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What A Pixie Cut Can Change

Cutting my hair was a liberating feeling and with that came a new lifestyle to experience.

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What A Pixie Cut Can Change
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Going "bold" with a short haircut definitely calls for some new occurrences. In just a few ways an altered style can shift the look and feel of the world around you and your routine as well. A pixie cut can change your whole day for the better. Acceptance is key.

1. Waking up and forgetting you have short hair

In a foggy haze you wake up, expecting the warmth of hair on your neck and cheeks, only to find your ears bare to the world around you. There's a shock in those quick first seconds of the day that can leave you almost disoriented. With sleep comes forgetting about chopping off a couple inches and the newfound appreciation when you look in the mirror (minus the bedhead that usually comes from a pixie as well).

2. Showering

Admit it, short hair is just way easier to deal with when washing. A two-in-one shampoo that cleans and gets the job done? Why not. Want to deep condition it for less time than longer locks could? Sure! Maybe it's even short enough to skip drying with any heat products — it's just that good.

3. Cold ears

This one is not as convenient. With longer hair, the ears are covered and kept relatively toasty. Once it's cropped, however, it feels as if your ears and neck have been touched by icicles or the cold hands of Jack Frost himself. Hats are essential for winter weather and why not all year round as well. Beanies are a fashionable choice and are the key to making sure you don't get frostbite. Keeps the goosebumps away.

4. Summer Heat

Contrasting the chill of your ears, it's so much easier to rock a shorter hairstyle once the temperature is reaching unfathomable heights. Sure there're braids and buns for longer styles, but that comes with pesky fly-aways and a sweaty neck. Forget the feeling of a straggly piece of hair clinging to your neck in a sodden heap! Instead, it's just freedom and the breeze over your skin.

5. Comments

This comes with positive and negative comments. You'll get the usual, "why did you do that?" and "good thing it'll grow back," or my personal favorite, "does this mean you're a lesbian now?" (because those are surely correlating things). Along with those, nonetheless, you'll receive some lovely comments from women who have always wanted to do an out there style and see you as an inspiration.

Hair is, in its own all encompassing manner, a sign of a person's identity. With buzzing it, cropping it, or letting it grow out is the ability to be your own person with control of yourself. Your personality and lifestyle should be accommodated by your comfort level, not by the commands of someone else.

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