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This is a guest post by Gina Rivera. Rivera is the co-founder and president of Phenix Salon Suites with more than 50 locations throughout the nation and more than 100 scheduled to open by the end of next year. She is also the founder of Phenix Salon Products and CoverUp Girlz apparel. Visit Phenix Salon Suites at http://ift.tt/1rWLDYg.
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How do you handle a really bad cut and color?
With a party around every corner in the Holiday Season, let's assume that you're headed to a special event with little or no time for recovery. What do you do?
First of all, stay calm. That doesn't mean you pretend that nothing happened. Your stylist is probably upset, too, and wants to fix the mess. Your chances of repairing the problem are better if you stay cool. Work with your stylist to correct the problem.
One good reason to stay calm is that it may be this 'bad' cut and color is really a great look, but not the one you wanted ... not even close. Another good reason to stay calm is that virtually nothing that we do to our hair is permanent and, while we're waiting for it to grow out again, there is a lot we can do to blend and hide negatives.
Finally, this may not be anyone's fault. The absorption of color, for example, can be affected dramatically by what we eat, including medications. So, be cautious with blame, take a deep breath and focus on solutions. Three examples:
* You went for a trim and blowout but the cut is way too geometric. You look like an Egyptian princess ... beautiful, but not what you want. Get your stylist to round and soften the edges with a little point cutting, add some layers with staggered length to soften and create movement.
* You wanted subtle honey highlights, but this is an ombre! Again, you have no time. Take another deep breath. Go for an updo, maybe a chignon. Brush out the highlights to soften the color transitions. Take one particularly bright layer and create a thin braid that you'll weave into the chignon, or use it to finish a bun. That hides the bad color. If you need something around your face you can easily bring in some soft strands and wisps.
* Uh, oh. Too short. You wanted a bob and got a long pixie. This will require some acceptance. Stay calm, regroup and focus on what you can fix. Is the pixie too hard and edgy? That's easy to soften with a brush and blow dryer, or get some added volume with back brushing and teasing. Turn those spikes into soft feathery layers.
Solutions hinge on communication, being able to describe what you want. This is another reason why smart phones are so great because we can quickly pull up pictures of what we want (and what we don't want). As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words.
If your stylist doesn't have time right away to work on a solution, ask if you can come back later that day, assuming that you have the time.
Winning is not always getting everything we want but recovering from a fall.
Be open to change ... and stay calm!
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