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Hairdressing - A life of bad hairdos |
| News - Fashion Headlines |
| Friday, 20 August 2010 17:47 |
Lisa Quartermain reveals her hairdressing horrors and goes on a quest to find her perfect lookThe average woman changes her hairstyle 104 times over the course of her life, according to a new hairdressing UK study. Three-quarters of survey respondents also admitted they'd had second thoughts about at least one of their hair overhauls. We challenged Lisa Quartermain to reveal her hair dos and don'ts over the past 25 years and go on a quest to find the perfect hairstyle ...
LISA'S STORYOver the years I've had my hair coloured, cut and contoured into every style and colour imaginable: blonde, red, brown, black, streaked, permed, set, bobbed, long, cropped, with fringe, without fringe, layered, one length.
I've had The Rachel, The Gwyneth and even The Lindy Chamberlain - a disastrous moment when I emerged from the salon with a black bowl cut and a quiff.
 The Uma I mastered The Uma Thurman even before she did. The chocolate-brown, heavy-fringe 'do became my mainstay in the 90s.
 The Gwyneth I couldn't resist the Sliding Doors bobby-pin thing. The Gwyneth was eventually cropped further into a pixie cut, but I started to feel like a boy and grew it out.
The Spice Girl Second only to The Lindy in hideousness, this paid homage to Geri Halliwell with a ginger streak down one side of my hair.
 The blondie I had a blonde bob for a few years. It morphed into long blonde layers and then into a straggly yellow mess which led back to brunette.
Fast forward to 2010 and my hair is the worst it's ever been thanks to having two babies. I have fallen into a permanent ponytail culture.
I use a supermarket rinse that is supposed to banish greys for 28 washes and make me look like Andie MacDowell. The reality is I've ended up with the world's most humdrum hairdo: all one length and boring brown except for the greys I miss.
It's time for a change, so I consulted three hairdressers for their advice. I was looking for the ideal colour for my skin and eyes, the right cut for my face shape and fine hair and something low-maintenance. I wanted to look like a yummy, not slummy, mummy.
I would then decide which was the perfect style. It was the best decision ever.
THE FINAL VERDICTHairdressing Salon 1Marie Cain, artistic director of Head Studio (www.headstudio.com.au), said: "Your regrowth is more noticeable because your hair is one colour. I would use a chestnut base and create harmony with blondes, caramels and honey. I'd bring the length up to just past the chin, so you can still tie it up.
"I'm thinking Alexa Chung [the Brit It girl]. Something dramatic but versatile.''
Hairdressing Salon 2Tristan Meade, director of Maurice Meade (www.mauricemeade.com.au), put me in pink and orange capes to see whether my complexion suited warm (red and brown) or cool (blonde and light) hair colours. "You're a swinger!'' Meade exclaimed.
"You're one of the few people who suits light and dark hair.'' He suggested a "pob", the asymmetric cut perfected by Victoria Beckham, and the colourist suggested all-over chestnut with T-line touch-ups every three or four weeks.
Hairdressing Salon 3Bec Woloszek, senior director of Lee Preston (www.leeprestonhair.com), said: "I'd lift the base colour and do a quarter head of foils of soft beige and caramel.
"I'd trim the dead ends and work in a soft layer at the cheekbone. You could still tie it up and clip the front layer behind your ears.''
THE LOOKIn the end, I turned to Cain from Head Studio. She applied gold, copper and chestnut highlights, added toner, cut 10 centimetres and used tongs to show how the style can be worn tousled, too. I will need the roots retouched every six to eight weeks.
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