Long to short

willow500 why don't you do it gradually? A few extra inches off each time. Mine was long and thick and i went to just sitting on shoulders. I have curling tongs and straighteners and find the curls sitting on shoulders looks nice but ring the changes by going straight sometimes. I don't flaff around for hours, 10 or 15 minutes each week.
Btw ladies if anyone like me has thick, bushy, frizzy hair i have found the solution after decades! Coconut oil. Rub into hands, pat on carefully otherwise you will have clumps of oily hair, then run fingers through hair. Magic, it halves the volume.

I find when I have a haircut - it is fairly short - it is much better after I have washed it myself the following day. I don’t do any faffing -just blow dry it. You will gradually get to find the length which is the best for your hair - I have a kink when short and get up in the morning looking like a chicken - slightly longer and it is fine.

What a wonderful and courageous decision. I'm about to be shot down in flames here when I say I often find long hair somewhat ageing in mature ladies. Mine is short because of a combination of unmanageable and laziness also I don't have 'a way' with styling. Hopeless! I suppose the bottom line is that you can always grow it back if you are unhappy. I'm quietly confident that won't be the case. Enjoy. I'm thinking of you already and probably will do fleetingly all day. Good luck.

wot, my hair is just the same as yours - colour, length, etc. In fact, it was like looking at a picture of me!
I'm happy with mine, though. I clip it up in a 'beak' clip in warm weather. Wispy bits work their way out as the day goes on, and with my 68-year-old face, I don't suppose it makes me look pretty and delicate....but being 68 also means I don't mind!

Hazbeen it took me a ling time to get used to my short hair . I remember my next door neighbour coming in and trying to get it to sit right the day after I had it cut. After a few variations it has settled over the years and looks nice ( will never be perfect!) and is easy to manage. You'll get there. Try styling products. I tried to upload photo but cant!

I can’ stand faffing about my hair but like it to look good. Mine has been short for year but I alter the cut occasionally. Wash and blow dry alternative days and a little hair wax for texture. Takes about 10 - 15 mins max. Also went to natural colour about two years ago and very happy with the silvery grey that my hairdresser tells me lots of people are paying to have these days.

Good luck and have fun on holiday!

There is a charity called Princess Trust ( I think) that you can donate Hair to that is used to make wigs for children with cancer,

Hope you love your new cut!

Go for it, I never regretted it I went grey fairly young, had a bob which always looked nice, now I have gone shorter and love it.

Photo please. Mines just growing back after losing it all from chemotherapy. Its mostly white, and some say I should keep it cropped short

I always had mine long to hide my face which I think is ugly. It’s shorter now but I avoid mirrors like the plague. And photos

Wonder if there is a website that you can put a picture of yourself on and then change the hairstyle? Would take some of the weight of deciding. I've had long hair most of my life and once when I had it cut short I found it so difficult to deal with. My hair is dead straight and it looked like a fright most of the time. Keeping it long for now. And tied up most of the time!

I have long waist length hair and I find myself tired after washing and drying all that hair. I would like to have a shortish haircut. I have had long hair for decades I don't know how I would be about shorter hair.
A website that would show what we look like with a change of hair style would be great.

I have always had long hair and over the years have thought about shorter cuts but I am hopeless with drying hair into any sort of defined style (I have tried on DD).
At the moment it is waist length and is either plated or put up in a bull dog clip for the warm weather.
Every 6mths I have 2in" trimmed off and every couple of months have my fringe trimmed.

Christal, beautiful dress! When I had my hair short, I had to faff around with tongs, mousse etc. Now I just scrape it back into a pony tail. I just can't be bothered. Also. I don't like going to the hairdressers, sitting there, having to look at myself in there mirror, all the while wondering what havocwad being done to my hair!

Vicky Pollarx the second. Yeah but, no but, yeah but.

Hello,
The good thing about hair is that (so long as we are well) it will regrow if we don’t like it or fancy a change.
I had my long hair cut quite short - well above shoulder length, about 2 years ago when I wanted to focus on “me” - but sadly found it did need quite a lot more attention than when it was long. Maybe because my hair is fine and straight, but I had to faff around with “products” and couldn’t get away without blow-drying. In the end I feel I’ve tried that now and although I was happy with it shorter, I just feel more “myself” with it long.

Nevertheless, I would definitely say to try it out as it will certainly reveal a new you! My daughters think it’s hilarious how long I was thinking about it as they are regularly doing different things with theirs. If at the end you decide it’s not you, it will soon grow back. I don’t know what I was worrying about!
Good luck!

I've found chin length hair easier to deal with and it looks much thicker. Short hair goes in every direction when I sleep on it and I don't do faff!

I have grown my hair just shoulder length, long layers. It is thick and bushy, and for years I tried all sorts of shorter styles, hoping for the elusive wash and go style everyone mentions.

I woke up every morning with it all flat and messed up. I had to wash it everyday to get it back into a bouncy style, and use products to try and improve the look.

Now I roughly blow dry with a big brush. Sometimes I use my Babylis big hair rotating brush. Then I can go at least 4 or 5 days between washes. If it's hot I tie it back. I know it doesn't look good too long, this works best for me.

Just posted my plait to Little Princess Trust, thanks for the suggestion Chewbacca! I hope it will be of use to them. I would have hated to put it in the rubbish!

HAZBEEN well done being so bold and sending your hair to little princess trust is wonderful ?.
My granddaughter had her beautiful locks cut off (whilst I cried ?) and the hairdresser sent her ponytail to to them. It's a great cause.
I hope you get used to your new doo soon ?

My late mum always used to tell me I should cut my hair as long hair on women over 40 is ridiculous!..Well I've still got long hair ,cut in layers and I curl it every morning .It doesn't take long and I get lots of compliments on it.If you're happier with your hair short thats fine but dont be talked into it by anyone else.The only problem I have is mine grows very fast ,my hairdresser uses me as an example to folk who say your hair stops growing after a certain age as at 64 mine will easily grow 3 or 4 inches between 6 weekly cuts .Nw if anyone can tell me how to make my nails grow that would be great as they are shocking .

I have Judy Dench hair, natural colour and I love it. 5 minutes to wash and dry in the mornings!!

I too have always had long hair, so easy to look after, just wash, run the straighteners over it when dry and that's it done for the next few days. But, having lost a lot of it with chemo last year I have ended up with short hair at the grand old age of 70, I will never grow it again! Although I don't find it easier to look after, I now know what 'bed hair' means, I have to 'do'it every day and it grows at an alarming rate. So many advantages to having it long, but I actually think it suits me short.

I also took the plunge and had my hair cut short and really like it,although i do have to put some rollers in to give it a bit of a lift,and also have gone grey now and everyone says how nice it looks.I brought a hair thinning comb from Amazon too so no need to go to the hairdressers anymore as can manage it myself.