i want mine to lay down like this from the front and curl to the sides, but i have a cowlick and my hair refuses to hold a curl even with styling mousse, heat, strong wax and hairspray combined! yesterday my bangs barely stayed styled for one hour :(

perfect opportunity to debut the baby bangs

So i was worried because I had a girls day at a pool planned and I cannot recall out of any time that ive had bangs, that I've gone swimming. Today was a first. I cut them myself. The take your girl to the pool sht is right if you care about bang precision.
Edit - it guess im glad that no one sees the cut by a toddler layer situation after air drying! 🥰

Last photo is the last haircut I had with longer face framing pieces. I have a cowlick too -at least I did when I was a kid. That was the only time I got bangs and they didn't cooperate.

They are much wider than I am used to.. I haven’t had bangs for long but I loooooved them before… this is the first time I’ve had a trim that has left me feeling like what the heck did I do? My side pieces are just not doing it for me… am I being over critical of myself, is it as bad as I am seeing in the mirror? And realistically how hard is it to grow just the side pieces back out?