Styling pixie haircuts: options and step-by-step instructions

Among the many variations of short haircuts, pixie is the most popular. This hairstyle allows you to change the image according to your mood: it is a daring boy haircut, then a romantic styling, then weaving, then volume, then laconic smoothness. It is believed that pixies are suitable for energetic, active girls who do not want to exploit one image for a long time, prefer to change and create their hairstyle quickly, dexterously and without long work at the mirror.

As it turns out later, the hairstyle gained its long-term fame with the filing of the style icon Audrey Hepburn. After the movie "Roman Holiday" which thundered at the time, thousands of girls wanted to try on this ultra-fashionable image. Since then, the regiment of fans of pixie haircuts has only been added.

A distinctive feature of a pixie is the lengthening of the strands at the crown, as well as shortening (sometimes extreme) at the temples and in the occipital region. But this is a classic version, a standard template that you can experiment with, creating more and more variations.

• It suits many types of female appearance, but initially the haircut was designed for those with a thin face with pronounced features. The stylists themselves say that there are faces that need to be revealed, not hidden behind a shock of hair, and a pixie haircut helps to do this really subtly and capaciously.
• It is also suitable for very young girls who, due to their age, good skin and freshness, can afford to give up everyday makeup. The older the woman, the more necessary the make-up is: at least most of the ladies who have chosen squeaks have to put on pretty bright makeup every day.
• The highlight of the haircut is in the hidden images that the pixie hides in itself.There are many styling options, not always even long hair allows you to create so many quick variations.

The fact that pixie can be so many-sided is eloquently indicated by examples such as, for example, the haircut of the blogger Elina Modenova. The girl abandoned her hair below the waist in favor of a pixie and shows in her account on the well-known social network why this choice was definitely worth the cardinal changes.

There is some confusion in the names: so, sometimes pixies are also called just separately shaved whiskey with an impressive total hair length. But not every haircut with a shaved temple is a pixie. Nevertheless, if you adhere to the terminology, that is, ultra-short haircuts, there are standard ones, but there are with maximum length preservation (within the framework of a given haircut, of course).

• Short. If you are making a pixie from initially short hair, then you will have to spend some time to let the hair at the top of your head get as much as possible. Pixie does not look very impressive in the presence of bangs, if there is one, then it is pretty regrown. To create a classic haircut, the bangs should be at least up to the middle of the nose. Otherwise, the expressiveness of the hairstyle will not be visible.

• Average. If you have a square or something similar, and the bangs have grown enough, it is easier to decide on a pixie - and this length simplifies the work for the master. There are options for how to cut: very short, shaving off the temples and the back of the head, or still leaving the length to the maximum.

• Long. Owners of long curls rarely decide on drastic measures, therefore at first they can simply shave off the whiskey, see how such a transformation "takes root". Further, as practice shows, the appetite is played out and you want more serious steps.

Girls with curly hair doubt whether a pixie is right for them, whether the curls will interfere. The question is decided individually, although it is silly to deny that pixie looks better on straight hair. If the hair is not curled very finely and keeps its shape when styling, then the pixie can be considered. But if on the head is what the people call the "little devil", you should take a closer look at other options for haircuts.

And this is where the fun begins! At home, without resorting to the help of a stylist, you can make a gorgeous styling. Let's consider several options.

Braid your freshly washed, still wet enough hair into small braids: for someone it is enough 5–6 on each side of the parting, someone can make more braids. In this case, pigtails replace the curling iron-corrugation: you can do this styling with it, but, firstly, not everyone has one, and secondly, it will not improve the condition of the hair.

• Dry your hair naturally so that the moisture is barely felt. Next, loosen the braids, dry them to the end. Make a light brush at the roots with a fine comb - no curls, just fleece.
• You will see how the hairstyle becomes voluminous and the facial hair acquires an interesting structure.
• Begin to twist the hair near the face with a tourniquet - the texture wavy from the braids will appear more and more. Maintain the volume that you need, loosen or, conversely, twist the tourniquet more strongly.
• Further, from the remaining under-twisted strand, begin to weave a braid, braid tightly, so that later it would be easy to slightly let the hair out of the tight braid. It should turn out to be voluminous, and so that the pigtail does not fall apart, fix it with varnish.
• The styling is ready: the hair is voluminous, its texture is unusual, the curls twisted with a tourniquet at the face look stylish and interesting, and the playful pigtail, like the final point, completes the image. Even the slowest girls will spend a maximum of 30 minutes in front of the mirror.

Dry the entire long part of the hair so that it lies forward, falling over the eyes.

• Twist the curls a little with an iron - if the long part is on the left side of the face, twist it to the right (and vice versa).
• Remove hair from your face. You need to fix the hairstyle with wax, so first rub and warm it up in your hands. Your task is to straighten the curls so that only the wavy texture remains.
• Model the styling, spray the strands with varnish.
• At the very end, you can tousle your hair a little so that the hairstyle looks not so strict, but with a little boldness.

It is not very difficult to do this step by step, even for those who previously did not do anything more complicated than a ponytail and braids with their hair.

Evening styling can consist of gracefully arranging the hair with a light comb to one side. You need a pretty strong styling product so that the styling is correctly laid down initially and does not change during the evening. You can also style your hair with the effect of wet strands - this option suits brunettes.

It's easier to study successful pixie examples on famous people. The stars now and then adopt this already classic image, and often it is this haircut that raises their ratings, creates the necessary associations.

• Agness Dein. The case when it was worth having a haircut like a boy, so that the whole world applauded your femininity. Short haircuts really suit the popular model: the shorter it seems, the more expressive the unique facial features of the popular Englishwoman. Many girls, impressed by the blonde model, cut their long hair, making pixies "like Agnes".

• Ruby Rose. Another "face of the era". The Australian model and TV presenter has hit magazine covers, has over 13 million Instagram followers and changes her hair regularly. More precisely, it changes one short haircut for another. Ruby looks incredible with any hair color and with any variation.

• Keira Knightley. For the British actress, the pixie haircut was unlikely to become "that way", but when she nevertheless surprised everyone with such a radical change of hairstyle, they immediately began to compare her with Audrey Hepburn. On Kira, the pixie looks fresh and bold: her expressive cheekbones, chiseled chin and cherry-colored eyes have only become brighter thanks to her short haircut.

• Anne Hathaway. The Oscar-winning actress is remembered at first sight - huge brown eyes, large lips, thin nose and thin face cannot fail to attract attention. Anne fell in love with the viewer with a long-haired brown-haired woman, but when the actress made a pixie haircut, adherents of short hair took her to their Olympus. And Ann is really coming!

• Victoria Beckham. Always a little ahead of fashion, she knows how to dictate it herself. The once "chic peppercorn" has already surprised the world, having made a stylish haircut back in the 90s - and with short hair, David Beckham's beloved was the sweetest and most elegant bride. Over the years, Vicki repeated her experience: at first it was a square for lengthening, and then a pixie. With her chiseled figure and brown big eyes, she could be allowed to part with her long curls.

• Katya Gershuni. The host of a fashion show about transformation herself serves as a vivid example of super-changing her appearance. The viewer remembered Katya for her gorgeous haircut.If you have the same elongated face, big beautiful lips, and you also adore heavy-rimmed glasses, a pixie like Katya may suit you. A convincing image of strong, confident and trendy!

• Tanya Tereshina. By how often the singer changes her images, she is compared to Irina Ponarovskaya. Tanya has a lot of interesting transformation stories, but fans often remember her voluminous pixie. Bright makeup, large earrings, graceful blond - it looked really impressive.

Pixie is a haircut that every second person dreams of, but not everyone dares to try it. There is only one requirement: a good face shape. If everything is so, then you can take a chance. The main thing is to find your master, decide on the variation, color, make sure that you are ready for frequent (albeit quick) styling. The experience will be interesting anyway.

See the video below for a pixie haircut styling option.