Quote from: Ruu on January 14, 2013, 02:05:05 PM
I would rather it not be hijacked, tyvm.
Well, I do have a part, I just don't know what part is more beneficial, or what part I would rather have. You say to get it styled, but I don't know /how/ to get it styled. Else I wouldn't really be here. I could do the blunt cut bangs, but what exactly is "medium length?"E
There is no "exact" in hairstyling. Medium usually means something shorter than shoulder-length. Get some of the hairstyle magazines that appear on drug store shelves and you can get a general idea of how the various terms apply. But in practices, everyone's hair is different and some things you want may turn out to be harder to get, until you have a long-standing relationship with a stylist who has learned what works for you and what doesn't.
One benefit of at least
shopping for a wig, if you can find a salesperson who is interested in developing you as a potential repeat customer, is that you would get to try various styles that might or might not seem effective, and those can be useful in guiding your stylist in the right direction, assuming you stick to shopping for styles that are consistent with your own hair. Hard to do, though, if the salesperson gets the impression you are wasting her time. My hair is no longer what it once was, so we had an understanding that I was genuinely shopping and interested in her input (and the final wig I bought from her was not a cheap one, though it wasn't too bad -- retail over $100 but their price was closer to $70).
This was the third wig I bought at this store, though. The first saleswoman I worked with (a few weeks before returning) was friendly enough, but nowhere near as informed or engaged as the one who sold me this one. Our conversation (and the many wigs we tried on the way to this one) was alone probably worth what I spent on the wig, in terms of giving me some critical insights on what to watch out for as I try to get anywhere close to this with my own aging hair:
(I would describe that as medium length or near shoulder length, by the way).
My son identifies as fairly queer, so we spent over 3 hours a few weeks ago at a stylist, getting him a more butch style, but also doing coloring and bleaching that was something of an ordeal. He
wanted bleach blonde root and purple tips, but he got more or less the reverse, because his natural hair would not bleach completely before his scalp started to sting badly.
