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How 'edgy' a pixie cut can I get away with?

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PacificDogwod · 15/06/2016 21:06

Honest opinions, please, suitable for RL Grin

I am 50.
Have mid-brown (hennaed) hair.
Some wave/frizz Hmm
I live and work in semi-rural suburbia.

I have finally come off the fence made an appointment to have my mid-back length hair cut to a pixie - the change in length does not particularly phase me, I've done it several times in my lifetime. It's only hair Grin

Here's my question: I quite fancy something really very short sides and back (maybe a gentle bit of undercut?) with a longer top. Am quite happy to be a bit edgy but not ludicrously so. I wear no make-up day to day, I have no facial piercings and no tattoos and work in a job in which I really don't want to scare the horses. Or the neighbours.
So all the many lovely mohican pixies I have wasted hours and hours on looked at online are really not an option.

So, am I having some kind of hair related mid-life crisis? Am I nuts?
Should i just embrace my inner Deirdre and settle for Middle-Aged Hair??

Help!

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autisticrat · 03/11/2016 21:26

Ach, got caught out by the old thread thing too Grin

Oh well. Got to show off my hair!

Statelychangers · 04/11/2016 09:49

autisticrat I love your hair! Mine is too bloody wavy to quiff. Sad

autisticrat · 04/11/2016 11:20
Grin
MayuSwang · 31/01/2017 22:40

I like the first one very much. I always was afraid of pixie haircuts because it is too young as for me. But recently I read an articles where I saw really cute pixie cuts: thehairstyledaily.com/short-pixie-cuts/. Maybe some of them would look perfect just for you. What do you think? My daughter says I can do whatever I want and still look "young and beautiful".

Pixilicious · 31/01/2017 23:20

Go for the one you like best. I'm 44 and work in a very professional job and I'm taking this picture to the hairdresser with me on Thursday. If only they could make my fa like her's too...
pin.it/TWfw8pG

dinosam · 25/05/2019 12:53

Go for the one you like best. I'm 44 and work in a very professional job and I'm taking this picture to the hairdresser with me on Thursday. If only they could make my fa like her's too...

www.2hairstyle.com/2019/02/hairstyles-for-round-faces.html

Xxalisoncxx · 25/05/2019 17:06

All these pixie cuts are gorgeous, so wish I had the face to pull off a pixie cut :(

Xxalisoncxx · 25/05/2019 17:09

Zombie thread, just realized...’

MrsZola · 25/05/2019 21:53

I'm 56 and cut my own hair - it looks like Coco's.
I think age doesn't matter - do what you want and what makes you confident and happy.

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