i love style needs to get their hair did

answer: awesome!

Heh, that's the goal but can't envisage the actual cut. Time to go buy a bunch of hair magazines.

just gis it -- don't buy anything!

are you thinking about something like this or shorter in the back?!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SMkbXHIwE0k/TmR8mYpTt6I/AAAAAAAAF6M/x0qX4uJcH9s/s640/short+hair+styles+pictures.jpg

That might work! - maybe with shorter bangs over the forehead, but still longer at the sides of the face? I'm not sure about the back - my instinct is shorter. I wasn't sure what on earth to gis - what did you use?

My advice as a person who has done allllll lengths: go for longer in the back than you think; it is easy to go shorter, but you might be startled enough to be glad you were conservative in the chopping.

Two haircuts I once had (first one not really a haircut... both were circa ten years ago)

Bet this image hosting doesn't work, I have a kind of blind spot for succeeding in getting pics up but here goes:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26827377/RuthSalutev05-sm.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26827377/short.pict

ok, just the one then.

A great one! I love that very much on you!

That is a top notch look!! Your face is great.

That Sienna Miller pic is what I brought to my hairdresser last time and pretty much the cut I have now.

Lljub you have such a beautiful and interesting face! You look a bit like rashida jones

i was gonna say that enbb's haircut kinda fits the bill!

as far as gis, i didn't try very hard at all and i googled face framing short haircut i think?

one thing to consider -- do you have a lot of hair at the crown/in the front? is the thickness of your hair concentrated there? if so, this is likely to turn out well.

however, if your hair is thicker in the back and kinda sparse toward the crown/front (like mine), it will be difficult to achieve the look you want regardless of how much of a miracle worker your stylist is. not impossible, but difficult and will require styling. that may or may not be a problem. just something to consider.

thanks everyone! I'm not good at predicting what will suit my face. Interesting about the R Jones comparison - I think I have a wide mouth like her - I wish I had her jawline!

I don't seem to have hair concentrated in any one particular part of my head, but overall it's pretty thin and gives up and breaks easily, which is another good reason to go short.

I guess the one I posted of me isn't a million miles from the Sienna one, maybe fluffier? ENBB - what I like about the Sienna one on you is the lovely volume - I do not have this! (although it probably wouldn't suit me if I did, because jawline, I think). Going to try to post the shorter one now but it's a pict not a jpeg, dammit

gah! can't do it. oh well, imagine that original one only a lot shorter. Anyway, I wonder if I can screw up the courage before I go to FFM's hairdresser on 7th Dec...

here we go again
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26827377/short.jpg

wow gorgeous

(bear in mind my face now a lot saggier)

i will do no such thing :)

it is not! that is a adorable style btw.

also, and I know this might sound silly, but I am 10lb heavier and... short hair might now make my head look small in proportion to my body?... I know that sounds odd...

a bit of volume, bangs etc will help with that if yr self conscious.

idk i kind of find that stuff a little bit designed to make large women aspire to afros or sister-wife hair. my feeling is fuck that noise: it looks good if you *feel* good

you have a great face for short hair!

ok I will screw up my courage!

you have a lovely face.

Thank you!

I totally get the bigger body-->bigger hair thing. Primary reason why I went long; was starting to look like a pinhead I think.

But I am kind of a giant to begin with, whereas you are petite, so go for short for sure!!!

Yeah I am a giant too and sort of worry about the same sometimes but I don't think it's actually that much of an issue for most people. Plus, I feel super weird with hair past my chin.

As a fat woman who has had very short hair (and who will probably have very short hair again when summer rolls around (I'm tired of long hair but promised myself I'd give it until next summer just for fun)), it's more about the shape of your face than the size of your head/body. Por ejemplo - http://www.nearsightedowl.com/2012/09/a-fat-woman-and-pixie-haircut.html

(that is probably the reference picture I will take to my stylist when the long hair gets the chop. Alas while my job seems tolerant of nail art, I'm not sure they'd be too into hot pink hair.)

i had this weird urge to cut my hair short and dye it blue like 2 days ago, so i feel you. that woman is a vision.
not sure i'm ready for that, but this cherie currie/70s man haircut i've got needs some help

ljub -- your face is wonderful. don't give that haircut a second thought! do it. i say this as someone who has similar concerns about her head.

Yeah R, having met you in person I say go for it. It'll look great. :)

The one thing I dislike about short hair is the upkeep. I just got off the phone booking an apt for Thursday because I need a trim already. I guess I just have tons of hair and it grows pretty fast but this whole thing is looking a lot bushier than I'd like right now.

I think you will look fabulous with short hair, R! Miranda loves a good short cut too. One thing I would caution is she sometimes can go a touch shorter than I ask, so if you show her a picture say "a little longer than this" if you're nervous :)

Thanks for the heads up! I might still chicken out but for some reason yesterday I was totally *in the mood for chaaaaange*

nah, go for it! Hair grows back, right?

Eventually (small voice).

short hair, yes yes, do it, ljub! and even more so since you've found a stylist who can do short hair.

i prefer my hair short because it is thick and wavy but in a way that makes long hair a bit of a chore to maintain. i've done really short pixie cuts before, when i was in my 20s, but i don't think they're quite me, plus i have cowlicks going on in the back, so my hair when super short doesn't stay down back there but sticks out and needs more product than i'm willing to invest in, lol... the way around that with my current short haircut, so my hairdresser has figured out, is to shave a couple of inches back there and on the sides and let hair fall over that.

i am in serious need of a haircut right now...

i am seriously tempted to go fully asymmetrical and have one side and the back shaved and leave the top and other side long and wavy
but it is getting pretty cold out for that! i don't know if i'm into doubling up on the toques just for the sake of my hair fashion...

My hair is always super fluffy and poofy when it's short, but I just don't wash it very often and let my own filth be my styling product.

I am also thinking of cutting my hair pretty short. I agree that longer hair often goes better with being tall, but when mine is longer it's totally flat and doesn't really suit my face! Somewhat concerned about looking like a boy though.

ljub, you fool, you are radiant and the amount of gum in your smile is perfect and lovable!! How is it possible to be smoldering-hot and also a cute little chipmunk with that grin? But you are.

Wow, thanks! I seriously feel like a baggy crone at the moment so maybe I can recapture the chipmunk of yesteryear with a shorter do! Somewhere or other up on this thing rrrobyn said something about *feeling* pretty - that's what I need right now. Also, carl otm re face shape being the key thing.

For the first time, since I was a kid, I have actual BANGS. Not long side swept faux bangs, but actual blunt cut bangs.

It feels very weird and I'm not sure its really working for my face

bit of backcombing and some mousse will fix it right up

http://beanbeachgirl.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/early-80s-1984.jpg

:D

maybe you just need a little time to get used to it. it's a big change, can take a while to adjust to how you look.

I have had half-arsed bangs for ages now and I keep improving them by making them nearer and nearer to actual bangs so maybe I should just go the whole hog....

Alright let's do this. I already showed the Sienna pics. Waiting for my turn.

Ooh you have a coveted Saturday slot, does that mean you got a Glory Hole doughnut? Heh.

I was offered one! I'm trying to go paleo-ish but I just ate a spanokopita so erm...

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