Hair tips from a male perspective

Okay ladies, put down your Cosmos, Vogues, and whatever else you read for hairstyle tips. This is the only thing you are going to need to read.

First, when you go to get your haircut and you still haven’t decided what you want to do with your hair or even if you have, ask your stylist first what they think. They are trained to know what styles look good based on the shape of your face, your skin tones, how thick or thin your hair is, etc. In the end, they have to do whatever you want because after all the customer is always right, but listen to their advice. They want to make you look good so you will keep coming back.

“I’ve been with the same stylist for a while now so I trust her,” said junior theater major Jess McCulre. “If she says, ‘Damn you’d look good in bangs,’ I’d trust her completely.”

Now one thing that is making a comeback in 2011 is long bangs. Celebs from Reese Witherspoon to Tyra Banks are rocking the long bangs and rocking them well. If you think your hair is too thin to pull off the long bangs, ask your stylist about looking into extensions. Make sure you get good ones though, or it’s not even worth trying to pull this look off.

“It’s kind of difficult for me in particular to try different hair styles, because I have such thin hair, so my choices are limited,” said junior theater major Anna Gruber. “It all kind of depends on your face shape. Mine lends itself to a longer cut.”

For those of you like Anna, who look better with the longer cuts, you can do so much with it. One easy thing you can try is just switching products. Manufacturers make all kinds of different products no matter what you hair is like, so just do a little research and find what will work best for you.

Some of you are more worried about something low maintenance, so you’re not spending forever on your hair in the morning. Who has time to worry about looking perfect every morning when you have early morning classes five days a week?

“Anything low maintenance is great because I don’t’ have the time or energy to worry about my hair before 8 a.m.,” said junior biology major Coco Esser.

It all comes down to finding a stylist you trust. Once that happens, let them do their magic. You don’t tell your plumber how to fix your sinks, do you?

“I let my hair stylist surprise me. If he has a new style he wants to try I let him go for it,” Coco said. “Hair cuts are an adventure for me. I like to be spontaneous and have a different hairstyle when I leave the salon.”

Once you leave the salon, just make sure you are taking good care of your hair yourself, and the possibilities are endless.

Posted by KevinHall on Feb 10 2011. Filed under Close Up, Special Sections. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.