Maybe start with trimming a few inches off, and then go for the shoulder length if you want more change. Safer to cut off too little hair than to cut off too much.
I like long hair, especially when straight. I think its current length is great. A little shorter (i.e. a few inches) wouldn't be bad, but I don't think it would be an appearance improvement (though it might be more manageable). Shoulder length would still be fine, though I like it better longer. *Don't* get a buzz-cut. Really short hair on a woman is just plain not attractive to me at all.
On second thought, shoulder length might work well for you, especially since you take care of it and keep it neatly brushed and trimmed and stuff. It would probably make you look younger and more "cute," which may or may not be what you want. I wouldn't do it if I were you, but then, I like looking older.
I still think your current look, or maybe a little bit shorter, is best.
And I can second DHR. I only went once, but he was very helpful and friendly, even though I ended up not liking what we ended up deciding to try that time - but I tried going back recently. Warning - book early. Walk-ins just don't work; they're busy.
Okay, maybe not a buzzcut, but how about something reasonably short, maybe chin-length or somesuch? I know this is sacrilege in the suspoid crowd, but I'm actually not a big fan of long hair.
I'm with navrins... I love long straight hair. The longer the better. Trimming it is only good because getting rid of split ends will make it grow longer; as such I'm perfectly in favor of a trim but vote against making it any shorter than necessary.
You should get your hair cut if you damn well want to, and in any style you damn well want to. I have a rule, myself: for every man that says "Oh nooooo, don't cut your hair!" when I'm completely sick of long hair, that's another half inch off. You can imagine what this does in the suspects crowd. Once I ended up with the Boy Cut - check it out. (This was actually a bad hair day. It usually looked really good and was really easy, as long as I got a haircut every month.) I've also had great luck with a chin-length bob when the mood struck.
Naturally, I am far too lazy to get a haircut every month, and that's how I end up with hair past my tits, like now. When I do get it cut, I go to a place on Newbury which does a flabberghastingly good job (even if my directive is to keep the length), but costs in the $50 range.
Yours is a bit straighter than mine, so I'm not sure whether a similar cut would do for you what is does for me. I have it tapered in front by adding some layers around the face (shortest layer just above chin length), and then the back is rounded (not chopped straight across which I think looks awful) and the lower 3-4 inches are layered also. This gives me a lot of body with my natural wave, and gives me the option to fluff it out or turn it under, into a really elegant style, if I want to blowdry it using a big round brush.
Overall, I'd think a rounder face like yours would do well with shoulder-length (not chin) or longer, in general. This also keeps it long enough to ponytail in the heat. Shaping is always a good thing, though.
Now this is a comment I can get into :-) Kriss comes through with the goods, as usual.
It's not at all that I'm sick of it long... but I'm starting to think it's getting just a tad overgrown, and though I have a pretty good idea of what to adjust, I was curious for aesthetic feedback.
I usually end up at McHaircuts GreatCuts all the time, but once every few years I spring for someone truly competent, and that's about where I'm getting to with this discussion. I'd love to know where you take yours.
Of course she should cut it if and how she wants to - but she asked for opinions.
For longish straight hair, a straight-across cut is very attractive (to me, anyway). For curly hair, that wouldn't work at all.
You definitely want to be either long enough to ponytail, or short enough not to need to. The middle ground is damned annoying, and I'm very glad I'm mostly through it. (It's one reason I'm not cutting it - I don't want to go through it again next time I want it long.)
Though, come to think of it, you never do ponytail it except when you're working with power tools, so I guess either your hair is calmer than mine or you aren't bothered by it.
Sing it, sister! Though I count women as well as men.
I cut down a piece at a time, just to see what it'd be like. My mixed blessing of super-thick hair that refuses to just hang down and therefore continues to point outward until it's a few inches long has led to my most recent super-short cut. I often wish I had hair that was just straight and (relatively) fine, since it works at basically at pretty much any length.
The problem with "do what you want to advice" is that sometimes you're not sure what you want. Otherwise I agree with Kriss completely. My hair is going to be cut to the bare minimum length to stay up in a ponytail as soon as 1) I overcome inertia and 2) I get all the knots out.
Good luck figuring it out, and remember, whatever you do, it will grow back. Eight years ago, I was sporting a buzzcut.
My comments are going to be completely unhelpful. My basic attitude on women's haircuts is that they're all good. This isn't to say that I have no standards. Rather, I have found, at various times, haircuts of all lengths from buzzcut to butt-length strikingly attractive. (This is in contrast to men's haircuts, on which my attitude runs from oblivious to indifferent.)
In your particular case, the entire range of lengths I've seen, from shoulder length to "breast length" (I would tend to describe it in terms of the bottom of your shoulder blades, but if that's how you want to think of it, I'll play along.), has worked for me. For that matter, pictures of you with permed hair are also very cute. Your hair is what I notice first in many of your LJ pics.
I have to admit that I'm finding the idea of you with significantly shorter hair to be a little startling, but I think that's just a reaction to the thought of a change rather than thinking that it would be unattractive. I think I'm going to have to give some more thought to what sort of look would be good for you with shorter hair, but I think experimentation is good. One of the features of hair is that changes are impermanent, so there's nothing to lose by trying something new.
Well, if I had hair the colour and texture of yours, I wouldn't cut any of it, but that's just because I'm envious. :)
I do remember you with shorter and (I think) curlier hair, which was very becoming. I also think it looked nice when you pinned it up for Princess Ida--the style made your cheekbones stand out.
And, what everyone else says--if you don't like it it will grow out!!
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Maybe start with trimming a few inches off, and then go for the shoulder length if you want more change. Safer to cut off too little hair than to cut off too much.
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I still think your current look, or maybe a little bit shorter, is best.
And I can second DHR. I only went once, but he was very helpful and friendly, even though I ended up not liking what we ended up deciding to try that time - but I tried going back recently. Warning - book early. Walk-ins just don't work; they're busy.
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mm, long straight hair
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Naturally, I am far too lazy to get a haircut every month, and that's how I end up with hair past my tits, like now. When I do get it cut, I go to a place on Newbury which does a flabberghastingly good job (even if my directive is to keep the length), but costs in the $50 range.
Yours is a bit straighter than mine, so I'm not sure whether a similar cut would do for you what is does for me. I have it tapered in front by adding some layers around the face (shortest layer just above chin length), and then the back is rounded (not chopped straight across which I think looks awful) and the lower 3-4 inches are layered also. This gives me a lot of body with my natural wave, and gives me the option to fluff it out or turn it under, into a really elegant style, if I want to blowdry it using a big round brush.
Overall, I'd think a rounder face like yours would do well with shoulder-length (not chin) or longer, in general. This also keeps it long enough to ponytail in the heat. Shaping is always a good thing, though.
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It's not at all that I'm sick of it long... but I'm starting to think it's getting just a tad overgrown, and though I have a pretty good idea of what to adjust, I was curious for aesthetic feedback.
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McHaircutsGreatCuts all the time, but once every few years I spring for someone truly competent, and that's about where I'm getting to with this discussion. I'd love to know where you take yours.no subject
For longish straight hair, a straight-across cut is very attractive (to me, anyway). For curly hair, that wouldn't work at all.
You definitely want to be either long enough to ponytail, or short enough not to need to. The middle ground is damned annoying, and I'm very glad I'm mostly through it. (It's one reason I'm not cutting it - I don't want to go through it again next time I want it long.)
Though, come to think of it, you never do ponytail it except when you're working with power tools, so I guess either your hair is calmer than mine or you aren't bothered by it.
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I cut down a piece at a time, just to see what it'd be like. My mixed blessing of super-thick hair that refuses to just hang down and therefore continues to point outward until it's a few inches long has led to my most recent super-short cut. I often wish I had hair that was just straight and (relatively) fine, since it works at basically at pretty much any length.
To C: Hey, play. It'll grow back. :)
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Good luck figuring it out, and remember, whatever you do, it will grow back. Eight years ago, I was sporting a buzzcut.
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(Anonymous) 2003-07-25 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)My comments are going to be completely unhelpful. My basic attitude on women's haircuts is that they're all good. This isn't to say that I have no standards. Rather, I have found, at various times, haircuts of all lengths from buzzcut to butt-length strikingly attractive. (This is in contrast to men's haircuts, on which my attitude runs from oblivious to indifferent.)
In your particular case, the entire range of lengths I've seen, from shoulder length to "breast length" (I would tend to describe it in terms of the bottom of your shoulder blades, but if that's how you want to think of it, I'll play along.), has worked for me. For that matter, pictures of you with permed hair are also very cute. Your hair is what I notice first in many of your LJ pics.
I have to admit that I'm finding the idea of you with significantly shorter hair to be a little startling, but I think that's just a reaction to the thought of a change rather than thinking that it would be unattractive. I think I'm going to have to give some more thought to what sort of look would be good for you with shorter hair, but I think experimentation is good. One of the features of hair is that changes are impermanent, so there's nothing to lose by trying something new.
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Well, y'know... when I look at it in the mirror, I'm usually looking at my front :-)
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I do remember you with shorter and (I think) curlier hair, which was very becoming. I also think it looked nice when you pinned it up for Princess Ida--the style made your cheekbones stand out.
And, what everyone else says--if you don't like it it will grow out!!