I opted for a super bubbly, thick pixie cut when I was thirteen. Being that age and not having super supportive friends (welcome to junior high) made it hard AFTER the cut, but I was all for it. It's been a struggle these past few years with my self-esteem, but it was definitely worth it. Now that I've grown out of my self-conscious, I-have-to-be-a-photocopy-of-everyone-else phase, I love my hair. I've had it super razored and thin (Sami Gayle), rounded and full (Ginnifer Goodwin in Once Upon a Time), and just about everything in between. My hair stylist adores me for changing up my style every few months!
Fabienne Debarre of We Were Evergreen
Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams (again)
Emma Watson (I have yet to try her cut! People always tell me we look alike. I don't see it.)
Carey Mulligan just doing what Carey Mulligan does (aka being the most adorable person in the world).
If you think you can't pull off a super classy pixie, you are TOTALLY wrong. Emphasis on totally!!!!! Since having short hair, my eye has trained itself to see just the shape of peoples' faces, and almost every person I have ever seen could most definitely pull of a pixie. Just look at the various face shapes these women have! I'm sure you have similar facial features.
All right. Time for common misconceptions.
1. Pixie cuts are so low-maintenance! Yeah... sorry to break it to you, but they kind of aren't. You have to get it trimmed every four to six weeks so you don't wander into Mullet Land. Most of the time, you'll wake up looking like a chicken or a lion. But that's easily fixed by a quick shower and blowout.
2. I don't know if I could get used to it. Yeah, it's a big step, especially if you're like me and went from having waist-length hair to cutting off eleven inches. It did take a little bit of time to get used to it when I looked in the mirror every morning, but now my hair and I are best friends. I see my hair and I'm like "hey, hair, how's it going today? Good? Yeah, I know, because you're my hair."
Okay... anyways...
3. People will think I look weird. This is cliché, I know, but who cares what other people think? It's your hair. It's no one else's business but your own what you do with it. It took me a long time to accept the fact that I didn't care what people thought of my hair, but now that I have accepted that, I'm happier with myself.
Okay, I think three is a reasonable number.
So if you haven't already made a hair appointment whilst reading this post, do so now! I encourage you! But make sure you consult with the internet or your hair stylist for what cut will suit your face shape/accentuate your features best.
All the best!
Xoxo,
-R
