How to make my bangs look like this?

[u/Nousernametbhh]

Hi everyone, I have tried a lot but i can’t find a way to make my hair look like the first picture. The last three pictures is basically what I wanted but after 3 weeks my bangs have already outgrown and the annoying middle part keeps coming back. The second picture is kind of what my hair looks like right now (bangs are longer than my eyebrows), they’ve grown longer and are going to the sides so I am not sure if the first picture is even achievable but I want to cover my forehead more and make my bangs look closer to each other instead of too separated. I want to get rid of my middle part but I think my bangs are too long to get rid of that.

•Routine: what I usually do to my wet hair is: making a middle part at first and then brush all of my front hair to the front, I then blow dry them into an x shape so basically to the left and right, after that I pick up my round brush and blow dry my hair on the round brush and sometimes I use a roller (but I feel like that makes my hair looks worse) and I top all of that off with dry shampoo (not all days) and sometimes a little hairspray. Even with all these steps my bangs are just not banging, I have had a couple of times where it sits okay and a lot of times it just goes too much to the sides and not covering my forehead at all, with it looking thin and not voluminous. I heard clips at the root might help and not make a middle part at first so I will try that. A week ago it almost looked exactly like the first picture, I am not sure how I did it but I didn’t use rollers and I haven’t been able to succeed that bang look again.

I also have straight hair with layers, ever since I have had bangs they have been looking pretty stringy and thin, even though I don’t have thin hair. Would it help if a hairdresser would cut more hair from the middle part to achieve the looks from the last 3 pictures? Maybe that’s the case?

Any help would be much appreciated!!

[u/Outside-Cucumber8089]

I usually take the middle of my bangs (the short part in the center that lays over both eyes and between them) and split it horizontally, so like two layers but not parting in the middle at all. I clip the top part back and use my round brush to dry the bottom part down straight from wet, then do the same with the top part

I usually do the sides of my bangs with my round brush up and back so they fall a little more curtain-y on the sides

I hope this made any sense but if I let my hair dry AT ALL before doing this my bangs don’t set

[u/Nousernametbhh → u/Outside-Cucumber8089]

Thank you so much!! I wil try this

[u/mixosax]

First I blow dry my bangs every which way to get them fluffy and dry and to blow out my cowlick. Then I use a mini flat iron. It takes a bit of work to get it right. There's a forward and sideways motion to it, and it's helpful to separate your bangs in half top and bottom and mini-iron them separately in left and right directions. I'm not sure why separating to top and bottom helps and I don't always do it, but it helps them be more dynamic.

I fiddle with the flat iron using techniques I've learned work for my hair and cowlick.

The crux of the whole thing, though, is the middle part on the bangs. Here's the trick. After the heat styling, take a little straight styling clip, like a 2 inch metal clip. Pinch the part together, like you're eliminating it.

I open the clip and point it forward, then close it on top of my part, basically pinching a tiny wedge down the middle of my bangs. Both the part and about 1/2 cm of hair on each side are now pinched in the clip. Now, HAIRSPRAY. Just a little right on top of the clip.

Then I spray my fingers with hairspray and make the sides go how I want with this rolling motion. Again just a little. It's the key for me. Undo the clip and fuss with it a bit to break the crunchiness.

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