Bad hair cuts happen even if you don't try to save money on a
trim from a chain salon employing recent beauty school graduates.
However, even in the best salons communication errors can occur. Don't
worry, I am here to guide you through this. First of all hair grows
1/4-1/2 inch monthly, trimming it doesn't make it grow faster. Trimming
it does remove split ends before they travel up the hair shaft and trims can
balance the shape of the hair as it grows out making it look as though it is growing out nicely.
Don't drink gelatin, do take biotin supplements (ask your doctor first) from the vitamin aisle and drink tons of WATER. Water water water. In the mean time you can hide a bad cut with cute hats, creative clip placement and head bands. Or extensions, but we'll get to that in a minute.
Knitters: Do yourself a favor if you are a knitter and make an ascot/headband, it's an eveningish project that uses about one skein of yarn, the Lana and Clark ascot pattern in the Vickie Howell collection is available on her website. See how to wear it two ways by watching a great video of the two of us (Vickie and I) in San Jose, California just click on this: ascot and go to the last two or three minutes of the video.
Sewing Divas: Make a couple of cute head bands out of colorful silk ties from boyfriends past. Wrap the tie around your head to see where to add about three to four inches of elastic to either side to form a loop that won't slide off during the day, but don't cut off the ends of the tie, those will look cute tied behind your head. People will notice your ingenuity not your lame locks.
Non Crafty Types: The trick with a bad hair cut is to ignore it until it has grown enough for a good hair dresser to find the best shape. Hiding it with headbands, hats and hair clips gives you something else to do while it grows other than staring in the mirror through teary eyes.
Extensions: If you just can't stand to look in the mirror one more time and need instant gratification you can always get extensions. WARNING! Extensions are all over the place these days and it seems that just about every hair dresser in every salon swears that this is his or her specialty! This is a skill like any other and takes years to master not a weekend course and prepackaged supplies!! Once you are in the chair, look around, if you recognize a brand name on the extension supplies from an advertisement you saw in a magazine -RUN AWAY! I'll tell you why on my next installation called simply Extensions. Know what questions to ask, what to expect and what to demand! Read next week's blog.
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A bad hair cut is a disaster very difficult to manage...good thing is hair grows faster than the worry it breeds,thanks for the lovely tips here.
Posted by: mineral foundation | December 06, 2009 at 11:14 PM