Give Yourself A Pixie Haircut. One of the possible ways to lighten the look is to make a few vertical snips into your hair. I took a kitchen garbage bag and cut it down the side and base to make a long plastic sheet, then bundled the clippings and threw it away.
Trim the edge of the hairline above the neckline in a crescent shape that runs all the way to one ear. How to give yourself a pixie haircut. 2 mirrors (one big one, and one handheld), and hair clippers.