hair cut

[Typically]

Ok guys i've had long hair (to my shoulders) now for about 2 years or so but i'm going to be looking for a new job soon i think and have been told my my parents and other people that i need a hair cut. now i agree it's a little long now but i'm not sure what i want to do with it.

ugh as i'm typing this im going back and forth about what i should do. i can't even put it down without changing my mind. so i guess i just wanted to see what you guys as professionals think about hair. would some one having long hair make you think "hey this guy is a dirty hippy" or would it not really matter?

if this doesn't make sense i apploagize it's monday and i'm not thiking straight :D

[jimking]

Pull it back into a pony tail and buy a black suit and a Cadillac. You'll look sharp at the interviews and a little scary. Get a haircut, it'll grow back. :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

I've had long hair all my life. I know its different for a girl, but it's hard for me to tell anyone to cut their hair.

I guess it's going to depend on if you apply to a place that's laid back or has a really corporate professional atmosphere.

Sorry, I'm not much help ;)

[tuliptree]

I'm going through the same thing (sort of). I've always had a chin length shorter hair cut with long bangs, but I've grown my hair out for the first time in 15 years and its past my shoulders. I keep going back and forth, cut it or keep it long.

My advice, and this is what I am doing: if you do decide to cut it short, search around online for some cuts you like, and bring pictures in so you have concrete examples. If you go in to someone and say cut it short you are apt to get a standard cut that person likes to give, and you may or may not be happy with it. So be specific. I'll bet you can find a good inbetween cut that will make you happy, and then if you land the job, grow it back if you miss it. Be sure to post before and after pics if you cut it! :)

[frankster]

My husband went from having dreadlocks from age 18 to 28 and shaved them all off. He said that the difference in first impressions and how joe public reacted to him was astounding. I miss his dreads (he's still a hippie at heart though), but I'd have to advocate a hair cut if you want that extra bit of employability. At least you can cut your hair and it will grow back. Some things that bias employers unfairly cannot be changed temporarily.

[balou]

For a big change like this, don't go to the quickie haircut places. Pay some extra money and go to a good salon. They'll be able to help you with your choice.

There are also some websites out there you can upload your photo and try on different styles.

[tuliptree]

For a big change like this, don't go to the quickie haircut places. Pay some extra money and go to a good salon. They'll be able to help you with your choice.

There are also some websites out there you can upload your photo and try on different styles.

Those sites are fun to just play with anyway!!

Agreed on the salon, I'll second that suggestion balou!

[Typically]

ok thanks for the replies guys =] i guess i just wanted to get it out there and hear it from different people. i think i might break out the clippers (if i can find them) tonight and get to work. i know that it needs to be done but i've just had all this hair for some time now and it'll be a big leap but like everyone has said it'll grow back :)

if im do it i'm gonna go from one extreme to the other rather then getting a hair cut though. i think i'm gonna pull it back into a pony tail and just lop it off :D hehe. i'll be sure to take a before and after pic for you guys. it's going to be funny when me beard is longer than my hair =]

[Skinny]

Yup I think shorter hair will make you appear more professional and employable.

Skinny

[Drazan]

There's some salon places that have imaging which takes a photo of you and puts the new haircut so that you can see how "you" will look and not rely on a generic photo.

I love long hair on a guy. Rawwr!

I think long hair can work if it is well taken care of and not straggly or wild. But I can also agree with the consensus of cutting it short for general public impression. There are some cool hair cuts rather then the standard corporate that may work as an edgy compromise.

Also check into locks of love if your hair qualifies, it may give someone with cancer a new look. :)

<<< wants to see before and after photos

Jade

[frankster]

depending on how much you have then you could do the locks of love thing (http://www.locksoflove.org/).

edit: ah, in that one minute you got there before me Drazan!

[frankster]

Please please, it you'rte going to clipper it then do the front first! We want to see a business at the front, party at the back photo before it's all off. Like this...

http://www.kniese.id.au/images/jokes/KingMullet.jpg

[Typically]

bwahahahahahahaha ya know what frank that's an AWESOME idea!!! mine won't be as impressive as this guys but i will give it a shot :D

[Virgo Nightingale]

That's gotta be the most horrific mullet I've ever seen.

[Typically]

but that goes past the horrific status and onto the jaw dropping amazing status :D i wonder what my boss would say if i came in with a mega mullet... there is one employee who has a mini mullet and has since i started here =]

[DesignStudio]

ok thanks for the replies guys =]it's going to be funny when me beard is longer than my hair =]

This is not the most professional look either. I don't always follow this advice myself (I frequently shave my head and have a beard)- but I think you'll also want to avoid the Shell Silverstien look for interviews. I never got rave reviews when I rocked this type of hair style. The general concesus feedback I got (especially from my wife) was to keep the same length stubble on my face as on my head, but not any longer. Good luck with the cut. I think that after having long hair, if you're a low (or no) maintinence type guy like me, you're going to appreciate how easy it is to have a shaved head. You'll shave (no pun intended) minutes off of your morning routine. That's also why after having tried both, I recommend just a short clipper setting rather than a razor for shaving your head, since actually shaving can turn into as much or more daily maintinence than washing and combing. Also if you shave your head clean, apparently the general population takes this as an invitation to rub your head without asking- which can get old fast.

Edit: Here's a visual of good old Shell, in case you weren't familiar. I still like this look, but everyone else didn't seem to share my opinion. Maybe not the way to go into an interview.
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/9807/ssilversvm7.jpg

[Typically]

haha yea that does look a little on the creepy side. i wasn't planning on shaving it bald but bringing it down to a 1 or 2 and then when it grows back in a bit go to a barber and get the sides closer and let the top go a little bit.

now i'm more worried about my beard then my hair haha. i guess i'll just have to see how it looks. maybe carve some lightning bolts on the sides =]

[frankster]

maybe carve some lightning bolts on the sides =]

I had a freind called Mark who did that. His surname was spelled Jacobs, but everyone pronounced it "weird-beard".

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmao Frank I love that pic ... don't get me started on Mullets :D

And yes there is a female verson :D

http://ils.unc.edu/~everj/Mullet/pictures/femullet.jpg

[Virgo Nightingale]

Ha. Mullettes.

[Red Kittie Kat]

hehe uh huh :D

[Aerix]

I've never had my hair much longer than my ears, but I've always been told to keep it shorter because it looks cleaner. Plus, when my hair gets longer, it curls like my moms, haha.

[semioticantics]

I dunno, I say keep it long, just neat.

[budafist]

Go to a salon and ask them for advice. They don't tell us how to do our job. Oh wait...nevermind.

I wonder of hair stylists ever wish people would just sit in their chair and tell them to let their expertise do the leading?

In high school I had really, really long hair (about bum level) and then me and my friend went and got our long hair cut really short. I didn't really know what I wanted except that I wanted a huge change so she did kinda did a long in front and short in back thing. Reverse mullet! My friend has super curly hair and the hair dresser almost shaved it off. Think Jada Pinkett. We actually looked really good.

I think hairdressers quite enjoy creative license like that. I guess it's less stressful than people coming in with a picture of a fabulous looking celebrity and expect to look as fabulous.

[tuliptree]

I guess it would depend on their level of expertise. Sort of like the difference between hair designer and hairtop publisher? I wouldn't trust my hair to a htp.

[Typically]

Hahahahahahahaha

[budafist]

I guess it would depend on their level of expertise. Sort of like the difference between hair designer and hairtop publisher? I wouldn't trust my hair to a htp.

:) Good point. You wouldn't ever want someone pointing to your head and saying "my nephew could do that".

[The_Black_Knight]

I think hairdressers quite enjoy creative license like that. I guess it's less stressful than people coming in with a picture of a fabulous looking celebrity and expect to look as fabulous.I really freaked out a hairdresser once. Through most of high school, I had long hair that reached about halfway down my back. Three days before high school graduation, I went to get it cut.

I told the hairdresser, "I want it cut short."

She looked at me, and then motioned with her scissors a little above shoulder level, "You mean short, like about here?"

"No. I mean short." I indicated with my hands that I wanted it trimmed all the way up to my head.

"Are you sure?" she asked. She seemed nervous about it.

"Yep."

"Are you really sure?" She was probably terrified of cutting off too much and having me yell at her at this point.

"Yes, I am."

"O-o-o-kay..."

SNIP.

It also really shocked everyone in my graduating class when I showed up to graduation rehearsal with short hair. I saw a lot of people do double-takes that day.

[Typically]

well i'm getting ready to leave work now. so i may be sans hair in about 2 hours =] if i can find my clippers it's gone tonight if not it shall live another day hehe

[budafist]

"Are you really sure?" She was probably terrified of cutting off too much and having me yell at her at this point.


Interesting. Our hairdressers were really excited about it. I guess maybe if you've been bitten once (by a client that starts crying) then you might be a bit apprehensive the next time someone wants their lovely hair hacked off.

[Virgo Nightingale]

Wasn't the Brit at a salon when she picked up the buzzer and shaved her own head? I think she asked the hairdresser to shave it, but he/she probably refused for fear of ending up getting sued over it somehow or just being known as "the hairdresser that shaved Britney's head".

[frankster]

I usually ask for 4 or 5 inches off when I get my hair cut and they are always reluctant and hold up two or three inches saying "this much?" and I say "bit more please". "this much?" "No, bit more please". "This much?" "Yeah, that'll do". Do they just want to cut off less so you'll have to go back sooner?

[Virgo Nightingale]

I think it's more of a "maybe they don't really mean 4-5 inches and if I cut too much off I can't uncut it and I might have an angry customer on my hands."

But the "they'll have to come back sooner" thing is entirely plausible too.

[budafist]

I think it's because they are unsure if you really mean 4-5 inches. They can keep cutting until you are happy with it but if you burst into tears because 4-5 inches is too much, it's kinda too late.

[frankster]

I guess so, but what kind of numpty brain says to cut off a length of hair that they don't really mean!?!

[budafist]

I would say that my client that asked for 2xA2 posters when he actually meant 2xA1 posters might have a similar numpty brain.

[frankster]

Some people must have marmalade in thier heads where the brain is supposed to go.

[Typically]

well here is a before
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/typically/IMG_5965.jpg

and after

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/typically/IMG_5967.jpg

not as bad as i was expecting hehe. i think i'm gonna keep the beard though :D

[budafist]

Your barber took your goldfish too! :D

[frankster]

Aw, you're cute with and without the hair! Good one for just going and doing it. My husband took about 2 months humming and harring about cutting the dreads off.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Well I had my first hair cut 4 years ago .. after never having it cut in well over 20 years. I always did the trimming on my own hair .. but I wanted a substantial amount cut off because it was looking pretty scraggly. Soo I went in and told them cut off to just below my shoulders .. it was below my bootay. The woman had a deer in the headlights look to her and the salon went silent. She kept asking me if I was sure - People actually gathered around to watch her cut 14 inches off my hair :D

It's nearly back to my butt again. ;)

[Red Kittie Kat]

Typ ya look good either way darlin ;)

I bet you will get a few double takes now :D

[Neballer]

Nooooooooo!

[urstwile]

I think it looks good Typically. :)

[D-Frag]

lookin good homey!

fyi, you forgot to close your door ;)

[Red Kittie Kat]

wow I read that too fast .. thought DF said looking good honey


:D :D

[garricks]

Typically, I'm not sure which I prefer...I'll have to mullet over.

[brisA]

hair....no hair...
"friends dont let friends get hair cuts..."
X)))))
ps..id had a hard time adjusting from punkrockerska looking to punkrockerska mommy looking..its not hard just matter of time...you did what you had to do..thats all..!!

[Navian]

I think i'm gonna keep the beard though :D

I'd like to make a suggestion... I wouldn't keep the facial hair.

I've personally tried to keep my facial hair (which feels like a wire brush), it does itch like a mofo, and my wife doesn't like it much.

Think about it, clean cut and a clean shave. You would look much more professional (you tend to carry yourself that way too) if you did..

Just my opinion.

By the way, my hair cuts? #1 (hair cutter guide) on the sides, then finger width on top, then I put a small amount of gel then semi-spike (not sticking straight up, but more at random 45 degree angles). I'd suggest also go to a salon, not only can you get a really good hair cut, but ask for a washing after the cut. WOW! nothing like a getting your scalp washed by a hair stylist hotty (chick) while your wife/significant other is waiting for you. :p

Besides your scalp/head feels refreshed if you do.

I won't go to those in/out hair cut places (great clips, etc..), I'll spend the $15-20.00 for a really decent hair cut.

[Typically]

thanks guys =] well the first 15 mins of work have been fun. everyone is like whoa you got a haircut! my one coworker didn't look up when i walked in but as i was walking out to put my lunch in the fridge (easter egg salad sandwich) he looked up and was like holy shit!

i forgot how cold it is without hair! i was freeeeezing this morning :D i'm happy with it, i think i'm going to keep it buzzed down like this for the summer and let it grow in a little more on the top for the winter. lost the hair now just need to lose some of the gut!

[Red Kittie Kat]

That initial reaction from people is always fun :D

[Virgo Nightingale]

*sigh* Another one* bites the dust. Oh well.

*long-haired guy

j/k, it does look good Typ. ;) I bet your head feels like 10 pounds lighter. :D

[The_Black_Knight]

Why is it that I could never find any of these women that like long hair back when I had long hair?

[Virgo Nightingale]

Wrong part of Jersey? :p

[The_Black_Knight]

That, and the whole "guido" look was popular when I was in high school. I didn't exactly fit in.

[morea]

I think it looks good both ways. :)

[Virgo Nightingale]

The guido look? Ick.

[Typically]

thanks mo! oooooo look i'm getting close to being green just like kermit!
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513ZGF8WKXL._AA240_.jpg

[morea]

you can doooo ittttt! :D

[Virgo Nightingale]

Yer gonna be a green crew-cutted bearded FREAK! :p

[morea]

why do they all disappear right before a milestone post?

<- not a huge fan of suspense. :p

[Virgo Nightingale]

Even the almost-green have work to do, I guess. :rolleyes:

[Typically]

haha yea that work stuff =] should i just finish up in here or go to the posting party thread?

[morea]

it's your call, my good man. :D

[Virgo Nightingale]

You can't post in the party thread until you officially have something to party about. Silly short-hair. :p

[Typically]

well than i shall go crazy in here!
http://i2.zvhost.com/2/g/gqu26lfe.jpg

[morea]

ooh, where's the popcorn?

[Typically]

http://www.hipsteria.com/images/wp92_antenmanns_color.jpg

[Typically]

maybe i should just shave my beard and get it tattooed on?
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/doc_ebola/bmepb248102.jpg

[Typically]

i think this gecko needed life insurance not car insurance =]
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/funny-pictures-just15minutes-geico.jpg

[morea]

maybe i should just shave my beard and get it tattooed on?
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/doc_ebola/bmepb248102.jpg

That doesn't look like a tattoo; perhaps you could recreate your facial hair with some kind of light projector. You could have a different style every day! :D

[Virgo Nightingale]

Only if the ink is invisible in regular light, but glows in the dark! Do they make glow-in-the-dark tattoo ink? That would be cool.

[Typically]

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/8640/rotatefy9.jpg

[Typically]

Only if the ink is invisible in regular light, but glows in the dark! Do they make glow-in-the-dark tattoo ink? That would be cool.

yup they do! this might just be hi lighter though :D o o o o one more!!!!!!

[morea]

well?

[Typically]

tada!!!!!!

[Virgo Nightingale]

WOOT!!!!1

[morea]

cool... you should turn green any time now. It's a good thing you posted when you did, or I was going to have to throw a shoe at you! :p

[Typically]

wow i just noticed i signed up 2 years ago time sure goes fast

whew good thing i got in when i did. i don't want some stinky shoe being thrown in my general direction

[budafist]

Only if the ink is invisible in regular light, but glows in the dark! Do they make glow-in-the-dark tattoo ink? That would be cool.

They do make glow in the dark tattoo ink. But it only lasts a few years. I also don't think it would be too good for you.

[tuliptree]

Whoo hoo! You did it! You're new hair cut looks great, T-man! So does the new shade of GREEN you are sporting! (heads to the 2k thread to help celebrate. . . )

[Tea]

Well, late to the party as usual....gutsy move on the haircut, but you are a QT either way! You have a great smile! Be sure to smile at your interviews.

congrats on going green!

[frankster]

yes, smile lots. Peeople with nice smiles can get me to do things I don't really want to do. It's a dissability I have to live with.

[redneckrodney]

Haircut looks good. Smile... well, I can't say. We all look better when we smile. Congrats on the green deal. Good luck with the job.

[Red Kittie Kat]

hehe hey red .. love that avatar :D

I used to love potted meat as a kid .. with lots of mayo :D

[Typically]

thanks guys =] i have a tendency to smile alot so that shouldn't be a problem. my g/f actually said i have to not smile so much to look tougher hahah. i'll keep on smiling though =]

[vtwin_gary]

congrats on the green-ness & the buzz.
i had very long (mid back almost bum) length hair. my wife (g/f at the time) was always givin me a hard time about gettin it cut so without her knowing on our wedding day i had it all cut off. she didn't see me until she walked down the isle.
we got married in the summer (on the beach) & i have those stark white (untanned) marks on the back of my neck & side burns for my wedding pics. i might should have thought that out a bit more.