Long to short

I took the plunge a few years ago. I just asked my hairdresser to cut my long hair short. She is a genius with hair, so I left her to it when she said that she knew just the style to suit me.
I have never looked back. I always have bed-hair, but it was the same when I had long hair anyway. It doesn't take me long to bring it back to normality. I just dampen it down, and use a hot brush to restyle it, takes just a few minutes.

As a child I had curly hair, then my Mum had it cut and it never curled again . In my teens I could sit on it, but rushing to work every day with wet hair hanging down my back became tiresome so I had it cut very short - think the Mia Farrow style. Over the years I've had lots of styles but now at 67 I have settled on a short very lightly permed style which I can wash, run my hands through and leave it to dry into a softly tousled look with lots of movement (not curly). If I want it a bit straighter I can blow dry it. A perm lasts me about 3 months with an interim cut & blow dry after six weeks. Two years ago I let it go grey, and I love it, so liberating, no colouring and roots to bother with.

I too have been toying with the idea of getting my hair cut short again. But when i remember it meant washing every day and faffing around with it it puts me off.I can just brush in the morning and put up in a bun, sorted.I get it trimmed every 2-3months, and get my fringe cut every 4/5 weeks free of charge by by hairdresser.

wot you never told us that you are Rapunzel!

Haz good for you, doing something a bit different is good for us.

travels I have a short bob style with long-ish layers in it,
It looks fine just brushed in the morning, and I only shampoo every three days ( although I have a shower, obviously, every morning.)

sites to try the cut/color before hand/hitech and low

www.babble.com/beauty/7-hair-apps-you-must-try-before-visiting-your-stylist/

www.hairboutique.com/articles_p/Short%20Hair%20-%20Try%20It%20Before%20You%20Cut%20It%20Secrets/

infinigeek.com/top-10-apps-that-let-you-try-on-different-haircuts/

Well done, Hazbeen. I bet it takes years off you. The danger with short hair is that it can go flat. Get some hair mousse and apply it before drying your hair. Then blow dry as usual. It will give your hair lasting body. No worries if you don't wash you hair every day, the effect lasts for days. It's a real godsend.

Ive had short hair for the last 25 years -wash it twice a week and it never goes greasy or flat. But I suppose it depends on your hair type.
Now Im growing it longer and finding it much harder to manage -takes a lot more time to wash ,dry and style.

Anyone else notice that (on the whole) we either have nice hair OR nails? Rarely both!

I often see a woman walking down my road with grey hair loose down her back to below waist level. She is known as the voodoo doll as it looks awful. She is very wrinkled facially and this may sound catty but she looks positively scary and lacking in dignity. Older women with long hair look fine if it is tied up, but nobody loves a fairy when she's forty!

Jaxie i agree older women with long straggly greying hair can look a bit 'witchy woo.'
There is an elderly lady who lives near me with long grey hair but she always looks beautiful, her hair either in a plait which is curled round the back of her head, not sure how she manages to do that, or a bun with a lovely clip holding it in place.She always wears very loose tea dresses and flat sandals and carries a wicker basket.She reminds me of someone who was probably a hippie back in the day, short structured hair would look so odd on her bearing in mind her clothing and footwear.

How was it Hazbeen? Do let us know. And how lovely that someone will have your hair to make them smile

I have a friend who has her long grey hair in two plaits, and another who has one plait, forward over one shoulder.
They both look great.

I had very long hair for many years but have it quite short now. Still trying to find a compromise between spiky and sticking-up strangely.

Older women with long hair look fine if it is tied up

I think this is often true of younger women too.

Thanks travelsafar, My posts have evidently upset Gransnetters in the past so it is a relief to know my comments this time have not branded me an evil nay sayer. We are so afraid these days to state our opinions for fear of being called prejudiced that often we let certain behaviours go unchecked. On this topic I won't get started on disrespectful children.