I have always wanted short hair. Most of my friends in L.A. only know me with short hair, actually. But, when I was a teenager, my hair was past my butt and it was constantly sat on it (not only by myself--cringe) and got it caught in car doors (in eighth grade, kids threw those seeds covered in burrs in my hair). I suffered it all because I thought it was cool to have Princess Leia length hair. But I discovered that it really was not.
I'm going to be totally honest. I first really loved short hair on Meg Ryan.
See, look how cute!
Meg Ryan, circa Addicted to Love
Meg Ryan, circa French Kiss/City of Angels
I dreamed of having hair this short, but my mom refused to cut my hair. When I was seventeen, I finally just put my hair in a ponytail and took some scissors and cut about two feet of hair off my head and took it to my shoulders. My mom cried. And I think she still has my ponytail. Which is a little creepy.
I thought the only way a short hair cut looked good, though, was on blondes, and I wasn't that committed. So I never really pursued it.
This January, though, I went the shortest I had ever gone, where the back was a little shorter than the front, and basically the whole back of my neck was exposed to my hairline. My haircut was cool, but unfortunately it was not a cool a-symmetrical Vidal Sassoon-type style.
The reason I mention hair is: I am leaving. For a year. And I'm thinking about going pixie.
While I'm pretty determined to never let a love interest limit my life choices, I've always been kind of scared to go pixie since I'm married and boys tend to like long hair. B has gotten used to my short hair and he likes it, but I know if he had the choice, he'd keep me long. I feel as though I've compromised quite fairly for a while with the short hair.
I'm going to be gone a year, so if I want to go pixie, now's the time right? I realize I'm still going to see B--but he won't have to look at it every day, which makes me brave.
And I have been falling in love with some of the pixies I've been looking at:
But I'm starting to wonder if only really beautiful women can rock that out? I mean, I am so not Alyssa Milano, Michelle Williams, Selma Blair, Natalie Portman, Elisha Cuthbert or Holly from Make Me A Supermodel.
I need to make my decision relatively soon. I want to get my hair cut this weekend, or maybe next Friday at the latest. I've been thinking about this haircut for several years, so it's not a hasty decision. I have a stylist that I've been going to for a year and a half that I really trust.
So what do you think? Could I pull off the pixie?
Or should I stick with something longer, but cool like what Christina Ricci has going on. (I really like the top one.) Plus, I think she and I have a similar face shape (kind of wider at the cheeks and more pointed chin), so it's easier for me to imagine myself with this kind of hair. Plus, it's not that different than what I have now.
I don't know... I need input. Especially from people who know me, ya know, in real life.
To be quite blatant: I don't really care about your personal taste. "Girls with boy hair suck!" or "I wouldn't want short hair myself," are the kinds of comments that are not useful to me. "Your face is not pretty enough to carry a pixie haircut" is the kind of comment that would be useful. Harsh. But useful.
I can deal with harsh.
Labels: christina ricci, hair cut, hair style, meg ryan, pixie, real life
charlie said..."but unfortunately it was not a cool a-symmetrical Vidal Sassoon-type style."
I don't think you're allowed to say this in a post about pixie cuts without then referencing "Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby."
Sorry. It's the rules.
(And I would love a pixie on you. Your facial structure is actually not 100% unlike Holly from Make me a Supermodel.)
said...You are sweet. :)
You are right, though. But now every time I hear or say Mia Farrow in Rosemary’s Baby, I think of Cassandra from Cycle 5 and how much she cried and I start to get simultaneously annoyed and giggly and I lose my train of thought.
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What was I saying? Oh yeah... But thinking about Cassandra, I actually wonder if it’s more about confidence than beauty. I think you really have to want this haircut and confidence has to back that up. And maybe I’m not particularly pretty--seriously, this is not a fishing for compliments thing, it's just the way it is. I've seen pictures of my mom and dad growing up and they were these beautiful creatures and I'm just kind of, ya know, whatever--but I am sure that I’d have the confidence because it is something I've been wanting for years.
said...I think a pixie cut would look good on you. I say go for it. If we can't experiment with our look now, when can we?
said...P.S. I think you're underestimating how sexy a short haircut can be.
P.P.S. My mom did the same thing when I first cut my hair. ;)
said...Ha! I wonder if all moms are like that. How old were you when you got your first haircut that wasn't by one of your parents? I was 18.
I like the idea and freedom of experimentation, especially since we're young and we're not professors yet, so it's not like we're getting pigeonholed yet. But one of the things that keeps ringing through my head is Susan (yes, our Susan), whenever she sees me, says she doesn't recognize me because I'm always changing my hair. She's never said it as though it was a bad thing, so there's no disdain in her voice, per se, but it never seems like it's a good thing. (Which is weird because I saw her like four times this semester and I only had one haircut this year, so I wasn't quite sure how to interpret it.)
said...I don't think you need to worry about people not recognizing you. Yes, if you were asking about plastic surgery, I'd say that people might not recognize you, but it's just hair. Do something fun with it. If you don't like it, it will always grow back.
That's my two cents. :)
P.S. I believe I was 17 or 18 when I had my first professional haircut too. We're so alike!
said...P.P.S. Ever thought about dying your hair? I haven't done it myself, but I'm curious to hear if you've considered it. A cool color might be fun to try as well, or if you decide not to go the pixie route.
said...I think the shape of your face will work well with that haircut. Even if it doesn't, what's the worst that could happen? You have a bad haircut for a few months? And whether you were fishing for compliments or not, a beauty requirement is not something you need to concern yourself with.
said...My Mike! I haven't stalked to you ages! I miss you! (See e-mail I just sent.)
As for the haircut: I am going to do it. My appointment is on Wednesday. The way I figure it: Hair grows. Mike and Nata are right.
If I don't like the haircut, then I'll be one of those hat women.
said...Your public wants pictures of your new 'do! PICTURES! PICTURES! PICTURES!
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