QuoteReplyTopic: Help with going short? Posted: July 05 2009 at 8:49pm
So, I'm moving away from my home town soon and I have really love hair(well, maybe not really long...but around mid-back). I've been thinking of cutting my hair for some time, and I think now would be perfect.
This is what I was initially thinking
but decided why not go shorter?
I then decided this is nice too but I'm not really sure.
So, I'd like any suggestions for hairstyles. I'm not scared of clippers...well, I am but I think I'd be ok with it, just nothing super short.
I'll post pics when I get it done, but I really have nothing I'm wowed by and actually want my hair to look like.
Thank you so much, anything would be appreciated =]
loveshorthair
Members Profile
Send Private Message
Find Members Posts
Add to Buddy List
Super Elite Member
Joined: August 09 2001
Status: Offline
Points: 3965
A pic of you would help everyone a lot. My wife has the first pic (though not as much bang ) currently. I would rate it as average...looks ok some of the time. I would personally love for her to go with the second pic - I just think it looks more like a style.
HAWG
Members Profile
Send Private Message
Find Members Posts
Add to Buddy List
Lifetime Member
Joined: April 30 2001
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 6401
I have to agree that the first style is just "so so". Have you considered the short angled bob that Victoria Beckham had? I wore my hair similar to that for over 4 years. I got compliments all the time. Strangers would come up to me a store to tell me how nice my hair looked. Also, it was super easy to care for.
The length vaired sometimes the front part was just below the bottom of my nose. Other times, just above my chin. An important difference from VB's style was that I had the back stacked and the nape tapered very close or (in the summertime) buzzed. I had the top very light blonde and left the nape my natural dark blonde (probably could have gone darker on the nape). If you need pictures, just search on "short angled bob" in Google images. I'd share a couple of pictures, but don't know how to do that.
I might still have that style except my stylist got tired of cutting hair and decided to "retire" and teach self-defence for women. (Go figure). I had an unfortunate misunderstanding with her successor. I guess I had gotten into a rut and that defnitely got me out of it! I found a new stylist that I trust. I muddled through a series of styles until I found my current one (really short). I'm getting compliments again! Each time I get my hair cut it gets a little shorter. Sometimes it's my idea, sometimes it's my stylist's. My husband has predicted that I am going to end up with "European short" hair. I think that he is probably right. By next summer, I'll probably have a super short pixie, a butch, brushcut or some other extreme style. I know that I won't keep it that way very long, but it will be fun for awhile.
I wouldn't recommend that you go from your current lenght to as short as I currently have. It would be too big of a change.
HAWG
Members Profile
Send Private Message
Find Members Posts
Add to Buddy List
Lifetime Member
Joined: April 30 2001
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 6401
Mine is currently closer to the second pic. The first pic is not really a style. If I were wearing that length (first pic)...I probably would prefer a side angled fringe. The katie holmes pic you've got there...at that length...the only annoying thing I find with it is that if I go to bed and it's not perfectly dry, in the morning I wake up and find it's really boofy and it sticks up at the back at odd angles ... I wanted the stylist to cut mine shorter at the back as in the posh/pob style but I guess he doesn't really translate pics into reality well ...my previous stylist is on maternity/baby leave for a year so I'm left with trying out new hairstylist until I find one I like.
Although, having it at the shorter length has benefits- dries quicker, easier to brush, pin etc. When I had super long hair - it use to collapse every time I didn't pin it up with at least 5 bobby pins and more. Even barrettes couldn't hold my hair up properly all day without it leaning over and collapsing.
Anyway, I prefer the second pic over the first one. Rachel McAdams has looked better in different styles than the one you posted.
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
Topic Options
Post Options
Thanks(0)
) currently. I would rate it as average...looks ok some of the time. I would personally love for her to go with the second pic - I just think it looks more like a style.
Each time I get my hair cut it gets a little shorter. Sometimes it's my idea, sometimes it's my stylist's. My husband has predicted that I am going to end up with "European short" hair. I think that he is probably right. By next summer, I'll probably have a super short pixie, a butch, brushcut or some other extreme style. 
I know that I won't keep it that way very long, but it will be fun for awhile. 
... I wanted the stylist to cut mine shorter at the back as in the posh/pob style but I guess he doesn't really translate pics into reality well ...my previous stylist is on maternity/baby leave for a year so I'm left with trying out new hairstylist until I find one I like.
