Lifestyle contributor Lori Culwell talks beauty. She’ll entertain you with "the things we do for beauty” while offering inspiration on how to achieve a healthy lifestyle.
Have you noticed that Katie Holmes’ hair is getting shorter and shorter, seemingly by the month? With celebrity sites speculating that she’s trying to look more “mature,” in three short years Holmes has gone from long-haired Joey Potter on Dawson’s Creek to pixie-cut Broadway Star and Mrs. Tom Cruise. But—the real question is, what do you think of the hair? Honestly, I’m still on the fence about Holmes’ new ‘do. I mean, she looks great and always seems well put together no matter what, but in my opinion, I think she looked better with long hair!
The “celebrity pixie cut” is not a new thing—Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Mia Farrow, and Winona Ryder have all been making this look work for ages. But now it’s kind of resurfaced, with Selma Blair, Michelle Williams, and Victoria Beckham on the bandwagon. But—I wonder: This cut is so hard to grow out—how do they know it will look good? And more importantly what do you do if it doesn’t look good? I mean, sure—celebrities have a team of stylists who can essentially put all their hair back on with hair extensions if it doesn’t look good, but where does that leave the rest of us?
I tried short hair once—only once. I was in grade school and desperately wanted the “Dorothy Hamill” cut that was all the rage. It looked great on Dorothy Hamill, and I was all excited to experience the same perkiness.
What I didn’t bank on was the fact that my hair is straight—really straight. So straight that when cut like Dorothy Hamill’s, it laid flat to my head and made me look like a boy. As soon as the hairdresser was finished, I knew I’d made a terrible mistake, and have never looked back. I am just not one of those people that looks good with short hair, and I know it.
So—is it short hair by degrees? Katie Holmes did the medium length, then the bob, THEN the pixie cut. Anyone have any experience with going cold turkey with the pixie cut? Did you try the “virtual makeover” software first? Or, have you always been a short-haired person, like my friend H, who squirms when her hair reaches her neckline? Do tell! I am dying to know; since I have to live vicariously on this one, I would love to hear the story of someone who “cut it all off” and loves it!
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I went through chemo for breast cancer in 2000. I lost all my hair and was bald for a good 6 months. When my hair did grow back in my husbandl oved it very short. I kept it pixie short until this year. Finally, wanting a change I grew it to a chin length bob. My husband keeps saying "Cut it. I like it short."
I closed my eyes and jumped right in.
Here's the scenario.....I'm growing out my "natural" color for monetary reasons. I mean, what else can you do when your hair is medium/long, you color it auburn but in reality it's 75% grey. My natural color is DARK brown and I have very light skin so as the roots grow in it's like there's a neon sign above my head reading "YEP, she's late getting to the hair dresser".
What's a girl to do when you stop coloring your hair. How do you GRACEFULLY grow out your color without looking like a goof ball? Soooo, I figured ....let the roots get as long as possible then bite the bullet and get the Sharon Stone/pixie haircut and keep trimming off the artificial color.
Here's something I learned in a hurry...husbands DISPISE short hair. Well, mine does. Yeah....well....pay for my hair dresser every 6 weeks. ....as you are reading this you are probably saying, "color it yourself" or "use that root touch up stuff on yourself"...
My response to that is ....I thought of that. It's impossible to re-do your own roots effectively unless you have eleventy-hundred arms and mirrors. If you forgo the roots and color your whole head every time, you end up with over processed hair.
HENCE...THE PIXIE CUT!...did you ever notice how your hair grows exceptionally fast in between touch ups BUT agonizingly slow when you want it to grow out FAST!!!!
I tried a pixie cut one time and I'm with you, it looked awful on me. I too have very straight, fine and limp hair. That hair style just made my fine hair look even thinner. I do find that if I keep it a medium length, that it looks better than long. Long seems to weigh it down and again, it looks thin!
