Hair is often times one of the first things we notice about a person. It can shape how you feel about yourself and how others see you. Are you a neat and tidy person with clean, dye-free, long locks? Are you a hipster with hair that looks like its stuck to your head due to the massive amounts of creams and sprays you use in the morning just to get to “I just rolled out of bed” look?
No matter what your style, your hair is you and you are your hair. I just went from long hair to short, cropped hair and have realized that maybe I’m a short hair kind of girl. Being in my 20’s now and having had long hair for most of my life, I decided it was time for a change and off to the salon I went. I said one word to the stylist, “short.”
This woman has been doing my hair since I was about 10 years old and for her, my hair and the word “short” have never been uttered in the same breath to her by me. She stared at me blankly and asked, “How short?” And I repeated again in the most serious tone I had ever used when speaking to her, “Short.”
And so, she put my long hair into a neat, low ponytail and chopped off my hair right above my neck. After about a half an hour and some poofing and blow drying and I was shocked by the person I was now looking at in the mirror. I never really noticed my apparently existent bone structure underneath the long hair and bangs I had.
The point is, we all love that feeling after a fresh haircut. That “I feel like I can now take on the world!” feeling. It is a feeling that happens when we take care of ourselves in ways that we tend to forget about sometimes with our busy lives.
It’s little things like buying a bold new shade of lipstick, or a haircut. As much as we sometimes hate to admit it, how we look on the outside really does make a difference with how we feel on the insides. It’s not the most important thing because a sense of humor and intelligence tend to be traits people care more about rather than looks but as a full and happy person, feeling good about yourself can come from something you do just for yourself.
But let’s face it, looking feeling good about how you look can be a bit pricey. There are ways to avoid costs at the salon like washing your own hair before your appointment or requesting to not get your hair blow dried.
Another way to save is to print out the coupon below and heading to Kropps and Bobbers on Ludlow Street. Be sure to bring your student I.D. and the coupon to receive 15% off any salon service so you can get that “I can take on the world!” feeling.
Janet, College of Saint Elizabeth, 2012
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