Helpful Folly: how pixie cut changed my life

Even if getting a pixie cut was just a passing thought in your mind, even if you don’t think you’re brave enough, even if your friends tell you that you wont look good and especially if you are told that you don’t have the right face shape.

I was there too, approximately a year ago. Googling pixie cuts checking every blogger that had one (Especially the inspiring post by Stefanie Dmas (Check it out!) and was constantly discouraged. I looked nothing like there girls with pixie cuts, my face shape was different, my style wasn’t as girly (boy did that change!) and my friends weren’t too excited about this big change. When I told my mom about wanting to get a pixie cut, even she nervously suggested a bob instead.

To be honest, I was terrified. There was only one other girl with short hair in my school and so many questions were running in my mind. What is my head was lopsided or if I looked like a guy? What about my dream of having long hair the went past my back? What if it was a mistake and everybody disliked it?

I went though with it though, because I decided that looking the same as everyone else wasn’t for me.

I’m different, and I’ve never tried to be like anyone else. In middle school rocking rainbow knee socks and giant chunky headbands, or in freshman year dressing like a punk. Just that month ago I was contemplating dying my hair pink or shaving one side. I had no need to feel that I fit in. I really could care less about following trends (which in that time was a pony tail and wearing ankle socks with sports sandals). I wasn’t a Brand-Namer and I wasn’t a follower.

The truth was: I loved the attention that dressing uniquely gave me, and I loved everything that cutting your hair stood for. That long hair didn’t define me as woman

I defined myself as woman. Only me. Because what was underneath it there was somebody pretty cool.

I’m not saying that I don’t have hair envy some days when I see what cool things you can do with long hair but I absolutely don’t regret cutting my hair.

As soon as my hairdresser turned the chair around I saw a new me. I was barely recognizable. I could finally see my face. My eyes were big and I had a long neck and the pixie cut showed them off so much better.

The best part about it was probably everybody’s surprised looks the next day. I felt people looking. I was recognizable. People who didn’t even know me were smiling at me and complimenting my hair.

I’m not saying it was all positive. I could tell that my close friend still really wasn’t thrilled my decision, and not everybody has positive things to say about my new hair.

That didn’t get me down though and rightly so. I didn’t mind that my friend was honest and the benefits outweighed the negatives.

When you decide to take the plunge, don’t go to the salon unprepared. You should definitely start getting some pictures for your hairdresser, or at least start collecting pictures for inspiration and approximate length. For me I was mostly inspired by Carrie Mulligan

So bold! Emma Watson took a risk and it paid of beautifully!

So lovely! Carey Mulligan is my style guru.

As I got used to my pixie cut I discovered that I liked longer and more shaggy looking ones. Like so~

Whether you like or dislike twilight great hair is great hair -_-

Know your life will be changed. For the good of it. People with look. You will be unique, and you will be brave.

Don’t think “I wish I was brave enough”. Know that you are brave enough.

Please, if you are thinking about getting a pixie cut, I know you won’t regret it. Let haters hate. Do it to celebrate life. Do it to celebrate freedom. Do it for yourself. Inspire others. The freedom that you can gain from this is unexplainable. Go for it. Hair is just hair. I think you’re awesome and I know you can do it. Good luck and just remember: