If you are like most women, you like to change your hairstyle frequently. You may be tired of your present cut, or you may like to keep up with fashion trends and recreate yourself once or twice a year.
But there’s more to it than picking up the phone to make an appointment with your favourite stylist. You need, first of all, to consider your face shape to determine if that great style you’re wanting suits you. If you have an oval face, where the forehead is slightly wider than the jaw, you can likely wear most hairstyles so consider yourself lucky.
But you may be one of the population that has a round face, with a chin that’s rounder rather than tapered. Your haircut should give the illusion of lengthening the face by creating height on top of your head while keeping the sides close to your ears. Rectangular faces are long and narrow but are square at the chin and hairline. Bangs can help to shorten the face and a side part will take away the squareness.
Diamond-shaped faces are wide at the cheekbones so need a cut that provides width at the narrower chin and forehead. Heart-shaped faces are wide at the forehead so width needs to be added at the chin. And finally, pear-shared faces are widest at the jaw so width needs to be created at the forehead.
So getting a cut which flatters your shape may mean that you are not be able to duplicate those shining tresses of Angelina Jolie or Hilary Swank. But the good news is, there are plenty of terrific styles from which you can choose that will make you feel like a star yourself. A helpful site, totally dedicated to helping you choose a hairstyle can be found at http://www.hair-styles.net/
Next you need to consider your lifestyle. Do you have time for extra curling, straightening, or blow drying, or do you need a carefree style that can dry by itself? If you have kids, work full time, engage in evening activities with your family, work out a lot or play sports, you would be best to consider a short coiffure. Remember, however, that short hair needs to be cut or trimmed every four to six weeks so depending on the price of haircuts in your area, you need to consider cost. Your hairstylist is the first person you should talk to as he or she knows your hair and can suggest styles that would be easy to care for and would suit your facial features. Remember that you don’t always need to shampoo your hair daily unless it’s oily and you might get away with styling every second day by using a shower cap when you shower.
If a short style seems boring to you, remember that for special occasions you can vary it by using gel or mousse, by curling it with rollers or a curling iron, and by adding a variety of barrettes and headbands.
Before you consider colouring your hair read the helpful hints at www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/dyehair/dyehair.HTML. It can be expensive, time-consuming and needs to be redone every few weeks.
With some thought and planning, you can greet every day with a hairstyle that makes you feel good and gives you confidence.
