Help me decide on hair colour and style!

Hey guys,
Newbie here looking for opinions. I've been thinking about changing my hair for a while. I had it long but cut it into a short pixie a few years ago and have started growing it back. It's now cut into a short (v. short!) bob in the hopes of it growing out equally.

I want opinions on whether it's better short or long. Hair is naturally red and curly, not blonde and straight :)

Short:







Long (excuse pics, they are about 3-4 years old!):






Other thing is the colour. I quite like it blonde, but I tried this style on a virtual hairstyler (procrastination of the highest order) last night, and quite liked it! What do you think? Leave it natural, colour it blonde, or do it this reddish colour?




Sorry for picture overload everybody! Any opinions or advice are greatly appreciated. Hope I posted this in the right place :)

I like all the straight pics better (long or short).  I like the reddish color.  Now for the hard question (long or short)....I just got a gut feeling that you would look the best with a very short red pixie (above the ears and short bangs).

I actually liked how your hair looked in the 5^th photo, I liked the sweeping bangs. In my opinion I think the longer hair looks better.

Thanks for all the replies everyone :) Lots of mixed answers! For now I've decided to colour it as per the bottom picture. I'm pretty nervous about it, even thinking of cancelling, but I think it's because I'm worried about the regrowth etc etc.

Also continuing to grow it for now, but I think I'll end up cutting it off again at some point, because as lovely as long hair is - I always just end up with it tied up, and it gets dry easily and falls out! :(

Any more thoughts are welcome :)