I had my hair past my waist for so long it seems like my stylist is hesitant to cut enough off now that it's shoulder-ish length. I don't have a good enough sense of face shapes or hairstyle trends to actually have an opinion when I go in, so I just say "cut off as much as you want as long as the shortest layer can still reach a ponytail." (Because I do know face shapes enough to be convinced that with my chin(s) and (lack of) neck, I can't pull off a Dench). I think I might push her to go a little shorter than usual next time, it seemed a little too long to have any shape last time.

I just say "cut off as much as you want as long as the shortest layer can still reach a ponytail.

I do that too. Sometimes stylists are fine with that, sometimes they freak out and leave it longer than I really want.

I just say "cut off as much as you want as long as the shortest layer can still reach a ponytail.

Usually when I do that, I end up with much shorter than I'd wanted. The stylists don't always seem to realize how much my hair shrinks as it dries.

I have naturally curly hair, so I say "four inches long over all." That let's my hair relax into curls all over and hide the thin spots.

The stylists don't always seem to realize how much my hair shrinks as it dries.

Yeah, my hair has ZERO curl, so not a problem for me.

I've had my current haircut (shaved on the sides) for almost two years now, maybe? And something similar (short on one side, flopped to the side) for even longer. I do worry that it's getting old/boring/out of touch. But I feel like the only other option I like (or have patience for, since I won't straighten it daily) is...basically to grow it out to be a chin length bob. So that's even more boring!

Yes, stick-straight, babyfine, and now thinner than it used to be. I think...rather than Dench, at the moment it's sort of Hanna Gadsby. Or was. I need to get it at least that short again. The cutter's mandate was "no hair on my face. No bangs--no wait. Leave the bangs long enough to pull aside and pin off my face."

So that's what she did, and I bobby pinned the stuff near the hairline to one side and the longer stuff on top kind of fell across it and hid the pin. Worked.

I told my stylist "I want a change, but I don't know what" and she gave me some options. When I first went to her I said "I dunno, do whatever you want" and she was SO HAPPY and I pretty much had that cut for 5 years 'cause it worked really well with my face

Yep, chin length bob is basically my OTH. But long enough to put up. That will be my hairstyle for eternity. Only semblance of variety is bangs or no. And since I've been trying unsuccessfully to grow them out for some time now, I think with a long bang is my destiny.

I had a bob for years, but this summer I decided to try a pixie cut. I think it looks pretty good, but I have to be rigorous about hair appointments. The bob could go for months with just a bang trim. The pixie requires a cut every four weeks or it just looks a mess