After a six-month hiatus from the hair salon, I finally broke down this weekend and made a trip to see my favorite stylist – Abby. She’s fantastic and is always able to work miracles with my hair.
The past year or so, I’ve been growing my hair long which is so much easier than the short style I was sporting a few years ago. See exhibit A:
Yeah, I don’t know what I was thinking either. It was a major pain because my hair is way too fine (and curly) to want to stay “coiffed” for any length of time. It’s so much easier now to just blow it dry and go. Occasionally I may even take a walk on the wild side and throw it up in a pony tail.
So when I met with Abby, I said to her the three words that made my husband sigh in relief, “Keep it long.” Then I sat back and relaxed while she did her thing. As I had tin foils placed all over my head, I had some time to evaluate the styles of the people around me.
It got me thinking how much hair styles have changed throughout the years.
Take the ’20s hairdos, for example. They were beautiful and very coiffed, but didn’t necessarily flatter all face shapes. It would have been a hard look for everyone to pull off.
The same thing with the short pixie style. This picture (below) is taken of my grandmother in her teenage years I believe in the late ’30s. (Love her coat, by the way.)
This was a friend of the family and I believe this was around the same time frame – hair pulled back and very styled.
In the ’40s and ’50s there began to be more long-haired styles as well as upsweeps.
Then we have the ’60s, who doesn’t love the styles from the ’60s? (For the next few pictures, I will use photos of my beautiful mother.) Here she is in all of her platinum glory. Wow. If I remember correctly, this style was achieved by placing an orange juice can under the hair and teasing over it. Hair notwithstanding, she is still stunning!
As the ’60s moved into the ’70s, we saw a little more natural look. The flip do was still in style, but gone was the platinum color.
The natural look continued in the late ’70s (along with a bit of the “sun-kissed” look).
Then the ’80s… I’m surprised we made it through the ’80s without any permanent damage. At least to our hair.
The ’80s had been the decade for big hair and by the mid ’90s, this trend was eventually (thankfully) phased out. Here I am in 1994 with my head full of hair.
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And finally, the 2000s. More sleek, natural, shiny and healthy. (Doesn’t my sister look great?)
I like how the emphasis now seems to be on healthy hair. Of course healthy hair does not come without a price. It may just be the area in which I live, but it costs a small fortune to have your hair done in the city. It was a total of $225 for a partial highlight (just the top part was done not the whole head of hair) and a trim. And the funniest part is that it looked almost exactly the same as before, just a little better. I once looked up the price of extensions (out of curiosity) after seeing the celebrities wear them and was shocked to discover they could costs in the thousands. Amazing!
So yes, the styles have changed greatly through the years as has the price. The question is: are you willing to pay that price? And what is your favorite style?
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