How to Fix a Bad Haircut – At the Salon and At Home

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Posted by Carol Tuttle on 27, February 2012 with 2 Comments

We’ve all been there… staring in the mirror at a bad haircut. It’s frustrating and scary.

That’s why I talked to Nicole, our Dressing Your Truth stylist. She’s here to save the day with her perfect tips, so you know what to do with a bad haircut.

How to fix a bad haircut at the salon

Stylists want you to leave happy. You feel that pressure, so you might not speak up when your haircut is too short. After all, there’s no way they can make it longer, right?

Give your stylist a chance to help. Watch the video to hear exactly what you can say that any stylist will respond to.

How to fix a bad haircut at home

You can fix a bad haircut without going back to the salon. Before you do anything, though, take a deep breath and give your new haircut a chance.

Maybe this haircut is so different from what you expected that you haven’t considered that this new look might be incredible on you. Get feedback from others you trust and try it out. If it really is as bad as you thought, there are lots of things you can do.

Watch the video for Nicole’s great tips, plus, 4 ways to prevent a bad haircut in the future:

Do you have a bad haircut horror story? What did you do about it? Share your own tips and stories in a comment.

Nicole and I both know that how you feel about your appearance has such a huge effect on empowerment and self-esteem. We want you to love your hair!

How to have a haircut you love

Like we said in the video, an online hairstyle consultation with our world-class stylists is a great resource to help you survive a bad haircut (and prevent it from happening in the first place!).

To schedule an appointment, you need to be a Dressing Your Truth Club Member. Being a Club Member means that you’ll be familiar with our stylists’ approach, so you get the most out of your consultation. If you’re not a member yet, it’s easy to start…

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Carol Tuttle
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Carol Tuttle, best-selling author of four books, created Beauty Profiling and Dressing Your Truth to fill a need for women everywhere who don't know how beautiful they are. Her revolutionary makeover program has transformed the look—and lives!—of women all over the world. She wants to help you learn the truth about your beauty so that you can live it, dress it, and love it!
  • http://profile.yahoo.com/MJACDQLD5FDS3MIZSTPPLC3IKI Karen

    I’ll never forget my haircut just before school pictures in 7th grade. I went to the local beauty college by myself for the first time, and am sure it was that poor student’s first real haircut. He kept trimming it shorter, and shorter and shorter, trying to even things up. Finally the instructor stepped in, but I have never been able to overcome the fear of a haircut. I cut it myself, and while it’s ok, is not the quality of style I’d like.

  • http://www.facebook.com/liz.k.bradley Liz King Bradley

    I just got a really butch haircut, which I can pull off as a type 3, but I WAS growing my hair out.  I showed the girl a picture that I KNEW was possible based on the length my hair already was.  She cut the first few snips and had already overdone it and I knew I had to go very short, there was no possible way to get the cut I wanted at that point.  So I told her to take a lot more off the back so I wouldn’t be growing out a mullett.  I didn’t say, you have already taken too much off the top in the back.  I should have.  The worste part was that the owner of the salon saw what was happening, knew I was trying to grow it out and came over.  the stylist told her I had a change of heart and blamed the mess on me.  Ok, I should have told her that I changed my mind because she had already destroyed it…..but I didn’t.  Thankfully the owner was much better, she instinctively took off hair in the right places to balance it in a way that was suitable for my hair, and it’s liveable.  SPEAK up and do it EARLY! :)