https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 13 May 2026 14:33:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut/page/2#post-442178 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:34:37 +0000 Suz 442178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tara, your hair looks AMAZING on you. I love your curls. And I like you in a medium length layered bob like the one you are wearing! </p> <p>Having said that, I can also imagine you in other styles. You have lovely features and such beautiful skin. The trick would be to find the one that works well with your hair's texture. In another thread, Una mentioned how much extra labour short hair was for her. For me, it's the reverse; short hair is easy-peasy, and longer hair is labour intensive. I firmly believe that if a style doesn't work with your hair's natural qualities, no matter how good it looks on you (in theory) it will never be truly stylish, because you'll always be self-conscious about it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut/page/2#post-442173 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:29:53 +0000 tarzy 442173@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't believe how quickly you've transformed yourself! And shat a great pictorial - it really helps illustrate how a haircut can solidify one's style.</p> <p>Now I want to find "my" hair! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut/page/2#post-442161 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:10:21 +0000 crwilson 442161@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love your short hair! I swear, all I've been thinking about today is cutting my hair into a pixie. I predict that you'll be responsible for many future YLFer-haircuts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut/page/2#post-441804 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:31:53 +0000 Suz 441804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Said AJ: "Second, it's like I'm watching one of those movies with the twins who live opposite lives. Longer hair country Suz vs shorter hair metropolitan Suz. Country Suz owns a winery and lives a lavish life filled with farm fresh foods, outdoor garden parties and horses. Metropolitan Suz owns an art gallery and also lives a lavish life filled with theatre, cocktail parties and dinners at the swankiest restaurants."</p> <p>Tee hee...I only WISH! But what a genius analogy, AJ! Are you sure you're not a secret writer? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut/page/2#post-441713 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:20:02 +0000 suzanne m 441713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Night and day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut/page/2#post-441689 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:51:40 +0000 Inge 441689@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are beautiful and stylish with both hairdo's, Suz, but I agree 200% with the others. Your short do just changes everything, it adds edge and pizzazz and you can just tell from all your pictures how much you love it and how confident it makes you feel.</p> <p>It truly is a fantastic haircut, I so love the asymmetry!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut/page/2#post-441683 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:41:37 +0000 morethanbeige 441683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for posting these pics, Suz. Wow, what a transformation! You look so awesome with your short hair! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut/page/2#post-441663 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:57:58 +0000 rute 441663@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look gorgeous! Lovely face and lovely smile! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441645 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:32:33 +0000 Jonesy 441645@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is such a great illustration of the power of a good haircut! You looked lovely before, but somehow more traditional, which didn't seem to suit you as well. The new 'do is just so right, which you obviously know :). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441625 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:32:54 +0000 lyn67 441625@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, very much love the short hair on you! so so edgy!!! (sorry, no more sweets in the future, you have to dress up to that now, and try the new trends..:-))<br /> (and mee..just green of envy:-), cause never able to sport a pixie:-() </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441550 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:35:18 +0000 rae 441550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amazing - the hair really makes the looks snap into place. I'm so glad you decided to get this fantastic cut! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441539 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:16:32 +0000 AJ 441539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WOWIE ZOWIE!! </p> <p>First of all, that is pure GENIUS to post the same outfit with the different hairstyles!</p> <p>Second, it's like I'm watching one of those movies with the twins who live opposite lives. Longer hair country Suz vs shorter hair metropolitan Suz. Country Suz owns a winery and lives a lavish life filled with farm fresh foods, outdoor garden parties and horses. Metropolitan Suz owns an art gallery and also lives a lavish life filled with theatre, cocktail parties and dinners at the swankiest restaurants.</p> <p>Both versions are FAB, just very different. </p> <p>All that to say, I luv the new hairdo!! : P </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441532 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:06:15 +0000 Astrid 441532@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, it's great being able to compare the pics directly! It's a huge difference and I LOVE your haircut. You're right, the short hair gives more of an edge and you look stunning! I understand the feeling of thinking you had to try something new, but essentially not feeling it like you do with the current hair. I had the same experience, I thought I had to change my hair drastically and cut it into a pixie a few years ago, only to feel more like me again with every growing inch. I hope yours stays short now, you look incredible! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441528 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:53:46 +0000 Arya 441528@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, thanks for sharing these comparison photos. You are stunning with either haircut, but I definitely agree with you that the short 'do lends an edge and, if I may say, modernity to the outfits. Having recently gone super short with my own hair, I must tell you that I love your cut.</p> <p>Also, while both outfits are fab, the second one - with the raspberry top, light purple cardigan, and pink shoes - is awesome!!! I love the play with pinks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441493 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:45:18 +0000 Suz 441493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The dominant feeling was "Ah, I'm me again!" But in a good way. And the secondary feeling was "fresh, new, different" because the cut IS in fact different from any others I've had, in subtle ways that nonetheless feel significant to me. So I got the best of both worlds. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441484 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:33:29 +0000 Anonymous 441484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to agree with dianthus and Transcona Shannon. It seems like you are standing a little straighter and feeling fierce and confident with your new 'do. </p> <p>I wondered if it felt like "a whole new you" or "ah, back to the old me" since a pixie is your default style. Either way, it is definitely YOU and I love it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441458 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:39:42 +0000 citygirldc 441458@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As a fellow short hair wearer (is this even a word ;), you look wonderful in your short hair cut. Short hair does justice to your features and now I can see your face and clothes where before I only saw clothes. You'll never go back to wearing long hair again. (I've had short hair since college). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441452 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:25:52 +0000 Transcona Shannon 441452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, your haircut is DIVINE! It looks absolutely gorgeous on you. Your outfits looked lovely before, but with your new "do", it adds the edge that takes them to a whole new level. Is it just me, or is your smile even bigger and brighter with your haircut??? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441451 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:23:22 +0000 Suz 441451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jean, I suspect Angie's right...oh, about 110% of the time! &lt;grin&gt;</p> <p>I KNOW she was right for me (and thank you, thank you, THANK you, Angie!). Ironically, the main reason I grew it was because I'd read some of those misguided style recommendations, i.e. "If you've been wearing your hair in the same style for a decade it's time for a change." Well, of course, I HADN'T been wearing my hair in EXACTLY the same style; there were small tweaks here and there...but it had been very short for a decade, so I figured, better grow it! </p> <p>And in a way I'm glad I did, because it allowed me to have the fun of cutting! </p> <p>I'd love to be privy to Angie's thought process as she makes the assessment. I'm sure it has something to do with a woman's developing style as she sees it, as well as the colour and quality of her hair, the shape of her face and neck, and whether or not it appears as if the woman will feel comfortable in the style she's going to recommend. But I'd love to know how she makes the call! </p> <p>In your case, your long locks are such an integral part of your look. While you might look good with short hair, we'd miss the long hair! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441441 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:14:43 +0000 greenglove 441441@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amazing transformation! If only it could always be that simple. Everything will seem more current. Angie is a genius! She really knows her stuff! And I had once thought that she thought everyone should cut their hair but not true- she can discern exactly which of us would benefit and advises against cutting for some of us. Angie. am I right on that? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441437 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:57:45 +0000 Antje 441437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Killer haircut! And it does take all of the great outfits up another notch! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441432 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:51:35 +0000 Suz 441432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, all; you're so generous and sweet. </p> <p>You know that IRL, many people haven't even noticed the cut or commented on it? </p> <p>But I don't take that in a negative way. I think what it is, is this: people who knew me before long hair always knew me with short hair so for them it's just back to normal. And it's so clear that I feel more "myself" with short hair that it takes a while for people to put their finger on what has changed. So even those who only met me recently (with longer hair) can't identify what's different. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441430 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:48:24 +0000 sarah 441430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good grief. What a difference! I'm tempted to get my hair cut short.... ; ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441428 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:47:27 +0000 Deborah 441428@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz Im a bit lost for words. I always loved your outfits and thought you were beautiful but the haircut has really just magnified your gorgeousness and added the edge you were after. I do think this is YOUR style and if I were you I wouldn't even conisider growing my hair long again. You are totally rocking your new do. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441421 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:44:04 +0000 modgrl 441421@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your new short hair!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441412 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:40:01 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 441412@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the biggest difference other than the obvious increased confidence, is that you looked quite demure with the old hair style and now you look like you have spunk and a bit of fearlessness.</p> <p>It really works for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441411 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:37:54 +0000 Erin 441411@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, great post! I loved seeing the difference in the photos! That hair cut is CRAZY great on you!!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441405 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:31:54 +0000 Janet 441405@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great comparison! And wow, what a striking difference! You are certainly lovely with your hair longer, but the short cut gives a whole new lift to your outfits. Amazing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441404 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:31:12 +0000 Vildy 441404@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a difference in mood! And you look amazing in that great short cut. You went for more edgy but I think it is also very fresh and gives you a glow. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-before-and-after-the-haircut#post-441401 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:28:48 +0000 catgirl 441401@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I cannot believe the difference. You are lovely in both cuts, but you went from ordinary lovely to... I don't know, the haircut somehow pared that loveliness down to the essence of what makes you STUNNING. And because of it, the outfits look worlds apart even though they're the same,</p> <p>Thank you so much for doing this - it was a brilliant Idea, and I never would have thought to do it, and I feel like I've learned more from this visual than a million words could have taught me, to rephrase a cliche. </p>