Is It Really Easier To Have Short Hair?

**shortgoinglong** · October 11th, 2009, 01:32 PM

Hi!
I had a conversation with a good friend that interrested me. She is very petite with feminine features, one of those women that look gorgeous in any hair style. She also has fine hair. She recently cut it into a pixie which looks awesome on her. When I asked her why she cut, she said she lives a busy life and short hair is easier to maintain. She said she loves the wash and go aspect of it. Now, I have very thick, somewhat coarse hair. Short hair for me is a pain. I get extreme mad scientist bedhead every day almsot have to use hair products and always need frequent trims. For me, my long hair was wash and go. What is your opinion on the subject?

**Quixotica** · October 11th, 2009, 01:36 PM

I have rather course, wavy hair. I'm currently growing out a pixie and it was definately more wash-and-go than my longer hair.

However, longer hair was easier to care for because it didn't require the cutting maintenance and whatnot of my pixie.

**Lamb** · October 11th, 2009, 01:37 PM

It all depends on your hairtype and the cut, not all short styles are created equal. The most exasperating part of longhair-routine (making sure your hair is moisturized, preventing teh split ends, treating it like old lace and all that) is pretty much cut out with a short style. You shampoo, if your hair is long enough you run a comb through it, and call it a day. Depending on the cut, you may not need any styling product. Frizz? What is that?

Now, if you have curly hair like me, a pixie only works like that if it's really short - but then, you need the features to pull it off.

**GlassEyes** · October 11th, 2009, 01:39 PM

Depends on your hair type, how short it is, and how you want it to look. It also depends on what you term as 'high maintenance'. For some, who straighten everyday, having short hair is low maintenance because they don't have to straighten as much. For someone who has short hair, hates styling, but has to do so, it'd be high maintenance. It depends on a lot of factors. There's some truth to short hair being easier, and some truth to long being so. It really just depends on what you want it to look like and how much effort is 'maintenance'.

Take me for example--really short hair, anything around 3 in curly, would be easy. It's not a look I prefer, but it'd be easy. Fast forward to six inches--effort. I have to try and weigh it down, it won't lay right, etc. Get to where I am now--still high maintenance, but for different reasons, but it's more aesthetically pleasing to me. I'm willing to put in the effort for it, so for me, it isn't high maintenance EXACTLY, but for others, it could most certainly be. In fact, my short short hair, which would still require gel and CO washing, would be high maintenance for others as well.

It depends on a lot.

**jeno** · October 11th, 2009, 01:40 PM

No. It's not. When I had a pixie I HAD to wash it every day because I had to use a lot of products in it and if I didn't wash it it would look weird when slept on! And then I had to blowdry it because it would look weird if I didn't. And you HAVE to go to the hairdresser at least every 6th week.
Now my biggest concern is what hairstyle I'm going to wear that day...

**Speckla** · October 11th, 2009, 01:40 PM

Short takes more work. I have to use more product and shampoo/condition more often due to the products.

**fluffybunny** · October 11th, 2009, 01:42 PM

My short hair also suffered from 'extreme mad scientist bedhead' every morning

Even having bangs didn't work. Each morning I had to drench my hair to get it re-sculpted into something acceptable. Since I don't blow-dry, this meant drippy soaked hair around my face and neck every morning. As a grouchy morning person, this was not an OK ritual. Longer hair is spritz, finger-comb, and go for me.

**Evie** · October 11th, 2009, 01:48 PM

I think if you have fine, straight hair, that will dry in a style without kinks and wavies, then a pixie is very easy to do - I however did NOT have hair like that, my hair kinks a great deal!

I have no idea why I then decided to cut a load off, so that I am growing out again, other than I have got rid of the damaged ends! ATM, I am having to style it every day.....ah well....

**krazycurlsmatt** · October 11th, 2009, 02:00 PM

For me short hair is way more work. it takes me longer to get ready in the morning now than it did when my hair was mid back length, because it's at that awkward point where its hanging in the middle of my face, and i use a lot more products trying to tame it. when it was long i just needed a leave in, but now i need leave in and gel and the stars have to align properly while I'm hopping on one foot in a barrel full of.... well you get the idea, it's difficult.

**dragonfrog** · October 11th, 2009, 02:09 PM

I had my hair short for many years-- not as short as a pixie, but about "ear-length." All I did was shampoo my hair every couple of days and run a brush through it before I left the house (My hair is very straight and coarse, BTW).

For my TB length hair, all I do is S&C once or twice a week, and comb and put up before leaving the house. For me, short hair was easier, but not by a whole lot-- I guess my "required hair-time per day" average went from about 3-5 minutes a day (short hair) to about 7-12 minutes (long hair).

I find long hair (on me) so much more flattering and enjoyable that it more than makes up for the slightly increased effort.