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Rosanne Ullman

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Monday, September 08, 2008 #

Hair Styling to Create the “Controlled Mess”

At any given time there’s usually a perfect-coif look among the popular style selections and, in any case, you probably have those clients who request hair styling that keeps every hair in place no matter what’s in fashion. Still, I’ve noticed over the years that the controlled mess never completely goes out of style. Bed head is not dead.

We could sit around analyzing why that is, why some women have a need to seem as if they’re not trying very hard. Perhaps it provides a handy aloofness, marks a lady as just a bit of a rebel or simply prevents her look from being duplicated by every other female in the room. But the "why" isn’t important; what matters is being able to identify which of your clients want their hair to be a touch untidy and then creating styles that suit their personal brand of rambunctiousness.

Studying cutting techniques will give you a lot of insight into designing disconnected, scattered sorts of looks that may thrill these clients. Further, much of the happy outcome will depend on the finishing methods you can teach them to do on their own, and for some clients a formless modified updo may be the answer. Experiment with molding pastes, gels and other styling aids; play with flat irons, curling irons and air-drying gimmicks. Use your creativity to show that potentially high-ticket client that you understand her affection for organized disaster.

Photography by Babak; hair by KMS Artistic Team

posted @ Monday, September 08, 2008 9:49 AM | Feedback (0)