#hairgoals

Since Christmas I've been slowly getting my hair cut shorter and shorter, which seems ridiculous after spending the last four years trying to grow it long.

As much as I loved my longer hair, since having mine cut short I haven't had any regrets. Obviously there was the initial 'Oh my god what am I doing' as I saw a huge chunk of it fall to the floor of the salon, but that was quickly followed by a 'Oh my god why did I do this 2 years ago'.

I don't want to sound really pretentious about how getting a new hairstyle makes me feel like a new person, or that it's as if I'm starting afresh - I don't want to be too heavy-handed with the symbolism, but I will say that short hair is honestly so much more fun and so much less maintenance than long hair.

Before & After
(I am aware that this make me look like I've highlighted it as well,
but I think it was just a combination of natural lightening from the sun
and the difference in lighting in both pictures)

I especially love it now, as I've got to grips with styling it properly. I particularly love putting it in a top knot, which is also great now that the weather is getting warm. The other two styles I mainly go for are slightly wavy or full-on curled (by 'full-on' I mean tightly curled, I don't know why I couldn't have just said that in the first place).

Aside from the days where I wake up and my hair refuses to do anything but look like I've had a bowl-cut, I'd say cutting it short is one of the best hair decisions I've made in a really long time - it has now officially reached my #hairgoals standard.