I am very hesitant of change.
This is something so out of my comfort zone.
But at the same time, I'm pretty excited
because I feel it's the one thing in my life I can
actually control right now.
I'm Shannon and today I'm getting a dramatic
cut and blonde balayage.
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I've got a lot of hair, I know.
The last time I cut my hair was about a year ago.
I'm pretty bad at keeping up with regular
haircuts and I've been pretty busy work wise.
And then COVID happened and I have not
had a chance to get to the salon until now.
The last time I had my hair short, I was a little kid.
Growing up, my hair always grew pretty slowly.
So once I achieved the length that I was looking for,
I decided to keep it that way for the past 10 years.
In high school, I tried to be a little adventurous
and dye it blonde, but that didn't last very long.
My biggest concern with the length
is that it still needs to be able to go into a bun on the top of my head.
I am an orthopedic surgical P.A. and
it needs to be in a bun for the operating room multiple
times a week.
Today, I'm Spoke and Weal, Flatiron.
Hi Shannon, how are you today?
Good.
How are you?
Hi, I'm Alexandra Hiers.
I'm a color specialist at Spoke and Weal, Flatiron.
Today we'll be doing a balayage on Shannon,
which provides dimension at the top into a
more solid blonde around her face.
Hi, I'm Akeem and I'm
actually going to be doing your cut.
Hi, my name is Akeem
and I work at Spoke and Weal, Flatiron.
I'm a haircutter and a hair extension specialist.
Do you like more dimension starting at the root
or more so like a little grown out look?
A little bit grown out.
Nice.
And for your cut, what
exactly are you thinking about doing?
Something dramatic, but that it can still
go into a bun.
So, probably about here.
Okay and are you wanting to add
any face framing into your hair?
Sure.
Whatever you think looks good.
I have a big fear of short hair.
I think that I have a pretty round face
and I always felt that the shorter my hair was,
the rounder my face would look.
I am most excited about, the big transformation
and I am most nervous that it won't fit into a bun.
Being in the medical field during the pandemic
has left me with little time for self care.
So I'm super excited about getting
a much needed haircut
and trying something different.
I think it will be really refreshing.
How are you feeling?
Okay.
Feels so much lighter.
Got it.
One of the main reasons why I went to PA school
was to be able to still help others and be
in the medical field while achieving an ideal
work life balance, which I definitely did
have pre-COVID.
I wanted to go with a balayage because I feel
it's one of the lower maintenance
color changes that you can do.
I'm going to add a little face framing around
her face and also add soft texture pieces
to add movement into her hair.
In terms of the length, I was inspired by my sister.
She used to have very long hair, even longer than
mine and a couple of years ago, she cut
it to a shorter length and she just pulls it off so well,
I'm hoping that I can do the same.
Alright Shannon....
Here you go, this is the finished product!
I love it!
Thank you so much!
I've never had my hair is short,
and it's very different from anything
I've ever had before.
I like it a lot.
I feel very refreshed after not having a haircut for
over a year and I'm excited that I can
still fit it into a bun when I go back into the
operating room.
Thank you so much for watching my hair transformation.
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