Tips and tricks to maintaining your pixie cut

Posted on August 23, 2025
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After being unofficially dubbed as the 2000’s baddie hairstyle, the pixie cut is quickly making a return as the must-have hairstyle.

Although undeniably stunning, maintenance can be a headache, so strap in for some useful tips and tricks.

Use a good-quality mousse

Nailing a good pixie starts with using the best products which will ensure that even if your skills are at beginner level, no one will be able to tell.

Perfect your mold

Anyone who has had a pixie before will tell you that a good mold is the beginning of any great pixie hairstyle, and not getting this step right puts you at risk of failing dismally.

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The shorter, the better

This one might be a bitter pill to swallow, as it will require you to go lower with those clippers. Besides a fresh relaxer, when it comes to pixies, nothing will relieve your stress like going shorter. Shorter hair is much easier to deal with, as it easier to manipulate into styles such as fingerwaves.

Have silk/satin scarves on deck!

After slaving away for a significant time, the final and maybe most crucial step is locking everything in place with a silk/satin scarf or pillowcase. This will have multiple benefits, such as preserving moisture, reducing breakage and frizz, and keeping the style in place by minimizing friction with cotton, which is a drying material

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Also see: How to make sure you don’t lose your hair during season change