purplebubba
July 25th, 2010, 01:00 PM
Since its hard to find pictures of hemlines to show a stylist I advise trying to draw them.
In my case I used my computer to illustrate them.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/purplebubba/Stuff/hems.gif
Feel free to print these out. Or take a picture of your own hair like we post here and draw on it. Make several copies and draw what you do mean and what you don't. That way you can point to the picture and show where you want the U to start or layers to start etc.
This is from an old thread I did on another forum so it kinda repeats what I just said
"I said shoulder length and it's cut too short"
I often see this posted so I thought I would post my thoughts on this as if someone was really posting this.
Over the years I have watched many makeover shows and looked at many hairstyle magazines. Many stylists seem to think that shoulder length means that some of the hair is going to be near the shoulders.
You might be asking for the picture with the longest length
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/purplebubba/Stuff/ShoulderLength.gif
but the stylist might assume you mean the first one or the middle one. Therefore you need to be very specific about where you want your hair to reach. If you have to point to a spot on your body then do it.
Also be very clear as to which sections of your hair you want to stay at your version of shoulder length. Many stylists like to layer hair. If you ask for layers make sure you understand that they may want to layer all of your hair and not just the front. Be specific if you just want a few pieces cut.
Think of it this way. Make sure that you can explain it to anyone before you try explaining it to the stylist. If you need to write down your words on a notebook and take that with you then do it. It's a lot easier to read your words than to try to remember what you meant to say.
Adding on to what I said about the makeover shows
I see many stylists say they will keep the length at a certain spot and they start out by cutting to that point to remove the bulk but then they chop away and in the end there might be just a bit of hair actually reaching that point or just above it. Especially if they cut it wet and your hair shrinks. So make sure they understand that you want your hair to reach a certain point while dry or have them cut it that way. And if you have to ask to stand up so they can draw the hem with the scissors. Its probably harder to get with the chair back in the way.
In my case I used my computer to illustrate them.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/purplebubba/Stuff/hems.gif
Feel free to print these out. Or take a picture of your own hair like we post here and draw on it. Make several copies and draw what you do mean and what you don't. That way you can point to the picture and show where you want the U to start or layers to start etc.
This is from an old thread I did on another forum so it kinda repeats what I just said
"I said shoulder length and it's cut too short"
I often see this posted so I thought I would post my thoughts on this as if someone was really posting this.
Over the years I have watched many makeover shows and looked at many hairstyle magazines. Many stylists seem to think that shoulder length means that some of the hair is going to be near the shoulders.
You might be asking for the picture with the longest length
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/purplebubba/Stuff/ShoulderLength.gif
but the stylist might assume you mean the first one or the middle one. Therefore you need to be very specific about where you want your hair to reach. If you have to point to a spot on your body then do it.
Also be very clear as to which sections of your hair you want to stay at your version of shoulder length. Many stylists like to layer hair. If you ask for layers make sure you understand that they may want to layer all of your hair and not just the front. Be specific if you just want a few pieces cut.
Think of it this way. Make sure that you can explain it to anyone before you try explaining it to the stylist. If you need to write down your words on a notebook and take that with you then do it. It's a lot easier to read your words than to try to remember what you meant to say.
Adding on to what I said about the makeover shows
I see many stylists say they will keep the length at a certain spot and they start out by cutting to that point to remove the bulk but then they chop away and in the end there might be just a bit of hair actually reaching that point or just above it. Especially if they cut it wet and your hair shrinks. So make sure they understand that you want your hair to reach a certain point while dry or have them cut it that way. And if you have to ask to stand up so they can draw the hem with the scissors. Its probably harder to get with the chair back in the way.