Hair Competitions

If you have ever been to a cosmetology competition, then you know that they can get a little crazy. The styles that are shown are not things that you would actually do on someone for a day out; they’re more of a reason to show you how crazy they can get and how far from the norm the can get their hairstyles to be. I personally participated in a hair show at Oliver Finley Academy of Cosmetology. It was a lot of fun, but also a little stressful being forced to find inspiration with something you’re not all that comfortable with. It was so long ago that I can’t even remember where or how I found my inspiration. I decided to make the hair and manikin look like a sunflower. I got some wire from Wal-Mart to braid the hair around it so that it would stick straight up. I placed a flower at the end of the braids to make it look as though flowers were coming out of the hair. I teased the majority of the remaining hair t make it look like the middle of a sunflower. The bits of hair surrounding the head I had already pre-cut and pre-bleached to make them look like pedals. I used the wrong product to smooth it out and stick up so it didn’t turn out perfectly. I still thought I had a chance though. Well, why don’t you take a look and decide for yourself if I had a chance or not.

Unfortunately I got like 4th or 5th place, just barely too low. I was unable to go to Florida and see my first hair show. I decided to look at the winners and see what I missed out on. The first prize was great and made me feel better about losing. The second prize however disappointed me. It was beautiful and very unique but it failed to meet the requirements. The requirement was that 80% of the final look should be the hair and the remaining could be any added pieces. His was 95% added pieces and the hair was simply placed in a pony tail. I only wish I was brave enough then to stand up for myself and call them out on that issue, but I was shy and said nothing. Although I have to give a shout out to my friend who stood up and said that I should have won while they were announcing the winners. He will never know how much that meant to me. I also have to give a shout out to my manager who brought me to my first hair show it St. Louis. All I want you to know it that it is better to say something than to not say anything at all. I hope that you are all braver than I was.

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