i wish i could cut my hair

I like it. Too many sisters define themselves by long hair, which is ridiculous. They can’t workout, they can’t sweat, the rollers are everywhere, all the time. I like the short look.

i love the short look! but i know i couldn’t work up the nerve to chop all my hair off like melanie did on the game. i’ve heard that people have gotten a full head weave and cut that up instead of their own hair.

Looks great!!

I’ve been considering going short…I needed this post!!!

Long hair goes blah after awhile, and even coloring gets boring

fantasia looks a H.A.M. as usual but everyone elses cut looks nice.

The cut is beautiful. Very talented stylist. This cut is the absolute most beautiful that I have ever seen Rihanna.

I looooove my FHI…It was one of the greatest investments I could of ever made on a college students budget & HANDS DOWN 100% better then the CHI lol… Chrisette’s hair is always bangin, I wonder who her stylist is….

I cut my hair short back in September…in fact, it’s a cut quite similar to Rihanna’s. I’ve never gotten so many compliments nor has my hair been easier to take care of. It’s so low-maintenance and still versatile. For all the ladies who are afraid that short hair will limit their options, fear not. You won’t believe how many great looks you can rock. Take the plunge!

Sweet, I have really long hair, but lookin at Rihanna makes me considering going short, but I am still not ready to make that move…just yet.

I think Rih’s haircut is cute and looks great on her. This post has convinced me to cut it! I haven’t rocked short hair since high school, unfortunately I’ve always had some man in my ear telling me not to cut it

# 8 I totally agree!

#11 My hair is long too, but it grow really fast, so wth! It’s the summer! I say go for it, it’ll grow back!

HHHMM I TIHNKING I SHOULD EVERYONE SAID I SHOULD AND IM REALLY CONSITERING IT!! YEAH I TIHNK I AM AND I WILL DEFINITLY LOOK FOR THOSE PRODUCTS!!!

I am good with my Keri Hilson inspired hair-do. But I am like Kelis hair! That girl stay flyyy!

well I can’t follow this band wagon cause that rhianna length wwont look right on me I tried that years ago, but I think fantashias hair in that picture would look better if she didnt have that white strike on the side. I’ll just stick to shoulder length and super long. Oh yeah and I so like that Kelis hairstyle she is such a trendsetter.

I like short hair cuts

Lets give credit where credit is due. Im not a big fan of hers but I notice how she is always ahead of the game when it comes to fashion…

KELIS was the first to cut all her hair and bring back the bob, shortly after the rest of black hollywood followed suite. She never gets her due props.

When Ciara wore skinny high waisted jeans everyone thought she was the first to Rock them, Kelis was rocking them years before her, just thought I’d feel you guys in.

Yes i agree… short hair is definaltey the IN thing right now i think long hair is played out no. Thats why i have a new found respect for Rihanna cos shes a mainstream artist and she went and cut her hair that short not knowing whether people where gonna dig it or not so shes kinda like a risk taker cos not a lot of women would ever cut their that short including myself..lol.

But i cut my hair a lil while back and i luv it!!!

Just remember ladies HAIR GROWS!!! …SO CHANGE IS GOOD!!

I LOVE Rihanna’s hair its firece!!!

Ursula is the shyt…she was my mom’s hairstylist for a while when she worked at a shop in Brooklyn..im glad to see she’s doing her thing!!..

My hair is short always has been Toni B inspired me to cut my hair.

Rihanna’s hair stylist does a great job with her hair. I like how she gives her different looks and not the same ‘do all the time. If you guys could interview the person that coordinate Rihanna’s outfits that would be great.

im loving rihanna haircut right now.It better than the one she came out with in UMBRELLA. I heard she said in Company UK magzine that she not ever going back 2 Her Brown Long hair. she is lovinggg th black… The love the look of hers @ the grammys,ooo and at the kids awards with over sweeping fringe with fushica lipstick.Shorter is much more versatile and sexy. long hair isnt much a trend anymore. She been formed into a beautiful lady… lol. she has a few flaws,but hides them very well…

I LIKE THIS FEATURE!!! COOL TIANNA!!!

…..I.AM.NOT.MY.HAIR. Cute styles though.

TOONS YOU SAID IT….Lets not forget who started the whole short hair faze…KELIS!!!! Now everyone whats to jump on the short hair ban wagon. in the words of lil kim” get ya own shit..why you ridding mine?” I like those who set trends not follow them!

I’ve been transitioning from relaxed to natural since August 2007, so I already planned on cutting it!

I don’t want to be under a dryer this summer! lol

Im too much of a punk to cut mine but these short cuts are very stylish…I like the ‘Whisp away’ and ‘Edgy bangs’ the best….

noooooooooo! everyone is already going short!!
DON’T GO SHORT! WE’RE ALL GOING TO LOOK ALIKE!
but, i do thank you cl for posting some of the looks of rih rih. i too, cut my hair in september and like to do different things with it. but, DARE TO BE DIFFERENT! DON’T GO SHORT! (or if you do, don’t get a tail or mohawk in the back, overrated)

Keyshia Cole know she got that good hair. It be so slicked down on the side…haha.

This was a great piece,and Ursula Stehens does a great job with these gorgeous, cuts she’s creating. I also loved how she said you have to have the personality,and balls to rock a short cut,and that’s true i cut my hair about 3 years ago and it wasn’t realyl for me,i grew it out and i love how it looks with all the length. So kudos to all my sisters rocking those short do’s

Macy Gray is also rocking the heck out of her short hair!

#18 yes, yes sis I totally agree Kelis is a trendsetter!

I GUESS THIS IS ANTI BEYONCE

SHort is cute for the summer.I especially like Tia and Keyshia’s hair cut……..I’m wearing short now and I like it…Ready 4 it to grwo back though.Can’t be short allyr round.Plus when I wanna go long,I just throw on a 1/2 wig….lol

Wait a minute!!! #18…you are so frickin right. Kelis WAS FIRST to take the plunge and be a trendsetter and inspire the essentially exact same cut that Rihanna is rocking nowadays when she came out with her Bossy video!!!!!!!! Kelis girl…much props…And her cut was fly as hell!!!!!!

Kelis didn’t invent short hair and she wasn’t the first to rock that type of style because i remember that model Omahyra Mota from Jay Z’s Change clothes video was rocking that cut back in 03/04.

I just cut my hair recently and love it. I’ve gotten nothing but compliments. If you’re going to do it, now is the time with summer approaching. The only problem is finding a stylist that you trust and know that they will do a good job. I like my beautician but she act like she is doing me a favor. Last time I checked I’m the one with the money.

i LOVE ri’s cut, short hair is really my thing now but why must her hair always look so dry at times. i hope she has time for conditioning treatments with all that time she spends on the road.

I love my short hair. I wash it and style it myself and go to the hairdresser only when I need a cut and thats like once every 2-3 months! Talk about low maintenance!

When I cut my hair years ago, I had a bob and loved it. I experiemented with other short styles, but I find having long hair (what I currently have going on) easier. All I have to do is wrap it and go. When I had the short hair, I had to worry about styling wax, mousse, heat, etc. So I guess I’m different and think long hair is easier to deal with.

#41, that’s good for people who that have hair that doesn’t grow fast, but I was always in the salon with my short cut to keep it maintanined because my hair grows super-fast. Those of you with short cuts, do it up because they are cute!

#38 nobody said kelis invented short hair she made it more relevent, in the r&b world, noone started hopping on that wagon until Kelis did it (in the entertainment world) because everyone was so stuck on long flowing hair.

Ursela is the bombdigity

@ 23
i feel ya there
get ri ri’s stylist
shes so fierce!
she knows about fashion

I cut my hair short back a few years ago, now I have dreads they’re quite long and i wear a lot of styles too short, pin up ,curly , really curly bouncy,straigth i never have hair where I can wear in some many verstaile ways but still remain my hair(dreads) with even cutting or remaining long, but whatever fits you.

Kelis made it hot though.But like Kelis stated she got her inspiration from back in the 80s where Salt-N-Pepa had their hair in Push It and MC Lyte, but Kelis made it her own style and everybody kind of took it from there with the chop because Kelis cut her hair in the video in Bossy.But I’m loving the looks.

Short hair is cute, but you have to have the face for it I think. I love my naturally long hair. No weaves, extensions, etc…sure it takes more work to manage…hair cholesterols, rollers, conditioning… but it’s all worth it when you know it looks good….i wouldn’t cut it for the world.

Yeah I agree #43, It’s not that my hair doesn’t grow fast its just that i grow my hair into different looks as it grows. When I get it cut I get it cut really low in some parts and when it starts to grow out it grows out into a different look.

Love the interview…I think short hair is more maintainence than long…You absolutely have to get it done at all times and i’m broke so like she said it woudn’t fit my lifestyle I can barely get to the salon now! I’m a no fuss kinda girl and my natural curls wouldn’t look good that short. But I really love the short cuts even if it is a trend, its just hair, it’ll grow back or just get a weave/wig!

The cut is Beautiful on Rhianna but never for me (my features are prominent and I need long hair to balance them out).

I have had my hair short since Feb 07 and I love it short!!! I get so many compliments on it and plus Ladies it gives you more room to use accessories. I always have on exciting earrings that zest it up! It also lets me play with my eye makeup for when I go out. I love it! I love it so much when I got to my stylists I get her to cut it more and more everytime!

Smh peop jus forgot about Halle Berry what goes around comes around

I love the short look…con’t have the balls to cut my hair myself…but kudos to those who do b/c it looks fierce.

But on another note…I guess the fashionistas that commentated on the globes or Grammys…I can’t remember told us long tresses were coming back…but that seems to be false now…

IM GOIN SHORT IN MID-JUNE!!!!!! HOORAY!!!! THIS POST HAS DONE ME GOOD!!!

Been there. Short hair needs to be maintained and trimmed making it more of a hassle than long hair IMO.
It’s also not for everyone.
Round faces or small heads w/ bigger bodies do not look good with short hair.

L LOVE the fashion features, keep up the good work! You should do a feature aabout natural hair (being natural myself for a year now!)

Rihanna= wannabe Kelis

Nothing But Love you are just a Rihanna stan and then you be having the nerve to call other people stans. Kelis didnt invent short hair but she made it popular. Rihanna whole image was jacked from Kelis and Fefe Dobson so sit your stan ass down. Kelis deserves her props.

Whateva at haircuts, just doing a 360 from the past I guess! Ursula’s hair looks great on her face! Nicely done!

All of the styles I’ve seen in the past now they are cut on a diff face in a diff year! Well I am in NYC so a lot of clothing styles and hair styles are just not wow for me as I see they are for others on here…..

Love Chrisette’s hair on her, very funky

It takes a confident black woman to rock a short cut since long hair is associated with beauty. Might I add though that short hair is just as difficult to maintain and more costly since it takes frequent styling to keep a neat and polished look.

And bragging on what type of hair you have (length, texture, etc) is so wack. Like I said confident women don’t have to hide behind one type of hair be it weaves or whatever. Having long hair is no better than having short or having a weave or whatever. Are we THAT immature?

IT SURE IS DA LOOK FOR THIS SUMMER. I PLAN ON GOING SHORT THIS SUMMER.

I think it’s great that women want to make a change and do the short hair thing. With the right cut it can look awesome. That being said short hair does not look good on everyone. For me length is not the problem but the way in which you style it. I find that getting it “done” i.e perms, press, flat iron is just too much work so I just go natural, wash and go!

here we go again with the kelis vs. rihanna childishness. Who came f.irst- the chicken or the egg BS. Kelis made short hair famous? I beg to differ- if you want to play the chicken and egg game, then HALLE is the woman who had Black women running to their beauty shops to chop their hair off.
Oh while some of you are at it, what else did Kelis come out with- the curly fro?

#59

I never said Kelis didn’t deserve her props.. so why dont you learn how to read but y’all acting as if she was the very first person to rock that cut and she wasn’t so why dont you hush.

Did I miss it or did not say where she is? Is she in ATL, CA, NY or where?

Preaching to the choir! I whack my hair off and do something new every summer my appointment is next week matter of fact! Short hair is very sexy to me (and men love it)! Keisha Cole’s cut is my fav but Rihanna also doing her thang with the short look

#65

Exactly…..

@65
Toni Braxton made my sister cut her’s actually. Not Halle which I think looks better with long hair. She does look nice with it short.

I don’t like Rihanna’s or Keyshia’s cuts. I’ve never thought super short was a good look for Rihanna’s face, her features are so big and her head is so long and oddly shaped. I don’t think the razor cut is flattering on her. Keyshia’s head looks a mess lol I wouldn’t want anyone knowing I did that.

The only featured cuts I like are Kelis and Tia’s. That Destiny’s Child chicks hair is cute too. I know Dickey styles Kelis & he probably did Tia too b/c her cut is perfect.

Yes, #70. I forgot all about Toni! You are absolutely right. Both she and Halle came out in the early 90’s with those cute do’s!

Yes, if your a follower.

BUT, if your not then whatever hairstyle you choose to respresent originailly or naturally is better than rockin an “it” style. Shot hair is fine if YOU choose to rock it.
Me personally, dont like to copy.

Ursula is the ISH!!!!! She use to do my hair a while back and the girl is SERIOUS!! RHI RHI I love u girl but U STOLE my stylist!!! :O(

I CUT MY HAIR AND I AM THINKING BOUT CUTTING IT AGAIN SINCE IT’S GROWING BACK QUICK…THAT’S RIGHT LADIES SHORT HAIR IS IN AND IS JUST AS SEXY OR EVEN SEXIER THAN LONG HAIR.
ANOTHER TIP: * OH AND SHORT HAIR STYLES ISN’T FOR EVERYBODY SO IF YOU GOT THE FACE FOR IT DO IT IF YOU GOT MASCULINE FEATURES DON’T CUZ PPL WILL REALLY MISTAKE U FOR A MAN…*