The pixie has made a comeback! For some, such as Halle Berry and Sharon Stone, it was never gone, but a new generation of Hollywood starlets have been seen around town with a newer, more edgy version all their own.
Ginnifer Goodwin, the star of the movie “He”s Just Not That into You,” shed her long locks for an over-the-ear crop with a punk vibe throughout the bangs in a pompadour style. It”s fresh, young and strong. It takes a very courageous woman to take it all off, but the reward is thrilling.
We do it all the time in my salon, and women are flocking to their stylists for this hot boyish cut. It can be very liberating for a woman, letting go of several seasons of hair in one appointment. Rhianna danced and sang onto the charts with a razored, rock-and-roll version of the pixie, and more recently Michelle Williams showed up on Oscar”s red carpet with a platinum feminine version. The pixie cut is hotter than ever in 2011, but let”s go back to the past for a moment.
Playing Princess Ann in 1953”s “Roman Holiday,” Audrey Hepburn was one of the first ladies to turn heads in nothing but a little black dress, pearls and the cropped, face-framing, fringed pixie. Mia Farrow was chilling in 1968”s “Rosemary”s Baby,” but it was her boyish cut that got rave reviews. And we cannot forget ”70s supermodel Twiggy, who catapulted the pixie cut onto the pages of fashion magazines worldwide.
Whether worn with a fringed bang, wispy sideburns and feminine verve, or perhaps a longer, more exaggerated front and super-short chiseled back, the possibilities are endless. It”s modern to wear one side flat with a hair ornament, maybe adorned with rhinestones or feathers. The accompanying makeup should be more dramatic, playing up the lips or the eyes. Oddly, minimal jewelry seems to work best as not to steal the thunder from the cut.
Short has never been more sexy this spring. Pick a pixie to add to your beauty bouquet.
Former Columbus resident David Creel owns Beautiful with David Salon in Jackson and is a national makeup artist for Estee Lauder. E-mail him at beautifulwithdavid @gmail.com.
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