# Long To Short Hair Transformation # She Said Do Whatever You Want # Axom O Clock(****)

Ultimately, short hair can make you look older, but it doesn't have to. “The way you style your short hair has a bigger impact on how old it makes you look rather than the actual haircut itself,” she says. This leads us to the importance of texture in a short haircut, and its instant de-aging effects.

There's an easy, and we mean easy, way to decide if short hairstyles are in your future. We call it the 2.25 rule. Practically fool proof, this rule states that if the longest part of your chin is less than 2.25 inches from the tip of your earlobe, then short hairstyles are for you.

With curly or wavy hair, going too short may add more width to the cheek area. Short styles that add volume on top can elongate your face. Square Face: You may want to play down a strong, angular jaw. Texture, in the form of curls or choppy ends, does a brilliant job at this.

Also, if you have a round face, you might want to consider keeping your locks short so as not to emphasize this feature. It's a common belief that long hair makes people look skinnier. But the truth is, it doesn't really make you look any thinner. What it does is make you look taller.