Rule #3: Look Your Best for Less
Courtesy TeamSugar.com
I firmly believe that a woman’s hair-maintenance should not have to suffer on account of her quest for FabFrug status. As a matter of fact, unless you’re capable of rocking a fly hat or a fabulous head scarf on a pretty consistent basis, a mane that’s an overall hot mess automatically takes away from one’s fabulosity and one is left being just plain ol’ frugal.
Understandably, many of the chemical processes we endure to achieve our finished, flawless looks are becoming increasingly expensive. Might I recommend turning to the apprentices of the hair styling industry for a little affordable help?
At the top hairdressing schools in NY, many of the graduates go on to become stylists at the city’s most popular salons…Ted Gibson, Devachan (for the curly girls!) et al. These craftsmen and women-in training eventually need real heads of hair to style before they can graduate. Enter the Bumble and Bumble University (Bb. U) and the Aveda Institute.
The Bb. U model project gives FabFrug divas like you and me the opportunity to become a hair model and receive free cuts and color jobs. The process is a tad complicated so I’ve taken the liberty of breaking it down for my peeps:
Step 1 – Complete a pre-evaluation form
Step 2 – If it’s determined that you have a workable hair type/texture, you will be called in to attend the next scheduled “Model Call.” These are held only twice per month, always on a Monday.
Step 3 – At model call your hair is evaluated by a Bb. U stylist and if it’s determined that you have the right hair conditions, length and texture, you’re entered into the model clientele roster.
Benefits to being a Bb. U model include:
- Free Haircuts
- Free Styling sessions
- A thorough hair assessment to determine which cuts best suit your features
- An opportunity to receive a free color job once you’ve already received a cut
The Aveda Institute is much less complicated but services come with price tags, albeit bearable ones. Cuts start at $20, color jobs at $40, highlights at $45 and there’s a very ambiguous “Caribbean therapy treatment” for $45 that I’m going to have to investigate and get back to you on. Sounds like it’ll either be marvelous, or insanely cliché and useless (fingers crossed for the former). Of course, you can rest assured that these services are performed by students who are closely supervised by licensed, experienced professionals.
Go forth and groom thyself!
