The Military Wife Mar. 2010 | Page 18

March Hair ~ continued...

public service advertisement from WISP ~ Wives in Support of Pajamas.

"Instead I recommend asking a total stranger. If you see someone at the MFRC or at the Canex who has a cut that you like, simply stop them and ask. You needn't be embarrassed, it is quite flattering to the person whom you stopped and they will be eager to brag up their salon or stylist.

2. Age, gender, sexual orientation, race, and years of experience, have nothing to do with the talent of a stylist. Don't get caught up in those nonsensical stereotypes. They will neither serve you, or become you.

Instead I recommend screening the salon. Do they have an internship or apprentice program for training their new stylists? In my salon we bring select beauty school students into our internship program for six months. By the time they graduate beauty school they hit the floor running and are usually better than stylists who have been cutting hair for five years or more in