Complaint After Complaint

Yes, I am fully aware that you are the one who has to live with the hairstyle. That being stated, isn’t that more of a reason to listen to a prefessional so you don’t look like a jackass who isn’t allowed to look into mirrors?
Remember these people went to cosmetology school, not Hogwarts. They can’t lighten your hair from brown to blond in a visit (a la Sheer Genius and the girl who wanted her hair platinum in two hours. Pfff.)
Yes the pixie cut is in, but not for people with round faces. They look like jack-o-lanterns.
I don’t care if you KNOW what you want, if a trained professional tells you it’s not the best idea, then you should seriously listen. They don’t do this to make their life easier because what you want would take up too much of their time. They do it because they are trying to save you lots of embarassment and the “what was she thinking” look.
Furthermore, don’t think you can pull off difficult techniques by yourself like stripping your hair or trying to match a specific color. You will have to go to a stylist to fix it anyway.
Lastly, if you make a drastic chage, be ready to have the time and money to maintain it. When you go from light to dark and don’t fix your roots when they grow in, you look like you’re balding. When you go from dark to light, you look like trailer trash.
An ugly face is something you’re born with and expensive to fix. Ugly hair is really cheap to do but totally avoidable.