I had been meaning to do something about my long but somewhat damaged hair for a while. Everyone kept telling me to leave it but that’s what everyone always says if you’re a girl with long shiny hair. But I was always too busy to follow through and too broke to worry about paying for a haircut at a nice salon.
Then a photo assignment came where I wanted to photograph the relationship between women and their hair. I honestly did not put in the time required to do a proper photo essay on this topic, and I only got barely enough shots to pass the class, but at least it got me talking to a fabulous stylist, Jinelle Besneatte, who works at a fabulous salon, GlamaRama!
I mentioned the possibility of a trade, I offered to take some photos for her stylist book in exchange for a haircut. It is a very nice salon, with great stylists, so I knew I was getting something of good value that I could not afford to pay with cash at the time. Or even now, for that matter. Sigh.
Anyways, Jinelle was down and we set a date.
She turned my hair from this
To this
I was very happy with the results, so I paid for my haircut with these:
Models: Rebecca Kleinman & Ariel Nicole
Hair & Makeup: Jinelle Besneatte
Fashion Stylist: Ahmad Francois
Photo & Light assistant: A. Dominic Efferson
Mabel–As a fellow long-hair-er, I know the feeling! How do you like the shorter locks????
Love it! I do sigh sometimes when I see women with long beautiful hair, but it requires so much less of my time to care for it and style it. It’s always fun to play around with a new look.
These photos came out beautiful Mabel! Good shootin!