What To Expect From Your Hair Salon:
A Complete Style Overhaul

Looking for something completely different and life altering? Go in to your local upper end salon and ask for a complete style overhaul. You’ll get hair and make-up (maybe even whole body treatments) and leave feeling like a whole new person! But where do you start? Follow these steps:

1. Create a mini-scrapbook of your ideas. Maybe you would like to try a short sassy razor cut or a dark color with vibrant red streaks. Want a platinum blonde pixie cut? Whatever it is that you think would look fantastic on you, cut the picture out or print it and put it in this book. Don’t try to make everything match or second guess yourself. If it catches your eye, add it. Color, hair cuts (Don’t be shy – if you are a lady and see an awesome male cut, put it in! Same goes the other way around, gents.), different make-up applications… Whatever it is that you are attracted to, put it in your little book.

Find a salon. This can be the tricky part if you don’t already have one. Start asking your friends for their recommendations because they will never send you to a place they don’t like. If you start getting the same response from several people, you may have found your salon! If you already have a stylist, you may want to stick with them. Be careful, though. Sometimes they get used to seeing you a certain way and may not be as supportive of your new ideas. Most stylists love making big changes, though, so feel your stylist out.

3. Don’t be afraid. The worst that could happen is you don’t like the cut (which will grow out in no time) or look strange in the color (which isn’t impossible to fix most of the time).

4. Make-up is the simplest thing to change because there’s nothing permanent. Tired of mascara? Get your lashes dyed and add in lash extensions. It may not cost as much as you think and will make you feel like a princess instantly. And stop going to a tanning bed to get a glow! Get a spray tan or an exfoliating glow wrap at a day spa. Your skin will love you more and you will look great without the threat of cancer. Ask your stylist to show you some quick make-up tricks you can do yourself at home, and ask them to try things you’ve never had on before. Don’t be scared to follow their advice. They see you as you truly are. You see yourself the way you want to be. Harsh reality, but really helpful when trying to be bold and do something completely new.

The main theme here is to not be afraid and be willing to take the advice of others, especially those who work in an industry where appearance is the focus. Stylists see pictures and people all day every day and are generally inspired by it, so use that expertise to your advantage when going in to get your complete style overhaul. Last tip: if you are of age, some of the more upscale salons offer a glass of bubbly while you are being pampered. Take it if you are feeling edgy!