Hair Do's (515)

                It has come to the beginning of show choir season folks! That means getting to see all your opponents’ shows and costumes and, interestingly enough, their hair. One of the things show choir judges judge on is how uniform everyone looks, that means everyone has to have the same hair, although with the new fad of the themed show that seems not to be the case, but I will talk about that in a different blog. This can be trying for some people if the hair style the director chose is straight and your hair is naturally really curly, or vise versa, it might take you about three hours to do your hair but you have to, it kind of stinks but in the end it has a great outcome. So I just wanted to share some of my tips with you.

                First and foremost, do not dye your hair any unnatural color. By unnatural I mean purple, or green, or any other then some sort of blond, brown, or red. I know that it is a new fad and that it can look pretty great but on stage it would look very odd. Now I do not mean that if you are a natural brunette that you shouldn’t dye your hair bright blond, hey if you want to do that go for it!

                If it looks weird up close fix it. When I first started show choir I did the hair styles because that is how they told me too, looking back on it I’m thinking, “What in the world was I thinking?” You shouldn’t just do the hair because they told you to, yes everything does have to be uniform, but that doesn’t mean it all has to be exactly the same. Everyone has different hair, think, thin, short, long. I do suggest that if you do have short hair you grow it out, it will make the process of doing hair so much easier. At my school we have to sign a waiver saying that we will not cut our hair drastically.

                Don’t overdo bobby pins, do over do hair spray. This one will be short. Do not use too many bobby pins, yes it is a good idea to secure your hair but if you have upwards of fifty bobby pins in your pretty little head, I think you should just re do the do. A show choir girl’s best friend is hairspray.  Keep those fly away’s down and your hair locked down tight.

                One last thing, show choir is known for its poofs and honestly I love them. They look good from on stage, but some girls have a hard time deciding when their poof is high enough, and they just keep going, and going, and going. A pretty good rule is three fingers high, I believe that looks good on stage any less and it looks too small. But of course it’s not up for me to decide. I’m just saying I have seen some crazy big poofs, (seriously it was about the size of the girls head.)