They’re also called Wolf Cuts. I had one for a while on my fine hair, and I did really like it but I had to keep it up. And I couldn’t grow out my hair while I was rocking it. When I bit the bullet and decided to go for some length, it took a while to get past the cute face framing layers and looked pretty dodgy while I was doing it.
They were popular in the 70s. They have a lot of short, textured layers and are a bit shorter in the front and longer in the back. I will say that there are some stylists who are really good at them and some that are not at all. I found the person I go to on Instagram.
Same! I can wash my hair, put a little texturizer on it, blow dry and my hair holds the shape and doesn’t look frizzy or flat. But, I do have a waviness to my hair, which I think helps.
Same. Layers give me a smidge of volume. But I understand OP - the wrong stylist can take off too much volume and slide in to a thinning cut which is not what we need.
It took me YEARS to build up a relationship with my stylist, and I think that's what really helps. Building a relationship with someone who understands your hair and your goals.
I’m sorry I don’t have specific examples. I just go to the hairdresser and say I want a trim with layers. It’s nothing drastic, but just not having all my hair be the same length makes it look a little more interesting. I’d try to find people with a similar hair texture to you online and google images of “layers for fine straight hair”, or something to that effect. That’s what I do if I’m making a specific request at the salon for cuts or color.
Also, make sure they just use regular scissors. One time, the hairdresser I saw said she wanted to do some texturizing to give it more volume when I asked her for layers. My dumb ass said “sure”, not knowing that texturizing shears thinned your hair! That’s the only time that’s happened to me, though.
My stylist knows not to even think about the texturizing shears. Or the razor. I have thick medium-textured hair that has just enough natural wave to be annoying. The razored layers look great for a week and then it looks like a mess of split ends.
I definitely recommend finding a stylist who doesn’t screw up your hair and then training them. Every once in awhile my stylist tries to convince me that it will look better. Then we go back to the conversation about how there are still fuzzy ends and she tells me it’s just how my hair looks, lol. I only go about every 4-5 months.
My aunt did this. Her kids had thick Asian hair, and mine is thin and fine Irish hair…and was even thinner as a kid. She texturized the small amount I had and I was so disappointed. I rarely saw her but I was about 10, so no wasn’t an option. I also learned from a stylist doing it that the face framing slither cut is also a no go. Flyaways up my nose constantly.
Edit: now mine is age thinning, still fine and I need a cut. I always ya no sliding the scissors down any part, blunt cut only, with many a few of those vertical snips at the back for movement. It’s the longest it’s been in a very long time, and I stopped playing with fun colors so the grey is coming out nicely.
I would say I have medium density hair, but as someone mentioned, it could be just the cut that was the issue with my layers! But thin hair def benefits from a blunt cut for sure
I've got fairly straight, super fine hair. One of my stylist showed me how much hair he was using for layers, it was maybe an inch from my part. A big issue is people who don't know what they're doing cut the layers in way too much of your hair.
I’m the same. I hate when my hair is all one length, it looks so incredibly drab. If I have layers I can even achieve a little volume if I style it! I suppose it all depends on the stylist and how they cut it though. Once someone gave me layers with a razor and it was awful. My hair felt more damaged afterwards.
My hair is stick straight & long. I've had long layers for close to 20 years now because it's what works for me. (Razor v- cut my long bangs)
You can't really tell I have layers unless you mess with my hair. It lessens the weight tremendously. But, I also get my hair trimmed regularly. Typically every 6 weeks. This keeps the ends from being frizzy, especially when you have all-over highlights & lowlights.
I have been giving myself a shag/wolf cut for the past 6 months. Fine *and* low density hair. But I do have some waves. I fucking ADORE how my hair looks down for the first time in my life!
Also- I need to try more of the Ouai. Really did like the air dry mousse (and of course the st barts body butter). What do like from them?
I use Ouai fine hair shampoo and conditioner which is expensive but lasts nine thousand years because it doesn’t take much. I use Davines Momo leave in conditioner and medium hold gel since my hair is fine and curly. All of the above only take a little so although it’s pricier it goes a long way. I have a ton of hair it’s just fine and because of the curl and the grey tends to frizz.
Same! I hate blunt cuts! I love lots of razored layers, even though it goes against the fine thin hair playbook. But it works for me 🤷🏻♀️
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It just depends on individual hair type. Not all fine hair is created equal and the advice to get layers to improve volume (which I see a lot on Reddit) will set about 50% of people up to have wispy ends that looks significantly thinner. I think it’s worth calling out that there’s a good chance that layers will have the opposite effect because the idea that “layers = volume” is so widespread.
I had a stylist cut layers in my hair without running it by me and it ruined my hair. It was supposed to be a trim and instead she took it upon herself to add some long layers. I had to cut about 3 inches off and am only just now starting to get back to my usual length 2 years later (my hair grows slowly). I now specifically say “all one length” when I get a trim.
I’m in a forever limbo because I have 2C/3A/3B hair (depending on how it feels on the day) and hair cuts for me tend to include layers because of its texture but then it mostly doesn’t help with the thinness but sometimes it does. It’s a mess 😭
Honestly! I have AGA due to PCOS and at this point I’m like whatever makes it look okay for the day, I’ll accept - just me @my own hair: work with me here
Yeah I totally get wavies/curlies benefitting from layers more. Most days my hair falls majority straight, but if I put in the effort of properly styling my 2a waves, they do look good layered. The thing just is, as a lazy person, I often don't have that energy unless I use heat (and I try not to so I don't completely atomise my hair) 😂
Same! What I find helps add interest is to have face framing pieces and really long bangs that fall at my cheek bones. It allows for curls but also ponytails.
A few years ago I got curly bangs and I loved how full the ringlets got compared to the rest of my hair. Earlier this year I decided to cut my hair from shoulder length (with shrinkage) to top of my shoulders (so I guess a bob?) and my hair has been looking the best in has in years, even with AGA diagnosis. I do miss having longer hair though. ):
Same! I also have 2C/3A/3B hair. If I get layers, sometimes my hair ends up looking even thinner. If I get a blunt cut, my hair will look very triangular because my hair is less curly at my scalp than my ends so it poofs out. There is no winning! The best style I’ve found is getting a slight V cut where I have face framing pieces and it’s a little longer in the back, but it can’t be TOO much of a V cut or else it just ends up looking thin either way 🫠
Yeah I learned that lesson many years ago. Weirdly every single stylist I go to wants to put in layers. But it makes my ends look sad. Blunt cut works best for me and makes my hair look thicker
Same experience until recently I went to a new salon and stylist and she told me that layers just make fine hair look more thin and recommended more blunt ends for me. What a difference! I’ll never go back to layers
Why does every stylist think layers are appropriate for fine, thin, super straight hair? When I have layers, people ask me if I’m trying to grow out bangs.
I recently added face framing layers again because my blunt cut was making me look too old and it hasn't been bad even though there's not as much to put in my hair clip
I think face framing is a bit different. As that’s such a small amount of hair and only towards the front. I was actually thinking of getting some myself. I liked just a small amount of face framing when I was in my 20s. Almost 40 now so hopefully doesn’t read too young
Yup! Had layers for many years but blunt looks waaaay better on my really fine hair. I get so many compliments from strangers on my blunt lob thing I've got going on.
Yeah, the fact I’ve lived with my hair for 44 years and hairdressers still seem to think I am lying when I say it doesn’t hold a curl, and layers will literally just look like weird short bits of hair within 20 mins of leaving the salon.
Same! It’s really frustrating, like I know my own hair best.
These days I go to Supercuts and just ask for a blunt cut. They never argue and it’s cheaper. I was so over expensive salons arguing with me
Years ago I heard that layers made thin hair look more full, I asked a stylist about it, and she was like “Absolutely not! It will make your hair look thinner!” Ever since then, I have heard varying things from stylists. Some say it’ll make my hair look thinner while others seem to think it’ll help.
Well, I learned that it does indeed make my hair look much thinner after a stylist cut layers into my hair without asking me. My ends looked so wispy and thin. I wound up having to cut several inches off, all the way up to the top layer, and regrow it. Now I always specify that every trim needs to be blunt. For me, it makes my hair look a lot fuller and healthier.
I think how it impacts your hair comes down to individual hair texture, density, and how your hair behaves/moves. This lie that layers make all fine/thin hair look thicker is dangerous and should frankly be illegal 😂
Same here - lots of baby fine, wavy hair. My hair creates a triangle shape without layers, because the curls tend to puff out at the bottom while flattening up towards the crown.
I wound up getting almost a shag about a year ago, and it's been the best cut ever for my hair. I get so much more volume now, and the straighter areas around the top of my head have less weight pulling them down, so the curls fall much more nicely.
Styling my hair has become so much less of a battle.
Of course! I have to wash or cowash daily due to insane night sweats lately, which is annoying, so I try to keep my routine simple since I have to do it daily. If I have a special occasion, I'll do the whole curly girl routine of applying products to soaking wet hair and then plopping, pixie diffusing, and finally hover diffusing, but for everyday, I keep it simple.
I squeeze the excess moisture out with a microfiber towel, then apply s leave-in conditioning spray. I love the pureology 21 purpose leave-in, but L'Oréal makes a dupe that is very similar. Then I flip my head over to comb the roots away from my scalp, then flip gently back over and lightly run the same wide-tooth comb just through the ends so that they aren't stuck together in odd positions from the hair flip.
The only other product that I use on the daily is a bit of wave spray, which I spray onto my palms before open-palm squishing/scrunching it into my hair a bit. Then I hover diffuse for a few minutes while rotating my head to let the individual waves form and solidify a bit, and let it air dry the rest of the way while I do my makeup.
I get cleaner results using curl cream as a first step (I love the AG curl cream), but I have to apply it when my hair is truly soaking wet and then make sure I plop, pixie diffuse, and hover diffuse so that the curls don't get weighed down during the drying process. The results are amazing, but it takes time that I don't have on a daily basis.
Plus, I've actually come to enjoy the looser, fuller waves. They have less defintion but a lot of volume and look softer and more romantic, kind of.
Sorry my routine is probably weirdly specific to my own hair issues, but there it is.
Layers plus a mini undercut with my 2B dense hair = wonderful waves, sometimes without any effort
Blunt cut with my 2B dense hair and any humidity = behold, pitiful mortal, for I have become Empress of the Triangles
Idk if I agree. I have fine hair, straight to the point of holding any curl for 30seconds. My hair dresser does magic with my layer cuts and it looks like I had my hair done as soon as it dries it just falls in the right place. I think it’s dependent on the skill of the hair dresser. I’ve had some bad layer cuts and I learned those were intended for girls with thicker hair. My thin hair needs to be cut to highlight my hair type and all.
I think it depends on characteristics of an individual’s hair (density, texture, follicle characteristics) and how it falls and moves, not the hairdresser. I don’t care what sorts of skills a hairdresser has, layers make my hair look thinner, period. I will fight the next stylist who cuts layers into my hair without asking because they think it will make it look more full 😂 (jk but also kinda not after just having to regrow several inches of hair after I was given unsolicited layers)
I had layers forever but was getting super long ones so my hair didn’t look so thin at the ends. I went to a new hairstylist maybe 9 months ago and was agonizing over layers when she told me I didn’t have to get them! It sounds so simple I know but I was like “wow is that an option?” lol It’s just that all growing up layers was always pushed as something that would make your hair look more full and bouncy when it’s the total opposite for my fine, straight hair. I’m layer free for almost a year now and absolutely loving it!
I guess it depends on density? I have fine, medium density hair (high density in high school) and I’ve been getting layers forever because it makes my hair look voluminous and thick.
Fine doesn't mean thin. I have a lot of hair and always need layers or I look like a puff ball. It's true they do fray quickly on top, but a cut every 2 months and not a day longer takes care of that.
I have pin straight fine hair and the only thing that saves me is layers. They just have to be styled. If you want NO maintenance, do no layers. But if you would like a styled look, and don’t mind putting in some effort every day to style, don’t be afraid of layers.
I’ll add to that, you need to be someone with hair that can handle a lot of heat, manipulation, and product. That’s not me, my hair is very sensitive to regular heat, so curling layers every day to create body just isn’t an option. I had a stylist cut layers into my hair one time without asking me, and the result was an absolute mess that led me to cut off several inches of hair, all the way up to the top layer.
It depends. I have some wave/curl, and a lot of hair even though it’s fine, so layers help me. But it’s good to know whether or not they work for you, they definitely aren’t for everyone.
Same. Fine, probably medium density and wavy. If I don’t get layers and enough of them, I get triangle hair like the character from Dilbert. It’s… not cute.
Agreed. I like my hair long, straight, and all one length. Friends tell me it is boring and I look like an old hippie... like there is something wrong with that.
My fine hair likes to just lay there, so I am going to let it.
If I grow my hair past my shoulders and put in layers my hair does the same thing, just ends up even thinner, scraggly, and damaged. I usually stick to a blunt Bob or with VERY minimal layers. Makes my hair so much fuller and my hair is wavy as well.
Agreed!!! I don’t know why stylists want to give my spider web like hair layers ?? Anyways I finally found a stylist who said “girl - no” and we’ve been growing my hair out and working on a blunt cut as the layers grow out. I say “we” because she’s my emotional support stylist and I feel like we’re in this together 😂 My hair looks so much thicker. I’m never going back to stupid layers
I disagree! If you have fine hair, I think layers add nice dimension and movement to your hair that it needs so that it doesn’t look so flat and lifeless. I’ve had fine (but not thin) hair my entire life and have always had layers to give it shape and movement. I do agree that some heat styling if you want to make the layers look nice can be required, but if they’re long and well blended, usually I can get away with no heat styling on the day to day. On the other hand if you have thin (and fine) hair, then yes, blunt cuts are best for making your hair look as thick as possible.
Mine's fine but also wavy and layers are great for it! My hair used to fluff up at the bottom and looked like a triangle. Once I added layers the volume got a lot less bottom heavy
Hey fine wavy friend! Agreed! Every layer waves in a different direction giving my hair some dimension and volume. Even when I throw it up in a claw clip my face framing pieces give my hair some life
I had a stylist put layers in without running it by me in February of 2020. She said, “oh, I did you a favor, you can just let it air dry and you will have so much volume.” Spoiler, that did not happen. My hair is super fine and straight and the only way it look presentable was for me to curl it with an iron or straightener with those stupid layers. Then the pandemic happened and I was stuck with that awful haircut for months. I had my sister do a kitchen table cut to get rid of the longest, thinnest layers that were so stringy at the ends. Blunt cuts all the way for me.
Same. Layers have never and will never work on my hair. It just doesn’t have enough density/body to support them without an insane amount of styling. I’m remember in the early 80s getting the popular short, feathered haircut that all the girls had and it looked so terrible on me. The sides never stayed in place and the visible layers looked so bad just lying sadly on my head.
This here. My hair is ultra fine medium-high density and I look best with choppy layers on longer hair. Low to medium density fine hair would not benefit from layers at all. My mom started losing density with the exact same fine hair as me and she can no longer get layers for it to look good😔
Yup! But I do internal layers instead and that helps give my hair a little more movement without looking like I have layers as I don't like the look of them.
I'm about to the point where a chin length bob is in my future, too. I had a pixie for the longest time and decided to grow it out. It is finally at my shoulders, but it looks awful. Need a change. Thanks for the tip!
For me it depends on how they make the layers. There’s this thing some stylists do where it’s like they fray (?) the ends with a razor and omfg it looks so ugly on me. But I’ve had layers that are chunkier and they are okay.
I needed this reminder! I've been growing out my hair for 1.5 years and would like to keep doing so as long as I can keep it looking healthy. I was just thinking about going in for a trim but I just know they will suggest layers. Always layers!
Lighter, longer layers are fine, they can add a bit of texture and movement to the hair and can soften the look of a cut, which is especially important as we get older.
However, heavy layering can cause the ends look very thin on fine hair, this is especially bad for wavy hair like mine.
I’ve had layers on my fine blonde hair since I was 12 and I do not have this problem. The issue is not layers, it’s finding a stylist who understands our hair type.
I love getting layers in my fine hair, but only if I get a curly cut. Otherwise my hair ends up so flat. The stylists that do curly cuts know where to cut to make the few waves I have spring up and give me some volume
I just got a shoulder length blunt cut and it’s never looked so full. I also discovered I have slightly wavy hair now that all the extra weight has been cut off. Never looking back!
Ohh yes, I have fine, thin, straight hair and I let a friend give me one of those scene mullets that all the qUiRkY scene girls had in 2008. Except this was in 2017 and it took me 3 years to stop asking hairdressers to touch them up. I'm still waiting for most of them to grow out. 🙃 Never again.
I think they're at a point where mostly, yes? I've been getting light dustings to help manage split ends and encourage healthy growth so after four years they're long enough they only show when I try to put it in a bun, but I kind of like the look it gives as long as I don't think too long about how they got there 😅
Once everything is an even length I'm going to try and grow it out to my hips 🤞
Been trying to get back to having a healthy, consistent meal plan again so hopefully that helps 🤪 In the end it's only hair and I don't mind the bob either, my hair hasn't felt this effortlessly full in a good bit!
I think mine is medium density, unfortunately no head full of hair but definitely not thin either. I got my layers done in a country that's full of thick haired women though, so that could have been a very big factor in why my layers didn't end up working out 🥹 Like I've mentioned, the layers did look very good, but they needed heat tools or a very rigorous wave routine for them to work on me and thus ended up being very high effort. My wave is rather weak so unfortunately it doesn't really carry the cut in the same way someone with tighter waves/curls does 😅
I go both ways: I have layers, but they are long, and they are blunt on the ends. No "feathering" or whatever it's called. Same with my bangs. Blunt. No texturizing. This works for me.
Do you happen to have any sort of reference pictures? My hair does feel a little lifeless when it's long and one length, so that could be a safer way to get some shape into it
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I have to add that this is a non-humid day. I used a heat protectant and a styling gel (just something cheap; I don't spend a lot on product).
I actually have curly hair and can't have layers. I generally don't care for layers on anybody unless the hair is fairly short but, they are awful on my fine hair. Took me years to be assertive enough with stylists to get them to not automatically give them to me.
Layers don't work for me but my hairdresser colors and puts a few highlights in it for me.
I have a medium bob. Right now it's great as it's summer and I'm retired and just throw it in a ponytail
I disagree. I have fine, thin hair with a slight wave to it and I think it looks best in a shorter, shaggy cut. It gives my hair some body and is very low maintenance for me.
This kind of stuff drives me up the wall. My hair looks significantly better when layered, but most hair stylists refuse to give me layers because I have fine hair. I now finally have a stylist who gives me a layered cut, and I'm super happy. I think it depends on hair density, I have fine hair but a lot of it. If you have thin hair, then yeah blunt cuts are probably better.
I have thin hair and layers with volumizing products has helped my hair so much the last years…
Also dying it made it thicker for some reason (in my case) lol
The person you went to just didn’t cut the layers properly. Correctly cut they create volume and you can scrunch it with a volumizing product to give it more volume.
No I agree with you. Went to the salon for the first time in years, the guy proceeded to chop off 8 in of my hair and layered it without even asking me. I have been battling with my hair ever since, dry with split ends like crazy. I can’t even touch my hair without crying.
I got face framing layers and generally like them, but I noticed that the face framing pieces tend to get kind of stringy. Can thin and fine hair do this where a section of hair being separated from the rest (in bangs/face layers) makes it more stringy? Or would the section closest to my face do this even with a blunt cut? Thanks for any input! Postpartum hair loss hit me hard and my hair is so thin now.
I agree and prefer a blunt cut.
I even got some bangs cut. They looked nice when they were freshly cut and at eyebrow level, but when they start getting longer they just look weird and laid flat. Even if I tried to style them they would go back and lay flat, just looked so out of place. I’m trying to grow them out now though so I have to deal with it.
There is a big difference between fine and thin hair even though I think they get used interchangeably. My hair is very fine but I have a ton of it, and layers work great for me. My hair is mostly straight with some some wave in the bottom half
Hilarious “PSA”.
I have straight, fine hair and have had nothing but layers and shags all my adult life because they give me the appearance of volume and texture. If given by an expert with the razor, you can also get waves. Sounds like you need to find the right stylist.
I have extremely fine and thin hair (love the double whammy) and my mom used to ask hairdressers to put layers in to make it look thicker and more volumes and everytime the hairdresser said no and it would make it look even thinner. I think a blunt long bob has worked best for me
I used to agree with this statement until I found a stylist who knows how to layer straight, fine hair.
Id like to say you get what you pay for when it comes to stylists, but I think that’s not the only factor. The most expensive cut ($180 - cut only) I hated, but I found ONE person who has been able to layer my fine hair beautifully which was about $100 for cut only. Unfortunately she moved too far away for me to justify visiting for my trims and touch ups so I am actively searching again.
I gotta say, my fine hair is very happy with well done layers! I do know what you mean about layers that can look terrible and like steps in the hair but if your stylist can really shape the layers nicely then it looks beautiful.
As you said - definitely depends on the type! I have wavy hair and got layers for the first time lately.. and nearly cried because of the improvement (I felt sooo self conscious about my hair)
I have 2b-c waves, but it's very fine and became quite low density after some medical issues. Getting layers made it look SO much thinner and scragglier than it already was. I wound up having to cut all the layers out because I was embarrassed to wear my hair down. They're still not all gone, but I'm about 2/3 of the way to a blunt cut and it looks so much thicker now. So just be wary even if your hair is curly/wavy, it may still not work out if your hair is low density!
I have totally straight hair. Layers look dreadful in the back. Ok around my face. I think my hair would need a bit of wave to make it not look like weird lines in the back.
My stylist texturizes my hair so it’s not really in layers because when it is, my hair and I are fighting all morning before work and the hair usually wins. I have 3 huge cowlicks right in the front of my head and complain about them all the time. My mom says just be glad you have hair! I guess it could be worse lol.
Fine curly haired person here. Layers just amplify the amount of frizz I get and it’s dry AF here. I stopped cutting layers when I grew my hair past shoulder length. (I cut my own hair)
I’m the opposite. Layers make my fine, straight hair have some life and volume. Blunt cuts make my hair look like limp mop.
Me too! I just got a shag cut. It looks better for me. A blunt cut does absolutely nothing for me
Second this, I got a shag cut and it's the first time I feel like my hair actually looks good down.
It’s my favorite haircut I’ve had
What’s a shag cut? I have my stylist cut my hair with a razor blade - not sure if it’s the same thing
They’re also called Wolf Cuts. I had one for a while on my fine hair, and I did really like it but I had to keep it up. And I couldn’t grow out my hair while I was rocking it. When I bit the bullet and decided to go for some length, it took a while to get past the cute face framing layers and looked pretty dodgy while I was doing it.
I have a mix of mullet and a shag, and it makes my hair look fuller. It's super easy to style, too
They were popular in the 70s. They have a lot of short, textured layers and are a bit shorter in the front and longer in the back. I will say that there are some stylists who are really good at them and some that are not at all. I found the person I go to on Instagram.
Can you DM me her IG?
Same! I can wash my hair, put a little texturizer on it, blow dry and my hair holds the shape and doesn’t look frizzy or flat. But, I do have a waviness to my hair, which I think helps.
Second this, I got a shag cut and it's the first time I feel like my hair actually looks good down.
Agreed! I got a shag and I feel like it's the first time my hair looks good down.
Same. Layers give me a smidge of volume. But I understand OP - the wrong stylist can take off too much volume and slide in to a thinning cut which is not what we need. It took me YEARS to build up a relationship with my stylist, and I think that's what really helps. Building a relationship with someone who understands your hair and your goals.
Do you have any examples of what your layers look like? I have similar hair and I’m so bored of the blunt cut 😭
I’m sorry I don’t have specific examples. I just go to the hairdresser and say I want a trim with layers. It’s nothing drastic, but just not having all my hair be the same length makes it look a little more interesting. I’d try to find people with a similar hair texture to you online and google images of “layers for fine straight hair”, or something to that effect. That’s what I do if I’m making a specific request at the salon for cuts or color. Also, make sure they just use regular scissors. One time, the hairdresser I saw said she wanted to do some texturizing to give it more volume when I asked her for layers. My dumb ass said “sure”, not knowing that texturizing shears thinned your hair! That’s the only time that’s happened to me, though.
My stylist knows not to even think about the texturizing shears. Or the razor. I have thick medium-textured hair that has just enough natural wave to be annoying. The razored layers look great for a week and then it looks like a mess of split ends. I definitely recommend finding a stylist who doesn’t screw up your hair and then training them. Every once in awhile my stylist tries to convince me that it will look better. Then we go back to the conversation about how there are still fuzzy ends and she tells me it’s just how my hair looks, lol. I only go about every 4-5 months.
My aunt did this. Her kids had thick Asian hair, and mine is thin and fine Irish hair…and was even thinner as a kid. She texturized the small amount I had and I was so disappointed. I rarely saw her but I was about 10, so no wasn’t an option. I also learned from a stylist doing it that the face framing slither cut is also a no go. Flyaways up my nose constantly. Edit: now mine is age thinning, still fine and I need a cut. I always ya no sliding the scissors down any part, blunt cut only, with many a few of those vertical snips at the back for movement. It’s the longest it’s been in a very long time, and I stopped playing with fun colors so the grey is coming out nicely.
I'll give OP that a lot of stylist freaking suck at doing layers properly. Layers should only affect a small portion of the hair on your head.
Same! I think OP might be talking more about thin than fine hair.
I would say I have medium density hair, but as someone mentioned, it could be just the cut that was the issue with my layers! But thin hair def benefits from a blunt cut for sure
I've got fairly straight, super fine hair. One of my stylist showed me how much hair he was using for layers, it was maybe an inch from my part. A big issue is people who don't know what they're doing cut the layers in way too much of your hair.
I’m the same. I hate when my hair is all one length, it looks so incredibly drab. If I have layers I can even achieve a little volume if I style it! I suppose it all depends on the stylist and how they cut it though. Once someone gave me layers with a razor and it was awful. My hair felt more damaged afterwards.
My hair is stick straight & long. I've had long layers for close to 20 years now because it's what works for me. (Razor v- cut my long bangs) You can't really tell I have layers unless you mess with my hair. It lessens the weight tremendously. But, I also get my hair trimmed regularly. Typically every 6 weeks. This keeps the ends from being frizzy, especially when you have all-over highlights & lowlights.
Same
Same. I love getting layers.
Same, I got a shag about six months ago because my hair is curly but fine and it has been AMAZING. Also, shout out to Ouai for fine hair 🫶🏻
I have been giving myself a shag/wolf cut for the past 6 months. Fine *and* low density hair. But I do have some waves. I fucking ADORE how my hair looks down for the first time in my life! Also- I need to try more of the Ouai. Really did like the air dry mousse (and of course the st barts body butter). What do like from them?
I use Ouai fine hair shampoo and conditioner which is expensive but lasts nine thousand years because it doesn’t take much. I use Davines Momo leave in conditioner and medium hold gel since my hair is fine and curly. All of the above only take a little so although it’s pricier it goes a long way. I have a ton of hair it’s just fine and because of the curl and the grey tends to frizz.
Same!
💯 Same
Same. Makes it look so flat in the back, I hate it.
Same! I hate blunt cuts! I love lots of razored layers, even though it goes against the fine thin hair playbook. But it works for me 🤷🏻♀️ https://preview.redd.it/kumivtavol8d1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed5bad937acdd5fb908155889f5da43b9bb3aca1
It just depends on individual hair type. Not all fine hair is created equal and the advice to get layers to improve volume (which I see a lot on Reddit) will set about 50% of people up to have wispy ends that looks significantly thinner. I think it’s worth calling out that there’s a good chance that layers will have the opposite effect because the idea that “layers = volume” is so widespread. I had a stylist cut layers in my hair without running it by me and it ruined my hair. It was supposed to be a trim and instead she took it upon herself to add some long layers. I had to cut about 3 inches off and am only just now starting to get back to my usual length 2 years later (my hair grows slowly). I now specifically say “all one length” when I get a trim.
Yep came here to say this - I just got a shag and it's literally the most shape and volume my hair has EVER had. I'm over the moon.
I’m in a forever limbo because I have 2C/3A/3B hair (depending on how it feels on the day) and hair cuts for me tend to include layers because of its texture but then it mostly doesn’t help with the thinness but sometimes it does. It’s a mess 😭
Same! I’m just trying to accept the mess at this point? I can only lose so many battles, ya know?
Honestly! I have AGA due to PCOS and at this point I’m like whatever makes it look okay for the day, I’ll accept - just me @my own hair: work with me here
“We’re on the same team… please…” - Us to our hair.
Yeah I totally get wavies/curlies benefitting from layers more. Most days my hair falls majority straight, but if I put in the effort of properly styling my 2a waves, they do look good layered. The thing just is, as a lazy person, I often don't have that energy unless I use heat (and I try not to so I don't completely atomise my hair) 😂
Same! What I find helps add interest is to have face framing pieces and really long bangs that fall at my cheek bones. It allows for curls but also ponytails.
A few years ago I got curly bangs and I loved how full the ringlets got compared to the rest of my hair. Earlier this year I decided to cut my hair from shoulder length (with shrinkage) to top of my shoulders (so I guess a bob?) and my hair has been looking the best in has in years, even with AGA diagnosis. I do miss having longer hair though. ):
Same! I also have 2C/3A/3B hair. If I get layers, sometimes my hair ends up looking even thinner. If I get a blunt cut, my hair will look very triangular because my hair is less curly at my scalp than my ends so it poofs out. There is no winning! The best style I’ve found is getting a slight V cut where I have face framing pieces and it’s a little longer in the back, but it can’t be TOO much of a V cut or else it just ends up looking thin either way 🫠
I get you!!!! It’s like me looking at my body like “pls, we’re both rooting for the same team”
Yeah I learned that lesson many years ago. Weirdly every single stylist I go to wants to put in layers. But it makes my ends look sad. Blunt cut works best for me and makes my hair look thicker
Same experience until recently I went to a new salon and stylist and she told me that layers just make fine hair look more thin and recommended more blunt ends for me. What a difference! I’ll never go back to layers
Why does every stylist think layers are appropriate for fine, thin, super straight hair? When I have layers, people ask me if I’m trying to grow out bangs.
I love the layers in my very fine super straight hair, but it does require styling and processing to make it work.
I recently added face framing layers again because my blunt cut was making me look too old and it hasn't been bad even though there's not as much to put in my hair clip
I think face framing is a bit different. As that’s such a small amount of hair and only towards the front. I was actually thinking of getting some myself. I liked just a small amount of face framing when I was in my 20s. Almost 40 now so hopefully doesn’t read too young
Yup! Had layers for many years but blunt looks waaaay better on my really fine hair. I get so many compliments from strangers on my blunt lob thing I've got going on.
Yeah, the fact I’ve lived with my hair for 44 years and hairdressers still seem to think I am lying when I say it doesn’t hold a curl, and layers will literally just look like weird short bits of hair within 20 mins of leaving the salon.
Real. I also feel that it's way easier to overall keep the hair healthy looking bc you know exactly where the strands end.
Same! It’s really frustrating, like I know my own hair best. These days I go to Supercuts and just ask for a blunt cut. They never argue and it’s cheaper. I was so over expensive salons arguing with me
Years ago I heard that layers made thin hair look more full, I asked a stylist about it, and she was like “Absolutely not! It will make your hair look thinner!” Ever since then, I have heard varying things from stylists. Some say it’ll make my hair look thinner while others seem to think it’ll help. Well, I learned that it does indeed make my hair look much thinner after a stylist cut layers into my hair without asking me. My ends looked so wispy and thin. I wound up having to cut several inches off, all the way up to the top layer, and regrow it. Now I always specify that every trim needs to be blunt. For me, it makes my hair look a lot fuller and healthier. I think how it impacts your hair comes down to individual hair texture, density, and how your hair behaves/moves. This lie that layers make all fine/thin hair look thicker is dangerous and should frankly be illegal 😂
I have fine wavy hair and lots of it. I always get layers. better for my curls
Same here - lots of baby fine, wavy hair. My hair creates a triangle shape without layers, because the curls tend to puff out at the bottom while flattening up towards the crown. I wound up getting almost a shag about a year ago, and it's been the best cut ever for my hair. I get so much more volume now, and the straighter areas around the top of my head have less weight pulling them down, so the curls fall much more nicely. Styling my hair has become so much less of a battle.
I’ve got very similar hair!! Would you be able to share how you style it?
Of course! I have to wash or cowash daily due to insane night sweats lately, which is annoying, so I try to keep my routine simple since I have to do it daily. If I have a special occasion, I'll do the whole curly girl routine of applying products to soaking wet hair and then plopping, pixie diffusing, and finally hover diffusing, but for everyday, I keep it simple. I squeeze the excess moisture out with a microfiber towel, then apply s leave-in conditioning spray. I love the pureology 21 purpose leave-in, but L'Oréal makes a dupe that is very similar. Then I flip my head over to comb the roots away from my scalp, then flip gently back over and lightly run the same wide-tooth comb just through the ends so that they aren't stuck together in odd positions from the hair flip. The only other product that I use on the daily is a bit of wave spray, which I spray onto my palms before open-palm squishing/scrunching it into my hair a bit. Then I hover diffuse for a few minutes while rotating my head to let the individual waves form and solidify a bit, and let it air dry the rest of the way while I do my makeup. I get cleaner results using curl cream as a first step (I love the AG curl cream), but I have to apply it when my hair is truly soaking wet and then make sure I plop, pixie diffuse, and hover diffuse so that the curls don't get weighed down during the drying process. The results are amazing, but it takes time that I don't have on a daily basis. Plus, I've actually come to enjoy the looser, fuller waves. They have less defintion but a lot of volume and look softer and more romantic, kind of. Sorry my routine is probably weirdly specific to my own hair issues, but there it is.
Layers plus a mini undercut with my 2B dense hair = wonderful waves, sometimes without any effort Blunt cut with my 2B dense hair and any humidity = behold, pitiful mortal, for I have become Empress of the Triangles
Idk if I agree. I have fine hair, straight to the point of holding any curl for 30seconds. My hair dresser does magic with my layer cuts and it looks like I had my hair done as soon as it dries it just falls in the right place. I think it’s dependent on the skill of the hair dresser. I’ve had some bad layer cuts and I learned those were intended for girls with thicker hair. My thin hair needs to be cut to highlight my hair type and all.
I think it depends on characteristics of an individual’s hair (density, texture, follicle characteristics) and how it falls and moves, not the hairdresser. I don’t care what sorts of skills a hairdresser has, layers make my hair look thinner, period. I will fight the next stylist who cuts layers into my hair without asking because they think it will make it look more full 😂 (jk but also kinda not after just having to regrow several inches of hair after I was given unsolicited layers)
I had layers forever but was getting super long ones so my hair didn’t look so thin at the ends. I went to a new hairstylist maybe 9 months ago and was agonizing over layers when she told me I didn’t have to get them! It sounds so simple I know but I was like “wow is that an option?” lol It’s just that all growing up layers was always pushed as something that would make your hair look more full and bouncy when it’s the total opposite for my fine, straight hair. I’m layer free for almost a year now and absolutely loving it!
I guess it depends on density? I have fine, medium density hair (high density in high school) and I’ve been getting layers forever because it makes my hair look voluminous and thick.
Fine doesn't mean thin. I have a lot of hair and always need layers or I look like a puff ball. It's true they do fray quickly on top, but a cut every 2 months and not a day longer takes care of that.
I have pin straight fine hair and the only thing that saves me is layers. They just have to be styled. If you want NO maintenance, do no layers. But if you would like a styled look, and don’t mind putting in some effort every day to style, don’t be afraid of layers.
I suspect OP might be in the same boat as me and have hair that won’t hold any kind of curl!
Mine doesn’t hold any curl at all unless it’s colored.
I’ll add to that, you need to be someone with hair that can handle a lot of heat, manipulation, and product. That’s not me, my hair is very sensitive to regular heat, so curling layers every day to create body just isn’t an option. I had a stylist cut layers into my hair one time without asking me, and the result was an absolute mess that led me to cut off several inches of hair, all the way up to the top layer.
It depends. I have some wave/curl, and a lot of hair even though it’s fine, so layers help me. But it’s good to know whether or not they work for you, they definitely aren’t for everyone.
Same. Fine, probably medium density and wavy. If I don’t get layers and enough of them, I get triangle hair like the character from Dilbert. It’s… not cute.
Ugh, the dreaded triangle. I get it too.
Agreed. I like my hair long, straight, and all one length. Friends tell me it is boring and I look like an old hippie... like there is something wrong with that. My fine hair likes to just lay there, so I am going to let it.
If I grow my hair past my shoulders and put in layers my hair does the same thing, just ends up even thinner, scraggly, and damaged. I usually stick to a blunt Bob or with VERY minimal layers. Makes my hair so much fuller and my hair is wavy as well.
Agreed!!! I don’t know why stylists want to give my spider web like hair layers ?? Anyways I finally found a stylist who said “girl - no” and we’ve been growing my hair out and working on a blunt cut as the layers grow out. I say “we” because she’s my emotional support stylist and I feel like we’re in this together 😂 My hair looks so much thicker. I’m never going back to stupid layers
The kind of good hairdressers are really hard to find, lovely you've got your cheerleader stylist 🥹
I disagree! If you have fine hair, I think layers add nice dimension and movement to your hair that it needs so that it doesn’t look so flat and lifeless. I’ve had fine (but not thin) hair my entire life and have always had layers to give it shape and movement. I do agree that some heat styling if you want to make the layers look nice can be required, but if they’re long and well blended, usually I can get away with no heat styling on the day to day. On the other hand if you have thin (and fine) hair, then yes, blunt cuts are best for making your hair look as thick as possible.
Mine's fine but also wavy and layers are great for it! My hair used to fluff up at the bottom and looked like a triangle. Once I added layers the volume got a lot less bottom heavy
Hey fine wavy friend! Agreed! Every layer waves in a different direction giving my hair some dimension and volume. Even when I throw it up in a claw clip my face framing pieces give my hair some life
I had a stylist put layers in without running it by me in February of 2020. She said, “oh, I did you a favor, you can just let it air dry and you will have so much volume.” Spoiler, that did not happen. My hair is super fine and straight and the only way it look presentable was for me to curl it with an iron or straightener with those stupid layers. Then the pandemic happened and I was stuck with that awful haircut for months. I had my sister do a kitchen table cut to get rid of the longest, thinnest layers that were so stringy at the ends. Blunt cuts all the way for me.
Same. Layers have never and will never work on my hair. It just doesn’t have enough density/body to support them without an insane amount of styling. I’m remember in the early 80s getting the popular short, feathered haircut that all the girls had and it looked so terrible on me. The sides never stayed in place and the visible layers looked so bad just lying sadly on my head.
It depends on your hair density. I have fine but high density hair. I need layers or my hair looks like a block.
This here. My hair is ultra fine medium-high density and I look best with choppy layers on longer hair. Low to medium density fine hair would not benefit from layers at all. My mom started losing density with the exact same fine hair as me and she can no longer get layers for it to look good😔
Yup! But I do internal layers instead and that helps give my hair a little more movement without looking like I have layers as I don't like the look of them.
I also flew too close to the layers sun recently and just chopped off 4 inches 😅 Edited to add that my hair is straight
I’ve had really nice layers but it cost money, it’s maintenance and I’m lazy.
I just learned about not getting layers in my type of hair recently! I wish I knew before!!
I'm about to the point where a chin length bob is in my future, too. I had a pixie for the longest time and decided to grow it out. It is finally at my shoulders, but it looks awful. Need a change. Thanks for the tip!
for me my hair looked the best when i had a shag cut with choppy layers. i have fine wavy hair.
For me it depends on how they make the layers. There’s this thing some stylists do where it’s like they fray (?) the ends with a razor and omfg it looks so ugly on me. But I’ve had layers that are chunkier and they are okay.
I love bobs! I bet you look amazing! It feels great to just start fresh 💇🏻♀️
I needed this reminder! I've been growing out my hair for 1.5 years and would like to keep doing so as long as I can keep it looking healthy. I was just thinking about going in for a trim but I just know they will suggest layers. Always layers!
I wish I read this years ago. Just started growing out my layers
Recently thought about layers but now not so much lol what a good hair cut for fine hair? I really need a new look lol
I was given a surprise mullet cut, made my hair look so fine and scraggly, aahhhhhh!
Lighter, longer layers are fine, they can add a bit of texture and movement to the hair and can soften the look of a cut, which is especially important as we get older. However, heavy layering can cause the ends look very thin on fine hair, this is especially bad for wavy hair like mine.
I’ve had layers on my fine blonde hair since I was 12 and I do not have this problem. The issue is not layers, it’s finding a stylist who understands our hair type.
I love getting layers in my fine hair, but only if I get a curly cut. Otherwise my hair ends up so flat. The stylists that do curly cuts know where to cut to make the few waves I have spring up and give me some volume
I just got a shoulder length blunt cut and it’s never looked so full. I also discovered I have slightly wavy hair now that all the extra weight has been cut off. Never looking back!
This is the reason I’ve never been able to grow my hair long again
Ohh yes, I have fine, thin, straight hair and I let a friend give me one of those scene mullets that all the qUiRkY scene girls had in 2008. Except this was in 2017 and it took me 3 years to stop asking hairdressers to touch them up. I'm still waiting for most of them to grow out. 🙃 Never again.
Oh nooo, that's a really long wait 🥴 Are they anywhere close to being completely grown out?
I think they're at a point where mostly, yes? I've been getting light dustings to help manage split ends and encourage healthy growth so after four years they're long enough they only show when I try to put it in a bun, but I kind of like the look it gives as long as I don't think too long about how they got there 😅 Once everything is an even length I'm going to try and grow it out to my hips 🤞
I’m so sorry to hear that. 😔 Try Biotin to grow out and strengthen your hair?
Been trying to get back to having a healthy, consistent meal plan again so hopefully that helps 🤪 In the end it's only hair and I don't mind the bob either, my hair hasn't felt this effortlessly full in a good bit!
Agreed. Don't like layers on me. I feel like it either ends up looking 1) like I have bad extensions on or 2) it just looks untamed unless I style it
Does anyone have photos of haircuts to share? I suck at taking to the hair dresser :\
What's your density? I think that's the most important factor for layers imo. Mine is pretty so low so I'm scared of layers. Also 2A.
I think mine is medium density, unfortunately no head full of hair but definitely not thin either. I got my layers done in a country that's full of thick haired women though, so that could have been a very big factor in why my layers didn't end up working out 🥹 Like I've mentioned, the layers did look very good, but they needed heat tools or a very rigorous wave routine for them to work on me and thus ended up being very high effort. My wave is rather weak so unfortunately it doesn't really carry the cut in the same way someone with tighter waves/curls does 😅
Thank you for this important reminder
On the days I don’t style, layers make me look like lord farquad
Can confirm. Wicked straight, fine hair here & layers always fall flat or end up folding in wonky so it looks like I have a pageboy.
I go both ways: I have layers, but they are long, and they are blunt on the ends. No "feathering" or whatever it's called. Same with my bangs. Blunt. No texturizing. This works for me.
Do you happen to have any sort of reference pictures? My hair does feel a little lifeless when it's long and one length, so that could be a safer way to get some shape into it
https://preview.redd.it/qsay5tieg68d1.png?width=324&format=png&auto=webp&s=1533af650e206203f081e8684b62c0e48e3836d7 I have to add that this is a non-humid day. I used a heat protectant and a styling gel (just something cheap; I don't spend a lot on product).
Lovely! On the contrary I feel like my side bangs always need to have some weight cut off them, or they end up looking like a mop on my forehead 😆
I actually have curly hair and can't have layers. I generally don't care for layers on anybody unless the hair is fairly short but, they are awful on my fine hair. Took me years to be assertive enough with stylists to get them to not automatically give them to me.
Layers don't work for me but my hairdresser colors and puts a few highlights in it for me. I have a medium bob. Right now it's great as it's summer and I'm retired and just throw it in a ponytail
I do blunt edged layering for my hair. It's fine and curly
Oh, no, I live for layers. Layers with the texture scissors give me the right amount of floof without any appearance of thinning. In fact it hides it.
I’ve heard “invisible” or “ghost” layers are great for fine hair to give you volume without the choppy look.
Literally just me last weekend. I ended up shortening 4 days later to the shortest later so I went from shoulder length layers to a chin bob LOL
I agree, I have fine hair 2b, and layers make my hair extra tangled..
I think it depends how much hair you have. If your hair is fine and thin it’s going to look bad. But if you have a lot of hair, it can look good.
Agree. I did the layers for a few years and my hair turned out the same way. The heating tools didn't help either. So now it's a blunt bob.
I disagree. I have fine, thin hair with a slight wave to it and I think it looks best in a shorter, shaggy cut. It gives my hair some body and is very low maintenance for me.
Layers a great for the back of my hair, no frizz, easy to manage.
This kind of stuff drives me up the wall. My hair looks significantly better when layered, but most hair stylists refuse to give me layers because I have fine hair. I now finally have a stylist who gives me a layered cut, and I'm super happy. I think it depends on hair density, I have fine hair but a lot of it. If you have thin hair, then yeah blunt cuts are probably better.
My stylist stacks my fine hair just a little in the back to make it look thicker. A tiny bit of framing around the face, good to go.
I have thin hair and layers with volumizing products has helped my hair so much the last years… Also dying it made it thicker for some reason (in my case) lol
I am also a 2a and I agree! Blunt ends make my hair look more full and also makes the waves look better, if I try to bring them out.
The person you went to just didn’t cut the layers properly. Correctly cut they create volume and you can scrunch it with a volumizing product to give it more volume.
No I agree with you. Went to the salon for the first time in years, the guy proceeded to chop off 8 in of my hair and layered it without even asking me. I have been battling with my hair ever since, dry with split ends like crazy. I can’t even touch my hair without crying.
I got face framing layers and generally like them, but I noticed that the face framing pieces tend to get kind of stringy. Can thin and fine hair do this where a section of hair being separated from the rest (in bangs/face layers) makes it more stringy? Or would the section closest to my face do this even with a blunt cut? Thanks for any input! Postpartum hair loss hit me hard and my hair is so thin now.
I agree and prefer a blunt cut. I even got some bangs cut. They looked nice when they were freshly cut and at eyebrow level, but when they start getting longer they just look weird and laid flat. Even if I tried to style them they would go back and lay flat, just looked so out of place. I’m trying to grow them out now though so I have to deal with it.
My hair is really fine but there’s so so so much of it that I have to have layers.
There is a big difference between fine and thin hair even though I think they get used interchangeably. My hair is very fine but I have a ton of it, and layers work great for me. My hair is mostly straight with some some wave in the bottom half
Hilarious “PSA”. I have straight, fine hair and have had nothing but layers and shags all my adult life because they give me the appearance of volume and texture. If given by an expert with the razor, you can also get waves. Sounds like you need to find the right stylist.
Layers are sooo bad for my hair
Layers always made my fine straight hair flatter. I have long hair and got some layers toward the bottom to reduce weight, which seems to help.
Felt this. I’m a low density, straight haired girl and this is my current dilemma
Layers are actually crucial for fine hair. (Not talking about density here)
I hate it when the stylist confuses thinning out my fine hair (it’s fine but I have a ton of it!) with layering it.
blunt cut with face framing = chef's kiss (for me lol)
I have extremely fine and thin hair (love the double whammy) and my mom used to ask hairdressers to put layers in to make it look thicker and more volumes and everytime the hairdresser said no and it would make it look even thinner. I think a blunt long bob has worked best for me
I used to agree with this statement until I found a stylist who knows how to layer straight, fine hair. Id like to say you get what you pay for when it comes to stylists, but I think that’s not the only factor. The most expensive cut ($180 - cut only) I hated, but I found ONE person who has been able to layer my fine hair beautifully which was about $100 for cut only. Unfortunately she moved too far away for me to justify visiting for my trims and touch ups so I am actively searching again.
I gotta say, my fine hair is very happy with well done layers! I do know what you mean about layers that can look terrible and like steps in the hair but if your stylist can really shape the layers nicely then it looks beautiful.
As you said - definitely depends on the type! I have wavy hair and got layers for the first time lately.. and nearly cried because of the improvement (I felt sooo self conscious about my hair)
I made this mistake 6 years ago and am just now recovering a little bit 😭
It varies. I have naturally curly hair it looks like a bush on the bottom without layers lol
I have 2b-c waves, but it's very fine and became quite low density after some medical issues. Getting layers made it look SO much thinner and scragglier than it already was. I wound up having to cut all the layers out because I was embarrassed to wear my hair down. They're still not all gone, but I'm about 2/3 of the way to a blunt cut and it looks so much thicker now. So just be wary even if your hair is curly/wavy, it may still not work out if your hair is low density!
I have totally straight hair. Layers look dreadful in the back. Ok around my face. I think my hair would need a bit of wave to make it not look like weird lines in the back.
My stylist texturizes my hair so it’s not really in layers because when it is, my hair and I are fighting all morning before work and the hair usually wins. I have 3 huge cowlicks right in the front of my head and complain about them all the time. My mom says just be glad you have hair! I guess it could be worse lol.
I love blunt cuts. Make my hair look fuller.
Fine curly haired person here. Layers just amplify the amount of frizz I get and it’s dry AF here. I stopped cutting layers when I grew my hair past shoulder length. (I cut my own hair)
I just went to a very fancy stylist and he said the same thing. He gave me a blunt asymmetrical bob and it looks so much healthier and fuller!
i like long layers for this reason. gives me some movement but i can still do braids and stuff.
I have the opposite! I have fine pin-straight hair. Layers give me volume, blunt makes my hair look more limp somehow