BODY CHANGES: From minor tweaks to major makeovers, changing your body can really help build a new You.
From the book:
#16 Drastically Change Your Hairstyle
“A woman’s preference in hairstyles is a personal thing, but it certainly isn’t private. Short of running around in a burlap sack with a face full of clown paint, nothing you can do to your appearance will attract more attention than a change in your ’do—especially a dramatic one. And nothing will elicit more comments from people you know. (When was the last time someone said, “Wow, you changed your shoe style”?)
Hubert Givenchy once said, “Hair style is the final tip-off whether or not a woman really knows herself.” When you shock people with a different cut, it can also be a sign that they really don’t know you. Or maybe that’s your point.
For whatever reason, how you wear your hair speaks volumes about your state of being and your state of mind. Grow it long, and you’re feeling sexy. Chop it off, and you’ve experienced a major life change. Dye it a wild color, and you’re either rebellious or really bored. Shave it off, and you’ve got something to tell the world.
That was Chryss Yost’s intention. Here’s her story: “As part of a war protest, artist Erin O’Brien set up a Peace Salon in front of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on the Friday before Veterans Day, offering buzz cuts,” says Yost, who is forty-one. “My brother is a marine who served in Iraq. I chose to get a buzz cut as a sign of solidarity with him and other soldiers risking their lives, visibly showing the effect the war has on soldiers’ families…”
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