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If you’ve got long hair but have recently been tempted to opt for the chop (hello, have you seen all these lob pics!?), then this might be the haircut that finally persuades you.
Capucine Yeomans is on maternity leave, but in her normal life, she’s a magazine sub-editor. Having just given birth to her third baby, her long blonde hair had gone out-of-control, crazily thick. With no time to battle with long, thick hair AND three children under five AND Sydney’s humid summer, she decided it was time for the chop.
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Taking in some pictures of short-haired celebrities like Julianne Hough for inspiration, Jackie from Lush Hair & Body in North Ryde was ready with the scissors to transform Capucine’s hair from long and lifeless to short and stylish… [post continues after gallery]
Cap's hair transformation
Capucine
What made you decide to make the change?
“Five weeks ago I had my third baby. As anyone who’s been through pregnancy knows, your hair gets thicker – and in my case, it got totally out of control! My hair is thick at the best of times, and during this pregnancy it just went crazy. With three kids under five and Sydney’s infamous humid summer to contend with, the last thing I had the time (or inclination) for was spending hours caring for my long, thick (so long, so thick!) mane. Time for some drastic measures!”
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What sorts of things were you looking at to get inspiration for your hair transformation?
“I typed ‘short hairstyles for thick hair’ into Google Images and went from there.”