How to find a haircut that suits your face shape
By ALLIE SHAH
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Thinking of getting a sleek new Sienna Miller haircut this summer? If your face is oblong like Sarah Jessica Parker’s, you might want to reconsider.What’s becoming on a heart shaped face may not flatter a woman with an oblong or square shaped face shape. A perfect oval face shape may be able to pull off many different hair lengths and hairstyles, but a soft-featured, round face shape looks most pleasing in longer hair.

Knowing the contours of your face shape and what complements it is the key to choosing a haircut that’s not only in style but also looks right on you. “It’s one of the first things we look at,” said Shane, a hairdresser and owner of Mask Hair Designs and Day Spa in Minnetonka and Plymouth, Minn.

So important is face shape in determining how to cut hair, she says, that many cosmetology schools devote two days to the study of face shapes.

Lyndon Barsten, an educator at Aveda Institute in Minneapolis, wrote a chapter on face shapes for a textbook that’s used to train students. In the book, called “Introduction to Styling Hair,” he identifies seven face shapes and advises which hairstyles best suit each one.

The different shapes, the heart shaped face, diamond, round, pear, oval, square and oblong are meant to serve as guidelines, he says, as some people have a combination of face shapes. For example, a person may have an oval forehead and central area where the cheekbones are located, but a square jaw line.

A good way to determine your face shape is to pull all your hair back away from your face, look in the mirror and trace your face with a soap bar or lipstick.

Many consider the oval face shape ideal because almost any hairstyle and length is flattering. Heart shapes are marked by wider foreheads and a pointed chin. Their most flattering hairstyles include medium to short lengths and wispy bangs.

Have A Good Hair Day At The Beach,
Style Pro David Evangelista Shows You How
NEW YORK, July 3, 2006

For most guys, a day at the beach is just a time to kick back and relax. For women, even the perfect beach day can be a bad hair day. Hairdresser-to-the-stars David Evangelista talked to The Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith about ways women can stay chic in the sun with beach hair styles.

Before choosing a beach hair style that works well, women need to use the right hair care products to protect their hair and scalp from the sun’s harmful rays.

“Even though you have hair on your head, your scalp will still burn,” Evangelista advised.

Sally Beauty Co. is being spun off by personal care and consumer products company Alberto-Culver Co. in a $3 billion transaction.

Under the deal, Denton-based Sally Beauty will become a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.