Business and Long Hair?
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Topic: Business and Long Hair?
Posted By: AnnaJLee
Subject: Business and Long Hair?
Date Posted: January 05 2003 at 9:56pm
I`m a Business Administration student. I have waist length hair. I was wondering if anyone knew of some easy professional styles to try? Cause one thing is for sure I`m not cutting my hair for a job. Most of the women in my class have cut their hair because that`s what they think they should do. There is one other woman in my class with long hair. I kinda of get the feeling sometimes the other women wanna tell me to cut my hair. But they just aren`t brave enough to say it.
Thanks,
Anna
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Anna :P
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Posted By: Lady Maria
Date Posted: January 05 2003 at 10:36pm
Anna,
I used to have hair past my waist,(I wear it in a short pixie nowadays). If you don`t want to cut your hair, wear it up or tied back in a bun. I used to always do that at work. You can of course wear it in a ponytail too, although that is less formal.
Just wearing it long and loose however, seems "girly" or immature or unbusinesslike to some of your stuffier business types. Wearing it up or in a bun seems more elegent , classy, or formal to many people.
No need to cut it though, unless you want to cut it.
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Lady Maria
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Posted By: grenwich
Date Posted: January 06 2003 at 7:18am
Glad to hear you`re not bowing to peer pressure - obviously if they aren`t brave enough to say it, there must be some doubt in their minds.
Anyway -
I have tailbone length hair - and go to the office every day.
I wear regular buns, braided buns, a french twist,
and on casual days, a single long braid.
I think as long as hair is neat, it is professional - it doesn`t have to be short!
Hope this helps :)
Gren
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1bCiii
between tailbone and classic (43.5inches)
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Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: January 06 2003 at 7:30am
Hi Anna,
I work at a Fortune 500 company where I am both the youngest and longest-haired person in my department. I recommend a bun--but not just any bun! Target sells these faux hair pieces by Scunci that wrap around a bun. The effect is a dressy updo with curls wrapping around the bun or straight pieces bursting out in all directions. Best of all it costs about $4. I routinely get more compliments on that simple hairstyle than when I spend a good part of my morning drying my hair straight and wearing it down. It`s very simple and only takes a minute. I hope this helps...good luck with whatever you decide!
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Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft
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Posted By: GordoBlintz
Date Posted: January 06 2003 at 10:28pm
I`m a journalist, and while my hair is only about to my waist, I`m the only female in the whole BUILDING with hair that long. The last holdout cut hers to mid-back a couple of weeks ago. And I`m definitely the only reporter with hair this long. I wear it in a low pony tail to work most of the time, varying that with a braid and sometimes loose. I just don`t care whether other people think it`s professional or not. Be an individual! LOL
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Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: January 07 2003 at 8:42am
Hi Gordo, you`re a journalist---print or broadcast? I worked for a Michigan daily as a GA reporter during college. My degree is PR, however, and I`m glad, because I just didn`t have the guts for reporting murders, diseases, heartbreak, etc. Now I`m in corporate communications, but I still have a LOT of respect for the writers who can take the daily wars waged in the newsroom. And sometimes I do catch myself missing the thrill of the chase...a little :-)
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Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft
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