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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
The Best Styles For Your Face Shape
Diamond
For a diamond shape, you'll find that your face is widest at the cheekbones and equally narrow at the forehead and jaw line. A cross between a heart and an overstated oval, a diamond face shape is actually very balanced and dramatic. You should consider trying a wide variety of styles as much as, much like an oval, almost everything works with your face.
Oval
If your length of your face is equal to about one and a half times the width, you have an oval face. Typically its only slightly narrower at the jaw line than at the temples and features a gently rounded hairline. Ovals are considered the most versatile shape with an almost unlimited choice of hairstyles. You can wear short, medium, or long lengths with straight, curly, or wavy finishes. Pretty much anything goes!
Round
If your face is about as wide as it is long, and you have a round chin and hairline with the wider part being at the cheeks, it is considered round. Your goal with your hairstyle is to create less volume around your face and minimize the appearance of roundness. Round face shapes should consider cuts that fall just below the chin or longer. Try styles with fullness and height at the crown. Longer lengths and tapered ends also de-emphasize the roundness. Soft, graduated layers are a good idea as they tend to remove bulk and weight from the sides and make your face appear slimmer. Keep your ears covered and add wispy bits to cover the cheekbones. Bangs can be flattering too, but stay away from bluntness. It's best to keep them long, wispy, and/or side swept.
Heart
If your face measurement show that it's narrow at the jaw line and wider either at your cheekbones and/or your forehead, you likely have a heart-shaped face. You are best suited for chin-length or longer styles with a flip, fullness, or flare at the bottom. You can wear shorter styles, but you want to leave weight in the nape area. This will achieve more balance between your wider cheekbones and narrow chin. For shorter looks consider bangs, layers, and/or off-center part to help conceal the width at the forehead.
Oblong
If your face is longer than it is wider, it's considered oblong. The perfect haircut for longer faces is one that doesn't elongate it further yet adds width on the sides. Curls, waves, layers, bi-level cuts, and bobs are ideal as they can create illusion of the width. Stay away from overly long hair as it can drag down the face and make it appear even longer. If you must have, length long layers work best with pieces hitting at the nose and below. If you have a long or high forehead also consider bangs.
Triangle or Pear
A triangle or pear face is the reverse of the heart shape and features a dominate jaw line with narrowing at the cheekbones and temples. To balance this wide jaw line you need lots of layers to achieve fullness through the upper part of your face. By wearing styles that are full at the temples and tapered at the jaw line, you achieve a balance that can accent your features.
Square
A square face shape is defined by a strong, square jaw line usually an equally square hairline. Although some length can help elongate the face, short-to-medium lengths typically look best, especially with soft wave or roundness around the face. Often the hard lines of a square face with soft wispy bangs, fringeness around your face, off-center parts, and height at the crown. Avoid straight across bangs, center parts, or straight or blunt styles that accentuate the square jawbone.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
The Beginning
This is a copy of the newspaper article I wrote after I received the salon.
"The Good Life"
Salon Opened with Helpful Hands
In January my husband started as pastor at Rocky Point Baptist Church. We moved from Wake Forest and I came to the area full time in the last weekend in March. I did hair in Wake Forest and had to start all over a gain building up my customers. It seemed that this was going to be one of my hardest challenges yet. Things were not going that good for me and I was really struggling to get my feet on the ground. Then it happened. One Sunday in July a church member approached me and asked, "Have you ever thought about owning your own salon? My daughter owns a salon and wants to stay home with her baby which is in about one month."
I responded with, "No, not really but I will pray about it." I went home that night and thought to myself, "How could I do this? I have only a few customers and we are making just enough to cover our own expenses."
My husband encouraged me to do it "if" we had the money to buy it, which we did not. And wouldn't you know it, that Wednesday night I received an offer from the daughter to buy the salon. I said to her, "This is an awesome opportunity but there is no way I can do it. I only have a few customers."
Then I would be reminded that nothing is impossible with God. The father responded, "Well she has around one-hundred customers who would probably stay for the convenient location.
Scrambling to collect my thoughts after such an encouraging announcement, I said, "That is great, but I do not have the money to buy all the equipment." I told him I would continue to pray.
Then it happened! I was reminded how big our God truly is. After the service that night someone came up to me and offered to buy the salon on my behalf. Now all my excuses were out of the way and it was as if the Lord was saying, "Is there anything to hard for Me?
I went home and I was overwhelmed and just fell to my knees and praised the Lord with thanksgiving. I was someone who said to God I would never own a salon unless everything was set up just perfectly. And here I was, struggling financially and now I could be walking into an established salon with everything I need including customers and equipment! So I decided to walk through the open door God had laid before me and I purchased the salon. I know God had arranged all the details and he was just waiting for me to say "yes" to this opportunity. after two weeks opening the salon someone came to tell me someone had paid for six months of advertising in this paper!
The Lord has shown me that He can do more than I can ever ask or think and that He can make a way where there is no way. My faith must have increased more in these last few months than ever before. My prayer is that God's name will be glorified through the salon and that through this story someone will be encouraged to believe that the Lord is always at work even when I can't see it and to keep trusting in Him to move mountains if necessary. Thank you to all those who have had a part in opening up Hair Studio 116 and thank you to my Jesus.
-September, 2008
In January my husband started as pastor at Rocky Point Baptist Church. We moved from Wake Forest and I came to the area full time in the last weekend in March. I did hair in Wake Forest and had to start all over a gain building up my customers. It seemed that this was going to be one of my hardest challenges yet. Things were not going that good for me and I was really struggling to get my feet on the ground. Then it happened. One Sunday in July a church member approached me and asked, "Have you ever thought about owning your own salon? My daughter owns a salon and wants to stay home with her baby which is in about one month."
I responded with, "No, not really but I will pray about it." I went home that night and thought to myself, "How could I do this? I have only a few customers and we are making just enough to cover our own expenses."
My husband encouraged me to do it "if" we had the money to buy it, which we did not. And wouldn't you know it, that Wednesday night I received an offer from the daughter to buy the salon. I said to her, "This is an awesome opportunity but there is no way I can do it. I only have a few customers."
Then I would be reminded that nothing is impossible with God. The father responded, "Well she has around one-hundred customers who would probably stay for the convenient location.
Scrambling to collect my thoughts after such an encouraging announcement, I said, "That is great, but I do not have the money to buy all the equipment." I told him I would continue to pray.
Then it happened! I was reminded how big our God truly is. After the service that night someone came up to me and offered to buy the salon on my behalf. Now all my excuses were out of the way and it was as if the Lord was saying, "Is there anything to hard for Me?
I went home and I was overwhelmed and just fell to my knees and praised the Lord with thanksgiving. I was someone who said to God I would never own a salon unless everything was set up just perfectly. And here I was, struggling financially and now I could be walking into an established salon with everything I need including customers and equipment! So I decided to walk through the open door God had laid before me and I purchased the salon. I know God had arranged all the details and he was just waiting for me to say "yes" to this opportunity. after two weeks opening the salon someone came to tell me someone had paid for six months of advertising in this paper!
The Lord has shown me that He can do more than I can ever ask or think and that He can make a way where there is no way. My faith must have increased more in these last few months than ever before. My prayer is that God's name will be glorified through the salon and that through this story someone will be encouraged to believe that the Lord is always at work even when I can't see it and to keep trusting in Him to move mountains if necessary. Thank you to all those who have had a part in opening up Hair Studio 116 and thank you to my Jesus.
-September, 2008
Hello!!
Welcome to my blog! I am Terri and I am owner of a hair salon in Burgaw, North Carolina. I work by myself and have been a cosmetologist for 18 years. This blog will update things that are happening in my salon. ENJOY!
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