Convertible Bangs

Q: What are convertible bangs? I have medium to fine textured hair, and it is curly like a redhead. I really want to keep it out of my face, but anytime I get side bangs they always blow dry my hair straight and I don't want to straighten my whole hair every day. I don't have enough time. So I keep my long side bangs curly like the rest if my hair, but it always get hair in my face no matter what and I have to twist and clip it out of the way.

I tried straightening just the side bangs, but it didn't look too good. However, I thought it would look good if I straightened normal bangs and kept the rest of my hair curly. If I could cut them far enough on each side, the sides of my hair wouldn't flow over my face when I would study. I really don't want to clip my hair, and I have enough time to straighten just the bangs.

Although I want traditional bangs, I don't want the blunt look, and I was browsing different types online when I came across a photo of what was called "convertible" bangs, and the article said they could be styled straight, long, curly, short. They were very versatile. But the photo wasn't from the best angle and the hair was very dark. I couldn't really tell what these bangs looked like. When I searched it up on Google Images, it came up with that one and a bunch of different types of bangs. I've searched and searched, but I can't find what these magic bangs actually look like. So could you provide a description?

A: “Convertible bangs” are not some sort of “magic bangs”. It simply means that you can style these bangs in a number of different ways. This refers to a type of bangs that are cut quite shorter than the rest of your hair, but it’s not cut in a blunt or solid line.

The bangs touch your eyebrows when they are styled straight and go down longer to the sides; in a convex angle. The bangs have also been thinned out so that it has a choppy appearance. It’s long enough to look fine when you wear it curly, but still short enough to be styled straight so that it doesn’t hang into your eyes.

Just remember that this sort of length of bangs should be cut regularly, because when it grows just a bit it will hang into your eyes. This shouldn’t be a problem, though. You can simply pop into your salon once every few weeks and ask your hairdresser to trim your bangs.

Stylists often don’t even charge their regular clients for simple trimmings of bangs, but that’s up to your own hairdresser. Just don't decide to cut your own bangs, especially when you have curly hair. It's very easy to miss-judge the length, thickness and line of bangs when you have curly hair.

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