hair advice, once again.

I need a haircut.

It's been about...well, a long damn time since I last worked up the courage to get one, and it is now utterly out of control. I've been dealing with a frizzy mess of split ends for about 3 weeks, and I've had enough.

However. I'm having the same problem with this haircut that I have with every haircut I've ever gotten. I haven't found The Style.

You'd think that after 31 years on the planet, I would have some idea what looks good on me. I mean, I do...I have gotten a handful of good haircuts in my day. The trouble is, I rarely can keep them looking good for more than a week. A lot of women say they can't do hair, but seriously? I CANNOT DO HAIR. I have zero hair-doing prowess. None. Anything that can't be styled in a minute or two with maybe one product and a couple simple tools ends up looking like someone attacked me with a flowbee by week 3. Right now, I'm on week 16 or so, so on most days my hair bears a strong resemblance to that chick on The Ring. It's bad, is what I'm saying.

So anyway, the other day I was trolling for hairstyles on ye olde internet, and came up with a list of finalists. Keeping in mind that a) I have no patience for futzing with hair, so I need something that will look presentable with a minimum effort, and b) the only things I have in common with these models are hair color and face shape, which would you choose?

Oh, and this is me:

So, if you'd be so kind, please tell me what to do. :)

I have the flippy with full bangs and love it because I don't have to do it!

If they cut the layers right it'll flip on it's own. All I do is mousee/condition and blow dry. No curling irons or flat irons allowed!

I vote for photo 1!

I like No. 3 the best, but it looks like it would tend to fall straight into your eyes, which may drive you up a wall.

I like No.3 too - especially if you want something that will not interfere with your running! (it looks long enough to pull back) -- also looks like it would grow out more gracefully if you're not the 4-6 week trim type. (PS - I love your wedding picture! Very pretty.)

I like the flip (first one)

Number 2 looks like the one that requires the least effort. It isn't the most exciting of the three choices, but it is probably the one you could get to most resemble the photo consistently.

i'm for number 2 because it looks like the easiest one to do but also looks good!

A three way tie. How's that for no help at all?

hee...I was just thinking the same thing, Frazier. :)

Rob votes for #3, but I'm still undecided. I've had #3 before, and it was one of my better haircuts. However, I've had something similar to #1 which was super cute, too. And #2...it made the finals for exactly the reasons Jordana and alysha mentioned--it looks super easy to duplicate.

The funny thing is, when it comes right down to it? I suspect that these are all basically the same haircut. Maybe the layers are done slightly differently and #3 doesn't have much in the way of bangs, but I could probably go with any one of them and style it to look like the others. Maybe I just need to bring in all three and let the stylist advise me on it.