I have always had long or medium-length hair, except for a short time in 1996-97 when I was pregnant with my son, who is now almost 15. I have found myself having my longer hair pinned up or ponytailed, especially at work, so I decided to cut it. In the last year I have been experimenting with short bob cuts and liking the way they slimmed my face, so in recent weeks, after a few trims and some scanning the internet for cute short cuts, I have ended up with a pixie cut.
I was very glad I "softened" myself up for this by getting the shorter and shorter bobs in preparation, because this is SHORT. Boy-short. My hair seems to be only an inch long in places!! It is a bit startling still every time I look in the mirror, but I have to admit, I am LOVING it. It's quick to wash and dry, easy to style, will be simple to highlight at home, and I can even let it air dry and it still looks cute. I'm now out the door so much faster for work. It's cool and I'm loving the feel of the breeze on my neck. I still feel a bit masculine in t-shirts so I find myself consciously choosing to wear increasingly feminine scrub tops for work and frilly, fluttery Peter Pan collars and floral prints at other public times. I have decided that British actress Carey Mulligan is my style muse, with her own pixie cut and vintage, feminine style. I love the juxtaposition of the short, layered, pixie hair we both have against the really girly clothes. I love wearing tons of eye makeup now because short hair really brings attention to your face. I have never in my life received so many compliments on my hair, either! Todd likes it but he likes anything I like, he has never been fussy about my hairstyles.
Right now I don't see myself letting it grow very much. That may change as time goes on, and thank goodness hair grows if so....but for right now, I'm a Pixie Chick.
