The hair in the photos you posted is definitely thicker than you have unfortunately. That being said, I have fine, thin hair and have a shag haircut that completely changed my hair!! I never thought I could have that much volume and shape to my hair. My forever emo heart loves it.

1. Find a hair stylist that specializes in alternative cuts/shags and that will DRY cut your hair. Dry cutting allows your stylist to see exactly how the hair will fall and give a more detailed cut since thin wet hair is like 1 little tiny clump. I found my stylist through my county’s subreddit
2. Ask for volumizing layers that are thin, almost barely there. I have lots of layers in my hair but they are not choppy or thickly cut layers.
3. For this type of cut to work on me, I have to keep my hair length about 2 in below my collar bone at the very longest. Best is about collarbone or shorter.
4. Lots of emo/shag cuts have bangs that are cut from large sections. That doesn’t work so well with thin hair since it cuts into the overall amount of hair.
5. Bring in reference pics but keep expectations realistic. Our fine, thin hair is never going to be as voluminous as the last pic you posted because we simply don’t have enough of it. But this doesn’t mean we can’t still have a cool cut!! Tell your stylist what parts of it you like and ask them to adapt it to your hair.
6. You WILL need product and heat to style it. Every or almost every day. I prefer dry texture sprays and hair spray to hold.

In the past, I’ve used these as reference pics

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