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Tuesday, 9 March 2010

“Post Break Up Hair”


Not a day passes without someone coming into the salon demanding a drastic style and color change. Hairdressers call this phenomenon, “Post Break Up Hair.” Jack may not know it yet, but Jill is filing for divorce and washing that man right out of her hair!.....

The gender truth is that women like to cleanse, and why not? If ever there was a time to renovate body and soul, this is it, and serves the additional benefit of irritating Jack beyond all rationale.

This set me thinking of what rules should apply to such a change, and just as quickly I realized that any rules I would prescribe would defeat the very joy of throwing rules and caution to the wind. Drastic change is after all, drastic, and should not be encumbered by such things as reason or purpose.

In the end, hair is just hair, and grows back, unlike cutting off the nose to spite the face. Colour and length are important, but not nearly as important as the image, the message you want to send. My message would be, “Look at me! I am young, fresh, independent, confident, and free of you!” If I did it right, it would also say, “I look hot, and I am on my way out the door!

To send this message I think the hair needs to be off the shoulder or shorter with great movement and color that just explodes into the room. If you are going red, then go really red, not just a few red strands woven into your old yesterday hair, but a bold, vibrant red so alarming that burly firemen feel uneasy in your presence; or perhaps a deep mysterious black with cool blue hues that play in the moonlight; or a thick rich chocolate brown that begs to be served with strawberries and champagne; or maybe a striking blonde so dynamically brilliant that every woman in the room hates you, and grown men are reduced to tears because they haven’t met you.

Let your new life BEGIN!.

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