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Very sad DD, new haircut please help!

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flashheartscanoe · 17/01/2016 13:15

My lovely DD had all her hair cut off yesterday. She's been thinking about it for ages so it wasn't a mad impulse.
She took a cute picture of an Anne Hathaway pixie cut with her. She also had some colour as she wanted to be blonder. She's very upset with how it looks and thinks is it is very middle aged and not pixie! I think she looks gorgeous but agree that the cut and colour isn't brilliant. It's so short though that we don't know how to change it...Are there any hairdressers out there who could advise? Can the cut be rescued without taking loads more off?? Please please help, I was so proud of her for being brave and going for a change and she's so upset.

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AyeAmarok · 17/01/2016 14:29

Another one who immediately thought of Claire Balding, who looks great IMO, but not like a cute quirky teenager.

Twisty bits back into kirby grips may help if she wants to grow it a bit for a better cut.

GloriaHotcakes · 17/01/2016 14:30

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ShhhBeQuiet · 17/01/2016 14:32

It depends on your DD face and 'vibe' but I think that hairstyles with short blunt fringes can be hard to pull off. They look stunning on glamerpus film stars and models but can look a bit harsh in real life. They are also a bugger to grow out.

The photo of the girl with the dark blue top and black hoop earrings that Bluebell posted is exactly what I was thinking. It's adorable and I've seen lots of teens with similar cuts.

Error404usernamenotfound · 17/01/2016 14:33

A lot of hairdressers are closed on Mondays, so if they are, as an emergency measure get some texturising hair putty, style the hair with a verey low side parting and brushed forwards (shhh and Bluebell's photos are good references), perhaps with a headscarf.

ShhhBeQuiet · 17/01/2016 14:33

Booboostwo · 17/01/2016 14:34

I had a similar disaster once. I went straight back and complained. A new hairdresser re-did the color and it was much better as a solid brown, the restyled it. A couple of months later I had it recut. Poor Dd!

Sweetdreamsforall · 17/01/2016 14:36

I'm no hairdresser but just wanted to send a message to your lovely dd. I chopped my long locks really short as a girl and I regretted it immediately - in fact I was in tears for a good week!! I looked truly awful in my mind. Looking back it wasn't as bad as I thought but that didn't matter! Please reassure her that a good stylist will be able to help and her hair WILL grow back, and much quicker than she thinks!

I think correcting the colour and using some styling products may be the way to go for now (can a good stylist teach her how to use these?) It may be a costly affair but definitely worth it at this vulnerable age.

Try biotin to speed up hair growth too, it really works. Fairly cheap, available at H&B.

In several months this will all be a bad dream I assure you :)

WoodleyPixie · 17/01/2016 14:36

Definitely wash and wax/texturiser make it more messy and choppy looking.
Highlights always look a bit scary in short hair when first done. Washing will help a lot.

MrsKoala · 17/01/2016 14:37

That picture is really tempting me to have my 'long hair forever' cut just like it. I've always fantasised about a lovely short do, but everyone tells me not to , i'm nearly 40 and starting to feel i have missed the boat now.

I think your dd was very brave OP.

Rinceoir · 17/01/2016 14:39

I had a disaster like that as a teenager. Got it chopped into a proper pixie cut which was actually lovely- I was slim with a tiny face then. Definitely an all over colour would be best. Hope she gets sorted.

pictish · 17/01/2016 14:41

Who on earth is responsible for the sadistic PE teacher "knees UP girls!" hairdo? What a terrible job they have made. Tell your dd not to stress too much, she can get that sorted but elsewhere fgs.

TubbyTabby · 17/01/2016 14:41

this happened to my friend. she hated it too.
she started growing it out the minute she left the hairdressers.
the colour is wrong. its like the streaks my 76 year old mum gets in her hair.
i think it would be better either more blond or darker.
i wouldn't cut any more off though. don't let anyone touch it with a scissors at all and then it should be a good bit longer by next xmas.

MadamCroquette · 17/01/2016 14:43

Yes the hair needs to come forward on top and be shaped and point-cut around the face - choppy 60s pixie will result - and a block colour (chestnut brown or reddish, depends on her colouring and colorist could advise).

I have a short pixie (which I love and does not look like an 80s nightmare) and I could almost make my hair look like your DDs if I parted it and shoved it to the sides like that - so I think it's partly just the way it's styled. It definitely can be rescued.

However I also think it has ben cut a bit short up near the top, but as a veteran of short hair I promise your DD just a week or two will improve that a lot.

Well done to her for taking the plunge, it's not her fault the hairdresser hadn't a clue, but I predict she still can and will have funky short hair.

lurkingabit · 17/01/2016 14:46

Poor DD. I agree with the pp that said ask for a refund. Absolutely. I wouldn't let the original hairdresser fix it. Go somewhere with a good edgy reputation and go with her. You need to be her advocate in this situation.

CozyLinusBlanket · 17/01/2016 14:48

As others said, it can definitely be fixed, lots of hair there still to work with. Maybe take her to the likes of Toni & Guy, with photos of what she actually wants. And she should go either much blonder, or proper brunette, to set it off properly. Maybe copy all the pics in this thread and get her to choose her favourite 2/3.

And I agree that this is an emergency day-off-school situation. It's too Claire Balding like (much as I love her) to risk her peers seeing it really!

Sallystyle · 17/01/2016 14:51

Bless her heart.

What was the hairdresser thinking? The cut marks, it's just insane that she is qualified.

But like everyone else said, it is easy fixable, she will end up with something great. Thankfully she left her with enough hair to be able to fix it

toopeoply · 17/01/2016 14:51

What bloody hairdressers did that to her. I'd be fuming. Your poor dd. Wash and texturised until you can get her to a more cutting edge salon. Whereabouts are you, maybe we can recommend one?

Sallystyle · 17/01/2016 14:52

Yes to day off school until it's fixed.

Lweji · 17/01/2016 14:55

As much as I think it looks awful,

A day off emergency?

Really?

What's next? A broken nail?

WipsGlitter · 17/01/2016 14:57

The colour is shocking.

She looks as if she had quite thick hair so at my not suit a pixie cut.

Ontheverge777 · 17/01/2016 15:00

It's not great is it. I would suggest a semi perm to blend the colours, caramel or a dark blonde/ light brown. Hair goes into shock as well so looks shorter after just being cut, so it will relax a bit in a week or so. As others here have said, needs some 'clay' product to soften the coarse look caused by the choppy cut and similarly choppy highlights, and perhaps she could try a pretty band around her head, like those bandana/ bow things I've seen some teens wearing..? Just until it's long enough to restyle.

newdocket · 17/01/2016 15:02

I'm usually hardline about days off but I agree that this warrants a day off. If she's already really upset going to school tomorrow without remedying it might be just too awful for her.

KoalaDownUnder · 17/01/2016 15:03

This is giving me flashbacks to my own spiral perm disaster of 1988.

Poor DD. But you can tell she has lovely skin and a nice shaped head, so she is going to look stunning when it's fixed.

MarchEliza · 17/01/2016 15:05

Oh poor thing. Another one here thought of Claire Balding straight away rather than Anne Hathaway I'm afraid.

It's not too short to take more off at the sides though (she has great, thick hair so she's lucky with that.)

I also think a much more daring colour (ice blonde perhaps) and getting rid of the horrible dye job will make a huge improvement without cutting a single hair.

Do you know what you're going to do?

ShhhBeQuiet · 17/01/2016 15:07

I'm really hardline about days off but I think I would let my DD have a day (morning?) off for this if it genuinely bothered her. It's the type of thing that some DD would be deeply upset by. It depends on the teen involved.

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