Ok lovely forum, I need to hive mind some hair advice.

I love bobs, and would love to wear one year-round, but during the summer, I don't want any hair touching my neck. Since I've always worn blunt bobs in the past, that meant they didn't work in the summer, so I'd grow them out instead. But I'm tired of having to fuss with my hair everyday, and would love to cut it off now instead of waiting until September, if I can find the right cut.

Details on my hair: it is very fine, perfectly straight except for the cowlicks (including a double cow lick in the front), unwilling to hold any type of wave/curl unless I do something like sleeping in pincurls, and somewhere on the average/thin continuum *except* for the 'forelock' area, which is very thick (I learned this when I spent a couple years on a pixie quest, lol). Layers make my hair look thinner.

Details on my face/neck: bangs are atrocious on me, unless I wear the rest of my hair back at all times, and require far too much fussing due to the double cowlick. I have a short neck & round face. Side parts are my friend.

Details on my willingness to put forth effort: essentially non-existent. I will spend 5 minutes on it on a daily basis, perhaps 10 when I'm feeling motivated. I don't want to use heat implements regularly & am very scent-sensitive, so prefer to go product free. However, I would use a product, if I found one that didn't give me a headache, just for the summer months. So I'm only interested in a cut that works with my straight, silky texture & makes my hair look reasonably full without any volumising effort (hence why I always end up in a blunt bob). I also don't have a big budget, so I usually prefer to be able to go quite awhile between hair cuts (another reason for the bob vs a pixie), however in this case I'd be willing to go in some time in the fall to get it all evened out into a blunt bob.

Details on my style: I like to look quirky, bookish, but relaxed/rumpled. My style persona is 'storybook gamine.'

I did a quick run through my outfit posts & grabbed some photos that show my last blunt bob at various lengths, in case that helps (I think #1 is a bit short; #2 is probably my favourite length, #4 is as long as it can get before I have to start fussing with it to make it look good down). And then I went back in time & found a few terrible photobooth self portraits from when I had shorter hair too. I really loved the back of the pixie cut in 6, how round it was (5/6 were taken just after I got it cut, before I put any product in it, so it shows you what my hair does on its own when it's short). Just for fun, I'm including one from the year before too, when I had long red hair.

So does anyone have any ideas for a good cut that'll last 2-4 months before having enough length to be a short blunt bob, flatter my face, work my natural texture, and not touch the back of my neck? I suppose it'll have to be an a-line, but I'm not sure how I feel about 'stacked' bobs. I'd be fine with some type of *bang-free* pixie/bob hybrid, as long as it didn't require frequent trims (I just can't afford pixie upkeep, plus pixies don't work easily with big summer hats either). I've added a few photos from a quick Pinterest search of styles to get the ball rolling. In #11 I'm mainly looking at 7/8, although I like the 6 too, just not sure how it would work without bangs. #13 shows the kind of stacking I don't really like; I prefer #14. Of course, my hair isn't as thick, so it might not do that? Thanks in advance for any help!