Mike

 

OK I'm gonna toss in my 2 cents here and don't take this personal. Consider this constructive criticism from a professional hairstylist. This style does absolutely nothing but detract from your appearance. Your bangs although wispy are too short for your face shape and make your face appear even longer than it actually is. It would look better if they were left a little longer to minimize the length of your face. The ideal shape you should strive for is oval, you want more around your face...kinda like the first picture you posted.

 

This is better look for you....

 

Again I'm only offerring you a professional's opinion of what I think would look best for your face shape so don't take it personally. As for people suggesting taking clippers and buzzing your neck halfway up well let's just say I don't think your face shape is appropriate for that type of extreme haircut.

 

Cheers

 

 

 

Claude, you are totally wrong on that! Her new haircut looks so much better on her! I think most "professionals" would disagree with what you just said.

 

As a Professional HairStylist I disagree....we can agree to disagree that's fine. If a professional stylist thinks that looks better for her face shape than her previous style they need to go back to cosmetology school and learn the fundamentals of hairstyling 101.

 

Cheers

 

 

To me her current style is kinda cute.  For me, it is a little wild - I think it would look better with a little more control (not too much).

 

For what it's worth, this particular haircut, in my humble opinion, does completely redefine her face.  She has such beautiful eyes!  But with the new, very short, spiky haircut, the very first thing I noticed wasn't the eyes and it wasn't the hair.  My attention was drawn immediately to the chin and the length of the face.

 

Ugh! What you are looking at or striving for is the complete sillhouette face & hair combined that creates the overall shape. If you were a HairStylist and paid any attention in school you would know this. As for the bangs in the face they can be shortened if that is what makes you think the style is juvenile. Anne hits the nail on the head when she describes what stands out to her in the picture a few posts above.

 

The goal is to emphasize the best features and minimize less attractive features to creating a perfect look for a client while striving to achieve an oval sillhouette.

 

I think some of you are just short hair enthusiasts who want every women to buzz their nape with a #2, taper, taper, taper, etc, etc, rinse & repeat.....you people have a hair fetish and are infactuated with the de-feminization of a women by cutting their hair short with clippers.

 

I'm not saying short hair can't look feminine however the right face shape is needed which is typically a round face shape otherwise the results might not be desireable.

Mike  

 

That pretty much sums up what you aren't comprehending!

 

Just like what you wrote above, certain styles look better with certain faces.  That's really all I read into Claude's post. 

 

I really don't think he was knocking all short hair on women at all.  But, with all due respect, so many of the posts on here don't really seem to give thought to a specific cut and face.  If the post involves short hair, then a lot of people just respond with an automated reply, without regard to how the cut looks on the face shape and body size.  (For instance, a  very heavy woman will often look unbalanced if her hair is cut very short)  It seems that as long as the hair is short, it's automatically sexy, beautiful, and the perfect hairstyle, no matter if the cut is flattering or not.  And then, and I find this a bit bizarre myself, there are always a few posts that want to "buzz her down" as Claude said.  That's what I think he means by defeminization.  It isn't an objection to clippers being used to create a certain style, but the predictable response of always having to use clippers just seems like someone has his mind made up before really even looking at the specific haircut.  Some seem to have an obsession with clippers and think they should be used on every single short haircut!

 

There appears to be little objectivity in the numerous replies.  If a forum is to give thoughtful opinions, and every opinion will nearly always say the same thing, no matter what the circomestances, then what is the purpose of the forum?

 

Edit:  this is weird!  I know how to spell the word "circomestances"  but the software always changes the spelling!  I understand why the letters appearing after "cir" might be bleeped out when those three letters are by themselves, but unfortunately, the edit looks silly in a perfectly G-rated word!

 

Also edited to say that I took so long formulating my response that I didn't see Claude's response when I wrote mine.

 

And I would like to point out that plently of people love long hair regardless of whether it actually flatters that person. Everyone has their own preferences so do not act like it is just people who appreciate short hair just because you may not agree.

 

Oh and I love the style, I have considered something similar myself but can never make up my mind! And the most important thing is that you like it!

Ragingquiet,

I say, have your hair, the way that YOU like to have it, not what other people say, on how you should have your hair!

And by the way, I love your new spikey do!

 

I agree very much and also believe the opposite is true:  it's good when people don't have the "short hair no matter what" bias. 

 

Dynamics of the forum are confusing because in some posts, someone argued that when a poster asks for opinions, those opinions aren't wrong but are welcomed.  However, in this thread, the opposite position seems to be taken, that no opinions, even when asked, should be given unless it supports exactly what the OP and everyone else wants.

 

With all due respect, I'm sensing a huge double standard here.

 

And of course, no matter what, the person wearing the hair makes the final decision!  However, it's very confusing to solicit opinions and then have other posters criticize those opinions if they say anything other than "all short hair is automatically beautiful, no matter what style on what face or shape."  Most replies are completely predictable.  It just seems a bit silly to have a forum about discussing short hair if people become agitated when the replies aren't what they wanted to hear.