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Damien is a staff writer for Hair News Magazine. His articles, quotes,
and interviews have appeared in all types of media and publications in
several languages.
Hair Mojo! What is sexy hair?
Hair
News Magazine
by: Damien
R. von Dahlem
Everybody wants sexy hair and I see
it promised in magazine after magazine, but I have never seen or heard
anyone really quantify it.
Perhaps it is not quantifiable as
perceptions of what is sexy will vary from person to person. Perhaps no
real writer wants to run the risk of offending those who have hair that
does not conform to sexiness. Perhaps I'm just a blowhard that doesn't
know when to quit.
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Be that as it may, I have given the
subject some thought and now I am going
to take a good whack at it.
Frequently people confuse pretty with sexy. I have known plenty of
pretty
people with the sex appeal of bacteria, and I have known
plain and even marginally unattractive people who ooze sex appeal with
their every gesture they grace us with.
Indeed I would argue that there is no ultimately sexy hairstyle,
anymore
than the car you drive, the magic gob in a bottle, or the other sparkly
consumer products we can deliver. (Note to self: expect nasty calls
from advertisers.)
Yet I do believe that a sexy hairstyle can be the icing on the cake so
long as the cake itself has some real substance. My personal definition
of sexy is an independent gal with plenty of spunk and brains to boot.
I am far more interested in what is in her head than on it. Still,
every
now then a divine creature with that certain ulala will walk into a
room
and every single head turns without an iota of an idea if she has the
capacity
to tie her own shoe, and to be honest, at that precise moment no one
cares.
So what is it about that person that has a universal effect on all whom
she passes, and can we bottle it? Its confidence. The universal
sex appeal is the confidence we exude culminating
in graceful posture and movement.
A
sexy hairstyle will:
1. Be a
simple clean cut with clean lines. Understated elegance. Why we as
a culture insist on mangling our brides with intense and often
confusing
updo's, is simply beyond me. The same goes for those poofy shoulders,
bangles
and bobbles hanging from the bride's dress as if she were an
Elizabethan
era lampshade.
2. Be age
appropriate. Tell your husband you'll wear your hair long again
when
he can produce his high school stomach and biceps.
3. Be ethnically
appropriate. Every culture has its jewels and gems, so why try to
usurp
someone else's heritage. It usually looks really dumb anyway.
4. Be revealing.
Don't hide behind your hair. Open it up, show the world who and what
you
are. Stop insisting on celebrity cuts. Even if your stylist has the
skill
to give you the latest Meg Ryan cut, you still won't look like Meg Ryan.
5. Be proportionate
to your face and body structure. Get a good stylist who knows the
rules
and math of proportionate cutting, drawing the eye to your best feature
and away from your least flattering feature.
6. Be in
line with your makeup. Please, blue eye shadow? I have never seen
that
make anyone look anything but trailer. Get help from a real pro, and I
don't mean your local Avon or Mary Kay buddy. Their products are fine,
some even good, I'm talking about the painter not the paint.
