Design your hair like your home…

The approach to hair styling and interior design has many common principals that should be taken into account.

With both my clients in the chair and in their home there are similar questions that must be addressed before developing a suitable design for either project.

The first is about lifestyle. This is the crucial jump off point on design development.

How do you live your life day to day? Do you need a style that is all about on the go? Are you dashing out of the house with only moments to spare? Do you need something that with keep up with your hectic schedule? Can you afford to spend that precious extra time on blow drying, curling,straightening (or dusting, mopping and vacuuming?)

Next and equally important is a question of how you see yourself. What image do you want to project to those around you? In essence, what is your core personality? Are you rebellious? Conservative? Demure? Sassy? Do you admire a certain era? Do you follow the trends with each season? Are you a lover of timeless classics?

   The third consideration ties the two previous statements together and perhaps requires the most soul searching. What design really suits you? You may come up with conflicting statements. You want a white blonde statement hairstyle which requires root touchups every three weeks and a cut every six, but have barely got the time to brush your teeth. This is tantamount to the client who wants a pristine white and minimalist living room, but has 4 rowdy kids and a 60 pound drooling bull mastiff.

  By examining the realities of your lifestyle commitments and balancing it with your ideal fashion style with give you the hair (or home) design that suits you best and keep you feeling that you’ve achieved the best of both worlds.

 Here’s some of my favorite design quotes of people who have said it better…

“Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.” 

-Frank Lloyd Wright

“I don’t design clothes, I design dreams.”

-Ralph Lauren

“Who ever said that pleasure wasn’t functional?”

-Charles Eames

“Form and function aren’t separate items. If we believe that style somehow exists independent of functionality, that we can treat aesthetics and function as two separate pieces, then we ignore the evidence that beauty is much more than decoration.”

– Stephen P. Anderson - “In Defense of Eye Candy.” 

     by Kelly Turnbull, POP ARTIST