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I had short hair in college and Loved it!

The only thing stopping me from doing it again are lazy days. I always had to style me hair. I have way too many lazy days of nothingness at home, or wake up late and run to school days. I love being able to throw my unwashed hair into a ponytail!

Can't do that with short hair. Mine was always a hot mess and needed to be washed/styled daily!

I agree with @Mrs. Jump Rope: the only drawback is that you will have to style it everyday. I love being able to pull it all back when I don't time to mess with my hair

If you've got the face and hair type for it, I say go for it! (You know, not too fine, curly or frizzy, otherwise styling would take longer) I just about always encourage haircuts because they grow back, just remember that super short ones like that are a pain when you do decide to grow them back to a longer style (all one length). But if your MIL cuts hair I'm sure the transition would be much easier for you!

So i loved having short hair BUT it is much higher maintenance than long hair. I have long, thick hair now. I can braid it, throw it up, bun it, whatever. With a short cut, it got greasier faster b/c i had to use "styling paste" to hold it in place and i had to style it every single day or it looked like shit. It was NOT a wash and wear style

@jetsa: I have fairly fine hair, but a ton of it. It's quite straight, so if I didn't style my hair when it was this short, it basically looked like a little boy's hair cut.

To make it look good, I typically had to:
1. blow dry (if I washed it)
2. usually flat iron, depending on what shape I managed to get with my blow dryer.
3. Used a lot of pomade to create the piece-y bits that make the style look so good, and to scrunch it up to get more volume, as my hair likes to lay super flat.

Probably around 1/2 hour of work, but that is likely because I am kind of inept at hair styling. When I fix one side, somehow I've managed to ruin the other.

If you have hair similar to JLaw (with that nice little lick at the back that keeps it soft-looking and feminine, and a bit of bounce and natural wave) you could likely pull this off without any blow drying or flat ironing. Just use a good hair wax to separate and shape where you want the hair to go. I also think the longer. wispy strands at the front would have helped me out a lot, too!

@jetsa: mines wavy too! Now that it's long, I put mousse in and air dry in the summer!

@jetsa: I think if you have natural wave and want short + convenient, you could probably get away with something similar to what JLaw has, but with a smidge more length and volume at the front. If you can still tuck it behind your ears (even if only just) or clip it when you don't have a lot of time, you can get away with a LOT less styling, and you still get the feel of short hair. Natural wave should keep the back looking pretty most of the time without too much effort, but yes, your MIL would probably know your hair the best!

I don't know about all of you, but there is something about that bare neck that kind of made me feel just that much sexier all the time.

Short hair is the BEST!

Mine is thin, but not too thin and shorter than the pic. I wash it every day, but it's hardly any trouble because it's so short. And it dries quickly. I never blow dry it and I just use a bit of pomade in it to spike it up or make it look messy.

The only trouble is upkeep, in terms of keeping it cut.

I just had my little girl's hair cut into a cute pixie. It's adorable.

I highly recommend short hair!

@jetsa: I can't wait to see how it looks!