I had a long reply all written up, but then inadvertently navigated away and lost it. Drat.
Second try:
I'm so sorry to hear that this is stressing you out, though I understand 100% why it would be.
I think I discerned three (major) questions that are bothering you about the possibility of shoulder-length hair:
1. Will you be able to keep it off your face? 2. Will it interfere with lying down? 3. Will it expand undesirably in either horizontal or vertical dimentions?
Assuming these are a fair summary of at least some of your current concerns, here are my own perspectives on these questions:
1. If you're concerned about being able to keep parts of your hair off your face, this should be totally do-able with any hair longer than about eyebrow length. I use bobby pins, and they work great, but with shorter bangs I haven't had much luck (even with headbands).
2. When I had shoulder-length hair (more than a decade ago), I found that it was unpleasant to lie flat on my back when wearing a pony tail. This problem didn't arise with pig-tails or with my hair down, and it was greatly alleviated by putting my hair in a low pony tail (at the base of my skull) -- though a low pony tail requires slightly longer hair. I now get around this problem by having incredibly short hair on the back of my head.
3. Shoulder-length curly hair can have a triangular/pyramidal appearance when it's not cut with layers, and the solution to this is to cut it with layers (in my experience). I have radically less experience with vertical poof, though I would imagine that hair would be less likely to expand up if it were a bit longer (so it would weigh itself down).
I hope some of this might be helpful, I'm happy to discuss further or just to listen to frustrated indecision on your part.
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Second try:
I'm so sorry to hear that this is stressing you out, though I understand 100% why it would be.
I think I discerned three (major) questions that are bothering you about the possibility of shoulder-length hair:
1. Will you be able to keep it off your face?
2. Will it interfere with lying down?
3. Will it expand undesirably in either horizontal or vertical dimentions?
Assuming these are a fair summary of at least some of your current concerns, here are my own perspectives on these questions:
1. If you're concerned about being able to keep parts of your hair off your face, this should be totally do-able with any hair longer than about eyebrow length. I use bobby pins, and they work great, but with shorter bangs I haven't had much luck (even with headbands).
2. When I had shoulder-length hair (more than a decade ago), I found that it was unpleasant to lie flat on my back when wearing a pony tail. This problem didn't arise with pig-tails or with my hair down, and it was greatly alleviated by putting my hair in a low pony tail (at the base of my skull) -- though a low pony tail requires slightly longer hair. I now get around this problem by having incredibly short hair on the back of my head.
3. Shoulder-length curly hair can have a triangular/pyramidal appearance when it's not cut with layers, and the solution to this is to cut it with layers (in my experience). I have radically less experience with vertical poof, though I would imagine that hair would be less likely to expand up if it were a bit longer (so it would weigh itself down).
I hope some of this might be helpful, I'm happy to discuss further or just to listen to frustrated indecision on your part.