Good / Bad Haircuts

I am a member of a writing group in my community and recently, one of the warm-up prompts was "Good / Bad Haircuts".  I, of course, was intrigued and the temptation to write about this extremely important topic was just too great to pass.  As all good Southern women know, there are two things about your appearance that cannot be ignored:  your shoes and your hair.  In the words of Truvy from Steel Magnolias, "I don't trust anyone who does their own hair.  I don't think it's normal."  This is a sentiment to which I emphatically subscribe.

The relationship between a woman and her hair stylist actually supersedes and is incredibly more important than the doctor/patient relationship.  Sure, a doctor may be able to cure your ailments, but many times a patient is able to suffer in silence with common maladies. But you will never go through a bad hairstyle alone.  Trust me on this one.  Faster than you can get that baseball cap on your head, the gossip about your "unfortunate hair" has already hit the grocery store checkout lines.  

The right hair stylist can transform you into a sultry siren or a dragon lady with one fell swoop of the scissors and five minutes too long on the color timer.  The best stylist cuts and colors your hair without anyone noticing the change.  You just look fabulous all the time!  Except when you are sitting in the chair with enough foil in your hair to act as a conduit for NASA.  That is the true measure of a good stylist, when she can make you beautiful in spite of your poor hairstyle choices.   I love my stylist!!