade. NEVER. Also what if in your 30s you look young and want a wild hair color?? Please YOURSELF, you only have one life.
by angie_xoxoxo Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 07:55PM Report as inappropriate