Pixie haircuts for medium hair: features, tips on selection and styling

Modern girls are constantly in motion: at work, at home, in a friendly circle. Sometimes there is not enough time for styling hair, but I want to look spectacular and stylish. Come to the aid of short haircuts, which at the same time do not require constant care for themselves and can give the whole image lightness and tenderness. One of these haircuts is a popular pixie hairstyle, the features and advantages of which will be discussed in the article.

The history of haircuts pixie is not as rich as that of the square or bob haircuts, but it goes back to the second half of the 20th century. In 1953, the picture “Roman Holiday” was released, where Audrey Hepburn was gaining popularity as the main character. Pixie in its original form was only part of the directors' idea - in one of the climax moments Audrey Hepburn cut off her luxurious curls in short, thereby announcing her independence and freedom to the whole world. The new image of the girl charmed the audience, but it was only the beginnings of the popularity of pixie haircuts on the way to great fashion.

A little more than 10 years, no one remembered this haircut, but now it’s time for a new rising star to nominate a pixie for the role of one of the most fashionable haircuts of that time. This star was not yet known to anyone Leslie Hornby. To radically change its image and soar in the fashion world, 15-year-old Leslie turned to London stylist Leonard Lewis for help. Talented hands completely transformed Leslie, almost immediately making her one of the most popular models and actresses. Today we all know her by the nickname Twiggy.

You can find out the pixies by casually sticking to the tips and supposedly inaccurate head of hair opening the neck, temples and head of the beauty. This hairstyle is picky with care, which, thanks to its unique technique of execution, can simultaneously rejuvenate, visually reduce or smooth your facial features, give them tenderness, femininity and refinement. Such a haircut is just a godsend for daring fashionistas who are used to a dynamic and active life full of surprises and adventures.

Since the classic pixie does not accept too voluminous and long hairstyles, makeup artists have developed a version of such a haircut for medium hair. Pixie haircut for medium hair is one of those varieties that are designed both to preserve the natural length and texture of the hair, and to completely change the appearance of curls.

Pixies, like any modern haircut, have their key pros and cons. First, let's deal with the pros.

Thanks to various modern techniques, this type of haircut can be performed on almost any type of hair, length and texture. It can be both straight short hair, and slightly curly long. With the successful pixie master, any girl can transform into a little naughty fairy or a strict but elegant lady.

Many girls refuse most hairstyles because of sparse and thin hair, and pixies are ideal in this case. With successful styling and graduation / thinning, this hairstyle will look gorgeous with any type of hair.

Pixie is not a haircut that needs to be put on for hours, exhausted trying to attach each curl. Crumbly and slightly careless texture hairstyle smooths all minor flaws. The best option for pixies will be styling in the professional conditions of the salon, but with a strong desire, any fashionista can make herself a hairstyle.

There are not many hairstyles that can hide the flaws of your face. Due to the peculiarities of pixie haircuts, medium hair will easily hide small pimples and wrinkles, rejuvenate your face and give it a mischief. Pixie haircut is able to focus on your winning traits and smooth too strict. The average pixie on the leg will show all your beautiful straight neck and neck.

As already mentioned, pixie was and remains one of the most popular short haircuts. It can always be seen on fashion shows and on the pages of glossy magazines. Obviously, pixies will not soon lose popularity, and therefore your experiments with this haircut will not seem like bad taste to strangers.

Pixie is one of the few female haircuts that are not picky about hair color. It can be as an ordinary natural type of hair, or something absolutely extraordinary, bright and impossible. Such a haircut often becomes the palette for the bold experiments of modern stylists and makeup artists.

Pixie has few drawbacks, and they are mostly about individual antipathy to the model.

1. Pixie - even on medium hair, one way or another, short haircut. If at the moment after the haircut the hair looks fresh and beautiful, then very soon, without the necessary adjustment, the curls will quickly grow and can ruin the whole image. This is generally not a minus exactly pixie, it applies to all short haircuts.
2. Whatever the pixie hairstyle is universal, there will be that oval or type of face that it may not suit. A prime example is full of women and girls with too wavy curls or curls. A short haircut will only give off extra weight against the whole body, and curls without straightening will be very difficult to put in the desired shape. On some of the intricacies of picking a pixie haircut, we'll talk later.
3. Any short haircut focuses on facial features, and here women of fashion should be extremely careful, trembling with their daily makeup. Poorly or hastily made up eyebrows, lips or eyes can attract too much negative attention.

Depending on the features of the appearance of the beauty, you can choose exactly the pixie hairstyle that is suitable in each case.

Since the hair is different, this indicator is important when choosing a haircut.

• For thin and sparse hair A pixie type haircut is simply an ideal option, which you will agree is quite a rarity. Due to the double graduation, the hairstyle will turn out to be voluminous and lush, will focus on the pretty face and neck. Moreover, the fluffy hairy pixie with thin hair looks great with a sophisticated appearance and gives it even greater lightness and airiness.

• Many hairdressers and makeup artists refuse to cut pixies on curly wavy curls, however, this anxiety is justified only with naughty and coarse curls.If you have soft, thin and docile curly curls at your disposal, then they will give the pixie hairstyle even more charm and even some mysteriousness, becoming a great help in the common bow. Here, much also depends on the length of curly locks, if the owners of short strands of pixie are contraindicated, then under the obedient curls of medium length this haircut can fit just fine.

• Too thick and rough curls not particularly suitable for pixie, but also hinder the way of the true fashionista will not. In this case, the masters advise effective filing and cascading styling with torn bangs. It is not worth taking care of the volume here, with this type of hair it will not disappear anywhere, even with the most ruthless thinning.

Pixie haircut will decorate women of different types.

• Triangular face type best suited lush and elongated bangs, the same applies to the very head of hair. Pixie perfectly smooths the sharp features, but to improve the effect, it is desirable that the haircut was also voluminous.

• Round face needs asymmetry or straight lines. Here the oblique chelochka (medium or long to the cheekbones and below) and a volume haircut with an increase in volume on one side are ideal.

• Square faceon the contrary, oblique and smooth lines are urgently needed. It also looks great asymmetrical or oblique fringe, which will smooth out your smooth or square chin and cheekbones.

• Diamond face avoid excessive volume at the top of the head; instead, try to make the bang as long as possible. It will make your face more symmetrical and correct.

• Oval face, as in most hairstyles, it is absolutely universally and remarkably suitable for any length of hair and bangs. With the pomp of the hair here you can also experiment. In this case, everything depends entirely on the woman of fashion and what exactly she wants to emphasize on her little face.

Each type of bangs has its own advantages, which we will consider below.

• Main advantage long bangs that it can be constantly upgraded for new looks. A little bit of lacquer or lipstick for hair, and here you have a completely different beauty in the mirror. Long bang gives any hairstyle femininity and refinement.

• Oblique Bang in Pixie - a more daring option, women of fashion with such a bang make it clear to their loyalty to freedom and mischief. Moreover, oblique fringe is the easiest and quickest option for styling.

• Short bang in pixie ideal for oval faces with beautiful and miniature features. It will only emphasize their tenderness, will open the eyes of your passers-by with your beautiful forehead and small nose.

• Ripped, graded and asymmetrical bangs remarkably hide the external flaws of the face. Moreover, oblique and sharp tips focus on your eyes and highlight your lips.

• Wavy long bang. The option is perfect for people of square type, softening the cheekbones and chin. Suitable for any type of hair, but it looks best with thin and sparse curls. Such bangs fit using styling, hair dryer or brushing.

• Comb up. Extravagant version of pixie for girls with perfect features. Such a bang opens up your face as much as possible, and this is its biggest advantage as well as its biggest drawback.

• Nobody forbids you to choose a pixie hairstyle no bangs at all. In this case, the emphasis in the haircut goes to the forehead and your eyes. This is an option for young girls who are ready to experiment with their appearance.

As already mentioned, pixie is the perfect hairstyle for experimenting with hair color. And this is the case when the brighter shades of curls, the better. At your disposal the whole palette of colors: from fiery red to chocolate black. The main thing is that the color was rich and saturated. In addition, the pixie haircut is fine highlighting, it will only refresh the entire image and give it a novelty.

Avoid pale gray or light brown shades, along with pixie haircuts, they can make you a teenage boy.

Blondes are best suited pink and honey shades, the color of platinum and other gentle pastel shades will look great.

Brunettes should turn to brighter and more saturated tones, but make sure that the color is combined with the shade of your eyes and the general color background of your clothes.

Color gradation is gaining popularity, or, conversely, contrast in the color palette of pixie haircuts - a combination of several colors in a haircut at the same time.

Consider the basic options for styling a pixie hairstyle.

• Classic type. Pretty long hair at the crown, short at sides, blunt or elongated bangs, straight. Option for more strict and business women accustomed to harmony and stability. The classic version of pixie is attractive because it always remains stylish and fashionable, in addition to this - it fits in just 2 minutes.

• Asymmetrical type. In this case, one of the temples of the pixie is either fully shaved or shortened; in the second, the length is left and working on the tips. This option is good for pixies with medium and short hair. A bold choice for girls with the desire to constantly work on the image. This option looks great with bright and extravagant colors of curls.

• Type of pixie with open ears. In this embodiment, the back of the head and temples are cut short. He is more suitable for pretty ladies with a calm character. Bangs and hair length at the crown are chosen by the fashionista herself, depending on which features of the face or body she wants to emphasize.

• The average pixie with patterns and patterns on the back of his head or temples. Many girls prefer to take everything from hairstyles, including patterns that experienced hairdressers and makeup artists can create with the help of an ordinary typewriter. This option is more suitable for young and fervent persons and will allow to fit into a certain image. The length of the hair at the temples and crown may vary.

• Ripped cascade pixie with feathers. The option is perfect for square faces - thanks to the pixy crumbly structure, it will soften rough and straight features, remove the accent from the square chin and cheekbones, highlight your lips and eyes.

Let us consider in more detail the stages of clipping a pixie of a cascade type on medium hair. This version of pixie is most common in modern fashionistas, as it takes not so much time to pack.

A list of tools you may need:

• ordinary hairdresser scissors, as well as thinning scissors;
• machine (for cutting the head and temples);
• clips or stealth for hair (so as not to interfere);
• some water in the sprayer (for unruly hair);
• mirror;
• hair dryer and wax / lipstick / paste for styling and fixing hair.

Stages haircut include a series of steps.

1. Hair should be clean and slightly moistened. All curls, without exception, are combed back.
2. After combing hair with the help of a horizontal parting from ear to ear, they are divided into two parts and fixed with the help of invisible hair or fixing varnish.
3. Haircut starts from the temple or from the back of the head. From there it will be easier to adjust the length of all the shag.
4. After selecting the desired length, select a separate strand with the help of vertical parting, which you will be guided by while trimming the rest.
5. Gradually moving to the back of the head, slightly reduce the length of the hair. The secret of the cascade haircut is precisely in layering and a gradual decrease in the length of each layer.
6. Directly on the crown, select a separate strand, from where you will move to the back of the head or temporal lobes. Constantly follow the length of the control curl in the hair layer, so as not to overdo it with the length.

At this stage, the bangs length is selected, so you should decide on the view of the latter in advance. If you are planning a long bang, then the strands should be cut evenly, and at the end of the haircut just comb it to the side. If you have chosen a short bang, then after working with the curls of the entire top, you should simply choose those that go under the bang, and shorten them to the desired length.

Below we look at successful examples of pixie clipping for medium hair with different bangs, different color and texture of hair.

Haircut pixie cascade.

Pixie with long oblique bangs.

Pixie cut for wavy hair and curls.

See the video below for a pixie haircut workshop.