the-last-hair-bender:

As a stylist of 11 years I can honestly say that the idea of specific cuts for specific face shapes is complete gendered bullshit.

The beauty industry, as most of you well know, is really caught up in the idea that men are men and should look like men and women are women and should look like women and a lot of us get brainwashed with all the propaganda of the industry.

The while idea of having a haircut to suit your face shape is literally about either accentuating your best features or trying to mask the features society has deemed ‘unfeminine’.

Thats the whole thing. Plain and simple.

So if you’re stylist isn’t listening to you when you’re asking them for a specific style you should 100% go find a new stylist.

We are in the business of making people feel beautiful/handsome/good about themselves so if you’re leaving the salon/barber shop feeling like you’re not being listened to you need to either speak up(without being rude. Sometimes we’re just on a seperate page then you and we think we know what you’re asking for but you have a completly different idea. Pictures are amazing!) and of this still doesn’t get you the cut and style you want, leave. Go to another stylist or another salon.

Loyalty in clients is what keeps us in business yes, but if we’re not working with you to achieve the end result that means we’re failing to do our jobs.

TLDR: haircuts suited to specific face shapes is a bunch of gender propaganda from the beauty industry.