Makeup/Hair

Hair

To create the image you want, a good hairstyle is fundamental. To have the flattering hairstyle you like you need two things: to know what’s good for your face and a sensitive and knowledgeable hairdresser.

Women

Hairstyle and Hairstylist

Speak to your hairdresser about yourself, how you live, of your hair and its peculiarities. If he wants to cut bangs and you don’t like them, ask him to offer you alternatives. If you have little time to prepare yourself ask for a cut you can manage by yourself easily. You have to tell him if you can use brush and hairdryer, if you want a versatile cut you can change if you need to, how often you shampoo. If there is something you want to try, show it with pictures and discuss it together, because it could be wrong or right for you.

Don’t be afraid to ask what he will do before he starts. Ask how the hairstyle will complement your long (or short) neck. Is it going to soften your square jaw? Help your nose? How often do you go to the hairdresser? Keep in mind that a cut that needs to be continually adjusted is not very practical.

Shape of the face

If your face is regular (or, as it commonly defined, oval) you have many possibilities, conditioned only by your hair texture. For all other shapes – square, long, round, triangular – the general principle is not to choose a cut or shape that repeats the shape of the face. Often it’s difficult to match one’s face to the shapes experts talk about, unless the shape of the face is easily recognizable. There is not a perfect face, and the only secret is balance.

Here are some tips:

• Very short and tight hair emphasize the shape of the face. A full head puts more the attention on hair than on the face.
• If the face is full, it can be helped by a long hairstyle and an asymmetrical cut.
• A “bowl” cut will make a round face more round.
• If the face is too long, bangs help shorten it.
• If your nose is prominent you can balance it tightening your hair in a chignon or pony tail, leaving some bangs on the forehead.
• If you do not want to emphasize the nose, avoid central partings, which attract attention to the center of the face.
• Short and curly hairstyles are complementary to a short forehead.
• A strong jaw can be softened with hair chin length.
• People with a receding chin must avoid cuts which end at the chin, emphasize the upper part of the head, and keep hair full on the neck.
• Hairstyle and cut should be decided looking in a mirror that reflects the whole figure to evaluate its proportions.
  

Every hairstyle needs upkeep. It is better to let your life style dictate your hairstyle, or you’ll become slave of your hair and you’ll not enjoy all the possible benefits. Especially if you work and have little time it’s better to opt for haircuts that include style.

Men

Accurate and well shaped cuts, short or rather flat, back combed or crew cut are the best for a classic professional image. Longer cuts, romantic and long hair with bangs on the face are better for more creative jobs and for private life.

Moustache and beard (especially if they cover the entire face), bangs and hair on the face communicate you need to hide something you don’t like or camouflage something.

No: to a white or salt and pepper beard or goatee with dark hair. It makes you look older.

No: to too long or too short sideburns.

No: to parting your hair over one ear and comb long strands over a bald spot. It’s better to present one’s baldness with confidence than trying to hide it

If your hair is only slightly receding you can keep it very short and combed forward.

If you have very little hair on a bald head it’s better to shave it. It will be less evident.
If you have thinning hair it is better to keep it short and always freshly cut.

Cut regularly hair every three-four weeks to keep the cut fresh and the same image. If you have a lot of hair you must keep under control, you don’t need more volume.

In general, hair volumes have to be contained and the length has to be short or semi-long.

Some men dye their hair to cover grey. It’s very important that the color looks natural; it has to be done impeccably and often (better not to leave it on for too long, but do it more often). Because dyes contain peroxide, many products tend to enhance red, color not flattering for Winters and Summers who must choose ash colors – while they look good on Autumns and Springs.
The main thing in dying it’s not to bring the color back to the original shade of youth, but to eliminate the white highlight, the translucent quality of white hair. There are dyes on the market which can give a lighter color than the original but cover the grey hair. Beards can be dyed of a tone lighter than hair. The contrary doesn’t look so good.

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