How pretty do you have to be to pull off a pixie cut?

[AdventureBe]

Short hair suits me (IMHO) but ATM I have a longish fringe and some body to it.

I'm thinking of going much shorter because the current do takes quite a bit of doing, can't take any moisture in the air without flopping and I think it's a bit dated/aging.

However, I'm an ordinary looking middle aged woman, rarely wear make-up and I have a larger than average nose!

[Enormouse]

joyce I'm using shitloads of hair grips to pin it down. I gave in and cropped it a few months ago but I'm persevering this time round.

I do agree with needing a good hairdresser that knows what they're doing with short hair.

[AnyFucker]

GoodOld that is the exact same haircut I have, same colour too (I don't look as good as Charlize though...)

[Rivercam]

Telephone - what's silicone free WRT haircare?

[iwantgin]

I love that pic of Charlize Theron.

I suppose my hair is that style but my colour isn't light enough.

Had it done recently but I think I might try an all over colour.

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

I like hats but find only a few styles suit me. I also have a v small head, so finding them to fit is a nightmare! When I do find one, I pretty much wear it to death.

This is my best find of the last few years.

[Plonkysaurus]

I had a pixie ish cut about five weeks ago. I went from hair down to my bra strap to an an assymetric crop and now I'm used to it I am getting rid of the assymetric bit. Thanks to this thread I know to be clear and state nothing spiky or pouffy (why do hairdressers think we all want this?)

I'm not particularly pretty or twiggy, usually about a size 12 but pregnant (and looking a bit knackered) so carrying more padding than I'd like. But I think I pull it off well, it's just very different from before.

[CarbeDiem]

For me prettiness doesn't come into it - I'm neither exceptionally pretty nor ugly and I have a pixie - well a bit longer as it needs a good cut at the moment. My nose isn't huge but certainly isn't small.
Good cheekbones and no saggy under chin/neck fat are what makes a pixie look good imo.

I tried my mums new wig on a few weeks ago and was horrified at how I looked with long hair again - I won't be growing mine back any time soon :)

[MyGastIsFlabbered]

Here are my before and after pics. Don't think I'm that pretty but short hair definitely suits me more than longer hair did.

[iwantgin]

This is mine. Not a v good picture - but gives a general idea of face shape.

My hair had been shoulder length for a few years - I was just fed up of it. If it wasn't tied up it was just 'there'.

Much easier now.

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

You all look lovely (and pretty!). :)

MyGast - your waist is tiny!

[MyGastIsFlabbered]

Thank you but I wish!

[Floisme]

This is me with Madonna ....
Ok just joking but my hair's a similar shape and colour to this. I'm not pretty but I do have a small face and short hair shows off my cheekbones.

[Gatekeeper]

Mygasisflabbered you look like a completely different person with a short crop...your eyes look huge and you look so pretty. A bit like Audrey Tautou

[Lioninthesun]

How about a short but feathered look, so you can roll brush it outwards?
Unless you bouff it up at the back and spend a while blow drying it there for volume I'd steer clear if you have a big nose.

There is no weight limit on it but I would avoid if you have a double chin too. Best bit about chin length hair is hiding those bad boys from sneaky sideways photos

[Lioninthesun]

[http://www.latest-hairstyles.com/bobs/chin-length.html] how about some of these rather than a pixie? Bit more versatile too. (Some are not so nice, but such is t'internet).

[Lioninthesun]

www.latest-hairstyles.com/bobs/bobbed-hairstyles.html
Sorry, meant to post this one and had link fail anyway!

[MerryMarigold]

Coco, love the dark brown on you, but maybe it's because you are smiling!

[Runningupthathill82]

Some lovely styles on that link, Lion, and less severe than the full pixie.

I agree that pixie cuts only really work on people with a defined bone structure - not very forgiving to double chins.

Someone like Frankie from the Saturdays pulls it off well because she's so elfin-like. But on others the same cut would look very matronly.

[AnyFucker]

Coco, you really suit the darker colour

much softer

[Gdydgkyk]

If you have a defined jaw line rather then a double chin, you can probably take a short hair cut.

[Gdydgkyk]

And a medium or small face too

[iwantgin]

Coco love the variety of colours. :)

Is your natural colour dark ? Mine is, but I fancy being a blonde! Currently sporting some blond highlights, but not enough imo.

[TelephoneIgnoringMachine]

RiverCam it means I'm not using hair products with silicone in them, any more. Pretty much cuts out all (affordable) hairspray, styling products, serums, and most shampoos & conditioners.

[MerryMarigold]

When I had a pixie cut, I didn't put anything on it maybe that's where I was going wrong