As I work toward my professional certification in personal styling, one thing is becoming clear: I will be offering hairstyle design services.
“Hairstyle design” may not be what you think. I cannot cut or color hair. OTOH, many talented hairstylists don’t have the training in line and proportion to design a flattering look; what they have is the technical skill to recreate the look you request, an idea about haircuts for certain face shapes and, in most cases, their own innate sense of style.
So, if hairstylists can’t tell you what the most flattering hairstyle will be, who can? A certified personal stylist!Now. Back to the stated topic: camouflage of a double chin. Curving the hair in around the neck can help disguise a wide neck or double chin. And, perhaps counterintuitively, keeping black away from the face helps too.
I need your services as a hairstyle design consultant! (Wish I were local)
I wish you were, too! Not so much about the hairstyle thing as just how much FUN we would have hanging out! Who else would enjoy talking about this stuff as much as we do? Lol
Seriously, though, the hairstyle design process is one I feel like can probably be done via email. And alot of stylists offer skype appointments and such. (I am still deciding how much other stuff can realistically be done electronically.)
If you decide to work with a stylist, or image consultant, electronically to design or suggest a hairstyle for you, in addition to the usual info – hair texture, styling skills, and so on – she should be asking you about your body’s proportions and silhouette, among other things (those can be ascertained from a full-length photo).
And if you were here we could do clothing exchanges together! 🙂
Oh, we would have a blast together – and we would definitely do clothing exchanges! (Though they’d have to include a lot more people than just me and you – I’m a lot larger than you – 5’9″ and size 10-12 range)
I think I’m interested in something like hairstyle consultation via email though. I’ve gotten TONS of clothes styling help from youlookfab.com (linking above to my info there), and have started to settle into a style that I think is “mine”. But I feel like I’m no where near figuring out what I should (or shouldn’t) be doing with (or about?) my hair.
Yes, we try to just include everyone – all sizes – at the clothing exchanges. You just never know what is gonna work. And there are always shoes. Then, after, I have a big bag of stuff to donate to one of our favorite charities.
Lol. I actually joined over there, just so I could see everything you post (or was it to be able to comment?)
And I will email you about the hair 🙂
Ha! Welcome to YLF then 🙂 I’ll look for you to pop up there. Vildy is there too, as well as many of your regulars. I happen to really like it there – it’s a very warm community.
The few that I’ve met IRL from there were a little surprised at how different I look in real life than my pictures – I’m not sure how to take pictures that look more like ‘me’…
And I’m looking forward to working with you on hair! Yay!