Fashion for women's hairstyles, like everything else in this world, is constantly changing. But the tendency of a rejuvenating short haircut remains unchanged. Every woman for 40 years wants to “throw off” a couple of years and transform into a new image.
How to pick up
The best option for a short haircut for a woman over forty years will be a pixie hairstyle.
Using different types of styling in this model, you can achieve different shades of mood: from the mysterious and playful to elegant and strict.
But it remains unchanged that a woman with such a haircut always looks extravagant and harmonious, combining in itself a strict appearance and seductive femininity inside.
However, blindly follow fashion trends still not worth it. When choosing a pixie haircut, you must consider the following nuances.
- The body of a woman. For a slightly full lady fit hairstyles for medium and long hair. Short haircuts are not contraindicated for them, but with the effect of rejuvenation comes a visual imbalance of a small head against the background of a fat body. Perfect haircut - pixie bob.
- The shape and features of the face. Women with a round face fit hairstyle with hair styling and elongated bangs. This will give volume and will favorably emphasize round face shapes, visually lengthen it a little. Women with an oval face will not prevent light chaos on their heads. This style will give the oval face extra charm and elegance. Pixie is ideal for girls with regular features: straight middle lips, neat nose, expressive eyes. However, large facial features can also be hidden under the hairstyle and make them more feminine and cute.
- The structure and color of hair and eyes. Blondes are more suitable styling for short hair, brunettes available options with elongated bangs and medium hair length. The structure of the curl also matters. Women after 45 years appear gray and hair coarse. For a pixie hairstyle, it's even better. Coarse hair is well styled, and it takes a long time to form hair.
- Do not forget about the owners curls and wavy hair. They were lucky most of all. Their natural curl structure with a short haircut does not require any styling, which saves money and time. Such natural beauty not only adorns her hairstyle, but also makes a woman natural and desirable.
- Social status and lifestyle. Depending on what position a woman occupies and what she does, you can choose a suitable model of styling. If a lady leads an active lifestyle, then it will definitely be a short haircut.
Types of styling
Many stylists believe that short pixie is only an oval face. But do not believe it, this judgment is deceptive. With such a large number of options pixie styling, it is possible to choose the hairstyle of any woman. Having shown your imagination and adhering to the recommendations, you can easily choose for yourself the suitable option for laying pixies. Here are some of the most popular women.
Pink or hipster styling
The easiest and time-consuming and costly way. It is necessary to put on your hands a little of any styling products and gently, with gentle movements of your fingers, imitating a head massage to create the correct volume and shape of hair.
This style will emphasize the creative nature of women leading a free lifestyle.
Pixie "hedgehog"
If you have a round face, try to put your hair back from the forehead to the top. Even if you have a short bang, it will still give your face visual ovality and help you to place accents properly, redistributing the attention of others. Women with oval face shapes should not get carried away with this style.
With a bang
If your haircut has a bang, then try to lay it in waves. The hair on the temples and the back of the head is cut short or completely shaved. From the crown, as you approach the forehead, the hair becomes longer.
With the help of forceps, you need to lay your hair in arbitrary waves and fix hairspray.
You can also try to lay the bangs to the side. This style will give a woman severity and sophistication, will emphasize her business skills and the desire to be first in everything. Ideal for a business woman.
Pixie with volume
Laying requiring time and patience. It is necessary to apply hair styling on the hair and with the help of forceps and a massage comb to give the hairstyle volume. At the final stage, fix the styling with hairspray.
The option of free styling - waves
Curling hair to give medium-length hair wavy. Leave a mess. For reliability sprinkle with hairspray.
Pixie with a scythe
If you have long or medium strands in your hair, try to make them in a braid and pin a hairpin.
Showing imagination, you can also weave curls in the elements of modern decor.
Star style
Many Hollywood celebrities wear pixies. If you are a fan of one of these actresses or you sympathize with someone, it is enough to just copy her haircut. And now you are just like your heroine, exactly. But do not rush to try on the Hollywood image, if you and your “chosen one” are opposites in type. If you don’t have at least some similarity, think again, otherwise the hairstyle just won’t fit you. And the result will turn out completely not what you expected.
Pixie Benefits
Properly chosen haircut will make a woman after 40 years visually younger and fresher, will give her appearance youth, femininity and beauty. A variety and a large number of variations with styling allows you to individually choose a hairstyle for a woman. Experimenting with the styling, the lady herself is able to evaluate and accept the suitable option for herself.
The simplicity of styling and further care of the pixie hair makes it possible to carry out all these procedures at home without help. The cost of maintaining such a haircut is minimal, the cost of hair styling is also small.
Following all the above tips, a woman will be able to perfectly choose a haircut in accordance with her data, which will not only emphasize her best qualities, but will also hide or visually change minor flaws.
disadvantages
Like all things, a pixie haircut has its drawbacks. Of course, there are not many of them, and they are not critical, but it’s worth warning about them. By choosing this hairstyle must be approached seriously and with great responsibility. Properly evaluate your data to make the right choice of form and style. Once again, assess your lifestyle and see if there is a place and time in it for the care and styling of hair. All this must be weighed and evaluated. And only then make a deliberate decision.
In pursuit of an imitation of your favorite star, you risk becoming a general ridicule. Make sure that your chosen haircut model is exactly the right one, and it's not just a childish desire to be at least something like your star. The result can be disastrous.
Also evaluate your hair structure. If you have problematic hair and you spend a lot of time on styling, then maybe a pixie hairstyle is not your option. There are more simple elegant hairstyles that do not require styling. Consider them - maybe this is what you need.
See the following video for a master class on anti-aging short haircut.