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I'm not sure if this has been posted before as I have just recently started visiting this site again but, I saw a post about a month ago about a terrible makeover where they cut all of some poor guy's hair off. More often than not that seems to be the standard operating procedure for male longhair makeovers. However I stumbled across this one recently and was quite impressed. Not only does the image consultant do a good job, he truly seems to understand how important long hair is to his client and only attempts to update his own style as opposed to changing it. Worth a look if you're interested.
A proper makeover
I actually watched the whole video, as long as it was, and have to agree it was tastefully done with the client being treated with respect.Normally with these things if the guy is longhaired you just know its getting chopped off!It would have been interesting if some of the post makeover shots showed him with his hair down as opposed to being in that man bun but overall it came out good. Cheers
Mârk
Yeah, I can't believe i watched the whole video either; but, as you just said above, it was the most respectful "makeover" show I've ever watched where the longhaired guy didn't have to lose all of his long hair -- just a very light trim, plus re-styling it into a man-bun. And I agree: it would have been nice to see his hair loose at some point; but hey, I'm just grateful for once not to see it all cut!
- Ken
It just appears to me they domesticated him, at least outwardly. just another Hipster clone. As far as the Bun is concerned. Well, I will not go there, however I agree, More shots of his hair free would have been good, frankly I liked his original hair. Why do the shears always have to come out. A real stylist can work with what exists.
To be fair I think this guy had undomesticated down pat already. The host just showed him some options to hopefully help him out of the funk he'd been in. The dude is virtually beaming in that three piece suit at the end, something I doubt he would have tried out on his own.
I too wish there were more shots of his hair down and yes it did look fine to begin with. But I was more impressed that they left most of his length instead of giving him some butcher's haircut that would have destroyed his self identity. You almost never see that happen.
Re: How a makeover should be done.
Actually no.
Actually the way it should be done is:
The guy walks in with down to his waist.
Several hours later he walks still having hair
down to his waist.
For me this makeover doesn't work.
BTW, it should be noted this isn't a makeover, it's an ad for the four products mentioned at the end.
Two points I'd like to make.
One, they really didn't take much hair at all, just changed it to a layered look. A person's hair is one of the first and most memorable traits one notices. A dramatic change in look is caused by even small changes, of which this was. Would I have preferred that they left it alone completely? Absolutely, yes. But, it is unlikely when one is attempting to change their look that the hair will be completely left alone. Let's be realistic. If you want to change your look, why wouldn't you be willing to change your hair a little? Not everyone aims to grow for the floor, though we sometimes forget that in our own quest for more length. He was obviously fine with this as it didn't change his longhair identity, just altered the look a little. In fact after watching it again, from what I can tell they took as little as possible to achieve the look they wanted. Too bad we never get to see it down afterwards other than a half second shot as the stylist is putting it in a bun.
Two. This most certainly was a makeover. The guy contacted and even competed to have this done for him. He won a free trip to Atlanta, and all the clothes and shoes were free to him as well. The host, Alpha, pays for that out of his own pocket. Those costs are offset by sponsors and advertising in the last two minutes of the the video. It's not like he was pressured into it or paid off, he was actively seeking this out. Alpha gets his money by running an image consulting business for paying customers, of which this video was part of his virtual advertising for that service. I don't see an issue with him pitching his sponsers' products. After all it is a business for him and at least he kept it to the last two minutes of an 11 minute video.
Ok there's the end of my ridiculously long reply to your very succinct and pointed response.
After all it is a business for him and at least he kept it to the last two minutes of an 11 minute video.
Actually it was a 22 minute video but who counting anyway ;) Cheers
Mârk