On to the third story from women who recently made major hair changes. I’m hoping these stories give you ideas for working with change-resistant clients. This one had difficult hair and so many issues with her hair styles that she finally just cut it all off to make it easy on herself. I have a friend who did the same thing, and once that’s decided these women are very reluctant, not to mention impatient, about growing it out again.

A cute pixie can be a great look and at least the client has to book frequent visits, so I’m not saying that everyone should have a mid-length. But for the woman who would like longer hair if she only knew how to make it look good, help her achieve a goal she may not even be aware she has! The way to tell is if she’s always saying, “I have the worst hair in the world,” or, “I’d let it grow but my hair is so fine (or frizzy) that it just looks terrible longer.”

Often these women cropped it short before some of the great products and techniques we have today were developed. They don’t realize that frizz doesn’t have to happen, that texturizing can tame hair and that limp is so last century. The woman in this particular story didn’t know how to make waves sleek and pretty. When you take your hair classes, think about how to enlighten clients about taking care of that style.

Photo: Hair and photography by Luis Alvarez; make-up by Wanda Alvarez; fashions by Sofia Perrey; production by Don Wismer.