Am I Going to Look Good with Short Hair?

Short hair: Cate Blanchett, Hally Berry, Emma Watson
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There is no denying it; cutting off long hair takes some courage. However, if styled right, short hair can be stunningly beautiful. Short hair styles may be puristic, austere, classy, sophisticated, glamorous or casual. We show you how the stars wear short hair and deliver the respective styling tips to boot

For starters, we don’t buy the statement, "I don’t look good with short hair." We know that this is not so. First of all, short hair does not necessarily refer to a razor-short pixie haircut. Short haircuts also include hard-edged bobs, feathery ear-long stepped haircuts, and boy cuts with long covering hair. Most of these hair styles flatter (almost) every woman. It sometimes takes a dramatic haircut to fully bring out all facial features.

Cate Blanchett with long hair is blonde and pretty. With her new short haircut she is still blonde and pretty, but now she also expresses her very own style. The same can be said about Emma Watson. When she played Hermine Granger in ‘Harry Potter’ she was a cutie. Her new pixie look probably attracted more attention than the seventh sequel of the Harry Potter series. This pixie revealed the extremely attractive young women underneath the lovely girl.
Short Hair Means Low Maintenance

Forget about extended styling sessions with rollers, five round brushes or styling iron. Most short haircuts can be styled without much fuss. Nothing but a blow-dryer, a paddle brush, five fingers and a little styling aid are needed to get the hair ready in the morning rush. Of course, regular trimming every four to six weeks is essential. A good hair stylist can cut your hair in such a way that it falls into the proper shape without any further manipulation.
Short Haircuts: Pay Attention to the Proper Proportions
A person with a square face should avoid bobs and haircuts with hard-edged lines. Instead, they should opt for fringed and stepped haircuts, which make faces look softer, younger and more feminine

Narrow faces often benefit from adding volume to their hair styles, which tends to make a long face appear rounder. Fringes are alright but should start only at ear level

Heart-shaped faces appear more balanced when the focus is directed to the forehead. This is accomplished by wearing very long fringes or by allowing a few strands of hair to fall over the forehead as shown by Ashlee Simpson

Stepped fringes counter-balance the appearance of a low forehead and so does hair, which is tautly combed back as Hayden Panettiere’s hair style shows

Long fringes conceal a high forehead

Short fringes tend to detract attention from noses, which may otherwise dominate the face. In contrast, long ponies will emphasise very distinctive looking noses
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