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The one decision you cannot undo quickly
A colour grows out. A cut does not — it takes months, and the months are the part nobody factors in when they show the stylist a photo of somebody else. The purpose of this page is narrow and useful: to move that decision from imagination to something you can look at.
What you can try
Length
Pixie, bob, lob, mid-length and long. Length interacts with your face shape and your neck far more than with fashion, which is exactly why a photo of a model tells you so little.
Texture and colour
Straight, wavy, curly, layered or with a fringe, and colour from black and chestnut through caramel, blonde and platinum to red and silver — or keep the colour you have and change only the shape.
One change at a time
Changing the cut and the colour together makes it impossible to tell which one you liked. Hold the colour, try the lengths, then hold the length.
The fringe question
A fringe changes a face more than two extra inches of length. It is also the fastest thing to regret, so it is worth seeing on your own forehead and eyebrows.
Before the chair
Take a straight-on photo in daylight, face clearly visible, hair as it is today — not styled specially, because you want the comparison to be honest. Bring the result to your stylist as a starting point for the conversation, not as an instruction: what is achievable depends on your hair's density, its current state and how it grows, and only a person standing next to you can judge that.
Length against your own face
Where a cut ends matters more than how short it is
A bob ending at the jaw draws attention to the jaw; the same bob an inch lower softens it. This is why two people can ask for the same haircut and get results that have nothing in common. The useful comparison is not short against long, but two lengths a couple of inches apart on your own face — which is exactly what is hard to imagine and easy to look at.
What a preview cannot promise
Hair that is fine will not hold a blunt heavy line the way thick hair does, and curly hair shrinks when cut, sometimes dramatically. A picture shows you the shape you are after. Whether your hair will make that shape without daily styling is a question for the person cutting it, and it is worth asking before rather than after.