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Anyone that has even attempted to do something interesting with their hair has tried to put some sort of product in their hair and in my experience it works, you just got to use the right amount.

Take for example last Halloween when I tried to go as Bigby Wolf. If you don’t know who Bigby Wolf is, well why don’t you? Look him up he’s cool. What’s important though is that I had to look the part of a dressed up wolf man. Fur all over my face, sideburns down to my jaw, and wild wolfish hair. The fur on my face was easy enough; I just had to smear ten tons of industrial Halloween sculpting glue on my face and then apply the fake fur. The sideburns, please I was already growing those out since I can’t actually grow a beard. Shut up I have underactive follicles! The real challenge here was my hair, which is straight and thin and bland. Not only that but I usually keep it short because growing it out somehow creates a frilly flared out mullet look behind my pencil of a neck. But for Bigby I made an exception and grew it out.

After that came the final step of the process, product, lots and lots of product. Mousse, athletic hair gel, and sweat proof foam were all pumped into my drooping nest of a head. It took hours to do I found myself reminded of Brian sitting up all night at school twisting individual strands of his hair into neat little ties. Changing your hairstyle, taking the time to grow it out, it’s a big commitment and I figured that out halfway into the process when I was putting a ton of stuff in my hair.

Once Halloween was over though I found that I had a little problem. I had a job interview not two months later and I realized that, with all the globs of gel washed out, I kind of liked my hair long and wild. So I was faced with a choice, either cut my hair that I grew to love, or find a way to make a flared out mini mullet look professional.

This is where we come to the ultimate lesson of this ramble. This is where we come to the ultimate lesson of this ramble. Product is not something exclusively used for Halloween costumes, nor should you be ashamed for using it. Take it from me you can’t tuck the loose strands of butcher cut hair behind your ears and call it a day. You need to use some kind of gel to quaff your hair and tuck all those little strands away if you want to interview well with this particular style of hair. Your hair doesn’t have to look greasy and it doesn’t have to be brittle either. Seriously a little base cement on your hairline can be easily hidden and can keep your hair in place no matter how much you sweat during the interview. I think any haircut can be professional and I also believe that product is just another part of the process. I believe that a little dab here and there can hold a cut together and too much is just as bad as to little.

Moderation or excess, read the situation and you’ll find that the right amount of product for the overall process.

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