| Any hairstyle or hair design should be carefully | | | | studying the shape of the face, the bone structure |
| considered before you rush into going for it. Why? | | | | of a person's features and even the person's |
| Because your hair is one of the first things people | | | | shoulders will help you choose a hair design that will |
| see and also because it can take months to grow | | | | compliment your natural appearance as opposed to |
| back in the case or a bad hair cut or it could take a | | | | contrasting it. |
| lot of time and money trying to repair your hair in | | | | Speaking of natural appearances, there are two |
| the case of chemically styled or designed hair. | | | | things that are significantly important when it comes |
| There are many factors that you should take into | | | | to your hair style and general appearance and those |
| consideration before making a decision, after all it's | | | | are the cut and the color. Let's face it...literally, you're |
| your hair and more than likely you want to get the | | | | not a floating head, it comes attached to a body and |
| best out of it. After all, you won't rush out on a | | | | believe it or not the right hair cut can actually |
| whim to get a tattoo design that you saw in a | | | | enhance the appearance of the rest of your body by |
| magazine two seconds ago! But before we delve into | | | | creating create a sense of balance between your |
| the world of hair design you should know this; | | | | head, face, and body. And if you are interested in |
| hairdressing and hair styling are art forms, and it is | | | | coloring your hair, whether a mild enhancement of |
| usually approached as such. It may seem strange to | | | | your natural color or a completely new color it is |
| think of hair as art, but hair design can be likened to | | | | important to make it look natural. Before considering |
| the art of sculpting. Great men like Socrates and | | | | coloring as part of your hair design you should pay |
| Leonardo Da Vinci saw sculpting as the purest art | | | | attention to your eye color and skin tone. |
| form, so much so that Da Vinci even exhumed | | | | Another important factor to consider when choosing |
| corpses to understand the accuracy and precision of | | | | a hair design is the functionality and appropriateness |
| form, the result of which was his work 'The Vitruvian | | | | of the design for work, social occasions, daily time |
| Man'. But the significance here is that hair stylists | | | | constraints and your basic everyday lifestyle. A hair |
| approach hair designing in very much the same way a | | | | design should be either a one-size-fit-all- type of |
| sculptor would approach a mound of clay. | | | | design where it is appropriate for every occasion |
| One of the most important factors to take into | | | | notwithstanding the addition of accessories like |
| account when choosing a hair design or style is the | | | | make-up and clothes, or the hair design should be |
| shape of the person's face, simply because the hair | | | | versatile enough to style appropriately for various |
| frames the face and the shape of the person's face | | | | occasions. |
| will determine what kind of cut, style or design will | | | | And of course, the most important factor that you |
| look the best. The bone structure of the face and | | | | should definitely take into account when choosing a |
| shoulders should also be taken into consideration as a | | | | new do, is well, you! Your new style or design should |
| delicate bone structure framed by sharp cuts and | | | | reflect and match your personality. Your hair should |
| straight edges may well make a person look like an | | | | say something about who you are, and you certainly |
| experimental mannequin gone terribly wrong. Rather, | | | | want your hair to make very positive statements! |