Experiment with a new hairstyle.

“I learned this the hard way. I got bangs right before everyone’s graduation parties and it was a little bit of a mess. It’s important to remember that our face-framing pieces of hair are not adjusted to laying straight down on our foreheads. It will take about a week for them to stop trying to part as they used to and adapt as bangs. Because of this, I didn’t realize I looked good with bangs until that first week was over.”

“When you have bangs, there is no such thing as getting up and going. I always had to blow-dry and sometimes straighten my bangs if I wanted them to look nice. The only way I could avoid any effort was by tucking them under a headband – which came in handy for my 8 a.m. classes freshman year. Eventually, I got tired of putting the effort in every day. I desperately missed the days of rolling out of bed and being able to put my hair in a simple ponytail.”

“With naturally oily skin and hair, there was no way I could not wash my bangs every day. They could barely make it through one day without getting oily. I learned to tie the rest of my hair back, wash my bangs in the sink and blow dry them so I could stick with washing all of my hair every other day. Although this was inconvenient at first, I got used to my new routine in no time.”