I’ve not been buying a lot of clothes this year, and with the wardrobe pretty much on cruise control I haven’t felt like I have much to post about. But I thought I’d do a hair evolution update for fun! I just cleaned up my phone and don’t have many good photos of my hair at its longest — lots of toques and top-buns this winter! But #1 gives an idea. A year or so ago, I had some nice crown layers for volume and a shaggier/wavier texture, but I let them grow out over the summer/fall for ease of getting it all into a bun/ponytail. By late fall, I was very tired of the long layers and felt they were weighing me down visually. I finally made some time to do a big chop after holiday travel wound down. #2 is freshly cut in Jan, a sort of bixie style. 3/4/5 are Feb/Mar/April as it grew out.

I’m not into frequent maintenance trims (I think I touched up my bangs once in three months), and much prefer a cut that evolves naturally. I’m quite happy with the amount of waviness and movement I managed to coax out of my naturally quite straight hair. But I grew gradually a bit frustrated trying to deal with the poofiness of the bixie/microbob, and also the unruliness of my hair at an in-between length (I needed to spritz the ends with water every morning to not have one side wing out and the other curl in — I’m fine with a certain degree of asymmetry but this wasn’t the good kind of tousled bedhead, lol).

In early April I decided to go all-out, remove the troublesome bulk, and take the bangs and top muuuuch shorter (#6). I’ve left the side burns and neckline a bit longer/softer with an eye to grow-out. I’m quite inspired by all the pixie-mullet and shullet styles out there right now. For years, it felt like a sharply trimmed neckline was the only proper way to do short hair but that’s always fussy and severe on me. I’m pretty excited to leave this cut alone for a good bit and see how it grows out! I will probably do the bangs and crown layers one more time later this spring and then won’t have a chance to touch it again til fall (backpacking season — I'll be on the trail most of the summer).

Anyone else making big changes this year, hair or otherwise?