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Talking the Talk
OK, so you think you’ve found your perfect salon. Now what?
 

Initiate a dialogue with your new stylist and colourist. Don’t go in expecting them to read your mind. Nor should you allow them free reign over your tresses.

You need to communicate what you need and what your lifestyle is like.

Do you have children or work full time? How much time do you really have in the morning to blow-dry or style your hair? And how often can you get to the salon for a colour touch-up and trim?
 

If your job allows for a straight-from-the-catwalk, fashion-forward crop that’s great, but check first that your bone structure and face shape allows for it.

Likewise, if you’re a professional, don’t choose a style and hue that won’t sit well in the boardroom. If you lead a hectic lifestyle, avoid a style that will take you two hours a day (and frequent in-salon touch-ups) to perfect.

“A good hairdresser will be asking you questions to gather information: your likes, dislikes, the time you have to spend on your hair, previous looks that worked and those that didn’t,” says Parlour Hair’s Robert Bava.


“From there they can advise and create the perfect style for you. Your stylist should also be giving you tips throughout your visit on how to care for and style your hair, as well as the best products to use to recreate salon-perfect locks.”

“Taking pictures into the salon is a great idea,” adds Lee Preston of Lee Preston Hair in South Perth.

“However you must remember that celebrities always have a stylist with them and they will always look immaculate. The style and colour you leave with will only be an interpretation of the look that works for you.”

 
Words: Shonagh Walker, 23 June 2008 

READ LEE PRESTON’S PROFILE HERE.

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