Hey ladies!

I wanted to chat about haircuts and color for my blog post. I recently got my haircut and thought to myself that though I’ve had my hair cut loads of times by lots of different people - the same anxiety always arises beforehand!

I have loads of friends who are always chill with the whole process “it grows back, don’t worry!” but while I try to remain calm, I always get nervous I will hate my hair, complain it was a waste of money and that it’ll all end in tears (dramatic I know!)

So, after chatting with a few people about the best way to go about a drastic hair cut or color, stick to these trusty tips from the ladies at Blowfish:

1. Do your research! We luckily live in this digital world, so use the World Wide Web as much as you can! Go to your potential salon’s website, read reviews on websites like yelp, and if possible see how long the salon has been open and if the stylists have been there a while! This info will tell you a lot!

2. Do more research! This time, print pictures of what you like (and even don’t like) or save them on your phone. You can never have enough pictures – don’t forget these on your haircut / color day!

3. On the day of your appointment, don’t be too shy, be vocal and make it clear what you want to look like in the end, hopefully your stylist will be honest and advise what is good/not good for your hair and if they don’t ask them outright! (In a nice way of course) Remember to tell them any problems you have with your hair – it gets dry, greasy, too thick etc. For those few hours, try and take in all the knowledge you can!

4. Talk to your stylist about how you want to maintain your hair, do you have the time to keep up a trendy cool hairstyle, straighten your hair, curl your hair everyday or do you just want to wash and go? All these things will help your stylist cut your hair in a way that is manageable. 

5. The most important thing is to trust your stylist and hopefully end up building a rapport with them! 

6. Ask about maintenance after – will you need your bangs trimmed every few weeks, will it be cheap to go back there, if you don’t like your color, can they touch it up or change it for you? Did you like the product they use, is it something affordable or what is the reason you like it? Maybe you can find something at a local store instead!

Some cute cuts and colors:

Emma Stone’s color is GORGEOUS! It is forever striking (Photo courtesy of fanpop.com)

Emma Watson can certainly rock the pixie cut look. Edgy, slick and sexy. She has more guts that I do! (Photo courtesy of zimbio.com)

Lily serious has the my dream hair.. Ombre to perfection! (Photo courtesy of stylebistro.com)

Alexa has taken the short hair wash and go look and made it look cool. We salute you miss! (Photo courtesy of lazyobession.blogspot.com)

Have any of you had a good or bad experience with haircuts and color? Don’t worry, we all have! Share some of your stories and like some friends say…. It always grows back! Till soon!

xoxo

Karen