X-Men

Wolverine is coming out on Friday!!  I've already watched the first two films again, still have the third one to go.  I better watch it soon.

Anyway, has anyone else noticed that Halle Berry (Storm) and Famke Janssen (Phoenix) switch hairstyles between the second and third movies?

Here they are in the second film.  Famke has the short hair flared out, Halle has the long hair.

Third film, Halle has the short hair flared out.

Famke gets the long hair now.

Weird.  I guess the hair stylist got lazy.  And for the record, the third film hairstyles work better for both women, because Halle has a more delicate face and the shorter hair shows off her features better, while Famke's longer, rougher face are better framed with long hair than with short edges.

The Four (TVB)

So, on Sunday night I just finished watching the HK drama "The Four" (少年四大名捕).  It was so good; I'm sad it's over.  Anyway, in my refusal to let it go I've decided to post about the female hairstyles from the show.  Those ancient Chinese hairstyles were really pretty (though obviously impractical for everyday use), and often very intricate.  Also, you need really long hair.

You can't really see her hair too clearly in this picture (I haven't been able to find any good pictures for anyone), but if you look at the top you can kinda make out those little braided loops.  I'm not an expert on female hairstyles, but braids can be so cute if you throw in an ornament.

This one just makes me laugh every time.  It's the bangs.  And it makes her already round face look even rounder.  Mind you, she's a Princess in the TV show, so I guess an up-do is mandatory.

Here's Kate Tsui--she kind of scares me (it's her eyes/eyebrows).  Her character in the show was so awesome/frightening, too.  She belongs on AFI's list of top 100 villains of all time.  In the big picture at the top of this post, she's the girl second from the left.  Both long and short hairstyles work on her because she has an oval face, and her facial features are neither too sharp nor too muddled together.  Her hair in this picture looks really choppy though.

 

It's Selena Li!  She was my favourite character from the show.  Unlike Kate, she has a really skinny, long face, and this long and simple hairstyle perhaps wasn't the most flattering for her.  The tiara thing helps to diminish her forehead, but towards the end of the series they used to braids across the forehead in place of the headband which worked much better.  

Here she is with modern hair.  The one-way bang things work a lot better for her face shape.

I like this one the most, though.  Big curls for volume, but most importantly, the straight-cut bangs make her face look smaller and her hair look bigger.  Very pretty.

Bangs

So, I was watching a hair tutorial video on youtube and the guy in it said that if your bangs curve to the right you're manly and if they curve to the left you're feminine/gay (no hating please, his words not mine).

Well, my bangs curve to the left naturally (even if I straighten them, go figure), so in defense of my masculinity let's compare Chinese / Taiwanese male celebrities and come to a conclusion.

So here we have Wu Chun of Fahrenheit fame.  His bangs curve to the left.  He owns a gym in Brunei and fitness is his thing... so is that manly or womanly?  Apparently gyms and working out were made popular by gay men that were concerned with their image.  He's also like 30 years old and a member of a Taiwanese boy band... hmm...  and I was watching Romantic Princess (公主小妹) and my sister looked over and said "that guy looks so gay."  I guess Wu Chun supports the argument then.

And here's Jiro Wang, another Fahrenheit member.  His bangs... also curve to the left.  He also played a gay character in Hana-Kimi.  Maybe I should analyze some guys not in Fahrenheit.

Okay, here's Show Luo.  His bangs curve to the right!  But I wouldn't necessarily define him as

 masculine, so Show is support for the argument that bangs have no indication of masculinity!

Here's Leehom Wang.  He's pretty manly, don't you think?  Hm, bangs to the right... Bah.  Well those are barely even bangs, and Leehom's hairstyles are pretty mild in terms of Asian styles, so I think he can be disregarded.

Ah, Jay Chou.  He is such a man.  Have you seen him in Dragon Rider?  Whew.  Hm, bangs to the right.  Well you know, Jay

 Chou is such a man that he defies all rules and constraints.  In fact, I bet the whole idea that bangs to the right is manly came from the fact that Jay Chou's bangs go to the right.  Yup.

Gary Cao.  Well, his vocal range allows him to sing incredibly high, and in one song he sang both the guy's and the girl's parts (I think the song is Girlfriend).  Anyway, only someone very confident in his masculinity (or flamboyantly gay) would sing so high, and I'm gonna go with masculine.  And hey, his bangs go to the left!  Yay for Gary!

Conclusion:

So clearly the directions that your bangs curve in has nothing to do with your personality. Unless they're perfectly straight, in which case you most likely straighten them every morning and that speaks volumes.  But left or right, pay no attention.  Just let them fall naturally, because of course looking natural is the most important thing to having fantastic hair.