My hair is very fine and never used to take a curl (age has added waves to my hair).  I found a couple of "tricks" to try to get more body and lift:

1.  At night, put your hair into a bun on the top of your head.  When you take it down in the morning, try to not comb/brush through the hair close to your scalp.  Comb/brush just the ends of your hair.  This should give you some curl from the bun and lift from having your hair in the opposite direction all night.

2.  For curls/waves, try doing rag or sock curlers with your hair damp.  There are directions for these elsewhere on this board.

3.  Using a bit of styling gel or aloe vera gel on your hair before rolling/curling it will help it to hold the curls/waves better.  Just try to avoid gels with a lot of alcohol as that will dry your hair.

As for the feathered style, I never found it looked right with my fine hair.  Maybe if you have a lot of hair that is fine it would work better, but I found my hair was just limp and all different lengths (making it even harder to do anything with it).

Hope this helps a bit.

That is a nice style if your hair will hold the curl.  It looks like it was cut to "frame" the face.  I like that better than the layers all around (very difficult to maintain and grow out).

What is your long term objective with your hair?  Are you wanting to grow it longer or keep it at the current length?  Do you have bangs currently, or is your hair all one length?  Is it blunt cut or rounded/V-shaped?

Have you tried different ways of putting your hair up?  Braids, buns, twists?

Oh yeah, it is round-cut in the back - think horseshoe shape.  Currently it is layered. Have tried braids, buns - love putting my hair up  but want the flexibility of having it down without it being in the way.