Cut those winter blahs right out of your hair
By Carey Stuckey Special to the Kansan
Randy Sievers doesn't just give his customers haircuts. He gives them each a "Ran-doo."
Sievers, a hair stylist at GQ Hairstyling, 611 W. Ninth St., will be cutting lots of "Randoos" this spring for his customers. This surge of haircuts is attributed to strong cases of spring fever that tend to cause young men and women to chop their hair in the budding months of spring.
Mark Chapman, hair designer at Headmasters, 809 Vermont St., cuts Jennifer Chapman's hair. Jennifer came all the way from Manhattan to get the newest spring hair style.
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Women's hairdos are moving toward the layered shag look for both long and short hair this spring.
"Layers help the individual characteristics of the hair come through," Sievers said.
"If you're blond, you can go brown, and if you're brown, you can go blond," Sievers said. "It can be as subtle or dramatic as desired. So many colors now are temporary, and they can help improve and condition your hair. With temporary color you can try things without being stuck not liking it."
Highlighting and color blending can work to brighten your natural hair color.
on clients' hair.
"People are looking for a lightening effect for their look," said Becky Isaac, owner of Becky's Hairstyling, 2108 W. 27th St. "They want to lighten up their winter blahs."
Shorter and softer styles with no hard lines should be in style this spring, said Keri Patterson, a stylist at Hair Expert Design Team, 2100 W. 25th St.
Isaac said that a customer should do everything to his or her hair in one salon so that the stylist knew exactly what hair products the customer used.
"Perms done using big rods that add body, lift and curl to hair are popular." Patterson said. "If you have natural curl, don't fight it. The less that you do the better off that you are."
Patterson stressed that clients should use the correct products for their hair to help control frizz.
At Becky's Hairstyling, the stylists keep records of all chemicals and products used
This spring,perms for shorter hair will have loose curls and longer hair will have tighter curls.
"Perms will always be popular because they make your hair easy to style," said Joseph Gaultney, of River City Hair Co., 1021 Massachusetts St. "You can towelblot and go. You'll never see perms go away, they will always be in fashion."
Mark Chapman, a hair designer at Headmasters, 809 Vermont St., said that when trying to decide the perfect style for this spring, people should keep the following tips in mind.
"When you're browsing through magazines for the spring trends, look at the facial shape instead of the hair," Chapman said. Then look at your own face shape."
For example, Chapman has seen many women get haircuts similar to Jane on the popular television series, "Melrose Place." Many times they end up growing out their hair because the style didn't look right with their facial shape.
People should not get caught up in name
terminology of hairstyles. Gaultney said that people should communicate with their stylists and use photos to help express what they are looking for.
"Don't just look at one style," Gaultney
said. "Look at different parts of different styles and put the pieces together. The stylists can see the pieces you like and then use their professional and personal opinion to help put them together for you."
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April 6, 1994. THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN SPRING FASHION
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