I say bob ! So cute and fancy. And they definitely look French-chic now that you say it. Also, Natalie Imbruglia. So many memories, you brought me right back to high school and the days where MTV showed actual music videos.

Sorry real photos needed please!

Go for bob then you can switch back to pixie easily later in the year

I was going to say pixie, but then I saw the ali larter bob picture and I love it, so my vote is bob! (plus, anything that disrupts your cheese eating schedule can't be good right?)

The phrase 'hair coloured tea towel' just made me snort my tea. Ha!

I love my bob and do this thing where I pull some of the front over to give me a fake fringe. BUT you look ace with the pixie. Acer than ace. Maybe have a bob dalliance and then return to your pixie perfection. In other news I used to know someone who had a massive crush on Bob Geldof and then got to work with him on the Big Breakfast. Apparently he was just lovely, but then she was quite biased. I don't know if that would sway you more towards a Bob or not though.

Bob bob bob bob bob.

Those pictures are so beautiful... and Francophilic. And, as Amy says, you can always go back to Pixie later after a dalliance with Bob. And a brush in the morning won't kill you ;)

However, I am quite cross with you for posting this. I'm thinking I will be going for a BIG FAT CHOP now- my hair is shoulder length and I'm quite bored of it... might steal your photos to take to the hairdresser! Hair temptation! Thanks Kirsty! xx

I have just booked a hair appointment. If this all goes tits up, I'm blaming it all on you :) xx

The thing about a bob is that, at least for me, I love it when it's just been cut or when I've spent ages styling but then hate it almost all the rest of the time. But that might be because my hair is thick and wavy so it flicks.

I love your hair in a pixie cut. Sorry!

I think ordinarily I'd vote bob but you just suit the pixie so well I'm going to have to go for that.
(who else genuinely thought this was about the geldofs? Damn you K and your clever punnery)

I agree with Esme - bobs only look good when you've just had them cut and then they look straggly for a bit and then they do that awful thing where they start puffing out as the hair hits your shoulders.

If you can pull off a pixie cut, get a pixie cut. Everyone can have a bob (I say this as someone with a bob) but few people can pull off a pixie cut and they look amazing.

I love a good bob (fnar) but if you can rock the pixie, then I would say go all out for the pixie. If I could, I would.

Or - rock the Bob till we're properly in spring and as the days get longer and warmer - BAM! Pixie it right up.

I declare bias as I have a bob. I really like longer hair but like you, I have very fine hair. I find that my bob is very low maintenance (although definitely not possible to ponytail. And teeny ponytails look stupid I think) but I got a Babyliss Big Hair for Christmas and it makes blow-drying embarrassingly easy as it does that using a circular brush thing for you while you just hold it sans effort or skill. Worth investing in.

I also think you can wear bigger earrings with a bob without looking a bit Pat Butcher - but I have very little sense of style or cool so please feel free to ignore.

I'm voting for pixie.

bob. it really suits you. xx

Stick with the pixie. Not only does it look insanely good on you (I'm just jealous!) but the bob is not all you have cracked it up to be up there (I know.)

- You can't have a pony tail (too short)
- If your hair is anything like mine you will try to create the above styles and totally fail. Then be back to the repetitiveness you complained about with the pixie.... but the pixie is cool in itself, therefore stylish! And you DO NOT look like a middle aged woman!

Oh and my hair grows fast, so I have the same cutting issues with a bob. Desperately in need right now.

:)

I am currently having the same dilemma. If you go pixie, I may have to ask you for a hairdresser recommendation as mine all keep moving on or putting up their prices. (is that a little overfamiliar, considering I've never met you?)

I'd vote Pixie, mostly because I find that bobs go a bit crazy towards the back when I'm wearing a scarf (i.e. in any month that isn't June or July).

I definitely think pixie. It looks great on you (not that I stalk you round the internets) and as a fellow pixie wearer, they are so easy to manage and always look reasonably put together. Plus, I have an excellent pixie hairdresser, but in London so not that useful.

Bobs are super cool, esp for a Francophile, but I find the work involved in keeping them looking cool really too much. Plus, I think you have to live up to them more, clothing wise, than you do with a pixie as otherwise it can look less-than-intentional.

Ooh, I love the pixie (possibly because it's something I could never pull off in a million years unless I was going for the moon with a toupee look).

But....I think you should go for the bob and then at your next cut you can go back to pixie if you decide that it's not for you.

But....then again, only the first of your pixie cons is actually valid for you.

So, to sum up that unhelpful bout of indecision. Pixie is awesome on you, bob would look good too and is a "safer" choice but neither is the wrong one xx

PS: Chortled at your "tea towel" description xx

I *adored* the pixie cut on you! it's ADORABLE. but I totally get the whole bob thing. I've been rocking some version of the bob for years - with the intermittent pixie or boob-length venture. but I always end up veering away from it. the length is just weird - you can kinda put it up in a ponytail, you can do half up, but nothing else. it's kind of a tease length.

and sod all that nonsense about pixie rules. you have the perfect hair texture and body structure for it! could you learn to cut your own hair, or maybe have a friend do it? I mean, it would only be touch-ups, right?

Pixie. Now, if you could make the same decision for me, that would be a huge help. All these scraggly bits have to go.

The Pixie/Bob Hybrid sounds like a good idea to me.... I have grown and grown AND grown my hair for last 2 years from short bob to past the shoulders... and now, I am BORED... I keep thinking of getting it all cut off (I love Frankies from the Saturdays hair...but she has a very pretty, slim face) I think I a bit too chunky for that... I will just keep growing it until I decide what to do. Maybe back to a bob? mmmm

I am a complete numpty and have left you bizarre comments on Pinterest! Anyway, my vote is bob til the summer, then go pixie again :)

I vote for bob! I don't have much justification for why you should take my opinion, but I do offer it with exclamation points!!

I adore pixie cuts, and I think you look great with your hair uber-short. However, in order to satisfy your indecision, go for a bob, then decide in a month whether to go shorter.

For further consideration- if you aren't interested in styling your hair, then a bob really isn't much of a change in scenery- thus canceling one of your "pros."

Usually I would say bob - but so few people can carry of the pixie, and it looks so freaking cool on those who can. Plus - hello - no maintenance? Why would you ever abandon that?

I've always wanted to go uber-short - but I fear my round face/big bust/not exactly skinny combo lead to the whole middle-aged lesbian vibe rather than the french androgynous vibe.

I say bob, if you hate it or get bored styling it you can still get it cut into a pixie cut. Once you've got the pixie you need to wait for it to grow, might as well make the most of your hair now you've grown it?

Lauren
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This pixie-haired lady votes pixie for you, my dear. You look so cute with one!

Wow, everyone is totally split on this! I love the bob, and think it would look ace on you. However, the pixie looks great on you, so maybe you could rock a bob for a while, then get it cut short when you get bored of it? That's totally not an answer is it?

My biggest fear is the middle aged woman look. I think with a pixie cut you have to be quite careful what you wear and sometimes I am not.....Also how to grow a pixie cut out??!! My hair grows so fast but I just can't get to the point where it looks alright!

Pixie. Everybody can have a bob, but only cool chicks go pixie.