Embrace The Mullet

For some reason I thought it'd be a great idea to chop all of my hair off in March. It was something I always said I'd like to try some time in my life. Yeah, I liked it for about two weeks, but then I finally had that "oh my god" moment one morning. I no longer had long flowing locks of golden blonde... instead I had choppy waves of fire-engine red. 

Some how I'd gone from this:

  to this: to this: 

*FACEPALM*

Growing out a pixie cut is one of the most annoying journeys I've ever embarked upon. And yes it is a journey. Being the internet addict that I am I researched every possible way to make my hair grow faster. Now, I was blessed with bionic hair that grows at ungodly rates, but that still wasn't enough for me. I took supplements, bought special shampoos, stopped using heat, and waited *impatiently* to see results. Did any of them actually help? I have no idea, but i like to believe that they did. Whenever I took the biotin or vitamin D, I created this idea in my head that it was giving me some sort of hair super power. 

Most of the blogs and videos I've watched about growing out and styling the growing pixie told me that I should chop the mullet; believe me I've wanted to. But I find that useless and, quite frankly, contradictory. Embrace the mullet. Wait it out. Styling your hair properly will disguise that mullet and help you through the painfully slow process of growing hair. I'm finally past the pre-pubescent Justin Bieber phase and almost out of the Billy Ray Cyrus mullet era. So here are some of my go-to styles that have helped me surpass the dreadfully unpleasant task of growing out a pixie cut.

Some of my products include:

• Vidal Sassoon shampoo and conditioner
• Sebastian Professional Matte Putty
• Sebastian Professional flexible bodifying-liquigel texturizer
• Moroccan Argan Oil liquid
• Moroccan Argan Oil Spray
• Garnier Fructis Leave-In Conditioner
• Aussie Flexible Hold Hair Spray

The first style is first phase of growth, when you've entered the Justin Bieber phase:

With damp, towel dried hair, work a small mixture of leave-in conditioner and Moroccan oil evenly into your hair. Then work in a small mixture of matte putty and/or texturizer evenly into your hair. Make a dramatic side part and create a french twist on the larger part of your hair. Bobby pin the twists to the side of your head. Spray an even coat of hair spray over your hair. Make sure to lift the smaller section of your hair and spray the hair spray in layers to better hold that side down. Spritz some of he Moroccan Oil spray over your hair... then you're done!

This just pulls the hair out of your face and creates the illusion that your hair is still in a tamed pixie cut.

If you don't feel like styling your hair, you can accessorize. This phase is perfect for head bands and scarves:

Now these next few styles are good for the Billy Ray Cyrus Mullet Phase:

Very similar to the first french twist style from earlier, you create a less dramatic side part and make a french twist in both sections. This pulls the focus away from the bottom back part of your hair and creates the illusion that you have a short bob and you're just pulling the front back.

 














The next style is very simple. This style is for the phase at the end of your Billy Ray Cyrus Era.

 Section the top part of your hair and pull it up into a half-up-half-down do. Bobby pin the stray hairs and style how ever you want. Spritz the Moroccan Argan Oil evenly over hair to create a nice shine.

Be patient with your hair! Resist the urge to cut it again because eventually you'll be back to your long flowing locks, but it takes time.