A good haircut can help a student head into the new school year with confidence. Here are 5 head-smackingly simple tips to help your child get a back-to-school haircut they love, courtesy of Hair Cuttery owner & longtime stylist Dennis Ratner:
5 Tips for the Perfect Back to School Haircut
1. Come to the salon with a plan. In the days leading up to a haircut, ask your child what type of cut he or she wants. Use reference points like family members or celebrities to help them capture their ideas. This way, stylists can get an idea of what your child wants, even if they clam up when they get in the styling chair.
2. Ask for someone who specializes in children. Many salons-including all Hair Cuttery locations-employ stylists who focus on kids’ cuts. These pros specialize in cutting kids’ hair AND working with kids’ personalities. Using them can make the difference between a great experience and a so-so one.
3. Use examples. When it comes to hair, pictures really ARE worth 1,000 words. Many styling terms are subjective-how short is short? Showing your stylist a photo helps make sure everyone’s on the same page.
4. Take baby steps toward a big change. If your child wants to make a drastic change to their hair-like going from short to long, or changing a years-old look, breaking it into smaller increments can help ease your child’s adjustment to the change. Bonus-If you aren’t liking the look, this also gives you the opportunity to stop before things go too far!
5. Get post-cut styling tips. Before leaving the salon, ask the stylist to demonstrate how they styled the cut. Stylists are more than happy to share techniques and products (like shampoos and conditioners) that can help you recreate the look at home. When in doubt, you can also get styling tips & instructions online through dedicated hairstyle blogs.
Share A Haircut Program
The Share A Haircut program gives a free haircut to a local child in need for every kid’s haircut given at a Hair Cuttery salon between Aug. 1 and 15. You can also donate a haircut online by visiting the Share-A-Haircut Facebook app, from July 18 – 31, 2012.
Last year, the Share A Haircut Program donated 65,000 haircuts to children in need, and they’ve donated more than 625,000 haircuts since starting the program in 1999. All haircuts are donated to children in need through partnerships with local non-profit agencies.
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Those are great tips! Thanks for sharing them.
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Great suggestions! We’re heading off to get a hair cut tomorrow!
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That is such a cool program! I always take pics with me too, can’t be too clear
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Great program. Thanks for the tips.
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Those are some really great ideas. Thanks for sharing.
What great tips! That is an awesome program!
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Those are great tips! Especially baby steps to a big change! Nothing worse than a bad haircut right before school!!
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Share a haircut sounds like one of the best programs that I’ve seen in a long time– I notice our Pennys salon has free haircut–age requirements–in Aug–another great idea
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I completely agree that having a plan is important – for grownups, too!
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I’ve been thinking about school haircuts and wondering what to do for my daughter. She’s only going into preschool but it’s still important.
Good tips!
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Bringing a photo of your desired haircut helps, though it may not look as perfect as on the photo they will know what you like. What can you recommend for parents like me who have kids that keep on whining and moving while getting their hair cut?
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I know it can be very difficult to get little ones to sit still for a haircut. What has worked for me is to let them play with a favorite hand held toy during the hair cut. It’s a pretty good distraction.
You are right that acute and perfect hair cut help a student head into the new school year with confidence. You provided amazing tips about student hair cut.
Hair cit day was the worse at my house one of my 3 girls would end up in tears.
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wow great ideas