Four years ago, I embarked on a hair project. I grew out my super short pixie - and its dyed platinum colour! - to shoulder length long hair in my natural colour. I'm giving myself a medal for my patience

Surprisingly, I much enjoyed my 100% natural dark blonde hair for four years. I don't have grey hair yet.

I've had long hair for a while, and it's been an interesting experiment! I last had long hair back in 2000 to 2002.

Verdict: I am not a long hair person.

The longer my hair got, the harder it was to maintain and style daily. I was spending far too much time on my hair, and I don't like to fuss. Salon visits were sparse and short - but daily styling I found frustrating. Furthermore, when you live in the city and are on foot like I am - you have a lot of wind, people, and rain to deal with. It's not long hair-friendly. Also, Yorkie Sam is blind, and needs extra attention. My long hair was in the way when I picked him up. Couldn't see him properly because it would fall over my eyes.

Putting my hair into a ponytail only worked at home. Outside, the wind blew my hair out of the band - hair everywhere. URGH.

As a result, I had my hair cut into a current bixie last week. It has lots of long razor-cut layers for structure.

I also had 11 foils put in to add a golden glow to the top part of my hair. It's very subtle. It's primarily to add body and dryness to my easily oily and baby fine soft hair. I need to have these foils put in twice a year. Easy and fast!

I'M DELIGHTED WITH MY NEW HAIR. It's sooooooo much easier to manage and style daily!!! I can pick up Sam many times a day with ease! A great relief!

I wear it three ways depending on my mood, and have been experimenting all week: Pics show:

• straight
• soft wave
• very wavy