Cutting It Short

If you bring a photo to your stylist?

I love it when women wear in a couple of pictures of styles they admire. It helps give me an idea of how they would like their hair to look. I say a few photos. When a woman comes with a folder of image files in an orderly fashion which is reflected in recent years, with arrows and side notes, I know I'm in trouble.

A photograph can help you express how you like your hair feels. Perhaps the picture is dim, or long, or very little cultivated. This gives us an idea of the direction you want to go. But wait a stylist to make your hair look exactly like the picture is often not realistic, especially if you do not look or have the hair of the person in the photo.

Over several years it seems celebrities have captured the hearts of women everywhere. Dorothy Hammel, Farrah Fawcett, Meg Ryan, Jennifer Anniston, Jessica Simpson, Katie Holmes … Most of the time the photograph is of a female under 30 years of age. If I had to show his hair cut exactly the same and the style of a woman of 45 years, I said … "Oh no, I do not like cutting hair."

Avoid bringing a photo of a woman who has a low hairline and a thicker hair than you. Many women have thinning hair in the temple and forehead, making it virtually impossible to recreate the look in a magazine.

Another idea is to bring pictures of hairstyles you like and not like in yourself. I get this frequently. It helps me know where you. Luckily it is a realistic query, and you're not bringing in a photo of you 20 years ago when his hair and his face was 20 years younger.

Recently a client brought in a selection of hairstyles that is worn over the years. They were all alike. Short layer with "H" on top hidden behind the ears, wispy bangs, and hair around the neck. Classic and appropriate. It was a good look for her, but wanted another opinion. Because any suggestions for change made her start to tremble, she went to the same court. I told him that this is a good look for her. If it works, it works.

What does not work is to put in several pictures and pointing to different elements of each. "I like the bangs on this one, but the crown in the present. I would like as this, but I like how the hair starts on the sides of the … "This approach is a recipe for problems. I can not tell you how many times I heard someone say:" I would like the hairstyle, but with bangs. It's like, "I would like those chocolate chip cookies without chocolate chips." If you want your hair with bangs, is not the hairstyle. Getting to where I go, but was disappointed with the results. The best thing is to find a normal cookie you like, instead of a chocolate chip cookie without the chocolate chip. They are two different recipes.

This method is covered by drawings. When a woman is drawing pictures of how you would like hair, there is an excellent opportunity just is not going to happen. I remember a mature attractive woman with an accurate idea of how he wanted his hair. She wanted to use any produce, tools, only a dryer when it is absolutely necessary. She wanted her hair very strong, top to bottom (shorter in the back and sides) with layers framing the face. He had his hair cut like that years ago in New York "and had never found a new stylist can duplicate.

What does not seem to understand is that his hair had become over the years wavier. The gray hair around the temples was lean, and some alterations to their expectations (as use an iron to smooth unruly areas and products to add softness) were in order.

As she showed me her prints, giving me instructions precise about how he wanted the appearance that is created, I realized that was not the stylist for her. I'm sure there someone out there who could recreate his vision, but not me. Finding the right hairdresser is more than just hanging up and it is also chemistry.

How to take pictures when the work of talking to your hairdresser:

• Choose the photos of the texture of the hair like yours and a hairline similar to yours.
• Choose the photos of real women and not retouched and enhanced celebrities.
• Realize most of the shots are celebrities to have had a stylist spend much time in them.
• Do not expect an exact replica of the cut in the picture, but a general feeling that look.
• Avoid trying to show a cut, but add exceptions (ie, like this, but with bangs, or like this, only longer.)

About the Author

Known as “The Makeover Guy,” Christopher Hopkins has been featured on Oprah, The Today Show and is the author of “Staging Your Comeback, A Complete Beauty Revival for Women Over 45.” Discover more from Christopher at: http://www.themakeoverguy.com/blog/ or for a complete beauty revival visit http://www.stagingyourcomeback.com

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