(UPI) -- There must be something in the Hollywood waters that's inspiring actresses to take scissors to their long locks. Most recently, both Pamela Anderson and Jennifer Lawrence opted for sleek, modern pixie cuts.
Now, it's Jennifer Aniston's turn. The 44-year-old We're The Millers star cut her hair into a blonde bob, telling Vogue on Monday that it was time for a change.
"It’s right at my jaw line, maybe a little longer. It was kind of spur-of-the-moment," she said.
I feel great. I feel lighter. It’s simple, it’s really simple, that’s for sure. But I’m always one of those girls who does a big old chop just to get it really healthy, to repair all the [damage from] hair coloring and stuff like that. And I just got bored, honestly. It’s fun to change it up once in awhile.
Aniston inspired a legion of copycats back in 1994 with a layered cut called "The Rachel," and except for a brief bob back in 2001, she's kept her hairstyle fairly straight-forward ever since.
Her stylist, Chris McMillan, explained the process to Allure:
It took a few hours to get it right. I used every tool I had—scissors, razor, thinning shears, broken glass (kidding). But I wanted it to look chewed off and lived in. We both love how model Daria Werbowy is wearing her hair now, and the idea was that Jen won’t have to blow it out and style it. The point is to let her natural waves come in and maybe tuck it back on one side.
But it might not have been that spur of the moment. Aniston also told ELLE that her hair's bad reaction to a straightening process called a "Brazilian Blowout" damaged her tresses.
‘It wasn’t for a role. My hair went through a phase -- I did this thing called a Brazilian and my hair did not react really well to it," she said.
